Passenger Lists: San Francisco 1800s


SS Brother Jonathan

Arrive San Francisco

July 3, 1853
Captain James H. Blethen 
From San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua

Passage

July 3, 1853, Daily Alta California, San Francisco

The News from the Atlantic.

The news from the Atlantic States by the Brother Jonathan is very meagre. Nothing is transpiring in the political world, as there seems to be but one party to say anything, and that party thus far holds together so well that so signs of discord come to light. The Virginia Delegation, just elected to Congress, is entirely democratic, so that in both houses of Congress there will not be a solitary Whig from old Virginia. Surely the Whig party is pretty nearly of the things that were.

The circulation of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," having been prohibited in the Pope's dominions, the New York Herald thinks that the Pope must in like manner prohibit the author, and then the government may be called upon the maintain her rights. It is hardly probably that the peace of the world will be disturbed by "Uncle Tom," or its author.

A Convention consisting of Andrew Jackson Davis, William Lloyd Garrison, with Abbey Kelly and other strong minded women, was recently held at Hartford, Conn., to take into consideration the authenticity of the Bible. It was characterized by all the virulence and infidelity that have rendered such assemblages a disgrace to the people that engage in them.

The passengers on board the ship William and Mary, recently wrecked off the Great Isaacs, and whom it was feared were lost with the ship, were saved by a wrecking schooner, while the ship was drifting, just before she sunk.

Lieut. Whipple, with several assistants, left Washington on the 30th May for Fort Smith, Arkansas, where immediately upon arrival he will organize his party and proceed to survey the Pacific railroad route via Albuquerque . . .

The Maine Liquor Law was laid on the table in the Senate of New York by the casting vote of the President. The effect will be equivalent to indefinite postponement.

Madame Alboni left New York on the 1st of June for Europe, in the Africa. She has been a year in the country, and carries out of it $20,000 in exchange for her singing.

The Crystal Palace, 1850s.

The Crystal Palace will be completed and opened to the public on the 15th of July, according to the New York Herald.

Delegates to the Memphis Convention have been chosen in all the important cities of the South. One important object of this convention is to make Memphis or some other Southern port the terminus of the Pacific Railroad. The New Orleans people do not appear to like this idea, as it will not conduce especially to the prosperity of that city to have Memphis the great inland city of the Mississippi. Col. Benton, who is mortally opposed to Memphis, has gone to Washington to finish his book, treating the Convention with contempt. Whether he supposed his voice would not be heeded if he attended it or despised the influence of the Convention as too insignificant to merit his attention is not known.

Passengers per the Daily Alta California, July 3, 1853

Banman, A. and wife 
Barnes, D. B. 
Bassett, A. 
Beckwith, C. H. 
Bell, A. 
Beran, Mr., wife and three children 
Biggler, J. 
Binknap, W. 
Bloomfield, D. H. 
Blumenthan, J. 
Boland, E. 
Bouden, T. 
Briggs, Mrs. Emma 
Brooks, D. 
Brooks, J. 
Brown, S. J. (Might be Browe) 
Buchanan, A. 
Cabee, E. M. 
Cach, W. M. 
Clark, J. 
Clark, Miss Sarah 
Cohn, Mrs. D. 
Connelly, M. 
Cornell, Mrs. J. (Might be Corneil) 
Corney, N., Jr. 
Croker, A.F. 
Cross, A. 
Crostheit, D.D. 
Cunningham, J. 
Cunningham, J. A. 
Cunningham, Miss Sarah 
Cunningham, Mrs. J. J. 
Dawling, Captain 
Day, A., wife and child 
Day, P. and wife 
Dean, E. 
Decker, P. 
Deyers, M. 
Dicks, J.A. 
Dinchart, T. (Might be Linchart) 
Dural, Dr. 
Evans, Mr. 
Field, W. 
Fitzpatrick, P. 
Fogg, N. 
Frey, W. 
Gardner, J. H. 
Gates, D., wife and three children 
Gordon, G. M. 
Goslin, Mrs. and two children 
Hathaway, V. 
Hedges, N. 
Henly, D. P. and wife 
Hopely, J. 
Hopkins, Mrs. M.A. and three children 
Hull, M. 
Isaac, R. 
Jackson, J. 
Jelly, M. R. 
Johnson, C. 
Johnson, J. W. 
Johnson, Mrs. B. 
Keene, D. (Might be Keens) 
Kennedy, Mrs. Ellen and three children 
Keyser, F. W. 
King, D. Y. 
Knox, H. 
Kolten, M. 
Lake, J. 
Lane, G. A. 
Lavine, A. 
Lawson, Mrs. P. and child 
Lehmour, L. 
Lenman, J. A. (Might be Leeman) 
Letien, W. 
Levy, B. 
Lindcom, J. (Might be Lindcam or Lindcem) 
Lindoner, H. 
Liskine, D. 
Lock, E. 
Lold, Mrs. G. F. 
Lorench, H. 
Luff, J. T. and wife 
Luker, J. 
Macy, Mrs. Ellen and two children 
Maloy, M., wife and child 
Mays, J. 
McDonald, H. 
McNally, J. R. 
Miller, W. 
Morrison, A., wife and child 
Mullson, Mrs. B. C. and child (Might be Mullsen) 
Neuman, J. 
O'Rourke, Ellen 
Openheimer, M. and wife 
Osborn, T. 
Overfield, A. H. (Might be A.R. Overfield) 
Parsons, T. L. 
Pinkham, Mrs. J. 
Pinsechein, J. 
Piper, G. 
Plumb, Miss Susan 
Pope, J. and wife 
Prentiss, Mr. and lady 
Prescott, S. 
Pyper, J. 
Rankin, R. and lady 
Reggio, A. G. 
Reihl, A. 
Riggone, M. A. and wife 
Robinson, Mrs. E. 
Robinson, Mrs. Eliza and child 
Sawyer, J. H. 
Schull, J. A. 
Scribner, J. H. (Might be T. H. Scribner) 
Shuck, A. 
Smith, S. 
Staples, J. A. 
Strickland, D. 
Sullivan, J. D. 
Thompson, D. and two boys 
Thompson, Mrs. S. P. 
Traynor, J. 
Tuttle, Miss A. C. 
Tuttle, Miss W. C. 
Wesleman, G. 
Whelan, Mrs. B. 
Whiting, . C. 
Wignell, S. 
Williams, F. 
Wolf, H.

From a reader: A passenger list was also published in the Sacramento Daily Union of July 4, 1853 with names not mentioned in the Daily Alta, and of particular interest to me, the (misspelled) names of my gr-gr-grandparents, their son (my gr-grandfather), and a brother-in-law: “L. Schuover, Mrs. Schuover and child, J. Schuover.” The list was attached and is printed below with thanks to the reader. 

Passengers per the Sacramento Daily Union, July 4, 1853

Per Brother Jonathan from San Juan:

Robert Rankin and lady
Mrs. P. Lawson and child
Mrs. F. Lord
J. Lindaner
Mrs. H. Mullison and child
Mrs. Emma Briggs
Mrs. Eliza Robinson and chil
J. H. Gardiner
W. McCoach
O. J. Whiting
P. Decker
P. W. Keyser
T. L. Parsons
J. Brooks
J. Bengie
Miss W. E. Tuttle
Miss A. C. Tuttle
J. Rhopoe and wife
R. Isaac
S. Newman
A. L. Vine (note: printed as vine)
H. Wolf
J.A. Dicks
J. Seeman
J. W. Johnson
J. Jackson
G. M. Jordan
Mrs. Ellen Macey and 2 children
S. Wignall and wife
Mrs. Ellen Kennedy and child
Mrs. S. P. Thompson
Mrs. S. J. Pinkham
Capt. Dowling
John Mays
J. Kopley
G. D. Crosthwait
A. Bell
W. H. Brumfield
W. P. Henry and wife
D. B. Barnes
J. O'Sullivan
Mrs. J. Cornell
Mrs. B. Johnson
Adam Day, wife and daughter
W. Fields
D. Brooks
A. J. Reggio
Miss Susan Plum (Note: Above list notes "Plumb")
J. S. Luff and wife (Note: Above list notes "J. T. Luff and wife")
D. S. Duval
G. A. Low
A. H. Overfield
A. Morrison, wife and child
Mrs. B. Whalan (Note: Above list notes B. Whalen)
J. Blumenthal
A. Lindaner
J. Piuschawer
J. R. McNeille
Mrs. Dorah Cohn
D. J. King
V. Hathaway
J. A. Staples
E. Lock
J. Lake
J. J. Cunningham
Miss Sarah Cunningham
Mrs. M. A. Hopkins and 3 children
Mrs. E. Robinson
Mr. A. Reggio and wife
Mr. Beven, wife and 3 children
Mr. Evans
T. H. Scribner
H. Knox
M. Openheimer and lady
John Clark
H. Lorencet
N. Lorencet
J. Pyper
M. Prentiss and lady
S. J. Brown
Cross
T. Dinehart
H. McDonald
C. H. Beckwith
T. Smith
F. William
P. Day and wife
A. Shuk
J. H. Sawyer
A. F. Crocker
G. Wessleman
B. Strickland
F. Osborne
D. Thompson and 2 boys
J. Cunningham
Miss S. Clark
A. N. Hedges
P. Fitzpatrick
Mrs. Goslinski and two children
S. Prescott
E. Borland
A. Basset
W. Fry
E. Barnman and wife
A. Dean
N. Cory, Jr.
W. Miller
M. Hyers
T. Rowden
J. Traynor
M. Connally
E. McCabe
Ellen O'Rourke
A. Buchanan
D. Denns
M. Hull
J. A. Schull
R. Jolly
B. Levy N. Rehl
J. Cunningham
D. Siskine
L. Schuover
Mrs. Schuover and child
J. Schuover
C. Johnson
G. Piper
D. Gates, wife and 3 children
W. Burkamp
M. Kloten
W. Levers
N. Fogg
M. Maloy, wife and cild
J. Lufkin
and 257 in the steerage
Total 400: 52 women and 24 children

From a reader: A passenger list was also published in the Sacramento Daily Union of July 4, 1853 with names not mentioned in the Daily Alta, and of particular interest to me, the (misspelled) names of my gr-gr-grandparents, their son (my gr-grandfather), and a brother-in-law: “L. Schuover, Mrs. Schuover and child, J. Schuover.” The list was attached and is printed below with thanks to the reader. 

Passengers per the Sacramento Daily Union, July 4, 1853

Per Brother Jonathan from San Juan:

Robert Rankin and lady
Mrs. P. Lawson and child
Mrs. F. Lord
J. Lindaner
Mrs. H. Mullison and child
Mrs. Emma Briggs
Mrs. Eliza Robinson and chil
J. H. Gardiner
W. McCoach
O. J. Whiting
P. Decker
P. W. Keyser
T. L. Parsons
J. Brooks
J. Bengie
Miss W. E. Tuttle
Miss A. C. Tuttle
J. Rhopoe and wife
R. Isaac
S. Newman
A. L. Vine (note: printed as vine)
H. Wolf
J.A. Dicks
J. Seeman
J. W. Johnson
J. Jackson
G. M. Jordan
Mrs. Ellen Macey and 2 children
S. Wignall and wife
Mrs. Ellen Kennedy and child
Mrs. S. P. Thompson
Mrs. S. J. Pinkham
Capt. Dowling
John Mays
J. Kopley
G. D. Crosthwait
A. Bell
W. H. Brumfield
W. P. Henry and wife
D. B. Barnes
J. O'Sullivan
Mrs. J. Cornell
Mrs. B. Johnson
Adam Day, wife and daughter
W. Fields
D. Brooks
A. J. Reggio
Miss Susan Plum
J. S. Luff and wife
D. S. Duval
G. A. Low
A. H. Overfield
A. Morrison, wife and child
Mrs. B. Whalan
J. Blumenthal
A. Lindaner
J. Piuschawer (Note: Above lists notes Pinsechein, J.)
J. R. McNeille
Mrs. Dorah Cohn
D. J. King
V. Hathaway
J. A. Staples
E. Lock
J. Lake
J. J. Cunningham
Miss Sarah Cunningham
Mrs. M. A. Hopkins and 3 children
Mrs. E. Robinson
Mr. A. Reggio and wife
Mr. Beven, wife and 3 children
Mr. Evans
T. H. Scribner
H. Knox
M. Openheimer and lady
John Clark
H. Lorencet
N. Lorencet
J. Pyper
M. Prentiss and lady
S. J. Brown
Cross
T. Dinehart
H. McDonald
C. H. Beckwith
T. Smith
F. William
P. Day and wife
A. Shuk
J. H. Sawyer
A. F. Crocker
G. Wessleman
B. Strickland
F. Osborne
D. Thompson adn 2 boys
J. Cunningham
Miss S. Clark
A. N. Hedges
P. Fitzpatrick
Mrs. Goslinski and two children
S. Prescott
E. Borland
A. Basset
W. Fry
E. Barnman and wife
A. Dean
N. Cory, Jr.
W. Miller
M. Hyers
T. Rowden
J. Traynor
M. Connally
E. McCabe
Ellen O'Rourke
A. Buchanan
D. Denns
M. Hull
J. A. Schull
R. Jolly
B. Levy N. Rehl
J. Cunningham
D. Siskine
L. Schuover
Mrs. Schuover and child
J. Schuover
C. Johnson
G. Piper
D. Gates, wife and 3 children
W. Burkamp
M. Kloten
W. Levers
N. Fogg
M. Maloy, wife and cild
J. Lufkin
and 257 in the steerage
Total 400: 52 women and 24 children


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