Ship Empire Passenger List - Liverpool to New York

English, Welsh, German & American Passengers

Transcribed by Joe Beine


Ship Empire
Liverpool to New York
Arrived 30 November 1846
from National Archives Microfilm M237-64; List 1032
Ship's Master: J. G. Russell

Please Note: Only passengers whose nationalities are listed as English, Welsh, German and American are included here. The 294 Irish passengers on the Empire are indexed online in the Irish Famine Immigrants Series. See the links to this series after the passenger list.

Names of Passengers Age Sex Occupation Country to which they belong Country they intend to inhabit
Mary Ann Watson
Sarah Watson
Mary Ann Watson
William Watson
James Watson
Olivia Watson
Susannah Watson
Shifinah Varge
Frederick Varge
Daniel Varge
Sarah Ann Varge
Christiana Varge
Paul Varge
Shipnate Varge
Isac Mansfield
Elizabeth Mansfield
Mary Ann Mansfield
Elizabeth Mansfield
Cornelius Upton
Sarah Upton
Gabrail Upton
Sarah Upton
Mary Upton
Elizabeth Upton
Wm Reeves 		34
12
9
8
6
4
2
34
14
13
9
7
5
2
28
26
4
inft
36
34
7
9
3
inft
30 		F
F
F
M
M
F
F
F
M
M
F
F
M
M
M
F
F
F
M
F
M
F
F
F
M 		Spinster
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
Spinster
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
Farmer
 -
 -
 -
Weaver
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
Labourer 		England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England 		United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
Robert Curry
Ann Jane Curry
 		26
27 		M
F 		Mechanic
 - 		United States
United States 		United States
United States
Cyril Cleft
Hannah Cleft
Thomas Cleft
Ann Cleft
Mary Cleft
Eliza Cleft
Jannett Cleft
Thos Davis
Mary Davis
Arthur Davis
Joshua Davis
John Davis [1]
Caroline Davis
Wm Allen
Mary Ann Allen
Eliza Allen
John Lewis
James Fisher
George Dorr
Caroline Dorr
Charles Palmer
Fred Starr
Mary Starr
Hannah Starr
Charles Starr
Ann Starr
Thos Weeks
Eliza Weeks
Chas Evans
Thos Masters
Thos Brooks
Ivan Ford 		38
38
15
10
8
5
2
33
33
5
3
6 weeks
23
21
22
Inft
18
19
26
26
26
32
30
1
8
3
26
23
20
19
59
32
 		M
F
M
F
F
F
F
M
F
M
M
M
F
M
F
F
M
M
M
F
M
M
F
F
M
F
M
F
M
M
M
M 		Labourer
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
Servant
Laborer
 -
 -
Laborer
Laborer
Laborer
 -
Mechanic
Mechanic
 -
 -
 -
 -
Laborer
 -
Laborer
Laborer
Laborer
Laborer 		England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England 		United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
Saml Jones
David Powel 		24
28 		M
M 		Mechanic
Labourer 		Wales
Wales 		United States
United States
Jane Rouse
Thos Wayfield
Eliza Wayfield
Rich'd Ward
Henry Whitely
Wm Ridge
Jimima Ridge
Jimima Ridge [2] 		67
17
41
25
20
38
26
1 		F
M
F
M
M
M
F
F 		Spinster
Clerk
 -
Mechanic
Mechanic
Labourer
 -
 - 		England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England 		United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
Jacob Abraham
Reissa Jacobs 		22
22 		M
F 		Baker
 - 		German
German 		United States
United States
John Hallbrighton
Jemima Hallbrighton
Ann Hallbrighton
Thos Hallbrighton
Chas Hallbrighton
John Hallbrighton
Paul Hallbrighton
Eliza Hallbrighton
Wm Cooper
Thos Bird
Wm Booth
Sarah Booth
Caroline Booth
Abram Booth
Percilla Booth
Wm Booth
Ann Booth
Wm Taylor
John Sharky 		30
30
17
13
10
6
4
Inft
24
19
45
40
16
14
9
7
4
21
20 		M
F
F
M
M
M
M
F
M
M
M
F
F
M
F
M
F
M
M 		Miner
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
Miner
Miner
Miner
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
Weaver
Miner 		England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
 		United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
Jas Sefton
Sarah Ayre
Ellen Ayre
John Ayre
Ann Ayre
Thos Miller
Andrew Beatty
Thos Stephens
John R Shaw
Sarah Edwards
Ann Jane Edwards
Sarah Edwards 		59
30
7
3
Inft
20
24
40
24
28
7
5 		M
F
F
M
F
M
M
M
M
F
F
F 		Farmer
Spinster
 -
 -
 -
Merchant
Labourer
Painter
Mechanic
Spinster
 -
 - 		United States
England
England
England
England
England
United States
England
England
England
England
England 		United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
Canada
United States
United States
Canada
United States
United States
United States
Wm Lanmann
Paul Kirchner
Wm Losser
Magdalene Schmidt
Daniel Uerf
Egarius Schneider
John Schneider
Anna Schneider [3]
Johan Raal
Andreas Say (Lay?)
Franz Bauman
John Herr Vallenberg
Henrina John
Helena Rollman 		23
24
28
23
32
30
19
50
12
26
25
45
50
20 		M
M
M
F
M
M
M
F
M
M
M
M
F
F 		Merchant
Brewer
Mechanic
Miller
Miller
Mechanic
Mechanic
 -
Mechanic
Mechanic
Labourer
Mechanic
 -
 - 		Germans
Germans
Germans
Germans
Germans
Germans
Germans
Germans
Germans
Germans
Germans
Germans
Germans
Germans 		United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
George Strachim
Mary Strachim
Charlotte Strachim
Richard Birks
Ann Hollingshead
Wm Hollingshead
Fanny Hollingshead 		30
30
11
32
30
12
6 		M
F
F
M
F
M
F 		Merchant
 -
 -
Apothecary
 -
 -
 - 		England
England
England
England
United States
United States
United States 		United States
United States
United States
Canada
United States
United States
United States

Notes: Died on voyage...

[1] died Nov 10th?
[2] died Nov 28
[3] died Nov 12

Irish Passengers: The 294 Irish passengers on this ship are indexed in...

Irish Famine Immigrants to New York 1846-1851 To see all of the Irish passengers on the Empire use Manifest Identification Number 1146.

If you have an Ancestry subscription you can also find the Empire passengers from Ireland in... Irish Immigrants: New York Port Arrival Records, 1846-1851 (requires payment). If you type: Empire 30 November 1846 into the keyword box of the search form, a list of the Irish passengers will come up in alphabetical order.

Of the 294 Irish passengers 4 are listed with Canada as their destination: John Haley (24, Labourer); Isabella Haley (26); Mary Coller (19) and Ann Coller (18). The rest of the Irish passengers are listed as heading to the United States.


Source: This transcription is from...

Microfilm: National Archives Microfilm Publication M237 - Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, NY, 1820--1897; Roll 64; List 1032.

Like any transcription of old handwritten records this list may contain errors. You should check the microfilmed copy of the original record.

Also see...
New York Passenger List Indexes 1820-1850

Irish to America 1846-1851

Online Passenger Lists and Records


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