* S.S. NEVADA 1872*

photo purchased by Sheila from Paul Petersen

It took 3 pages to get all of the passengers in the table and onto the internet. I got this list from the LDS center after discovering my Greatgrandparents John and Elizabeth West and their 2 year old son Thomas West sailed to the USA from Tubbercurry Sligo Ireland on the SS Nevada. My Great Aunt Elizabeth Susan Nevada West was born on the ship during the voyage. Janice Cox Brown volunteered to transcribed the list. The list was hand written in the old handwriting. It was very difficult to read. You will find her notes below. You can use the find option on your browser to look for a name. Be sure to read all three pages of passengers. Sheila Barr Helser

District of New York-Port of New York

I, Master of the S.S. Nevada do solemnly, sincerely and truly 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 on board of the said Steamer at Liverpool & Queenstown from which port said Steamer has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each 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 set 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.

Sworn to, this 18 Apl 1872 Wm Forsyth, Master Before me,
List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS TAKEN ON BOARD THE S.S. Nevada whereof
William Forsyth Master, from Liverpool via Queenstown burthen 2020 tons

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NOTES From Janice

I believe the superscript numbers to represent the children of a family

Ex: Mary Jones 5 32 2-3

5 children in Mary's family: 2 boys; 3 girls

I didn't have all the information on who was in steerage.

On the last page I suspect that the last few men were not in Steerage.

I assume the + meant a death. I thought there were three.

I used two references for the deciphering of the writing:

1. Deciphering Old Handwriting

2. Understanding Cologian Handwriting by Hariet Stryker-Rodda, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.

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