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Ship Marcia C Day

I, John H Chase Master of the Ship Marcia C Day 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 Ship at Cardiff 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) John H Chase

Sworn to this fifteenth Aug 1859
Before me (Signed) CSMead DC

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Marcia C Day whereof J H Chase is Master, from Cardiff burthen 993 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"; the deaths column was recorded vertically as "None"; the Space Occupied column was recorded vertically as "Steerage"; these columns have been omitted from the transcription.

1* Thomas Neil     32  male    Farmer    ?
2* Elizabeth Neil  33  female  Farmer    ?
3* Thomas Neil      8  male    Farmer    ?
4* James Neil       6  male    Farmer    ?
5* Elizabeth Neil   3  female  Farmer    ?
6  Jessie Neil      1  female  Farmer    Wales
7  Mary Cun?ery    19  female  Labourer  Ireland
8* James Come?y    25  male    Labourer
9* Patrick Shea    32  male    Labourer


Transcriber's Notes:

*  An asterisk is used to call your attention to additional information in the
   Transcriber's Notes.

?  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.

Passenger numbers have been added by the transcriber to aid with referencing.

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

1-5 Country of Origin recorded with what appears to be ditto marks (") but it is not 
clear which word or words are being dittoed.
8 Surname could be Comery.
8-9 Country of Origin omitted.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 194, List 806

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