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Ship Liverpool


London, England to New York
10 Oct 1861

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, Henry Kearney Master of the Ship Liverpool of New York 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 Liverpool 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) Henry Ja^s Kearney
Sworn to this 10^th Oct 1861
Before me (Signed) ??offm?? (partially illegible)
List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship Liverpool whereof Henry Kearney is Master, from London burthen 1177 2/95 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. No deaths were recorded on this voyage and the Space Occupied for all passengers was recorded as "Second Cabin"; these columns have been omitted from the transcription.
  1  John Davidson         25y      Male    Clerk        Scotland         Canada
  2  Mary Holway           19y 5m   Female  Servant      England          United States
  3  Anne Holway           17y      Female  None         England          United States
  4  Bridget Donovan       20y      Female  Servant      England          United States
  5  Sarah Pearson         23y      Female  Servant      Ireland          United States
  6* Gotlieb Gr?esen       33y      Male    Mason        Germany          United States
  7* Bridget Gr?esen       26y      Female  Wife         Ireland          United States
  8* Margaret Gr?esen       3y 6m   Female               Australia        United States
  9* Thomas Gr?esen         2y 6m   Male                 Australia        United States
 10* Ellen Gr?esen          0y 9m   Female               Australia        United States
 11  Joseph B Hills        20y      Male    Draper       England          United States
 12  Richard Roberts       58y      Male    Plate Master England          United States
 13  Henry Johnson         34y      Male    Porter       England          United States
 14* ??????? ???????       ??y      Male    ????? Maker  ??????           United States
 15  Hannah Peterson       32y      Female  Wife         Germany          United States
 16* Henry Cap?n           26y      Male    Mariner      Providence, R.I. United States
 17  George Hart           23y      Male    Labourer     England          United States
 18  Mary A Wolthman       27y      Female  Tailoress    England          United States
 19  Louisa Wolthman        4y 6m   Female               England          United States
 20  Charles Wolthman       2y 6m   Male                 England          United States
 21  John G Abbott         22y      Male    Mariner      Brooklyn         United States
 22* Wilhelmina Laurence   24y      Female  Servant      Prussia          Pekin, Illinois
 23  Paulina Laurence      20y      Female  Servant      Prussia          United States
 24* John Rattsge?         34y      Male    Tailor       Germany          United States
 25  James Turner          27y      Male    Tailor       England          Canada
 26  Amelia Turner         25y      Female  Wife         England          Canada
 27  James Turner           3y      Male                 England          Canada
 28  Charlotte Zoppott     35y      Female  None         Prussia          United States
 29  Fredrica Wicks        30y      Female  None         Prussia          United States
 30* Cecilia Beisotsky     19y      Female  Miliner      Russ Poland      United States
 31  Hyman Benaldo         19y      Male    Cap Maker    Russ Poland      United States
 32  Walowanchick Pinkozz  26y      Male    Merchant     Poland Russ      Vancouver Island
 33  Johannes Passett      37y      Female  None         Germany          United States
 34  Peter Passett         26y      Male    None         Germany          United States
 35  Catherine Passett     20y      Female  None         Germany          United States
 36  Laura Passett         11y      Female  None         Germany          United States
 37  Margarete Passett      7y      Female  None         Germany          United States
 38* Susanne Passett        5y              None         Germany          United States
 39  William Passett        3y      Male    None         Germany          United States
 40  Anna Passett          12y      Female  None         Germany          United States
 41  Adam Passett          21y      Male    Tailor       Germany          United States

Total 41 souls

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.

6-10  3rd letter of surname not clear, could be Greesen or Griesen.
  14  Most of this passenger's information is illegible because of fold/crease in the manifest.
  16  Surname could be Capen or Capin.
  22  The city of Pekin, IL, is located about halfway between Chicago, IL, and St. Louis, 
      MO.(from City of Pekin website, http://www.ci.pekin.il.us/cityofpekin.asp).
  24  Surname could be Rattsgele or Rattsgeb.
  38  Sex recorded twice and lined out.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 215, List 960.
Transcribed by Judy Caine a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
2 April 2006



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