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SS Africa

I, N^l Shannon, Master of the St??* ship Africa 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 of the said St?? Ship at (omitted) from which port said St?? ship 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.
(Signed) N? Shannon

Sworn to this April 16 1858
Before me (Signed) JWhite DC

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the St??? Africa whereof Shan??? is Master, from Liverpool burthen (omitted) 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 the Voyage, and Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage. No deaths were recorded on this voyage and the Space Occupied for all passengers is Cabin; these columns have been omitted from this transcription.

  1  John Smith          27y  Male    Farmer    England        United States
  2* Jane Corntu?        26y  Female            England        United States
  3  Jane Smith          24y  Female            England        United States
  4  Edward Lore         45y  Male    Merchant  England        United States
  5  Margaret Lore       36y  Female            England        United States
  6* Ellen Lore           ?y  Female            United States  United States
  7  Joseph Brockleman   42y  Male    Merchant  United States  United States
  8  Ti?k?a Brockleman   36y  Female            United States  United States
  9  Christopher Fallon  30y  Male    Merchant  United States  United States
 10  Lucy Fallon         35y  Female            United States  United States
 11  Mary Evans          28y  Female  Servant   England        United States
 12  W^m H Power         27y  Male    Merchant  England        United States
 14  Lewis O Horton      28y  Male    Merchant  United States  United States
 13  John Vekir          32y  Male    Merchant  Switzerland    United States
 15  Horace Webster      36y  Male    Merchant  England        United States
 16  Jean Hashitta       30y  Male    Merchant  Switzerland    United States
 17  Oliver P Dorman     42y  Male    Merchant  United States  United States
 18  William Ross        21y  Male    Merchant  United States  United States
 19  George McLera       26y  Male    Merchant  England        United States
 20  Daniel D Saunders   34y  Male    Surgeon   United States  United States
 21* Phillip ??arney     46y  Male    Officer   United States  United States
 22* Jules Derh??ne      42y  Male    Merchant  France            
 23  Edward Monat        27y  Male    Merchant  United States
 24* James C?nn?gham     36y  Male    Merchant  England        United States
 25  Peter Holden        26y  Male    Merchant  England        United States
 26  Edward Warneker     41y  Male    Clerk     United States  United States
 27* Samuel Herm??       28y  Male    Merchant  Germany        United States
 28  Chas W Wilson       4?y  Male    Merchant  United States  United States
 29* John Weste?l?       20y  Male    Merchant  England
 30* Francis S??mins     27y  Male    Merchant  England
 31  James Shuth         40y  Male    Engineer  England           
 32* Rodera?? M Gomez    39y  Male    Merchant  United States  Havannah
 33* Joseph Hargreans    4?y  Male    Manufack  England           
 34  William Wright      26y  Male    Merchant  England           
 35  James Bunton Jn^r   24y  Male    Merchant  England
 36  Charles Kirkpatrick 26y  Male    Merchant  England
 37  John Hastings       24y  Male    Farmer    England        Canada
 38  Ivon Bauronis       40y  Male              Prussia        United States
 39  Andrew Hastings     27y  Male    Farmer    England        Canada
 40* M?ny Wills          20y  Female            England
 41  William Mager       27y  Male    Optician  England
 42  Carl Tanchess       36y  Male              Prussia        United States
 43* John Sesth??        27y  Male    Merchant  United States  United States
 44  Jacob Higgins       26y  Male    Merchant  England        Canada
 45  Tho^s Orbison       19y  Male    Clerk     England        Canada
 46  George Irvine       20y  Male    Farmer    England        Nova Scotia
 47  Ellen Irvine        22y  Female            England        Nova Scotia
 48  William Johnstone   20y  Male    Manufactu England           
 49* M?? Jacoby          40y  Male              Belgium        United States


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 below.

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

^  The use of a ^ indicates that the letter/letters following are superscripted.

The transcription preserves the original spelling.

This manifest was difficult to read because of poor handwriting and bleeding of 
ink into the manifest paper. Further research should be completed to confirm 
findings.

All ditto marks on the original manifest have been replaced with the actual 
words indicated.

The manifest scribe used long vertical lines to probably indicate continuation 
of the last written word(s). These lines have been replaced with the actual 
word/words indicated.

The manifest did not include psgr #s; they have been added by the transcriber.

The manifest scribe used a Germanic letter resembling 'fs'; to aid in reading, 
these have been transcribed to 'ss'.

Much of the handwritten entries on the ship's testimonial is illegible; based 
on other voyages by this ship with this Captain in command, this transcriber 
believes the captain's name is Neil Shannon.

 2  Ending of surname not clear, could be Corntur or Corntus.
 6  Age illegible, less than 10yrs old.
21  First 2 letters of surname not clear, could be Kearney.
22  5th and 6th letters of surname not clear, could be Derhorne.
24  Center letters of surname not clear, could be Cunningham.
27  End of surname illegible.
29  End of surname illegible.
30  2nd and 3rd letters of surname illegible.
32  End of surname illegible.
33  2nd number of Age illegible, could be 40y.
40  1st name may be miswritten Mary.
43  Ending of surname illegible.
49  2nd and 3rd letters of first name illegible.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 182, List 257.

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