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I, William Harrison, do solemly, sincerely, and truly declare that the following List or Manifest of Passengers, subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs for the District of New-York, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the Passengers received on board the the Royal Mail Steamship Canada whereof I am Master, from Liverpool G.B. So help me God. W Harrison
Sworn to, this 10 November 1851 Before me, (name illegible).
List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Steamship Canada whereof William Harrison is Master, From Liverpool, ; burthen 1832 tons.
Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country in which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on the voyage.
1 Mr Robt Heath 33 Male Mercht England England
2 Mr H M Weston 50 Male Mercht United States United States
3 Mrs Weston 43 Female United States United States
4* Mr ? C ? Weston 35 Male Mercht United States United States
5* Mrs ? C ? Weston 28 Female United States United States
6 Mr J R Barton 62 Male M D United States United States
7 Mr H Barton 24 Male United States United States
8 Mrs Barton 44 Female United States United States
9 Miss Barton 19 Female United States United States
10* Mrs As?ham 34 Female United States United States
11* Child 6 United States United States
12 Miss Houle 19 Female England United States
13 Mrs Davies 39 Female United States United States
14* Miss ????ersley 25 Female United States U States
15 Miss Schmidt 26 Female United States United States
16 Mrs Roche 50 Female United States United States
17 Mr A Douglas 48 Male Mercht United States United States
18 Mrs Douglas 37 Female United States United States
19* Dr J Trudeau 3? Male M D United States United States
20 Mrs Trudeau 25 Female United States United States
21 Mr W H Bennett 34 Male Mercht United States United States
22 Mr John Roche 36 Male Mercht United States United States
23 Mr B Gates 29 Male Mercht United States United States
24 Mr D B Tennant 40 Male Mercht United States United States
25 Mr John A Dunlop 54 Male Mercht United States United States
26 Col Tho^s Davis 47 Male Mercht United States United States
27 Mr Shaw 38 Male Mercht United States United States
28 Mr John J Dortie 33 Male Mercht United States United States
29 Mr Camack 52 Male Mercht United States United States
30 Mr Postlethwaite 30 Male Mercht England England
31 Mr T S Mitchell 34 Male Mercht England England
32 Mrs Low 40 Female Canada Canada
33 Miss Low 19 Female Canada Canada
34 Mr Low 45 Male Canada Canada
35 Master Low 12 Male Canada Canada
36* Mr J ? Schmidt ?0 Male Mercht United States United States
37 Mr Geo Parish 32 Male Mercht G Britain Germany
38* Mr G A??? 2? Male ?lan? U States U States
39* Dr J D Hol?? 30 Male M D U States U States
40 Mr Gair 29 Male Mercht England England
41 Mr George Milne 36 Male Mercht United States United States
42 Mr Maxwell 42 Male Mercht United States United States
43 Master W B Hayward 10 Male United States United States
44* Master D B Hayward ? Male United States United States
45* Ann Boyd 2? Female Maid Servt England United States
46 Mr Wood 32 Male Mercht England England
47 Mr Conghlan 38 Male Mercht United States United States
48 Mr Thos Dixon 30 Male Mercht England England
49 Mr Love 42 Male Mercht G Britain United States
50 Mr Lockhart 49 Male Mercht Great Britain G B
51* Mr Charles Ahrenfeldt 31 Male Mercht Russian United States
52* Mr ??erman 36 Male Mercht Germany United States
53 Major Lazarus 54 Male Mercht United States United States
54 Mr Heyward 47 Male Mercht United States United States
55 Mrs Milne 30 Female United States United States
56 Infant 2 Female United States United States
57 Mr Pioche 40 Male Mercht France France
58* Mr 30 Male Mercht France France
59 Mr Labach 41 Male Mercht Russia United States
60 Mr Charles Congreve 49 Male Mercht England England
61 Mr George Durand 38 Male Mercht France United States
62 Mr Laird 35 Male Mercht United States United States
63 Mr Hutchison 37 Male Mercht United States United States
64 Mr Alstine 33 Male Mercht United States United States
65 Mr Menlove 49 Male Mercht England England
66* Mr ??tt 39 Male Mercht England England
67 Mr Comer 36 Male Mercht England England
68 Dr P A Taliafero 33 Male M D France France
69 Mr Thomson 31 Male Mercht England England
70 Mr Laycock 24 Male Mercht England England
71 Mr Oser 31 Male Mercht United States United States
72 Mr Joel Churchill 63 Male Mercht United States United States
73 Mr Thomann 40 Male Mercht United States United States
74* Mr David Bellh??se 44 Male Mercht England England
75 Mr Will^m Andrews 35 Male Mercht England England
76 Mr C Molyneaux 36 Male Mercht United States United States
77 Mr Hermer 35 Male Mercht United States United States
78 Mrs Hermer 30 Female Mercht United States United States
79 Capt H C Clerke 34 Male British Army Great Britain G B
80 Mr Dan^l Rylie 18 Male Servant Ireland G B
81 Mr Simpson 30 Male Mercht United States United States
82 Mr West 31 Male Artist United States United States
83 Mr Robt Love 35 Male Mercht United States United States
84 Mr James Walker 40 Male Mercht England United States
85 Mr Raudales 33 Male Mercht France United States
86 Mr Conson 30 Male Mercht Germany United States
87 Mr James Lindsay 20 Male Mercht England England
88 Miss C Wall 28 Female England United States
89* Miss Robmullett 42 Male Chemist England England
90* Miss John G Harper 32 Male Merchant England England
91* Miss Haylett 41 Male Merchant England United States
92* Miss John Rowland 30 Male Farmer British America Canada B A
93* Miss Ralph Davidson 24 Male Farmer England G Britain
94* Miss Isola 31 Male Broker Italy Italy
95* Miss Me??back 31 Male Germany California U S
96* Miss ? Hanngs 1? Male none Germany United States
97* Miss Warner 49 Male Gentleman England England
98* Miss M^cConnachie 40 Male Clergyman Great Britain Great Britain
99* Miss Taylor 24 Male Mercht Great Britain Great Britain
100* Miss B Chapmann 34 Male Mercht Great Britain Great Britain
101* Miss Mooney 21 Male Civil Engineer Great Britain Great Britain
102* Miss Ho?ghlin 43 Male Commercial Britain Great Britain
103 Mrs Hewitt 30 Female United States United States
104 Mr Ritz 54 Male Servant Switzerland Switzerland
105* Miss Ryan 28 Male Great Britain Great Britain
106* Mrs Lazarus 48 Male United States United States
107 Mr Lazarus Jr 11 Male United States United States
108* Miss Roche 6 Male United States United States
109* Jessie Patterson 25 Male Nurse Scotland Scotland G B
110* Mrs Barnes 40 Male Servant Ireland United States
111* Mrs Maxwell 35 Male United States United States
112* Mrs Heyward 44 Male United States United States
113 Master Maxwell 5 Male United States United States
114* Miss Anderson 32 Male England England
115* Ann Clifford 21 Male Servant Ireland United States
Transcriber's Notes:
The use of an * indicates an omission or error made by the original recorder.
The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read, due to quality
of original document.
There were no deaths on this voyage so that column has been omitted.
4 & 5 Mr ? C ? Weston & Mrs ? C ? Weston - first ? appears to be P and the second
? appears to be I or J.
10 Mrs As?ham - could be Askham.
11 There is no information as to the name or sex of the child with Mrs As?ham.
14 Miss ????ersley - could be Vankersley.
19 Dr J Trudeau - age could be 33 or 35.
36 Mr J ? Schmidt - ? could be N, M or W. Age could be 70.
38 Mr G A??? - surname looks like Anne or Aime. Age could be 27. Occupation
could possibly be Planter'
39 Dr J D Hol?? - last letter or two of surname indecipherable. Could be Holes,
Holer, Holis.
44 Master D B Hayward - age could be 7.
45 Ann Boyd - age could be 27.
51 Mr Charles Ahrenfeldt - country name given as Russian on manifest.
52 Mr ??erman - could be Thuerman.
58 Mr ? - no surname given.
66 Mr ??tt - surname is almost totally illegible. It is possible that the last
two letters are not tt.
74 Mr David Bellh??se - surname is possibly Bellhouse or Bellhonse.
89-102, 105, 106, 108-112, 114, 115 - listed as male but are clearly female names.
95 Miss Me??back - surname looks like Meorback or Meusback.
96 Miss ?? Hanngs - could be two initials before surname. Age could be 17.
102 Miss Ho?ghlin - surname could be Houghlin or Honghlin.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 107, List 1632.
Transcribed by Clarke M. Mahaney a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
15 August 2000
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