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Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Schooner Leon Porter


Barrington, Nova Scotia, Canada to Boston, Massachusetts
9 April 1873

I, (left blank), Master of the above-named (left blank), from the port of (left blank), do solemnly, truly and sincerely swear that the above List contains the names and descriptions of all the Passengers who were on board the said (left blank), at the time of or since her last departure from the said Port of (left blank), or that have been taken on board the said vessel at any foreign port, and that none have died on the voyage.
Collector's office, port of , 187 .
Subscribed and sworn to before
_______________ Collector.
COPY OF REPORT AND LIST OF THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Schooner Leon Porter whereof B F Kenney is Master, burden 56 tons
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  Joseph Smith        32   m   mariner   Nova Scotia   Nova Scotia   cabin      
  2  John Greenwood      28   m   mariner   Nova Scotia   Nova Scotia   cabin      
  3  Alfred Newell       32   m   mariner   Nova Scotia   Nova Scotia   cabin      
  4  Vincent Smith       35   m   mariner   Nova Scotia   Nova Scotia   cabin      
  5  Simon M^cKinnon     21   m   mariner   Nova Scotia   Nova Scotia   cabin      
  6  Caleb Smith         35   m   mariner   Nova Scotia   Nova Scotia   cabin      
  7  Herman Nickerson    40   m   mariner   Nova Scotia   Nova Scotia   cabin      
  8  John C Smith        18   m   mariner   Nova Scotia   Nova Scotia   cabin      
  9  Charles Smith       22   m   mariner   Nova Scotia   Nova Scotia   cabin      
 10  Edmund Smith        21   m   mariner   Nova Scotia   Nova Scotia   cabin      
 11  Kinsman Smith       28   m   mariner   Nova Scotia   Nova Scotia   cabin      
 12  Isaac Smith         20   m   mariner   Nova Scotia   Nova Scotia   cabin      
 13  Wm Ross             21   m   mariner   Nova Scotia   Nova Scotia   cabin      
 14* Prima Snow          22   m   mariner   Nova Scotia   Nova Scotia   cabin      
 15  Stephen Donaldson   26   m   mariner   Nova Scotia   Nova Scotia   cabin      
 16  Philip Brown        34   m   mariner   Nova Scotia   Nova Scotia   cabin      
 17  Amaziah Smith       21   m   mariner   Nova Scotia   Nova Scotia   cabin      
 18  Wm H Goodwin        20   m   mariner   Nova Scotia   Nova Scotia   cabin      
 19  Stilman Newell      23   m   mariner   Nova Scotia   Nova Scotia   cabin      
 20  Tiber J Newell      18   m   mariner   Nova Scotia   Nova Scotia   cabin      
 21  Ephraim Nickerson   28   m   mariner   Nova Scotia   Nova Scotia   cabin      
 22  Charles Wiggin      30   m   mariner   Nova Scotia   Nova Scotia   cabin      
 23  Fred R Cunningham   32   m   mariner   Nova Scotia   Nova Scotia   cabin      
 24  Raymond Nickerson   26   m   mariner   Nova Scotia   Nova Scotia   cabin      
 25  Stephen Atkinson    24   m   mariner   Nova Scotia   Nova Scotia   cabin      
 26  Robert Hagg         20   m   mariner   Nova Scotia   Nova Scotia   cabin      
 27  Edmund Crowell      25   m   mariner   Nova Scotia   Nova Scotia   cabin      
 28  Thos Knowles        19   m   mariner   Nova Scotia   Nova Scotia   cabin      
 29  Angus Crowell       17   m   mariner   Nova Scotia   Nova Scotia   cabin      
 30  Charles Lasco       45   m   mariner   Nova Scotia   Nova Scotia   cabin      
 31  James E Brown       23   m   mariner   Nova Scotia   Nova Scotia   cabin      
 32  Alfred M^cRoy       18   m   mariner   Nova Scotia   Nova Scotia   cabin      
 33  Emery Smith         20   m   mech      Nova Scotia   Nova Scotia   cabin      
 34  W^m Nickerson       23   m   mariner   Nova Scotia   Nova Scotia   cabin      
 35  King Perry          22   m   mariner   Nova Scotia   Nova Scotia   cabin      
 36  Tristan Reynolds    19   m   mariner   Nova Scotia   Nova Scotia   cabin      
 37  Wallace Kenny       21   m   mariner   Nova Scotia   Nova Scotia   cabin      

    
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.

*  The Captain's statement followed the passenger list.


14: Given name may be Perna.


National Archives and Records Administration, Film M277, Reel 84.
Transcribed by Harry Green and Ines Mannhardt, members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
9 May 2006



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