Immigrant Ships
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SS Bolivia

I, John J Small, Master of the Steam Ship Bolivia do solemnly, sincerely, and truly (unreadable word) 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 of the SS Bolivia at Glasgow from which port said Steam Ship 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 be 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. So help me God, John J. Small. Sworn to this Jany 9, 1879, before me (signature unreadable).

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Steam Ship Bolivia whereof John J. Small is Master, from Glasgow burthen 2625 tons.

Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country in which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on the voyage, Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.

    
   
Cabin    
 1  Eleanor ? Leonard     23 F                  England  USA  Died 8/1/79    
 2  Wm McArthur Leonard(1)   M born at sea               USA     
    
Second Cabin    
 3  Thomas Th??burn       17 M Farmer           Scotland USA     
    
Steerage    
 4  William Stevenson     25 M M????            Scotland USA      
 5  Edward OMally         22 M Seaman           England  USA    
 6  William S??bhon       35 M Cotton farmer    Scotland USA    
 7  James Lampbill        35 M Farmer           Scotland USA    
 8  G. Galbraith          24 M Grocer           Scotland USA    
 9  John M??????          30 M Smith            Scotland USA    
10  George Smith          28 M Miller           Scotland USA    
11  John White (2)        35 M M????            Scotland USA    
12  Samuel McComb         35 M Linen Manufr     Ireland  USA    
13  Albert McComb          6 M                  Ireland  USA
14  Helen McComb           5 F                  Ireland  USA    
15  Julius Rosenberg      22 M Merchant         Germany  USA
16  Peter T????an         3? M Laborer          Germany  USA    
17  Friederike Gottschel? 23 F Domestic Servant Germany  USA    
    
    
(1) Wm McArthur Leonard was born at sea.  The birth date appears to be 29    
Nov but the year is unreadable.         
(2) John White - His surname is written over another word and then the word    
White is written as follows: (White).    

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 416.

Transcribed by Regan Kanaley for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild 20 December 1998

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