Immigrant Ships
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SS Wm H Prescott

I, Batchelda, master of the SS Wm H Prescott do solemnly, sincerely, and truly affirm that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs of the Collections District of New Orleans, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board of the said Wm H Prescott at Liverpool from which Port said SS has now arrived; and that on the said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each of the 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 have died. So help me God. (signed) Batchelda
Sworn before me this March 16, 1860 (signed) Thomas Fields

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the SS Wm H Prescott, whereof Batchelda is master, from Liverpool burthen ???????? tons.

Columns represent: given name, surname, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country which they intend to inhabit, accommodation.

    
  1  Edward Degnin     18 M Laborer  Ireland   United States
  2  Patrick Degnin     9 M ?????    Ireland   United States
  3  Michall Brook     22 M Laborer  Ireland   United States
  4  Bridget McGibbin  35 F Wife     Ireland   United States
  5  Catherine McGibbin 8 F Child    Ireland   United States
  6  Thomas McGibbin    5 M Child    Ireland   United States
  7  Dennis Keirny     25 M Laborer  American  United States
  8  John Penderast    33 M Laborer  Ireland   United States
  9  James Blanery     20 M Laborer  Ireland   United States
 10* Mary Doyle        20 F Farmer   Ireland   United States
 11* James Duffy       50 M Spinster American  United States
 12  Mary Karnahan     18 F Spinster Ireland   United States
 13  Catherine Conner  14 F Child    Ireland   United States
 14  Thomas Conner      9 M Child    Ireland   United States
 15  Bridget Conner     7 F Child    Ireland   United States
 16  Elisa Conner       5 F Farmer   Ireland   United States
 17* James Brown       30 M Wife     American  United States
 18  Elisa Brown       23 F Spinster American  United States
 19  Margaret Murphy   20 F Spinster Ireland   United States
 20  John Haskins      25 M Painter  American  United States
 21  Edward McDonegh   17 M Laborer  Ireland   United States
 22  Penny McDonegh     9 M Child    Ireland   United States
 23  Bridget McDonegh   7 F Child    Ireland   United States


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.

  no passengers died on voyage
  no accommodations given

  passenger numbers added to aid with referencing.

  10 Mary Doyle, Farmer
  11 James Duffy, spinster
  17 James Brown, wife are transcribed as written in the manifest

   

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