SS Central America
For Passenger newspaper extracts go to Page 1. A list of Officers and Crew can be found at The ShipsList Coloumns represent: passengers 262 - 272: name, age, occupation, departed from, destination and comments. passengers 273 - 302: name, lost/saved 262 Mr. Mallory 263 Samuel Gehan 264 Mr. Brainard 265 Wm. Ba?nage 266 Leonard Young 267 Mr. Allen 268 John Dixon 269 Mr. Hebbel 270 Mr. Hebbel 271 -- Durnet 272 Moses Owens 262 Mr. Mallory; Age: 39; occupation: --; departed from: Sonora, Ca.; destination: Mass.; Comments: went to see his brother last spring, was on his return jouney. 263 Samuel Gehan; Age: 30; occupation: blacksmith; departed from: Sonora, Ca.; destination: Maine; Comments: sent his wife home 3 months before. 264 Mr. Brainard; Age: 25; occupation: miner; departed from: Sonora, Ca.; destination: Illinois; Comments: called "Duke" in the mines. 265 Wm. Ba?nage; Age: --; occupation: --; departed from: --; destination: Tuluomne County, Ohio; Comments: has been in California for about 5 years. 266 Leonard Young; Age: about 28; occupation: miner and school teacher; departed from: --; destination: Diamond Springs, Ohio. 267 Mr. Allen; Age: --; occupation: --; departed from: Sacramento City; destination: Vermont; Comments: in the nursery business. 268 John Dixon; Age: --; occupation: commission merchant; departed from: San Francisco; destination: New York; Comments: Mr. Winters, passenger by the Star of the West, saw Mr. Dixon leave San Francisco by the steamer of August 20th. 269 Mr. Hebbel; Age: about 30; occupation: --; departed from: Memphis, Calaveras County; destination: Illinois; Comments: two brothers 270 Mr. Hebbel; Age: about 34; occupation: --; departed from: Memphis, Calaveras County; destination: Illinois; Comments: two brothers 271 -- Durnet; Age: --; occupation: --; departed from: Calaveras County; destination: Maine; Comments: went from Michigan to California, left Calaveras County on the 10th of August, intending to sail from San Francisco on the 20th. 272 Moses Owens; Age: about 35; occupation: --; departed from: Yuba County, Ca.; destination: formerly from Ohio; Comments: single, has a brother who was an artist, and returned from California last fall. Passengers from the Isthmus: provided by M. O. Roberts, Esq., President of the United States Mail Steamship Company. First Class 273 J. A. Thorne lost 274 Escuda lost 275* Jose Sequin lost 276* N. M. Tirato lost 277 H. Ayclo saved 278 T. M. B. Smith lost 279 Wm. Graffus lost 280 Capt. W. G. Dwyer lost 281* Adolpho Ollayer lost 282* Master Ollayer lost 283* Aucha Bichon lost 284* Charles Taylor lost 285* C. McCarthy lost 286 J. Sellamer lost Second Class: 287 W. Watson lost 288 son Watson lost 289 Otto Barlow lost 290 James O'Neill lost 291 Olfers lost 292 C. W. Griffith lost 293 W. Osborne saved 294 Thomas Maloney lost 295 Frank Carpenter lost 296 Wm. Hemmel lost 297 Wm. Plaeb lost 298 A. Amour lost 299 T. J. Morris lost 300 F. Griffith lost Other passengers 301 Mr. S. de la Cova of the late firm Cova & Co., from Panama on his way to Havana. 302 Dr. Robt. E. Moore Lost Treasure: 303 Wells, Fargo & Co. 260300 304 B., Davidson 219000 305 Sather & Church, 208000 306 Tallant & Wilde 130000 307 Alsop & Co. 147979.86 308 J. Patrick & Co 105000 309 Lewis, Strauss 76411.70 310 Abel, Guy 52000 311 F. Kelly & Co. 410500 312 St. Losky, Levy & Co. 40037.70 313 Freeman & Co. 37000 314 D. O. Mills & Co. 34000 315 D. L. Ross & Co. 32012.28 316 W. T. Coleman & Co. 29590 317 Parrott & Co. 25836.10 318 Ploche, Bayerque & Co. 21000 319 Mark Brummagin & Co. 14000 320 Rousset, Auger & Co. 11000 321 Treadwell & Co. 10027.92 322 Crosbee & Dibblee 10000 323 Spatz, Newhouse & Co. 10000 324 J. Saulnier & Co. 9929 325 C. T., Meader 6500 326 J. B., Thomas 5120 327 Geo Howes & Co. 5000 328 Z. Ernstein & Bro. 4000 329 J. Guerin & Co. 4000 330 Rutte & Co. 3400 331 A. E. Sabattle & Co. 3300 332 E., Zahn 2370 333 E & J, Rosenfeld 2800 334 Other Shippers 55442.48 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. * Names were transcribed as seen regardless of spelling. 275: Peruvian Minister to the United States. 276: Secretay to the Peruvian Minister. 281: brother to passenger 282. 282: brother to passenger 281. Reported as "a lad of 11 years." 283: bearer of dispatches to Paris and Belgian Consul at Lima. 284: Mate in the Pacific M. S. S. Co's employ. 285: Engineer in the Pacific M. S. S. Co's employ.
Stockton Daily Argus, Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA
N.O. Crescent, from Savannah
various telegraphic dispatches in 1857
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