Immigrant Ships
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SS Asia

I, E. G. Lott Master of the R.M.S. "Asia" 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. Asia at Liverpool from which port said S.S. Asia 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) EGLott

Sworn to this 8 February 1859
Before me (Signed) ??off???? (illegible)

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the S S Asia whereof Lott is Master, from Liverpool burthen 1214 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. No deaths were recorded on the voyage and this column has been omitted from the transcription. The manifest scribe changed the title of the column for Space Occupied to "if ever in US before' and recorded 'Yes' or 'No' accordingly.

  1* W. H. Browne       32y  Male    Nil         America (US)  U.S.
  2  C. A. Laird        30y  Male    Mercht      America (US)  U.S.
  3  Daniel S. Jackson  31y  Male    Mercht      America (US)  U.S.
  4  J. Haigh           38y  Male    Mercht      England       U.S.
  5  M^rs Haigh         33y  F male                            U.S.
  6  W A Stephens       32y  Male    Mercht      England       U.S.
  7  M^rs Stephens      27y  F male                            U.S.
  8* H. F. S^? Louis ?? 32y  Male    Mercht      U.S.          U.S.
  9  A. Manger          35y  Male    Mercht      U.S.          U.S.
 10  D. G. Winter       29y  Male    Mercht      England       U.S.
 11  Ezra R. Goodridge  25y  Male    Mercht      U.S.          U.S.
 12  E. Troisgeros      43y  Male    Mercht      U.S.          U.S.
 13  John A. Pantier    38y  Male    Mercht      U.S.          U.S.
 14  Arthur Gaffray     36y  Male    Mercht      England       U.S.
 15  M^rs Gaffray       36y  Female  Nil         England       U.S.         Yes
 16  O. P. Dorman       30y  Male    Mercht      U.S.          U.S.         Yes
 17  M^rs Dorman        29y  Female  Nil         U.S.          U.S.         Yes
 18  D. Fraser          34y  Male    Clergyman   England       Canada       Yes
 19  J. Palacioy Stoca  39y  Male    Nil         Russia        Russia       No
 20* G. Reni?on?        36y  Male    Vice Consul France        France       Yes
 21  E. Paron           32y  Male    Mercht      U.S.          U.S.         Yes
 22  Eugine Bertrand    38y  Male    Mercht      France        U.S.         No
 23  A. Henodequin      32y  Male    Importer    France        U.S.         Yes
 24  Th. F. Screven     24y  Male    Student     U.S.          U.S.         Yes
 25  J. Cohen           33y  Male    Mercht      England       U.S.         Yes
 26  M^rs Cohen         25y  Female  Nil         England       U.S.         No
 27  F. Trifsler        34y  Male    Gent        U.S.          U.S.         Yes
 28  S. Gilbert         48y  Male    Gent        U.S.          U.S.         Yes
 29  H W C Barklie      25y  Male    Gent        England       U.S.         Yes
 30* C W Alb??rtis      36y  Male    Gent        England       England      Yes
 31  William Fish       56y  Male    Agent       England       England      Yes
 32  John Lord          26y  Male    Mercht      U.S.          U.S.         Yes
 33  M^rs Lord          22y  Female  Nil         U.S.          U.S.         Yes
 34  John R Griffith    30y  Male    Mercht      U.S.          U.S.         Yes
 35  E. V. Booth        36y  Male    Mercht      U.S.          U.S.         Yes
 36* ? Erben            26y  Male    Lieut--.    U.S.          U.S.         Yes
 37  John Watson        45y  Male    Mercht      England       U.S.         Yes
 38  William Valance    20y  Male    Nil         U.S.          U.S.         Yes
 39  Arthur McDonald    40y  Male    Shipbuilder New Brunswick N. Brunswick Yes
 40  James Mathews      42y  Male    Gent        U.S.          U.S.         Yes
 41* ? D Studer         27y  Male    Agent       U.S.          U.S.         Yes
 42* ?ohn Sanders       27y  Male    Mer.        England       U.S.         No
 43* ?. Lenvis          32y  Male    Mercht      U.S.          U.S.         Yes
 44  John H Murray      27y  Male    Mercht      U.S.          U.S.         Yes
 45  F. Riedel          25y  Male    Mercht      U.S.          U.S.         Yes
 46  Francis Bentley    32y  Male    Farmer      U.S.          U.S.         Yes
 47  Thos. Martin       26y  Male    Agent       France        U.S.         Yes
 48  S. B. Mills        20y  Male    Nil         England       U.S.         Yes
 49  Maria Jung         24y  Female  Nil         Germany       U.S.         No
 50  Maria Jung         18y  Female  Nil         Germany       U.S.         No
 51  Selma Jung         15y  Female  Nil         Germany       U.S.         No
 52  Christian Jung      7y  Male    Nil         Germany       U.S.         No
 53  John Hamilton      20y  Male    Farmer      England       U.S.         Yes
 54  L. Ruero           24y  Female  Nil         Spain         U.S.         No
 55  L. Ruero           20y  Female  Nil         Spain         U.S.         No
 56  C. Portillo        22y  Female  Nil         Spain         U.S.         No
 57  F. Dodgson         35y  Male    Nil         England       U.S.         Yes
 58  G. Wright          29y  Male    Mercht      England       U.S.         Yes
 59  R. Mals            28y  Male    Parson      England       U.S.         No
 60  Palmer Loper       27y  Male    Nil         U.S.          U.S.         Yes
 61  G. McMillan        42y  Male    Nil         U.S.          U.S.         Yes
 62  J. B. Cronin       27y  Male    Nil         U.S.          U.S.         Yes
 63  Adam Kraft         31y  Male    Nil         U.S.          U.S.         Yes
 64* Cepen Strasbo???   34y  Male    Nil         U.S.          U.S.         Yes
 65* M^rs Strasbo???    29y  Female  Nil         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 numbered the passengers.

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

 1-14 Notation for 'if ever in US before' has been overwritten 
      with "1^st Cabin", illegible.
 8 Superscripted letter and letters at end of name illegible.
20 Parts of surname faded, illegible.
30 Center letters of surname illegible.
36 First name omitted.
41 1st initial not clear, could be 'A' or 'N'.
42 1st letter of first name illegible because of ink smear.
43 1st initial could be 'I' or 'J'.
64-65 Ending of surname illegible, last letter could be 'g'.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 190, List 76.