Ship Africa
I, Jas Anderson do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the following List or Manifest of passengers, subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of Customs for the District of New York, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the Passengers received on board the RMS Africa whereof I am Master, from Liverpool.
So help me God.
Sworn to this April 26 1859 (signed) James Anderson
Before me (signature illegible) DC
List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Africa whereof Jas Anderson is Master, from Liverpool burthen 1216 tons.
Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country to which they intend to become inhabitants, and Died on the Voyage. No deaths were recorded on the voyage and this column has been omitted from the transcription.*
1 M^r John Gilmour 39y Male Merch^t England Canada Yes
2 M^r James Dean, Jr. 34y Male Merch^t England Gt Britain Yes
3 M^rs James Dean 24y Female England Gt Britain Yes
4 M^r Cha^s Sharpsles 45y Male Merch^t England Gt Britain Yes
5* M^rs E Keith 70y Female Ladies England Canada Yes
6* M^rs Alex^r Keith 30y Female Ladies England Canada Yes
7* Miss Mary Keith 20y Female Ladies England Canada Yes
8 Miss C McConnskie 18y Female Serv^t England Canada No
9 Mrs Moorhead 35y Female Lady England England Yes
10 The Earl of Southyk 31y Male Gentleman England England No
11 M^r Duncan Robinsen 27y Male Gamekeeper England England No
12 M^r J. F. Hind 33y Male Gentleman England England Yes
13* M^rs Hind 28y Female US US Yes
14 Miss Hind 21y Female US US Yes
15 Miss Th. Vollmann 27y Female Lady Gt Britain Gt Britain Yes
16 Miss E Vollmann 24y Female Lady Gt Britain Gt Britain Yes
17 M^r C Romer 45y Male Merch^t US U.S. Yes
18 M^rs W Whitewell 27y Female Lady Gt Britain Gt Britain Yes
19 M^r J Whitehead 60y Male Underwriter Gt Britain Gt Britain Yes
20 M^rs J Whitehead 50y Female Lady Gt Britain Gt Britain Yes
21* Dr. ? Sand 56y Male Doctor US U.S. Yes
22* ??? Robins?n 49y Male Serv^t US U.S. Yes
23 M^r Alex Falquet 36y Male Gen^t US U.S. No
24 M^r W Prentice 50y Male Merch^t US U.S. Yes
25 M^rs Rooker 30y F male US U.S. Yes
26 Miss Rooker 13y F male US U.S. Yes
27 M^r A Aichs 40y Male Merch^t US U.S. Yes
28 M^r N Rothschild 37y Male Merch^t Prussia U.S. Yes
29* M^rs W H Russel? ?0y F male Lady U.S. Yes
30* Miss Russel? 20y F male Lady U.S. U.S. Yes
31* M^r F Valdes y Aquire 21y Male Kemist Havanna U.S. No
32 M^r John S. Quick 47y Male Gen^t US U.S. Yes
33* M^r Kane 2?y Male Gen^t US U.S. Yes
34 Capt^n Williams 28y Male Officer US U.S. No
35 M^r James 40y Male Merch^t Gt Britain Gt Britain Yes
36 M^r Edw^d Banes 40y Male Merch^t Gt Britain Gt Britain Yes
37 M^r Wickham 47y Male Merch^t Gt Britain Gt Britain No
38 M^r Robinson 41y Male Banker Canada Gt Britain Yes
39* M^rs Rbinson 36y F male Canada US Yes
40 Miss Robinson 12y F male Canada US Yes
41 Master Robinson 10y Male Canada US Yes
42 Master Robinson 5y Male Canada US Yes
43 Master Robinson 1y 6m Male Canada US Yes
44 M^r William Smith 34y Male Merch^t Gt Britain Gt Britain Yes
45* M^r Donnelly 50y Male Merch^t Gt Britain Gt Britain Yes
46* M^rs Donnelly 40y F male S America Yes
47* Miss Donelly 27y F male Gt Britain Yes
48 M^r Lillindahl 26y Male Merch^t U.S. U.S. Yes
49 M^r W^m Toplin 35y Male Gent. U.S. Gt Britain No
50 M^r Lasa 35y Male Merch^t Germany Germany Yes
51 M^r James Ramsden 46y Male Merch^t Gt Britain U.S. Yes
52 M^rs Ramsden 36y F male U.S. U.S. Yes
53 Miss Ramsden 18y F male U.S. U.S. Yes
54* M^r ?enz 59y Male Travelling on Business Germany Germany No
55 M^r Daniel Bush 34y Male Merch^t U.S. U.S. Yes
56 M^r N McCready 29y Male Merch^t U.S. U.S. Yes
57 M^r Edward Shepperd 28y Male Gent U.S. U.S. Yes
58 M^r F E Ward 40y Male Civil Eng^r U.S. U.S. Yes
59* M^r Hutcheson ?1y Male Farmer England England No
60* M^r Rald??? 35y Male Doctor Spain Havana No
61 M^rs Colman 20y F male U.S. U.S. Yes
62* ? Colman
63* ? Colman
64* ? Colman
65* Miss S?pain 28y Female U.S. U.S. Yes
66 M^r Berdell 34y Male Civil Eng^r Prussia Prussia Yes
67* M^r Rob^t M Lee Jr 23y Male Convey???? U.S. U.S. Yes
68 M^r John Grant 63y Male Gent U.S. U.S. Yes
69 M^r Kintner 44y Male Merch^t U.S. U.S. Yes
70 M^r Edward Oliver 49y Male Merch^t U.S. U.S. 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 to aid with referencing.
All ditto marks on the original manifest have been replaced with the actual words
indicated.
The column entitled "Died on the Voyage" was retitled by hand to read "Wheth^r in states
or not" and yes/no was recorded.
5-7 Occupation as written.
13 First name or initials faded or erased, illegible.
21 Initial not clear, could be 'D' or 'P'.
22 Name originally recorded as M^r A Falquet, lined out and
only surname recorded; ending of surname illegible because of ink smear.
29 1st number of Age obscured by stray mark, could be 30y
29-30 Surname could be Russele or Russell.
31 Occupation as written.
33 Age could be 23y or 25y.
39 Surname is probably miswritten Robinson.
45-47 Passengers could be family traveling together, surname Donnely or
Donnelly for all.
54 Surname could be Henz or Kenz.
59 Age could be 21y or 31y.
60 Ending of surname illegible.
62-64 Passengers were grouped as "+ 3 children" with mother (psgr 63),
no other information was recorded.
65 2nd letter of surname overwritten, illegible.
67 Ending of Occupation illegible.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 191, List 286
Transcribed by Judy Caine a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
22 July 2006
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