Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Olympus


Liverpool, England to Boston, Massachusetts
15 January 1874

* I, *Wm. Haseasoen, Master of the above named (left blank), from the port of (left blank) do solemnly, truly and sincerely swear that the above List contains the names and descriptions of all the Passengers who where on board the said (left blank) at the time of or since her last departure from the said Port of (left blank), or that have been taken on board the said vessel at any foreign port or place, and that none have died on the voyage.
List or Manifest taken on board the Steamer Olympus whereof *Wm Haseason is master, from Liverpool, England; burden 2415 tons.
Coloumns represent: name, age in years and months, sex, occupation, the country to which the severally belong, the country of which they intend to become inhabitants, space occupied on the ship.
  1  Michl Devlin         40      m   lab         Ireland         United States   steerage      
  2  Fred H Blake         26      m   engineer    England         United States   steerage      
  3  Emily F Blake        23      f               England         United States   steerage      
  4  Fred F Blake          3      m               England         United States   steerage      
  5  George Blake          2      m               England         United States   steerage      
  6  Ada Emily Blake       1      f               England         United States   steerage      
  7  Saml M^cBride        26      m   lab         Ireland         United States   steerage      
  8  W^m Leong            22      m   lab         Ireland         United States   steerage      
  9  W^m Hudson           23      m   lab         England         United States   steerage      
 10  John Evans           23      m   lab         England         United States   steerage      
 11  John Turner          28      m   lab         England         United States   steerage      
 12  George Pate          40      m   mech        England         United States   steerage      
 13  George Williams      21      m   clerk       England         United States   steerage      
 14  Martha Williams      22      f               England         United States   steerage      
 15  Jane Pratt           20      f   spinster    England         United States   steerage      
 16  Sarah Brewer         24      f   spinster    England         United States   steerage      
 17  L L Nunn             20      m   lab         England         United States   steerage      
 18* Alex Melanawihl      27      m   lab         Sweden          United States   steerage      
 19  T Selix              40      m   lab         Sweden          United States   steerage      
 20  M Gulorz             22      m   lab         Sweden          United States   steerage      
 21  Susannah Whitehead   20      f   spinster    England         United States   steerage      
 22  Elis Whitehead       11      f               England         United States   steerage      
 23  Alice Whitehead       9      f               England         United States   steerage      
 24  Tho^s Whitehead       7      m               England         United States   steerage      
 25  Mary Whitehead       11 m?   f               England         United States   steerage      
 26  Mary Nabstadt        33      f               Germany         United States   steerage      
 27  Anna M Nabstadt      11      f               Germany         United States   steerage      
 28  James Nabstadt        9      m               Germany         United States   steerage      
 29  Garibaldi Nabstadt    7      m               Germany         United States   steerage      
 30  Johann Nabstadt       4      m               Germany         United States   steerage      
 31  Arthur Nabstadt       2      m               Germany         United States   steerage      
 32  Kail Frayder         43      m   lab         Germany         United States   steerage      
 33  August Frayder       10      m   lab         Germany         United States   steerage      
 34  Adolph Frayder        7      m               Germany         United States   steerage      
 35  Auguste Frayder       1      f               Germany         United States   steerage      
 36  Cath Schanbachy      23      f   spinster    Germany         United States   steerage      
 37  Fred Wheeler         24      m   mech        England         United States   steerage      
 38  James Bottomley      19      m   mech        England         United States   steerage      
 39  W^m Callen           22      m   lab         Germany         United States   steerage      
 40  ? M Keenan           20      f               Germany         United States   steerage      
 41  Pat Lawler           19      m   lab         Germany         United States   steerage      
 42  Pat Cullen           30      m   lab         Germany         United States   steerage      
 43  Henry Lobin          23      m   spinster    Germany         United States   steerage      
 44  Mary Lobin           43      f               Germany         United States   steerage      
 45  James Burnham        45      m   lab         Germany         United States   steerage      
 46  Cher^? Keenham       45      m   lab         Germany         United States   steerage      
 47* John Fitsgerald      45      m   lab         Germany         United States   steerage      
 48  Michl Sullivan       24      m   lab         Germany         United States   steerage      
 49  John Delory          27      m   lab         Germany         United States   steerage      
 50* Pat Wolfe            30      m   lab         Germany         United States   steerage      
 51  W^m Hogan            36      m   lab         Germany         United States   steerage      
 52  Mike Graffin         30      m   lab         Germany         United States   steerage      
 53  Pat Power            29      m   lab         Germany         United States   steerage      
 54  Dennis Burke         25      m   lab         Germany         United States   steerage      
 55  Arthur Christie      43      m   physician   England         United States   cabin         
 56  Thos P M^cGriff      26      m   surgeon     Ireland         United States   cabin         
 57  Nellie Morse         23      f               United States   United States   cabin         
 58  Myra Proctor         39      f   spinster    United States   United States   cabin         
 59  Matthew M^cVey       20      m   optician    Scotland        United States   cabin         
 60  W^m Penn             12      m               England         United States   cabin         
 61  Marion Penn          10      f               England         United 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.

*  the sworn statement is at the end of the list of passengers.

18:      Surname may be Melassawihl.
47:      the last name has been spelled as seen.
50:      Surname may be Wolfer.
59:      mercht is inserted above and after the word optician.
Captain: the captain's name could be Haselton.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M277, Reel 87.
Transcribed by Harry Green and Ines Mannhardt,
members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
30 March 2006



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