Passenger Lists: San Francisco 1800s

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SS Isthmus

Arrive San Francisco

April 15, 1852
Ship Isthmus
Captain Harris
From Panama

Passage

Departed Panama on March 14, 1852, arrived San Francisco via intermediate ports.

Passengers

Adams, George
Aldridge, S.
Alexander, J.
Arvis, C.
Austin, J.G.
Avery, J. L. and twelve servants
Bacon, D.
Baker, L.
Baker, P.W.
Baley, W.F.
Baron, C.
Baron, G.
Bartlett, D.
Bartlett, D. L.
Bates, B. F.
Berhard, R.
Bevier, O.
Bilding, D.K.
Bissell, L.
Boley, L. F., lady and son
Bolton, G.
Bonneson, 
Bosca, M. and lady
Bowman, Z.
Brainard, D. L.
Brainard, S. L.
Braswell, M.
Brick, S. S.
Bright, W.
Brown, A.
Brown, E.
Bryant, F. H.
Burke, 
Burkhard, P.
Callahan
Callahan, Mrs. and two children
Carmans, H.A. (Difficult to read. Might be Carmena, Carmens, other.)
Carter, G.
Case, C.
Case, G.
Casper, Miss
Casper, Rev. J. W., lady and son
Chastano, J. M.
Clery, M.
Cluffy, Daniel and lady
Cluffy, James
Cluffy, William
Colvin, A. H.
Comstock, P.
Condray, J. B.
Conner, J.
Cook, D.
Cordes, C.
Coteman, G.W.
Crane, G.A.
Crane, J.
Criswell, J.A.
Crowell, B.H.
Curran, B.
Curtis, C. E.
Dam, G. W.
Delaney, T.
Derbyshire, T.
Dorsey, 
Dotsen, C. W.
Dougall, L.
Dunlap, E.
Durey, J.
Elliott, George
Erwin, A. H. and seven servants
Evans, J.C.
Everell, J.
Faber, J.
Fee, L.W. (Note: This is adjacent to "Lee" on the lists. One may be a misspelling.)
Field, W.E.
Fisher, J.
Fiske, E.
Fiske, H.
Fiske, H. G.
Flaherty, F.
Fox, P. V.
Freeman, B.
French, J. 
Frost, G.
Fullam, H.
Furry, H.
Georget, William (Might be Georgei)
Giles, E.
Glover, P.
Godfrey, Mrs.
Gordon, W.
Gould, J.M.
Gould, S.S.
Graff, E.C.
Graham, G.
Graham, Mrs. M.A. and child
Gravensporst, A.
Griffin, Mr.
Griffin, Mrs.
Griffith, H.
Griffith, L.
Hall, J. R.
Halsey, M.
Hamilton, D.
Harber, N.P.
Hardie, S.
Harper, R.
Harper, W.
Harrington, S.
Harris, J.
Hartshorn, H.
Henry, J. (Adjacent to William Henrys. One may be a misspelling.)
Henry, J.R.
Henrys, William (Adjacent to J. Henry. One may be a misspelling.)
Hevener, J.
Hevener, W.
Hicks, H. H.
Hill, Rev. J. B.
Hilt, W.
Hodgkin, W.
Hood, F. W.
Hood, J. R.
Houch, D.
Hovey, H.
Hull, J.H.
Hull, W.E.
Hurlburt, D.
Hurlburt, H.
Hutchinson, J.
Hutchinson, W.F. and two servants
Huyck, E.
Iron, W. T.
Jack, R.
Jackson, J.
Johnston, N.
Johnston, W.
Keese, Jacob
Kelly, P.
Kelly, Rev. J.W., lady, three children, and servant
Kempf, J.
Kewick, H.
Kross, H.
Lallier, F.
Lanman, D.
Lathrop, E.
Lee, N. H. (Note: This is adjacent to "Fee" on the lists. One may be a misspelling.)
Leonard, A.
Lewis, Miss. P.
Light, A. A.
Limberl, M.
Lisey, John and lady
Long, N.
Longly, B.
Lott, E.
Loville, J.C.
Luce, L.
Luck, 
Luck, C.W.
Lufkin, D.T.
Lunchback, A.
M'Cabe, R. (Difficult to read. Might be R.M. Cabe.)
Mahoney, A.
Manley, E.
Marsh, C.
Martin, L.
McCarty, H.
McCray, E.
McCreary, G.
McDowell, A. J. and five servants
McGee, Mr. and lady
McKnighton, J.
McKnighton, S.
McLean, E.
McLean, E.
McMurray, S.
Medford, P.M.
Mendels, E.S., lady and four children
Merriam, A.D.
Merriam, P.D.
Mitchell, A.
Mitchell, H.
Mitchell, W.R.
Molody, D.
Mooney, L.
Morgan, T.E.
Moson, N.H.
Mostellay, L.
Munroe, James
Murdock, W.
Murphy, R.
Myrtle, 
Newell, W.J.
Newman, W.S.
Nichols, A.S.
Nichols, C.
Nitcote, E.F.
Parsons, P.
Parvin, T.S.
Penoyer, C.
Perry, J.M.
Philips, G.D.
Pinkham, V.
Piper, E.
Pippert, C.
Platt, E.
Pope, L.
Potts, C.
Preston, H.O.
Pridly, E.
Pritch, H.
Pulver, H.
Reach, P.
Reed, S.
Richards, E.
Richardson, H. F.
Richardson, N. H.
Richmond, J. H.
Robinson, J.
Rockwell, E.C.
Runde, J.
Russell, 
Russell, Mrs. and four children
Salter, R.
Saltmach, H.
Sampson, T.
Sampson, W.
Sande, Henry
Sanford, W. S.
Sargent, S. H.
Scarborough, E., Jr.
Schenck, P.P.
Schumack, A.
Scott, W.
Seaman, M.
Shaw, G.
Shonholl, M.
Slayton, G. C.
Slayton, O. O.
Smith, E. L. C.
Smith, L.
Smith, W.
Sprague, A.
Stearns, J.
Stevens, J.
Stoops, J.
Straper, F.
Sutherland, G. D.
Sylvester, A.
Tabor, J. C.
Terry, J.
Thomas, E.
Thompson, J.M.
Tichnor, Mrs. and three children
Trouette, Madame and child
Tucker, J.
Uppeck, S.
Vail, D.P.
Van Arne, C.
Van Riper, J. and lady
Van Trump, S.
Van Trump, Samuel
Verdier, Mr.
Wade, G. B. R.
Wadhams, A. E.
Walcott, W. H.
Walker, 
Walker, D.
Walker, Mrs.
Walman, H.
Waltham, R.
Ware, J.H.
Warlic, C.
Way, H.M.
Weaver, T.
Webster II, Mr.
Webster, 
Weeks, J. L.
White, J.
Williamson, Mrs.
Winters, M. and servant
Wood, A.
Wood, A.
Wood, D.
Wood, J.M.
Wood, J.W.
Wood, L.
Wood, S.
Worrey, H.H.
Worrey, S.J.
Wrede, J.
Wright, J.
Wright, James K.
Wright, R. A.
Wright, R. A. (R. A. Wright is listed twice.) 
Young, C.A.
Young, J.
Young, Mrs.

Boarded at Acapulco, Mexico:

Bailey, J.
Cheney, E.G.
Cram, Captain
Dolds, Mr.
Furney, .H.
Harris, Mrs.
Martin, Miss
Moody, Capt. S.
Morris, C. H.
Pollack, E.
Sharp, W. H.
Sheridan, G. M.
Stephens, Col.
Stephens, R.
Stevens, J. C.
Tompkins, P. B.
Ulrich, F.
Van Amburgh, P.
Van Winkle, D.

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