Immigrant Ships
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SS Somerset

I, Wm. Wulem, Master of the SS Somerset, 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 Steamer at Bristol Eng from which port said Steamer 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 Oct 26, 1876

So help me God,
(signed) Wm. Wulem

before me ________________(illegible signature)

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the SS Somerset whereof Wm. Wulem, is master, from Bristol Eng burthen 1240 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  Neate, E             55       f   lady          Scotland   America   2nd cabin      
  2  Willway, Martha      20       f   spinster      England    America   2nd cabin      
  3  Pollard, Emma        21       f   spinster      England    America   2nd cabin      
  4  Prendergast, Susan   17       f   spinster      England    America   steerage       
  5  Lucas, P H           25       f   wife          England    America   steerage       
  6  Lucas, Rose          infant   f   infant        England    America   steerage       
  7  Down, Richard        19       m   gardener      England    America   steerage       
  8  Lampley, Edward      20       m   farmer        England    America   steerage       
  9  Poole, Alfred        27       m   engineer      England    America   steerage       
 10  Cook, George         16       m   laborer       England    America   steerage       
 11  Cook, James          10       m   child         England    America   steerage       
 12  Phillips, Andrew     22       m   laborer       England    America   steerage       
 13  Larache, William     27       m   seaman        England    America   steerage       
 14  Steads, Sarah        50       f   laborer       England    America   2nd cabin      
 15  Cook, Maria          52       f   wife          England    America   steerage       
 16  Cook, Hannah         14       f   spinster      England    America   steerage       
 17  Cook, Laura           7       f   child         England    America   steerage       
 18  Cook, Samuel          6       m   child         England    America   steerage       
 19  Fennell, Martha      45       f   wife          England    America   steerage       
 20  Hallam, Charles      18       m   laborer       England    America   steerage       
 21  Orchard, John        42       m   gent          England    America   2nd cabin      
 22  Orchard, Charity     44       f   wife          England    America   steerage       
 23  Orchard, M J         19       m   laborer       England    America   steerage       
 24  Fehrenback, Kies     47       m   clock maker   Germany    America   steerage       
 25  Fehrenback, Mary     46       f   wife          England    America   steerage       
 26  Stokes, F            27       m   plumber       England    America   steerage       
 27  Benny, Hannah        32       m   laborer       England    America   steerage       
 28  Ledwell, Tho^s       30       m   laborer       England    America   steerage       
 29  Davies, Alfred       33       m   baker         England    America   steerage       
 30  Muller, George       30       m   confectioner  England    America   2nd cabin      
 31  Ponting, Caroline    25       f   lady          England    America   cabin          
 32  Ozgill, Joseph       50       m   gentleman     England    America   cabin          
 33  Franklin, Ada        20       f   lady          England    America   cabin          
 34  Moore, David         40       m   gentleman     England    England   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.

    

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