SS Helvetia
I, John K. Webster, Master of the SS Helvetia, do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare 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 SS "Helvetia" at Liverpool from which port said SS "Helvetia" 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.
Sworn to this 4 Jany 1876So help me God,
before me ________________(illegible signature)
(signed) John K. Webster
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the SS Helvetia whereof John K. Webster, is master, from Liverpool burthen (left blank) tons.
Coloumns represent: Names, age in years and months, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country of which they intend to become inhabitants, *died on voyage, part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.
Steerage Passengers
1 Edouard Zola 26 m farm labourer Italy United States
2 Adelaide Zola 22 f wife Italy United States
3 Angela Moglia 48 f wife Italy United States
4 Geo. Nasale Barbiere 40 m grocer Italy United States
5 Alexander Barette 21 m marble cutter Italy United States
6 Benjamin Lichter 18 m farm labourer Russia United States
7* Achmiel Einbender 22 n cigar maker Russia United States
8 Jean Waclaski 50 m farm labourer Russia United States
9 Kackmil Wittmann 35 m tailor Russia United States
10 David Glueman 21 m shoemaker Sweden United States
11 Jules Sandrin 26 m merchant clerk Belgium United States
12 Marie Sandrin 24 f wife Belgium United States
13 Jean Pierre Meyers 17 m blacksmith Holland United States
14 Israel Rotter 25 m tailor Hungary United States
15 Isaac High 45 m farmer United States United States
16 Edward C. Bacon 25 m jeweller United States United States
17 Thomas Spofford 31 m land surveyor United States United States
18 John Hughes 32 m milk dealer Wales United States
19 George M^cLeod 26 m grocer's ass^t Scotland United States
20 Eliza J. Heuey 19 f dressmaker Ireland United States
21 Kate Wood 22 f dressmaker Ireland United States
22 Michael Nolan 20 m farm labourer Ireland United States
23 James Guyton 50 m farm labourer Ireland United States
24 Hugh M Loughlin 25 m farm labourer Ireland United States
25 Edward Bridgeman 19 m farm labourer England United States
26 Charles Hilton 35 m merchant clerk England United States
Saloon Passengers
27 Henry R. Wilson 30 m physician England United States
28 Henry Parnall 29 m merchant England United States
29* Ferdinand Nabru 51 m merchant Germany United States
30 Armand W^m Levyt 25 m gentleman France United States
31 William T. Watson 26 m gentleman United States United States
32 Albert H. Briggs 33 m physician United States United States
33 Lucille B. Brown 21 f lady United States United States
34 Morse Stewart 23 m student of medicine United States United States
35 Leopold Hirsch 26 m merchant United States United States
36 Hattie Rae 35 f lady United States United States
37 Sally Rae 12 f child United States United States
38 Mattie Rae 5 f child United States United States
39 Thomas Rae 4 m child United States United States
40 Frank Bauer 23 m servant United States United States
41 Mary Parnall 33 f lady United States United 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.
? Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined
due to the condition of the manifest or handwriting of the original recorder.
^ A ^ followed by a letter indicates that the letter was superscripted.
* Names were transcribed as seen regardless of spelling.
* Passengers where numbered by the transcribers for ease of referencing.
* None died during the voyage, therefore this coloumn was eliminated.
7: the last name could be Einbeider.
29: the last name could be Habru.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 401, List 12.
Transcribed by Harry Green and Ines Mannhardt,
members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
19 March 2006
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