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SS Donau
DISTRICT OF NEW-YORK ---- – PORT OF NEW-YORK
I, R. Bussius, Master of the SS Donau, do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear 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 Steamship Donau at Bremen from which port said Bremen* 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. (Signed) R.Bussius, So help me God. Sworn to tis* Nov. 12, 1881, Before me R??????f DC (signature cannot be read)
List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the German SS Donau whereof R. Bussius is Master from Bremen burthen 1771 tons.
Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country in which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on the voyage, and Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.
1 Ferdin. T?nse? 30 m merchant Cuba Cuba * 1 First Cabin
2 Miss C. C. Buttiser 24 f U.S.A U.S.A First Cabin
3 Heinz Grossing 25 m merchant* Bremen U.S.A First Cabin
4 Emma Sattler 24 f U.S.A U.S.A First Cabin
5 Miss Grace? 18 f U.S.A U.S.A First Cabin
6 Thekla Fracn?kel 46 f U.S.A U.S.A First Cabin
7 Emma Fracn?kel 19 f U.S.A U.S.A First Cabin
8 Robt.. Simon ?0 m merchant U.S.A U.S.A First Cabin
9 Gust. Wohler 27 m merchant Prussia U.S.A Second Cabin
10 Ch. Hickenig 40 m merchant U.S.A U.S.A Second Cabin
11 Marie Ebeli?g 25 f Prussia U.S.A Second Cabin
12 unrecognizable* 22 m merchant* Prussia U.S.A Second Cabin
13 Joh. Kleinschmidt 24 m merchant Bremen U.S.A Second Cabin
14 A. Castired??? 30 m merchant Bremen U.S.A Second Cabin
15 Wm. Eb?ling 22 m merchant Bremen U.S.A Second Cabin
16 George Reisners 25 m merchant U.S.A U.S.A Second Cabin
17 Moses Goetz 18 m merchant U.S.A U.S.A Second Cabin
18 Paul Geisbarth 23 m merchant Thuringia* Germany off* Second Cabin
19 Theod. Leberl 34 m landlord Thuringia U.S.A Second Cabin
20 Fr. Kouzmeyer 4? m merchant U.S.A U.S.A Second Cabin
21 Louis Becker 40 m landlord U.S.A U.S.A Second Cabin
22 Mrs. Johnson 44 f U.S.A U.S.A Second Cabin
23 Theod. Johnson 13 m U.S.A U.S.A Second Cabin
24 Louis Fingold 28 m merchant Ruman? U.S.A * 1 Second Cabin
25 Louis Bergmann 43 m merchant U.S.A U.S.A Second Cabin
26 Wm. Knocke 32 m merchant U.S.A U.S.A Second Cabin
27 Bertha Knocke 23 f wife U.S.A U.S.A Second Cabin
28 Lilly Knocke 1y6m f daughter U.S.A U.S.A Second Cabin
29 Phil ??ay 32 m merchant U.S.A U.S.A Second Cabin
30 Christ. Kruse 56 m merchant U.S.A U.S.A Second Cabin
31 *Preston Williams 18 m merchant U.S.A U.S.A * * Second Cabin
32 Joh. Schivanesvedel 28 m merchant Prussia U.S.A Second Cabin
33 Camillus Stubel 26 m Prussia U.S.A Second Cabin
34 Albert Williams 35 m merchant Prussia U.S.A * * Second Cabin
* *
35 Mrs. A. Williams 25 f wife Prussia U.S.A Second Cabin
36 Jacob ?abel 26 m merchant Prussia U.S.A Second Cabin
37 John Je???crich 20 m merchant Prussia U.S.A Second Cabin
38 Otto Riesler 32 m merchant Prussia U.S.A Second Cabin
39 Chs. Thamshause? 34 m merchant Prussia U.S.A Second Cabin
40 Adolfo Rig??tti 18 m merchant France* U.S.A * 1 Second Cabin
41 Rachel Kurz 40 m workman Austria U.S.A Third Class in Cabin
42 Ester Sp??e 3 f Austria U.S.A Third Class in Cabin
43 Wolf* 24 m Austria U.S.A * 3* Third Class in Cabin
44 Johann Elivert 63 m workman Prussia U.S.A Third Class in Cabin
45 Franz Jahnert 50 m workman Thuringia U.S.A Third Class in Cabin
46 Christiane Jahnert 21 f wife Thuringia U.S.A Third Class in Cabin
47 Alissa Jahnert 63 f Thuringia U.S.A Third Class in Cabin
48 Rosine Leydemanse 45 f Thuringia U.S.A Third Class in Cabin
49 Franz Leifert 29 m farmer Bavaria U.S.A Third Class in Cabin
50 Cathrne* Leifert 10 f child Bavaria U.S.A Third Class in Cabin
51 Rosine Leifert 7 f child Bavaria U.S.A Third Class in Cabin
52 Caroline Leifert 4 f child Bavaria U.S.A Third Class in Cabin
53 Labine Leifert 1 f child Bavaria U.S.A Third Class in Cabin
54 Mathilde Leifert 23 f Bavaria U.S.A Third Class in Cabin
55 Rosine Schmidt 37 f Bavaria U.S.A * * Third Class in Cabin
56 Vo?tek Halaska 30 m farmer Bohemia U.S.A Third Class in Cabin
57 Fran?iska Halaska 7 f child Bohemia U.S.A Third Class in Cabin
58 Marie Halaska 4 f child Bohemia U.S.A Third Class in Cabin
59 Anna Halaska 1 f child Bohemia U.S.A Third Class in Cabin
60 Franz Halaska 46 m workman Bohemia U.S.A Third Class in Cabin
61 Antoin Vorel 43 m workman Bohemia U.S.A Third Class in Cabin
62 Marie Vorel 64 f wife Bohemia U.S.A Third Class in Cabin
63 Cathrne* Cubik 18 f Bohemia U.S.A Third Class in Cabin
64 Josefa Kruger* 22 f Bohemia U.S.A Third Class in Cabin
65 Franz Vorel 19 m farmer Bohemia U.S.A Third Class in Cabin
66 Marie Vorel 16 f Bohemia U.S.A Third Class in Cabin
67 Antonie Vorel 13 f Bohemia U.S.A Third Class in Cabin
68 Fransiska Vorel 10 f Bohemia U.S.A Third Class in Cabin
69 Anton Vorel 9 m Bohemia U.S.A Third Class in Cabin
70 Al?i? Vorel 5 m Bohemia U.S.A Third Class in Cabin
71 Johann Vorel 1 m Bohemia U.S.A Third Class in Cabin
72 Jan Hermanek 33 m farmer Bohemia U.S.A Third Class in Cabin
73 Elisa Hermanek 28 f wife Bohemia U.S.A Third Class in Cabin
74 Franz Hermanek 4 m son Bohemia U.S.A Third Class in Cabin
75 Marie Hermanek 1 f daughter Bohemia U.S.A Third Class in Cabin
76 Frandisek Hermanek 23 m farmer Bohemia U.S.A Third Class in Cabin
77 Vaclav Hermanek 22 m farmer Bohemia U.S.A Third Class in Cabin
78 Thirese Hermanek 54 f Bohemia U.S.A Third Class in Cabin
79 Thirese Hermanek 17 f Bohemia U.S.A * * Third Class in Cabin
* * *
Transcriber's Notes:
The use of an * indicates an omission or error made by the original
recorder or an entry that needs explanation.
The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read,
due to quality of original statement.
In Master's Statement:
* Newyork written as one word in the Master's Statement.
* Bremen written in original; probably should have been "Steamship"
or "Donau"
* "an" in original; probably should have been "and"
* "tis" in original; probably should have been "this"
1 T?nse? Surname could be Tamsel, Tunsel, Tansee or Tunsee, but
last letter more like l than e.
* 1 After Cuba there is an entry of 1 - 0; this passenger also listed
as Died on the Voyage.
* 3 Has ditto mark for occupation, but line above is blank. I assume
the ditto is for "merchant" two lines above. This occurs frequently
in this list.
5 Grace? Surname could be Gracel
6 Fracn?kel Surname could be Fracnakel or Fracnekel
7 Fracn?kel ? could be an a or an e.
8 Simon Age looks like 30, but 3 could be a 2.
11 Ebeli?g Surname could be Ebeling or Ebeliseg
* 12 Name unrecognizable; fold in the original. Readable Age and ditto
marks in other columns.
14 Castired??? First ? could be a y or j, next could be a k, s, or t,
third ? could be an e or l.
15 Eb?ling could be Ebcling or Ebeling
* 18 Thuringia is a region in the southwest part of East Germany.
* 18 There is a ditto mark indicating U.S.A for Country where Intend to
Become Inhabitants, but "Germany off" is written over the ditto.
This passenger may have left the ship at Bremen.
20 4? Age looks like 41 but the 1 has a slight curl at the bottom and
a light line on the top; could be a 5.
24 Ruman? Letter could be an r; appears to be only one letter.
Passenger died on the voyage.
* 24 1 - 0 entered in Intended Country column in front of ditto mark
for U.S.A
29 ??ay Surname could be Alay or Hay
* 31 Preston Williams A line is drawn across the page for this entry.
May be some kind of tally since 12 - 8 is written under the line
in the Country of Intended Inhabitant column and
* 20 is written under the line in the Died on Voyage column.
* 34 11 - 1 entered in Intended Country column; 12 entered in Died
column. Some kind of tally?
* Under #34 entry (bottom of pg. 1), 12 - 1 entered in Sex column
with 13 entered underneath.
* Line drawn across Died Column with 34 entered underneath. Tally
of some kind?
36 ?abel Surname could be Yabel or Gabel.
37 Je???crich Three or four letters unreadable; all look like u, n,
or possibly r, s or c.
39 Thamshaus? Last letter in surname could be an r, s or an i
(not dotted).
40 Rig??tti Surname could be Rigistti or Rigutti.
* 40 In addition to ditto for U.S.A, 1 - 0 entered in this column
42 Sp??e Surname could be Spice or Spue.
* 43 No other name given; assume Wolf is the surname.
* In addition to ditto for U.S.A, 2 - 1 entered in Intended Country
column.
* Number 3 is lightly written in Died column. No explanation.
* 50 Cathrne Leifert The letters rne are raised, small print with a
dot under the n.
* 55 In addition to ditto for U.S.A, X7 - 10 written in column. The X
seems to X-out a mark underneath.
* X17 written in Died column. The X obscurs a number underneath.
56 Vo?tek Halaska First name is either Vojtek or Voftek.
57 Fran?iska Halaska Missing letter could be an s or a z.
* 63 Cathrne Cubik The letters rne are raised, small print with dot
under the n.
* 64 Kruger Mark over the u, could be an umlat.
70 Al?i? Vorel Given name could be Alois or Alvio.
* 79 In addition to ditto for U.S.A, 11 13 is written. Number 24
written in Died column.
* Under #79 entry (bottom margin of pg. 2) there are entries in
three columns:
45 written at right edge of Name column;
21 24 with 55 underneath written in Sex column;
Died column has a line drawn across with 45 written underneath.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 444.
Transcribed by the combined efforts of
John W. Shrum - passengers #1-79,
Carol Queen - passengers #170-259 and 532-623
Maryann E. Rigali - all other passengers
for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild07 May 1999
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