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1848 - 1873
Ship Passenger Lists
Wagon Train Lists
Isthmus of Panama Passenger Information
This site contains passenger lists for ships and wagon
trains traveling to California between 1848 and 1873. The lists are transcribed
from microfilm of the New York Daily Times, the New York Herald,
the New Orleans Picayune, the Panama Star, the Panama
Herald, and the Boston Daily Evening Transcript. When
possible, passengers will be linked to the ship they later boarded on the
Pacific side of the Isthmus for the final leg of the journey to San Francisco.
Other major printed works that should be checked:
Louis J. Rasmussen's "San Francisco
Passenger Lists,"
Vols. 1, 2, and 4, and "California
Wagon Train Lists," Vol. 1. Rasmussen's books cover, roughly,
1850-1865 for ship lists and April 5, 1849, through October 20, 1852, for
wagon train lists.
Peter E. Carr's "San Francisco Passenger
Departures," Volumes 3 and 4, for passengers departing
San Francisco for Central America, July 15, 1851, through June 16, 1852.
Libera Martina Spinazze's "INDEX to the
ARGONAUTS of CALIFORNIA". "Argonauts
of California," was published in 1890
and written by Charles Warren Haskins. It is a compilation of 27,000
names of California pioneers who entered the State prior to 1850. For a
description, click HERE. Please read the
IMPORTANT
NOTES at the bottom of that page.
(Charles Warren
Haskins passenger listing on board ship America
from New Bedford, MA)
Other recommended web sites:
MARITIME HERITAGE PROJECT.
The MHP site contains an extensive collection of passenger lists from ships
arriving at the Port of San Francisco during the California Gold Rush,
Pacific Coast maritime history and California history. Passengers found
departing the East Coast may also be found arriving in San Francisco on
the Maritime Heritage Project passenger lists.
EARLY
AMERICAN SAILING SHIPS. Jerry Wilkinson's web pages with brief
descriptions and pictures of a bark, ship, brig, sloop, barkentine, brigentine,
schooner, etc.
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PASSENGER LISTS AND ARTICLES
OF INTEREST
Boston Daily Evening Transcript
YEAR
1853
1854
Daily Star (Panama)
(English
language newspaper published in Panama)
DATE
DESCRIPTION
November 14, 1851
Hungarian Patriots arrive in Panama aboard U.S
"war steamer" Mississippi.
December 7, 1851
1851 deaths of American citizens reported to U. S. Consulate.
December 16, 1851
Arrivals at Panama City Hotels, December, 1851.
January 20, 1853
1852 Oregon Trail - list of wagon train
deaths on the trail.
February 18, 1853
"Card" - SS Cortez passenger
list.
March 6, 1853
Complimentary "Card" - Western Hotel
- 3-6-1853
March 30, 1853
Passenger list for SS Northern Light (from
NYC) and SS Daniel Webster (from New
Orleans) connecting to SS Independence
for San Francisco.
May 1, 1853
SS Illinois - Passenger list.
May 4, 1853
"Complimentary Card." - Short passenger list - SS
Illinois.
May 6, 1853
"A. Card." - Short Passenger list - SS
Illinois and SS Philadelphia.
May 13, 1853
SS Pacific to San Francisco:
"Caution to public"; long passenger list.
October 8, 1853
British steamer Bogota - Passenger
list and Card.
December 8, 1853
British steamer Bolivia - Card
with short passenger list.
February 2, 1854
Distinguised Arrivals in Panama City.
February 2, 1854
Two "Cards" of appreciation for services across the Isthmus.
February 17, 1854
"Card" of appreciation for hospitality at California Hotel.
March 21, 1854
British ship Bolivia - passenger
list.
April 16, 1854
"Card" complimenting SS Yankee Blade.
New Orleans Picayune
(First published January 25,
1837)
YEAR
1848
1849
1850
1851
New York Herald
DATE
DESCRIPTION
12-2-1848
Steamship Falcon
12-3-1848
Steamship Panama
12-28-1848
Steamship Isthmus
1-7-1849
Ship Cristoval Colon (also
known as Chris Colon)
1-15-1849
Bark Croton and the
Tarolinta
1-16-1849
Brig Osceola
1-17-1849
Ship Appollo, bark Rolla,
schooner Olivia, and the North
Bend.
1-18-1849
Schrs. Sovereign and Samuel
Roberts, barks Eugenia,
Madonna,
and H.T. Bartlett, and pilot boat Anonyma.
1-19-1849
Brig John Endus/Ender, barks
Eugenia
and Neumpha/Neuphar, and ship Grey
Eagle.
1-23-1849
"Woodstock Company" from Vt. - Messrs.
Simmons,
Hutchinson ? Co.
1-24-1849
Ships Pacific and South
Carolina, and barks Hersilia,
Mazeppa
and
Florida.
1-25-1849
Brig A. Emery and ship Capitol.
1-26-1849
Vessel Charlotte, ships Jane
Parker and Architect.
1-27-1849
Schooners Velasco, G.H. Montague
and Laura Virginia, ships Tahmaroo
and Montreal, barks Marriettta,
Mazeppa
and Mary Stuart.
1-28-1849
Schooners Boston and Decatur,
barks Eliza, Phillip
Hone, and Azim, ship Pharsalia,
and brigs Mary Stuart, Mary
Wilder, Almena, and Victory,
and the Hampton Mining and Trading Company.
1-30-1849
Ships Wm. G. Hackstaff,
C.G.
Scull, and Hopewell
passenger lists.
1-31-1849
Brigs Sarah M'Farland, Endora,
schooner John Castner, and shipTrescott/Prescott.
2-1-1849
Ship Orpheus, brig Winthrop,
and bark Mara passenger lists.
2-2-1849
Ships SS Falcon, SS
Rowena and SS St. Joseph,
schooners Empire and
Sea Witch, bark Mara,
and the
Corsair
passenger lists.
2-3-1849
Ship SS Falcon and barks Mara
and Drummond.
2-4-1849
Barks Bonne Adele and Suliote,
and brig Columbia.
2-5-1849
Bark Keoka and schooner James
R. Whiting passengers.
2-6-1849
SS Crescent City, barks Straffordand
Rochelle,
ships Panama,
Leonore,
Othello,
and
Daniel
Webster, and brig Columbus.
2-7-1849
Bark Ann Welch, John Potter,
Hebe,
Emma
Isadora,
and
Dimon,
brigs Cordelia, Bathurst,
ships Magnolia and Xylon,
schooner Pomona.
2-8-1849
Ships Robert Bowne and Clarissa
Perkins.
2-9-1849
Bark Isabel, schooner Col.
Flanning, ship George Washington,
brigs Acadian and Rodolph,
steamer Montgomery and "Holyoke
Mining Company."
2-10-1849
Unnamed overland expedition from New York
City, brig Samson, bark Pleiadas,
and another unnamed overland expedition from South
Carolina.
2-11-1849
Ships Morrison and Sabina,
barks Rodolph and
the vessels Keoka, Emily
Bourne, Tremont, and Anne.
2-13-1849
Barks S.L. Crowell and Cameo,
ship Duxbury, and schooner Rialto.
2-14-1849
Schooner Gager, bark Lenark
and Toure, brig Col.
Taylor.
2-15-1849
Ship Sarah and Eliza, brigs
Sarah
and
Emily
Bourne, bark Velasco, and
schooner John Allyne and
SS Panama officer list.
2-16-1849
Schooner Gazelle and vessel
Eudorus.
2-17-1849
Steamers Panama and Orus,
bark Guilford, ship Henry
Lee, and schooner Mary W.
2-18-1849
Steamer Panama, and ships Audly
Clark and Elizabeth Ellen.
2-19-1849
Unnamed ship passengers of Adelphi Company,
ship Ward Henry and schooner Paragon.
2-20-1849
Unnamed group from Cincinnati, OH.
2-21-1849
Brigs Mary and Empire,
steam propellor Hartford, and small,
unnamed group from Ohio.
2-22-1849
Barks St. Mary,
Nautilus,
and
Kirkland,
steamboat Iowa, and vessel McKim.
2-23-1849
Barks Bogota, Nautilus,
Anne,
and
Belvidere,
brigs Perfect and Brothers,
and schooner J.W. Herbert.
2-25-1849
Schooner General Morgan, ships
John
C. Costar and Mason, and
steamship Galveston.
2-26-1849
Ship Levant.
2-27-1849
Brig Isabella Reed and bark
J.A.
Jesurun.
3-1-1849
Barks Mallory and Orb,
and schooner Newton.
3-2-1849
Steamship Northerner and brig
Abrasia.
3-4-1849
Barks Courier and Vernon,
and
schooner Peerless.
3-5-1849
Ships Regulus and Sweden,
schooner Edwin, barks Algoma
and Thames, brig Jennett,
steamship Isthmus, and an overland
group from New Jersey.
3-7-1849
Schooner James L. Day, ship
Charlotte,
bark Edward Fletcher, unnamed group
from Cincinnati, OH.
3-9-1849
Steamship Falcon, barks Palmetto
and Mousam, Norumbeag,
and Henry Harbeck.
3-13-1849
Steamer Maria Burt, ship Loo
Choo, brigs Henrico and
Sea
Eagle, barks Russell,
Winthrop,
Nauumkeag,
and Floyd, schooners Emeline,
Crescent
City, and John A. Sutter,
and an overland group from Talbot County, GA.
3-15-1849
Steamer Crescent City, schooners
Splendid
and Alfred, ship Henry
Astor, and brig St. Andrew.
3-16-1849
Steamer Crescent City (2nd ,
longer list), schooner Viola, and bark
J.G.
Colley.
3-18-1849
Barks Susan and Clarissa,
brig Dr. Hitchcock, steamships Alabama
and Globe, ship Salem,
schooner Harriet Neal and Horace,
and overland groups from Ohio, Indiana and New York.
3-19-1849
Ship Mariana.
3-20-1849
Steamship Palmetto, bark Griffon,
and schooners Friendship and St.
Mary, and overland group from New York.
3-21-1849
Schooner Willimantic, brig Arabian,
bark Lagrange, and overland
group from Wisconsin.
3-22-1849
Brig Major Eastland, and overland
company from Massachusetts.
3-23-1849
Bark Santee, ship Samoset,
and overland association from Massachusetts.
3-24-1849
"Full and complete list" of passengers on ship Samoset.
3-25-1849
Ship Flavius, bark Yoeman,
and overland company from Baltimore.
3-28-1849
Brig Leveret and bark Linda.
3-29-1849
Ship Mayflower.
4-1-1849
Barks Rising Sun, Plymouth
and Canton, ships Obed
Mitchell and Glenmore, steamship
Falcon,
and overland group from Washigton, D.C.
4-2-1849
Ship Thos. Bennett and overland
groups from Kentucky and Virginia.
4-3-1849
Col. Webb's Company Disaster, brig
Canonicus,
ship York, bark Montgomery.
4-7-1849
Barks Phenix/Pheonix and Emma
Isadora, ships B.R. Milan, Tyrone,
and America, brigs Taranto
and
Perfect, and Planet, steamers
Alphonse
de Lamartine and
Yacht, and vessel J.L. Webb.
4-8-1849
Bark Charles Devans, ship Areatus,
"Franklin
Mining Company" from Ohio, and unnamed company
from Ohio.
4-10-1849
Ship Balance, and overland
companies from Georgia and Arkansas.
4-15-1849
Ship Memnon, schr. General
Worth, brig Vesta, steamers
Col.
Stanton, Thames (British)
and Robert Morris (New
Orleans Trading and Mining Company), and overland
companies from Ohio, Indiana and Missouri.
4-18-1849
Steamship Crescent City.
4-19-1849
Bark Galindo, ship Francis
Ann, and "Boston and Newton Joint Stock
Association."
4-22-1849
Numerous overland companies, steamships
Globe
and Falcon, ship Andalusia,
and mention of the French brig L' Entreprenant.
4-23-1849
News about unnamed company in Mexico.
4-24-1849
Steamship Unicorn, barks Florida
and Warwick, and ship Alhambra.
4-30-1849
Schr. Creole, steamer Meteor,
and several overland companies.
5-7-1849
Bark Clyde.
5-9-1849
Several overland companies.
5-10-1849
Several overland companies, steamship
Isthmus,
and ship Susan G. Owens.
5-11-1849
Several overland companies, brig Susan
and Abigail, and ships New Jersey
and Walter Scott.
5-19-1849
Barks Helen Augusta and Ewbank,
and brig Chatham.
5-20-1849
Ship Angelique.
5-24-1849
Steamship Crescent City.
5-28-1849
Bark Hannah Sprague and bark
Alice
Tarleton.
6-1-1849
Brigs Meteor and Thomas
P. Hart, and bark Seneca.
6-10-1849
Bark J. Walls, Jr., steamship
Isthmus,
ship Jacob Perkins, and brig Ann.
6-13-1849
Bark J.R. Gardner and brig Chas.
J. Dow.
6-26-1849
Ship Oxnard and bark Florida.
6-29-1849
Steamship Falcon.
7-1-1849
Steamships Crescent City and
Alabama,
ship Vistula, and bark J.
Merithew.
7-2-1849
Ship Constantine and bark Tecumseh.
7-10-1849
Ship Prince de Joinville.
7-15-1849
Ship Louis Philippe, barks Philena
and Madonna, brig Patapsco,
and brig Mexican.
7-18-1849
Steamship Empire City and brig
Emily
Farnham.
7-26-1849
Steamship Falcon, bark Charter
Oak.
8-16-1849
Ship Mechanics' Own.
8-28-1849
Steamship Falcon.
9-16-1849
Steamship Crescent City.
9-21-1849
Steamship Ohio.
10-3-1849
Steamship Crescent City.
10-11-1849
Steamship California. (Panama
to San Francisco)
10-18-1849
Steamships Ohio,
Empire
City, and brig Glencoe.
10-19-1849
Ship Henry.
10-20-1849
Ship Martha and
brig James Caskie.
10-23-1849
Brig Topaz.
10-25-1849
Schr. Harriet Lawrence and brig
Colorado.
10-26-1849
Steamship Alabama, ship Hercules,
and bark Ninas (sp?).
10-28-1849
 Schr.
Alexander,
and brig
Geo. (or Gen.) Cobb.
10-29-1849
Ship Henry
Ware and brig Archelaus.
11-2-1849
Ship Richmond,
barks Rio and Walter,
and brig Grecian.
11-3-1849
Bark Delaware
and brig Ark.
11-4-1849
Brig Geo.
Shattuck.
11-7-1849
Ship Alexander and brig Ganges.
11-8-1849
Ship Birmingham, bark Elen, and schr. Civilian.
11-9-1849
Bark Helen and schr. Sea Serpent.
11-10-1849
Vessel Agate and bark Cantero.
11-12-1849
Ship Nattakerset (Wattakerset ?) and schr. B.L. Allen.
11-14-1849
Steamships Ohio, Crescent City, ship Emerald and Euphrasia..
11-15-1849
Bark Orion and brig Triumph.
11-16-1849
Bark Orion (additional passengers to 11-15-1849 list.
11-17-1849
Vessel Maria, bark Domingo, and brig Metropolis.
11-18-1849
Schr. Woodside.
11-19-1849
Bark Careo (Carie ?) Mauran.
11-20-1849
Brig Sarah Abigail and Schr. Euby.
11-21-1849
Brig Sarah Abigail (complete list)
11-22-1849
Brig Geo. Ryan.
11-23-1849
Steamship Falcon, and ship Martha.
11-24-1849
Steamship Alabama, and vessel Plain.
11-25-1849
Ships Hannibal and Reindeer.
11-27-1849
Ship St. Mary.
11-30-1849
Ships Nestor and Herculean, barks Rhodes and Martha, brig Curacca
(Curacoa ?), schrs. Abby P. Chase and Traveller.
12-1-1849
Bark Backus and brig Gen. Worth.
12-2-1849
Steamship Empire City, ship Chas. Cooper, and schr. American.
12-3-1849
Brig Annah (??) from Newburyport.
12-4-1849
Brig Quoddy Belle.
12-5-1849
Brig Tasse (Tasso ??), from New Orleans.
12-6-1849
Ship Cresco (??), and brig Major Eastland.
12-7-1849
Ship Cheshire.
12-8-1849
Vessel Eliza Ann, steamer Oregon, and ships Manchester and Crescent.
12-9-1849
Bark Byron and vessel Otterman.
12-10-1849
Vessel Marcia Cleaves, ship Citizen, and schr. Mary and Emma.
12-11-1849
Schr. Spray.
12-12-1849
Bark John A. Taylor, vessel Bidlow (?), and brig Hallowell (sp?)
12-13-1849
Vessel Belgrade.
12-14-1849
Steamships Ohio, Cherokee,
Crescent
City, and Great Western.
12-15-1849
Brig Orleans and schr. Astoria.
12-16-1849
Bark Florida and schr. Elizabeth E.
12-17-1849
Schr. S.D. Bailey.
12-19-1849
Steamship Telegraph.
12-20-1849
Barks Emma and Wm. O. Alden, brigs Samuel French and Victoria, vessel
Siroo (sp), and schr. Billow.
12-21-1849
Steamship Wahama, ship Leopard, bark Louisiana, and brig Leveret.
12-22-1849
Schr. Damariscova (Damariscotta sp?).
12-25-1849
Vessel Crocus and brig Dr. Hitchcock.
12-28-1849
Steamship Falcon, ship Rowland, bark Chalcedony, and brig Ceylon.
12-29-1849
Ships Plymouth and Creole.
12-31-1849
Schr. Geo. Washington.
{April 19, 1849}
List of Departing Vessels, 1848-49.
New York Times
(first published September
18, 1851)
DESCRIPTION
{Ships listed by departure date}
- 175+ passenger lists
Departures from NYC - 1851-1873
Description of Ships
Steamers on the NYC - Central America runs
Maritime articles of Interest
Odds and Ends
New York Weekly Tribune
DATE
DESCRIPTION
1-17-1849
Ship Albany, vessels Edward
Everett, Oxford, Forest,
Aurora
and Oniota, and the "New
England Pioneers."
7-18-1849
Ship Louis Philippe.
12-15-1849
Brig Orleans, vessel Eliza
Ann and steamer Oregon.
Panama Herald
(English language newspaper published
in Panama)
(first published April 14, 1851)
DATE
DESCRIPTION
April 9-13, 1851
Arrivals at Panama Hotels -- Long
newspaper list of names.
April 21-28, 1851
Arrivals at Panama Hotels --
Long newspaper list of names.
May 23-26, 1851
Arrivals at Panama Hotels --
Long newspaper list of names.
May 12, 1851
SS Brother Jonathan - "Complimentary
Card" signed by passengers.
July 14, 1851
SS Brother Jonathan -
"Complimentary Card" signed by passengers.
August 4, 1851
Cocoa Grove Hotel - "Complimentary
Card" signed by guests.
January 26, 1852
SS Independence - "Un-Complimentary
Card" signed by passengers
March 23, 1852
ship Russell - "Complimentary
Card."
July 23,1852
Pioneer (ship) ? Taboga
Hotel "Complimentary Card."
July 30, 1852
Western Hotel - "Complimentary Card"
August 13, 1852
American Hospital, Panama, patient list
- June 25- July 24, 1852
January 25, 1853
Spring Hotel - "Complimentary Card"
February 8, 1853
Franklin Hotel - "Complimentary Card."
May 6, 1853
Tremont Hotel - "Complimentary Card"
September 3, 1853
American Hotel -
"Complimentary Card" signed by guests.
September 3, 1853
American Hotel -
guest arrival list for September 1, 1853.
Panama Star Articles
(first published April 14, 1848)
DATE
DESCRIPTION
February 24,1849
Passengers who have arrived in Panama City. Names but no ship identification.
March 17, 1849
Passengers who have arrived in Panama City. Names but no ship identification.
August 4, 1849
Ship Eugenia - passenger list
for San Francisco.
August 11, 1849
Passengers who have arrived in Panama City. Names but no ship identification.
August 25, 1849
"Card" naming some passengers on SS Empire
City (NYC to Chagres).
August 27,1849
Second "Card" naming some passengers on SS
Empire City (NYC to Chagres)
September 24, 1849
Passengers who have arrived in Panama City. Names but no ship identification.
October 6, 1849
Passengers who have arrived in Panama City. Names but no ship identification.
November 10, 1849
SS Alabama - Partial passenger
list.
November 20, 1849
American Free Masons in Panama
October 18, 1850
SS Falcon - List of passengers
from NYC per the steamship Ohio, transferred at Havana to steamer Falcon
for Chagres.
April 1, 1851
SS Republic - departs Panama
City for San Francisco.
April 1, 1851
American Hotel arrivals
Panama Newspapers' Vital Statistics
1849-54
Birth, Death and Marriage announcements.
Stockton Independent Daily
April 3, 1865
Constitution
May 24, 1865
Steamer Golden City
June 8, 1865
Constitution
July 26, 1865
Constitution
February 5, 1866
Steamer Oriffamme
February 11, 1866
Steamer Golden City
April 4, 1866
Pacific Mail steamship St.
Louis
May 18, 1866
American Transit Steamship Company's steamer,
Moses
Taylor
May 23, 1866
Pacific mail steamship Sacramento
July 5, 1866
Pacific mail steamship Sacramento
August
6, 1866
Steamship Northern Lights
August 3, 1866
Steamship Northern Lights
November 24, 1866
Iron Ship Coya
Miscellaneous Newspapers/Articles
July 8, 1849
Ship Orpheus from
New York to San Francisco.
June 1849
Reunion of the surviving passengers of the Steamship
Panama, that arrived in San Francisco, on the fourth of June
1849.
August 2, 1852
Steamer Pacific
December 1862
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