Get all your genealogy books and CDs at one convenient location:
Don't have a subscription to Ancestry.com yet?
SS Donau
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, R. Brissuis, Master of the S.S. Donau do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare that the following List or Manifest subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs of the Collection District of Newyork*, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board of the said vessel at Bremen of from which por* said vessel has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each of said passengers, the part of the vessel occupied by each during the passage, the country to which each belongs, and also the country of which it is intended by each to become an inhabitant: an* that said List or Manifest truly sets forth the Number of said passengers who have died on said voyage, and the names and ages of those who died. So help me God. (signed) R. Brissuis Sworn to tis* 8 Jany 1879, Before me M. Marci???(signature cannot be read).
List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the S.S. Donau whereof Brissuis is Master, from Bremen __ burthen tons.
Columns represent: passenger number, name, age in years (and months for infants), sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country in which they intend to become inhabitants, part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.
First Cabin 1 Mrs. Regina Carrista 64 f none U.S.A. U.S.A. I Cabin 2 Mr. A. Hiraz 26 m merchant Havana Havana I Cabin Second Cabin 3 Christ Bolte 26 m merchant Germany Sandwich Islands II Cabin 4 Franz Niese 31 m merchant Germany U.S.A. II Cabin 5 John Fischer 39 m farmer U.S.A. II Cabin 6 Friedr. Kocks 25 m merchant Germany Germany II Cabin 7 Wm Weigel 23 m merchant Germany U.S.A. II Cabin 8 John Bellauer 38 m capitalist Germany Germany II Cabin 9 Aug. B?l?er 17 m clerk U.S.A. U.S.A. II Cabin 10 Carl Hausmann 32 m merchant U.S.A. U.S.A. II Cabin 11 Mrs. C. Hausmann 23 f wife U.S.A. U.S.A. II Cabin 12 T?lly Hausmann 3 f child U.S.A. U.S.A. II Cabin 13 L???? Hausmann 1 6 m child U.S.A. U.S.A. II Cabin 14 Robert Kaucher 29 m merchant Germany U.S.A. II Cabin Steerage 15 Caroline Burrichter 22 f none Germany U.S.A. Steerage 16 Wenzl Sigl 50 m farmer Bohemia U.S.A. Steerage 17 Caroline Schlegel 35 f none Bohemia U.S.A. Steerage 18 Marle Schlegel 18 m none Bohemia U.S.A. Steerage 19 Mary Sa??? 40 f none U.S.A U.S.A. Steerage 20 Willy Sa??? 12 m child U.S.A. U.S.A. Steerage 21 He???? Sa??? 10 f child U.S.A. U.S.A. Steerage 22 Franz Sa??? 8 m child U.S.A. U.S.A. Steerage 23 Hermana Sa??t 4 f child U.S.A. U.S.A. Steerage 24 Baby Sa??? 6 f infant U.S.A. U.S.A. Steerage 25 Anna Traub 21 f none Germany U.S.A. Steerage 26 Ferd. Bechler 41 m farmer Germany U.S.A. Steerage 27 Margrethe Bechler 38 f wife Germany U.S.A. Steerage 28 Hermann Bechler 14 m child Germany U.S.A. Steerage 29 Catterina Bechler 9 f child Germany U.S.A. Steerage 30 Frieda Bechler 3 f child Germany U.S.A. Steerage 31 Sofie Wieber 16 f none Germany U.S.A. Steerage 32 Carl Busse 39 m workman U.S.A. U.S.A. Steerage 33 Mary Busse 29 f wife U.S.A. U.S.A. Steerage 34 Louis A???elmeyer 53 m farmer U.S.A. U.S.A. Steerage 35 Franz Krampe 36 m workman Germany U.S.A. Steerage 36 Peter Schudderski 24 m painter Germany U.S.A. Steerage 37 Jacob Sebolski 22 m saddler Germany U.S.A. Steerage 38 Christ. Schaefer 74 m furrier Germany U.S.A. Steerage 39 August Taysen 14 m none Germany U.S.A. Steerage 40 Fredr. Taysen 18 m ?????? Germany U.S.A. Steerage 41 Carl Taysen 16 m Shoemaker Germany U.S.A. Steerage 42 Emilie Ferber 30 f none Germany U.S.A. Steerage 43 Gottlieb Metz 32 m smith Germany U.S.A. Steerage 44 Eduard Reese 28 m merchant Germany U.S.A. Steerage 45 Heinr. Lang 23 m teacher Austria U.S.A. Steerage 46 Herman Kohler 27 m scholar Germany U.S.A. Steerage 47 Ida Gerweck 18 f none Germany U.S.A. Steerage 48 Jacob Muller 18 m carpenter Germany U.S.A. Steerage 49 Joh. Kempel 24 m labor Germany U.S.A. Steerage 50 Hugo Weber 28 m carpenter Germany U.S.A. Steerage 51 Friedr. L. Dole 17 m joiner Germany U.S.A. Steerage 52 Aug. Schmidt 32 m bricklayer Germany U.S.A. Steerage 53 Cather. Maisel 2? f none Germany U.S.A. Steerage 54 Christ Ge????? 16 m bricklayer Germany U.S.A. Steerage 55 Cugen Slendle 17 m locsmith Germany U.S.A. Steerage 56 Carl Schnaess 50 m none U.S.A U.S.A. Steerage 57 John Schroder 32 m none U.S.A. U.S.A. Steerage 58 Ferd. Wiebhoff 31 m brewer U.S.A. U.S.A. Steerage 59 Eugene Mache 38 m ???????? U.S.A. U.S.A. Steerage 60 Melanie Mache 24 f wife U.S.A. U.S.A. Steerage 61 Blanche Mache 7 f child U.S.A. U.S.A. Steerage 62 Gustav Mache 3 m child U.S.A. U.S.A. Steerage 63 Marta Mache 1 6 f infant U.S.A. U.S.A. Steerage Recapitulation First Cabin 2 Passengers Second Cabin 12 Passengers Steerage 49 Passengers Total 63 Passengers (Signed) R. Brissuis Transcriber's Notes: * An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original printing on the manifest not the transcriber. ? The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read, due to quality of original document. There were no births or deaths on this passage, therefore the birth/death column has been eliminated. 2 Havana is written only once but spans both columns. 3 Surname could be Bolle 5 Intended country was left blank 9 Surname looks like Bolker with umlaut over "o" 12 Could be Telly, Tolly or Tally 13 Given name might be Louis; Age written as 1-1/2. 16 Surname could be Sigl, Segl 19-24 Surname could be Saant, Saml 21 Given name could be Helena 32, 33 Surname could be Brisse or Busse 34 Surname could be Asjeelmeyer(s) 35 Surname could be Krasssfee or Kramfel 44 Surname has upward stroke accent (accent acute) over the final "e" 47 Given name could also be Ida 48 Surname has umlaut over "u" 53 Age could be 20 or 25 54 Surname could be Gemaudt, Gemaudl, Gemaundt, Gernaudt 57 Surname has an umlaut over "o" 59-63 Surname has accent acute over "e" 63 Age is written 1-1/2.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 416.
Transcribed by Cheryl Johnson for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild 08 January 1999
The New Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild logo was designed by Patty McCormack. The ship logo, which is still used in part, was designed and contributed by Pat Walker and Sheila Tate.
The ship logo and other genealogical graphics are available on tee shirts, mousepads and tote bags from: AncesTees.
ISTG does not profit in any way from the sale of these items.
Copyrights, Trade Marks, & Registered Trade Marks within this web site are protected under international copyright law. All rights reserved by the respective holders of any ™ © ® included within this site. 1998-2008
ISTG™ NOTICE: These electronic pages are Copyright 1998-2008 and may NOT be reproduced in whole or part in any format for presentation, distribution or profit by anyone without the express written consent of the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild. Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild is independently owned.