Immigrant Ships
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Ship Pomona

I, Charles Merrihew Master of the Ship Pomona 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 Pomona 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) CMerr????? (illegible)

Sworn to this 22nd March 1858
Before me (Signed) ????s DC (illegible signature)

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship Pomona whereof Charles Merrihew is Master, from Liverpool burthen 1181 ?*/90 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. The destination for all passengers was United States and no deaths were recorded on this voyage; these columns have been omitted.

  1  George Jackson    34y     Male    Soap boiler     England   Deck House
  2  John Jackson      30y 3m  Male    Clerk           England   Deck House
  3  Sarah Jackson     27y     Female  None            England   Deck House
  4  Eliza Jackson      5y 1m  Female  None            England   Deck House
  5  John Jackson       4y     Male    None            England   Deck House
  6  Jane Coakley      25y     Female  None            Ireland   Deck House
  7  Edward Coakley     3y 6m  Male    None            Ireland   Deck House
  8  W^m Steeds        25y 4m  Male    Farmer          England   Deck House
  9  Lydia Steeds      23y     Female  None            England   Deck House
 10  George Steeds      2y     Male    None            England   Deck House
 11  James Steeds      Inf     Male    None            England   Deck House
 12  W^m Smith         22y 2m  Male    Laborer         England   Deck House
 13  Anne Smith        21y     Female  None            England   Deck House
 14  George Smith       2y 1m  Male    None            England   Deck House
 15  George Denby      37y 4m  Male    Millwright      England   Deck House
 16  Will^m Briggs     24y     Male    Printer         England   Deck House
 17  Julia Briggs      15y     Female  None            England   Deck House
 18  Will^m Briggs      9y     Male    None            England   Deck House
 19  John Andrews      41y 6m  Male    Carpenter       England   Deck House
 20  James McKaley     23y     Male    Cotton Spinner  Scotland  Between Deck
 21  Will^m Smith      22y     Male    Machinist       England   Between Deck
 22  M^rs Smith        21y     Female  None            England   Between Deck
 23  Ge^o Hutchings    36y     Male    Carpenter       England   Between Deck
 24  Sam^l Morris      37y 6m  Male    Laborer         Ireland   Between Deck
 25  Joseph Wilson     31y 4m  Male    Harness Maker   England   Between Deck
 26  John Mason        32y     Male    Boiler Maker    Scotland  Between Deck
 27* W^m Fairweat???   25y     Male                    Scotland  Between Deck
 28  Alexa^r Keigan    24y     Male    Groom           Ireland   Between Deck
 29  Alexa^r Rutledge  22y     Male    Clerk           Ireland   Between Deck
 30  James Burns       42y     Male    Farmer          Ireland   Between Deck
 31  James Ward        24y     Male    Laborer         Ireland   Between Deck
 32  John Casey        28y     Male    Polisher        Ireland   Between Deck
 33  Mary Casey        25y     Female  None            Ireland   Between Deck
 34  Marg^t Casey      13y     Female  None            Ireland   Between Deck
 35  James Casey       Infant  Male    None            Ireland   Between Deck

"Cabin Passengers"
 36  J. Dice Hegler    22y 6m  Male    Gentleman       U.S       Cabin


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

Numerator of burthen tonnage not legible.

27  Ending of surname not clear enough to decipher, could be miswritten 
    Fairweather.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 182, List 167.