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RMS Abysinnia
RMS Abysinnia
I, Michael Murphy, Master of the R M S Abysinnia, do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs of the Collection District of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board the said R.M.S. Abysinnia at Liverpool from which port said R.M.S. Abysinnia has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, the sex and the occupation of each of said passengers, the part of the vessel occupied by each during the passage, the country to which each belongs, and also the country of which it is intended by each to become an inhabitant; and that said List or Manifest truly sets forth the number of said passengers who have died on said voyage, and the names and ages of those who died.
Sworn to this 15^th Nov. 1876So help me God,
before me ________________(illegible signature)
(signed) Michael Murphy
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the R M S Abysinnia whereof Michael Murphy, is master, from Liverpool burthen 2159 tons.
Coloumns represent: Names, age in years and months, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country of which they intend to become inhabitants, *died on voyage, part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.
1 Adolph Lack 19 m lab^r England U.S.A. steerage 2 John O. Bewsher 71 m farmer England U.S.A. steerage 3 Jane Bewsher 68 f wife England U.S.A. steerage 4 John W. Bewsher 28 m farmer England U.S.A. steerage 5 Job Hargreaves 52 m engineer England U.S.A. steerage 6 Mary Kenworthy 34 f matron England U.S.A. steerage 7 Clara Kenworthy 7 f child U.S. U.S.A. steerage 8 Herbert Kenworthy 6 m child U.S. U.S.A. steerage 9 Mary Calvert 40 f matron England U.S.A. steerage 10 Jonathan Calvert 7 m child U.S. U.S.A. steerage 11 Mary Crean 59 f matron England U.S.A. steerage 12 Thomas Mason 30 m lab^r England U.S.A. steerage 13 Ed. W. Tyrell 23 m lab^r England U.S.A. steerage 14 Rose M^cFarlane 40 f matron Ireland U.S.A. steerage 15 Alice Sloan 24 f spinster Ireland U.S.A. steerage 16 James Lindon 38 m engineer England U.S.A. steerage 17 Annie Walker 27 f matron England U.S.A. steerage 18 Sarah Walker 9 m f infant U.S. U.S.A. steerage 19 Annie Walker 3 f child U.S. U.S.A. steerage 20 David M^cMicken 20 m lab^r Ireland U.S.A. steerage 21 J. Van Vleit 16 m lab^r England U.S.A. steerage 22 Walter C. Farmer 18 m lab^r England U.S.A. steerage 23 John Jenkins 23 m lab^r England U.S.A. steerage 24 Herbert Llewelyn 27 m lab^r Wales U.S.A. steerage 25 Thomas Goodwin 28 m blacksmith England U.S.A. steerage 26 Robert Gilmour 33 m brass worker Scotland U.S.A. steerage 27 Mary Cuff 20 f spinster Ireland U.S.A. steerage 28 Jane Campbell 30 f matron Scotland U.S.A. steerage 29 Mich^l Gallaghan 40 m lab^r Ireland U.S.A. steerage 30 Thomas Moore 24 m lab^r Ireland U.S.A. steerage 31 Will^m Trembath 23 m cotton spinner England U.S.A. steerage 32 Samuel Leach 45 m can maker England U.S.A. steerage 33 Robert Shearer 59 m farmer Scotland U.S.A. steerage 34 Elizabeth Shearer 59 f wife Scotland U.S.A. steerage 35 David Stephins 25 m lab^r England U.S.A. steerage 36 Edith Mercier 49 f matron England U.S.A. steerage 37 John Hogan 27 m lab^r Ireland U.S.A. steerage 38 Kate Hogan 26 f wife Ireland U.S.A. steerage 39 Rebecca Bragg 13 f spinster England U.S.A. steerage 40 Cath Edgeby 40 f matron England U.S.A. steerage 41 Marg^t Rooney 24 f spinster Ireland U.S.A. steerage 42* Mads C. Vangagaaed 27 m farmer Germany U.S.A. steerage 43* Kristine Vangagaaed 21 f wife Germany U.S.A. steerage 44 Jens A Jensen 20 m lab^r Germany U.S.A. steerage 45 Johan Meyer 34 f matron Germany U.S.A. steerage 46 Jacob Hugmann 19 m lab^r Germany U.S.A. steerage 47 John H. Wilson 31 tinsmith England U.S.A. steerage 48 Will^m Watts 25 m civil eng^r England U.S.A. steerage 49 Pat^k Linehan 34 m farmer Ireland U.S.A. steerage 50 Mary Kane 28 f spinster Ireland U.S.A. steerage 51 Patrick O'Brien 18 m lab^r Ireland U.S.A. steerage 52 Frank Terry 26 m merch^t Cuba Cuba cabin 53 Antonia Terry 18 f wife Cuba Cuba cabin 54 Rosario Sandz 17 f spinster Cuba Cuba cabin 55 Cha^s Lundell 35 m merch^t Spain U.S.A. cabin 56 Eliz^th Lundell 25 f wife U.S.A. U.S.A. cabin 57 Alice Sullivan 40 f servant Ireland U.S.A. cabin 58 Thomas S. Chessman 46 m physician U.S.A. U.S.A. cabin 59 Mary Chessman 40 f wife U.S.A. U.S.A. cabin 60 Kate Chessman 17 f spinster U.S.A. U.S.A. cabin 61 Marg^t Curran 45 f matron Ireland U.S.A. cabin 62 Eliz^th Hamlin 25 f maid England U.S.A. cabin 63 John Sanders 34 m merch^t U.S.A. U.S.A. cabin 64 Leonard Jno Workman 32 m gent^n England U.S.A. cabin 65 Julia Workman 24 f wife England U.S.A. cabin 66 Violet Workman 5 f child England U.S.A. cabin 67 Cha^s L. Young 37 m barrister England U.S.A. cabin 68 Marg^t A M Young 29 f wife England U.S.A. cabin 69 Jonathan Candukes 60 m merch^t Ireland Ireland cabin 1 70 Nathan Schwab 22 m merch^t Germany U.S.A. cabin 6 71* Geo W Twerdale 33 m planter Scotland U.S.A. cabin 72 R. M. Thomson 19 m student Scotland Scotland cabin 1 73 John Amos 27 m banker Scotland U.S.A. cabin 2 74 Mary de Salis 35 f matron South America South America cabin 1 75 Matilda Towne 26 f matron England U.S.A. cabin 76 Lottie Fowler 35 f spinster U.S.A. U.S.A. cabin 77 Will^m Hy Buggs 54 m surgeon U.S.A. U.S.A. cabin 78 Tho^s Golcher 42 m gun maker England U.S.A. cabin 79 John Carp 38 m mariner Germany Germany cabin 80 Manuel Sanz 20 m clerk France U.S.A. cabin 81 Will^m D. Foulkey 28 m barrister England England cabin 4 82 Geo Von Chauvian 30 m civil eng^r Germany England cabin 1 83 Geo Westfeildt 60 m merch^t Sweden U.S.A. cabin 1 84 Count Brunette 36 Sy.Spanish legation Spain Spain cabin 85 Pedro Restripo 30 m lawyer Colombia Colombia cabin 1 86 Cary Lea 53 m gent^n U.S.A. U.S.A. cabin 87 Marg^t C Lea 46 f wife U.S.A. U.S.A. cabin 88 Jane Backewell 17 f spinster U.S.A. U.S.A. cabin 89 Marian Ireadale 40 f matron U.S.A. U.S.A. cabin 90 Henry B. Wainwright 33 m merch^t England England cabin 9 91 Matthew J. Woon 19 m gent^n England England cabin 92 John J. Doull 21 m student Halifax Nova Scotia cabin 1 93 Stephen Duncan 49 m gent^n U.S.A. U.S.A. cabin 94 Pat^k B. O'Brien 50 m gent^n Ireland U.S.A. cabin 1 95 Thos Rind 24 m gent^n England England cabin 96 Julia D. Slack 34 f matron U.S.A. U.S.A. cabin 97 Julia Harris 22 f spinster U.S.A. U.S.A. cabin 98 Thomas Pratt 46 m gent^n England Cuba cabin 1 99 John Lessman 54 m clergyman France France cabin 1 100 James Vincent 50 m professor U.S.A. U.S.A. cabin 101 Frank P. Deshon 42 m planter U.S.A. U.S.A. cabin 102 Paul Bajnotti 48 m consul Italy Italy cabin 2 103 Marie Bajnotti 40 f wife Italy Italy cabin 104 Francis H. Biddalph 37 m merch^t England England cabin 105 Joseph Anchade 36 m merch^t U.S.A. U.S.A. cabin 106 Lorenzo T. Fox 32 m physician U.S.A. U.S.A. cabin 107 Joseph E. Bowes 27 m gent^n England England cabin 108 Edward Palmer 30 m gent^n England England cabin 109 Edward F. Fabre 40 m merch^t U.S.A. U.S.A. cabin 110 Alex Rohred 36 m merch^t England England cabin 5 111 Rob^t V. Allen 39 m merch^t U.S.A. Canada cabin 8 112 Jessie Allen 23 f wife England Canada cabin 1 Transcriber's Notes: * An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not the transcriber, or is used to call your attention to additional information in the transcriber's notes. ? Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined due to the condition of the manifest or handwriting of the original recorder. ^ A ^ followed by a letter indicates that the letter was superscripted. * Names were transcribed as seen regardless of spelling. * Numbers to the right of the space occupied for cabin passengers could be pieces of luggage. * None died during the voyage, therefore this coloumn was eliminated. 42 & 43: the last name could be van Gagaard. 71: the last name could be Teradale.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 406, List 1081.
Transcribed by Harry Green and Ines Mannhardt, members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
13 January 2008
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