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Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Olympus


Liverpool, England to Boston, Massachusetts
3 February 1873
* I, 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 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 Boston, MA, 187_.
Subscribed and sworn to before
______________, Collector.
COPY OF REPORT AND LIST OF THE PASSENGERS taken on board the SS Olympus whereof Wm Gill is Master, burthen 2145 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  Maria A Tattersall      7   f               England         United States   steerage      
  2  John Hull              29   m   miller      England         United States   steerage      
  3  Mary Monahan           23   f   spinster    Ireland         United States   steerage      
  4  Bridget Monahan        18   f               England         United States   steerage      
  5  Squire Wilson          41   m   lab         England         United States   steerage      
  6  Ann Wilson             40   f               England         United States   steerage      
  7  W^m Nuttall            21   f   miner       England         United States   steerage      
  8  Thomas Catterill       46   m   spinner     England         United States   steerage      
  9  Elisabeth Hallford     16   f   spinster    England         United States   steerage      
 10  Peter Snowden          22   m   clerk       Scotland        United States   steerage      
 11  John Briggs            41   m   weaver      England         United States   steerage      
 12  Pat Riley              19   m   farmer      Ireland         United States   steerage      
 13* ???len Jones           45   f   lab         England         United States   steerage      
 14  Thomas M^cCarthy       30   m   lab         Ireland         United States   steerage      
 15  Edward Asment          15   m               England         United States   steerage      
 16  W^m Barlow             21   m   mech        England         United States   steerage      
 17  John J Bird            29   m   butcher     England         United States   steerage      
 18* Tho^s Pa?l??dge        15   m   lab         England         United States   steerage      
 19* ??? ??aih              21   m   ??          England         United States   steerage      
 20  Henry O'Hara           23   m   lab         Ireland         United States   steerage      
 21  Johanna O'Hara         20   f               Ireland         United States   steerage      
 22  Wm M^cGrath            23   m   lab         Ireland         United States   steerage      
 23  Maria  M^cGrath        24   f               Ireland         United States   steerage      
 24  James Realls           34   m   lab         England         United States   steerage      
 25  Charles Kelpie         29   m   lab         Germany         United States   steerage      
 26  Wm Ebaun               26   m   lab         England         United States   steerage      
 27  Wm Jenkins             27   m   lab         England         United States   steerage      
 28  Jane Jenkins           22   f               England         United States   steerage      
 29  James G Bogers         31   m   lab         England         United States   steerage      
 30  Jessie Bogers          26   f               England         United States   steerage      
 31  Wm Watson              35   m   shoemaker   England         United States   steerage      
 32  Pat. Tolen             22   m   lab         Ireland         United States   steerage      
 33  Ernst Stewart           4   m               England         United States   steerage      
 34  W^m Maris              21   m   painter     England         United States   steerage      
 35  John M^cCallum         23   m   farmer      England         United States   steerage      
 36  Edward Steel           26   m   lab         England         United States   steerage      
 37  ?rice Jones            26   m   lab         England         United States   steerage      
 38  John Gladin            22   m   lab         Ireland         United States   steerage      
 39  Thomas McLeary         22   f   clerk       Ireland         United States   steerage      
 40  Elizabeth McLeary      17   f               England         United States   steerage      
 41  Sophia Hewett          25   f   spinster    England         United States   steerage      
 42  John Robinson          28   m   mechanic    England         United States   steerage      
 43  Robert Tattersall      35   m   painter     England         United States   steerage      
 44  Sam'l Tattersall       11   m               England         United States   steerage      
 45  Albert Tattersall       8   m               England         United States   steerage      
 46  Robert Walton          25   m   weaver      England         United States   steerage      
 47  Abraham Fawcett        37   m               England         United States   steerage      
 48  Annie Davidson         21   f   spinster    Ireland         United States   steerage      
 49  Abraham Sykes          20   m   lab         England         United States   steerage      
 50  Mary A Blomley         36   f               England         United States   steerage      
 51  W^m Blomley            14   m   lab         England         United States   steerage      
 52  Mary A Blomley         11   f               England         United States   steerage      
 53* David Blomley           9   m               England         United States   steerage      
 54* ??????  ???????        ??   f               England         United States   steerage      
 55  Ca?? Campbell          17   f               England         United States   steerage      
 56  Hannah Foster          23   f               England         United States   steerage      
 57  Michl M^cCarthy        35   m   mech        Ireland         United States   steerage      
 58  Annie Wairich          21   f   spinster    England         United States   steerage      
 59  Pally Harper           20   f   spinster    England         United States   steerage      
 60  Chas Hodge             29   m   lab         England         United States   steerage      
 61  John W Wood            18   m   merchant    England         United States   steerage      
 62  James Wood             70   m   merchant    England         United States   steerage      
 63  W^m Horne              35   m   mech        England         United States   steerage      
 64  Wigden Rauske          34   m   tailor      Germany         United States   steerage      
 65  Wladyslau Pociche      26   m   lab         Poland          United States   steerage      
 66  Maria Ewell            23   f   spins       England         United States   steerage      
 67  Annie Coaskie          19   f   spins       Russia          United States   steerage      
 68  Fredrich Schmidt       24   m   lab         Switzerland     United States   steerage      
 69  ?anie Kaisok           33   m   lab         Russia          United States   steerage      
 70  Martin Jaintykey       20   m   lab         Poland          United States   steerage      
 71* Hillel Basenberg        9   m   tailor      Germany         United States   steerage      
 72  Filep Walentin         21   m   tailor      Sweden          United States   steerage      
 73  Johanne Denisfer       37   m   farmer      Germany         United States   steerage      
 74  Klaas Klaassen         22   m   farmer      Germany         United States   steerage      
 75  Hubert Schah           20   m   lab         Germany         United States   steerage      
 76  Luigi Masanti          33   m   lab         Italy           United States   steerage      
 77  Johann Schafer         20   m   farmer      Germany         United States   steerage      
 78  Adolf Leisentrett      20   m   farmer      Sweden          United States   steerage      
 79  Johann Pollott         17   m   farmer      Sweden          United States   steerage      
 80  Johann Schad           20   m   farmer      Sweden          United States   steerage      
 81  Anders Andersen        30   m   farmer      Sweden          United States   steerage      
 82  Stine Lausen           18   m   farmer      Denmark         United States   steerage      
 83  David Mi. Arman        46   m   lab         Denmark         United States   steerage      
 84  Heinrich Rochler       25   m   lab         Germany         United States   steerage      
 85  Minna Rochler          23   f               Germany         United States   steerage      
 86* Anton Haile            29   m   farmer      Germany         United States   steerage      
 87  Anasthasia Hurst       36   m   farmer      Germany         United States   steerage      
 88  John M^cMerez          43   m   lab         England         United States   steerage      
 89  Dan Elan               30   m   lab         England         United States   steerage      
 90  Mary Powell            23   f   spins       Ireland         United States   steerage      
 91  Cornelius Sullivan     24   m   lab         Ireland         United States   steerage      
 92  James Hill             21   m   lab         Ireland         United States   steerage      
 93  Nicolas Whelan         22   m   lab         Ireland         United States   steerage      
 94  John O'Neil            22   m   lab         Ireland         United States   steerage      
 95  Timothy O'Neil         35   m   lab         Ireland         United States   steerage      
 96* ???? ???               ??   ?   ?           Ireland         United States   steerage      
 97  Brid Deagen            20   f   spins       Ireland         United States   steerage      
 98  Danl Coleman           27   m   lab         Ireland         United States   steerage      
 99  David Kennedy          32   m   lab         Ireland         United States   steerage      
100  Cochrane Donald        31   m   painter     England         United States   cabin         
101  Annie Donald           27   f               England         United States   cabin         
102  Sarah E Foster         33   f               United States   United States   cabin         
103  Elisabeth A Foster      7   f               United States   United States   cabin         
104  Christopher Robinson   65   m   lawyer      United States   United States   cabin         
105  Ellen L Robinson       20   f   spinster    United States   United States   cabin         
106  Helen L Almstead       33   f               United States   United States   cabin         
107  Clara C Merriman       25   f   spins       United States   United States   cabin         
108  Edward F Merriman      47   m               United States   United States   cabin         
109  Seward Dodd            32   m   mariner     Cape Breton     United States   cabin         
110  Edw^d C Matthews       35   m   mariner     United States   United States   cabin         
111  John H Busell          34   m   mech        United States   United States   cabin         
112  Chas Hastenbein        40   m               Germany         United States   cabin         
113  James F Blackinton     53   m   teacher     United States   United States   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.

*  The Captain's statement followed the passenger list.

*  Names were transcribed as seen regardless of spelling.

*  Passengers where numbered by the transcribers for ease of referencing.

 8:      Surname may be Catterile.
13:      Given name may be Helen, first 2 letters are faded out.
18 & 19: Black blots prevent many letters from being read.
53 & 54: many letters not evident due to black band through these 2 lines.
71:      Surname may be Barenberg or Bosenberg.
86:      the last name could be Kaile.
96:      All information was not evident due to blacked out area

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



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