Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Brig Gem of New Haven

From Barbados to New York, January 17, 1879

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -- PORT OF NEW YORK

I, A. ?. Pierce, Master of the Brig Gem of New Haven do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me and now delivered by me to the Collector of Customs of the Collection District of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board of the said Brig at Barbados from which port said Brig 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 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 A. ?. Pierce

Sworn this 17 January 1879 Before me R??????

List or Manifest OF ALL THE Passengers taken on board the ** , whereof ** is Master ** , from ** burthen ** tons

Columns Represent: Names, Ages in Years and Months, Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country to which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on the voyage, Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.

    
   
 1  Miss Dora B. Griffis    23 6 Lady  England  Province of Ontario Canady* Cabin    
 2  Miss Ellen G. Jones     18 0 Lady  England  Province of Ontario Canady* Cabin    
 3  Miss Kate E. B. Griffis 14 0 Lady  England  Province of Ontario Canady* Cabin    
    
Transcribers Notes:    
    
* indicates an error made by the original recorder.        
** indicates a field left blank by the original recorder.        
? indicates letters that could not be read due to quality of the    
original.        
The SEX column was omitted because the SEX of passengers was not    
recorded.    
There were no deaths recorded, so the column headed "Died on the voyage"     
was omitted.   
Passenger numbers added to aid with referencing. 

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 416, List 41.