Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Schooner Fame

Halifax, Nova Scotia to Boston, Massachusetts
11 May 1847

COPY of Report and List of the Passengers taken on board the Sch Fame of Halifax 612* whereof Isaac Nickerson is Master, burthen 32 tons and /95ths of a ton, bound from the Port of Halifax for Boston.
Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they severally belong and Country of which they intend to become inhabitants.
    
1 Hugh McCarty      28  Male  Blacksmith  Cape Breton  U States
2 Cuncan O'Brien    25  Male  Carpenter   Cape Breton  U States
3 Joshua Nickerson  23  Male  Seaman      Nova Scotia  U States
4 John ?hahan *     22  Male  Seaman      Cape Breton  U States

Transcriber's Notes:

The use of an * indicates an omission or error made by the original recorder. 

The use of a ? indicates a work of letters that could not be read, 
due to quality of the original document.

* The number 612 is raised next to the word Halifax. 
* #4 - The surname could be Uhahan or Shahan.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M277, Reel 22.
Transcribed by Alexandra Fulsang, a member of
the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
27 January 2000


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