Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS State of Georgia

I, L. Cooper, master of the Steamship s/o Georgia do solemnly, sincerely, and truly declare that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me and now delivered 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 s/o Georgia at Glasgow, Scotland via Larne, Ireland from which port said Steamship has now arrived; and that on the said list is truly designated the age, the sex, the occupation of each of the said Passengers, the part of the vessel occupied by each during the passage, the country to which each belongs, also the country of which it is intended by each to become an inhabitant and the number of pieces of luggae; 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
L. Cooper

Sworn to, this 8 December 1876 unreadable signature
Before me (signed) unreadable

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the S.S. State of Georgia whereof L. Cooper is master, from Glasgow, Scotland via Larne, Ireland burthen 2490 tons.

Columns represent: passenger number, given name, surname, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country which they intend to inhabit, number of pieces of luggage and accommodation during the voyage.

 	
   1  James      Shaw            18   male    clerk       Scotland  U.S.A.  1  steerage
   2  Henry W.   Melville        25   male    clerk       Scotland  U.S.A.  2  steerage  
   3  John       Boyle           35   male    miner       Ireland   U.S.A.  4  steerage 
   4  Mary       Boyle           30   female  child       Ireland   U.S.A.     steerage
   5  Catherine  Boyle            7   female  child       Ireland   U.S.A.     steerage
   6  John       M^cConnaghy     52   male    gardener    Scotland  U.S.A.  1  steerage
   7  Anton      Aschinger       29   male    farmer      Germany   U.S.A.  1  steerage
   8* Emil       Pa???eld        23   male    farmer      Germany   U.S.A.  1  steerage  
   9* M??        G??mbler        21   male    pedler      Germany   U.S.A.  1  steerage  
  10  Paul       Wandkte         20   male    farmer      Germany   U.S.A.  1  steerage  
  11  Albert     Wandkte         21   male    farmer      Germany   U.S.A.  1  steerage   
  12  Jacob      Epstien         44   male    farmer      Germany   U.S.A.  1  steerage  
  13  Isaac      Buck            34   male    farmer      Germany   U.S.A.  1  steerage  
  14  Margaret   Gelding         30   female  wife        Ireland   U.S.A.  1  steerage  
  15  William    Gelding          4   male    child       Ireland   U.S.A.     steerage
  16  Infant     Gelding          1m  male    infant      Ireland   U.S.A.     steerage
  17* Johan      B???on          35   male    laborer     Ireland   U.S.A.  1  steerage
  18  Soloman    Schweiphlenner  17   male    butcher     Germany   U.S.A.  1  2' cabin  
  19* Thomas     Steele          54   male    barlemaker  Scotland  U.S.A.  2  2' cabin
  20  Laura      Steele          38   female  wife        Scotland  U.S.A.     2' cabin
  21  Janet      Steele           8   female  child       Scotland  U.S.A.     2' cabin
  22  William    Greene          28   male    engineer    Scotland  U.S.A.  1  2' cabin
                           21 total 


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.

*  None died during the voyage, therefore this coloumn was eliminated.


 8  Surname may be Paelgeld.
 9  Given name may be Max. Surname maybe be Grembler or Gumbler.
17  Surname may be Brown or Besson. Occupation may be barrel or brick maker.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 406, List 1140.

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