Immigrant Ships
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SS Portia

I Francis Ash Master of the SS Portia 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 the City of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board the said vessel at St Johns & Halifax from which port said vessel has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, sex, calling country of citizenship, native country, intended destination or location, number of pieces of baggage, location of compartment or space occupied, and date and cause of death of passengers, as required by the Passenger Act of 1882; also a true statement, so far as it can be ascertained with reference to the intention of each alien passenger as to a protracted sojourn in this country. So help me God, Signed Francis Ash

Sworn to this 17th October 1889, before me Thos. J Dunn Deputy Collector

List or Manifest, Of all the Pasengers taken on board the SS Portia whereof Francis Ash is Master, from St Johns & Halifax burthen 931 tons.

Columns represent: given name surname, age (YR, MO), sex, occupation, country to which they severally belong, Native country, country to which they intend to become inhabitants, number of pieces of baggage, Location of compartment or space occupied, Came on board, Visitor or permanent settler.

 
 1 James H Martin     41  3 m Merchant    St Johns NF    England N York    3 Forward St Johns Visit
 2 Nils Ohman         46  4 m Watch Maker                Sweden  N York    2 Forward St Johns Visit 
 3 Frederick W Finlay 27  9 m Merchant    N York US      N.F.L.  N York   15 Forward St Johns Sett
 4 Katie Finlay       26  4 f             N York US      N.F.L.  N York    * Forward St Johns Sett          
 5 Reginald Finlay     1  7 m                            U.S.A.  N York    * Forward St Johns Sett
 6 Ceicely Spooner    15  3 f             St Johns NF    N.F.L.  N York    * Forward St Johns Sett
 7 James McGill        8  0 m             Brooklyn US    U.S.A.  Brooklyn  * Forward Halifax  Sett
 8 Peter McGill       11  0 m             Brooklyn US    U.S.A.  Brooklyn  1 Forward Halifax  Sett           
 9 Maggie Leo         12  0 f             Brooklyn US    U.S.A.  Brooklyn  1 Forward St Johns Sett   
10 Ellen Buckley      40  0 f             N York US      N.F.L.  N York    * Aft     St Johns Sett   
11 John Buckley       11  2 m             N York US      U.S.A.  N York    3 Aft     St Johns Sett  
12 Elizabeth Williams 67  0 f             St Johns NF    N.F.L.  Brooklyn  * Forward St Johns Sett
13 Martha Clouston    24  2 f             St Johns NF    N.F.L.  Brooklyn  3 Forward St Johns Sett
14 Maggie McGrady     26  7 f             Halifax        N.S.    N York    1 Forward Halifax  Visit
15 Jane Breman        22  9 f             Adams Cork? NF N.F.L.  N York    1 Aft     St Johns Sett
16 Stanley Crane      22  9 m Engineer    St. Johns      N.F.L.  Nasau     3 Aft     St Johns Visit  
17 James F Cullen     42  3 m Book Keeper U.S.A.         N.F.L.  Chicago   2 Aft     St Johns Sett
18 John F Tobin       25  4 m Printer     Halifax        N.S.    N York    1 Aft     Halifax  Sett 
19 Edmund O Grady     21  1 m Carpenter   St Johns NF    N.F.L.  Brooklyn  2 Aft     St Johns Sett
20 John O Toole       24  6 m Seaman      St Johns NF    N.F.L.  Brooklyn  1 Aft     St Johns Sett
21 Edward Aldridge    18  3 m Labourer    St Johns NF    N.F.L.  Brooklyn  2 Aft     St Johns Sett
22 Jessie Upson       18  9 f             St Johns NF    N.F.L.  Brooklyn  * Aft     St Johns Sett
23 William Coysh      12  6 m             St Johns NF    N.F.L.  Brooklyn  4 Aft     St Johns Sett 
24 Charley Coysh      11  0 m             St Johns NF    N.F.L.  Brooklyn  * Aft     St Johns Sett
25 George Coysh       10  0 m             St Johns NF    N.F.L.  Brooklyn  * Aft     St Johns Sett 
26 John Coysh          8  6 m             St Johns NF    N.F.L.  Brooklyn  * Aft     St Johns Sett
27 Walter Coysh        7  6 m             St Johns MF    N.F.L.  Brooklyn  * Aft     St Johns Sett 
28 John A Barss       26 10 m Tailor      Halifax        N.S.    N York    1 Aft     Halifax  Sett           
29 Fredericka T Ash   40  0 f             St Johns NF    N.F.L.  Brooklyn  1 Aft     St Johns Visit 
30 J D Drystan        49    m Gent        U.S.           U.S.    New York  2 Cabin   *        * 
31 Powell Reis        27    m Gent        English        England New York 12 Cabin   *        *
32 J Crowther         27    m Electrician English        England New York  3 Cabin   *        *
33 Ada Hill           27    f Lady        English        England Florida   6 Cabin   *        *    

Transcriber's notes:
The use of an * indicates an omission or error made by the original recorder.
The use of an ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read, due to he quality of the original document.
There were no births or deaths on this passage.
*Brackets around passengers 3-6 indicate they traveled together with 15 pieces of baggage between them.
*Brackets around passengers 7-8 indicate they traveled together with 1 piece of baggage between them.
*Brackets around passengers 10-11 indicate they traveled together with 3 pieces of baggage between them.
*Brackets around passengers 12-13 indicate they traveled together with 3 pieces of baggage between them.
*Brackets around passengers 22-27 indicate they traveled together with 4 pieces of baggage between them.
*Passengers 30-33 were cabin passengers, there was no indication where they boarded of if they were settlers or visitors.

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