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Ship Edward Downes

DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI - PORT OF NEW ORLEANS
28 November 1826

I, James Purdy master or commnder of the Ship Edward Downes do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear, that the within list signed by me and now delivered to the Collector of this District, contains the names of all passengers, taken on board the said Ship at the port of Belfast or at any time since, and that all matters therein set forth, are according to the best of my knowledge and belief just and true; I do further swear that none of the said passengers have died on the voyage. Sworn before me this 28th day of November 1826. (signature illegible) Signed by James Purdy.

LIST OF ALL PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship Edward Downes whereof J. Purdy is Master, at the Port of Belfast and bound for New Orleans.

Columns represent: Names, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they belong, and Country of which they intend to become inhabitants.

 1  Mary Lyons       30 f Dress Maker               Ireland Kentucky America
 2* D???? Lyons      14 f                           Ireland Kentucky America
 3  Honora Lyons     12 f                           Ireland Kentucky America
 4  Bridget Lyons    10 f                           Ireland Kentucky America
 5* ???? My?os       25 f Servant                   Ireland Kentucky America
 6  Sr. Horr*        28 m Engineer for Steam        Ireland America
 7* Et???? Markham   21 m Clerke*                   Ireland New Orleans
 8* Wm. Cavart       41
 9  Ester Cavart     30
10  Rob Cavart       20
11  James Cavart     17
12  Wm. Cavart       14
13  Hugh Cavart      12
14  Adam Cavart       4
15  Geo. Cavart       1
16  Sarah Cavart      7   Laborers                  Ireland Alabama America
17  Wm.Greenlee      25
18* ????? Greenlee   22   Laborers                  Ireland Alabama Nt ?
19* ????? Dickson    24   Laborer                   Ireland New Orleans
20  John Phelps      22   Laborer                   Ireland New Orleans
21  Robrt Stanton    22   Metal & Brass founder     Ireland New Orleans
22  Eliza Stanton    23
23  Geo Stanton      20
24  Eliza Stanton     2
25  Meikl McKiterick 24 m Shoe Maker                 Ireland New Orleans
26* R????ss L?rey*   19



Transcriber's Notes:

 * An asterisk * indicates an error on the part of the original recorder not the transcriber.
 ? The ? marks indicate letters or words that cannot be read due to the quality of the original document.
   The column designation sex has been shortened to f  for female and m for male.
   There were no births or deaths reported on the passage, therefore the Birth/Death column has been eliminated.
   Passenger numbers added to aid with referencing.
    
   2   Lyons'first name is illegible.  The first letter looks like a D followed by four letters and a period.  
       The third letter could be an s and the last letter could be an l.
   5   My?os' first name is illegible.  The first letter could be A followed by nn, but the A has a long 
       downward stroke on the left, which makes it look like an oversized P with the tail below the line.  
       However, it is not the same style as other P's on this page.  In the last name the middle letter 
       could be an l (Mylos).
   7   Markham's first name is illegible.  The first two letters look like they could be E t the next could be an a, 
       then an n or r, the next is blurred and the last letter could be an e or s.  Occupation - clerk.
8-16  (the family Cavart) the columns following age are blank in all but #16, which appears to apply to the entire 
       family above, although there are no marks to show that.
8-24   Do not have a sex identification.
  17   Wm. Greenlee has blank columns after age.
  18   Greenlee's first name is illegible.  The first letter could be a capital J that does not go below the line, 
       an S, or I.  The second letter appears to be an s, then a small letter that could be an e, then a p or f e 
       and an h or k.  It could be possibly be Joseph as there is a smudge between the first and second letters.  
       The last column has what might be Nt A (perhaps for North America).
  19   Dickson's first name illegible. The first letter could be a capital J that does not go below the line, an S or 
       an I.  The second letter is smudged, but could be an a or o, next looks like an n followed by a u or an m, 
       followed by an undotted i or e, and the last letter could be an o or an s.
  26   Lu?ey does not have a sex identification.  The first name begins with R then an a or o, then a b or l, then 
       an e or u, and the last 2 letters could be ss or an n.  The last name could be Larey or Lurey.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M259, Reel 6.

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