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Ship Lady Franklin

I, Joseph Jordan Master of the Lady Franklin 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 ship at L'pool 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) J Jordan

Sworn to this March 28^th 1859
Before me (Signature illegible)

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Lady Franklin whereof J Jordan is Master, from L pool burthen 1218 93/95 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 Country of Origin for all passengers was recorded as "Great Britain"; the Destination for all passengers was recorded as "United States"; the Space Occupied for all passengers was recorded as "2^nd Cabin; these columns have been omitted from the transcription.

  1  John W Dowling       25y   M Merchant
  2* ? Dowling            28y   F Spinster
  3  Gilbert Stowbridge   40y   M Clerk
  4  Hugh Hughs           18y   M Labourer
  5* Frank Daves          23y   M Labourer
  6* Sarah Davis          21y   f Wife
  7* Ann Davis            Inft  f Inft        Died
  8  Henry Ash            23y   M Labourer
  9* Archibald Fish       26y   M Taylor
 10  Ellen Fish           26y   f Wife
 11  James Fish            3y   M
 12  Wm Henry Fish        Inft  M
 13  Catharine Mark       35y   f Spinster
 14  Ester Wood           30y   f Wife
 15  Robert Wood           4y   M
 16* Neal Mack            40y   M ???????
 17  Sarah Mack           40y   f Wife
 18  Mary McGortland      55y   f Wife
 19  Margt Prior          19y   f Spinster
 20  Wm Lonergan          20y   M Labourer
 21* Henry Gorv?y         25y   M Labourer
 22  Ellen Gallagan       20y   f Spinster
 23* Judith L?or?in       60y   f Wife
 24* John L?erin          20y   M Labourer
 25  Johanna Ryan         20y   f Spinster
 26  Cath Peachy          25y   f Spinster
 27* George Connor        12y   M

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 handwriting of this manifest was poor; additional research should be undertaken
to confirm findings.

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.

 2 First name omitted.
 5-7 Surname for psgr 5 clearly written as Daves, surname for psgrs 6-7
     clearly written as Davis; could be family traveling together; surname
     Daves or Davis for all.
 9 Occupation as written.
16 Occupation overwritten, illegible.
21 Surname could be Gorvey or Gorvay.
23 2nd & 5th letters of surname illegible.
24 2nd letter of surname illegible.
27 Occupation omitted.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 190, List 186.

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