Immigrant Ships
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SS Columbia

I, Dumbreck, Master of the Steamship Columbia, 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 S. S. Columbia at Glasgow, from which port said S. 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) James Dumbreck
Sworn to this before me this January 14, 1870 (signed but signature is illegible)

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Steamship Columbia whereof James Dumbreck is Master, from Glasgow, burthen (no figure recorded) tons.

Columns represent: Name, Age in Years/months, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they severally belong, Country in which they intend to become inhabitants

 1  Allan, John         20     Male    Smith      Great Britain  United States
 2  Young, Matt         30     Male    Miner      Great Britain  United States
 3  Young, Hellen       28     Female  None       Great Britain  United States
 4  Young, John          5     Male    None       Great Britain  United States
 5  Young, Walter        3     Male    None       Great Britain  United States
 6* Young, Jane           10m  Female  None       Great Britain  United States
 7  Grant, John         60     Male    Slater     Great Britain  United States
 8  Duffley, James      40     Male    Moulder    United States  United States
 9  Brown, Eliz         20     Female  None       United States  United States
10  Herd, Margt         16     Female  None       Great Britain  United States
11  Irving, John        30     Male    Weaver     Great Britain  United States
12* H???an, Wm          32     Male    Mechanic   Great Britain  United States
13* H???an, Elisa       28     Female  None       Great Britain  United States
14  McKissock, Agnes    28     Female  None       Great Britain  United States
15  McKissock, James     5     Male    None       Great Britain  United States
16  McKissock, George    3     Male    None       Great Britain  United States
17  McKissock, Thos        7m  Male    None       Great Britain  United States
18* Sincla?, James      24     Male    Miner      Great Britain  United States
19  Bell, Hellen        19     Female  None       United States  United States
20  Dandson, James      26     Male    Engineer   United States  United States
21  McCorgadale, Alex   22     Male    Moulder    Great Britain  United States
22  Colughoun, Jessie   22     Female  None       Great Britain  United States
23  Colughoun, Ann         6m  Female  None       Great Britain  United States
24  Anderson, Jane      21     Female  None       Great Britain  United States
25  Allan, Eliza        21     Female  None       Great Britain  United States
26* ?aterson, Helen     40     Female  None       Great Britain  United States
27  McCann, Rose        57     Female  None       United States  United States
28  Campbell, William   21     Male    Slater     United States  United States
29  Jack, Mary          25     Female  None       Great Britain  United States
30  Denholm, Rob^t      25     Male    Mechanic   Great Britain  United States
31  Denholm, Margaret   26     Female  None       Great Britain  United States
32  Wilt, Edward        32     Male    None       Great Britain  United States
33  Johnstone, John     23     Female  Labourer   Great Britain  United States
34  Brown, James        21     Male    Miner      Great Britain  United States
35  Less, Ben           30     Male    None       Great Britain  United States
36  Cohn, Maritz        21     Male    None       Great Britain  United States
37  Larsen, Ed^d        18     Male    None       Great Britain  United States
38* ?yper, Johan D      24     Male    None       Great Britain  United States
39  Boede, C            45     Male    None       Great Britain  United States
40  Grant, John         43     Male    ?????      Great Britain  United States
41  Sutherland, John    27     Male    Shoemaker  Great Britain  United States
42  Bell, Margt         23     Female  None       Great Britain  United States
43* Mille?, Jane        36     Female  None       Great Britain  United States
44  Miller, Margt       30     Female  None       United States  United States
45  Lumb, Alex          27     Male    Lab        Great Britain  United States
46  Flanagan, Ber^d     27     Male    Lab        Great Britain  United States
47  Lillions, Jos       30     Male    None       Great Britain  United States
48  O'Connor, Margt     25     Female  None       Great Britain  United States
49  Campbell, Hellen    20     Female  None       Great Britain  United States
50  Campbell, Margt        4m  Female  None       Great Britain  United States
51  Darooch, Margt      26     Female  None       Great Britain  United States
52  Timmins, John       14     Male    None       Great Britain  United States
53  Timmins, Catherine  16     Female  None       Great Britain  United States
54  Timmins, Mary       18     Female  None       Great Britain  United States
55  McCawley, Eliz      19     Female  None       Great Britain  United States
56  Duggins, John       30     Male    Lab        United States  United States
57  Ferries, James      25     Male    Merchant   Great Britain
58  Ferries, Jane, Mrs  30     Female  None       Great Britain
59  Ferries, Margaret      9m  Female  None       Great Britain
60  Catt, James         25     Male    Traveller  United States
61  McIntosh, Rob^t     45     Male    Merchant   United States
62  Dandson, Rob^t      30     Male    Merchant   United States
63  Power, Fred         15     Male    None       None
64* Mo?nt, Joseph       73     Male    Merchant   Citizen
                                       
1870, 10th January.  Jane, aged 10 months, daughter of Matthew Young, Inner
Steerage Passenger died at 4:30 PM - cause of death, convulsion fits 
through Teething.
                            (Signed) James Dumbreck
                                     Robt Wright, MD
 

Transcriber's Notes:

A question mark (?) is used to show letter/letters which could not be read because 
of the quality of the document.  Where possible a suggestion of what this might be 
is given in the transcriber's notes.

An asterisk (*) is used to show those items which are further explained in the 
transcriber's notes.

The column, "Died on voyage" was not included in this transcription as there was 
only one death, that of Passenger #6, Jane Young, which was explained in the 
transcriber's notes. 

Also, the column, "Part of the vessel occupied during the voyage" has been eliminated.
Most of the passengers are listed as Steerage; however, passengers #57 to 64 at the 
end are are listed separately and the numbering begins at 1.  These are probably cabin 
passengers. The original lister also did not fill in the Column, "Country to which it 
is intended to become an inhabitant".

 6  Jane Young is the sole death on this voyage.  See the Captain's note at the end of 
    the transcription. 
12&13  This surname is difficult to read because it is scrawled.  Possibilities:
    Hannan, Heuman. Given name of 13 is Eliza, Elisa
18  Surname: Sinclair, Sinclan, Sinclar
26  Surname: It appears that lister's pen ran dry.  A curved line is above the line,
    perhaps could be a "C"?  or is the name Paterson?
38  This person appears to be of German extraction.  Surname possibilities: Cyper,
    Eyper.  
43  Surname: Miller or Milles. Possibly she is traveling with 44, which is clearly
    Miller.
64  Surname: Monnt, Mount
    

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 323, List 26.

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