Immigrant Ships
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SS Somerset

From Bristol, England to New York, April 15, 1878

Passenger List of the Great Western Steamship Line, S.S. Somerset

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK – PORT OF NEW YORK Wm. Stamper, Master.

I, Wm. Stamper Master of the S.S. Somerset do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the following List or Manifest subscirbed 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 ship at Bristol, Eng from which port said steamer had 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. Sworn to, this Apr 15, 1878 } Wm. Stamper before me, ? } So help me God.

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the S.S. Somerset whereof Wm. Stamper is Master, from Bristol Eng. burthen 1923 tons.

Columns represent No, Names, Age(years, months), Sex, Occupation, The country to which they belong, The country to which they intned to become inhabitiants, and Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.

    
   

1    Pillmyer Aaron          42 M  Butcher        England   US America   Steerage
2    Pillmyer Esther         43 F  Wife           England      America   Steerage
3    Pillmyer Stephen        18 M  Butcher        England      America   Steerage
4    Pillmyer George         15 M  Butcher        England      America   Steerage
5    Pillmyer Harry          11 M  Child          England      America   Steerage
6    Pillmyer Elizabeth       9 F  Child          England      America   Steerage
7    Pillmyer Elizabeth      19 F  Wife           England      America   Steerage
8    Pillmyer ?          infant M  infant         England      America   Steerage
9    Holden Elizabeth        24 F  Wife           England      America   Steerage
10   Holden Charlotte    infant F  infant         England      America   Steerage
11   Stacey Elizabeth        60 F  Wife           England      America   Steerage
12   Green Robert            24 M  A??ycultar??t  England      America   Steerage
13   Green Mary              23 F  Wife           England      America   Steerage
14   Green ?edr?e             2 M  Child          England      American  Steerage
15   Green Arthur        infant M  Infant         England      America   Steerage
16   Lendrum ? ?             3? M  Machinest      America      America   Steerage
17   Lendrum Charlotte       30 F  Wife           America      America   Steerage
18   Lendrum Robert          11 M  Child          America      America   Steerage
19   Lendrum Henry            8 M  Child          America      America   Steerage
20   Lendrum Lezzie      infant F  infant         America      America   Steerage
21   Bell George             40 M  Labourer       England      America   Steerage
22   Rome James              20 M  Miner          England      America   Steerage
23   Davis David             24 M  Clerk          England      America   Steerage
24   Ros??ter James          15 M  Labourer       England      America   Steerage
25   Pounds Henry            15 M  Labourer       England      America   Steerage
26   Johns Henry             14 M  Labourer       England      America   Steerage
27   Parsons William         14 M  Labourer       England      America   Steerage
28   Ashton William          14 M  Labourer       England      America   Steerage
29   Peacock George          14 M  Labourer       England      America   Steerage
30   Clark Ernest            17 M  None           England      America   Steerage
31   Williams Frank          17 M  None           England      America   Steerage
32   Loveday William         26 M  Labourer       England      America   Steerage
33   Orchard William         16 M  Labourer       England      America   Steerage
34   Simpson Sidney          42 M  Labourer       England      America   Steerage
35   Scott William           50 M  Printer        Scotland     America   Steerage
                                                                                  over
36   Blackmore Emily         25 F  Lady           England      America   Saloon
37   Blackmore Elizabeth      4 F  Child          America      America   Saloon
38   Blackmore Robert         2 M  Child          America      America   Saloon
39   Blackmore Thomas    infant M  infant         America      America   Saloon
40   Buzzard Frank           17 M  Gent           England      America   Saloon
41   Grey Arthur             18 M  Gent           England      America   Saloon
42   Bailey Henry            25 M  Gent           England      America   Saloon
43   Po?e    T P             52 M  Gent           America      America   Saloon

Wm. Stamper
Master

The manifest scribe did not number the Saloon passengers. To aid with referencing,
these passengers have been numbered sequentially.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 412, List 339.

Transcribed by Sandra Batchelor Heryford for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild 12 December 1998

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