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Bark William Rathbone

I, Herbt H Doane, Master of the Am Bark W^m Rathbone, 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 the said Bark at Liverpool, from which Port the said Bark 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. (Signature) H. H. Doane.

Sworn to this May 16 1868,
Before me. (Signature) W ? C??????, D.C..

List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Am Bark W^m Rathbone whereof Doane is Master, from Liverpool burthen 1118 tons.

Columns represent: given name and surname, age, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country of which they intend to become inhabitants, and the part of the vessel occupied during the voyage.

              
  1  Celia Tunney        20     F   Spinster    Ireland    U. States    Between Decks
  2  Mary Murray          8     F   Child       Ireland    U. States    Between Decks
  3  Dennis Tunney       15     M   Painter     Ireland    U. States    Between Decks
  4  Mary Smith          24     F   Spinster    Ireland    U. States    Between Decks
  5  Thos Kinman         21     M   Tailor      Ireland    U. States    Between Decks
  6  Marg^t Dougherty    20     F   Dressmaker  Ireland    U. States    Between Decks
  7  John Dunfey         20     M   Laborer     Ireland    U. States    Between Decks
  8  Thos Flannegan      50     M   Laborer     Ireland    U. States    Between Decks
  9  Chas Frael          25     M   Laborer     Ireland    U. States    Between Decks
 10* John Come           25     M   Mercht      Ireland    U. States    Between Decks
 11  John Downey         22     M   Laborer     Ireland    U. States    Between Decks
 12  Jas Murphy          50     M   Laborer     Ireland    U. States    Between Decks
 13  Mary A Henstro      42     F   Housewife   England    U. States    Between Decks
 14  Chas Henstro         6     M   Child       England    U. States    Between Decks
 15* James Prideaux      24     M   Child       England    U. States    Between Decks
 16* John Prideaux       20     M   Child       England    U. States    Between Decks
 17* William Prideaux    23     M   Child       England    U. States    Between Decks
 18  Michael McElroy     30     M   Tanner      Ireland    U. States    Between Decks
 19  Ellen McElroy       25     F   Wife        Ireland    U. States    Between Decks
 20* Ann ?????           24     F   Spinster    Ireland    U. States    Between Decks
 21* Pat ?????           ??     ?     ?         Ireland    U. States    Between Decks
 22* Edward Ke?????      40     M     ?         Ireland    U. States    Between Decks
 23* Mary Ke?????        40     F   Wife        Ireland    U. States    Between Decks
 24* Mary Ke?????         7     F   Daughter    Ireland    U. States    Between Decks
 25* Ned Ke?????          6     M   Child       Ireland    U. States    Between Decks
 26* James Ke?????        4     M   Child       Ireland    U. States    Between Decks
 27* Michael Ke?????      3     M   Child       Ireland    U. States    Between Decks
 28* Delia Ke?????        2     F   Child       Ireland    U. States    Between Decks
 29* Nanny Ke?????        1     F   Child       Ireland    U. States    Between Decks
 30* Benny Ke?????        0y4m  M   Infant      Ireland    U. States    Between Decks
 31  James Byrne         19     M   Bookmaker   Ireland    U. States    Between Decks
 32  Philip McGraw       32     M   Tanner      Ireland    U. States    Between Decks
 33  John Kane           28     M   Baker       Ireland    U. States    Between Decks
 34  William McGrath     50     M   Weaver      Ireland    U. States    Between Decks
 35  Martha McGrath      42     F   Wife        Ireland    U. States    Between Decks
 36  Robt McGrath        13     M   Child       Ireland    U. States    Between Decks
 37  Lydia McGrath       11     F   Child       Ireland    U. States    Between Decks
 38  Isaac McGrath        5     M   Child       Ireland    U. States    Between Decks
 39  Ann O'Connor        20     F   Spinster    Ireland    U. States    Between Decks
 40  James O'Connor      27     M   Laborer     Ireland    U. States    Between Decks
 41  Bridget Tunney      22     F   Spinster    Ireland    U. States    Between Decks


Transcriber's Notes:

  A question mark (?) indicates a letter or a number that cannot be transcribed 
  definitely.

  An asterisk (*) indicates either difficulty in deciphering the handwriting of the 
  manifest or something in the Transcriber's Notes to which the reader should refer.

  A caret (^) indicates that the following letter in a word or name is superscripted.

  The transcriber numbers the passengers consecutively, even though they are not 
  numbered in the original manifest.

  The recorder of the manifest often abbreviates given names by writing the first few 
  letters of the name, then skipping letters and then writing the final letter as 
  superscripted.  In these cases, the transcriber uses the symbol (^) to indicate that 
  the following letter is superscripted, i.e., Tho^s for Thomas, Sam^l for Samuel,
  W^m for William, etc.  Othertimes, the recorder abbreviates names by writing the 
  first few letters, skipping letters and then adding the final letter of the name,
  i.e., Patk for Patrick, Chas for Charles, Robt for Robert, etc..

  The entry "United States" in the native country and destination country columns
  is shortened to "U. States" for formatting reasons.  "Male" and "Female" in the
  Sex column is shortened to "M" and "F" for the same reason.


 10     Surname appears to be written as "Come" or "Coine", but if the latter, then 
        the spelling might possibly be "Coyne".
 15-17  These passengers range in Age from 20 -23, yet their Occupations are all
        listed as "Child" and are clearly recording errors.
 20     Damage to the manifest completely obscurs the passenger's surname.
 21     Damage to the manifest completely obscurs the passenger's surname, Age, Sex
        and Occupation.
 22     Damage to the manifest completely obscurs the passenger's Occupation.  In the
        column "Died on the Voyage" there is a partially visible entry which appears
        to be "May", perhaps a date of death in which only the month is visible and the
        day is obscurred by damage to the manifest.
 22-30  Damage to the manifest partially obscurs the family surname, but name begins
        with "Ke" and might possibly be "Keleher", "Keegan", "Keehan", "Keelan"
        or "Keeman".

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 294, List 452.