Immigrant Ships
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Africa
Liverpool, England to New York
9 July 1858
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, N. Shannon Master of the Africa do solemnly, sincerely and truly ???? (illegible) 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 Sh?? at L??pool from which port said S??? 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 9 July 1858
Before me (signed) LHBonnese*
List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Africa whereof (omitted) is Master, from Lpool 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 and no Space Occupied were recorded and these columns have been omitted.
1 M^r. Hart 40y Male Merchant United States United States no
2 M^r. Hamilton 35y Male Merchant Scotland England yes
3 M^rs. Hamilton 22y Female Scotland England yes
4 M^r. Lehman 36y Male Merchant United States United States yes
5 M^r. H Ashley 29y Male Merchant England England yes
6 Rev^d. J K Kealy 26y Male Clergyman England England yes
7 M^r. G Ganett 22y Male Gentleman England England no
8 M^r. Abrahamzs 29y Male Merchant France France no
9 M^r. E W Bailey 49y Male Merchant Philadelphia United States no
10 M^r. J B Hale 27y Male Merchant England England yes
11 M^r. C A Burgess 40y Male Gentleman United States United States yes
12 M^r. George Rogge 34y Male Merchant Germany Germany yes
13 M^r. M M Ruse 27y Male Merchant Philadelphia United States no
14 M^r. Crismann 34y Male Gentleman England England yes
15 M^r. Jas Ilzarbi 44y Male Merchant Spain United States yes
16 M^r. Lottner 28y Male Merchant England England yes
17 M^rs. Lottner 27y Female England no
18 M^r. Ilzarbi 23y Male Merchant United States United States yes
19 M^r. Heydecker 45y Male Merchant United States United States yes
20 M^r G A Pegram 29y Male Merchant United States United States yes
21 Cap^n H C Mitchell 37y Male Captain United States United States yes
22 M^r J J Townsend 30y Male Merchant United States United States yes
23 M^r. H W Smale 36y Male Merchant Scotland England yes
24 M^r. Coggill 40y Male Merchant United States United States yes
25 M^r. Kenners 25y Male Merchant Philadelphia United States yes
26 M^r. Nesbit 31y Male Merchant Philadelphia United States yes
27 M^r. Plurice 29y Male Merchant England England yes
28 M^r. W. P. Lewis 31y Male Merchant United States United States yes
29 M^r. G C Wierman 29y Male Merchant Hamburgh Denmark yes
30 M^r. F J Figueira 44y Male Merchant Portugal Portugal yes
31 M^rs. F J Figueira 43y Female Portugal Portugal yes
32 Miss Kate Figueira 6y Female Portugal Portugal yes
33 Miss B Figueira 3y Female Portugal Portugal yes
34 Eliza Ashow 34y Female Maid Service Ireland England yes
35 M^r. F Hendriques 29y Male Merchant Spain Spain yes
36 M^r. E C Collon 26y Male Merchant United States United States yes
37 M^r. J Roarke 28y Male Merchant United States United States yes
38 M^r. Gay 32y Male Merchant United States United States yes
39 M^rs. Gay 19y Female United States United States yes
40* M^r. H?rt 55y Male Merchant England England yes
41 M^rs. Thorbare 46y Female Scotland England no
42 M^r. J P Morton 34y Male Merchant United States United States yes
43 M^rs. Morton 27y Female United States United States yes
44* M^r. F No??e 40y Male Merchant United States United States yes
45* M^rs. No??e 29y Female United States United States yes
46 M^r. Solomon 17y Male Merchant United States United States yes
47 M^r. R B Nelett 34y Male Merchant United States United States yes
48 M^r. Waterbury 38y Male Merchant United States United States yes
49 M^r. Purden 36y Male Merchant Philadelphia United States yes
50 M^rs. Purden 26y Female Merchant Philadelphia United States yes
51 M^r. Anan 40y Male Merchant China China yes
52 M^r. Hitchcock 27y Male Man Ser^t United States United States no
53 M^r. Henry Owen 46y Male Merchant England England yes
54 Miss Waller 15y Female Merchant United States United States yes
55 M^r. G W Chapin 16y Male Massachsetts United States yes
56* M^r. J Saarbach 36y Male School Boy United States United States yes
57 M^r. Rendale 41y Male Merchant United States United States yes
58 M^rs. Rendale 25y Female Merchant United States United States yes
59 Miss Salma Dockin 19y Female Maid Servant England England no
60* Rendale 0y 8m Female England United States yes
61 M^r. S C Hamlin 32y Male Merchant United States United States yes
62 Miss Chapin 21y Female United States United States yes
63 M^r. Chapin 59y Male Merchant United States United States yes
64 M^rs. Chapin 57y Female United States United States yes
65 M^r. D Douglas 36y Male Merchant Ireland England yes
66 M^r. Gibb 29y Male Merchant Scotland England yes
67 M^r. G H Petrie 29y Male Merchant Scotland England yes
68 M^r. James Petrie 22y Male United States United States yes
69 M^r. F W Petrie 50y Male Merchant United States United States yes
70 M^r. Jacob La Eloza 18y Male Merchant Spain Spain yes
71 M^r. A Wallock 30y Male Merchant Germany Germany yes
72 M^r. Lawrence 38y Male Iron Founder United States United States yes
73 M^rs. Lawrence 21y Female United States United States yes
74 M^r. E J King 42y Male Merchant United States United States yes
75* M^r. G W Tucker 37y Male Bea?? ???? United States United States yes
76 M^r. G G Hela 39y Male Clergyman United States United States no
77 M^r. Schauffer 29y Male Merchant United States United States yes
78 M^rs. Schauffer 20y Female United States United States yes
79 M^r. Rumsile 45y Male Merchant United States United States yes
80 M^rs. Rumsile 64y Female United States United States yes
81 Miss Rumsile 7y Female United States United States yes
82 M^r. M Rothschild 36y Male Merchant Germany Germany yes
83* M^r. Geigho? 25y Male Merchant United States United States yes
84 M^r. E Schmader 17y Male Merchant United States United States yes
85 M^r. Vanvelroz 28y Male Merchant United States United States yes
86 M^r. Clayne 34y Male Merchant France France yes
87* M^rs. Clayne 28y Female France France yes
88* Clayne ?y
89* M^r. A Loppin 3?y Male Merchant France France yes
90 M^r. Joseph Abbott 35y Male Merchant England England yes
91 M^r. D Davis 67y Male Farmer England England yes
92 M^r. W F Falkner 29y Male Merchant Ireland Ireland yes
93 M^r. Morgan 28y Male Merchant Germany United States yes
94 M^r. N Datorick 38y Male Merchant United States United States yes
95 M^rs. Datorick 32y Female United States United States yes
96 Miss Datorick 24y Female United States United States yes
97* M^r. Joseph Sheppard 4?y Male Merchant England England yes
98 Miss Louise Estlin 21y Female England England no
99 M^rs. Dickinson 53y Female England England yes
100 M^r. H Walton 35y Male Merchant England England yes
101* Purden 4y Female China United States yes
102 Miss Chapin 27y Female England United States yes
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.
The manifest scribe did not number the passengers; the numbers have been added by the
transcriber.
All ditto marks on the original manifest have been replaced with the actual words indicated.
The manifest scribe used a Germanic letter resembling 'fs'; to aid in reading, these have
been transcribed to 'ss'.
Much of the hand-recorded information in the testimonial was illegible because of poor
penmanship.
The manifest scribe added a column which recorded "yes" or "no" for each passenger; the
purpose is probably to indicate whether or not the passenger had been to the United States
before this voyage.
Signature in middle of testimonial could be that of the Deputy Collector of Customs. This
signature is usually found in the sworn to signature block ("Before me").
40 2nd letter of surname not clear, could be Hart or Hurt.
44-45 3rd and 4th letters of surname not clear, could be Noble or Nolte.
56 Either Age or Occupation is recording error.
60 Name is recorded as "Mr. Rendale's child"; Mr. Rendale is probably psgr #57.
75 Occupation illegible.
83 Last letter of surname not clear, could be Geighon or Geighow.
87 Name is recorded as "M^rs. Clayne & child"; the child has been assigned passenger #89
by the transcriber.
88 No other information provided for the child.
89 2nd number of Age illegible.
97 2nd number of Age illegible.
101 Name is recorded as "M^rs. Purdens child"; M^rs. Purden is probably psgr #50; no other
information provided for the child.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 185, List 619.
Transcribed by Judy Caine
a member of
the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers
Guild
21 July 2005
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