Immigrant Ships
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Steamer Africa

I, William Harrison do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the following List or Manifest of Passengers, subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs for the District of New York, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the Passengers received on board the Steamer Africa whereof I am Master, from Liverpool. So help me God (signed) not signed

Sworn to, this 14 March 1853
Before me (signed) not signed

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Steamer Africa whereof ------ is Master, from Liverpool Burthen --- Tons.

Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they severally belong, and country in which they intend to become inhabitants. Last column is designated for those who died on voyage but the heading has been omitted as no one died on voyage(on the second page of the original manifest the "died" column is used but does not appear to be deaths, no explanation given)

 1  Mr. Goldschmidt         30  male    merchant  US	   US
 2* Mr. Alane               31  male    merchant  US       US
 3  Mr. Gerson              27  male    merchant  US       US
 4  Mr. Butterfield         35  male    merchant  US       US
 5  Mr. W. H. Francia       32  male    merchant  US       US
 6  Mr. G. L. Lay           34  male    merchant  Canada   Canada
 7  Mr. Meyers              49  male    merchant  US       US
 8  Miss Meyers             22  female  --        US       US
 9  Mr. D. Robertson        27  male    merchant  US       US
10  Mr.  McIntyre           34  male    merchant  US       US
11  Mrs. Murray             35  female  --        US       US
12  one child Murray         3  --      --        US       US
13  one child Murray     1 1/2  --      --        US       US
14  and nurse               30  --      --        US       US
15  Mr. Bisker              23  male    merchant  US       US      Yes
16* Mr. G. Griding          30  male    merchant  US       US      Yes
17  Mr. A. B. Wilson        37  male    merchant  Canada   Canada  Yes
18  Mr. G. Dempster         58  male    merchant  US       US      Yes
19  Mr. Warre               56  male    merchant  US       US      Yes
20  Mr. ? Fiona             57  male    merchant  US       US      Yes
21  Mr. J. Goody            25  male    merchant  US       US      Yes
22  Mr. Teran               32  male    merchant  Spain    Spain   Yes
23  Mr. Manning             40  male    merchant  US       US      Yes
24  Mr. Marsh               38  male    merchant  US       US      Yes
25  Mr. Cazalit             42  male    merchant  US       US      Yes
26  Mr. Riddel              40  male    merchant  US       US      Yes
27  Mr. Getz                39  male    merchant  France   US      Yes
28* Mr. Cansidiere          50  male    merchant  France   US      No
29  Mr. Bristed             39  male    merchant  England  US      Yes
30  Mr. Valerio             47  male    merchant  Italy    US      Yes
31  Mr. Henderson           39  male    merchant  Ireland  Canada  Yes
32  Mr. E. B. Langlois      24  male    merchant  French   US      Yes
33  Mr. J. Hartly           34  male    merchant  Ireland  Canada  Yes
34  Mr. Whyte               33  male    merchant  US       US      Yes
35* Mr. E. Meyers Jr.       30  male    merchant  France   US      No
36  Mr. W. Taylor           27  male    merchant  US       US      Yes
37  Mr. H. Beals            35  male    merchant  US       US      Yes 
38  Mr. E. Frechet          40  male    merchant  France   US      Yes 
39  Mr. Munoz               40  male    merchant  US       US      Yes 
40  Mr. I. Fowler           31  male    merchant  US       US      Yes 
41  Mr. A. Fenk             24  male    merchant  France   US      No
42  Mr. W. Hook             30  male    merchant  France   US      No
43  Mr. G. Mooney           31  male    merchant  Ireland  US      No
44  Mr. Kossel              34  male    merchant  US       US      Yes
45  Mr. Newman              40  male    merchant  England  US      No
46  Mr. Bonnet              37  male    merchant  US       US      Yes 
47* Mr. Laral               20  male    merchant  US       US      Yes
48  Mr. Anderson            31  male    merchant  England  US      Yes
49* Mr. J. Russel           47  male    merchant  Scotland US      Yes
50  Mr. Quartly             48  male    merchant  England  US      No 
51  one child Quartly       16  male              England  US      No
52  one child Quartly       13  male              England  US      No
53  one child Quartly       11  female            England  US      No
54  one child Quartly        9  male              England  US      No
55  one child Quartly        5  male              England  US      No
56  maid nurse              23  female            England  US      No
57  Capt. Metcalf           38  male              England  US      No


Transcriber's notes:
 *  The use of an * indicates an omission or error made by the original recorder, 
    or an indication of further information to be found in the transcriber's notes.

 ?  The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read due to the 
    the condition of the original document.

 2  surname could be Lane and given initial A but the A and L are linked
16  surname could be Girding
17  given initials could be H. B.
28  surname could be Causidiere, Causediere or Cansediere.
35  surname could be Emeyers as E and M are capitalized but linked together
38  surname could be Becket, Bechet, or Frecket
47  surname could be Laval
49  surname could be Bussel

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 124, List 180.

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