SS Atlas
I Horatio Low master of the Steamship Atlas 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 of the said Steamship at Kingston, from which port said Steamship 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 belong, 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 died on said voyage, and the names and ages of those who died. So Help me God. Horatio Low
Sworn to this 18th April 1878
Before me ??????
List or Manifest of all the passengers taken on Board the Steamship Atlas whereof Horatio Low is Master, from Kingston burthen 740 tons.
Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country of origin, County to inhabit, Died on ship, Space occupied
1 W H Smith 45 M Merchant USA USA Saloon 2 G M Villain 27 M Merchant Hayti Hayti Saloon 3 Th Breckenridge 41 M Merchant Scotland France Saloon 4* E D Deetjens 26 M Military San Domingo Hayti Saloon 5* Miss deCordova 30 F Nil USA USA Saloon 6 Miss Clark 45 F Maid Jamaica Jamaica Saloon 7 A S Lazarus 41 M Merchant USA USA Saloon 8* Mrs Lazarus with 26 F USA USA Saloon 9 child Lazarus 4 M USA USA Saloon 10 child Lazarus 2 M USA USA Saloon 11 25 F Nurse Ireland USA Saloon 12 P Stern 29 M Barriste Jamaica England Saloon 13 Miss Drew 24 F Nil England England Saloon 14* Mrs I M Duff? 35 F Nil USA USA Saloon 15 M Gutman 39 M Merchant USA USA Saloon 16 Mrs A Lake and 48 F Nil Jamaica Jamaica Saloon 17 Daughter Lake 7 F Nil Jamaica Jamaica Saloon 18 Master Chas Lake 13 M Nil Jamaica Jamaica Saloon 19 Miss Neat 30 F Nil Jamaica Jamaica Saloon 20 Mr Osgood 50 M Nil USA USA Saloon 21 Mrs Osgood 49 F Nil USA USA Saloon 22 Miss Harper 22 F Nil USA USA Saloon 23 Rev M Sykes 42 M Minister England England Saloon 24* Mrs Sykes and 42 F Nil England England Saloon 25 child Sykes 10 F Nil England England Saloon 26 child Sykes 7 M Nil England England Saloon 27 P de Murguiondo 47 M Merchant USA USA Saloon 28 Rev W Johnston 35 M Minister Scotland Scotland Saloon 29 Mrs Johnston 30 F Nil Scotland Scotland Saloon 30 Rev Ralph Taylor 30 M Clergyman SierraLeone England Saloon 31 G B Williamson 29 M Merchant USA USA Saloon 32 I M Martin 29 M Merchant Jamaica Jamaica Saloon 33* G?ocis P?ado 22 M Nil Kingston, Ja Peru Saloon 34 Mrs C Soecaras 35 F Nil Kingston, Ja Cuba Saloon 35 Arthur Carman 34 M Merchant Nova Scotia USA Saloon 36 Charles Thompson 35 M Nil England England Saloon Transcriber's notes: * There were no deaths on this voyage, so that column was omitted. * The signature of the customs official was illegible; something like RmynRoofsec Passenger notes: 4 After the word Military was written very small Capt. 5 Miss deCardova and Maid (Miss Clark). 8 Mrs Lazarus with two children and nurse. 14 Mrs I M Duff? The last letter just runs horizontally. 24 Mrs Sykes and two children. 33 Second letter of both names looks like an e but could be an r for Geocis Peado or Grocis Prado
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 412.
Transcribed by Harold Rienstra a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
19 September 2000
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