Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Columbus

I, E. C. Reed, Master of the S.S Columbus, 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 vessel at Havana, Cuba 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 27 Dec 1876

So help me God,
(signed) E. C. Reed

before me ________________(illegible signature)

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the S.S Columbus whereof E. C. Reed, is master, from Havana, Cuba, burthen 1583 43/100 tons.

Columns 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, part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage. Columns for country to which they intended to be inhabitants and location on the ship were omitted as all were, or were to become, U.S.A. residents and they all had cabins.

 
  1   David Frazier          40  male     engineer    United States
  2   Jose Quentus           42  male     clerk       United States
  3   R.A. Smith             20  male     clerk       England
  4   Leon Baubat            46  male     merchant    France
  5   F. A. Dreyer           62  male     merchant    United States
  6   E. A. Lecuff           27  male     merchant    Spain
  7   M^rs  E. A. Lecuff     24  female               Spain    
  8   V. Lagos               43  male     merchant    Spain
  9   M^rs V. Lagos          22  female               Spain
 10   M^rs Averhoff          35  female               Spain
 11   Miss C. Averhoff       21  female               Spain
 12   W^m Averhoff            4  male                 Spain
 13   B. Averhoff             8  male                 Spain
 14   Luis G. Bustelo        12  male     student     Spain
    

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.

^ Indicates letters are omitted and the following letter is superscripted.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 406, List 1197.

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