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Ship Erin Go Bragh


Glasgow, Scotland to New York
7 November 1848

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I,Henry Thompson do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear 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 Ship Erin Go Bragh whereof I am Master, from Glasgow. So help me God (signed) Henry Thompson
Sworn to this 7th Nov^r 1848
Before me (signed) P.Godwin DC
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Ship Erin Go Bragh whereof Henry Thompson is Master, from Glasgow, burthen 643 tons.
Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they severally belong, Country to which they intend to become inhabitants.
  1  William      Martin      21     male   printer
  2  Rich^d       Thomson     26     male   weaver
  3  Eleanor      Doherty     28     female servant
  4  James        Love        40     male   farmer
  5  Janet        Love        39     female wife
  6  Mary         Love        20     female servant
  7  George       Love        19     male   farmer
  8  Jessie       Love        18     female servant
  9  Catharine    Love        16     female servant
 10  William      Love        12     male   child
 11  John         Love         6     male   child
 12  John         McGregor    34     male   farmer
 13  Christiana   McGregor    33     female wife
 14  Jane         McGregor    13     female servant
 15  John         McGregor     8     male   child
 16  George       McGregor     4     male   child
 17  James        Burn        23     male   shoemaker
 18  Ellen        Burn        23     female wife
 19  John         Burn         2     male   child
 20  James        Burn        infant male   child
 21  Walter       McFarlane   30     male   tinsmith
 22  Sarah        McFarlane   30     female wife
 23  John         Freal       24     male   labourer
 24  Elizabeth    Kincaid     23     female servant
 25  Agnes        Kincaid     21     female servant
 26  Jane         Harkness    22     female servant
 27  Martha       Harkness    21     female servant
 28  William      Burton      19     male   clerk
 29  Christina    Kennedy     26     female servant
 30  Margaret     Kennedy     infant female child
 31  James        Rathburn    24     male   mechanic
 32  Thomas       Higgins     31     male   smith
 33  John D.      Shearer     20     male   upholsterer
 34  John         Macillroy   33     male   blacksmith
 35  Margaret     Macillroy   32     female wife
 36  Mary Ann     Macillroy   13     female servant
 37  Margaret     Macillroy    7     female child
 38  Williman     Macillroy    5     male   child
 39  John         Macillroy    2     male   child
 40  John         Roberts     38     male   moulder
 41  Jane         Roberts     34     female wife
 42  William      Roberts     11     male   child
 43  Thomas       Roberts      2     male   child
 44  James        McKenzie    32     male   blacksmith
 45  Selina       McKenzie    22     female wife
 46  Selina       McKenzie    infant female child
 47  Patrick      McGee       26     male   labourer
 48  Margaret     McGee       24     female wife
 49  Catharine    McGee        4     female child
 50  Thomas       McGee       infant male   child
 51  Patrick      Coil        25     male   labourer
 52  Elizabeth    McBride     22     female servant
 53  Thomas       McBride     28     male   labourer
 54  Edward       Lynch       27     male   labourer
 55  James O.     Reilly      22     male   labourer
 56  Patrick      McGee       27     male   labourer
 57  Archibald    Ferguson    26     male   labourer
 58  Michael      Leonard     32     male   labourer
 59  Thomas       Jones       16     male   labourer
 60  George       Gourlay     41     male   calico printer
 61  Margaret     Gourlay     37     female wife
 62  Isabella     Gourlay      9     female child
 63  Janet        Gourlay      3     female child
 64  Catharine    Gourlay      1     female child
 65  Patrick      Hughes      32     male   labourer
 66  Ann          Hughes      29     female wife
 67  Rosanne      Hughes      infant female child
 68  Martha       Murphy      23     female farmer
 69  John         Machie      22     male   cabinet maker
 70  Mary         Machie      20     female wife
 71  James        McKee       22     male   labourer
 72  William      Whitehill   24     male   power loom dresser
 73  Christine    Whitehill   23     female wife
 74  Jean         Whitehill   infant female child
 75  John         Whitehill   22     male   labourer
 76  Christina    Whitehill   22     female wife
 77  Margaret     Whitehill   infant female child
 78  John         Donally     23     male   labourer
 79  Peter        McConnochy  40     male   mechanic
 80  Elizabeth    Bennie      28     female servant
 81* Robert       Bennie       4     male   servant
 82  Agnes        Bennie      infant female child
 83  William      McKinlay    26     male   miner
 84  Margaret     McKinlay    24     female wife
 85  Robert       McKinlay     3     male   child
 86  John         McKinlay    infant male   child
 87  Edward       Bauld       20     male   draughtsmen
 88  Joseph       Bauld       18     male   surveyor
 89  George       Lorimer     22     male   drainer
 90  Archibald    Chapman     40     male   tailor
 91  William      Canlan      23     male   clerk
 92  Alexander    Harkness    27     male   teacher
 93  John         McIntyre    30     male   tailor
 94  Arabella     Sutherland  30     female wife
 95  Janet        McBeth      28     female servant
 96  Jane         McBeth      17     female servant
 97  David        Sutherland   8     male   child
 98  Charles      Sutherland   6     male   child
 99  Janet        Sutherland   4     female child
100  Peter        Sutherland   1     male   child
101  Neil         McDonald    18     male   dresser
102  Margaret     O'Brien     18     female servant 
103  Grace        O'Brien     20     female servant
104  Peter        Ferguson    44     male   pensioner
105  Susan        Ferguson    28     female wife
106  Susan        Ferguson     4     female child
107  Robert       McEwan      20     male   labourer
108  William      Ramage      31     male   baker
109  Bernard      Hughes      19     male   moulder
110  John         McKenzie    34     male   grocer
111  Agnes        McKenzie    22     female wife
112  Peter        McKenzie     2     male   child
113  James        McKenzie    infant male   child
114  Jean         Armstrong   21     female dressmaker
115  William      Duff        25     male   grocer

Cabin Passengers

116  Daniel       McLean      60     male   gentleman
117  Ann          McLean      40     female wife
118  Robert       Graham      23     male   clerk
(signed) Henry Thompson


Transcriber's Notes:

*  An asterisk is used to call attention to additional information in the
   passenger notes.

^  Indicates that superscript was used for the subsequent letter or letters.

*  Names were transcribed as written regardless of spelling.

*  All passengers were listed from Great Britain and intended to become
   inhabitants of the United States so those columns were eliminated.

*  No births or deaths were recorded during this voyage.

81 - Occupation given for the 4 year old is obviously an error.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 76, List 1254.
Transcribed by Robert W. Grose a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
22 May 2002




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