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Brig Minerva


Londonderry, Ireland to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
15 May 1850

PORT OF PHILADELPHIA
There was no captain's sworn statement with this list.
Report or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Brig Minerva, whereof Walter Shanks is Master, from Londonderry, burthen 252 tons and owned by (not filled in) of Ayr, and bound to Philadelphia.
Columns represent: name, age, sex, occupation, to what country belonging, country of which it is their intention to become inhabitants. The column for sex was not filled out. All the passengers were from Ireland and all intended to become inhabitants of the United States, so those columns will be eliminated here.
    
   
  1 Eliza Murray          20  spinster    Ireland    United States
  2 Michael Boyle         48  labourer 
  3 Peter Gallagher    *  2?  labourer  
  4 Ann McKinley       *  1?  child
  5 Hugh McKinley      *   ?  child  
  6 James McKinley     *   ?  child
  7 Cath. Sheils          20  spinster
  8 Neal Sweeney          21  labourer
  9 Ellen McFadden        23  spinster
 10 Margt. McTeague       20  spinster
 11 Robt. Owens           33  farmer
 12 James McLaughlin      19  farmer
 13 Biddy Duffy           24  spinster
 14 Andrew Loughrey       40  farmer
 15 Bridget Campbell      25  spinster
 16 Thomas Campbell       10  child
 17 Sarah Campbell         7  child
 18 Mary Campbell          4  child
 19 Wm. Campbell           1  child
 20 Francis Campbell      28  farmer
 21 Mathew Fulton      *  30  ?  
 22 Henry Surgeoon        21  labourer
 23 Mrs. Fulton           28  housekeeper
 24   child                3  child
 25   infant             6mo  child
 26 Wm. McKinley          13  child
 27 Thos. Green           10  child
 28 Mary Green            18  spinster
 29 Eliza J. Baird        18  spinster
 30 Margt. Baird          20  spinster
 31 Ann McCarey           13  spinster
 32 Edward McCarey        30  farmer
 33 Barney Morris         26  farmer
 34 Cath. Bradley         19  spinster
 35 Jane Stewart       *  4?  spinster
 36 Pat. O'Donnell        37  farmer
 37 Cath. O'Donnell       26  wife
 38 Elinor O'Donnell      20  spinster
 39 Pat. O'Donnell        30  farmer
 40 Charles O'Donnell     19  farmer
 41 Hugh McBride          18  farmer
 42 Cath. Green           26  spinster
 43 Cath. McBride         22  spinster
 44 John Loughrey         26  farmer
 45 Chas. Cunningham      25  farmer
 46 Martha Cunningham     22  spinster
 47 Cath. ??ne         *  16  spinster  
 48 Nancy Bradley         23  spinster
 49 John Ramsey           38  labourer
 50 Samuel Mahaffy        60  gentleman
 51 Cath. Devinny         19  spinster  
 52 Dennis McCrory        36  labourer
 53 John Murray           24  labourer
 54 James Simms        *  2?  labourer  
 55 John Hamilton         23  labourer  
 56 Ann McGuin            23  spinster
 57 Mary McGuin           20  spinster
 58 Mary Gallagher         9  child
 59 Margery Gallagher      5  child
 60 Mary Gallagher         7  child
 61 James Gallagher        2  child
 62 Wm. Gallagher          8  child
 63 David Gallagher        6  child
 64 Martha Reed           27  dressmaker
 65 Ann McCausland        23  spinster
 66 Sarah McCausland      18  spinster
 67 Cath. Robinson        25  spinster
 68 Mahtlda James      *  28  spinster  
 69 Saml. Ritchie         25  labourer
 70 Wm. Ritchie           28  labourer
 71 Sarah Montgomery      25  spinster
 72 Frances Irwin         23  farmer
 73 Wm. Logan             26  farmer
 74 Stephen Stewart       30  farmer
 75 John Baird            18  farmer
 76 Wm. Baird             19  farmer
 77 Ann McLaughlin        28  milliner
 78 Mary McClelland       22  spinster
 79 Wm. Burnside          22  labourer
 80 Nancy Murray          19  spinster
 81 Francis Bones         21  labourer
 82 Wm. Haggurty          26  labourer
 83 John Campbell         28  labourer
 84 Margt. Campbell       25  wife
 85 Cath. Gallagher       30  spinster
 86 Rose Kelly            29  spinster
 87 Owen McCrosson        30  farmer
 88 Cath. ??????       *  26  spinster  
 89 Thomas ??????         18  labourer
 90 Hannah ??????         20  spinster
 91 Stephen ??????        48  farmer
 92 Mary ??????           22  spinster
 93 Cath. ??????          10  child
 94 Pat. ??????            6  child
 95 Rossann ??????         4  child
 96 Pat. Moss          *  22  labourer  
 97 Mary Kane             29  spinster
 98 Owen Kane             32  farmer
 99 Mary Kane              2  child
100 Sally Kane             7  child
101 Margt. Kane            5  child
102 Eliza Kane             1  child
103 Hugh Murray           33  farmer
104 Cath. McGlinn         58  matron
105 Wm. Carlin         *  ??  farmer  
106 Wm. Carlin         *   ?  child  
107 Shelah Carlin          4  child
108 Cath. Carlin       *   ?  child  
109 Manus McCloskey       10  farmer
110 John McCully          29  farmer
111 Hugh Dougherty     *  ?4  farmer  
112 Eliza Mulherin        20  spinster
    
Transcriber's Notes:
  #3 age was heavily overwritten, couldn't read.
  #4 age was possibly 10.
  #5 age was possibly 6.
  #6 age was single digit.
 #21 inkblot over occupation.
 #35 age was either 40 or 46.
 #47 first letter could be B or K or R.  
     For 2nd letter, can only say it must be a vowel.
 #54 age was 26 or 28.
 #68 first name as found.
 #88-95 surname was heavily overwritten.  
     Could have been Dillon or Dalton or Hilton perhaps.
 #96 passenger's name was listed under #85 but crossed off there.    
#105 age may have been 60.
#106 age was probably single digit.
#108 age was possibly 1 year. 
#111 age was either 24 or 34. 
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 70.
Transcribed by Mary Koelzer for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
21 June 1999



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