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The S.S. China carried the York family from Liverpool, arriving in New York City April 27, 1870. The New York City check-in point for immigrants from 1856 to 1892 was Castle Gardens, located at the Battery along the southern tip of Manhattan. |
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The Voyage to America--The S. S. China
The Ship and the Passenger Manifest
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The S.S. China carried the York family from Liverpool, arriving in New York City April 27, 1870. The New York City check-in point for immigrants from 1856 to 1892 was Castle Gardens, located at the Battery along the southern tip of Manhattan. |
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| A portion of the ship's manifest at New York shows the
names of the Thomas York family (#159 - 167).
The entries in the right-hand column show "steerage", which is the accommodation allotted to the passengers who travel at the cheapest rate. The next-to-last entry in the list below is "Henry" which was Harry York's original name and "Harry" was a nickname. He was born on October 17, 1868 in Piddington, England, and so was about 1-1/2 years old when the trip to New York was made. |
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