SS Northern Light
Captain Miner
Sailed from New York City: January 20, 1853

Note: The majority of these passengers (exceptions in bold print) were passengers on the SS Independence, which was lost in the Gulf of Mexico on February 16, 1853, while en route to San Francisco. Visit the Maritime Heritage Project for details.

Surname spellings, initials, and given names vary on the two lists.

Steamer Northern Light, Miner, San Juan, D. H. Allen.

Passengers Sailed.

In steamship Northern Light, for San Juan --
_isher (Fisher ?), C.
Abbott, Joel
Aberle, David
Argall, Wm.
Arnots, Jacob
Ayres, Mr. J. F.
Ayres, Mrs. M. S.
Babcock, Harry C.
Babcock, William S.
Bacon, Wallace
Bacon, William
Baker, Elijah
Baker, P.
Barber, Morris
Barker, D. M.
Bateman, W.
Baum, Jacob
Baxter, Freeman
Baxter, Mrs. F.
Bean, Hiram, C.
Bechard, John
Beck, N.
Bell, William
Bellows, C. D.
Bignall, Wm. K.
Bishop, Daniel F.
Block, Mr. E.
Bloomfield, Mrs. A.
Bor_on (Boraon, Bordon ?), Wallace
Bordon, Wm. L.
Bowen, Alex C.
Brewington, R. M.
Brown, Alex
Brown, John
Brown, Wilkinson
Bruce, Henry
Burgess, Thomas
Butlam (??), E.
Caldwell, J.
Cameron, B. F.
Carmichael, A.
Carter, Peter
Chase, Walter
Chauncey, M.
Childs, Sandford
Coh_ (Cohn ?), B.
Cook, Mr. E. G.
Cook, Z., Jr.
Corey, W.
Cox, Peter
Cross, James
Cross, L. B.
Crotts, J.
Cul_en (Cullen, Culsen ?), C. R.
Daley, D.
Davidson, Samuel
Davidson, Wm.
Davis, George T.
Davis, John
Day, L.
Dexter, L. P.
Dickey, Mr. B. F.
Dickey, Mrs.
Douglass, Robert H.
Doyle, W.
Drake, Ezekiel R.
Drown, E.
Drown, Mrs. E. (Lost when SS Independence went down in Gulf of California.)
Ear_hart (??), Henry
Felt, James D.
Felt, Lauren P.
Fessenden (Pessenden ?), P. R.
Finch, William H.
Findley, D.
Fisher, Aaron
Fleming, James
Ford, Hiram
Fr_st (Frost, Freet ?), Michael
Fuller, Loomis P.
Garrett, Edward
Garton, Harvey
Gartrell, T. M.
Gillis, J.
Gilmore, Andrew
Gilmore, Chris
Gilmore, Frederick
Gilmore, S. D.
Gitting, Robert
Gorton, Jos.
Granniss, C. D.
Gray, Lemuel L.
Greefield, H. S.
Green, Joseph
Greenbank, J. W.
Guignon, J.
Hale, J. O.
Hale, Oliver
Hall, C.
Hall, E. N.
Hall, Mr. J. F.
Hall, Mrs. C.
Halstead, J.
Halstead, J. T.
Hardman, L.
Hardy, C. C.
Harney, F.
Hatch, R.
Hatch, W. B.
Hemphill, Abram
Hixon, J.
Holmes, W.
Howe, G. W.
Howland, C. M.
Howland, John
Howland, Mrs.
Howland, Mrs. J. T.
Howland, S. C.
Hyars (Byars ?), Daniel H.
Ingies (Ingles ?), Mrs. E.
James, J.
Jeffers, James G.
Johnson, J. G.
Kimball, G.
Kittridge, Asa
Knox, R. A.
Lackeny, Miss M.
Lapeer, G. W.
Leadley, John H.
Lebslister (Lebalister ?), W.
Lewis, J. P.
Light, E.
Light, Everett
Light, James
Light, Mrs. F.
Lincoln, Alvin
Lincoln, Lemuel
Lincoln, William
Manning, Edward K.
Masterman, John
Marvin, E. C.
McCandless, W. H.
McDonald, Matthew
Mendoza (Mendeza ?), J.
Mittimore, James H.
Morris, G.
Morse, Wiley
Mosher, H.
Mosher, R.
Mott, Harper
Moulton, William S.
Muffin, F.
Muffin, Mr. G. W.
Muffin, Mrs. F.
Murphy, Daniel
Murphy, John
Murphy, Mrs. Mary Ann
Myers, Jacob
Nellis, E.
Nelson, J. D.
Newell, Edward H.
Newell, William
Nichols, David
Nichols, James A.
Nolan, L.
O'Neal, Thomas
Orr, W.
Owens, David
Parker, Aaron
Parker, Michael
Parmater, James C.
Paterson, Charles P.
Paul, Samuel S.
Pell, H. W.
Penny, Andrew
Perkins, George
Pierce, Mrs. W.
Pierce, W.
Porter, Samuel S.
Pruden, S.
Rearim, James
Reinbolt, Richard
Reynolds, A. B.
Richardson, Abiatha
Richardson, Isaac
Richmond, Mr. H.E.
Robbins, Samuel
Roberts, Henry J.
Scofield, Mrs. W. E.
Scofield, W. E.
Scott, A.
Scott, Wm.
Searls (??), A.
Sewald (Sewale, Seward ?), A.
Smith, H.
Smith, I. P.
Smith, I_a
Sparhawk, J. F.
Stanley, Lieut. F.
Steele, J.
Stephens, Samuel
Stevens, W. W.
Stevenson, L. C.
Stockeale, R.
Stokes, W. G.
Stone, J.
Strauss, H.
Sullivan, Mrs. Fa_ns
Sutton, L. C.
Sweet, Lorenzo
Tallen (Tallon ?), J.
Taylor, Henry
Taylor, Robert
Taylor, Simon
Thayer, Cyrus
Thienie (??), John
Turner, A. B.
Turner, A. W.
Tyler, Caleb W.
Van Saun, W.
Vaughan, T. S.
Ward, B. F.
Ward, C. A.
Weatherington, Alex
Weatherington, Joseph
Weaver, Jacob
Weddell, Miss A. J.
Weddell, P. M.
Welch, Mrs. Ann
Westoff, John
Wheeler, H.
Whitney, Warren
Williams, John
Willoughby, J. R.
Wilson, Thomas M.
Zinn, H. C.
and 273 in the steerage.

© Copyright 2008 SFgenealogy. All rights reserved.