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Steamer America


Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada to Boston, Massachusetts
22 March 1860
Copy of Report and List of the passengers taken on board the Steamer America of Glasgow whereof W. F. Miller is Master, burthen 166 /95 tons, bound from the port of Halifax for Boston.
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.


  1  James Landlaw      24   m   machinist      Nova Scotia   U States   cabin
  2  E. Laurence        22   m   mariner        Nova Scotia   U States   cabin
  3  John E. Milaney    21   m   clerk          Nova Scotia   U States   cabin
  4* William Canay      30   m   farmer         Nova Scotia   U States   cabin
  5  James A Many       19   m   farmer         Nova Scotia   U States   cabin
  6  William Hurley     24   m   farmer         Nova Scotia   U States   cabin
  7  T. R Branon        19   m   farmer         U States      U States   cabin
  8  Mikle Hardy        21   m                  U States      U States   cabin
  9  Wheeler Hitcher    18   m   shoe maker     Nova Scotia   U States   cabin
 10  Peter Cale         18   m   farmer         Nova Scotia   U States   cabin
 11  James Mackintosh   20   m   harnes maker   Nova Scotia   U States   cabin
 12  Daniel M^cKeiner   27   m   mariner        Nova Scotia   U States   cabin
 13  Daniel Scott       19   m   baker          Nova Scotia   U States   cabin
 14  James M^cDammet    22   m   trunk maker    Nova Scotia   U States   cabin
 15  William Kingston   45   m   mason          U States      U States   cabin
 16  James Smith        24   m   mariner        Nova Scotia   U States   cabin
 17  John M^cDonald     26   m   mariner        U States      U States   cabin
 18  David Lawrence     23   m   mariner        Nova Scotia   U States   cabin
 19  Mrs Porter         33   f                  Nova Scotia   U States   cabin
 20  F. Jane Porter      4   f                  Nova Scotia   U States   cabin

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.

 4:  Surname may be Cavay.
 9:  Surname may be Kitcher.
12:  Surname may be M^cKeener.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M277, Reel 56.
Transcribed by Harry Green and Ines Mannhardt,
members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
13 June 2006



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