Immigrant Ships
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SS Leon

I, Fr. Svanoe, Master of the SS Leon do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs of the Port of Boston, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board of the said vessel at Anato Bay from which port said vessel has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, sex, calling, and the country of citizenship, native country, intended destination or location, number of pieces of baggage, location of compartment or space occupied, and date and cause of death of passengers, as required by the "Passenger Act of 1882"; also a true statement as far as it can be ascertained, with reference to the intention of each alien passenger as to a protracted sojourn in this country. So help me God. (Signed) Fr. Svanoe. Sworn to this 20 June 1891, before me, (Signed) J.?. Sn??, Collector.

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the SS Leon whereof Fr. Svanoe is Master, from Anato Bay burthen 2184 tons.

Columns represent: Given Name and Surname, Age, Sex, Calling, The country of which they are Citizens, Number of pieces of baggage, Location of compartment or space occupied, and Whether Visitors only or intending to be permanent settlers. No entries were made in the columns labeled: Native Country, Intended Destination or location, and Date and Cause of Death, so those columns have been omitted from this transcription.

    
   
1  David Hing           70   M   Capt.        American   2   Cabin   Visitor 
2* Herbert Green?????   28   M   Accountant   England    4   Cabin   Visitor
3  John Cox             60   M   Architect    England    6   Cabin   Visitor
4  William Shiell       38   M   Merchant     England    6   Cabin   Visitor
5  C.F. Lake            28   M   Engineer     England    6   Cabin   Permanent
6  Julia Lake           25   F   Wife         England        Cabin   Permanent


           5 Males + 1 Female = 6 in Cabin       US Citizens  1 - 0 = 1
                                                 Immigrants   4 - 1 = 5
                                                              ---------
                Port of Boston                                5 - 1 = 6
                June 20, 1891                                 
                Geo. V. Barrett, Bdg. Officer                 England   4 - 1 = 5


           Immigrants not in the U.S. before:  3 = $1.50
           Aliens previously in the U.S.       2 = $1.00
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                                                   $2.50          
                                        
Transcriber's Notes:

Throughout this passenger list the port of origin is written as "Anato Bay" and
no country is mentioned.  This port is probably "Annatto Bay, Jamaica".

Although the manifest has columns for recording the Native Country, and Intended 
Destination or location, there were no entries recorded in these columns.

No passengers were listed as having died during the voyage and so that column too 
was omitted in this transcription.

Passenger Notes:
 2 - First 5 letters of surname are clearly written "Green", but the remaining
     letters are undecipherable.  The number of undeciperable letters is only 
     a guess.     

National Archives and Records Administration, Film Film M277, Reel 115, List 179.

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