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Brig Venus


Dublin, Ireland to Boston, Massachusetts
31 July 1847

DISTRICT OF BOSTON - PORT OF BOSTON
There was no captain's sworn statement with this list.
COPY of Report and List of the Passengers taken on board the Brig Venus of New Haven whereof Francis Soule is Master, burthen 195 tons and (not filled in)/95ths of a ton, bound from the Port of Dublin for Boston.
Columns represent: name, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country which they intend to inhabit. All of the passengers were recorded as being from Ireland and intending to become residents of the U. States, so those columns will be eliminated here.
  
  1  John               Metcalf          27  male    agent      Ireland  U. States
  2  James              Cheese           45  male    captain  
  3  John               Riely            44  male    trader
  4  Jane               Riely            44  female  wife
  5  Pat                Riely            12  male    labourer
  6  Edwd               Riely            10  male    labourer
  7  Charles            Riely            17  male    labourer
  8  Wm                 Dorrington       30  male    labourer
  9  Mary               Dorrington       29  female  wife
 10* M?                 Dorrington        6  female
 11  Wm                 Dorrington        1  male
 12  Rose               Sullivan         25  female  spinster
 13  Thomas             Stanly           42  male    labourer
 14  George             Beckas           27  male    tailor
 15  Ann                Hogan            16  female  spinster
 16  Mary               Hogan            19  female  spinster
 17  Robert             Mullaney         30  male    surgeon
 18  Maria              Mullaney         40  female  wife
 19  Pat                Mullaney         21  male    physician
 20  Mary               Quinne           20  female  spinster  
 21  James              Cheese           13  male  
 22  James C.           Maguire          28  male    teacher
 23* Alica              Maguire          23  female  wife 
 24  Henry E.           Maguire           2  male
 25  John               Owen             30  male    servant
 26  James              Owen             26  male    labourer
 27  Mary               Owen             30  female  spinster
 28  John               Killeen          35  male    labourer
 29  Mary               Killeen          35  female  wife
 30  Honor              Killeen          16  female  spinster
 31  Ann                Killeen          21  female  spinster
 32  Betty              Flattery         21  female  spinster
 33  Bridget            Donnelly         30  female
 34  Mary Ann           Donnelly          9  female 
 35  Elizabeth          Donnelly          5  female
 36  William            Cloughy          17  male    labourer
 37  Pat                Healy            27  male    labourer
 38  Michael            Troy             27  male    tailor
 39  Anthony            Molynees         27  male  
 40  Margaret           Molynees         22  female  wife
 41  Infant             Molynees        1mo  female
 42  John               Lawless          28  male    labourer
 43  Mary               Molloy           40  female  wife
 44  Margaret           Molloy           12  female 
 45  John               Finn             25  male    labourer
 46  Maria              Finn             25  female  wife
 47  Pat                Maloney          30  male    labourer
 48  Edward             Langan           24  male    labourer
 49  Bartle             Langan           22  male    labourer
 50  Ann                Cassidy          20  female  spinster
 51  Michael            Scully           30  male    labourer
 52  Mary Ann           Scully           22  female  wife
 53  John               Lightholder      50  male    labourer
 54  Teressa            Lightholder      18  female  spinster
 55  Mary               Lightholder      16  female  spinster
 56* David              Du??e            30  male    labourer
 57  Mary               Du??e            35  female  wife
 58  Christopher        Coyne            21  male    labourer
 59  Cornelius          Gafrey           30  male    labourer
 60  John               Kenny            24  male    labourer
 61  Michael            Smith            32  male    labourer
 62  Ann                Smith            20  female  wife
 63  Ann                Smith            25  female  spinster
 64  William            Smith            24  male    labourer
 65  James              Fagan            20  male    labourer
 66  John               Quinn            20  male    labourer
 67  Pat                Fox              24  male    labourer
 68  Margaret           Quinn            13  female  
 69  Daniel             Breheny          22  male    labourer
 70  Thos               Breheny          20  male    labourer
 71  Bridget            Breheny          14  female  spinster
 72  John               Devlin           21  male    labourer
 73  Mary               Bryne            22  female  spinster
 74  Margaret           Byrne            26  female  spinster
 75  William            Hill             32  male    labourer
 76  Pat                Keough           32  male    labourer
 77  Mary               Keough           27  female  wife
 78  Michael            Donegan          24  male    labourer
 79  Betsy              Mangan           24  female  spinster
 80  Mary               Mangan           20  female  spinster
 
Transcriber's Notes:     
 #10 first name possibly Mary, but is overwritten, difficult to read.
 #23 first name spelled as found.
 #56-57 surname looks like Durme, but could be Dunne.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M277, Reel 23.
Contributed and Transcribed by Mary Koelzer a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
10 May 2000



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