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Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Brig Otis


Havana,Cuba to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
24 May 1837

Printed for J.H. Barnes, Ship & Insurance Broker,
opposite the Custom House, Philadelphia
C. 3
Report or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Brig Otis whereof J. L. Mobre? is Master from Havana, Cuba burthen 146 tons, and owned by Jno V. Ohe of Philadelphia and bound to Philadelphia.
Columns represent: passenger number*, names, age, sex, occupation, to what country belonging, and to what country intending to reside*.
  1  Edward          DePayster  50   male     mercht   U. States
  2  A.              Droosten   25   male     mercht   Germany
  3  E.              Bechtel    28   male     mercht   Germany
  4  W. A.           Stoddard   23   male     mercht   U. State
  5  Philip          Schnauber  35   male     mercht   Germany
  6  M^rs M.         Powell     35   female            U. States
  7* Miss            Powell     17   female            U. States 
  8  Miss E.         Emlay      25   female            U. States
  9  Madam           Nomay      65   female            France
 10  servant                     5   female            Africa  
   

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.


 7 Age may be 19.

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



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