Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild
Schooner Eastern Light
Maitland, Nova Scotia, Canada to Boston, Massachusetts
3 April 1860
COPY OF REPORT AND LIST OF THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Schooner Eastern Light of Maitland, NS
whereof McCullen is Master, burthen 98 tons, bound from the port of Maitland for Boston.
Coloumns represent: names; age (years, months); sex; occupation, trade or profession; country to which they severally belong; country of which they intend to become inhabitants; died on voyage*; part of vessel occupied during the voyage.
1 Ellen Murphy 22 f housewife Nova Scotia U States not stated
2* Jenny Hennigle 22 f housewife Nova Scotia U States not stated
3 Robt Ettenger 19 m farmer Nova Scotia U States not stated
4 Thomas Lather 19 m bricklayer Nova Scotia U States not stated
5 W^m Robinson 30 m farmer Nova Scotia U States not stated
6 John M^cCullock 19 m farmer Nova Scotia U States not stated
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 on the voyage, therefore this coloumn was eliminated.
2: Surname may be Harring.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M277, Reel 56.
Transcribed by Harry Green
and Ines Mannhardt,
members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
15 June 2006
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