Ship Sir Charles Napier
Captain Webster
From Panama
Passage:
Daily Alta California, May 22, 1852
The British ship Sir Charles Napier, Captain Webster, arrived yesterday morning, 90 days from Panama, with 18 cabin passengers and 156 steerage. When out one week from Panama, the measles, dysentery and fever began to show themselves, and continued with more or less virulence for about three weeks in which time no less than thirty-six were consigned to the deep. A succession of calms common near the equator, no doubt caused this great mortality, as the heat at that time was most excessive. Although the passage was ninety days from port to port, there were not thirty of them on which there was wind enough to keep her sails full. All appearance of disease left the vessel some weeks previous to her arrival in port. The following is a list of the passengers who died on board; also the place from which they came:
Adley, black boy, Burke Co., 8th March, aged 23
Alec, black boy, McDowell Co., 8th April, aged 27
Baker, Z., Lumpkin Co., 3rd March, aged 35
Banks, T., Murray Co., 9th March, aged 45
Birt, A.K., Lumpkin Co., 30th March, aged 23
Birt, William, Lumpkin Co., 25th Mrch, aged 20
Buckelin, A., Grafton Co., 9th March, aged 38
Buckelin, S. (noted on lists in Louis Rasmussen's San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists, Volume I, but not in the newspaper)
Burns, M., Jackson Co., 6th March, aged 21
Carson, G., Lumpkin Co., 5th March, aged 26
Conley, A., McDowell Co., 5th March, aged 21
Conley, J.P., McDowell Co., 16th March, aged 20
Croane, W.J., Gordon Co., 3rd April, aged 19
Dawson, W.A., Gordon Co., 7th April, aged 30
Dickenson, E., New York, 13th April, aged 21
Finley, Jas., McDowell Co., 2nd March, aged 20
Grimble, Z., Gordon Co., 7th March, aged 35 (according to Rasmussen's lists, this is "Grindle")
Hamblin, James, Murray Co., Ga., 2nd March, aged 33
Harris, T., Jackson Co., 3rd March, aged 34
Kincaid, J.M., Burke Co., 24th Feb., aged 22
King, Jas, Boston, Mass, 3rd March, aged 30
Leck, A (noted on lists in Louis Rasmussen's San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists, Volume I, but not in the newspaper)
Loveless, A.D., Cass Co., 5th April, aged 22
McGuire, Jas, New Orleans, 2nd March, aged 45 (according to Rasmussen's lists, this is "J. Guire")
O�Neill, James, Jersey City, 13th March, aged 35 (Rasmussen's list has this as "James O'Niel")
Osborne, black boy, Burke Co., 10th March, aged 18
Qumlin, J.W., Cass Co., 28th March, aged 20
Reid, A., Cass Co., 13th April, aged 25
Ring, James (noted on lists in Louis Rasmussen's San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists, Volume I, but not in the newspaper)
Robertson, T., Gordon Co., 19th March, aged 25
Robinson, C. (noted on lists in Louis Rasmussen's San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists, Volume I, but not in the newspaper)
Rodgers, M., Cherokee Co., 1st March, aged 22
Rodgers, M., Cherokee Co., 1st March, aged 45
Rodgers, W., Penn, 5th March, aged 40
Rouse, E., Lumpkin Co., 15th April, aged 24
Sears, John, Gordon Co., 16th March, aged 22
Souley, A. (noted on lists in Louis Rasmussen's San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists, Volume I, but not in the newspaper)
Tuckelin, T., Grafton Co., 17th March, aged 20
Vincent, J., Cass Co., 4th April, aged 30
Walter, G. (noted on lists in Louis Rasmussen's San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists, Volume I, but not in the newspaper)
Walton, Jesse, McDowell Co., 2nd March, aged 46
Wickett, Boly., Gordon Co., 11th March, aged 23
Williams, M., Grafton Co., 2nd April, aged 29
Shipping Intelligence: Ship Sir Charles Napier, (Br), Webster, 90 days from Panama, 260 tons coal to Montefiore & Burgoyne. 217 passengers; 6 females; 36 died on the passage.
Cargo: 260 tons coal, to Montefiore & Burgoyne.
Passengers:
(Note: As indicated in the obituaries above, black men were rudely
listed with one name only. There are quite a few single names on this
list, which may indicate that they are black men, and which is interesting
in that more than a dozen black men, then, are on this ship. It�s worth
looking into and we will attempt to find additional information. There
were a few ships in California Coastal waters with all-black crews.)
Adams, S.
Aleck, ?
Ayers, J.
Ballard, P.M.
Ballew, J.
Bannister, W.D.
Barclay, W.
Baron, H
Beardon, W.C.
Beaver, J.
Ben
Berry, W.P.
Bertoe, ?
Bird, N.
Brawley, W.
Bristol, John
Brown, C. and child
Bucklin, J.
Burns, E.
Calhoun, Ann
Cantrell, D.
Cantrell, J.
Carystone, Wm
Casoon, Wm
Cassady, P.
Chairs, ?
Chapman, ?
Chapman, H.
Clarke, Jno and child
Clarke, Thos
Clarkes, ? and two children under 12 years of age
Claunec, M.
Collett, W. (Is entered as W. Colllett)
Collins, B.Z.
Collins, E.
Conry, A.
Dalby, A.
Daniels, J.
David
Davis, J.M.
Denny, E.H.
Denny, Wm
Diamond, N.
Dickson, R.
Dobson, J.
Dobson, W.
Donahue, ? (Rasmussen noted "Dohahue")
Eden, Jos
Feeney, M.
Fetts, Wm
Flanely, P.
Fletcher, ?
Ford, C.
Ford, Jas
Frazer, J.
Gause, Benj
Gedford, J.
George, ?
George
Gilbert, ?
Goldsmith, R.
Gregg, W.
Grodan, ?
Hand, J.
Harris, B.
Harris, T.
Harrison, W.C.
Harry, ?
Hay, T.
Henderson, R.
Henry, ?
Henry (last name unknown, indicating this may be a black servant)
Hicks, Wm
Horgan, C.
Horgan, R.L.
Hosden, ?
Howell, C.C.
Howell, H.
Howren, Jas
Ingle, J.
Irvine, J.D.
Isaac
Jack, ?
Jacob, ?
John
Johnstone, P.M.
Johnstone, R.
Kearns, A.
Kearns, M.
Kimball, J.
Kincaid, J.A.
Kincaid, J.B.
Kinner, J.L.
Labby, B.
Lang, E.
Langstone, Jno
Lawson, William
Ledes, Jno
Lewis, J.
Lindsay, ?
Logan, ?
Lott, H
Mack, ?
Mahaffy, ?
McHaffy, ? (noted on Rasmussen's lists, but not in newspaper)
Marcus, W.
Martin, J.E.
Martin, Wm
Mathew, F.
Mathews, J.
Maun, Jas
McBrya, ?
McCarthy, J.
McCauliff, ?
McDay, ?
McDowell, Y.
McHaffy
McKenzie, Mary
Miller, C.
Mitchell, T.
Moglan, P.
Monday, John
Mulholland, John
Murphy, J.
Nathan, ?
Nathan, ?
Neighbors, J.
Nett, ?
O�Hara, D.
Pearce, E
Peoples, D.M.
Peoples, E.P.
Peoples, J.H.
Peter, Jos
Pinion, Wm
Potts, J.
Powers, J
Price, J.E.
Prince, ?
Quinlan, C.
Raffhery, P.
Rarrett, W.J.
Richards O
Riddle, Jno
Roach, H.
Sam
Scherford, ?
Sergent, J.
Sheen, Jas
Shuttle, W.
Silver, J.
Simon, P.
Smith, A.
Spriggs, A.J.
Swiney, J.M.
Tabou, J.
Take, J.
Toulon, Ann
Waddell, W.
Walton, J.
Warlick, J.
Washington, ?
Wedster, Jim
Wesant, F.
Wesant, Wm
Westly, ?
Wiley, J.
William, M.
Winch, C.
Winch, F.
Wright, J.
Zerterfeur, P.
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