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Brig Serene


Bristol, England to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
24 October 1835

Printed for J. H. Barnes, Ship & Insurance Broker,
opposite the Custom House, Philadelphia-by Russell & Martien
C.3
Report or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Brig Serene whereof John Staples is Master burthen 313 18/95 tons, and owned by James Frazier, Hugh Boyle & J. Staples of Baltimore and - (presumably Philadelphia).
Column headings: passenger number*, names, age, sex, occupation*, to what country belonging, and to what country intending to reside*.
 1  John         Harris       30   male     tailor
 2  Tho^s        Watkins      25   male     tailor
 3* Henry H.     Haynes?      30   male     carpenter
 4* Herbert N.   Haynes?      15   male     carpenter
 5  William      Jude         27   male     farmer
 6* James        Pearec?      30   male     weaver


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.

*  Passenger numbers assigned by transcriber for ease of reference.
*  All passengers intended to reside in the United States so this column is not shown


1, 2   bracketed, and country from, where they came is not shown.
3, 4   bracketed, and came from England. Surname may be Hayner.
5, 6   bracketed, and country from where they came is not shown.

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



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