Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS City of Mexico

I, W. B. Sherwood, Master of the above-named S.S. City of Mexico, from the Port of Vera Cruz, Tuxpan*, and Tampico do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the above List contains the names and descriptions of all the Passengers who were on board the said S.S. City of Mexico at the time of or since her last departure from the said Port of Tampico*, or that have been taken on board the said vessel at any foreign port or place, and that none have died on the voyage. (Signed) W. B. Sherwood. Collector's Office, Port of New Orleans, Nov. 17, 1875. Subscribed and sworn to before (signed) T. V. Coupland, D'y Collector.

(? Missing portion) Passengers taken on board the S.S. City of Mexico, whereof W. B. Sherwood is Master, from Vera Cruz & Tampico, burthen 1026 & 93/100 tons.

Columns represent: name, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country which they intend to inhabit, accommodation (which was cabin for all).

    
  1  Wharton W.   Fischer        31  male    merchant             United States  United States  cabin
  2  Henry C.     Thompson       36  male    minister             United States  United States
  3  Anna L.      Thompson       30  female  none                 United States  United States
  4  Joel T.      Daves          42  male    minister             United States  United States
  5  William      Parkes         45  male    minister             England        England
  6  John W.      Foster         48  male    minister to Mexico   United States  United States
  7  Juan         Abadie         40  male    merchant             Mexico         Mexico
  8* Juan         K???der        36  male    clerk                Mexico         Mexico
  9* Antonio      Arrone?        33  male    merchant             Mexico         Mexico
 10  George H.    Thomas         32  male    merchant             United States  United States
 11  Manuel       Plowes         30  male    merchant             Mexico         Mexico
 12  S.           Vega Gonzalez  39  male    priest               Mexico         Mexico
 13  Francisco    Rocha          36  male    merchant             Mexico         Mexico
 14  Carmen       Rocha          35  female  none                 Mexico         Mexico
 15  Enrique      Rocha          10  male    none                 Mexico         Mexico
 16  Juan         Rocha           6  male    none                 Mexico         Mexico
 17  Manuel       Lizarde        34  male    merchant             France         France
 18  Carmen       Szymanski      35  female  none                 Mexico         Mexico
 19  Antonio      Szymanski       8  male    none                 Mexico         Mexico
 20  Carlos       Szymanski       5  male    none                 Mexico         Mexico
 21  Anita        Szymanski     9mo  female  none                 Mexico         Mexico
 22  John         Bruder         20  male    laborer              Germany        Germany
                                      

Transcriber's Notes:   
 
*  An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not
   the transcriber, or is used to call your attention to additional information
   in the transcriber's notes.

?  Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined due to the
   condition of the manifest or handwriting of the original recorder.

   There is a Tampico not far south of Matamoros, Mexico. There is a Tuxpan, not 
   far from the port of Vera Cruz, south of Tampico. 
  
8  surname looks like Keunder or Klunder or Kennder.
9  surname looks like Arronez.
 

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M259, Reel 59.

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