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In the early 1800's port cities in the USA bore the burden of immigration. By the time they arrived, so many immigrants were tired, hungry and poor they ended up in the City Almshouse. This meant the citizens had to take care of them. At first the citizens of the city asked the Mayors for funds to support the poor. Eventually they asked the states, and by mid-century some states (PA, NY, MA) set up State agencies to deal with the issue. Eventually, beginning in the 1880's, the Federal Government nationalized the programs.

Dating back to the colonial era, New York City assumed responsibility for its citizens who were destitute, sick, homeless, or otherwise unable to care for themselves. The city maintained an almshouse, various hospitals, and a workhouse on Blackwell's Island (now called Roosevelt Island) for the poor. Read more about New York City Almshouse...

Lorine's Note: There are 2 pages for each name in this ledger. I have only copied part of the left hand page. There is more information on the microfilm, including Captain's Name, Owner's Name, Date of Bond, Sureties, Date Discharged, Death Date, Remarks, Bonded, Commuted & Total. For example, under date 1820 Mar 11 - Elizabeth Kennedy age 34 is listed as having died Jun 14, 1820; her daughter Mary Ann died Nov 5, 1820

I have not had time to track down the exact arrival date of each of the ships named, but interested researchers could use the clues (admission date, captain's name, owner's name, etc) as well as census records, to narrow the time frame of arrival. Families with children born in one country, such as England, and then in New York will find it much easier to narrow the time frame of immigration.

Ship arrivals with partial passenger names before 1826: Albion, Ann, Ann Marie, Atlantic, Baltic , Barcelona , Bimmahome? ,Boston ,Bowditch ,Camillons , Carolina Ann , Catherine , Chesapeake , Cincinnatus , Combine , Comhand? , Compeer , Constitution , Courier ,Cuba ,Danube ,Diana ,Dublin Packet , Edward Bonasse , Eliza Barker , Elizabeth , Fame ,Farmer? ,Francis Henrietta ,Ganess , Ganges ,G eneral Putnam ,Gulorace? Gulosase? , Henry ,Hibernian ,Howard ,Hunter , Huskinson ,Isaac [illegible] , James Cegzar ,John & Elizabeth ,John & James ,Lady Hunter ,Laurel ,Leonidas , Lord Strangford , Louisa , Maine ,Margaret ,Orizambo ,Panther , Phoenix , Plutarch , Remittance , Reunion , Richmond , Sabina , Salidas , ilas Richmond , Splendid , Superior , Sylvester Haley , Thames , Thompson , Tontine , Two Mary's , United States , Virginia , William , Wilson , Zenophon

For individuals recorded in 1855-1858 the information includes ship name, date of sailing, ports of departure and arrival

Transcribers: Lorine Schulze & Laura Freeman

Date	Foreigner (Surname)	Foreigner ( First Name)	Age	Place of Birth	Vessel	Where From
Feb 4	Riley	Florence	29	Ireland	Camillons	Greenock
Feb 11	Leaman? Seaman?	?anus	50	France	no entry	no entry
Mar .1	Draun?	Francis	26	Ireland	Thos. Mary's[?]	Belfast
Mar 3	Garrigan	Bridget	22	Ireland	Laurel	Dublin
Mar 9	Farrell	Mary	19	Ireland	Farmer?	Liverpool
Mar 16	O'Leary	Ellen	18	Ireland	William	Cork
Mar 22	Leary aka Leery	Mary	28	Ireland	Lady Hunter	St. Johns
Mar 29	Baker	Ellen aka Catherine. [illegible]	18	Ireland	Dublin Packet	Dublin
Mar 29	McCann	John	24	Ireland	Lady Hunter	St. Johns
Mar 30	McCann	Patrick	32	Ireland	Lady Hunter	St. Johns
Apr 1	Gruman	Mary	insane	Ireland	no entry	no entry
Apr 5	Mullen	Daniel	10	Ireland	Sylvester Haley	St. Johns
Apr 7	Carvin	John	23	Ireland	Tontine	Jamaica
Apr 10	English	Catherine	28	Ireland	Atlantic	no entry
Apr ?	English	Inmate Child of above	2 wks.	Ireland	Atlantic	no entry
Apr 12	Graham	Hannah	19	England	Chesapeake	Richmond
Apr 12	Graham	male child of above	7days	New York	Chesapeake	Richmond
Mar 20	Brogan	John	22	Ireland (insane)	Wilson	Dublin
Apr 23	Devin	James	29	Ireland	Catherine	Londonderry
Apr 25	Kerchoffer	Mary	20	Switzerland [illegible]	Edward Bonasse	Havre
Apr 29	Minus	Susan	42	Ireland	Louisa	Belfast
Apr 29	Minus	Hugh	3	Quebec	Louisa	Belfast
May 2	Owens Jr	Michael	21	Ireland	Panther	Liverpool
May 6	Miller	Edward	43	England	no entry	no entry
May 13	King	Dennis	20	Ireland	Carolina Ann	Belfast
May 13	Sammuel	Valentine	30	Ireland	no entry	no entry
May 17	Riley	O'Reilly	18	Ireland	Remittance	Liverpool
May 30	Cavener	William	27	Ireland	Combine	no entry
Jun 1	Mead	Mary	21	Ireland	no entry	no entry
Jun 3	Squires	Thomas	31	Ireland (insane)	no entry	no entry
Jun 5	Pine	Martin	28	Ireland	Danube	Liverpool
Jun 5	Grace	Jacob	42	Germany	Ann	Rotterdam
Jun 7	Molloy	George	8	England	Dublin Packet	Dublin
Jun 8	Vellusmoz	Et__reau	55	Switzerland	Eliazbeth	Havre
Jun 8	Vellusmoz	Adeline	5	Switzerland	Elizabeth	Havre
Jun 8	McCarty	Patrick	35	Ireland	no entry	no entry
Jun 10	Booger	Margaret	29	Switzerland	Superior	Havre
Jun 10	Booger	Antoine	51/2	Switzerland	Superior	Havre
Jun 15	Glass	Betsy	25	Ireland	no entry	no entry
Jun 24	Fitzgerald	James	30	Ireland	Combine	St. John N.F. (Newfoundland?)
Jun 27	O'Brien	James	28	Ireland	no entry	no entry
Jun 27	Foy	Bridget	32	Ireland	Sabina	Liverpool
Jun 27	Foy	Mary	12	Ireland	Sabina	Liverpool
Jun 27	Foy	Peter	8	Ireland	Sabina	Liverpool
Jun 27	Foy	Thomas	3	England	Sabina	Liverpool
Jun 27	Foy	David	5 mos.	New York	Sabina	Liverpool
[illegible date]	Le Tardis	Jerome	25	France	Boston	Marseilles
Jul 1	Aikins	Thomas	19	England	Sabina	Liverpool
Jul 3	Popham	Richard	50	Ireland	Courier	Liverpool
Jul 5	Hart	Peter	25	Ireland	no entry	no entry
Jul 5	Barry	Edward	44	Ireland	Bimmahome?	Liverpool
Jul 10	Fenton	David	no entry	no entry	no entry	no entry
Jul 13	Powell	Even	30	England	Gulorace? Gulosase?	Liverpool
Jul 18	Williams	Henry	30	Ireland	no entry	no entry
Jul 28	McDowel	Mary Jane	28	Ireland	William	Liverpool
Jul 28	McDowel	Amanda	no entry	Ireland	William	Liverpool
Jul 31	Gaunt	Thomas	35	London	no entry	no entry
Jul 31	McCahil	Matthew	22	Ireland	Wilson	Dublin
Aug 1	Hynes	William	24	Ireland	Dublin Packet	Dublin
Aug 2	Minus	Susan	44	Ireland	Louisa	Belfast
Aug 2	Minus	Hugh	3	Canada	Louisa	Belfast
Aug3	McSweeney	Morgan	30	Ireland	Hunter	Halifax
Aug 4	McGown	Patrick	50	Ireland	Maine	no entry
Aug 8	Kelly	Michael	38	Ireland	no entry	no entry
Aug 8	Duffie	Patrick	33	Ireland	no entry	no entry
Aug 10	Murphy	James	20	Ireland	Lord St[r?]angford	Dublin
Aug 14	Donaldson	Joseph	21	Ireland	General Putnam	Londonderry
Aug 14	Conlin	Charles	38	Ireland	Constitution	Liverpool
Aug15	Minus	Hugh	3	Canada	Louisa	Belfast
Aug 19	Edmund	Harriett	21	England	Zenophon	London
Aug 19	Edmund	Arthur	1yr. 5 mos.	England	Zenophon	London
Aug 19	Edmund	child	no entry	[initials] Sep 1,1825	Zenophon	London
Aug 23	Clifford	James	11	Ireland	Bowditch	Liverpool
Aug 24	McLaughlin	Charles	24	Ireland	no entry	no entry
Aug 24	Huston	William	55	Ireland	Atlantic	Belfast
Aug 24	Norris	Robert aka Patrick	19	Ireland	Dublin Packet	Dublin
Aug 26	Norris	Michael	25	Ireland	Louisa	Belfast
Aug 30	Sonigan	Catherine	23	Ireland	Wilson	Dublin
Aug 30	McNeil	David	15	Scotland	Cuba	no entry
Sep 25	Darley	David	25	Ireland	Ganess	Cork
Sep 25	Healy	Edward	23	Ireland	Eliza Barker	Liverpool
Sep 25	Scally	John	25	Ireland	Plutarch	Liverpool
Sep 25	Scally	Peter	20	Ireland	Plutarch	Liverpool
Sep 25	Barry	Ann	32	Ireland	Ganess	Cork
Sep 25	Barry	Mary	no entry	Irealnd	Ganess	Cork
Sep 9	Fish	Emma	17	England	Richmond	London
Sep 11	Murdock	Thomas	15	Ireland	Albion	St. Johns
Sep 11	Garaghan	David	22	Ireland	Orizambo	Liverpool
Sep 12	Cotton	Rosanna	24	Ireland	Elizabeth	Havre
Sep 15	Valleumoz	Adeline	5	Switzerland	Elizabeth	Havre
Sep 18	Wallace	Michael	38	Ireland	Richmond	Greenock
Sep 20	Clark	James John	29	England	Silas Richmond	Liverpool
Sep 21.	Miller	James aka John	39	Ireland	Atlantic	Belfast
Sep 21	Power[s]	James aka John	29	Ireland	no entry	no entry
Sep23	Haight	Rosanna	30	Germany	John & Elizabeth	Havre
Sep 25	Vaugh	Pat	22	Ireland	Two Mary's	Liverpool
Sep 25	Leadon	Thomas	35	Ireland	Two Mary's	Liverpool
Sep 25	Murphy	Margaret	30	no entry	no entry	no entry
Sep 25	Murphy	Mary	1yr. 6 mos.	no entry	no entry	no entry
Sep 27	Feeney	Michael	35	Ireland	no entry	no entry
Sep 27	Fealy	Peter	20	Ireland	no entry	no entry
Sep 29	Wallace aka [illegible]	Margaret	20	Scotland	Richmond	Greenock
Oct 2	McQuade	Henry	29	Ireland	Trident	Londonderry
Oct 2	Curison	Archibald	25	Scotland	Thompson	Liverpool
Oct 3	Hagan	Paul	28	Ireland	Carolina Ann	Belfast
Oct 4	Taylor	Joseph	21	England	James Cegzar	Liverpool
Oct 5	McCory	Margaret	38	Ireland	Louisa	Belfast
Oct 7	McAuley	William	20	Ireland	Lady Hunter	St. Johns
Oct 7	Lynch	Biddy	17	Ireland	Lord Stangford	Dublin
Oct 7	McCormick	Thomas	25	Ireland	Catherine	Liverpool
Oct 7	Howard	John R	35	England	Catherine	Liverpool
Oct 9	McCarter	Charles	22	Ireland	Ganges	Liverpool
Oct 10	Fishwick	George	22	England	Comhand?	Liverpool
Oct 13	McBall	John	29	Ireland	Atlantic	no entry
Oct 17	Barber	John	25	England	Cincinnatus	London
Oct 18	McOrvil	Hugh	25	Ireland	Louisa	Belfast
Oct 19	Burke	Richard	25	Ireland	Lord Stangford	Dublin
Oct 20	Healy	Martin	27	Ireland	Virginia	Sligo
Oct 21	Megsone	Mary	19	Ireland	Leonidas	Newry
Oct 23	Sprag	William	23	Ireland	Plutarch	Liverpool
Oct 23	Kelly	Henry	28	Ireland	Barcelona	Liverpool
Oct 24	Atkinson	Joseph	16	England	Panther	no entry
Oct 25	McVay	James	22	Ireland	Francis Henrietta	Belfast
Oct 28	Hughes	Thomas	24	Ireland	Carolina Ann	Belfast
Oct 30	Fish	Samuel	10	Ireland	Richmond	London
Oct 30	Lafferty	James	25	Ireland	Louisa	Belfast
Oct 31	Henry	Ellen	30	Ireland (preg)	Lady Hunter	St. Johns N.B.
Oct 31	Henry	Mary	1yr. 6 mos.	Ireland	Lady Hunter	St. Johns N.B.
Oct 31	Thomas	William	15	Wales	Huskinson	Liverpool
Nov 8	Quin	John	50	Ireland	Louisa	Belfast
Nov 10	Ryan	James	24	Ireland	United States	Liverpool
Nov 10	McLaughlin	Owen	33	Ireland	Trident	Londonerry
Nov 10	Ferkenbach	Martin	28	Germany	Howard	Havre
Nov 11	Donovan	Julia	25	Ireland	Henry	Cork
Nov 11	Donovan	William	3wks	New York	Henry	Cork
Nov 17	Hamilton	Charles	17	Ireland	Trident	Londonderry
Nov 18	David	Charles	25	England	Margaret	came as a seaman
Nov 21	Riley	Ellen	30	Ireland	Fame	no entry
Nov 23	Jackson	Thomas	?25	Mass.	Small Pox, The New York Hospital, to pay $3 per wk
Nov 23	Hamilton	William R.	66	Ireland	Francis Henrietta	Belfast
Nov 23	Quin	Eliza	25	Ireland	Courier	Londonerry
Nov 23	Quin	Rose Ann	1yr 6mos.	Ireland	Courier	Londonerry
Nov 23	Quin	Mary Pane	2wks.	New York	Courier	Londonerry
Nov 26	Valentine	Cato	27	New York	Small pox, The New York Hospital, to pay
Nov 27	Dwyer	John	34	Ireland	Phoenix	Liverpool
illegible	illegible	illegible		Ireland	Phoenix	Liverpool
Nov 27	Firth	James	42	England	Two Mary's	Liverpool
Nov 27	Firth	James	10	England	Two Mary's	Liverpool
Nov 29	Kirk	Elizabeth	30	Ireland	illegible entry	Liverpool
Nov 29	Kirk	Ann Jane	12	Ireland	illegible entry	Liverpool
Nov 29	Kirk	Edward	7	Ireland	illegible entry	Liverpool
Nov 29	Kirk	Anna	4	Ireland	illegible entry	Liverpool
Nov 29	Kirk	Marie	2	Ireland	illegible entry	Liverpool
Dec 2	McLaughlin	Bernard	21	Ireland	Reunion	faint writing: "Ship Lousia 10th Jul "
Dec5	Nicholson	John H	22	Ireland	Dublin Packet	Dublin
Dec 5	Allen	John	36	Ireland	Diana	Cork
Dec 5	Le Gouthan	Geo. Frederick	25	France (Breman)	Constitution	Bremen
Dec 6	Woods	Jane	24	Ireland	Eliza Barker	Liverpool
Dec 7	Powell	John James	29	Ireland	Splendid	no entry
Dec 8	Schellinger	William	22	Sag Harbour	Small Pox, Mr Hunters order says "to pay"
Dec 8	Tiermond	Margaret	25	Ireland	John & James	no entry
Dec 9	Reach	John	29	Ireland	Ann Marie	St. Johns
Dec 9	Merchant	Enos	11	Switzerland	Salidas	Havre
Dec 11	Bolin	Thomas	14	Ireland	Compeer	no entry
Dec 11	Moore	Thomas	28	Ireland	Lord Strangford	Dublin
Dec 11	Moore	Jame	26	Ireland	Lord Strangford	Dublin
Dec 11	Armstrong	William	38	England	Thames	Liverpool
Dec 12	Clapham	George	49	England	Fame	no entry
Dec 13	Robert	Jackson	22	Glascow	Baltic	Liverpool
Dec 15	Keanan	Ellen	16	Ireland	Carolina Ann	Belfast
Dec 15	Cochran	Phillip	25	England	Fame	Liverpool
Dec 15	Cochran	Thomas	22	England	Fame	Liverpool
Dec 19	McCoy	James	23	Ireland	Lady Hunter	St. Johns N. B.
Dec 19	Habbegen	Jean	40	Switzerland	Superior	Havre
Dec 23.	Murphy	James	47	Ireland	Hibernian	Dublin
Dec 25	Blake	Catherine	20	Ireland	Wilson	Belfast
Dec 25	Morgan	Patrick	21	Ireland	Carolina Ann	Belfast
Dec 30	Burns	Lawrence	24	Ireland	Isaac [illegible]	no entry
Nov, 26	Regan	John	43	Ireland	Constitution	Liverpool