Immigrant Ships
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SS Bahama

I, Ed. Whit?hurst, Master of the Steamship Bahama, 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 vessel at Trinidad, Barbados, Martinique, and Guadeloupe from which ports 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 died, So help me God. (signed) Edw. Whitehurst. Sworn to this 20th day of May 1880, Before me, (signature unreadable).

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Steamship Bahama whereof Ed. Whit?hurst is Master from Windward Islands, W.I. burthen 1003 tons.

Columns represent: NAMES, AGE, SEX, OCCUPATION, The country to which they severally belong, The country in which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on the voyage, Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.

    
 1* Mg? Chs. Guay     35 Male   Priest    Canada              Canada   Cabin
 2* James ?. Martin   32 Male   Clerk     USA                 USA      Cabin
 3* Geo. L. Armstrong 4? Male             USA                 USA      Cabin
 4  Lelle Viel        33 Male   Merchant  France              USA      Cabin
 5* William ?ightb?d  43 Male   Merchant  Glasgow             Scotland Cabin
 6* Harbin Alley??    33 Male   Physician Barbados            USA      Cabin
 7  Mrs. R.H. Nurse   28 Female Lady      Barbados            USA      Cabin
 8* Robrt Beeler      ?0 Male   M? ??are? Bear River          USA      Cabin
 9* ?. Ha????an       39 Male   Mi?       Venezuela           USA      Cabin
10* ??? ?ac??????     33 Male   ?         Sta Martha Colombia USA      Cabin
11* Peter Ca?         41 Male   Showman   France              USA      Steerage
12  Peter Agas        29 Male   Showman   France              USA      Steerage
13  John McGee        38 Male   Machinist Barbados            USA      Steerage


Transcriber's notes:

An asterisk is used to call your attention to additional information 
about the passenger in the transcriber notes below.

The ? marks represent letters or words that cannot be read due to the 
quality of the original document.

It appears that most of the passengers wrote their own names on the 
list as almost all of the handwriting is different which made 
deciphering the names difficult at times.

Passengers were not numbered on the original list.

The captain's name looks like Whithurst with a space between the T and H.  
However, he did sign the list as Whitehurst.

There were no deaths on the voyage and I've eliminated the Death column.

The following notes are listed by passenger number:

 1 Mg? Chs. Guay - The letter in question may be R and I imagine this 
   word is the abbreviation for Monsignor which is a title given to some 
   Roman Catholic priests.  The word Ontario was added in a different 
   handwriting next to the word Canada in the two columns.
 2 James ?. Martin - There are several long pen strokes used as a flourish 
   by the writer, making it difficult to decipher this letter but it may 
   be P.
 3 Geo. L. Armstrong - His age may be 48 with the 8 hastily written with 
   no distinguishable loop at the bottom.
 5 William ?ightb?d - This name is written as one long name with no 
   lifting of the pen in between the given name and the surname.  The first 
   letter in the surname looks like a lower-case H but it may be an L.  
   The second questionable letter is either E or I, making the name either 
   Lightbed, Lightbid, Hightbed, or Hightbid.
 6 Harbin Alley?? - The two letters don't fall below or extend high above 
   the line.  I believe the name may be either Alleyns or Alleym.
 8 Robrt Beeler - The first number in his age is hastily written but his 
   age may be 40. His occupation appears to be two words.  The first one 
   is either Me or Mi and the second word could be snarers, marers, 
   or maren.
 9 ?. Ha????an - This name is very faint.  The initial representing the 
   given name is either E or P.  The first two letters in the surname 
   extend high above the line as in B, D, H, L, or T.  The letter following 
   these two might be A or E.  The last letter in question extends high 
   above the line as in B, D, H, L, or T.  The only letters visible in 
   the occupation are Mi with a possible S after it.
10 ??? ?ac?????? - This name is too faint to even attempt to read.  
   The first letter in the given name might be E.  The occupation is also 
   too faint to even attempt to read.  Regarding the country to which he 
   belongs, I imagine Sta Martha represents Santa Marta, a city on the 
   northern most coast of Colombia.
11 Peter Ca? - The name is either Cau or Caw.     

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 426, List 578.