Schooner Alkelda

Schooner Alkelda

 

Bermuda to New York

May 17, 1880

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK

I, F.W. Earle, Master of the Br. Sch. Yacht Alkelda do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of Customs of the Collection District of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board of the said Br. Sch. Yt. at Bermuda from which port said Br. Sch. Yt. 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) Frederic W. Earle. Sworn to this May 17 1880, Before me, (signed) J.N. M???ch, D.

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Br. Sch. Alkelda whereof ______ is Master, from Bermuda burthen 88 tons.

Columns represent: Names, Age, Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country in which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on the voyage, Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.

1 Alice Earle 36, Female, None, England, England, Cabin

2 Mary Tod 25, Female, England, England, Cabin

3 Elizabeth Langton 20, Female, England, England, Cabin

4 F. Traut 30, Male, Ireland, England, Cabin

5 Maria Jackson 24, Female, Ireland, England, Cabin

Transcriber's notes: There were no deaths noted on this voyage.

The passengers were not numbered on the original manifest.

Reference: National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 426, List 564.

This material made available through the generous permission of the Immigrant Ship Transcribers Guild and the transcriber Regan Kanaley