Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild
Steamer America
Unknown Port, England to Port of Boston,
12 January 1849
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
There are no statements from the Captain on these ships landing in Boston, MA in 1849. The list of passengers only include aliens. No Americans are listed although they may have been on board. According to staff at the Massachusetts Archives, these microfilms are the only remaining records of some of these ships.
With the exception of passenger numbers, this list is copied verbatim from the microfilm of the original lists at the Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives, Columbia Point, Boston, MA.
Columns represent: Date, Name of Passengers, Age, Occupation, Where Born, Last Residence, Vessell's Name, Where From.
1* Jan. 12 Y.A. Cochoran 23 Gent Ireland England Boston England
2 Jan. 12 L. K?hrstann 36 Gent Germany Germany Boston England
3 Jan. 12 Otto Andre 28 Gent Germany Germany Boston England
4* Jan. 12 J Lessen 42 Gent Germany Germany Boston England
5 Jan. 12 Paul Juaque 34 Gent France Germany Boston England
6 Jan. 12 T. Russman 42 Gent France Germany Boston England
7 Jan. 12 W. Schoer 40 Gent France Germany Boston England
8* Jan. 12 H. Upmann 32 Gent Germany Germany Boston England
9 Jan. 12 Amalia Upmann 23 Wife Germany Germany Boston England
10 Jan. 12 John Cathbury 17 Gent England Germany Boston England
11 Jan. 12 L.M. Jones 35 Gent England Germany Boston England
12 Jan. 12 G. Morris 30 Gent France France Boston England
13 Jan. 12 E.C. Barring 20 Gent England England Boston England
14 Jan. 12 Wm. Rothenhale 27 Gent Germany England Boston England
15 Jan. 12 Cath. McAndrews 27 Gent Scotland England Boston England
16 Jan. 12 P. Jansson 30 Gent Netherland England Boston England
17 Jan. 12 Carolina Jansson 18 Gent Netherland England Boston England
18 Jan. 12 Hugh Cochran 40 Gent Scotland England Boston England
19 Jan. 12 Robert J.Russell 32 Gent Scotland England Boston England
20 Jan. 12 James Russell 7 Gent Scotland England Boston England
21 Jan. 12 James Buckley 22 Gent England England Boston England
22 Jan. 12 Wm.J. Groadiste 21 Gent England England Boston England
23* Jan. 12 Mrs. Ross 20 Gent Germany England Boston England
24 Jan. 12 John Flynn 40 Gent Halifax Halifax Boston England
25 Jan. 12 John Cotter 25 Gent Halifax Halifax Boston England
Jan. 12 Head Money Paid for 25. 49 Americans
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.
? Question marks indicate unreadable text.
With the exception of passengers numbers added by ISTG, the above was copied exactly
as the original; where there were ditto marks, the original word was used.
1 The Y in Y.A. could be an L.
4 The J. could be a G.
8 The H. could be an N.
23 The Mrs. could be Wm.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives,
Alien Passenger Lists to Port of Boston,
Microfilm Vol. #2, Jan. 2, 1849 to Feb. 22, 1850.
Transcribed by Peg Buckman for the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
4 May 1999
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