SS Canada
I, James Summer, Master of the SS Canada, do solemnly, sincerely and truly -- 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 vessel at London, England from which port said vessel 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 Dec 15 1876So help me God,before me ________________(illegible signature)
(signed) James Summer
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the SS Canada whereof James Summer, is master, from London, England burthen 3287 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 C Cook 30 m stewart England U.S.A. steerage 2 M. Clifford 25 m labourer England U.S.A. steerage 3 James M^cNee 32 m shop keeper England U.S.A. steerage 4 John Edwards 40 m clerk England U.S.A. steerage 5 Thomas Gaesford 41 m glass cutter England U.S.A. steerage 6 Raphael Cohen 33 m hawker Germany U.S.A. steerage 7 Joseph Tolhorst 27 m gas fitter England U.S.A. steerage 8 Annie Barker 27 f wife England U.S.A. steerage 9 Lillie Barker 3 f child England U.S.A. steerage 10 infant Barker inft f infant England U.S.A. steerage 11 Elizabeth Carrie 26 f wife England U.S.A. steerage 12 William Carrie 2 m child England U.S.A. steerage 13 Matilda Adkins 30 f servant England U.S.A. steerage 14 Mary Ann Bagley 55 f wife England U.S.A. steerage 15 Harriet Bagley 20 f servant England U.S.A. steerage 16 Harry Bagley 18 m porter England U.S.A. steerage 17 Mary Ann Biggett 53 f wife England U.S.A. steerage 18 Catherine Dillon 30 f servant Ireland U.S.A. steerage 19 Ellen Dowling 49 f laundress Ireland U.S.A. steerage 20 William Gibson 48 male U.S.A. United States U.S.A. cabin 21 Mary A. Gibson 30 fem wife United States U.S.A. cabin 22 Thomas Twist 40 m merchant England U.S.A. cabin 23 M^rs Twist 34 f wife England U.S.A. cabin 24* M^rs ?asalins 40 f wife U.S. U.S.A. cabin 25* Fanny ?asalins 21 f spinster U.S. U.S.A. cabin 26* Eva ?asalins 19 f spinster U.S. U.S.A. cabin 27* Louisa ?asalins 18 f spinster U.S. U.S.A. cabin 28* Geo. ?asalins 16 m nil U.S. U.S.A. cabin 29 M^rs J Winslow 34 f wife U.S. U.S.A. cabin 30 A.F. Winslow 16 m nil U.S. U.S.A. cabin 31 M^rs Ayres 21 f wife U.S. U.S.A. cabin 32 M^rs M.A. Croft 40 f wife England U.S.A. cabin 33 Naster F. Croft 10 m child U.S. U.S.A. cabin 34 M^rs A. Lynch 20 f wife England U.S.A. cabin 35 Mary Lynch 2 f child U.S. U.S.A. cabin 36 Jane Lynch inft f child England U.S.A. cabin 37 M^rs L.H. Oak 25 f wife England U.S.A. cabin 38 R. Munfl 45 m merchant Prussia U.S.A. cabin 39 Paul Fischer 26 m merchant Prussia U.S.A. cabin 40 M. Armstrong 21 m clerk Ireland U.S.A. cabin 41 Henry North 41 m merchant England U.S.A. cabin 42 Ernest Ridsdale 21 m nil England U.S.A. cabin 43 William Young 39 m teacher Scotland U.S.A. cabin 44 J.C. Gray 38 m farmer U.S. U.S.A. cabin 45 C.F. Longman 43 f wife England U.S.A. cabin 46 S. O. Casulich 43 m mariner Austria U.S.A. cabin 47 J.S. Meaburrn 17 m nil England U.S.A. cabin 48 Simeon N. Leo 32 m surgeon U.S. U.S.A. cabin 49 F.M. Posthlewaite 32 m artist England U.S.A. 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. ? 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. * Passengers where numbered by the transcribers for ease of referencing. * None died during the voyage, therefore this coloumn was eliminated. 24 to 28 First letter of surname is strange, name may be Vasalins
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 406, List 1157.
Transcribed by Harry Green, a member of the
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19 March 2008
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