RMS City of Boston
I, Henry Tibbits, Master of the RMS City of Boston do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear 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 Str at L'pool from which port the said Str 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) Henry Tibbits
Sworn to this 12th July 1869 Before me (signed) Wm H Horn, DC
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the RMS City of Boston whereof Henry Tibbits is Master, from Liverpool burthen 1090 tons.
Columns represent: Number on the list, given name and surname, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they severally belong, Country in which they intend to become inhabitants, Part of the Vessel occupied by each passenger during the Voyage
1 Chas Bennett 24y Male Farmer Great Britain USA Steerage
2 Ann Bennett 23y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
3 Mary A Bennett 4y Female Child Great Britain USA Steerage
4 Emily Bennett 1y Female Inf^t Great Britain USA Steerage
5 Mary A Brown 29y Female Spt Great Britain USA Steerage
6 Ratcliff Schofield 30y Male Miner Great Britain USA Steerage
7 Mary Schofield 29y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
8* J?? Flynn 24y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
9 Chas Wright 26y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
10 Mary Wright 24y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
11 Sam^l Ellor 20y Male Farmer USA USA Steerage
12 Jane Brooks 30y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
13 Jane Hill 13y Female Spt Great Britain USA Steerage
14 Edw^d Walker 22y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
15 Eliz^h Spencer 15y Female Spt Great Britain USA Steerage
16 Geo Powell 23y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
17 Dan^l Harris 21y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
18 Margt Harris 40y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
19 Rose Harris 21y Female Spt Great Britain USA Steerage
20 Eliz^h Pugh 29y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
21 Jane Banks 28y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
22 Ja^s Banks 16y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
23 Jno Banks 4y Male Child Great Britain USA Steerage
24 Ledbe Price 62y Female Wife USA USA Steerage
25 Tho^s Jones 19y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
26 Joe Jones 11y Male Child Great Britain USA Steerage
27 Rich^d Davies 40y Male Miner Great Britain USA Steerage
28 Ann Davies 38y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
29 Cath Joyce 24y Female Spt Great Britain USA Steerage
30 Conr Joyce 8y Male Child Great Britain USA Steerage
31 Mary Joyce 6y Female Child Great Britain USA Steerage
32 Mary McGuire 49y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
33 Michl McGuire 28y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
34 Edw^d McGuire 26y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
35 Jas McGuire 18y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
36 Cath Daley 34y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
37 Jno Daley 7y Male Child Great Britain USA Steerage
38 Owen Daley 5y Male Child Great Britain USA Steerage
39 Jas Daley 2y Male Child Great Britain USA Steerage
40 Cath Daley 1y Female Inft Great Britain USA Steerage
41 Letitia Downs 57y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
42* W^m H Smith 19y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
43 Emma Poole 30y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
44 Ann Poole 9y Female Child Great Britain USA Steerage
45 Em^y Poole 8y Female Child Great Britain USA Steerage
46 Walker M Poole 6y Male Child Great Britain USA Steerage
47 Albert Poole 4y Male Child Great Britain USA Steerage
48 Bertha Poole 1y Female Inft Great Britain USA Steerage
49 Jonah Stevens 28y Male Lab^r USA USA Steerage
50 Ellen Henwood 10y Female Spt USA USA Steerage
51 W^m D Shaw 42y Male Miner USA USA Steerage
52 Jno Rodgers 34y Male Miner USA USA Steerage
53 Espie Palmer 62y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
54 Han Welsh 25y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
55 W^m Welsh 3y Male Child Great Britain USA Steerage
56 W^m Welsh 1y Male Inf^t Great Britain USA Steerage
57 Bgt Dent 26y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
58 Jno Dent 1y Male Inf^t Great Britain USA Steerage
59 Martin Green 30y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
60 Cath Green 17y Female Spt Great Britain USA Steerage
61 Tho^s Marlow 20y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
62 Rich^d Thomas 31y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
63* Cath Thomas 30y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
64 Jno Morgan 26y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
65 Eliz Morgan 27y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
66 Jno Morgan 4y Male Child Great Britain USA Steerage
67 Eliz Morgan 2y Female Child Great Britain USA Steerage
68 Eliz Morgan 1y Female Inf^t Great Britain USA Steerage
69 Ann Hatton 26y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
70 Conr Hatton 5y Male Child Great Britain USA Steerage
71 David Hatton 2y Male Child Great Britain USA Steerage
72 Ann Owen 22y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
73 Jno Owen 1y Male Inft Great Britain USA Steerage
74 Alf Shutterly 37y Male Miner USA USA Steerage
75 Ann Lewis 21y Female Spt Great Britain USA Steerage
76 Brid Mims 19y Female Spt Great Britain USA Steerage
77 W^m Lewis 56y Male Miner Great Britain USA Steerage
78 Rob^t Lewis 22y Male Miner Great Britain USA Steerage
79 Jane Lewis 20y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
80 Peter Flinn 24y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
81 Mrgt Smith 33y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
82 Sophia Smith 6y Female Child Great Britain USA Steerage
83 Jno H Smith 2y Male Child Great Britain USA Steerage
84 Jas Rose 25y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
85 Elson Hadden 30y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
86 Susan Hadden 8y Female Child Great Britain USA Steerage
87 Eleanor Hadden 4y Female Child Great Britain USA Steerage
88 Emma Hadden 3y Female Child Great Britain USA Steerage
89 Eliz Hadden 1y Female Inf^t Great Britain USA Steerage
90 Ann R Wilson 50y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
91 Ellen Mitchell 32y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
92 Abm Schofield 25y Male Miner Great Britain USA Steerage
93 Ellen Schofield 24y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
94 Fred Schofield 1y Male Inf^t Great Britain USA Steerage
95 Jane Smith 30y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
96 Jane Smith 6y Female Child Great Britain USA Steerage
97 Tho^s Brockeley 19y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
98 Jno Williams 27y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
99 Mary Williams 27y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
100 Tho^s Gething 21y Male Miner Great Britain USA Steerage
101 Tho^s Williams 2y Male Child Great Britain USA Steerage
102 W^m Gething 40y Male Miner Great Britain USA Steerage
103 Jno Terry 20y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
104 Jno G James 27y Male Mason Great Britain USA Steerage
105 Brid Sharpe 30y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
106 Fred J Coker 18y Male Smith Great Britain USA Steerage
107 Rich^d Webb 30y Male Smith Great Britain USA Steerage
108 Harriett Webb 26y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
109 Alf Webb 4y Male Child Great Britain USA Steerage
110 Albert Webb 1y Male Inf^t Great Britain USA Steerage
111 Ja^s Carter 21y Male Joiner USA USA Steerage
112 Hessy Coyle 24y Female Serv^t Great Britain USA Steerage
113 Jules Martine 25y Male Lab^r USA USA Steerage
114 Sam^l Greenwood 37y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
115 Jas Goods 33y Male Mechanic Great Britain USA Steerage
116* M????l H??kes 23y Male Mechanic Great Britain USA Steerage
117 Geo Collins 3?y Male Mechanic Great Britain USA Steerage
118 Sophia Collins 39y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
119 Bertha Collins 12y Female Child Great Britain USA Steerage
120 Wilbur Collins 5y Male Child Great Britain USA Steerage
121 Sar Collins 4y Male Child Great Britain USA Steerage
122 Dav Collins 3y Male Child Great Britain USA Steerage
123 Henry Collins 2y Male Child Great Britain USA Steerage
124 Cary McMullan 21y Female Spt Great Britain USA Steerage
125 Cha^s Richardson 24y Male Miner Great Britain USA Steerage
126 Frank Hirst 22y Male Miner Great Britain USA Steerage
127 Barney Holland 19y Male Miner Great Britain USA Steerage
128 Magt Holland 22y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
129 Mary McGrade 9y Female Child Great Britain USA Steerage
130 David Griffith 39y Male Collier Great Britain USA Steerage
131 Anne Griffith 39y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
132 Eliz^h Griffith 8y Female Child Great Britain USA Steerage
133 Will Griffith 7y Male Child Great Britain USA Steerage
134 Rachl Griffith 5y Female Child Great Britain USA Steerage
135 Chas Jones 25y Male Collier Great Britain USA Steerage
136 ?rac Jones 25y Male Collier Great Britain USA Steerage
137 Magt Jones 22y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
138 Alf^d Cartwright 26y Male Miner Great Britain USA Steerage
139 Tho^s Bate 25y Male Miner Great Britain USA Steerage
140 Rees Morris 20y Male Miner Great Britain USA Steerage
141 Will Gething 24y Male Miner Great Britain USA Steerage
142 Martha Gething 23y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
143 Eliz Gething 2?y Female Spt Great Britain USA Steerage
144 Jos Wright 2?y Male Farmer USA USA Steerage
145 Rich^d Rowland 6?y Male Farmer Great Britain USA Steerage
146 Jno W Rowland 35y Male Farmer Great Britain USA Steerage
147 Jas Dickenson 19y Male Farmer Great Britain USA Steerage
148 Sam^l Christian 22y Male Farmer Great Britain USA Steerage
149 Titus Lewis 27y Male Farmer Great Britain USA Steerage
150 Edward Grinde 25y Male Farmer Great Britain USA Steerage
151 Henry A Grey 18y Male Farmer Great Britain USA Steerage
152 Henry Bade 48y Male Farmer Great Britain USA Steerage
153 Eliz^h Closker 23y Female Spt Great Britain USA Steerage
154 Jno Jenkins 34y Male Miner Great Britain USA Steerage
155 Tho^s Trearrow 25y Male Miner Great Britain USA Steerage
156 Jno Whitford 28y Male Miner Great Britain USA Steerage
157 Tho^s Byrne 58y Male Miner Great Britain USA Steerage
158 Mary Byrne 54y Female Wife USA USA Steerage
159 Morris Byrne 34y Male Lab^r USA USA Steerage
160 Tho^s Byrne 28y Male Lab^r USA USA Steerage
161 Pat Byrne 16y Male Lab^r USA USA Steerage
162 Will Hughes 35y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
163 Jno Laurence 24y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
164 Will Cumberland 40y Male Lab^r USA USA Steerage
165 Magt Cumberland 40y Female Wife USA USA Steerage
166 Ellen Cumberland 11y Female Child Great Britain USA Steerage
167 Mary A Cumberland 7y Female Child Great Britain USA Steerage
168* Jas Cumberland 6y Male Child Great Britain USA Steerage
169 Ellen Keenan 30y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
170 Jas Keenan 1y Male Inf^t Great Britain USA Steerage
171 Jno Ferguson 32y Male Collier USA USA Steerage
172 Mary Sharpe 7y Female Child Great Britain USA Steerage
173 Leonard Gardner 39y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
174 Savoy Merrett 23y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
175 Geo Baines 40y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
176 Annie Baines 25y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
177 Jas Lea 35y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
178 Rob^t Russell 40y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
179 Tho^s Ryder 40y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
180 Mary Ryder 22y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
181 Ja^s Shead 28y Male Joiner Great Britain USA Steerage
182 Henry Mathews 1y Male Inf^t Great Britain USA Steerage
183 Harriett Webb 2y Female Child Great Britain USA Steerage
184 Stephen Morris 27y Male Tailor Great Britain USA Steerage
185 Will Coombes 45y Male Tailor Great Britain USA Steerage
186 May Coombes 40y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
187 Anne Coombes 14y Female Spt Great Britain USA Steerage
188 Will Coombes 12y Male Child Great Britain USA Steerage
189 Cha^s Coombes 9y Male Child Great Britain USA Steerage
190 Kate Coombes 7y Female Child Great Britain USA Steerage
191 Frank Coombes 6y Male Child Great Britain USA Steerage
192 Fred Coombes 5y Male Child Great Britain USA Steerage
193 Walter Coombes 3y Male Child Great Britain USA Steerage
194 Geo Coombes 1y Male Inf^t Great Britain USA Steerage
195 Walter Dore 6y Male Child Great Britain USA Steerage
196 Henry Morgan 27y Male Miner Great Britain USA Steerage
197 Jno Lounder 36y Male Miner Great Britain USA Steerage
198 Ja? Lounder 39y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
199 Cora Lounder 10y Female Child Great Britain USA Steerage
200 Jas Newman 35y Male Joiner Great Britain USA Steerage
201 Dora Newman 22y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
202 Willie Newman 6y Male Child Great Britain USA Steerage
203 Ada Newman 1y Female Inf^t Great Britain USA Steerage
204* Will Simpson 30y Male Meatc USA USA Steerage
205 Ja^s Short 41y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
206 Eliz Short 39y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
207 Bryan Rooney 30y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
208 Alice Rooney 30y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
209 Pat Rooney 5y Male Child Great Britain USA Steerage
210 Mich^l Rooney 1y Male Inf^t Great Britain USA Steerage
211 Pat Turney 50y Male Farmer Great Britain USA Steerage
212 Geo Richardson 35y Male Farmer USA USA Steerage
213 Chris T Portwood 32y Male Farmer USA USA Steerage
214 Annie M Portwood 19y Female Spt USA USA Steerage
215 Martha Carter 45y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
216 Hein Emrich 33y Male Smith Great Britain USA Steerage
217 Her Collins 28y Male Smith Great Britain USA Steerage
218 Edith Collins 28y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
219 Harry Sheppard 19y Male Miner Great Britain USA Steerage
220 Jno Aldred 40y Male Miner Great Britain USA Steerage
221 Jos Snape 37y Male Miner Great Britain USA Steerage
222 W^m H Thomas 30y Male Miner Great Britain USA Steerage
223 Harriett Thomas 25y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
224 Moses Philips 30y Male Farmer Great Britain USA Steerage
225 Julia Archer 22y Female Spt Great Britain USA Steerage
226 Jane Woolf 27y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
227 Eman Woolf 2y Male Child Great Britain USA Steerage
228 Jno Couthers 40y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
229* Joh Janson 27y Male Lab^r USA USA Steerage
230 Henri Lemarie 35y Male Miner France USA Steerage
231 Elise Lemarie 15y Male Miner Great Britain USA Steerage
232 Jno G Merryman 30y Male Miner Great Britain USA Steerage
233 Eliz Chambers 24y Female Serv^t Great Britain USA Steerage
234 Jno Hanson 28y Male Serv^t Great Britain USA Steerage
235 Han Hanson 29y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
236 Mary Hanson 7y Female Child Great Britain USA Steerage
237 Jno Williams 30y Male Miner Great Britain USA Steerage
238 Jas Bayley 30y Male Miner Great Britain USA Steerage
239 Elisha Ennet 41y Male Miner Great Britain USA Steerage
240 Rich^d Barriath 25y Male Miner Great Britain USA Steerage
241 Jno H Michell 23y Male Miner Great Britain USA Steerage
242 Edw^d Berkviette 21y Male Miner Great Britain USA Steerage
243 Chas Ranson 21y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
244 Chris Mathews 37y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
245 Tim Morley 25y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
246 Jno Henry 25y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
247 Jno Kelly 23y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
248 Jas Riper 23y Male Mason Great Britain USA Steerage
249 W^m Carter 35y Male Mason Great Britain USA Steerage
250 Alf^d Howard 24y Male Mason USA USA Steerage
251* W^m Brown 25y Male Mason USA USA Steerage
252 Eleanor Bernett 1y Female Inf^t Great Britain USA Steerage
253 Nath Cohen 18y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
254 Hyam Cohen 20y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
255 Lucy Danker 40y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
256 Julia Danker 16y Female Spt Great Britain USA Steerage
257 Henry Danker 8y Male Child Great Britain USA Steerage
258 Chas Danker 6y Male Child Great Britain USA Steerage
259 Rachel Danker 1y Female Inf^t Great Britain USA Steerage
260 Jno Hart 31y Male Moulder Great Britain USA Steerage
261 W^m Prior 66y Male Moulder USA USA Steerage
262 Chris Salmon 30y Male Moulder USA USA Steerage
263 Susan Salmon 30y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
264 Sam^l Salmon 7y Male Child Great Britain USA Steerage
265 Lewis Salmon 4y Male Child Great Britain USA Steerage
266 Abm Salmon 2y Male Child Great Britain USA Steerage
267 Laur Salmon 1y Male Inf^t Great Britain USA Steerage
268 Maurice Salmon 6y Male Child Great Britain USA Steerage
269 Spier Hitchin 24y Male Eng^r USA USA Steerage
270 Spier Fleming 21y Male Eng^r Great Britain USA Steerage
271 Frank Schuler 22y Male Eng^r USA USA Steerage
272 A H Smith 16y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
273 Ja^s Johnson 23y Male Lab^r Great Britain USA Steerage
274 Cath Johnson 25y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
275 Jno Curran 25y Male Smith Great Britain USA Steerage
276 Sarah Curran 25y Female Wife Great Britain USA Steerage
277 Jos Howard 22y Male Setter Great Britain USA Steerage
278 Ferd Stewart 30y Male Setter Great Britain USA Steerage
279 Pat Dempsey 29y Male Setter Great Britain USA Steerage
280* Tim Mun?? 25y Male Setter Great Britain USA Steerage
281* Ellen J Mun?? 23y Female Spt Great Britain USA Steerage
282 Tho^s Moylan 23y Male Clerk USA USA Steerage
Transcriber's Notes:
The column, "Date and Cause of Death" was elminated from this transcription as there
were no deaths on this passage.
The original lister did not number the passengers; this was done by the transcriber.
He made several mistakes on the listing of names with a sex and/or occupation that
appear to be incorrect. Could he have missed passengers? Since there was no
recapitulation at the end, we cannot be certain. He did, however, write "Finis" at
the end of the document.
A question mark (?) is used for letter/letters that cannot be read because of the
quality of the document. Where possible a suggestion is given in the Transcriber's
Notes of what this letter/letters may be.
An asterisk (*) is used to refer to an item in the transcriber's notes, which
further explains the entry.
A circumflex (^) is used to indicate missing letters in a name. The original lister
showed this by writing the final letter smaller and raising it above the line.
The original lister used the abbreviation Spt to indicate a Spinster. A Carp^r is
a Carpenter. He also abbreviated names. He used Jno to indicate John and Sar,
which is probably Sarah. Magt seems to be Margaret and Bgt is the abbreviation used
for Bridget. Joh is probably Johanna.
For some passengers, the lister placed a checkmark after the surname. Although one
cannot be certain what this signifies, at times these marks were used on other manifests
to denote a person who was ill.
8 Given name may be Jno.
42 There is a checkmark after the name.
63 This passenger was listed as a Male, Laborer, but the name is distinctly
feminine. She is probably the wife of the above passenger.
116 The name is partially obscured by the deterioration of the document. The
name could possibly be Hawkes and the given name begins with "M" and ends with
"l" - Michael?
168 There is a checkmark after this name.
204 Could the occupation be that of a Meatcutter?
229 There is a checkmark after this name.
251 There is a checkmark after this name.
280-281 Surname: Munn, Munce.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 314, List 793.
Transcribed by Lora Lee Ament and Patricia Kennedy members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
05 September 2007
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