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PASSENGER LISTS


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New York Daily Times Published Passenger Lists
New York City to California via Central America 1851 - 1856
         California Bound

DEPARTURES
1851-1856
New York, New York

**Please note - the SS Northern Light and the Clipper Northern Light are two different ships.

  SS Ohio, departed from New York, 13 October 1851, and arrived in Chagres, Panama, unknown date

  SS Daniel Webster, departed from New York, 22 October 1851, and arrived in San Juan de Nicaragua, unknown date. Numerous passengers on the SS Daniel Webster appear on the manifest for the SS North America, which arrived in San Francisco, 28 November 1851.

  SS Cherokee, departed from New York, 6 November 1851, and arrived in Chagres, Panama, unknown date.

  SS Empire City, departed from New York, 9 December 1851, for Havana, New Orleans and arrived in Chagres, Panama, unknown date.

  SS Prometheus, departed from New York, 5 January 1852, and arrived in San Juan de Nicaragua, unknown date.

  SS El Dorado, departed from New York, 22 January 1852, and arrived in Chagres, Panama, unknown date.

  SS Winfield Scott, departed from New York, 26 January 1852, for Rio Janeiro, Valparaiso and Panama, and arrived in San Francisco, California, 28 April 1852.

  SS Crescent City, departed from New York, 3 February 1852, and arrived in Chagres, Panama, unknown date.

  USM Crescent City, departed from New York, 26 January 1852, and arrived in Chagres, Panama, unknown date.

  SS Northern Light, departed from New York, 5 April 1852, and arrived in San Juan de Nicaragua, unknown date.

  SS Sierra Nevada, departed from New York, 10 July 1852, and arrived in Aspinwall, Panama, unknown date.

  SS Prometheus, departed from New York, 5 August 1852, and arrived in San Juan de Nicaragua, unknown date. Numerous passengers on the SS Prometheus appear on the manifest for the SS Independence, which arrived in San Francisco, 5 September 1852.

  SS Northern Light, departed from New York, 20 August 1852, and arrived in San Juan de Nicaragua, unknown date.

  SS United States, departed from New York, 1 September 1852, and arrived in Aspinwall, Panama, unknown date.

  SS Prometheus, departed from New York, 4 September 1852, and arrived in Aspinwall, Panama, unknown date.

  SS Star of the West, departed from New York, 20 September 1852, and arrived in San Juan de Nicaragua, unknown date. Numerous passengers on the SS Star of the West appear on the manifest for the SS Lewis, which arrived in San Francisco, 30 October 1852.

  SS Sierra Nevada, departed from New York, 23 September 1852, and arrived in Aspinwall, Panama, unknown date.

  SS Prometheus, departed from New York, 5 October 1852, and arrived in San Juan de Nicaragua, unknown date. Numerous passengers on the SS Prometheus appear on the manifest for the SS Independence, which arrived in San Francisco, 11 November 1852.

  SS Illinois, departed from New York, 20 October 1852, and arrived in Aspinwall, Panama, unknown date. Numerous passengers on the SS Illinois appear on the manifest for the SS Oregon, which arrived in San Francisco, 20 November 1852.

  SS Star of the West, departed from New York, 20 October 1852, and arrived in San Juan de Nicaragua, unknown date. Numerous passengers on the SS Star of the West appear on the manifest for the SS Pacific, which arrived in San Francisco, 16 November 1851.

  SS Georgia, departed from New York, 5 November 1852, and arrived in Aspinwall, Panama, unknown date.

  SS Illinois, departed from New York, 20 November 1852, and arrived in Aspinwall, Panama, unknown date.

  SS Prometheus, departed from New York, 5 November 1852, and arrived in San Juan de Nicaragua, unknown date.

  SS Illinois, departed from, New York, 20 November 1852, and arrived in Aspinwall, Panama, unknown date.

  Star of the West, departed from New York, 20 November 1852, and arrived in San Juan de Nicaragua, unknown date. Numerous passengers on the SS Star of the West appear on the manifest for the SS Lewis, which arrived in San Francisco, 4 January 1853.

  SS Prometheus, departed from New York, 4 December 1852, and arrived in San Juan de Nicaragua, unknown date. Numerous passengers on the SS Prometheus appear on the manifest for the SS Independence, which arrived in San Francisco, 8 January 1853.

  SS Northern Light, departed from New York, 20 December 1852, and arrived in San Juan de Nicaragua, unknown date.

  SS Star of the West, departed from New York, 5 January 1852, and arrived in San Juan de Nicaragua, unknown date.

  SS United States, departed from New York, 5 January 1853, and arrived in Aspinwall, Panama, unknown date.

  SS Northern Light, departed from New York, 20 January 1853, and arrived, San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. After crossing Nicaragua, many passengers boarded the SS Independence to continue their journey to San Francisco, California. This list also included passengers from:
SS Daniel Webster, departed New Orleans, Louisiana, 22 January 1853, intending to connect with the SS Independence, via Nicaragua. On 16 February 1853, SS Independence was shipwrecked. Nearly nine hundred passengers were onboard the SS Independence. The survivors and those lost are indicated.

  SS Star of the West, departed from New York, 5 February 1853, and arrived in San Juan de Nicaragua, unknown date. Numerous passengers on the SS Star of the West appear on the manifest for the SS Pacific, which arrived in San Francisco, 8 March 1853.

  SS United States, departed from New York, 5 February 1853, and arrived in Aspinwall, Panama, unknown date.

  SS Prometheus, departed from New York, 19 February 1853, and arrived in San Juan de Nicaragua, unknown date.

  SS Prometheus, departed from New York, 19 March 1853, and arrived in San Juan de Nicaragua, unknown date.

  SS Crescent City, departed from New York, 28 March 1853, and arrived in Aspinwall, Panama, unknown date.

  SS Illinois, departed from New York, 20 April 1853, and arrived in Aspinwall, Panama, unknown date.

  SS Star of the West, departed from New York, 5 May 1853, and arrived in San Juan de Nicaragua, unknown date. Numerous passengers on the SS Star of the West appear on the manifest for the SS Pacific, which arrived in San Francisco, 13 Jun 1853.

  SS Prometheus, departed from New York, 21 May 1853, and arrived in San Juan de Nicaragua, unknown date.

  SS Northern Light, departed from New York, 4 June 1853, and arrived in San Juan de Nicaragua, unknown date.

  SS Prometheus, departed from New York, 20 June 1853, and arrived in San Juan de Nicaragua, unknown date.

  SS Uncle Sam, departed from New York, 20 June 1853, and made stops at Rio de Janeiro, Valparaiso, and arrived in San Francisco, 20 September 1853.

  SS Northern Light, departed from New York, 5 July 1853, and arrived in San Juan de Nicaragua, unknown date. Numerous passengers on the SS Northern Light appear on the manifest for the SS Sierra Nevada, which arrived in San Francisco, 31 August 1853.

  SS Star of the West, departed from New York, 20 July 1853, and arrived in San Juan, Nicaragua, unknown date.

  SS Northern Light, departed from New York, 5 August 1853, and arrived in San Juan, Nicaragua, unknown date.

  SS Star of the West, departed from New York, 20 August 1853, and arrived in San Juan del Norte, unknown date. Numerous passengers on the SS Star of the West appear on the manifest for the SS Sierra Nevada, which arrived in San Francisco, 15 September 1853.

  SS Star of the West, departed from New York, 20 September 1853, and arrived in San Juan del Norte, unknown date.

  SS Northern Light, departed from New York, 5 October 1853, and arrived in San Juan del Norte, unknown date.

  SS America, departed from New York, 20 October 1853, and arrived in Aspinwall, Panama, unknown date.

  SS Star of the West, departed from New York, 20 October 1853, and arrived in San Juan de Nicaragua, unknown date.

  SS Star of the West, departed from New York, 19 November 1853, and arrived in San Juan de Nicaragua, unknown date.

  SS Northern Light, departed from New York, 4 February 1854, and arrived in San Juan de Nicaragua, unknown date.

  Star of the West, departed from New York, 20 March 1854, and arrived in San Juan de Nicaragua, unknown date.

  SS Illinois, departed from New York, 5 April 1854, and arrived in Aspinwall, Panama, unknown date.

  SS Northern Light, departed from New York, 5 April 1854, and arrived in Puenta Arenas, Nicaragua, date unknown. Numerous passengers on the SS Northern Light appear on the manifest for the SS Pacific, which arrived in San Francisco, 4 May 1854.

  SS George Law, departed from New York, 20 May 1854, and arrived in Aspinwall, Panama date unknown.

  SS Star of the West, departed from New York, 20 May 1854, and arrived in Puenta Arenas, Nicaragua, date unknown.

  SS Illinois, departed from New York, 5 June 1854, and arrived in Aspinwall, Panama, unknown date.

  SS Prometheus, departed from New York, 5 June 1854, and arrived in Puenta Arenas, Nicaragua, unknown date.

  SS Star of the West, departed from New York, 20 June 1854, and arrived in Puenta Arenas, Nicaragua, date unknown.

  SS Illinois, departed from New York, 5 July 1854, and arrived in Puenta Arenas, Nicaragua, unknown date.

  SS Prometheus, departed from New York, 5 July 1854, and arrived in Puenta Arenas, Nicaragua, unknown date.

  SS Star of the West, departed from New York, 19 July 1854, and arrived in Puenta Arenas, Nicaragua, unknown date.

  SS Prometheus, departed from New York, 4 August 1854, and arrived in Puenta Arenas, Nicaragua, unknown date.

  SS North Star, departed from New York, 5 August 1854, and arrived in Aspinwall, Panama, date unknown.

  SS George Law, departed from New York, 5 August 1854, and arrived in Aspinwall, Panama, date unknown.

  SS Star of the West, departed from New York, 19 August 1854, and arrived in Puenta Arenas, Nicaragua, date unknown. Numerous passengers on the SS Star of the West appear on the manifest for the SS Cortes, which arrived in San Francisco, 9 September 1854.

  SS Illinois, departed from New York, August, 1854, and arrived in Aspinwall, Panama, date unknown.

  SS Prometheus, departed from New York, 4 September 1854, and arrived in Puenta Arenas, Nicaragua, date unknown.

  SS Northern Light, departed from New York, 19 September 1854, and arrived in Puenta Arenas, Nicaragua, date unknown.

  SS Star of the West, departed from New York, 4 October 1854, and arrived in Punta Arenas, date unknown.

  SS Northern Light, departed from New York, 27 October 1854, and arrived in Punta Arenas, Nicaragua, date unknown.

  SS George Law, departed from New York, 6 November 1854, and arrived in Aspinwall, Panama, date unknown.

  SS Star of the West, departed from New York, 13 November 1854, and arrived in Punta Arenas, Nicaragua, date unknown.

  SS North Star, departed from New York, 20 November 1854, and arrived in Aspinwall, Panama, date unknown.

  SS Northern Light, departed from New York, 27 November 1854, and arrived in Punta Arenas, Nicaragua, date unknown.

  SS George Law, departed from New York, 5 December 1854, and arrived in Aspinwall, Panama, date unknown.

  SS Star of the West, departed from New York, 12 December 1854, and arrived in Punta Arenas, Nicaragua, date unknown.

  SS North Star, departed from New York, 20 December 1854, and arrived in Aspinwall, Panama, date unknown.

  SS Northern Light, departed from New York, 27 December 1854, and arrived in Punta Arenas, Nicaragua, date unknown.

  SS George Law, departed from New York, 5 January 1855, and arrived in Aspinwall, Panama, date unknown.

  SS Star of the West, departed from New York, 12 January 1855, and arrived in Puenta Arenas, Nicaragua, date unknown.

  SS Northern Light, departed from New York, 27 January 1855, and arrived in San Juan de Nicaragua, date unknown.

  SS Star of the West, departed from New York, 12 February 1855, and arrived in Puenta Arenas, Nicaragua, date unknown.

  SS Illinois, departed from New York, 20 February 1855, and arrived in Aspinwall, Panama, date unknown.

  SS Northern Light, departed from New York, 27 February 1855, and arrived in San Juan de Nicaragua, date unknown.

  SS George Law, departed from New York, 5 March 1855, and arrived in Aspinwall, Panama date unknown.

  SS Star of the West, departed from New York, 12 March 1855, and arrived in Puenta Arenas, Nicaragua, date unknown.

  SS Northern Light, departed from New York, 27 March 1855, and arrived in San Juan de Nicaragua, date unknown.

  SS George Law, departed from New York, 5 April 1855, and arrived in Aspinwall, Panama, date unknown.

  SS Star of the West, departed from New York, 12 April 1855, and arrived in Puenta Arenas, Nicaragua, date unknown.

  SS Illinois, departed from New York, 20 April 1855, and arrived in Aspinwall, Panama, date unknown.

  SS George Law, departed from New York, 5 May 1855, and arrived in Aspinwall, Panama, date unknown.

  SS Star of the West, departed from New York, 12 May 1855, and arrived in Puenta Arenas, Nicaragua, date unknown.

  SS Illinois, departed from New York, 21 May 1855, and arrived in Aspinwall, Panama, date unknown.

  SS Northern Light, departed from New York, 21 May 1855, and arrived in San Juan de Nicaragua, date unknown.

  SS Orizaba, departed from New York, 8 April 1856, and arrived in San Juan, Nicaragua, date unknown.

  SS George Law, departed from New York, 21 April 1856, and arrived in Aspinwall, Panama, 1 May 1856.


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