Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Stillwater

I, J.H. McFarlane, Master of the above named STEAMSHIP STILLWATER, From the Port of Belize, Br. Honduras, do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the within List contains the names and descriptions of all the Passengers who were on board the said Steamship at the time of or since her last departure from the said Port of Belize or that have been taken on board the said vessel at any foreign port or place, and that none have died on the voyage. (Signed) J. H. McFarlane, Master. Subscribed and sworn to before (Signed) J. D. Crawford, Deputy Collector. Collector's Office, Port of New Orleans, April 7th, 1891.

LIST OR MANIFEST of all the Passengers taken on board the STEAMSHIP STILLWATER whereof J. H. McFarlane is master, from Belize, Br. Honduras; burden, 510 tons.

Columns represent: given name, surname, age, sex, occupation, country to which they severally belong, country of which they intend to become inhabitants, part of the vessel occupied, and baggage. (Note: Baggage is listed below in transcriber's notes)

    
  1 Frank E. Taggart       30  Male    Miner              US            US                 
  2 David W. Stebbs        27  Male    Miner              US            US                 
  3 Angela Stebbs          19  Female  None               US            US                
  4 Fernando Stebbs    0y-10m  Male    None               US            US               
  5 Henri Jallu            30  Male    Clerk              France        France            
  6 Lean Jallu             27  Male    Clerk              France        France            
  7 Leopold Leou           24  Male    Merchant           France        France            
  8 Thomas McCarter        24  Male    Engineer           England       England       
  9 Agustus W. Hood        49  Male    Governing Official Br. Honduras  Br. Honduras  
 10 John ?. Robertson      36  Male    Merchant           Br. Honduras  Br. Honduras  
 11 Isabella Robertson     29  Female  None               Br. Honduras  Br. Honduras  
 12 Mary Robertson          8  Female  None               Br. Honduras  Br. Honduras  
 13 Margaret Robertson  6y-5m  Female  None               Br. Honduras  Br. Honduras  
 14 Isabella Robertson      5  Female  None               Br. Honduras  Br. Honduras  
 15 ?????? Robertson    1y-5m  Female  None               Br. Honduras  Br. Honduras  
 16 Elizabeth Garbutt      25  Female  Nurse              Br. Honduras  Br. Honduras      
                                        
      (Signed)  J. H. McFarlane

      I hereby certify that the foregoing list was this day presented
      to me by the master of the Am. SS Stillwater from
      Belize, Br. Honduras, as a correct list of the passengers
      on board said vessel.      (Signed)  James ?. Grey, Boarding Officer
      
      (Seal with inscription)
      Cashier's Office, PAID, April 7 1891, Custom House, New Orleans, LA
    
Transcriber's Notes:     
* A "?" mark indicates that the transcriber could not decipher certain 
  letters because of either unreadable handwritting by the list maker 
  or poor condition of the copy of the passenger list.  
* Eliminated column part of the vessel occupied, and baggage as each 
  was stated cabin 
* Each "?" indicates a single letter that could not be deciphered.
* Passenger 10, Middle initial probably a "T".
* Passenger 15, Given name unreadable.  Total number of letters is 
  uncertain. Last 3 letters are possibly "las", but even this is uncertain.  

List of Passengers' baggage:
Note: In the original passinger list, baggage was entered in the last 
column.  It is listed below for formating reasons.
* Passenger 1: 1 Valise Wearing Apparel & Ore.
* Passengers 2-4: 1 Trunk Wearing Apparel, Tools of Trade & Sample Ore, 
  1 Box Books, 1 Mattras.
  Note: Last item possibly a mattress.
* Passenger 5: 1 Trunk Wearing Apparel, 1 Valise Toilet Articles.
* Passenger 6: 1 Valise Wearing Apparel, 1 Pkg., 2 Cots.
* Passenger 7: 1 Trunk Wearing Apparel, 2 Valise Wearing Apparel, 
  1 Pkg. Hammock.
* Passenger 8: 1 Box Wearing Apparel, 1 Portmanteau Wearing Apparel.
* Passenger 9: 1 Trunk Wearing Apparel, 1 Valise Wearing Apparel & 
  ?????, 1 Pkg. Wearing Apparel, 1 Pkg. Cun?? & Skins.
* Passengers 10-16: 7 Trunks Wearing Apparel, 1 Portmanteau Wearing Apparel, 
  2 Bags Wearing Apparel, 2 Pkgs. Wearing Apparel.