from Bermuda to the Port of New York, 1876
I, Thos Lidelicoat, master of the Steamship Canima, 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 Collections District of New York, is a full and perfect list of all passengers taken on board of the said ship at Hamilton, Bermuda from which port said ship has now arrived... So help me God. (signed) T Lidelicoat, sworn to this 25 Sept 1876.
List: name, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country which they intend to inhabit, part of vessel occupied during voyage. No passengers died on this voyage.
W Gord(?), 30, M, merchant, England, England, cabin
D DeWolfe, 38, M, Dr, US, US, cabin
Henry Da?ell (Dalzell or Darrell?), 40, M, merchant, Bermuda, Bermuda, cabin
John Da?ell, 12, M, ---, Bermuda, Bermuda, cabin
Harriett Da?ell, 35, F, lady, Bermuda, Bermuda, cabin
C S Gilbert, 22, M, merchant, Bermuda, Bermuda, cabin
S M Gilbert, 21, F, lady, Bermuda, Bermuda, cabin
Estele Jones, 25, F, lady, Bermuda, Bermuda, cabin
Frank Jones, 28, M, clerk, Bermuda, Bermuda, cabin
A J F?ith (Frith?), 45, M, merchant, US, US, cabin
A F?ith (Frith?), 40, F, wife, US, US, cabin
Ella F?ith (Frith?), 6, F, ---, US, US, cabin
Ed Crawley, 40, M, merchant, Bermuda, Bermuda, cabin
M A Old?r?ft (Oldcroft?), 20, F, lady, Bermuda, Bermuda, cabin
E O Fechet, 40, M, soldier, US, US, cabin
E T Ha?key (Hankey?), 40, M, professor, England, England, cabin
A R S?????, 4?, F, lady, Bermuda, Bermuda, cabin
L E Ca???, 45, M, Captain, US, US, cabin
R W Hayward, 36, M, merchant, US, US, cabin
Mary B Tucker, 26, F, lady, Bermuda, Bermuda, cabin
Ca?? Wood, 19, F, lady, Bermuda, Bermuda, cabin
M W?lk?ns?n (Wilkinson?), 38, M, commissary, England, England, cabin
W A Masters, ?0, M, clerk, US, US, cabin
Jas A Cony?s (Conyers?), 26, M, merchant, US, US, cabin
S Sau??, 50, M, professor, Germany, Germany, cabin
Mrs S Sau??, 40, F, wife, Germany, Germany, cabin
Jane Dow??, 44, F, nurse, Bermuda, Bermuda, cabin
W Jackson, 38, F, lady, US, US, cabin
?d R??ch?, 26, clerk, US, US, cabin
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, reel 406
This material made available through the generous permission of the Immigrant Ship Transcribers Guild and the transcriber Michael Gibney
(Note: Bermuda Newspaper account dated Oct 30 1877:
William E Witter, in his 51st year, a native of Bermuda, First Officer of the Canima, drowned at sea on Oct 27, when swept overboard in a gale, en route from New York to Bermuda. He left a wife, 3 sons, 4 sisters. He was one of Bermuda's most experienced mariners, and had joined the Canima in January 1874 (full account given in article).
