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SS Morro Castle
I, Rich^d Adams, Master of the S.S. "Morro Castle", 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 Steamship "Morro Castle" at Havana, from which Port the said Steamship 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) R. Adams
Sworn to, this 26th March 1868,
Before me, W ? C?????, D.C.
List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the S.S. Morro Castle Castle whereof Richard Adams is Master, from Havana, berthen 1680 96/100tons.
Columns represent: given name and surname, age, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country of which they intend to become inhabitants, and part of the vessel occupied during the voyage. Since no one died during the voyage, this column is omitted in this transcription.
1 Miguel Requez 50 Male Merchant Spain Spain Cabin
2* Ortiz ????? 43 Male Merchant Spain Spain Cabin
3 John Storey 52 Male Merchant Spain Spain Cabin
4* Juan Borgnaia 47 Male Merchant Spain Spain Cabin
5* Mrs Juan Borgnaia 37 Female Wife Spain Spain Cabin
6 George Barclay 40 Male Merchant Spain Spain Cabin
7 Mrs Geo Barclay 30 Female Wife Spain Spain Cabin
8 Charles W. Spohler 22 Male Clerk Spain Spain Cabin
9 Jno Bushnell 37 Male Clerk Spain Spain Cabin
10 Gen^l Andrew Porter 43 Male US Army Spain Spain Cabin
11 Mrs Andrew Porter 40 Female Wife Spain Spain Cabin
12 Charles Porter 23 Male Student Spain Spain Cabin
13 Nicholas Fanco 27 Male Clerk Spain Spain Cabin
14* Julian Mussa??? 27 Male Merchant Spain Spain Cabin
15 John Ryan 41 Male Merchant Spain Spain Cabin
16* ????? Seigler 29 Male Merchant Spain Spain Cabin
17 Francis Kearney 37 Male Merchant Spain Spain Cabin
18 Tim Grant 40 Male Ship Master Spain Spain Cabin
19 Geo Lespinasse 43 Male Merchant Spain Spain Cabin
20 Lucas Yugio 30 Male Merchant Spain Spain Cabin
21 Lucas Poucual 29 Male Merchant Spain Spain Cabin
22 Antonio Yugio 28 Male Merchant Spain Spain Cabin
23* Jne A Yugio 35 Male Merchant Spain Spain Cabin
24 Francisco Tejada 40 Male Merchant Spain Spain Cabin
25 Miss Luisa Tejada 37 Female Lady Spain Spain Cabin
26 Miss Josefa Tejada 29 Female Lady Spain Spain Cabin
27 Miss Barbara Gorm 25 Female Lady Spain Spain Cabin
28 Anto Herquez 44 Male Merchant Spain Spain Cabin
29 Mrs Antonio Herquez 37 Female Wife Spain Spain Cabin
30 Miss Carlotta Herquez 20 Female Lady Spain Spain Cabin
31 Miss Josefa Herquez 22 Female Lady Spain Spain Cabin
32 Miss Teresa Conway 29 Female Lady Spain Spain Cabin
33 Edwin Churchill 55 Male Merchant Spain Spain Cabin
34* Peter B. Lansen 52 Male Merchant Spain Spain Cabin
35 George M. Jones 30 Male Merchant Spain Spain Cabin
36* Albert ?. Thorp Jr 43 Male Lawyer Spain Spain Cabin
37 Mrs Al Thorp 40 Female Wife Spain Spain Cabin
38 Miss Emily Thorp 23 Female Lady Spain Spain Cabin
39 Charles Thorp 21 Male Student Spain Spain Cabin
40 Andrew Thorp 22 Male Student Spain Spain Cabin
41 John Lafarge 29 Male Clerk Spain Spain Cabin
42 Morris Fisher 37 Male Merchant Spain Spain Cabin
43* Jno Holloleson 43 Male Merchant Spain Spain Cabin
44 Edward A. Faber 40 Male Merchant U States U States Cabin
45* David ?. Burke 35 Male Merchant U States U States Cabin
46 James Harris 37 Male Merchant U States U States Cabin
47 George H. Rogers 27 Male Clerk U States U States Cabin
48* George Kusley 43 Male Merchant U States U States Cabin
49* ??? Kusley 40 Male Merchant U States U States Cabin
50 Charles Riller 40 Male Merchant U States U States Cabin
51 Theodore Leeds 39 Male Merchant U States U States Cabin
52 George J. Foster 29 Male Engineer U States U States Cabin
53 James Turner 47 Male Merchant U States U States Cabin
54 Henry Nathans 43 Male Merchant U States U States Cabin
55* John A McKinn 47 Male Merchant U States U States Cabin
56 Andrew Tomlusson 29 Male Merchant U States U States Cabin
57 George Welsh 37 Male Merchant U States U States Cabin
58 Albert Kuhn 43 Male Merchant U States U States Cabin
59 Mrs A Kuhn 40 Female Wife U States U States Cabin
60 Miss Clara Kuhn 25 Female Lady U States U States Cabin
61 Miss Isabella Custer 22 Female Lady U States U States Cabin
62 Juan Diaz 37 Male Merchant U States U States Cabin
63* Jne Rodriguez 43 Male Merchant U States U States Cabin
64 Pedro Pelrovits 52 Male Merchant U States U States Cabin
65 Juan Fernandez 43 Male Merchant U States U States Cabin
66 Juan Bulegaran 47 Male Merchant U States U States Cabin
67 Ponce de Leon 39 Male Merchant U States U States Cabin
68* Miss Jos^e Cons?????? 43 Female Wife U States U States Cabin
69 John E. Itillet 33 Male Merchant U States U States Cabin
70* L. G. ?bano 28 Male Gentleman Spain U States Cabin
71 F. A. Prado 32 Male Doctor U States U States Cabin
72 Miss W.G. Swift 26 Female Lady U States U States Cabin
73 Mrs S. P. Quintana 42 Female Lady U States U States Cabin
74 Otto Engelhorn 40 Male Grocer U States U States Cabin
75 Alfred Clark 28 Male Merchant U States U States Cabin
76 Chas R. Gill 50 Male Planter U States U States Cabin
77 C. F. Evans 40 Male Agent U States U States Cabin
78 W. D. Black 24 Male Clerk U States U States Cabin
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.
The transcriber numbers the passengers consecutively even though they are not
numbered in the original manifest.
Entries recorded in the columns for "The country to which they severally belong"
and "The country in which they intend to become inhabitants" are likely unreliable.
Several passengers with American names are listed as belonging to "Spain" when they
are more likely U.S. citizens. The U.S. Army general and his wife, passengers 10
and 11, are also listed as belonging to "Spain" which must be a recording error.
2 Letters of surname are poorly formed and cannot be deciphered with certainty.
First letter appears to be either "A" or "C" followed by "ris" followed by
either "a" or "ci" followed by either "ve" or "vi". Surname is possibly
"Arisave", "Arisavi", "Ariscive", "Ariscivi", "Crisave", "Crisavi", "Criscive"
or "Ariscivi".
4-5 Letters of surname are poorly formed and cannot be deciphered with certainty.
Surname is possibly "Borgnaia", "Bouquaia", "Barquaia" or something similar.
14 Surname begins with "Muss" followed by either "a" or "er" followed by between
two to four letters too faint to be deciphered.
16 Letters of given name are not clearly formed and cannot be deciphered with
certainty, but name appears to be "Emila", "Emilee" or "Emilio".
23 Give name appears to be written as "Jne".
34 Surname appears to be either "Lanson" or "Lawson".
36 Middle initial cannot be deciphered.
43 Letters of given name and surname are poorly formed and difficult to decipher
with certainty, but surname is possibly "Holloleson", "Hollobson", "Hottoleson"
or "Hottobson".
45 Middle initial is possibly "H".
48-49 Surname is possibly "Kusley", "Kinley", "Kurley" or even "Kinsley".
49 Given name is too poorly written to decipher.
55 Surname is possibly "McKinn", "McKurn" or "McKern".
63 Give name appears to be written as "Jne".
68 Full given name is recorded as "Josephine". Letters of surname are compressed
and poorly formed making the name impossible to decipher with certainty. Name
begins "Co" followed by "n" or "m" followed by "ama" followed by between two to
four undecipherable letters.
70 First letter of surname is not decipherable. Surname possibilities include
"Ibano", "Obano" and "Ubano", among others.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 292, List 229.
Transcribed by Phil Buckley a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
6 January 2004
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