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Jno N Gossler*


Liverpool, England to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
17 May 1837
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Jno N Gossler whereof Andrew Davis, is master, burthen 504 tons from Liverpool, England to Philadelphia.
Columns represent: Names, age in years and months, sex, occupation*, the country to which they severally belong*, the country of which they intend to become inhabitants*.
  1  Jno        Culbertson   40      male
  2  Rose       Culbertson   40      female
  3  James      Culbertson   25      male
  4  John       Culbertson   23      male
  5  Anna       Culbertson   20      female
  6  Hugh       Culbertson   18      male
  7  Hamilton   Culbertson   14      male
  8  William    Culbertson   13      male
  9  Alexander  Culbertson   10      male
 10  Rob^t      Culbertson    8      male
 11  Matilda    Culbertson    5      male
 12  Wilson     Culbertson  infant   male
 13  Elisa      Culbertson   20      female
 14  Rose Ann   Culbertson  infant   female
 15  Ellis      Culbertson   22      female
 16  Jno        Sterling     20      male
 17  Anthony    M^cCostern   28      male
 18  Anthony?   Mitchell     27      male
 19  Letty      Mitchell     23      female
 20  Mary       Janevas?      3      female
 21  Jane       M^cClean     20      female
 22  Mary       Case         21      female
 23  Rusty      Whittingham  32      male
 24  Ann Jane   Whittingham  30      female
 25  Betty Ann  Whittingham   3      female
 26  W^m        Whittingham  infant  male
 27  Jno        Laggett      50      male
 28  Ellen      Laggett      30      female
 29  Jane       Laggett       9      female
 30  Robert     Laggett       6      male
 31  Eliza      Laggett       5      female
 32  W^m        Laggett       3      male
 33  Thomas     Bramly       30      male
 34  Sam^l      Hord         50      male
 35  M^rs       Hord         42      female
 36  Samuel     Hord         21      male
 37  Marg^t     Hord         28      female
 38  Martha     Hord         40      female
 39  Ann        Hord          6      female
 40  Rose Ann   Hord          4      female
 41  John James Hord       infant    male
 42  Edw^d      Ker          20      male
 43  Pat^k?     M^cGuighan   50      male
 44  James      M^cGuighan   20      male
 45  Isabella   M^cGuighan   18      female
 46  Mary       Duffy        16      female
 47  Roger      Henry        82      male
 48  Pat^k      Henry        28      male
 49  Miss?      M^cCusker    24      female
 50  Miss?      M^cGlade     22      female
 51  Miss?      M^cGlade     20      female
 52  John       M^cCabe      25      male
 53  Charles    M^cCabe      40      male
 54  John       Wilson       40      male
 55  M^rs       Wilson       30      female
 56  ?atsy Ann  Wilson       11      female
 57  Jane       Wilson        9      female
 58  Thomas     Wilson        6      male
 59  Elizabeth  Wilson     infant    female
 60  George     M^cGowan     20      male
 61  James      Shudes       25      male
 62  Thomas     Shudes       28      male
 63  James      M^cGilles    40      male
 64  Owen       Bradly       32      male
 65  Pat^k      Bradly       25      male
 66  James      Donohoe      20      male
 67  M^r        Williams     30      male
 68  James      Williams      9      male
 69  Henry      Williams      6      male
 70  M^r        Smith        30      male
 71  M^rs       Smith        31      female
 72  Benj^n     Smith        20      male
 73  George     Emmit        17      male
 74  Sarah      Patterson    19      female
 75  Mary       Smith        5       female
 76  John       Hickey       20      male
 77  Alex^r     M^cMartin    18      male
 78  John       M^cMartin    16      male
 79* Sam^l      Fowent?      18      male
 80  James      Cochran      40      male
 81  Martha     Cochran      50      female
 82  Mary Ann   Cochran      25      female
 83  James      Cochran      20      male
 84  Martha     Cochran      15      female
 85  John       Fleming      25      male
 86  Thomas     Fleming      18      male
 87  Robert     Cunningham   25      male
 88  Dan^l?     Hearny       26      male
 89  Jane       Grey         24      female
 90  David      Fowert?      32      male
 91  John       Gilmore      19      male
 92* Thomas     Badely?      32      male
 93  John       Martin       30      male
 94  John       Cumming      20      male
 95* Sarah      Stone        ?       female
 96  James      Getty        30      male
 97  Ann        Getty        26      female
 98  Charles    Getty      infant    male
 99  Mary       Brown        20      female
100  W^m J.     Smith        20      male
101  Janier     Ratcliffe    24      male
102  James      M^cMullin    24      male
103  David      M^cMullin    27      male
104  Cath^e     M^cMullin    30      female
105  W^m        Peacock      28      male
106  Elis       Peacock     infant   female
107  Sam        M^cMullin    30      male
108  Jno        Riuck?       11      male
109  A          M^cCallam    25      male
110  Bing       Huny         23      male
111  Hannah     Gralt?       25      female
112  Nancy      M^cDugal     22      female
113  Hugh       Brown        22      male
114  David      Forrest      24      male
115  W^m        Bell         30      male
116  David      Wynere       54      male
117  Jane       Wynere       52      female
118  William    Wynere       25      male
119  Rich^d     Wynere       23      male
120  Abel       Wynere       21      male
121  Cath^e     Wynere       19      female
122  John       Wynere       17      female
123  Ann        Wynere       15      female
124  Jabors     Wynere       13      male
125  Tomes      Wynere       11      male
126  John       Wynere        9      male
127  Hannah     Wynere        6      female
128  John       Jones        28      male
129  Isaac      Jones        35      male
130  Tho^s      Edwards      43      male
131  Cath^e     Edwards      43      female
132  David      Edwards      14      male
133  Marg^t     Edwards      15      female
134  Evan       Edwards      11      male
135  Rob^t      Edwards       9      male
136  Edw^d      Edwards       7      male
137  David      Edwards       6      male
138  Joseph     Edwards       5      male
139  Mary       Edwards       3      female
140  Hannah     Edwards    infant    female
141  John       Edwards      28      male
142  Elia       Edwards      22      female
143  Rich^d     Edwards      11      male
144  John       Edwards       4      male
145  Tho^s      Edwards       2      male
146  Sam^l      Edwards    infant    male
147  James      Milling      23      male
148  Phoebe     Milling      24      female
149  John       Milling       3      male
150  Ann        Milling       6      female
151  Ellen      Milling    infant    female
152  Anne?      Fadden       24      male
153  Hugh       Coyle        20      male
154  James      Rhea         30      male
155  Jane       Asbury       30      male
156  Elia       Asbury        6      female
157  Sam        Asbury        4      male
158  female     servant      11      female
159  Tho^s      Fernstor     45      male
160  M^rs       Fernstor     35      female
161  Mary Ann   Fernstor     16      female
162  Sarah      Fernstor      9      female
163  Geo        Hammety?     22      male
164* Benj.?     Palenn?      22      male

Page 4 of this manifest is a page with some baggage information and a brief 
recapitulation. 					
					
Ship and Cabin Stores: 					
50	lbs	 white sugar			
40	lbs	 brown sugar			
15	lbs	 bahia tea			
10	dozen    Porter and Ale			
4	dozen 	 wine			
6	barrels  salt provisions			
500	lbs	 bread			

Cabin Passengers and Baggage:					
The following 4 passengers are bracketed with having five boxes & one wrapper case:
155  M^rs Samuel Asbury				
156  Miss Eliz^th Asbury					
157  Master Sam^l Asbury					
158  and female servant					

165  M^r George Hammersley - 4 boxes or trunks & one leather case & one hat box

These 3 passengers were bracketed with having:
8 boxes or trunks, one cabinet, 1 writing desk, 2 carpet bags, 1 bonnet box, one linen 
159, 160  M^r Joseph  Firmstone and lady          
161  Miss Mary Ann Firmstone		
162  Miss Sarah Firmstone               				

163  Benjamin Tastham Jr?: one carpet bag, 2 trunks & 1 hat box.		  

Steerage Passengers:					
one hundred and fifty eight including men, women and children.					

signed:	And^w Davis		
   

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.
*  Occupations were not listed
*  All passengers intended to reside in the United States so this column is not shown.
*  Jno is an abbreviation for John and this ship is listed on Ancestry.com as John N Gossler.


 79  Surname could be Forvent.
 92  Surname could be Backly.
 95  Age had been badly overwritten, impossible to say what it was.
164  Surname could be Paterson.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 52.
Transcribed by Harry Green a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
13 April 2009



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