Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Russia


Liverpool, England to New York
19 January 1876

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, T. Cook, Master of the SS Russia, 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 the said steam Ship at Liverpool from which port said S.S. 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.
Sworn to this 19 Jany 1876

So help me God,
(signed) T. Cook

before me ________________(illegible signature)
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the SS Russia whereof T. Cook, is master, from Liverpool burthen 1709 53/100 tons.
Coloumns represent: Names, age in years and months, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country of which they intend to become inhabitants, *died on voyage, part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.
  1  Reverdy Johnson       80  male    lawyer               US America           US America            cabin      
  2  Howard Gibb           25  male    merchant             US America           US America            cabin      
  3  Albert M. Day         40  male    merchant             US America           US America            cabin      
  4  John H. Wray          36  male    merchant             US America           US America            cabin      
  5  Robert  R. Yates      38  male    merchant             US America           US America            cabin      
  6  James E. Raymond      42  male    merchant             US America           US America            cabin      
  7  Thomas S. Kingman     32  male    merchant             US America           US America            cabin      
  8  Eliza R G Pery        38  female  matron               US America           US America            cabin      
  9  Frederick A Reichard  45  male    merchant             US America           US America            cabin      
 10  Arthur W. Pope        26  male    merchant             US America           US America            cabin      
 11  Charles G. Kerr       43  male    lawyer               US America           US America            cabin      
 12* John H. Iselon        28  male    merchant             US America           US America            cabin      
 13  Arthur G. Dickinson   40  male    merchant             US America           US America            cabin      
 14  Smith Owen            66  male    jeweller             US America           US America            cabin      
 15  Mary C Owen           58  female  wife                 US America           US America            cabin      
 16  Mary W Owen           30  female  spinster             US America           US America            cabin      
 17  Lydia D Owen          25  female  spinster             US America           US America            cabin      
 18  Henry Miller          47  male    grazier              US America           US America            cabin      
 19  Sarah Miller          35  female  wife                 US America           US America            cabin      
 20  Henry Miller          16  male    child                US America           US America            cabin      
 21  Nellie S Miller       10  female  child                US America           US America            cabin      
 22  Sarah A Miller         4  female  child                US America           US America            cabin      
 23  Monnee Pfeiffer       18  female  spinster             Germany              US America            cabin      
 24  Kate Murphy           35  female  servant              US America           US America            cabin      
 25  Henry Wolff           43  male    merchant             US America           US America            cabin      
 26  Henry M. Peyser       29  male    merchant             US America           US America            cabin      
 27  John G Neeser         39  male    merchant             US America           US America            cabin      
 28  Robert Z. Paterson    46  male    merchant             US America           US America            cabin      
 29  Frederick G Whiting   24  male    book keeper          US America           US America            cabin      
 30  Charles Johnston      40  male    merchant             US America           US America            cabin      
 31  Joseph Levi           30  male    merchant             US America           US America            cabin      
 32  Theodore Ralli        34  male    merchant             US America           US America            cabin      
 33* Aloysius J. Kane      32  male    lawyer               US America           US America            cabin      
 34  William H Beare       45  male    merchant             US America           US America            cabin      
 35  Edward de Berseeden   55  male    gentleman            US America           US America            cabin      
 36  Albert A Kingsland    26  male    notary               US America           US America            cabin      
 37  William D Harris      40  male    gentleman            US America           US America            cabin      
 38  Eliza A Harris        38  female  wife                 US America           US America            cabin      
 39  Dwight M Harris        7  male    student              US America           US America            cabin      
 40  Carlton Harris        15  male    student              US America           US America            cabin      
 41  Alexander Rumsey      48  male    merchant             US America           US America            cabin      
 42  Adolf Marks           31  male    merchant             US America           US America            cabin      
 43  Abraham W. Maas       38  male    merchant             US America           US America            cabin      
 44  Isaac Jekelhermer     40  male    merchant             US America           US America            cabin      
 45  Frederick S Pinkus    31  male    merchant             US America           US America            cabin      
 46  Otto Andreae          30  male    merchant             US America           US America            cabin      
 47  Ernest B Cerruti      31  male    merchant             Italy                US America            cabin      
 48  Albert K Davis        24  male    gentleman            England              England               cabin      
 49  Robert M^cMaster      30  male    merchant             Provence of Ontario  Provence of Ontario   cabin      
 50  Ronald L Melville     40  male    banker               England              England               cabin      
 51  Francis Valery        22  male    servant              Switzerland          England               cabin      
 52  Marie Gentille        33  female  wife                 N.D. America         England               cabin      
 53  Mary Skinner          50  female  wife                 N.D. America         England               cabin      
 54  June Clarke           26  female  wife                 N.D. America         England               cabin      
 55  Lewis E Kellog        38  male    merchant             N.D. America         England               cabin      
 56  Brook Herford         46  male    clergyman            England              England               cabin      
 57  Hannah Herford        50  female  eife                 England              England               cabin      
 58  Helen B Herford       21  female  spinster             England              England               cabin      
 59  Lucy B Herford        19  female  spinster             England              England               cabin      
 60  John B Herford        18  male    student              England              England               cabin      
 61  Mary B Herford        16  female  spinster             England              England               cabin      
 62  Olive B Herford       15  male    student              England              England               cabin      
 63  Laura B Herford       13  female  student              England              England               cabin      
 64  Hannah B Herford      10  female  child                England              England               cabin      
 65  Beatrice B Herford     8  female  child                England              England               cabin      
 66  Mary Ann Renyon       40  female  servant              England              England               cabin      
 67  Frederick Hamel       33  male    merchant             England              England               cabin      
 68  Albert A Love         36  male    merchant             Ireland              England               cabin      
 69  John Dodd             37  male    merchant             England              England               cabin      
 70  William Barron        45  male    banker               England              England               cabin      
 71  Jesus Hernandez       35  male    servant              Mexico               England               cabin      
 72* Peter W Fuld          45  male    merchant             US America           US America            cabin      
 73* Helen C Fuld          36  female  wife                 US America           US America            cabin      
 74* Echrand Fuld           5  male    child                US America           US America            cabin      
 75  Emma Wood             19  female  servant              US America           US America            cabin      
 76  Fanny Geogham         30  female  spinster             US America           US America            cabin      
 77  Napoleon de Bassano   31  male    gentleman            France               France                cabin      
 78  Clara s de Bassano    30  female  wife                 France               France                cabin      
 79  Betsey Carroll        22  female  spinster             England              US America            cabin      
 80* Flugincie Willes      22  male    merchant             Cuba                 Cuba                  cabin      
 81  Charles M Proctor     26  male    mercantile clerk     US America           US America            cabin      
 82  Alphonse P Pettis     45  male    merchant             US America           US America            cabin      
 83  Edward C Venable      22  male    merchant             US America           US America            cabin      
 84  Edward Parne          30  male    electrician          US America           US America            cabin      
 85  Philip Allen          22  male    mercantile clerk     England              US America            cabin      
 86* James James           37  male    gentleman            England              England               cabin      
 87  Antonio Escomdon      50  male    gentleman            Mexico               France                cabin      
 88  Paul Escomdon         19  male    gentleman            Mexico               France                cabin      
 89  Manuel Escomdon       18  male    gentleman            Mexico               France                cabin      
 90  Roman Alvarado        28  male    servant              Mexico               France                cabin      
 91  Mary Jane Hanna       50  female  matron               US America           US America            cabin      
 92  Mary Hanna            15  female  spinster             US America           US America            cabin      
 93  Thomas Hanna          24  male    gentleman            US America           US America            cabin      
 94  Mary H Sawyer         20  female  spinster             US America           US America            cabin      
 95  Charles L Young       36  male    gentleman            England              England               cabin      
 96  Mary Ellen Young      27  female  wife                 England              England               cabin      
 97  Zapora Day            38  female  servant              England              England               cabin      
 98  Anne Vom Kamsselaer   36  female  matron               US America           US America            cabin      
 99  Louisa Snyder         30  female  servant              US America           US America            cabin      
100  Pasquali Brignole     40  male    professional singer  Italy                US America            cabin      
101  Jose Garcia Blomeo    36  male    master mariner       Spain                US America            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.

*  None died during the voyage, therefore this coloumn was eliminated.

12:      the last name could be Iselin.
33:      Given name may be Alanson.
72 - 74: Surname might be Field
74:      Given name may be Edward.
80:      Given name may be Florencio.
86:      the name has been transcribed as seen.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 401, List 53.
Transcribed by Harry Green and Ines Mannhardt,
members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
27 March 2006



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