Immigrant Ships
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Steamer Australasian

I, W. McMickan, Master of the Str Australasian, 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 Collection District of New York, is a full and perfect List of all the Passengers taken on board the said Str at Liverpool, from which Port the said Str has now arrived; and that on said List is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each of said passengers, the part of the vessel occupied by each during the passage, the country to which each belongs, and also the country of which it is intended by each to become an inhabitant; and that said List or Manifest truly sets forth the number of said Passengers who have died on said Voyage and the names and ages of those who died. So help me God. (Signature) W. McMickan.
Sworn to this Feb'y 28, 1868, Before me. (Signature) W C????y, D.C..

List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Str Australasian whereof McMickan is Master, from Liverpool, burthen (blank) tons.

Columns represent: given name and surname, age, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, and the country of which they intend to become inhabitants. Since all the passengers were berthed in "Cabins", and no one died during the voyage, these two columns are omitted in this transcription.

  1  John L.Roff             35   Male     Merchant     England    England
  2* Fanny Denas             17   Female   None         England    Canada
  3  Marg^t D. Buchanan      18   Female   None         England    Canada
  4  Frank Robertson         28   Male     Merchant     England    England
  5* Andrew Brooney          29   Male     Merchant     England    Canada
  6  Pete C. Buchanan        23   Male     Merchant     England    Canada
  7* Thomas R. Horten        44   Male     Salesman     U.S.A.     U.S.A.
  8  John Hamilton           53   Male     Merchant     England    Canada
  9  John T. Harrison        23   Male     Merchant     England    U.S.A.
 10  Thos Harrison           22   Male     Merchant     England    U.S.A.
 11  C. Werner               35   Male     Farmer       Germany    U.S.A.
 12* Geo Brulay              28   Male     Merchant     Mexico     Mexico
 13  Elisha C. Agee          24   Male     Merchant     U.S.A.     U.S.A.
 14* R. Ripley               48   Male     Artist       U.S.A.     U.S.A.
 15* Martin M. Dorf          24   Male     Merchant     Germany    U.S.A.
 16  Santiago G. Chapman     35   Male     Engineer     England    Habana
 17  Isaac D. Jacobs         43   Male     Merchant     England    U.S.A.
 18  Robert M. Dunn          25   Male     None         England    England
 19* Nancy M. Gregg          64   Female   None         U.S.A.     U.S.A.
 20* Eliza Kal?i?            41   Female   Merchant     Ireland    U.S.A. 
 21  Richard Edwards         41   Male     Merchant     England    England
 22  J.H. Edwards            17   Male     None         England    England
 23* R.A. Hoskins            37   Male     Merchant     England    Canada
 24  F.H. Inloss             35   Male     Merchant     U.S.A.     U.S.A.
 25* Kate McCann             25   Female   None         England    England

                                           (Signature) James Boyd, Purser
  
Transcriber's Notes:

  A caret (^) indicates that the following letter in a word or name is superscripted.

  A question mark (?) indicates a letter or a number that can not be transcribed 
  definitely.

  An asterisk (*) indicates either difficulty in deciphering the handwriting of the 
  manifest or something in the Transcriber Notes to which the reader should refer.  
  
  2  Surname is possibly "Denas" or "Deuas".
  5  Middle letters of surname are not clearly formed and are difficult to decipher
     with certainty, but name clearly begins with "B" and ends with "ey", and in 
     between is possibly "roon", "rom", or something similar, resulting in possible
     surname "Brooney" or "Bromey", amongst others.
  7  Surname appears to be possibly "Horten", Horton", "Hooten" or "Hooton".
 12  Surname appears to be either "Brulay" or "Beulay", or even possibly "Brulé".
 14  Surname appears to be "Ripley" or "Risley".
 15  Surname is possibly "Dorf", "Derf" or "Darf".
 19  Surname appears to be written as "Gugg", but could also be "Gregg".
 20  Second, fourth and sixth letters of surname are overwritten by tails of letters 
     of the surname above, but the name is possibly "Kalsie", "Kelsie" or "Kalsin".
     Occupations of women are rarely recorded, but this passenger is an exception and
     her recorded occupation, though possibly recorded in error and not clearly 
     written, appears to be "Merchant".
 23  Surname appears to be written as "Hoskins", but might actually be "Haskins".
 25  Letters of surname are not clearly written and impossible to decipher with any
     certainty, but name is possibly "Kate M. Cann", "Kate McCann" or something
     similar.
 

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 291, List 141.

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