Steamer Africa
I, N. Shannon Master of the Africa do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the following List or Manifest,subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of Customs of the Collection District of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board of the said Steamer at Liverpool from which port said Steamer 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.
So help me God.Sworn to this 1 September 1859
(Signed) N. Shannon
Before me JWhite DC
List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Africa whereof N Shannon is Master, from Liverpool burthen 1216 tons.
Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country to which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on the Voyage, and Space Occupied. The only death recorded on the voyage has been included in the Transcriber's Notes below and this column has been omitted from the transcription.
1 Louis Rosenfeld 42 Male Mercht USA USA 1^st Cabin 2 M^rs Rosenfeld 35 Female USA USA 1^st Cabin 3 Anne Rosenfeld 12y 3m Female USA USA 1^st Cabin 4 Louise Rosenfeld 9y 6m Female USA USA 1^st Cabin 5 Jane Rosenfeld 2y 3m Female USA USA 1^st Cabin 6 Mortimer Rosenfeld 8y 4m Male USA USA 1^st Cabin 7 Harry Rosenfeld 5y 6m Male USA USA 1^st Cabin 8 Margaret Graham 20 Female USA USA 1^st Cabin 9 M^r Schultz 40 Male Gent England USA 1^st Cabin 10 Madam Bishop Schultz 35y 2m Female USA USA 1^st Cabin 11 Maria Phalon 30 Female Servant England USA 1^st Cabin 12 William Liddell 29 Male ??ain Manufacture England England 1^st Cabin 13 G A Liddell 19 Female England England 1^st Cabin 14 M A Liddell 59 Female Lady USA USA 1^st Cabin 15 G W Kirtland 64 Male Lawyer USA USA 1^st Cabin 16 Lucy Kirtland 22 Female USA USA 1^st Cabin 17 Mathew Clarkson 38 Male Mercht USA USA 1^st Cabin 18 M^rs Clarkson 36 Female USA USA 1^st Cabin 19 John Clarkson 5y 2m Male USA USA 1^st Cabin 20 Mary Smith 19 Female Servant England USA 1^st Cabin 21 I G Sibbald 29 Male Mercht England USA 1^st Cabin 22* David Ho?dley 53y 2m Male None USA USA 1^st Cabin 23* Elizabeth Ho?dley 40 Female USA USA 1^st Cabin 24* Alice Ho?dley 20 Female USA USA 1^st Cabin 25* Elizabeth Ho?dley 15 Female USA USA 1^st Cabin 26 Louis ?emden 33 Male Mercht Germany USA 1^st Cabin 27* ? ?emden 18 Female Germany USA 1^st Cabin 28 G A Schenley 52 Male Gent England USA 1^st Cabin 29 M^rs Schenley 34 Female England USA 1^st Cabin 30 Aug Schenley 9 Male England USA 1^st Cabin 31 Miss Grametter 30 Female Domestic Switzerland USA 1^st Cabin 32* Honble Grantley Be?keley 56 Male Gent England Travelling 1^st Cabin 33 John Williams 20 Male Servant England Travelling 1^st Cabin 34* John Manning ?0 Male Banker USA New York 1^st Cabin 35 John A Manning 20 Male Banker USA New York 1^st Cabin 36 J P Quinn 44 Male Mercht Ireland New York 1^st Cabin 37 A P Dulman 38 Male Mercht Amsterdam New York 1^st Cabin 38 Dinah Shannon 47 Female England New York 1^st Cabin 39 B King 47 Male Prussia New York 1^st Cabin 40 M^rs King 27 Female USA New York 1^st Cabin 41 Martha Smith 37 Female England New York 1^st Cabin 42 Miss Graham 25 Female USA New York 1^st Cabin 43 Mary Ann Esterbrook 21 Female England Returns 1^st Cabin 44 Richard Esterbrook 46y 2m Male Mercht England Returns 1^st Cabin 45 Mary Esterbrook 47 Female England Returns 1^st Cabin 46 Henry H Barrow 50 Male USA USA 1^st Cabin 47 Elizabeth Barrow 39 Female USA USA 1^st Cabin 48 William ??ult 54 Male England New Orleans 1^st Cabin 49 W^m Alex^r Smith 38y 2m Male Broker USA Penn. 1^st Cabin 50 Edmund Smith 20 Male Engineer USA Phila. 1^st Cabin 51 Henry Waite 35 Male Gent England Returns 1^st Cabin 52 Charles Waite 34 Male Gent England Returns 1^st Cabin 53 Charles Kross 27 Male Mercht Germany New York 1^st Cabin 54 M^rs Kross 26 Female New York New York 1^st Cabin 55 Louisi Chillas 16 Female New York Phila. 1^st Cabin 56 Anne Gorsuc? 16 Female Liverpool Phila. 1^st Cabin 57 Martial Carolte 38 Male Mercht France New Orleans 1^st Cabin 58 Cornelius Noonan 38 Male Mercht G^t Britain New Orleans 1^st Cabin 59 James Napier 47 Male Mercht G^t Britain Travelling 1^st Cabin 60 Tho^s W Ward 27 Male Mercht USA Boston 1^st Cabin 61 E Curtis 42 Female USA Boston 1^st Cabin 62* C ?ramer 57 Male Lawyer USA Boston 1^st Cabin 63 T Laville 30 Male Mercht Germany New York 1^st Cabin 64 D S Riker 23y 3m Male Mercht USA New York 1^st Cabin 65 Anna B Ward 45y 4m Female USA Boston 1^st Cabin 66 Anna Ward 17 Female USA Boston 1^st Cabin 67 William Nixon 60 Male None England New York 1^st Cabin 68* Cherrie Nixon ?5 Female England New York 1^st Cabin 69 James R Western 46 Male None England Travelling 1^st Cabin 70 Augustin Fitzgerald 50 Male None England Travelling 1^st Cabin 71 W^m H Ross 39y 3m Male Engineer England Havana 1^st Cabin 72 James Ross Cass??? 22 Male Engineer England Havana 1^st Cabin 73 A L Holgate 40 Male Mercht New Jersey New York 1^st Cabin 74 Richard O Gorman 38y 3m Male Lawyer Ireland New York 1^st Cabin 75* Michael S??gman 29 Male Mercht USA New York 1^st Cabin 76 W^m H Young 52y 2m Male Banker USA New York 1^st Cabin 77 Louis Hast 37y 5m Male Professor Music USA Kentucky 1^st Cabin 78 George Beskett 3? Male Clergyman England Kentucky 1^st Cabin 79 Franklin Hinkle 35 Male Physician Phila Phila. 1^st Cabin 80 Joseph Stine 42 Male Mercht Virginia Virginia 1^st Cabin 81 William Ber????? 21y 2m Male Mercht Scotland Charleston SC 1^st Cabin 82 Edwin Mayne 15y 4m Male Mercht England New York 1^st Cabin 83 James R Lindsay 28y 5m Male Mercht Ireland New York 1^st Cabin 84 James W^m Bates 40 Male Mercht England Phila. 1^st Cabin 85 M^rs Bates 30 Female England Phila. 1^st Cabin 86 W H Fry 37 Male Publisher England New York 1^st Cabin 87 M^rs Fry 28 Female England New York 1^st Cabin 88 Timothy Street 19 Male Clerk USA Charleston SC 1^st Cabin 89 Charles W Hubert 22 Male Clerk USA Charleston SC 1^st Cabin 90 Henry Gustelle 46 Male Clerk USA Boston 1^st Cabin 91 S Michelena 35 Male Mercht Spain Porto Rico 1^st Cabin 92 J Keller 37y 5m Male Mercht Germany New York 1^st Cabin 93 D M Dorsival 37 Male Mercht Switzerland New York 1^st Cabin 94 Charles Mariet 20y 5m Male Mercht Switzerland New York 1^st Cabin 95 Egerton P Clegg 22 Male Gent England Travelling 1^st Cabin 96 A W Clegg 21 Male Gent England Travelling 1^st Cabin 97 S F Streeter 49 Male Professor USA Baltimore 1^st Cabin 98 H P Poindexter 43y 3m Male Planter USA Virginia 1^st Cabin 99 William Brown 57 Male Gent England New York 1^st Cabin 100 J J Alfonso 32 Male Gent Spain Cuba 1^st Cabin 101 Jacinto Alfonso 20 Male Gent Spain Cuba 1^st Cabin 102 Emilio Alfonso 18 Male Gent Spain Cuba 1^st Cabin 103* V Dubro?y 20 Male Gent France Cuba 1^st Cabin 104 R Morison 67 Male Mercht Scotland New York 1^st Cabin 105 W H Jones 53 Male Coal Miner England Penn. 1^st Cabin 106 Michael Finn 30y 6m Male Mercht Ireland Savannah 1^st Cabin 107* John F Berndes ??y 3m Male Mercht Germany New York 1^st Cabin 108 M^rs Berndes 29 Female USA New York 1^st Cabin 109 J H Wood 38 Male Mercht USA New York 1^st Cabin 110 Alfred Atkins 48 Male Mercht England New York 1^st Cabin 111 Edwin A Clarke 32y 3m Male Mercht USA Mass 1^st Cabin 112 Helen A Clarke 32 Female USA Mass 1^st Cabin 113 W^m S Ross 57 Male Farmer USA Penn. 1^st Cabin 114 A C Laning 50 Male Farmer USA Penn. 1^st Cabin 115 P A Brez 23 Male USA New York 1^st Cabin 116 Seth Hallett 28 Male Mariner USA Mass 1^st Cabin 117 Joaquin Diajo 17 Male Gent Spain Havana 1^st Cabin 118 E McConin 50 Male Gent USA New York 1^st Cabin 119 William Mencke 28y 6m Male Mercht USA New York 1^st Cabin 120* F Menier ?? Male Mercht France New York 1^st Cabin 121 E Ackroyd 35 Male Mercht England New York 1^st Cabin 122 Rose Haywood 40 Female USA San Francisco 1^st Cabin 123 William Andrews 47 Male Mercht England Illinois 1^st Cabin 124 Charles Spitz 23 Male Mercht Prussia New York 1^st Cabin 125 T C Orr 38y 4m Male Mercht England New York 1^st Cabin 126 Madame Laycock 49y 5m Female England New York 1^st Cabin 127 Edward Gibson 49 Male Mercht England Havana 1^st Cabin 128 Sir John Rennie 58 Male Gent England Travelling 1^st Cabin 129 Francis Eccles 22 Male England Travelling 1^st Cabin 130* C Be?teche 35 Male Mercht Switzerland New York 1^st Cabin 131 John Hughes 20y 2m Male Mercht England Virginia 1^st Cabin 132 Alfred Harvey 29 Male Mercht England New York 1^st Cabin 133 Sarah G Rosensond 26 Female England New Orleans 2^nd Cabin 134 Thomas Sonthale 59 Male Farmer England Mass 2^nd Cabin 135 Mary Sonthale 34 Female England Mass 2^nd Cabin 136 Mary Groves 34 Female England Mass 2^nd Cabin 137* ??? ??? Male England Mass 2^nd Cabin 138 Benjamin Smith 42 Male Mercht England St Louis 2^nd Cabin 139 Augustus Eggert 24 Male Mercht Prussia New York 2^nd Cabin 140 Mary Bramwell 16 Female England New York 2^nd Cabin 141 Thomas Stullman 45 Male Mercht England New York 2^nd Cabin 142 John Tucker 46 Male Clergyman USA Mass 2^nd Cabin 143 John Jones 42 Male Clerk England New York 2^nd Cabin 144 W^m L Blackie 28 Male Gent Scotland New York 2^nd Cabin 145 Walter Abbott 30 Male Manufac^t England Returns 2^nd Cabin 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 below. ? The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read due to quality of the original document. ^ The use of a ^ indicates that the letter/letters following are superscripted. The transcription preserves the original spelling. Passenger numbers have been added to aid with referencing. All ditto marks on the original manifest have been replaced with the actual words indicated. 22-25 Surname could be Hoadley or Houdley. 27 First name omitted. 32 Surname could be Beekeley or Beckeley. 34 Age could be 50y or 60y. 62 Surname could be Cramer or Leramer. 68 Notation in Died on Voyage column "Aug 29^th/59 at Sea". 75 Surname could be Seigman or Siegman. 103 Surname could be Dubrocy or Dubroey. 107 Age overwritten, could be 30y 3m. 120 Age overwritten, illegible.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 195, List 883
Transcribed by Judy Caine a member of the
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12 June 2007
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