Immigrant Ships
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Ship Margaret Tyson

I, ???* Morrison, Master of the Margaret Tyson 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 Ship at Liverpool from which port said 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) ?? Morrison

Sworn to this 20 February 1858
Before me (Signed) JWhite DC

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Margaret Tyson whereof (omitted) is Master, from Lpool burthen 1117 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. There were no deaths recorded on this voyage and all passengers occupied the Poop Deck, and these columns have been omitted.

  1  Barthol. Hawley  22y  Male   Bricklayer England   Canada
  2  James Dawson     29y  Male   Tailor     U States  U States
  3  John Jones       30y  Male   Machinist  U States  U States
  4* David Sa??ely    20y  Male   Watchmaker U States  U States
  5  John Guppy       37y  Male   Farmer     U States  U States
  6  John Mills       27y  Male   Labourer   Ireland   U States
  7  Thomas Coyne     31y  Male   Labourer   Ireland   New Brunswick
  8  Mary Coyne       28y  Female Wife       Ireland   New Brunswick
  9  Hamilton Bird    28y  Male   Engineer   Scotland  Canada
 10  George Edwards   47y  Male   Engineer   Wales     U States
 11  Phillip Edwards  20y  Male   Engineer   Wales     U States
 12  Rose Edwards     10y  Female daughter   Wales     U States
 13  Mary Edwards     14y  Female daughter   Wales     U States
 14  John Dowling     19y  Male   Labourer   Ireland   U States
 15  John Kreiman     25y  Male   Engineer   Germany   U States
 16  Carl. Bloomer    38y  Male   Shoemaker  Germany   U States
 17  John Bowman      23y  Male   Clerk      Ireland   U States
 18  Rose Ann Kerwitt 18y  Female Servant    Ireland   U States
 19  Mary Rourk       24y  Female Servant    Ireland   U States
 20  Will^m McDonald  22y  Male   Tailor     Ireland   U States
 21  Arthur Jones     21y  Male   Labourer   Ireland   U States
 22* Robt. McMurray   34y  Male   Mac Maker  Scotland  U States
 23  James Welch      26y  Male   Labourer   Ireland   U 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.

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

First name of ship's captain illegible, could be Thomas.

 4  Center letters not clear enough to determine surname.
22  First word of Occupation illegible, could be Mac maker (Machine maker).

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 182, List 80.