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Brig Oceanus
There was no captain's sworn statement filed with this list.
List of all the Passengers on board the Brig Oceanus of Plymouth, whereof Thomas Terry is master, burthen 242 & 3/95 Tons, bound from Gothenburg to New Bedford.
Columns represent: name, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country of which they intend to become inhabitants.
1 E. M. Haltin 38 male leather dresser Sweden United States
2 John Rassnusen 42 male agriculturist Norway United States
3 Sarah Rassnusen 40 female Norway United States
4* Elene S. Rassnusen ? female Norway United States
5* Hans Nilssen ?7 male cooper Norway United States
6 A. Ostens Nilssen 14 male Norway United States
7* ?. Gustun Nilssen 12 male Norway United States
8 Osten Nilssen ?0 male Norway United States
9 Harriet Nilssen 25 female Norway United States
10* Asa Nilssen 6 female Norway United States
11* Erasmus Nilssen 8 female Norway United States
New Bedford, August 19th, 1836
(Signed) Thomas Terry
Transcriber's Notes:
#4 age possibly 1.
#5 age could be 17, possibly 27.
#7 first initial could be L or S.
#10-11 first names seem to be male, but the passengers were marked ditto
after #9 was marked female.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M575, Reel 5.
Contributed and Transcribed by Mary Koelzer a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
22 April 2002
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