Immigrant Ships
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Steamer North America

I, L F Timmerman Master of the Steamer North America, do solemly, 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 of the said Steamer at Rio J????? from which port 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.

Sworn to, this June 28 1866 Before me, (signature cannot be read)

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Steamer North America whereof L??? Timmerman is Master, from Rio Jan???? burthen (blank) tons

Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, Country of which they intend to become inhabitants, Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage

 1 Ventura       Garcia        50 male   Mercht*     Brazil         U.S.  Cabin
 2 Vincent       Garcia        12 male   none        Brazil         U.S.  Cabin
 3 Frank         McMullen      30 Male   Mercht      United States  U.S.  Cabin
 4 Constantine   Cernurchio    28 Male   Mercht      Italien*       U.S   Cabin
 5 Jose J. Alves deBarcellos   20 Male   Enginier*   Brazil         U.S.  Cabin
 6 Georgi        Sceva         40 Male   Naturalist  United States  U.S.  Cabin 
 7 Salvador      Queroga       25 Male   Student     Spain          U.S.  Cabin
 8 Edwd          Fale          35 Male   Merchant    United States  U.S.  Cabin
 9 Wm            Fisk          22 Male   Clerk       United States  U.S.  Steerage
10 F.            Ulmiawa       24 Male   Mercanht*   United States  U.S.  Steerage
11 Abraham S.    Israel        35 Male   Mercanht*   St  Thomas     U.S.  Cabin
12 Joseph        Franklin      40 Male   Farmer      United States  U.S.  Cabin
13 Geo.          Bird          35 Male   Mercht*     Brazil         U.S.  Cabin
14 Eugene        Verges        30 Male   Mercht*     St Thomas      U.S.  Cabin
15 Mrs           Verges        25 Female none        St Thomas      U.S.  Cabin
16 Geo. A        Philips       27 Male   Mercht      St Thomas      U.S.  Cabin
17 Mrs           Philips       22 Female None        St Thomas      U.S.  Cabin
18 Miss          Philips        8 Female None        St Thomas      U.S.  Cabin
19 E.I.          Folsom        28 Male   Enginier*   St Thomas      U.S.  Cabin
20 B.F.          Folsom        30 Male   Enginier*   St Thomas      U.S.  Cabin
21 Thomas        Hutchinson    50 Male   Enginier*   St Thomas      U.S.  Cabin
22 L.D.          Brown         45 Male   Enginier*   St Thomas      U.S.  Cabin
23 I.L.          Chambers      48 Male   Farmer      Brazil         U.S.  Cabin




Transcriber's notes:

* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder not the transcriber.
* The use of a ? indicates a word or letter that could not be read, due to quality of 
  original document.
* There were no births or deaths on this passage, therefore the "died on voyage" column 
  has been eliminated 
?  Port of departure believed to be Rio de Janeiro
* "Ster" taken to be Steamer
* "Mercanht/Mercht" believed to be Merchant
* "Italien" believed to be Italian
* "Enginier" believed to be Engineer
?? Captain's first name looks as if it could be Linus

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