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SS Devonia
I, Robert Douglas Munro Master of the Steam-Ship Devonia 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 of the said S. S. Devonia at Glasgow, from which port said S. S. Devonia has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designate 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 So help me God, before me Sworn to this January 2, 1878 before me R. T. Wyman
LIST OR MANIFEST OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Steamship Devonia, R. D. Munro whereof Robert Douglas Munro is Master, from Glasgow, burthen 2771 tons.
Columns represent: Last name, first name, age, sex, occupation, country departing, country arriving, quarters.
1 MCLEAN, Thomas 31 m Iron Roller Scotland USA 2nd cabin
2 CAMERON, John 59 m Farmer Scotland USA 2nd cabin
3 MINGH (?), Joseph 27 m Grocer Scotland USA 2nd cabin
4 MONTGOMERIE, Robert 54 m none Scotland USA Steerage
5 JACKSON, W. Marshall 30 m Engineer Scotland USA Steerage
6 MCCLEAN, Andrew 32 m Engineer Scotland USA Steerage
7 LEUTNER, Johann 26 m Labourer Germany USA Steerage
(Prussia)
8 NEWBAIN, Abraham 25 m Merchant Austria USA Steerage
9 CHLODHOWSKI, Valerin 32 m Miner Poland USA Steerage
10 BRADY, Chal 40 m Labourer Ireland USA Steerage
11 GIBBONS, John 50 m Labourer Ireland USA Steerage
12 DOHERTY, Margaret 18 f none Ireland USA Steerage
13 MUNDRIE, Captain 50 m none USA USA Saloon
14 ROBERTS, W. R. 37 m none USA USA Saloon
15 VROOM, D. G. 40 m Merchant USA USA Saloon
16 JOHNSTON, Mrs. 38 f none England USA Saloon
17 JOHNSTON, Mr. F. 12 m child England USA Saloon
18 JOHNSTON, Robin H. 8 m child England USA Saloon
19 JOHNSTON, John 5 m child England USA Saloon
20 JOHNSTON, Margaret 3 m child England USA Saloon
21 TAYLOR, W 34 m Merchant Ireland USA Saloon
Passenger numbers added to aid with referencing.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 411, List 4.
Transcribed by Linda Barton for The Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
7 October 1998
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