Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Ship Nestor

I, Jh. Gautier, master or commander of the French Ship Nestor 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 the Passengers, taken on board the said Ship Nestor at the port of Havre or at any time since, and that all matters therein set forth, are according to the best of my knowlege and belief just and true; I do further swear that none of the said passengers, have died on the voyage. Sworn before me this thirtieth day of November 1826, (signed) Ben Che?, coll.; (signed) J. Gautier

List of all the Passengers taken on board the ship Nestor, whereof Jh. Gautier is master, from Havre and bound for New-Orleans.

Columns represent: name, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country of which they intend to become inhabitants.

    
   1  Fl?ury Dalma?            29       male         musician         France         N. Orleans
   2    his wife               26       female       actress          France         N. Orleans
   3  Ch. Milon                34       male         musician         Savoy          N. Orleans
   4* Elisabeth Montononier    26       female       actress          France         N. Orleans
        his wife
   5* Juillet Richard          37       male         actor            France         N. Orleans
   6* Bo?ze                    34       male         actor            France         N. Orleans
   7* J. Derau? Notaire        40       male         actor            France         N. Orleans
   8  Ed. Lafitte              21-1/2   male         actor            France         N. Orleans
   9* Adolphe E?i              23       male         musician         France         N. Orleans
  10* Fran??ville Jn. Marie    27       male         actor            France         N. Orleans
  11*   Antoine Theodore             
  12  Pierre Davis             20       male         actor            United States  N. Orleans
  13  Juliette De Velletier    18       female       actress          France         N. Orleans
  14  Hre. Aubert Gontier      53       male         actor            France         N. Orleans
  15* P?. Gottai? Buch         30       male         musician         France         N. Orleans
  16  Jean Alexandre           25       male         actor            France         N. Orleans
  17*   his wife               22       female       actress          France         N. Orleans   

    
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.

? Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined due to the
  condition of the manifest or handwriting of the original recorder.

Passenger numbers were added to aid in referencing.
 
Was not certain in some cases which was first name and which was surname.  
 1 Fl?ury Dalma?: Could not tell if first name had eu or ue in combination.  
   Surname may have ended in s or z.  His wife's name not given.
 4 Elisabeth Motononier seemed to be Milon's wife.
 5 Was not certain which was surname.
 6 Bo?ze: either Bobze or Bolze.  No other name given for him.
 7 Derau?: probably ended in n.  Not certain if Derau? or Notaire was surname.
 9 E?i: may have been h or l.
10-11 Fran??ville: could not read letters in question.  Also possible that the full first name was 
   continued in next line as there was no passenger information in that line.
15 P? Gottai? Buch: Possibly Pr. Gottair.
17 Jean Alexandre's wife's name not given.

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

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