Immigrant Ships
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SS State of Virginia

Glasgow, Scotland to New York
1 February 1879
The State Line Steam Ship Company, Limited

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK.

I, George Moodie, Master of the State of Virginia do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare that the following List or Manifest, subscribed 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 State of Virginia at Glasgow from which port said State of Virginia 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. (signed) G. Moodie Sworn to this 1 Feby, 1879 before me, (signed) R???????

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the State of Virginia, whereof G. Moodie is Master, from Glasgow, burthen 2473 tons.

Columns represent: name, age in years, (months for infants), sex, occupation, country to which they belong, accommodation, and number of pieces of baggage.*

    
 1  A ??y?ders??*  21     Male    *         USA        Saloon    4
 2  G Wou??sow*    20     Male    *         USA        Saloon 
 3  Juro Andrews   31     Male    Merchant  USA        Saloon    6
 4  M? Andrews*     4     Male    None      USA        Saloon
 5  M? Andrews*     3     Male    None      USA        Saloon
 6  ?eirluno?*     28     Female  None      Scotland   Saloon    2
 7  M? Wila??s*    30     Male    Farmer    Scotland   Saloon    6
 8  C Wila??s      26     Female  None      Scotland   Saloon
 9  H Wila??s       6     Female  None      Scotland   Saloon   
10  M? Wila??s      4     Female  None      Scotland   Saloon
11  J Wila??s       4 mos Male    None      Scotland   Saloon
12  M? War?u?*     66?    Male    Merchant  Scotland   Saloon    2
13  J War?u?       65     Male    Merchant  Scotland   Saloon    
14  A Merkauso?*   46     Male    Farmer    Sweden     Steerage  1
15  ? R??pf*       55     Male    Laborer   Germany    Steerage  1

                            (signed) G. Moodie
       
Transcriber's Notes:     
  There were no births or deaths noted.
  ? indicates letter(s) which could not be read
  * The destination for all passengers was USA.  That column has been 
    omitted here.
  * Baggage for a family or group was indicated by a bracket with the 
    total pieces of luggage next to it.  Here, I have listed the total 
    pieces of luggage with the first person in the group.  For example, 
    the first two passengers were travelling together with a total of 
    4 pieces of luggage.
  * Occupation is the same for the first 2 passengers.  It may say "none", 
    but the first letter resembles the writer's "M", more than his "N" and 
    the last letter looks more like his "o" than his "e".  The 2nd and 3rd 
    letters are "o" and "n".
  * Passengers 3, 4, 6, 9, and 11 -- M? may be Mr or Ma (master), or it may 
    simply be "M" with a flourish on the end.  The writer of this list ran 
    the initials and last names together and it is difficult to distinguish 
    what is another letter and what is simply a connecting stroke.
  * ??y?ders?? could be Wyudersen, Wyuderson, Luydersen, Luyderson
  * Wou??sow -- first missing letter is "d" or "a", next missing letter 
    looks like "w" or possibly "lu".  Looks like Woudwsow, Woudlusow, 
    Wouawsow, or Woualusow.
  * ?eirluno? -- first two letters look like "Ch", but it is possible 
    the "C" is an initial, and the first letter of the last name is a "W".  
    Possibilities are Cherilunou, Cherilunow, C Werilunou, C Werilunow
  * Wila??s -- Possibly Wilams or Wilaus
  * War?u? -- Looks like Warbur or possibly Warbus
  * Merkauso? could be Merkauson or Merkausow
  * R??pf -- Looks like Ruupf, possibly Rumpf

Capt. .George Moodie was the first caption of the famous tea clipper "Cutty Sark". Later, he worked for the Stateline and sailed the Atlantic Ocean for 11 years.

In 1891 he retired from the sea and eight years later settled in the Wemyss, Fife, Scotland area where he was born. He spent about ten years in Methil, Fife, Scotland and then retired to MacDuff House in Auchtermuchty, Fife and died at the age of 95.

His three sons also had a love for the sea. One son, James, worked for Pennsylvania Railway Line Steamers, and was transferred to New York. Another son, George worked for the Methil Docks in the Fife area. and his third son (my grandfather) Alexander was a ship master and engineer and sailed to many world ports during his career. He also had four daughters. He had eleven grandchildren. How many descendants there are now I don't know, having just started my family search. The son, James who died in a accident in New York is the one I am looking for.
Grace (Moodie) Weldon

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

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