SS Cornwall
I, W^m Stamper, Master of the SS Cornwall, 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 Steamship at Bristol from which port said Steamship 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 Oct 6, 1876So help me God,
before me ________________(illegible signature)
(signed) W^m Stamper
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the SS Cornwall whereof Stamper, is master, from Bristol burthen left blank 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 Mary Arnall 30 f lady Eng US steerage 2 Percy Arnall 4 m child Eng US steerage 3 Gerlinde Thomas 21 f lady Eng US steerage 4 Jane Harper 40 f domestic Eng US steerage 5 John Matthews 38 m farmer Eng US steerage 6 Ellen Matthews 25 f wife Eng US steerage 7 Mary Matthews 5 f child Eng US steerage 8 Richards Matthews 4 m child Eng US steerage 9 Annie Matthews inf. f infant Eng US steerage 10 Jas Davies 27 m cordunter Eng US steerage 11 Mary Ann Davies 25 f wife Eng US steerage 12 Adella Davies 3 f child Eng US steerage 13* W H Mus 57 m farmer Eng US steerage 14 Mary Jane Parkin 31 f domestic Eng US steerage 15 Elizb. Hancock 28 f spinster Eng US steerage 16 Kasper J. Kores 26 m clerk Eng US steerage 17 Thos Drakeford 47 m laborer Eng US steerage 18 Richard Barker 18 m farmer Eng US steerage 19 Geo Keen 15 m laborer Eng US steerage 20 Ed A Rich 33 m clerk Eng US steerage 21 Chas Bond 68 m currier Eng US steerage 22 W H Speak 30 m farmer Eng US steerage 23 Sam^l Green 68 m farmer Eng US steerage 24 Beatrice Green 16 f domestic Eng US steerage 25 John William 30 m laborer Eng US steerage 26 Thos Stone 28 m ironmonger Eng US steerage 27 G. A. Johnson 46 m gent Eng US cabin 28 M A Johnson 46 f lady Eng US cabin 29 M^rs Marsden 22 f lady Eng US cabin 30* Helen Jackelt 34 f lady Eng US cabin 31 Walter Sutton 27 m gent Eng US 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. 13: Surname maybe Mers. 30: Surname maybe Tackett or Lackett.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 406, List 955.
Transcribed by Harry Green and Ines Mannhardt,
members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
31 August 2007
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