Passenger Lists: San Francisco 1800s

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SS Tennessee

Arrive San Francisco

January 19, 1853
SS Tennessee 
Lt. George M. Totten, Captain
From Panama

Passage

January 20, 1853, Daily Alta California, San Francisco

Arrival of the Tennessee

The P.M. Steamer Tennessee arrives yesterday at noon, from Panama, which port she left on the 4th inst., having on board the U.S. Mail of the 20th Dec., consisting of about one hundred and ninety full bags. The Tennessee had a list of 443 passengers, among whom was the Rev. Bishop Ames, and Wm. T. Coleman Esq. Of this city. We regret to hear of the illness which has occurred during the trip of the Tennessee. The report will be found in another column. Capt. Totten and Mr. Schell have placed us under obligations for their attention to our news reporter and to the office, as have also Messrs. Wells, Fargo & Co., Adams & Co., and Berford, for their prompt delivery of our despatches.

By this arrive we have one day later intelligence from New York, our papers from that city bearing date of the 21st December, although telegraphic despatches, via New Orleans, were received by the Pacific of the morning of the same day. The bad condition of the roads over the Isthmus has had a tendency to check the travel for the present .

The steamers Illinois and Philadelphia, arrived at Aspinwall to connect with the Tennessee, had altogether but four hundred passengers for California. People prefer waiting a month or more rater than venture or risk the present inconvenience of travel on that part of the route. But from all we can hear the facilities are not so bad as they are represented through the Atlantic States. In a month or so it is thought the emigration will commence again.

Isthmus Intelligence.

The Tennessee brings us files of the Star, Echo, and Herald to the 4th inst., which however do not contain the usual amount of interesting matter. The roads to Cruces and Gorgona were not improving, nor had the wet season terminated. The election of Don Manuel Hurtado to the Commercial Judgeship has given general satisfaction to the American residents. Mr. Edward Hicks has been appointed professor of modern languages in the College of the Panama.

The Illinois brought out on her last trip 300 laborers for the Railroad Company. We understand that the Company intends to push on the works with increased activity . . . The American shipHampden,which arrived in this port from New York on Sunday inst. Brings a large quantity of railroad materials, and among other things, a number of carts for carrying on the work, so that we may expect to see operations commenced at this end at an early date.--Star

GRAND BALL. We learn that a grand ball is about to be given shortly by the native and foreign citizens of Panama to his Excellency, General Herrera, as a mark of the esteem in which he has been held during his term of office on the Isthmus. (Image: Statue of General Herrera) --Star

Memoranda.

Per Tennessee - Left here for Panama on the 16th Dec., and made then to Acapulco in 7-1/2 days. After leaving Acapulco met with strong adverse currents all the way to Panama, where she arrived on the 30th. Jan 4th, at 10 P.M., sailed from Panama for San Francisco, having on board the U.S. mails (which left New York on the 21st Dec) and 443 passengers.

Arrived at Acapulco at 10 P.M. 10th inst. The U.S. sloop-of-war Portsmouth was lying at anchor in the harbor, having arrived two days previous from San Francisco; officers and crew all well; she expected to sail on the 11th for Panama. The French frigate Penelope was also in the harbor, intending to leave for Panama in a day or two. The ship Commonwealth arrived on the 5th inst. With 1400 tons coal, to P.M.S. Co., 133 days from Boston. On the 11th inst., at 10 A.M., left Acapulco. On the 17th at 1 P.M., boarded steamer Golden Gate bound down, passengers and crew all well. At 3 P.M., arrived at San Diego; exchanged mails and sailed at 4-1/2 P.M. Passed Monterey in a thick fog at 4-1/2 A.M. on the 19th. During the passage the weather has been remarkable cool and pleasant. Running time from Panama, 14 days.

January 20, 1853, Daily Alta California, San Francisco

Meeting on Board the Tennessee.

At a meeting of the passengers, held on board P.M.S.S. Co steamer Tennessee,, on the 19th January, 1853, at 10 o'clock, A.M., William T. Coleman, Esq., was called to the chair, and Messrs. C. A. McNulty, Benj. A. Brown, Albert Berry, and P.W. Sherman, were appointed vice presidents; Messrs. T. R. Anthony, and J. A. Thompson, were appointed secretaries.

On a motion, the President appointed Messrs. Wm. R. McCally, H. Hazeltine, W. H. Hoy, James C. Stebbins, and John Dows, a committee, to draft resolutions expressive of the sense of this meeting.

The following resolutions were reported by said committee and unanimously adopted:

Resolved, That we feel with more than ordinary force the sense of duty and justice in expressing our high approval of praise to the officers and crew of the ship, for their kindness and courtesy, and for the untiring diligence, in the performance of their whole duty during our late trying scenes on the passage from Panama to San Francisco.

Resolved, That of Capt. Geo. M. Totten, whose police is unsurpassed, and whose ship is a very pattern of cleanliness and order, and whose urbanity and regard, was equal to all. The travelling public cannot have to high an appreciation, and his passengers most heartily approve and commend.

Resolved, That of the Purser Theo. L. Schell, whose gentlemanly deportment won favor from all, and whose correctness in every move and obliging attractions, went so far to make us comfortable.

Resolved, That of the unstopping, untiring and efficient 1st officer, Mr. Peter H. Dowlie, who sacrificed his quarters and his comforts for the relief of the sick, we feel we cannot speak too highly. But it is of Dr. .H. McNaughton, the Surgeon of whom we would most particularly make mention. We have never witnessed deeper devotion to duty, greater alacrity in attending to the calls of the sick, or more unceasing exertions to relieve their distresses. For several days he saw no sleep, and was ever found at the side and administering to the wants of the afflicted; personal privation was the consequence, and he was alike temporarily a fellow sufferer; but his nerves again brought him to his feet, and he has throughout unflinchingly stood at his post. For such men we feel we cannot say enough; they may meet with embarrassments and the virulence of disease may sometimes baffle them, but their energy and assiduity will eventually bear them out in triumph.

Resolved, That these proceedings be published in the San Francisco, Sacramento, Stockton and Marysville papers, and that the officers of the meeting present a copy of the same to the officers of the ship.

Signed,
Wm. T. Coleman, President

Cargo

190 full bags of mail. 
Advertised on January 20 in the Daily Alta California for sale by Cooke, Kenney & Co. at Stationery Hall:

Received Per Steamer Tennessee -- Pictorial Life of David Crockett; Waldo Warren, a tale by Emerson Bennett; First Love; a story of Woman's Heart, by Eugene Sue; Whig Review; New York Illustrated News; New York Picayune; Gleeson's pictorial; and "Papers from all parts of the United States of the latest dates."

Passengers

Abbott, A. 
Adams, H.S. 
Allen, W. 
Allen, W. S. (Might be W.G.) 
Almeir, C. 
Alverson, P. 
Ames, Rev. Bishop 
Anthony, T. R. 
Appleton, D. H. 
Arnold, A. 
Arthur, G. W. 
Atkins, H. B. 
Avery, J. W. and son 
Bailey, B. J. (Sp Balley) 
Barrow, Wm. E. (Sp Banrew) 
Barton, A. 
Barton, H. 
Beckt, B. B. 
Belding, J. 
Berry, Albert (Note: He is not included in the passenger list, but he was at a meeting of the passengers as reported above) 
Bevins, E. D. 
Biglow, H. 
Biglow, Mrs. 
Billings, C. W. 
Bingham, J. 
Bioren, Chas. 
Birchley, E. 
Blair, F. 
Bloom, J. H. 
Bioren, Chas. 
Bogan, M. 
Bogatt, A. 
Boggs, Mrs. A. (A Jms. Boggs, age 35 of Ireland, died January 19th) 
Bolch, John 
Bonsheim, H. (Could be Bonsbeim) 
Bonsheim, L. 
Bordon, W. 
Boylan, J.S. 
Brannon, E. 
Briggs, John 
Bromberg, Jno. 
Brown, B.H. (This may be the Benjamin A. Brown noted as attending the meeting of passengers above) 
Brown, J.D. 
Brown, S.C. 
Browne, Horatio (Age 43 of Lexington, Mass died January 11 during passage) 
Bryant, D.R. 
Burke, Miss, brother and servant 
Burnham, Mrs. and child 
Burt, W. 
Buzzard, S. 
Calloway, M. T. 
Campbell, S. 
Carpenter, Henry (Age 22 from New York City, died January 17th during passage) 
Castle, Jos. 
Chalener, Mrs. 
Champion, A. 
Chandler, Mrs. and two children 
Charrington, W. H. 
Cheeney, Wm. (Of Syracuse, New York, age 25, died January 8th during passage) 
Cheening, Wm. (Note Cheeney and Cheening - unusual name. Could be related and one a misspelling) 
Chisin, A. 
Cionsin, M. (Spelling ) 
Cohen, D. 
Cohn, Mrs. and child 
Coleman, Wm. T. Esq. and servant 
Colemon, W.C. (Could be Caleman) 
Collins, Miss P. 
Comache, M. 
Compton, P. 
Conn, E.W. 
Corgin, P. W. 
Cory, Capt. 
Cough, H. 
Coyle, D. 
Craigneryer, P. L. 
Crawford, H. 
Crawley, T. 
Crockett, B. 
Curren, D. 
Curtis, P. 
Daily, Mrs. and two children 
Dart, Mrs. E. 
Day, J.S. 
Deltmer, E. 
Deming, H.W. (Horace Deming, age 30 of Washington, Ohio, died January 10th during passage) 
Dewey, E. 
Dews, Jno and lady 
Dillon, E. 
Dolan, Wm. 
Dole, R.R. 
Donnelly, A. 
Donohue, A.P. 
Downs, M. 
Doyle, Jno 
Draper, G.W. 
Dunegar, B. 
Dualter, Adam (Age 32 of Nashville, Tennessee, died January 11 during passage) 
Duwalter, D. 
Eagan, M. (Might be Fagan) 
Easton, G.A. 
Easton, G.A. 
EcNuve, M. 
Edwards, E. 
Edwards, Mr. and two children 
Edwards, Mrs. 
Edwards, T. 
Eells, R. (Rufus Eells, age 225 of Perrysburgh, N.Y. died January 10th during passage) 
Effort, H. 
Ehl, P. 
Elliot, I. H. (Could be L. H.) 
Elliot, W. H. 
Elliott, Mrs. 
Elliott, R. 
Ely, W. C. 
Erasmus, V. 
Eunner, Jas. 
Evans, Caleb (Age 40, from Armsville, Oneida Co., NY, died Jan 9th during passage) 
Evans, C. E. 
Evans, W. 
Finnesy, Wm. 
Fisk, Jno B. 
Fitch, J. G. 
Fitch, J. G. 
Fitzgerald, Mr. 
Fitzgerrald, P. (In the Alta with the double "r" and adjacent to Mr. Fitzgerald with one "r") 
Flinn, M. 
Follansby, W. 
Freeman, Mrs. 
Freeman, T. and son 
Frier, J. 
Fuller, T. J. 
Fuller, Thos. 
Gardner, B. 
Garret, P, wife and three children 
Garrett, W. 
Garrety, P. 
Garvin, Jas. 
Garvin, Mr. 
Gillan, H. 
Goff, A.M. 
Gordon, Miss E. 
Grant, Miss A. R. 
Gray, H. 
Greaser, W. 
Gugger, Chs. 
Gurrett, E. 
Gurtan, D. 
Haas, Solomon (Age 36, of Nashville, Tennessee, died January 15th during passage) 
Haight, S. S. 
Halleck, A. J. 
Hallet, S. F. 
Halliday, G. C. and lady 
Hallowy, L. 
Ham, D. 
Haniford, G. 
Hann, S.W. 
Hanson, Miss A.S. 
Hanson, Mr. 
Harbeck, D. L. 
Harl, L. W. (Could be L. W. Hard) 
Harmon, Mrs. S. H. 
Harmon, S .H. 
Harris, Wm. 
Hazeltine, H. 
Helpman, A. 
Hendrdicks, P. 
Henry, J. 
Herbeck, D.L. 
Herps, A. (Could be Herpa or Herpe) 
Hewlet, W. (this is listed with one "t") 
Hewlett, W. 
Hide, E. C. (E. Hide, age 21 of Chenango Co., N.Y., died January 15th during passage) 
Higgins, A. 
Hine, C. 
Hitchcock, A.B. 
Hodgdon, Mrs. M. 
Holland, S.M. 
Holland, S.M. (Two S.M. Holland's are on the list) 
Hosemer, W. O. 
Howell, B. 
Hoy, W.H., wife and two children 
Hudspeth, S. (Could be Hudspath) 
Huff, J. A. 
Hughes, W. 
Hull, J. 
Humes, W. 
Hunter, L. 
Hurd, B. R. 
Hutchinson, C.G. 
Hutchinson, S. 
Isaacs, Jno S. 
Jacobs, R.G. (Age 29 of Roxbury, Mass., died January 15th during passage) 
Jeffreys, A. 
Jenkins, J. 
Jenkins, J. R. 
Johnson, C. 
Jones, (No first name listed) 
Jones, C. W. V. B. (Age 21 from Galen, Wayne Co., N.Y., died on January 11 during passage) 
Jones, John 
Jones, S. 
Josey, E. L. 
Keiser, M. 
Kelley, Jas. 
Kelly, Jas. 
Kembell, K. 
Kemble, M. 
Kennedy, D. 
Kennedy, J. V. B. 
Kimbell, Mira (Age 43 of Norfolk, St. Lawrence Co., N.Y., died January 9th during passage) 
Kingsland, C. W. 
Kinman, J. and wife 
Kleeham, M. 
Knox, S. 
Lawrence, D. 
Lawrence, J. F. 
Lazarus, M. 
Lee, Miss M. 
Lee, Miss Mary 
Lee, Mrs. 
Leitch, M. C. 
Lemen, G. H. 
Leonard, J. 
Leppins, L. (Could be Lappins or Loppins) 
Little, H. 
Love, Miss F. 
Madden, J. C. 
Mader, J. 
Malone, J. 
Maloy, Mr. 
Markly, H. 
Marks, Hugh (Age 43 of Philadelphia, died Jan. 10th during passage) 
Marks, J. 
Marsh, M. 
Marsha, A. 
Mathews, C. W. 
Matterly, H. G. 
Maxwell, Jno. 
McCaffring, Mrs. 
McCarthy, P. 
McCarty, J. 
McCaul, H. 
McCaul, W. R. 
McClieg, W. 
McClosky, J. 
McCormick, J. 
McDonald, John 
McDonald, Mrs. 
McDonough, J. 
McDowell, J. 
McFarland, J. 
McFarland, M. 
McGowan, L. (Guessing at first letter "M" - it is missing from the Alta) 
McGraff, L. 
McGurmigal, Geo 
McLelland, G. W. 
McNamee, F. 
McNulty, C.A., wife and two children 
Mead, A. 
Mead, W. H. 
Melchan, E. 
Melviille, J. 
Mercer, A. 
Meyer, M. 
Middleton, T. 
Moring, B. H. 
Morrill, O. F. 
Mowray, F. 
Muller, J. 
Munroe, Mrs. 
Mute, H. 
Myers, M. 
Nell, Peter 
O Harra, Mrs. M. 
Palmer, Miss and servant 
Patton, R. C. 
Peas, J. H. 
Peas, Mrs. M. 
Peoples, A. A. 
Pfiel, J. 
Plummer, H. 
Poisal, T. 
Pond, G. 
Poop, J. 
Pound, D. E. (D. Pound, age 29 of Erie Co., N.Y., died January 15th during passage) 
Powers, C. 
Powers, E. 
Price, Miss C. 
Purkett, J. H. 
Quackenboss, D. S. 
Quigly, M. and lady 
Ramsey, W. 
Ranch, Wm. 
Raynor, Chas. 
Rede, J. S. 
Ricards, Jno 
Ricards, Mrs., daughter, servant and child. 
Rice, C. H. 
Rice, Miss E. 
Richards, O. S. 
A. Richardson, age 21 of Schuyler, Henkimer Co., N.Y., died January 11th during passage - this may be the "lady" referred to with L.R. below) 
Richardson, L. R. and lady 
Richardson, N. 
Rider, J. 
Riley, M. 
Robins, W. 
Roble, J. C. 
Rosenbaum, M. and servant (Age 43 of New York City, died January 11 during passage) 
Rosenbaum, S. D. 
Rossiter, J. 
Rowland, J. L. 
Ryan, D. 
Ryan, John 
Ryan, W. 
Ryder, B. H. 
Ryder, H. 
Ryder, I. 
Ryer, Geo. 
Ryer, Geo. 
Sadore, A. 
Sampson, Francis 
Sanderson, O.W. 
Schenck, P. 
Scott, H. 
Scott, M. E. 
Seeley, N.B. (Seely and Seeley are adjacent on the passenger list so one of the spellings could be incorrect) 
Seely, C. R. 
Seymore, A. 
Sharbott, R. 
Sharpe, J., lady and child 
Shean, J. 
Sheeford, R. 
Sheppard, H. 
Sheppard, J. 
Sheppard, J. H. 
Sherman, L. 
Sherman, L. N. 
Sherman, O. 
Sherman, P.W. (He was listed as P.W. Shurman on the lists, but Sherman seems correct) 
Small, F. 
Smith, E. 
Smith, H. 
Smith, J. 
Smith, J. 
Smith, L. (Levi Smith, age 23, from Lowell, Oneida Co., N.Y., died January 11 during passage) 
Smith, Wm. 
Sommervillle, R. 
Sontag, J.H. 
Sosthes, Capt. E. (Cannot read last name so this is a guess) 
Soule, E. H. 
Soule, J. 
Spears, H.A. and lady 
Spellham, Mast. 
Spellman, Fran 
Spencer, J. 
Stebbins, James C. 
Sterling, Jo 
Stevens, S. R. 
Stickney, W. R. 
Stiles, E. C. 
Stock, S. 
Storey, Jas. 
Storms, C. W. 
Storms, W. 
Straway, John 
Streeter, J. 
Strong, M. 
Stubbs, S. 
Surdam, A. V. 
Swerzing, S. 
Swift, Dr. 
Tarlton, F. 
Taylor, D. 
Taylor, J. 
Taylor, R. 
Taylor, Wm. 
Tebarge, M. 
Thomas, Mrs. P. and child 
Thompson, J. 
Thompson, J. A. and child 
Thornton, Mrs. M.J. 
Thurston, E. M. 
Tice, C. C. 
Tichnor, M. H. and lady 
Turner, D. 
Turner, J. J. 
Turner, John 
Turner, M. C. 
Vanderbilt, W. 
Walan, E. 
Walan, J. 
Waters, E.D. 
Waters, Maria 
Weaver, J. 
Weber, A. B. 
Westcott, Capt. Geo. C., U.S.A. (From Princeton, N.J., age 30, died on January 8th before reaching S.F.) 
Wetmore, B. 
Wheeler, S. 
Whetstone, A. J. 
Whitcomb, D. 
Whitcomb, D. (Two D. Whitcomb's listed) 
Williams, T. H. 
Willis, A. 
Wilson, J. 
Wood, C. C. 
Woodbridge, A. 
Woodbridge, F. H. 
Woodside, E. G. 
Woodside, T. F. 
Woolf, L. 
Worthhouse, A. 
Wright, W. H. 
Wyman, R. A. 
Wyman, W.