Immigrant Ships
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SS Etna

I, A Ferguson Master of the SS Etna do solemnly, sincerely, and truly (blank) 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 of the said SS Etna at Kingston from which port said SS Etna 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. A Ferguson

Sworn to this 14 Feb 1878 before me R????frey*

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the SS Etna whereof (blank) is Master, from Kingston, burthen 866 tons.

Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex*, Occupation, the Country to which they Severally Belong, the Country to which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on voyage*, Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.

 1* Capt Dansey     28        Naval Officer    England       United States First Cabin
 2  Liut Dixon      30        Naval Officer    England       United States First Cabin
 3* Mr Centure??in  32        Merchant         Paraguay      United States First Cabin
 4* Mrs Centure??in 23 female Lady             Paraquay      United States First Cabin
 5* Mrs Agramonte   21        Lady             Cuba          United States First Cabin 
 6* Miss Agramonte  50 female Lady             Cuba          United States First Cabin
 7  Mr C F Milton   26        Gentleman Master Montego Bay   England       First Cabin
 8* Mr R D Baker    32        ?a????           United States USA           First Cabin
 9* Mr J Broughton  28        Gentleman        Madereira     France        First Cabin
10* Mr B Broughton  20        Gentleman        Madereira     France        First Cabin
11  Mrs E Hardin    50 female Lady             Scotland      England       First Cabin
12  Servant         58 female Servant          Scotland      England       First Cabin
13* J E Sparr??     56        Merchant         USA           USA           First Cabin


Transcriber's Notes: 

Use of an * indicates an omission or error made by the original recorder, or a note by the transcriber.
Use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read, due to quality of original document.
Died on Voyage column has 'None' written through it, so it has been eliminated.
Sex column only indicates females.
Collector of Customs name is a scrawl; possibly also could be R????py or R????fy.


 1     The country to which he belongs was originally written 'Mader', which was crossed 
       out, possibly referring to Madeira Island, above that is written 'England'.
 3- 4  Unclear letters, possibly Centuressin or Centurettin; letters look like sharp thin
       's', but also appear to be crossed.
 5- 6  Final 'e' on surname is questionable loop, possibly Agramont.  The country to which
       she belongs was originally written 'Santiago', which was crossed out and 'Cuba' 
       written after it.
 8     One transcriber saw this as ?armer, possibly farmer,  but the 'f' is very different
       from the one used in the word female on the manifest.  Other transcriber saw possibly
       'ma????'.
 9-10  Country probably refers to Madeira Island (Portugese, 350 miles W of Morocco).
13     Possibly Sparrer, Sparrow, or Sparrers.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 411, List 134.

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