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Ship America

Liverpool, England to New York
19 August 1859

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, Geo W Howe Master of the Ship America 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 Ship at Liverpool from which port said Ship 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.
(Signed) Geo. W^m Howe
Sworn to this 19 Aug 1859
Before me (Signed) CSMead DC
List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship America whereof Howe is Master, from Lpool burthen 1137 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 Destination for all passengers was recorded as "United States"; no deaths were recorded on the voyage; the Space Occupied for all passengers was recorded as "Sc^d Cabin". These columns have been omitted from the transcription.


  1  Lydia Rennolds      25      F             England
  2  Albert W. Rennolds   3      M             England
  3  Ann Gregory         28      F             England
  4  Emma Gregory        Infant  F             England
  5  Edmond Gregory      26      M   Miner     England
  6  Mary Ann Gregory     2      F             England
  7  Samuel Roberts      19      M   Miner     England
  8  J Roberts           21      M   Miner     England
  9  William Tinkler     17      M   Farmer    England
 10  J Bowden            24      M   Merchant  England
 11  D Roberts           27      M   Miner     England
 12  Thomas Dunston      22      M   Miner     England
 13  Jno Gribble         20      M   Miner     England
 14  Albert Burt         21      M   Miner     England
 15  Robert Carlyon      30      M   Miner     England
 16  Lydia Carlyon       20      F             England
 17  Jacob Werner        31      M   Merchant  Austria
 18  Joachis Werner      28      F             Austria
 19  Maria Werner         6      F             Austria
 20  Victoria Werner      7      F             Austria
 21* David Tybur?        27      M   Merchant  United States
 22* Leanora Tybur?      24      F             United States
 23* Charlotte Tybur?     6      F             United States
 24* Caroline Tybur?      4      F             United States
 25  Sarah Unger         18      F             United States5:20 PM 3/2/2008

                                              (signed) George W^m Howe

                                                                Master

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.

?  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.

All ditto marks on the original manifest have been replaced with the actual words 
indicated.


21-24 Surname could be Tyburg or Tybury.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 194, List 825
Transcribed by Judy Caine a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
2 June 2007


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