Immigrant Ships
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SS Parthia

List or Manifest taken on board the Steamship Parthia whereof W^m Watson is master, from Liverpool; burden 2035 tons.

Coloumns represent: name, age in years and months, sex, occupation, the country to which the severally belong, the country of which they intend to become inhabitants, *died on voyage.

  1  James C Bailie         22   m   merchant    Scotland        Scotland           cabin         
  2* Saml L Clemens         38   m   editor      United States   United States      cabin         
  3  Joseph Little          29   m   mechanic    England         United States      cabin         
  4  Cath L Appelton        37   f               United States   United States      cabin         
  5  Jeanie T Spaulding     38   f               United States   United States      cabin         
  6  Arthur C Wright        16   m               England         Sandwich Islands   cabin         
  7  Samuel Morris          29       merchant    England         New Zealand        cabin         
  8  Rev Robert Dunn        35   m   clergyman   England         Sandwich Islands   cabin         
  9  Saml P Mandell         41   m   mercht      United States   United States      cabin         
 10  Bridget Degan          30   f               Ireland         United States      cabin         
 11  Mary Degan             28   f               Ireland         United States      steerage      
 12  Joseph Pennington      20   m   mechanic    United States   United States      steerage      
 13  John Henry Ward        25   m   lab         England         United States      steerage      
 14  Thomas Bashell         34   m   mechanic    England         United States      steerage      
 15  Mary Hart              17   f               Ireland         United States      steerage      
 16  Christopher Conrad     27   m   mechanic    Hamburg, Ger    United States      steerage      
 17  Emily Taylor            5   f               England         United States      steerage
 18  Annie Taylor            2   f               England         United States      steerage      
 19  John Letts             50   m               England         United States      steerage      
 20  Thos Williams          18   m   mechanic    England         United States      steerage      
 21  Thos M^cAdam           25   m   mercht      Scotland        United States      steerage      
 22  George Lough           49   m   clerk       England         United States      steerage      
 23* Jorefink Rowland       26   m   lab         Germany         United States      steerage      
 24  John Kelman            29   m   mechanic    Ireland         United States      steerage      
 25  Alex Grant             36   m   clerk       France          United States      steerage      
 26  Madame Grant           28   f               France          United States      steerage      
 27  Caller Morris          36   m   mechanic    Germany         United States      steerage      
 28  Joe Beckman            28   m   lab         Holland         United States      steerage      
 29  Elisabeth Beckman      26   f               Holland         United States      steerage      
 30  Peter Beckman           1   m               Holland         United States      steerage      
 31* Anton Gundsivitz       35   m   shoemaker   Germany         United States      steerage      
 32  Max Methas             23   m   actor       Germany         United States      steerage      
 33  Alice Hemgslav         35   f               Germany         United States      steerage      
 34  Ellen Roase            26   f               England         United States      steerage      
 35  Emily Roase             2   f               England         United States      steerage      
 36  Anne Constantine       45   f               England         United States      steerage      
 37  Olive Constantine      10   f               England         United States      steerage      
 38  Joseph Hale            35   m   merch       England         United States      steerage      
 39  Emily Taylor           27   f               England         United States      steerage      
 40  Mary A Taylor           1   f               England         United States      steerage      
 41  Eliza M^cFarland       32   f               Scotland        United States      steerage      
 42  Archibald M^cFarland    4   m               Scotland        United States      steerage      
 43  Elizabeth M^cFarland    2   f               Scotland        United States      steerage      
 44  Peter M^cFarland        1   m               Scotland        United States      steerage      
 45  Hy R Martin            26   m   weaver      England         United States      steerage      
 46  Sarah M^cFarland       30   f               England         United States      steerage      
 47  John M^cArty           29   m   lab         Ireland         United States      steerage      
 48  John Gorden            28   m   grocer      Ireland         United States      steerage      
 49  Emma Newton            27   f               England         United States      steerage      
 50  George Newton           1   m               England         United States      steerage      
 51  Emma Newton             5   f               England         United States      steerage      
 52  John Lane              22   m   lab         Ireland         United States      steerage      
 53  Bryan Connor           24   m   lab         Ireland         United States      steerage      
 54  John Lamb              28   m   lab         Ireland         United States      steerage      
 55  James C O'Brien        22   m   lab         Ireland         United States      steerage      
 56* Margt Mulcahy          22   f               Ireland         United States      steerage      
 57  Hugh Beers             35   m   lab         Ireland         United States      steerage      
 58  Coleman Flaherty       27   m   lab         Ireland         United States      steerage      
 59  Henry Bennett          22   m   lab         Ireland         United States      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.

*  Passengers where numbered by the transcribers for ease of referencing.
*  the sworn statement is at the end of the list of passengers.
*  port of landing is Boston for all passengers, therefore this coloumn has been eliminated.

23: Given name may be Joseph.
31: Surname may be Gundweritz.
56: the last name could be Muleaby.


2:  This passenger, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, is better known as Mark Twain. He lived from 
    November 30, 1835 to April 21, 1910. Among his better known novels are "The Adventures of
    Huckleberry Finn" and "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"". His first book, 
    "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Caleveras County"" was published in 1867. 
    He worked as a printer, a steamboat pilot, a gold prospector, a journalist in Nevada 
    and San Francisco during the height of the Gold Rush, and as a  renowned lecturer. 
    He was married to Olivia Langdon (1845 - 1904). They had 3 daughters, Susy (1872-1896), 
    Clara (1874-1862) and Jean (1880-1909). Click here for a brief biography of Mark Twain.
    Mark Twain wrote five Travelogues, "describing his experiences in the western U.S., 
    along the Mississippi, in Europe, the Mideast, and Asia ....". 

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