Immigrant Ships
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Ship James R Keeler

I, Heny* M. Allen Master of the Ship James R Keeler do solemnly, sincerely and truly (illegible) 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 at London 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) Hen M Allen

Sworn to this 17 Dec 1858
Before me (Signature illegible)

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship James R Keeler whereof Heny* M Allen is Master, from London burthen 1291 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 'America'; no deaths were recorded on this voyage; the Space Occupied for all passengers was 2^nd Cabin; these columns have been omitted from the transcription.

  1* Edund Field       58y  4m  Male   Miller      England
  2* ????????? Field   17y  2m  Female daghter     England
  3  Mary Cronk        39y  1m  Female Servt       England
  4  Sarah Cronk       11y  7m  Female daghter     England
  5  Mary Cronk         9y  3m  Female             England
  6  Elizabeth Gillet  15y  2m  Female Servt       England
  7* Rosila Walker     20y  8m  Female ??llen      England
  8  Ann Barrett       56y  4m  Female Servt       England
  9* Mary Hard         32y  4m  Female Servt       England
 10* Mary Ann Hand      8y 10m  Female             England
 11* Mark Hand         10y  6m  Male               England
 12* Henry Hand         5y  2m  Male               England
 13  Charles Sampson   20y  1m  Male   Stoker      England
 14  John White        24y  7m  Male   Shoe Maker  Ireland
 15  Edward Agger      17y  2m  Male   Bricklayer  Ireland
 16  Henry Caslays     19y  6m  Male   Grocer      England
 17* William Cook      19y  5m  Male   Labrer      England
 18* John Barber       40y  3m  Male   Whel???tt   America
 19  John Hassett      27y  9m  Male   Engineer    England
 20  James Johnson     59y  4m  Male   Trader      America
 21* George H N?nst    19y  2m  Male   Clerk       ??????d
 22  George Durthers   21y  1m  Male   Clerk       Germany
 23* Jacob Ra?o?       19y  3m  Male   Clerk       Germany
 24* Phillip Linch     39y  2m  Male   Hen??       Germany
 25* Jacob Rano?       4?y  4m  Male   Clerk       Germany
 26  Phillip Hassney   28y  3m  Male   Sugar Maker Germany
 27  Michael Helkin    30y  4m  Male   Baker       Germany
 28  Peter Bentick     29y  7m  Male   Blacksmith  Germany
 29* Michael Chassen   23y  2m  Male   Lab???      Germany


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 transcription preserves the original spelling.

This manifest was difficult to read because of poor penmanship, fading, and overwriting;
additional research should be undertaken to confirm findings.

The manifest scribe did not number the passengers; the numbers have been added by the transcriber.

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

A review of a previous voyage of this ship in 1858 under the command of the same captain shows that 
the name of the Captain is Henry M. Allen.

 1 First name could be miswritten Edmund.
 2 First name heavily overwritten, illegible; Occupation as written.
 7 Occupation mostly illegible.
 9-12 Although the surname for psgr 9 is clearly 'Hard' and the surname for 
      psgrs 10-12 is clearly 'Hand', this could be a family traveling together, 
     'Hard' or 'Hand' surname for all.
17 Occupation as written.
18 Most of Occupation illegible, could be miswritten Wheelwright.
21 3rd letter of surname illegible; Country of Origin heavily overwritten, 
   illegible.
23 23 3rd & 5th letters of surname not clear, could be Ramor, Ranor, Ramos, or Ranos.
24 Occupation mostly illegible.
25 2nd number of Age obscured by stamp on top.
29 Ending of Occupation illegible.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 189, List 1159.

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