Ship Yorktown
I, F. R. Meyer, Master of the Ship Yorktown do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me and now delivered by me 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 ship at London from which port the said ship has now arrived; and that on said List 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, (Signed) F. R. Meyer
Sworn to this 25th day of March 1862 Before me (signed) C. W. Embree, D. C.
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Yorktown whereof F. R. Meyer is Master, from London, burthen 1150 56/95 tons.
Columns represent: Number on the list, Given name and surname, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they severally belong, Country in which they intend to become inhabitants, Part of the Vessel occupied by each passenger during the Voyage
1 Henry White 21y Male Tailor England United States 2nd Cabin 2 Arch Simmons 19y Male United States 3 Reuben Obitz 30y Male Engineer Germany United States 4 Mary Ann Obitz 24y Female England United States 5 Th^s Robinson 28y Male Labourer England United States 6 John Robinson 17y Male Labourer England United States 7 And Holmes 19y Male Compositor England United States 8 Jules Morrison 23y Male M.D. France United States 9 Ellen Maskell 24y Female Servant England United States 10 Henry Curtis 24y Male Builder England United States 11 W^m Curtis 21y Male Builder England United States 12* Th^s Ga?es 50y Male Mariner England United States 13 Dan Pike 58y Male Trader United States United States 14 Rich Partington 35y Male Dyer England United States 15 Anth Rush 30y Male Mason England United States 16 James Burnes 23y Male Labourer England United States 17 Henry Jackson 30y Male Labourer England United States 18 H^y Brockhausen 27y Male Clerk Germany United States Transcriber's Notes: An asterisk (*) is used to refer to an item in the transcriber's notes, which explains the entry. A question mark (?) is used for letter/letters that cannot be read because of the quality of the document. Where possible a suggestion is given in the Transcriber's Notes of what the letter/letters may be. A circumflex (^) is used to indicate missing letters in a name or word. The original lister showed this by writing the final letter smaller and raising it above the line. The column, "Died on the voyage" was eliminated from this transcription as there were no deaths on this passage. The original lister did not use a ditto to indicate the location the passenger occupied during the voyage, only listed it for the first passenger. All of the passengers may have been second cabin passengers, it is not clear. The original lister did not number the passengers, but he did write "18" at the end of the list, presumably to denote that there were 18 passengers. The manifest seems to be complete. 12 Gales, Gates.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 217, List 233.
Transcribed by Lora Lee Ament and Patricia Martin Kennedy members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
15 April 2009
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