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SS California


Anchor Line of Transatlantic Steam Packet Ships
From Glasgow via Moville to New York 28 June 1877
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, A. Campbell, Master of the Steam-Ship California do solemnly, sincerely, and truly declare 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 of the said SS California at Glasgow and Moville for which port said vessel 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 have died. So help me God. Arch. Campbell
Sworn to this 28 June 1877, before me (signature cannot be read).
List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Steamship California whereof A. Campbell is Master, from Glasgow and Moville burthen 2096 tons.
Columns represent: Passenger Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they severally belong, and the part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.

  1 Miss Patterson        *     F  Lady      Scotland  Cabin
  2 John Sterling         *     M  Gent      Scotland  Cabin
  3 Miss Sterling         *     F  Lady      Scotland  Cabin
  4 Miss McLay            *     F  Lady      USA       Cabin
  5 Mrs Fail              *     F  Lady      Scotland  Cabin
  6 Mr Fail               *     M  Gent      Scotland  Cabin
  7 Mr Peter Fail         *     M  Gent      Scotland  Cabin
  8 Jas. Radcliff         *     M  Gent      Scotland  Cabin
  9 Miss Alice Radcliff   *     F  Lady      Scotland  Cabin
 10 Miss McArra           *     F  Lady      Scotland  Cabin
 11 Mrs Young             *     F  Lady      Scotland  Cabin
 12 Miss Mgt. Laurie       7    F  Nil       Scotland  Cabin
 13 A. J. McLaughlin      *     M  Nil       USA       Cabin

 14 James Hamilton        *     M  Farmer    Scotland  Intermediate
 15 James I. Brown        48    M  Joiner    Scotland  Steerage
 16 Angus Robertson       *     M  Labr.     Scotland  Steerage
 17 James Reid            25    M  Labr.     Scotland  Steerage
 18 John Alexander        18    M  Labr.     Scotland  Intermediate
 19 James Collier         23    M  Carpt.    Scotland  Steerage
 20 John Wood             45    M  Labr.     Scotland  Intermediate
 21 John Walker           25    M  B. Smith  Scotland  Steerage
 22 Samuel Grute          42    M  Farmer    Scotland  Steerage
 23 Peter Flinigan        39    M  Labr.     Scotland  Steerage
 24 Isabella McIntyre     *     F  Svt.      Scotland  Steerage
 25 James Hunter          54    M  Labr.     USA       Steerage
 26 James Corrigan        35    M  Labr.     Scotland  Steerage
 27 James Welsh           28    M  Labr.     Scotland  Steerage
 28 Richd. McKee          22    M  Labr.     Scotland  Steerage
 29 Jno. Sinclair         29    M  Labr.     Scotland  Steerage
 30 Henry McGlinchy       24    M  Labr.     Scotland  Steerage
 31 Mrs Weir              31    F  Matron    USA       Steerage
 32 Margt. Folly          30    F  Svt.      Scotland  Steerage
 33 Theresa Patterson     50    F  Nil       Scotland  Steerage
 34 Wm. Haswell           38    M  Labr.     Scotland  Steerage
 35 Edwd. Johnson         31    M  Labr.     Scotland  Steerage
 36 F. Johnson            26    M  Labr.     Scotland  Steerage
 37 Margt. Maxwell        21    F  Svt.      Scotland  Steerage
 38 Grace ?osh            20    F  Svt.      Scotland  Steerage
 39 Kate Donely           11    F  Nil       Scotland  Steerage
 40 Saml. Coneys          29    M  Labr.     Scotland  Steerage
 41 Alex Allan            29    M  Labr.     Scotland  Intermediate
 42 John Burns            28    M  Groom     USA       Steerage
 43 P. Higgins            31    M  Groom     USA       Steerage
 44 Wm. Dallas            45    M  Labr.     USA       Steerage
 45 Michael Burns         55    M  Labr.     Ireland   Steerage
 46 Bridget Burns         55    F  Wife      Ireland   Steerage
 47 Annie McNamee         19    F  Svt.      Ireland   Steerage
 48 Cath. Cairn           19    F  Svt.      Ireland   Intermediate
 49 Mary Rogers           18    F  Svt.      Ireland   Steerage
 50 Pat Morton            26    M  Labr.     Ireland   Steerage
 51 Ross McKernan         72    M  Labr.     Ireland   Steerage
 52 Candy O'Donnell       64    M  Labr.     Ireland   Steerage
 53 Jas. McGinley         19    M  Labr.     Ireland   Steerage
 54 Susan Sweeney         15    F  Nil       Ireland   Steerage
 55 Martha Sweeney        11    F  Nil       Ireland   Steerage
 56 Caldwell Kerr         20    M  Labr.     Ireland   Steerage
 57 Agnes Kerr            16    F  Labr.     Ireland   Steerage
 58 Cath. Conway          *     F  Svt.      Ireland   Steerage
 59 Mary Macdonald        20    F  Svt.      Ireland   Steerage
 60 C. Rodgers            45    M  Labr.     Ireland   Steerage
 61 John McLaughlin       *     M  Labr.     Ireland   Steerage
 62 Grace Crossan         50    F  Svt.      Ireland   Steerage
 63 Margt. Jane Fowler    20    F  Svt.      Ireland   Steerage
 64 Wm. Calgy             40    F* Labr.     Ireland   Steerage
 65 Bridget McLaughlin    20    F  Svt.      Ireland   Steerage
 66 Jane Sterrett         22    F  Svt.      Ireland   Steerage
 67 Sarah Clark           *     F  Svt.      Ireland   Steerage
 68 Cath. Campbell        22    F  Svt.      Ireland   Steerage
 69 Nancy Frill           20    F  Svt.      Ireland   Steerage
 70 Jas. McLaughlin       30    M  Labr.     Ireland   Steerage
 71 Cath. McLaughlin      26    F  Wife      Ireland   Steerage
 72 Mary Ann McLaughlin   11mo  F  Nil       Ireland   Steerage 
 73 Kate O'Donnell        *     F  Svt.      Ireland   Steerage
 74 Mary Kelly            26    F  Svt.      Ireland   Steerage
 75 Mrs John Burns        *     F  Wife      Ireland   Steerage
 76 Lily Burns            11mo  F  Nil       Ireland   Steerage
 77 Cath. Cochrane        30    F  Domestic  Ireland   Steerage
 78 Margt. Bailie         24    F  Wife      Ireland   Steerage
 79 Terrence Culham        8    M  Nil       Ireland   Steerage
 80 Mary Ann Donnelly     22    F  Svt.      Ireland   Steerage
 81 Otto Wykman           21    M  Labr.     Sweden    Steerage
 82 Jenny Wykman          13    F  Nil       Sweden    Steerage
 83 Mauritz Klennan       42    M  Labr.     Sweden    Steerage
 84 Christina Peddersen   17    F  Svt.      Sweden    Steerage
 85 Amalie Olsen          20    F  Svt.      Sweden    Steerage
 86 Sofia Syversen        20    F  Svt.      Sweden    Steerage
 87 Anders Manson         40    M  Farmer    Sweden    Steerage
 88 Lelia Manson          23    F  Wife      Sweden    Steerage
 89 Gustaf A. Wykman      17    M  Labr.     Sweden    Steerage
 90 Mikkel Christenson    20    F  Svt.      Norway    Steerage
 91 Jacob Rosholt         59    M  Farmer    Norway    Steerage
 92 Hans Grenberg         37    M  Labr.     Germany   Steerage
 93 M. Schultz            28    M  Butler    Germany   Steerage
 94 Franz Deida           19    M  Labr.     Germany   Steerage
 95 Jacob Coln            40    M  Labr.     Poland    Steerage
 96 Johan Gullsowski      19    M  Labr.     Poland    Steerage
 97 Johen Devorayck       21    M  Labr.     Poland    Steerage
 98 Alaric Devorayck      17    M  Labr.     Poland    Steerage
 99 Stefan Budil          42    M  Labr.     Bohemia   Steerage
100 Alaric Budil          43    F  Wife      Bohemia   Steerage
101 Peter Budil           10    M  Nil       Bohemia   Steerage
102 Caroline Budil         8    F  Nil       Bohemia   Steerage
103 Franciski Budil        7    M  Nil       Bohemia   Steerage
104 Franz Budil            6    M  Nil       Bohemia   Steerage
105 Burdine Budil          4    M  Nil       Bohemia   Steerage
106 Cente Seizel Budil     9mo  M  Nil       Bohemia   Steerage


Correspondence 1/00 - Passenger #18 - Alexander
The following was received from Lynne Padula: 
John Alexander is my great grandfather.  He settled in Paterson NJ and
married Martha Collins.  John and Martha had 9 children
For further information about this family, please contact Lynne Padula.


Transcriber's Notes:

The country of which all passengers intend to become inhabitants is the 
United States, so this column was eliminated.

There were no births or deaths on this passage.

The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read due to the
quality of the original document

The use of a * indicates an ommission, or an error, made by the original
recorder.

A * in the age column indicates no age was given.
38 Grace ?osh - Unlike other letters in the manifest. Might be i or p or j.
64 Wm. Calgy - sex may be wrong.  



Family History Library Film Number 0295773
Contributed and transcribed by Eileen Matthew a Member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
15 September 1999



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