Immigrant Ships
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SS Geo Washington

I, J. Whitehead, master of S.S. Geo Washington do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear 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 Steamer at Halifax, N.S., from which port said Steamer has now arrived; and that on said steamer 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. Sworn before me this Nov 24, 1876 signature unreadable

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the S.S. Geo Washington whereof J. Whitehead, is master, from Halifax, N. S. burthen 989 41/100 tons.

Columns represent: given name, surname, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country which they intend to inhabit, accommodation.

   1    M^rs       Gagnon      34  female  lady      United States  US  cabin
   2 *  W.         Fadden      26  male    merchant  Newfound Land  US  cabin  
   3    A.         Downs       47  male    merchant  United States  US  cabin
   4    Miss L     Whiting     17  female  lady      Nova Scotia    US  cabin
   5 *  Miss B.    Whiting     16  female  lady      Nova Scotia    US  cabin  
   6    M^rs       Meeker      52  female  lady      United States  US  cabin
   7 *  Carl E.    Ellerstein  26  male    seaman    Norway         *  steerage
   8 *  O. M.      Jensen      29  male    seaman    Sweden         *  steerage
   9 *  Geo        Lind        20  male    seaman    Sweden         *  steerage 
  10 *  Gustav     Llatting    18  male    seaman    Sweden         *  steerage
  11 *  Gothard    Ohman       17  male    seaman    Sweden         *  steerage
  12 *  Charles    Peterson    20  male    seaman    Sweden         *  steerage
  13 *  Otto       Petterson   22  male    seaman    Sweden         *  steerage
  14 *  Hans       Hantenen    25  male    seaman    Sweden         *  steerage
  15 *  Gustav A.  Bergeron    25  male    seaman    Sweden         *  steerage   


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.


 2  In country of origin there is written what looks like two words that may be 
    Nova Scotia.  Also surname maybe Hadden.
 5  Age is 16 years 6 months
 7-15  All of these passengers were bracketed with the phrase in country to which
    they were to become residents: "in charge of Norwegian Consul at New York".

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 406, List 1105.

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