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RMS Catalonia
Affidavit of the Master or Commanding Officer, or First or Second Officer.
I, John Atkin, Master of the RMS Catalonia, do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that I have made a personal examination of each and all of the passengers named on this list or Manifest sheet ..... and that I have caused the surgeon of said vessel, sailing therewith, to make a physical examination of each of said passengers, and that from my personal inspection and the report of said surgeon, I believe that no one of said passengers is an idiot or insane person, or a pauper or likely to become a public charge, or suffering from a loathsome or dangerous contagious disease, or a person who has been convicted of a felony or other infamous crime, or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or a polygamist, or under a contract or agreement, express or implied, to perform labour in the United States, except such as are expressly accepted under the law. And that also, according to the best of my knowledge and belief, the information in said List or Manifest, concerning each of said passengers named hereon is correct and true.
Sworn before me to this Fourth day of October 1894(signed) John J. Atkin
MJ Suli? Deputy Consul of the United States at Liverpool
Commanding Officer
I, J. Booth Clarksen, surgeon of the RMS Catalonia, sailing therewith, do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that I have had thirteen years experience as a physician and surgeon, and that I am entitled to practice as such by and under the authority of the Royal College Physicians & Surgeons, Edinburgh, and that I have made a personal examination of each of the passengers (in number)* named hereon, and that the List or Manifest Sheet is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, fully correct and in all particulars, relative to the mental and physical condition of such passengers.
Sworn before me to this Fourth day of October 1894(signed) Booth-Clarkson, Surgeon
MJ Suli? Deputy Consul of the United States at Liverpool
Coloumns represent:
1. Number on list
2. Name in Full
3. Age (years and months)
4. Sex
5. Married or Single
6. Calling or Occupation
7. Able to Read/Write
8. Nationality
9. Last Residence
10. Seaport for Landing in the United States
11. Final Destination in the United States (State, City or Town)
12. Whether having a ticket to such final destination
13. By whom was passage paid?
14. Whether in possession of money, if so, whether more than $30 and how much, if $30 or less
15. Whether ever before in the United States, and if so, when and where
16. Whether going to join a relative, and if so, what relative their name and address
17. Ever in prison or almshouse or supported by charity, if yes, state which
18. Whether a Polygamist
19. Whether under contract, express or implied, to labor in the United States
20. Condition of Health, Mental or Physical
21. Deformed or Crippled, Nature or Cause
Passengers from Liverpool
804 de Suter, Josef
805 de Suter, Marie
806 Bromm, Sophie
807 Seehoper, Carolina
808 Dietz, Therese
809 Feinhals, John
810 Feinhals, Anna
811 Feinhals, Franziska
812 Feinhals, Katharine
813 Feinhals, Henry
814 Kammann, Lina
815 Wolff, Otto
816 Wolff, Louise
817 Wolff, Emma
818 Ranke, Julius
819 Ranke, Anna
820 Ritzert, Otto
821 Thil, Bernh^d
822 Horn, Henry
823 Riekemann, Fred
824 Riekemann, Lena
825 Reikemann, Chas
826 Braun, Eva
827 Braun, Frieda
828 Klein, Elias
829 Muller, Adam
830 Dumont, Edward
831 Morton, Alexander
832 Sumners, Richard
804 Contract ticket no: 2732; Josef de Suter; age: 30; gender: m; married/single: m;
Occupation: joiner; read/write: yes; Nationality: French; last residence: Antwerp;
Arrived at: Boston; final destination: Boston; ticket to final destination? yes;
Passage paid by: self; in possession of $: no?; been in US before? no;
Nearest relative: Wife M. Suter; address: Boston;
Never in prison or almshouse; never supported by charity; not a polygamist;
not under contract of labour; Health: Good; crippled: No.
Transcriber's notes: a bracket shows that passengers 804 & 805 are travelling together
This passenger could be the same as passenger 171 on Page 4.
805 Contract ticket no: left blank; Marie de Suter; age: 10; gender: f; married/single: s;
Occupation: --; read/write: --; Nationality: --; last residence: --;
Arrived at: --; final destination: --; ticket to final destination? --;
Passage paid by: --; in possession of $: --; been in US before? --;
Nearest relative: -- --; address: --;
Never in prison or almshouse; never supported by charity; not a polygamist;
not under contract of labour; Health: Good; crippled: No.
Transcriber's notes: a bracket shows that passengers 804 & 805 are travelling together.
This passenger could be the same as passenger 172 on Page 4.
806 Contract ticket no: left blank; Sophie Bromm; age: 22; gender: f; married/single: m;
Occupation: wife; read/write: yes; Nationality: German; last residence: Wurtemberg;
Arrived at: Boston; final destination: New York; ticket to final destination? yes;
Passage paid by: self; in possession of $: over; been in US before? NY 1893;
Nearest relative: -- --; address: going home;
Never in prison or almshouse; never supported by charity; not a polygamist;
not under contract of labour; Health: Good; crippled: No.
Transcriber's notes: This passenger could be the same as passenger 173 on Page 4.
807 Contract ticket no: left blank; Carolina Seehoper; age: 25; gender: f; married/single: s;
Occupation: servt; read/write: yes; Nationality: German; last residence: Wurtemberg;
Arrived at: Boston; final destination: New York; ticket to final destination? yes;
Passage paid by: sister; in possession of $: 15; been in US before? no;
Nearest relative: sister L. Seehoper; address: New York;
Never in prison or almshouse; never supported by charity; not a polygamist;
not under contract of labour; Health: Good; crippled: No.
Transcriber's notes: Surname may be Seehofer This passenger could be the same as passenger
174 on Page 4.
808 Contract ticket no: left blank; Therese Dietz; age: 22; gender: f; married/single: s;
Occupation: servt; read/write: yes; Nationality: German; last residence: Odenthal;
Arrived at: Boston; final destination: New York; ticket to final destination? yes;
Passage paid by: sister; in possession of $: 10; been in US before? no;
Nearest relative: sister N. Yung; address: New Jersey;
Never in prison or almshouse; never supported by charity; not a polygamist;
not under contract of labour; Health: Good; crippled: No.
Transcriber's notes: This passenger could be the same as passenger 175 on Page 4.
809 Contract ticket no: left blank; John Feinhals; age: 49; gender: m; married/single: m;
Occupation: baker; read/write: yes; Nationality: German; last residence: Solingen;
Arrived at: Boston; final destination: Union Hill; ticket to final destination? yes;
Passage paid by: sister; in possession of $: 25; been in US before? Union Hill, 1893;
Nearest relative: -- --; address: Going home;
Never in prison or almshouse; never supported by charity; not a polygamist;
not under contract of labour; Health: Good; crippled: No.
Transcriber's notes: a bracket shows that passengers 809 - 813 are travelling together.
This passenger could be the same as passenger 176 on Page 4.
810 Contract ticket no: left blank; Anna Feinhals; age: 14; gender: f; married/single: s;
Occupation: --; read/write: --; Nationality: --; last residence: --;
Arrived at: Boston; final destination: --; ticket to final destination? --;
Passage paid by: --; in possession of $: --; been in US before? --;
Nearest relative: -- --; address: --;
Never in prison or almshouse; never supported by charity; not a polygamist;
not under contract of labour; Health: Good; crippled: No.
Transcriber's notes: a bracket shows that passengers 809 - 813 are travelling together.
This passenger could be the same as passenger 177 on Page 4.
811 Contract ticket no: left blank; Franziska Feinhals; age: 13; gender: f; married/single: s;
Occupation: --; read/write: --; Nationality: --; last residence: --;
Arrived at: Boston; final destination: --; ticket to final destination? --;
Passage paid by: --; in possession of $: --; been in US before? --;
Nearest relative: -- --; address: --;
Never in prison or almshouse; never supported by charity; not a polygamist;
not under contract of labour; Health: Good; crippled: No.
Transcriber's notes: a bracket shows that passengers 809 - 813 are travelling together.
This passenger could be the same as passenger 178 on Page 4.
812 Contract ticket no: left blank; Katharine Feinhals; age: 11; gender: f; married/single: s;
Occupation: --; read/write: --; Nationality: --; last residence: --;
Arrived at: Boston; final destination: --; ticket to final destination? --;
Passage paid by: --; in possession of $: --; been in US before? --;
Nearest relative: -- --; address: --;
Never in prison or almshouse; never supported by charity; not a polygamist;
not under contract of labour; Health: Good; crippled: No.
Transcriber's notes: a bracket shows that passengers 809 - 813 are travelling together.
This passenger could be the same as passenger 179 on Page 4.
813 Contract ticket no: left blank; Henry Feinhals; age: 9; gender: m; married/single: s;
Occupation: --; read/write: --; Nationality: --; last residence: --;
Arrived at: Boston; final destination: --; ticket to final destination? --;
Passage paid by: --; in possession of $: --; been in US before? --;
Nearest relative: -- --; address: --;
Never in prison or almshouse; never supported by charity; not a polygamist;
not under contract of labour; Health: Good; crippled: No.
Transcriber's notes: a bracket shows that passengers 809 - 813 are travelling together.
This passenger could be the same as passenger 180 on Page 4.
814 Contract ticket no: left blank; Lina Kammann; age: 22; gender: f; married/single: s;
Occupation: servt; read/write: yes; Nationality: German; last residence: Hoysenghausen;
Arrived at: Boston; final destination: Brooklyn; ticket to final destination? yes;
Passage paid by: self; in possession of $: 7; been in US before? Brooklyn 1893;
Nearest relative: sister M. Meyer; address: Brooklyn;
Never in prison or almshouse; never supported by charity; not a polygamist;
not under contract of labour; Health: Good; crippled: No.
Transcriber's notes: This passenger could be the same as passenger 181 on Page 4.
815 Contract ticket no: left blank; Otto Wolff; age: 55; gender: m; married/single: m;
Occupation: workman; read/write: yes; Nationality: German; last residence: Berlin;
Arrived at: Boston; final destination: New Brunswick; ticket to final destination? no;
Passage paid by: self; in possession of $: 10; been in US before? New Brunswick 1893;
Nearest relative: -- --; address: Going home;
Never in prison or almshouse; never supported by charity; not a polygamist;
not under contract of labour; Health: Good; crippled: No.
Transcriber's notes: a bracket shows that passengers 815 - 817 are travelling together.
This passenger could be the same as passenger 182 on Page 4.
816 Contract ticket no: left blank; Louise Wolff; age: 52; gender: f; married/single: m;
Occupation: --; read/write: --; Nationality: --; last residence: --;
Arrived at: Boston; final destination: --; ticket to final destination? --;
Passage paid by: --; in possession of $: --; been in US before? --;
Nearest relative: -- --; address: Going home;
Never in prison or almshouse; never supported by charity; not a polygamist;
not under contract of labour; Health: Good; crippled: No.
Transcriber's notes: a bracket shows that passengers 815 - 817 are travelling together.
This passenger could be the same as passenger 183 on Page 4.
817 Contract ticket no: left blank; Emma Wolff; age: 10; gender: f; married/single: s;
Occupation: --; read/write: --; Nationality: --; last residence: --;
Arrived at: Boston; final destination: --; ticket to final destination? --;
Passage paid by: --; in possession of $: --; been in US before? --;
Nearest relative: -- --; address: Going home;
Never in prison or almshouse; never supported by charity; not a polygamist;
not under contract of labour; Health: Good; crippled: No.
Transcriber's notes: a bracket shows that passengers 815 - 817 are travelling together.
This passenger could be the same as passenger 184 on Page 4.
818 Contract ticket no: left blank; Julius Ranke; age: 22; gender: m; married/single: m;
Occupation: workman; read/write: yes; Nationality: German; last residence: Bremen;
Arrived at: Boston; final destination: New York; ticket to final destination? yes;
Passage paid by: self; in possession of $: 20; been in US before? NY 1893;
Nearest relative: -- --; address: Going home;
Never in prison or almshouse; never supported by charity; not a polygamist;
not under contract of labour; Health: Good; crippled: No.
Transcriber's notes: a bracket shows that passengers 818 & 819 are travelling together.
This passenger could be the same as passenger 185 on Page 4.
819 Contract ticket no: left blank; Anna Ranke; age: 21; gender: f; married/single: m;
Occupation: --; read/write: --; Nationality: --; last residence: --;
Arrived at: Boston; final destination: --; ticket to final destination? --;
Passage paid by: --; in possession of $: --; been in US before? --;
Nearest relative: -- --; address: Going home;
Never in prison or almshouse; never supported by charity; not a polygamist;
not under contract of labour; Health: Good; crippled: No.
Transcriber's notes: a bracket shows that passengers 818 & 819 are travelling together.
This passenger could be the same as passenger 186 on Page 4.
820 Contract ticket no: left blank; Otto Ritzert; age: 14; gender: m; married/single: s;
Occupation: workman; read/write: yes; Nationality: German; last residence: Berdengen;
Arrived at: Boston; final destination: New York; ticket to final destination? yes;
Passage paid by: self; in possession of $: 5.00; been in US before? NY 1893;
Nearest relative: Uncle G Tonyes; address: New York;
Never in prison or almshouse; never supported by charity; not a polygamist;
not under contract of labour; Health: Good; crippled: No.
Transcriber's notes: This passenger could be the same as passenger 187 on Page 4.
821 Contract ticket no: left blank; Bernh^d Thil; age: 23; gender: m; married/single: s;
Occupation: laborer; read/write: yes; Nationality: German; last residence: Haseleume;
Arrived at: Boston; final destination: Buffalo, NY; ticket to final destination? yes;
Passage paid by: self; in possession of $: 25; been in US before? Buffalo 1893;
Nearest relative: uncle A Thil; address: Buffalo;
Never in prison or almshouse; never supported by charity; not a polygamist;
not under contract of labour; Health: Good; crippled: No.
Transcriber's notes: spelling of closest relative in the US could be wrong,
it could be the same as the passenger below.
This passenger could be the same as passenger 188 on Page 4.
822 Contract ticket no: left blank; Henry Horn; age: 15; gender: m; married/single: s;
Occupation: laborer; read/write: yes; Nationality: German; last residence: Laubath;
Arrived at: Boston; final destination: New York; ticket to final destination? yes;
Passage paid by: self; in possession of $: 5; been in US before? NY 1893;
Nearest relative: uncle G Thiel; address: Buffalo;
Never in prison or almshouse; never supported by charity; not a polygamist;
not under contract of labour; Health: Good; crippled: No.
Transcriber's notes: spelling of closest relative in the US could be wrong,
it could be the same as the passenger above.
This passenger could be the same as passenger 189 on Page 4.
823 Contract ticket no: left blank; Fred Riekemann; age: 33; gender: m; married/single: m;
Occupation: laborer; read/write: yes; Nationality: German; last residence: Hoysinghausen;
Arrived at: Boston; final destination: St Louis, Ms; ticket to final destination? yes;
Passage paid by: self; in possession of $: 5; been in US before? St Louis 1893;
Nearest relative: -- --; address: --;
Never in prison or almshouse; never supported by charity; not a polygamist;
not under contract of labour; Health: Good; crippled: No.
Transcriber's notes: a bracket shows that passengers 823 & 824 are travelling together.
This passenger could be the same as passenger 190 on Page 4.
824 Contract ticket no: left blank; Lena Riekemann; age: 31; gender: f; married/single: m;
Occupation: --; read/write: yes; Nationality: German; last residence: --;
Arrived at: Boston; final destination: --; ticket to final destination? --;
Passage paid by: --; in possession of $: --; been in US before? --;
Nearest relative: -- --; address: --;
Never in prison or almshouse; never supported by charity; not a polygamist;
not under contract of labour; Health: Good; crippled: No.
Transcriber's notes: a bracket shows that passengers 823 & 824 are travelling together.
This passenger could be the same as passenger 191 on Page 4.
825 Contract ticket no: left blank; Chas Reikemann; age: 35; gender: m; married/single: m;
Occupation: carpenter; read/write: yes; Nationality: German; last residence: Hoysinghausen;
Arrived at: Boston; final destination: St Louis, Ms; ticket to final destination? yes;
Passage paid by: self; in possession of $: 5; been in US before? St Louis 1893;
Nearest relative: -- --; address: Going home;
Never in prison or almshouse; never supported by charity; not a polygamist;
not under contract of labour; Health: Good; crippled: No.
Transcriber's notes: most likely the spelling of the last name should be Riekemann as well.
This passenger could be the same as passenger 192 on Page 4.
826 Contract ticket no: left blank; Eva Braun; age: 42; gender: f; married/single: m;
Occupation: matron; read/write: yes; Nationality: German; last residence: Lauf;
Arrived at: Boston; final destination: Cleveland, Ohio; ticket to final destination? yes;
Passage paid by: husband; in possession of $: wife of an American citizen;
been in US before? left blank;
Nearest relative: left blank left blank; address: left blank;
Never in prison or almshouse; never supported by charity; not a polygamist;
not under contract of labour; Health: Good; crippled: No.
Transcriber's notes: a bracket shows that passengers 826 & 827 are travelling together.
This passenger could be the same as passenger 193 on Page 5.
827 Contract ticket no: left blank; Frieda Braun; age: 3; gender: f; married/single: s;
Occupation: --; read/write: --; Nationality: --; last residence: --;
Arrived at: Boston; final destination: --; ticket to final destination? --;
Passage paid by: --; in possession of $: --; been in US before? --;
Nearest relative: -- --; address: --;
Never in prison or almshouse; never supported by charity; not a polygamist;
not under contract of labour; Health: Good; crippled: No.
Transcriber's notes: a bracket shows that passengers 826 & 827 are travelling together.
This passenger could be the same as passenger 194 on Page 5.
828 Contract ticket no: left blank; Elias Klein; age: 19; gender: m; married/single: s;
Occupation: laborer; read/write: yes; Nationality: Hungarian; last residence: Sips;
Arrived at: Boston; final destination: New York; ticket to final destination? yes;
Passage paid by: brother; in possession of $: more; been in US before? NY 1894;
Nearest relative: brother J Klein; address: NY;
Never in prison or almshouse; never supported by charity; not a polygamist;
not under contract of labour; Health: Good; crippled: No.
Transcriber's notes: This passenger could be the same as passenger 195 on Page 5.
829 Contract ticket no: left blank; Adam Muller; age: 40; gender: m; married/single: s;
Occupation: laborer; read/write: yes; Nationality: German; last residence: Berlin;
Arrived at: Boston; final destination: New York; ticket to final destination? yes;
Passage paid by: self; in possession of $: 5; been in US before? no;
Nearest relative: brother A Miller; address: NY;
Never in prison or almshouse; never supported by charity; not a polygamist;
not under contract of labour; Health: Good; crippled: No.
Transcriber's notes: the brother's name in NY is spelled Miller, not Muller.
Usually Muller is spelled with u Umlaut. This passenger could be the same as
passenger 196 on Page 5.
830 Contract ticket no: 36749; Edward Dumont; age: 37; gender: m; married/single: s;
Occupation: seaman; read/write: yes; Nationality: American; last residence: Liverpool;
Arrived at: Boston; final destination: Baltimore; ticket to final destination? yes;
Passage paid by: self; in possession of $: none; been in US before? Baltimore 1894;
Nearest relative: -- --; address: Going home;
Never in prison or almshouse; never supported by charity; not a polygamist;
not under contract of labour; Health: Good; crippled: No.
Transcriber's notes: This passenger could be the same as passenger 197 on Page 5.
831 Contract ticket no: 36784; Alexander Morton; age: 36; gender: m; married/single: s;
Occupation: miner; read/write: yes; Nationality: Scotch; last residence: Liverpool;
Arrived at: Boston; final destination: Baltimore; ticket to final destination? yes;
Passage paid by: self; in possession of $: none; been in US before? Baltimore 1894;
Nearest relative: ? Morton; address: Scranton;
Never in prison or almshouse; never supported by charity; not a polygamist;
not under contract of labour; Health: Good; crippled: No.
Transcriber's notes: This passenger could be the same as passenger 198 on Page 5.
832 Contract ticket no: ; Richard Sumners; age: 23; gender: m; married/single: s;
Occupation: case maker; read/write: yes; Nationality: English; last residence: London;
Arrived at: Boston; final destination: Lowell, Mass; ticket to final destination? no;
Passage paid by: self; in possession of $: more; been in US before? Lowell 1893;
Nearest relative: W Summers; address: brother, Lowell;
Never in prison or almshouse; never supported by charity; not a polygamist;
not under contract of labour; Health: Good; crippled: No.
Transcriber's notes: This passenger could be the same as passenger 199 on Page 5.
Transcriber's Notes:
* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the
original recorder, not the transcriber, or is used
to call your attention to additional information in
the transcriber's notes.
? Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined
due to the condition of the manifest or handwriting of the original recorder.
^ A ^ followed by a letter indicates that the letter was superscripted.
* Names were transcribed as seen regardless of spelling.
* Passengers on the manifest where numbered starting at 1 when the space occupied on the
ship changes. Passengers where numbered consecutively by the transcribers for ease of
referencing.
* For some unknown reason, most passengers are on this manifest twice. The first pages have
9 coloumns, the last pages have 25 coloumns. To the best of their ability,
the transcribers tried to link them.
* Affidavit of surgeon: ....of the passengers (in number)* named hereon.... (in number)
has been inserted in handwriting as transcribed.
* Contract ticket number: these numbers where issued by the steamship companies,
see Numbers, often in consecutive order.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film T843, Reel 12.
Partially transcribed by Mary Ellen Lanigan
for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild20 February, 1999
Transcribed by Judy Caine and Harry Green,
formatted by Ines Mannhardt,
members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
June 2006
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