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Ship James Smith


Liverpool, England to New York
14 June 1859

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, James Calhoun Master of the B^r Ship James Smith do solemnly, sincerely and truly Swear that the following List or Manifest,subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of Customs of the Collection District of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board of the said Ship at Liverpool from which port said Ship 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) Jas Calhoun
Sworn to this 14 June 1859
Before me (Signed) JWhite DC
List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the (omitted) whereof (omitted) is Master, from Liverpool 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 Space Occupied. The Country of Origin for all passengers was recorded as "United Kingdom"; the Destination for all passengers was recorded as "United States" for all passengers; the Space Occupied for all passengers was recorded as "Poop or 2^nd Cabin" for all passengers; no deaths were recorded on the manifest; these columns have been omitted from the transcription.
  1  W^m Crumbie       35      Male    Farmer  
  2  Jane Crumbie      36      Female  Wife
  3  Robert Crumbie    11      Male    Child
  4  Anne Crumbie      10      Female  Child
  5  James Crumbie      9      Male    Child
  6  Eliza Crumbie      7      Female  Child
  7  W^m John Crumbie   5      Male    Child
  8  David Crumbie     Infant  Male    Child
  9  Matthew Blakely   11      Male    Child
 10  Noah Squair       29      Male    Laborer
 11  Rob^t Martin      34      Male    Laborer
 12  James Martin      25      Male    Laborer
 13  Benj^n Flaherty   25      Male    Laborer
 14  W^m Edwood        23      Male    Laborer
 15  Edmund Rogers     18      Male    Laborer
 16  Sam^l Spargo      22      Male    Laborer
 17  Joseph Leonard    25      Male    Laborer
 18  Pat: Lerny        25      Male    Laborer
 19  James Paseor      18      Male    Laborer
 20  Jn^o Boyle        25      Male    Laborer
 21  Josh: Stewart     21      Male    Laborer
 22  Jn^o McClintock   21      Male    Laborer
 23  Cath^n Fitzgerald 14      Female  Servant                        (signed) Jas Calhoun
 24* Cath^n ?orney     20      Female  Servant
 25  Teresa Oneill     19      Female  Servant
 26  W^m Wilson        25      Male    Farmer


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 use of a ^ indicates that the letter/letters following are superscripted.

:  The use of a : may indicate an abbreviated name.

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.

24 Surname could be Forney.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 193, List 543
Transcribed by Judy Caine a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
7 April 2007



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