SS Montana
I, Cha^ Ja^s Beddoe, master of S.S. Montana, do solemly, sincerely, and truly swear that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me and now delivered to the Collector of the Customs of the Collection District of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board the said Steamer at Halifax, N.S., from which port said Steamer has now arrived; and that on said steamer is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each of 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 died. So help me God.
Sworn before me this Nov 24, 1876 signature unreadable
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the S.S. Montana whereof Cha^ Ja^s Beddoe, is master, from Halifax, N. S. burthen 989 41/100 tons.
Columns represent: given name, surname, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country which they intend to inhabit, accommodation.
1 Mary Foley 18 f spinster Ireland U.S.of America steerage
2 Johanna Foley 16 f spinster Ireland U.S.of America steerage
3 Olga Baumgard 19 f spinster Germany U.S.of America steerage
4* Phillip Hanty 33 m labourer Holland U.S.of America steerage
5 Thomas Lynch 24 m labourer England U.S.of America steerage
6 George Debal 21 m labourer England U.S.of America steerage
7 Louis Schutte 20 m labourer Germany U.S.of America steerage
8 Elizabeth Anderson 29 f spinster England U.S.of America steerage
9 Isaac Reid 28 m lab. England U.S.of America steerage
10 John Wilson 27 m lab. England U.S.of America steerage
11 Ann Wilson 21 f wife England U.S.of America steerage
12* Sampson Bowsler 24 m lab. England U.S.of America steerage
13* Harriet Bowsler 21 f wife England U.S.of America steerage
14 Neil Benslom 30 m lab. England U.S.of America steerage
15 Rosalia T. Bold 18 f spins Denmark U.S.of America steerage
16 M^rs Dickenson 40 f matron England U.S.of America second cabin
17 William Dickenson 7 m child England U.S.of America second cabin
18 M^rs A. M. Hyde 39 f matron England U.S.of America second cabin
19 M^rs Fanny M^cBride 20 f spns Scotland U.S.of America second cabin
20 M^r B. N. Bradfield 38 m clerk England U.S.of America second cabin
21 M^rs Bradfield 32 f wife England U.S.of America second cabin
22 George Bradfield 7 m child England U.S.of America second cabin
23 John Bradfield 3 m child England U.S.of America second cabin
24 M^r Seymour Harris 25 m gentleman England U.S.of America second cabin
25* F. Ha??sworth 48 m gentleman England U.S.of America second cabin
26 H. Morgan 25 m farmer England U.S.of America second cabin
27 M^r Cornl^s Priest 42 m g^man England U.S.of America second cabin
28 M^rs Priest 30 f wife England U.S.of America second cabin
29 Ernest Priest -- m infant England U.S.of America second cabin
30 M^r Nichl^s Kontogiorgokiy 40 m g^man Greece U.S.of America second cabin
31 M^r S. Hemphill 30 m g^man England U.S.of America second cabin
32* M^r Mascop 41 m g^man England U.S.of America second cabin
33 M^rs Ireland 40 f lady England U.S.of America saloon
34 M^r D Gronberg 35 m g^man Holland U.S.of America saloon
35 Miss Mary Gavin 30 f lady England U.S.of America saloon
36 Master Charles Duffy 7 m child England U.S.of America saloon
37 M^rs C. Johnson 40 f lady England U.S.of America saloon
38 Master Chas C Bowles 11 m child England U.S.of America saloon
39* M^r Alan Brown 30 m g^man England U.S.of America saloon
signed: Cha^s Ja^s Beddoe
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.
* Names were transcribed as seen regardless of spelling.
* None died during the voyage, therefore this coloumn was eliminated.
4 Surname may be Hanby
12, 13 Surname may be Bowden
25 Third and fourth letters are unclear; name may be Havusworth or Harnsworth.
32 Surname maybe Massop
39 First name may be Alex
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 406, list 1109.
Transcribed by Harry Green a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
February 13 2008
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