Immigrant Ships
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Schooner Gersh Zanker

I, ???????*, Master of the Schr Gersh Zanker, 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 Schooner at Aruba, from which Port the said (blank) 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) S Ellis.

Sworn to this 9 April 1868,
Before me. (Signature) W ? C?????y, D.C..

List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Schr Gersh Zanker whereof Ellis is Master, from Aruba, burthen 147 tons.

Columns represent: given name and surname, age, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country in which they intend to become inhabitants, and the part of the vessel occupied during the voyage. Since no one died during the voyage, this column is omitted in the transcription

   1  F. Isola         35    Male      Miner    Italy       Italy       Cabin
   2  Julia Isola      25    Female    Lady     Italy       Italy       Cabin
   3  F. Ferguson      37    Male      Gov't    Holland     Holland     Cabin
  
                                                (Signature) S Ellis

Transcriber's Notes:

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

  The transcriber numbers the passengers consecutively, even though they are not 
  numbered in the original manifest.

  An asterisk (*) indicates either difficulty in deciphering the handwriting of the 
  manifest or something in the Transcriber's Notes to which the reader should refer.
  
  *  The first entry in the sworn statement at the top of the manifest, which should
     contain the Captain's name, is not decipherable.  The entry appears to contain
     the name of the vessel and this has been overwritten, probably with the Captain's
     name, but the result is not decipherable.
     

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 292, List 268.

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