I, Koppecholdt Master or Commander of the Ship Ella A Clark do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear, that the within list, signed by me, and now delivered to the Collector of this District, contains the names of all the passengers taken on board the said Ship at the Port of Liverpool or at any time since, and that all matters therein set forth are, according to the best of my knowledge and belief, just and true. I do further swear that (no entry) of the said Passengers have died on the voyage. Sworn before me, this 3rd day of May 1854 (signed) H. Koppecholdt (signed) J M Hunt Collector.
List of all Passengers taken on board the Ship Ella A Clark whereof Herman Koppecholdt is Master, at the Port of Liverpool and bound for New Orleans.
Columns: Names, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they belong, Country in which they intend to become inhabitants, Number that have died on the Passage, Accommodation and Baggage. On the original list, the accommodation is listed to the left of the passenger number, the baggage to the far right of the manifest. I have listed the baggage following the passenger list. The captain's sworn statement appeared after the passenger list on the original manifest.
1 W^lm Keyte 50 m laborer England Illinois Steerage
2 W^lm Keyte jr. 36 m carpenter England Illinois Steerage
3 Anne Keyte 36 f wife England Illinois Steerage
4 Emma Keyte 11 f children England Illinois Steerage
5 W^lm Keyte 8 m children England Illinois Steerage
6 Robbert Keyte 7 m children England Illinois Steerage
7 George Keyte 4 m children England Illinois Steerage
8 Saml Keyte infant m children England Illinois Steerage
9 A R Hyiskamp 31 m Bookkeeper Holland St Louis Cabin
10 Betty Murphy 17 f laborer Ireland Kentulky Steerage
11 John Murphy 13 m laborer Ireland Kentulky Steerage
12 Betty Hughes 16 f laborer Ireland Kentulky Steerage
13 George Walker 30 m Farmer American Iowa Steerage
14 (blank due to space needed to list all of Mr. Walker's baggage)
15 Mary Hopley 26 f England Iowa Cabin
16 Peter Capey 24 m Laborer Ireland New-Orleans Steerage
17 Hn Steenson 35 m Laborer Ireland Illinois Steerage
18 W^lm Steenson 21 m Laborer Ireland Illinois Steerage
19 Cath Steenson 50 f Laborer Ireland Illinois Steerage
20 James Hill 22 m Potter England New-Orleans Steerage
21 Anne Hill 19 f Potter England New-Orleans Steerage
22 Peter OHarra 20 m Laborer Ireland St Louis Steerage
23 Winifred Burke 15 f Laborer Ireland Kentuky Steerage
24 Mary Burke 9 f Laborer Ireland Kentuky Steerage
25 Cath. Burke 8 f Laborer Ireland Kentuky Steerage
26 Cath. Favin 22 f Laborer Ireland Cincinate Steerage
27 Mary Favin 4 f Ireland Cincinate Steerage
28 Pat. Favin inf m Ireland Cincinate Steerage
*29 Cluc? Feragagh 30 m Blacksmith Ils Man Iowa Steerage
30 Mary Boult 20 f Ils Man Iowa Cabin
31 W^lm Craadten 9 m Ils Man Iowa Steerage
32 Thm. Craadten 8 m Ils Man Iowa Steerage
33 Mary Keogh 21 f laborer Ireland New-Orleans Steerage
34 Jas Melaney 20 m laborer Ireland Memphis Steerage
35 Frank Kilclivin 20 m laborer Ireland Memphis Steerage
36 Edward Kilclivin 18 m laborer Ireland Memphis Steerage
37 Mary Cuff 18 f laborer Ireland Memphis Steerage
38 Jhn Keenan 20 m laborer Ireland St Louis Steerage
39 Thm Manly 9 m laborer Ireland St Louis Steerage
40 Thm Mcaloon 21 m laborer Ireland St Louis Steerage
41 Mary Coprove 9 f laborer Ireland St Louis Steerage
42 Cath McLonagh 16 f laborer Ireland Kentuky Steerage
43 Bridget Haban 17 f laborer Ireland St Louis Steerage
44 Bridget Cunningham 13 f laborer Ireland St Louis Steerage
45 Bridget Murphy 20 f laborer Ireland St Louis Steerage
46 Julia Murphy 19 f laborer Ireland St Louis Steerage
47 W^lm Fram 22 m Farmer American Carol Parish Steerage
48 Winfred Barnett 22 f laborer Ireland St Louis Steerage
49 Bridget Gill 17 f laborer Ireland St Louis Steerage
50 Rodger Mooney 50 m Weaver Ireland Mobile Steerage
51 Thm Barton 30 m Merchant England New-Orleans Steerage
52 Tony Evans 18 m laborer Ireland New-Orleans Steerage
53 Anne Gary 18 f laborer Ireland New-Orleans Steerage
54 Betsy Gary 13 f laborer Ireland New-Orleans Steerage
Number of Souls Equal to
Mature Adult
Steerage Passenger Adult 35 35
Steerage Children from 14 to 1 13 6 1/2
Steerage infants 2
51 41 1/2
Cabin Passenger 3
Total number 54
(signed) Herman Koppecholdt
Passenger's Baggage:
1-8 Keyte - 8 boxes wearing aperl, 4 beds, 1 Box of toul., 1 double Brl Gun
9 Hyiskamp - 1 Trunk
10,11 Murphy - 1 Box of wearing aperl
13 Walker - 1 Box of wearing aperl, 1 Chaf o'utter & farming emplements
1 Trunk
15 Hopley - 1 Trunk & Bed
16 Capey - 1 Trunk & Brl
17-19 Steenson - 1 Chest, 1 Brl, 2 Bed
20,21 Hill - 2 Trunks, 2 Brl
23-25 Burke - 1 Box
26-28 Favin - 1 Chest
30 Boult - 2 Chest, 1 Bed & Bedding
33 Keogh - 1 Chest
39 Manly - 2 Chest
42 McLonagh - 1 Chest
45 Murphy - 1 Chest
47 Fram - 1 Trunk
48 Barnett - 1 Trunk
50 Mooney -1 Trunk
51 Barton - 3 Trunk 1 dbl Brl Gun
53,54 Gary - 2 Trunks
General notes:
The 2 pages were numbered separately on the original manifest.
Some given names were abbreviated by omitting some letters within the
name and writing it with the ending superscripted. The caret indicates
that the letters following are superscripted. Example: W^lm
Place names are spelled as they appeared on the manifest.
Passenger notes:
29 Feragagh - given name Cluc?. The last letter(s) could be
'u' or 'ai'