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Ship James


Liverpool, England to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
26 May 1835

Printed and Sold by John ? (manifest torn here) Dock Street, Philadelphia
Report or Manifest of all the passengers taken on Board the British Ship James whereof Geo. Pettingale is master from Liverpool, England, burthen 491 4/94 tons and owned by Ja^s Lockwood & Jno Holt of Liverpool and bound for Philadelphia.
Columns represent: Passenger number, given name, surname, age, sex,occupation, country to which they belong, country which they intend to inhabit.
 1  Ebenezer Roberts      1 chest     30y6m  male     farmer      Ireland         United States
 2  Robert Nelson         4 packages  45y6m  male     labourer    Ireland         United States
 3  W^m Scott             2 packages  13     male                 England         United States
 4  W^m Blythe           }4 packages  25     male     farmer      England         United States
 5  M^rs Blythe          }            25     female               England         United States
 6  R.? M^cCall           2 packages  30     male     labourer    England         United States
 7  M^rs Nichol          }3 packages  26     female               England         United States
 8  M^ra Gray            }            36     female               England         United States
 9  James Thompson        3 packages  26     male     joiner      England         United States
10  Joseph Jardin         3 packages  25     male     joiner      England         United States
11  James Turner         }5 packages  45     male     farmer      England         United States
12  M^rs Turner          }            48     female               England         United States
13  Janet Turner         }            12     male                 England         United States
14  Robert Turner        }             5     male                 England         United States
15  Samuel Turner        }             3     male                 England         United States
16  John Taylor           2 packages  30     male     labourer    England         United States
17  J. Stephenson         2 packages  26     male     labourer    England         United States
18  David Roberts         2 packages  29     male     blacksmith  England         United States
19  John Davey            2 packages  25     male     labourer    England         United States
20  John ?                1 package   30     male     labourer                    United States
21  John Burns            2 packages  21     male     labourer                    United States
22* ?  M^cCrea            2 packages  48     male     labourer    United States   United States
23  Mary Harrington       1 package   69     female               United States   United States
24  ?  Murphy            }3 packages  45     male     labourer    Ireland         United States
25  Ellen Murphy         }            50     female               Ireland         United States
26  M^r Chas Cabel        2 packages  50     male     labourer    Ireland         United States
27  Patrick Mead         }5 packages  45     male     labourer    Ireland         United States
28  Bridget Mead         }            40     female               Ireland         United States
29  Catherine Mead       }             8     female               Ireland         United States
30  Mary Mead            }             6     female               Ireland         United States
31  Johana Mead          }             4     female               Ireland         United States
32  M^r Chalres Brown    }3 packages  36     male     labourer    Ireland         United States
33  Margaret Brown       }            30     female               Ireland         United States
34  Bridget Linahan       1 package   22     female               Ireland         United States
35  John Lawton           1 package   28     male     labourer    Ireland         United States
36  M^r Scholefield      }3 packages  24     male     labourer    Ireland         United States
37  M^rs Scholefield     }            25     female               Ireland         United States
38  Patrick Doughart?     1 package   30     male     labourer    Ireland         United States
39  W^m  ?                1 package   24     male     labourer    Ireland         United States
40* Andrew Gregg          1 package   26     male     labourer                    United States              
41* ?  ?                               1                                          United States                            
42  L?  ?                 5 packages  48     male     physician   Scotland        upper Canada
43  Rev J D Crasmen?     }5 packages  29     male     parson      England         St. Johns N.B.
44  M^rs Ann Crasmen?    }                   female               England         St. Johns N.B.
45* James Holman         }9 packages  38     male     merchant    England                        
46* Sarah Holman         }            39     female               England 
47* James Holman         }             5     male                 England 
48* James Haslem         }            11     male                 England 
   

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.

?  Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined due to the condition of the
   manifest or handwriting of the original recorder.

^  A ^ followed by a letter indicates that the letter was superscripted.


22      Name may be M^r Crea.
40      Naturalized citizen of U.S.
41      Infant born on passage
45-48   Hard to tell if they intended to reside in the U.S. or St. Joh, N.B. the way the
        manifest is written.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 50.
Transcribed by Harry Green a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
3 March 2009



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