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Steamship Fulton


Havre, France and Southampton, England to New York
22 April 1859

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, James A Wotton* Master of the "Steamship Fulton" 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 of the said Fulton at Havre and Southampton from which port said Fulton 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) JAWotte?
Sworn to this 22 April 1859
Before me (Signed) JWhite DC
List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Steamship "Fulton" whereof James A Wotton* is Master, from Havre burthen (omitted) tons.
Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country to which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on the Voyage, and Part of the Vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage. The Destination for all passengers was recorded as "US" and no deaths were recorded on the voyage; these columns have been omitted from the transcription.
  1  I. F. Stebbins     36y    Lawyer     N.Y.        Cabin
  2  G. La Mercier      65y    Merchant   Paris
  3* ? La Mercier       32y               Paris
  4  G. H. A. Bennett   21y    M.D.       N.Y.
  5  H. D. Kimberly     28y    Merchant   N.Y.
  6  F. Randolph        32y    Merchant   N.Y.
  7* ? Randolph         28y               N.Y.
  8  Mrs. Renison       26y               N.Y.
  9  A. T. Cipriant     46y    Lawyer     N.Y.
 10* ? ?                27y    Servant    N.Y.
 11  Mrs. Pitron        35y    Actress    Paris
 12  Mrs. Godron        22y               Germany
 13  E. Maiguin         46y    Merchant   Paris
 14  H Burgy            30y    Merchant   N.Y.
 15* Dr Gill            22y    M.D.       N.O.
 16  P C Blancan        43y    Merchant   N.Y.
 17  E. Petrerre        45y    Dentist    N.Y.
 18* ? Petrerre         32y               N.Y.
 19* ? Petrerre          8y               N.Y.
 20  P. A. H. Rinaulds  40y    Merchant   N.Y.
 21  L. Simonin         43y    Merchant   Paris
 22* A Baro             35y    Planter    Cuba
 23  N. Leroy           47y    Banker     California  
 24  E. Cooper          13y    Boy        N.Y.
 25  B. Kellum          26y    Architect  N.Y.
 26  Mrs. Didier        25y               Paris
 27* ? Didier            8y               Paris
 28* ? Didier            9y               Paris
 29  L. Delpech         45y    Planter    Venezuela
 30* ? Delpech          32y               Venezuela
 31* ? Delpech          17y               Venezuela
 32* ? ?                65y               Venezuela
 33  S E. Negrin        32y    Gambler    US
 34* M. Goodman         36y    Merchant   N M.
 35* ? Goodman          20y               N M.
 36* E. C. Goodwin      32y    Merchant   N M.
 37* ? Goodwin          28y               N M.
 38  H. C. Leduc        25y    Priest     Paris
 39  J. B. Mouton       28y    Priest     Paris
 40  Mrs. Finch         32y               Paris
 41  Mrs. St. Reiny     35y               Paris
 42  M. Henri           32y    Blacksmith Paris
 43  A. Thierry         28y    Merchant   Germany
 44  Rev B OReilly      37y    Jesuit     N.Y.
 45  Mrs. Leferre       32y               France
 46* D. Pr??holz        26y    Merchant   Germany
 47  J. Snield          25y    Merchant   Germany
 48  J. D'Isay          43y    Merchant   Germany
 49  J. B. Carles       41y    Merchant   Germany
 50* J. Notter          38y    Merchant   Germany
 51  E. Notter          35y    Merchant   Germany
 52* H. Fa?s            32y    Merchant   Germany
 53* D. Fa?s            28y    Merchant   Germany
 54* E. Beauseigneur    26y    Merchant   France
 55  W. Ziegler         25y    Merchant   Germany
 56  G. Grah            32y    Merchant   Germany
 57* ? Grah             26y               Germany
 58  J Barrot           34y    Merchant   Germany
 59* J. Duf?ey          43y    Merchant   Ireland
 60  Mrs. Umlauf        25y               Germany
 61  Mrs. Nigai         45y               Germany
 62  C Baldwin          28y    Merchant   Germany
 63* ? Baldwin          24y               Germany
 64  G. Rieser          47y    Merchant   Germany
 65* ? Rieser           35y               Germany
 66* ? Rieser           14y               Germany
 67* ? Rieser           15y               Germany
 68* S Lo??e            29y    Merchant   Germany
 69  C. Firman          35y    Merchant   Germany
 70  C Marais           32y    Merchant   Germany
 71* ? Marais           28y               Germany
 72* ? Marais            3y               Germany
 73  Mrs. Mercier       40y               France
 74* ? Mercier           5y               France
 75  Mrs. Weinreiter    28y               Germany
 76* ? Weinreiter        5y               Germany
 77  H. Kuhn            26y    Musician   Germany
 78* ? Kuhn             18y               Germany
 79  P Schell           48y    Merchant   Germany
 80* ? Schell           35y               Germany
 81* ? Schell           12y               Germany
 82* ? Schell           14y               Germany
 83* ? Schell           15y               Germany
 84  P P Bennighoff     26y    Merchant   Germany
 85  J Bennighoff       24y    Merchant   Germany
 86* Miss Bilber?ch     18y               Germany
 87  Miss Eberle        17y               Germany
 88  E. Berty           32y    Merchant   Germany
 89  J Rosenfelder      36y    Merchant   Germany
 90  C Pecgneux         43y    Merchant   Germany
 91  J Segonin          48y    Merchant   Germany
 92  S. De Forrest      43y    Merchant   Germany
 93  A. Grandjean       40y    Merchant   Germany
 94  J. Loeb            28y    Merchant   Germany
 95  O. Grunebaum       12y    Merchant   Germany
 96  A. Marx            14y    Merchant   Germany
 97  F. Stauffe         32y    Merchant   Germany
 98  A. Stauffe         34y    Merchant   Germany
 99* A. Jea??ber        32y    Merchant   Germany
100  H. Ziegel          43y    Merchant   Germany
101  F. Zoller          41y    Merchant   Germany
102  B. Hess            28y    Merchant   Germany
103  G. Dusch           33y    Merchant   Germany
104  J. Strehl          48y    Merchant   Germany
105* ? Strehl           35y               Germany
106* ? Strehl           14y               Germany
107* ? Strehl           16y               Germany
108* ? Strehl           17y               Germany
109  D. Adler           32y    Merchant   Germany
110* E. Duminler        36y    Merchant   Germany
111  J. Weiler          31y    Merchant   Germany
112  Miss Blattner      16y               Germany
113  Miss Cahen         18y               Germany
114  Miss Bautweiser    19y               Germany
115  Miss Rosenberger   17y               Germany
116  Miss Bernheim      19y               Germany
117  Miss Gulden        18y               Germany
118  M. Lesner          45y    Merchant   Germany
119* ? Lesner           16y               Germany
120* ? Lesner           18y               Germany
121  Mrs Siminot        32y               Germany
122  S. Wolff           53y               Germany
123* ? Wolff            45y               Germany
124  Mrs. Detchenaher   26y               Germany
125* ? Detchenaher       3y               Germany
126  Miss Heilbrunner   20y               Germany
127  G C. Beisebarth    35y    Merchant   Germany
128* ? Beisebarth        6y               Germany
129  J. Jeanneret       22y    Merchant   France
130  F. Landauer        33y    Merchant   Germany
131* ? Landauer          8y               Germany
132  Mrs. B. Majer      31y               Louisiana
133* ? Majer             7y               Louisiana
134* ? Majer             8y               Louisiana
135* ? ?                33y               Louisiana
136* Miss Lo??enstein   26y               Germany
137  Miss Robbin        19y               N.Y.
138  Miss Watson        21y               England
139  Miss Williams      18y               England
140  James Day          32y               England
141* ? Day              26y               England
142  Miss Plyer         17y               England
143  S. P. Tucker       43y    Merchant   England
144  W. Martin          37y    Merchant   England
145  J. Russ            36y    Mariner    N.Y.
146  C. Scheer          42y    Engineer   N.Y.

                                  (signed) JAWotten


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 below.

?  The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read due to quality of 
   the original document.

The transcription preserves the original spelling.

The manifest scribe numbered the passengers.

All ditto marks on the original manifest have been replaced with the actual words 
indicated.

* Captain's surname as written. Captain's signature at end of manifest clearly 
  indicates surname is Wotten.

  3  Name recorded as "& Lady".
  7  Name recorded as "& Lady".
 10  Name recorded as "& Svt."
 15  Origin as written.
 18  Name recorded as "& Lady".
 19  Name recorded as "Son".
 22  Acute accent over 'o' in surname.
 27-28  Name recorded as "& 2 children".
 30  Name recorded as "lady".
 31  Name recorded as "daughter".
 32  Name recorded as "& Svt".
 34-37  Origin as written.
 35  Name recorded as "& lady".
 37  Name recorded as "& lady".
 46  3rd and 4th letters not clear, could be Prunholz.
 50-51  Umlaut over 'o' in surname.
 52-53  3rd letter of surname not clear, could be Fans or Faus.
 54  There may be an illegible letter after the last letter of the surname.
 57  Name recorded as "& lady".
 59  4th letter of surname not clear, could be Dufrey or Dufsey.
 63  Name recorded as "& lady".
 65  Name recorded as "lady &".
 66  Name recorded as "Two".
 67  Name recorded as "sons".
     65-67 "lady & Two sons"
 68  3rd and 4th/5th letters of surname not clear, could be Loupe, 
     Lonpe, Loupre, or Lonpre.
 71  Name recorded as "Lady".
 72  Name recorded as "& child".
     71-72 "Lady & child"
 74  Name recorded as "& child".
 76  Name recorded as "& child".
 78  Name recorded as "Lady".
 80  Name recorded as "wife".
 81  Name recorded as "and".
 82  Name recorded as "Three".
 83  Name recorded as "Children".
     80-83 "wife and Three Children"
 86  7th letter of surname not clear, could be Bilberech 
     or Bilberich.
 99  4th and 5th letters of surname illegible.
105  Name recorded as "wife".
106  Name recorded as "and".
107  Name recorded as "Three".
108  Name recorded as "Children".
     105-108 "wife and three Children"
110  Umlaut over 'u' in surname.
119  Name recorded as "and Two".
120  Name recorded as "daughters".
     119-120 "and Two daughters"
123  Name recorded as "& lady".
125  Name recorded as "& Child".
128  Name recorded as "& Son".
131  Name recorded as "& Child".
133  Name recorded as "Two children".
134  Name recorded as "and".
135  Name recorded as "Servant".
     133-135 "Two children and Servant"
136  3rd/4th letters of surname not clear, could be Lorsenstein
     or Lowenstein.
141  Name recorded as "& wife".
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 191, List 268
Transcribed by Judy Caine a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
29 July 2006



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