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Ship Marengo
I, Joseph S. Larkin, do solemnly swear that the following list or manifest subscribed with my name and now delivered by me to the collector of the customs for the District of Mississippi, contains to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of the passengers received on board the Marengo whereof I am master from Havre. So Help me God. Sworn to the (sentence not finished). (Note: This ship arrived in New Orleans 11 May 1836.)
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the ship Marengo whereof J. S. Larkin is Master, burthen 426 & 80/95ths tons.
Columns represent: name, age, sex, occupation, country to which they severally belong, baggage. The country in which they intend to become inhabitants was listed as United States, for all.
1 Pierre Jacques 22 m farmer France 1 chest, 1 bag
2 Jacques Zvitky 35 m farmer Switzerland 2 chests
3 Henry Kuntz 23 m farmer Switzerland 1 chest, 1 case of Leaches
4 John Brown 32 m farmer Baden 2 trunks, 1 gun
5 Martin Heferlen 27 m farmer France 2 trunks
6 Jean Ravain 29 m farmer France 2 chests
7 Jean Ferry 32 m farmer France 1 trunk, 1 chest
8 Alphonse Templer 30 m farmer France 2 trunks
9 John Kopft 23 m farmer Wertemberg 1 trunk, one chest
10 Fredrick Helmuller 21 m farmer Switzerland 1 trunk, one gun
11* Joseph Engel 44 m farmer France 4 chests, 2 bags
12 Barbara Engel 40 f farmer France
13 Joseph Engel 19 m farmer France
14 Barbara Engel 16 f farmer France
15 Catharine Engel 14 f farmer France
16 Magdalene Engel 8 f farmer France
17 Maria Engel 6 f farmer France
18 Christian Engel 5 m farmer France
19* Barbara Bruner 28 f farmer France 2 chests, 1 bag
20* Barbara Bruner 26 f farmer France
21* George Rayot 28 m farmer France
Cabin passengers
22 Mr. Donat Radaz 50 m merchant France 2 trunks, 1 hat-box
23 Mr. Marius Brun 18 m clerk France 1 trunk
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.
* Passenger numbers added to aid with referencing.
11 The Engel baggage was for the whole family.
19-21 The baggage for Bruner and Rayot was for all three of them; it was bracketed
together.
* On first page was written: "List of passengers for the Customs House.
Ship Marengo, France, 14 males, 7 females".
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M259, Reel 14.
Transcribed by Mary Koelzer a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild14 March 1999
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