Immigrant Ships
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SS Mosel


Bremen, Germany via Southampton, England to New York
17 March 1879

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, H. A. F. Neynaber Master of the N. G. Lloyd S S Mosel 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 New York, is a full and perfect list of all passengers taken on board of the said Vessel at Bremen via Southampton from which 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: and that said list or Manifest truly sets forth the Number of said passengers who have died on the voyage, and the names and ages of those who died. (signed) H.A.F. Neynaber
Sworn to this 17th Mch* 1879 So help me God. Before me (signed) unreadable signature
List or Manifest of all the passengers taken on board the North German Lloyd S S Mosel whereof H. A. F. Neynaber is Master, from Bremen burthen (no tonnage listed) 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, Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage. Note: Since only one passenger died on the voyage,this column has been omitted (see note in the transcriber's notes). Since all passengers stated that they intend to become inhabitants of the USA, this column has been omitted as well.
 
  1* J. Kohler              40      m merchant      New York         I Cabin
  2* Mrs Chs Wilatu?        40      f none          New York         I Cabin
  3  Alexander Landecker    47      m none          New York         I Cabin
  4* Christian Ducker       35      m b?h???        San Francisco    II Cabin
  5  Georg Jagel            26      m merchant      California       II Cabin
  6* Charly Ringen          25      m merchant      New York         II Cabin
  7  Eduard Heimbruch       37      m merchant      New York         II Cabin
  8  Mrs Ed. Heimbruch      32      f wife          New York         II Cabin
  9* Auguste Buhl           20      f none          Germany          II Cabin
 10  Anna Paus              28      f none          Germany          II Cabin
 11  Georg Nitsche          36      m merchant      Germany          II Cabin
 12* Georg Wandecher        35      m merchant      California       II Cabin
 13  Sophie Baer            20      f none          Germany          II Cabin
 14  Eugen Habermehl        19      m merchant      New York         II Cabin
 15  Magaretha Zahl         24      f none          Kansas           II Cabin
 16* Anna Marold            20      f none          Germany          II Cabin
 17* Karl Marold            17      m none          Germany          II Cabin
 18  Charles Begie          40      m merchant      New York         II Cabin
 19  John Schreigel         38      m taylor        New York         II Cabin
 20  August Richter         26      m baker         Germany          II Cabin
 21  Walter Reddin          33      m pilot         New York         II Cabin
 22  Mrs Reddin             30      f wife          New York         II Cabin
 23  Wilhelm Bauer          41      m merchant      Germany          Steerage
 24  Wilhelm Redel          23      m merchant      Germany          Steerage
 25  Johann Ehlers          17      m clerk         Germany          Steerage
 26* Johann Kahrs           23      m waiter        New York         Steerage
 27  Heinrich Becker        22      m grocer        New York         Steerage
 28  Catherine Fitschen     27      f none          Germany          Steerage
 29  Johann Fitschen         3      m child         Germany          Steerage
 30  Heinrich Fitschen       2      m child         Germany          Steerage
 31* Jost Fitschen          11 mos  m child         Germany          Steerage
 32  Johann Hummel          35      m farmer        Bavaria          Steerage
 33  Lina Wisemann          18      f none          Germany          Steerage
 34  Wilhelm Seefeld        40      m farmer        Germany          Steerage
 35  Bertha Seefeld         33      f wife          Germany          Steerage
 36  Otto Seefeld           13      m child         Germany          Steerage
 37  Martha Seefeld          9      f child         Germany          Steerage
 38  Wilhelm Seefeld         8      m child         Germany          Steerage
 39  Anna Seefeld            7      f child         Germany          Steerage
 40  Richard Seefeld         5      m child         Germany          Steerage
 41  Albert Seefeld          3      m child         Germany          Steerage
 42  Robert Seefeld          3 mos  m child         Germany          Steerage
 43  Hermann Weiler         17      m merchant      Germany          Steerage
 44  Carl Stephan           17      m butcher       Germany          Steerage
 45* Philipp Dreck          60      m workman       Austria          Steerage
 46  Wilhelm Plechert       28      m butcher       Germany          Steerage
 47  Magaretha Behrschmidt  32      f none          New York         Steerage
 48  Anna Behrschmidt        3      f child         New York         Steerage
 49  Caroline Behrschmidt   11 mos  f child         New York         Steerage
 50* Conrad Busch           45      m birdman       New York         Steerage
 51* Heinrich Oelker        39      m birdman       New York         Steerage
 52  Conrad Bettmann        19      m watchmaker    Bavaria          Steerage
 53  Thimotheus Speck       30      m farmer        Germany          Steerage
 54  Heinrich Sieger        24      m merchant      Germany          Steerage
 55* Georg Wernecke         36      m farmer        San Francisco    Steerage
 56  John Schmidt           43      m farmer        Iowa             Steerage
 57* Fried^r Zimmerman      54      m farmer        Illinois         Steerage
 58  Mary Beck              45      f none          Pennsylvania     Steerage
 59  Rosa Theis             21      f none          Bavaria          Steerage
 60* Conrad Roth            16      m locksmith     Bavaria          Steerage
 61  Max Hester             33      m musician      Hoboken          Steerage
 62  Diedrich Moranski      26      m workman       Germany          Steerage
 63* Georg Haucke           21      m confectioner  Germany          Steerage
 64  Jacob Cohoday          26      m workman       Cleveland        Steerage
 65* Maria                  22      f none          Bohemia          Steerage
 66  Ludwig Zeller          62      m workman       Philadelphia     Steerage
 67  Anna Zeller            58      m wife          Philadelphia     Steerage
 68  Louis Zeller           15      m child         Philadelphia     Steerage
 69  Albert Newagowski      24      m workman       Germany          Steerage
 70* Jacob Rebak            28      m workman       Germany          Steerage
 71  Max Burgdorf           27      m tanner        Germany          Steerage
 72  Josef Bung             60      m dealer        St. Paul         Steerage
 73* Fried^r Masmann        15      m workman       Germany          Steerage
 74  Diedrich Schmidt       15      m workman       Germany          Steerage
 75  Heinrich Nordhausen    18      m workman       Germany          Steerage
 76  Diedrich Jacobs        15      m workman       Germany          Steerage
 77* Theodor Schuler        24      m workman       Germany          Steerage
 78  Max Franz              21      m apothecary    New York         Steerage
 79* Carl Juttner           28      m farmer        Germany          Steerage
 80  Dieter Hartelt         26      m farmer        Germany          Steerage
 81  Johann Herde           22      m tanner        Germany          Steerage
 82* Josef Kohler           27      m farmer        Germany          Steerage
 83  Thekla Weiner          24      f none          Bohemia          Steerage
 84  Jacob Kort             43      m gardner       Cincinnati       Steerage
 85  Caroline Vox           33      f none          Germany          Steerage
 86  Josef Kleisner         28      m farmer        Germany          Steerage
 87  Ernst Lust             22      m farmer        Germany          Steerage
 88  Emil Salsmann          37      m farmer        Germany          Steerage
 89  Anton Coufal           21      m farmer        Germany          Steerage
 90  Mathias Pelan          27      m farmer        Germany          Steerage
 91  Antonia Pelan          18      f none          Germany          Steerage
 92  Friedrich Benziger     17      m workman       Germany          Steerage
 93* Johannes Robe          60      m workman       Germany          Steerage
 94  Ernst Kranner          27      m merchant      New Orleans      Steerage
 95* Wilhelm Glockner       38      m workman       Sanoma           Steerage
 96  Minna Topel            37      f none          Sanoma           Steerage
 97  Max Topel               9      m child         Sanoma           Steerage
 98  Gustav Gaim            20      m merchant      Germany          Steerage
 99  Johann Vollmer         27      m workman       Germany          Steerage
100  Johann Keppler         21      m workman       Germany          Steerage
101  Ludwig Eisler          18      m saddler       Germany          Steerage
102  Diedrich Otto          40      m farmer        Germany          Steerage
103  Anna Otto              35      f wife          Germany          Steerage
104  Sophia Otto            72      f none          Germany          Steerage
105* Johann Otto             8      m child         Germany          Steerage
106  Heinrich Otto           7      m child         Germany          Steerage
107  Doris Otto              5      m child         Germany          Steerage
108* Johann Otto             2      m child         Germany          Steerage
109* T?inke Haus            24      m farmer        Germany          Steerage
110  Jacob Marcus           20      m merchant      Germany          Steerage
111* Johannes Elsasser      39      m dealer        Germany          Steerage
112* Gertrude Claus         23      f none          Germany          Steerage
113* Peter Schroder         25      m farmer        Germany          Steerage
114  Johannes Scheible      52      m stonecutter   Germany          Steerage
115  Wilhelm Ebert          49      m shoemaker     New York         Steerage
116  Wilhelm Schlick        23      m farmer        Germany          Steerage
117  Julius Fels            17      m merchant      Germany          Steerage
118  Carl Fagler            25      m farmer        Germany          Steerage
119  Christian Fleischmann  24      m workman       Germany          Steerage
120* Johann Gunther         22      m workman       Germany          Steerage
121* August Zangerle        27      m b??er         Germany          Steerage
122* Otto Paris             38      m landlord      Boston           Steerage
123  Josef Brockmann        26      m farmer        Germany          Steerage
124* Ernst Gunther          28      m workman       Germany          Steerage
125  Johann Bley            32      m workman       Germany          Steerage
126  Louis Gerhardt         40      m workman       New York         Steerage
127* Claus Muller           45      m farmer        Germany          Steerage
128* Metha Muller           38      f wife          Germany          Steerage
129* Gesche Muller          12      f child         Germany          Steerage
130* Catharine Muller        9      f child         Germany          Steerage
131* Maria Muller            8      f child         Germany          Steerage
132* Rebecca Muller          6      f child         Germany          Steerage
133  Heinrich Krenn         24      m farmer        Germany          Steerage
134* Herm^? von Salgern     18      m farmer        Germany          Steerage
135* Johann Koster          16      m farmer        Germany          Steerage
136  Georg Pein             17      m farmer        Germany          Steerage
137  Mathilde Schnaars      16      f none          Germany          Steerage
138  Adelheid Gelker        18      f none          Germany          Steerage
139  Elise Meyer            16      f none          Germany          Steerage
140  Eberhard Rottmann      26      m farmer        Bavaria          Steerage
141  Elisabeth Rottmann     25      f wife          Bavaria          Steerage
142* Diedrich Kastner       31      m taylor        Bavaria          Steerage
143  Josef Mover            24      m farmer        Germany          Steerage
144* Wilhelm Spielker       26      m ?ikotag?      Germany          Steerage
145  Anton Reis             50      m merchant      Germany          Steerage
146  Magaretha Reis         32      f wife          Germany          Steerage
147  Emma Reis               5      f child         Germany          Steerage
148  Maria Reis             11 mos  f child         Germany          Steerage
149  Conrad Koppik          25      m farmer        Chicago          Steerage
150* Gebhard Radler         28      m farmer        Germany          Steerage
151  Hinrich Ropers         24      m farmer        Germany          Steerage
152  Maria Reddelmann       28      f none          Germany          Steerage
153  Heinrich Franken       25      m merchant      Germany          Steerage
154* Jurgen Roters          34      m farmer        Nebraska         Steerage
155  Theodor Heine          26      m dyer          Germany          Steerage
156* Catharine Hachler      30      f none          Germany          Steerage
157* Heinrich Hachler        2      m child         Germany          Steerage
158  Catth Behrmann         41      f none          Jersey City      Steerage
159  Heinrich Cohrs         38      m waiter        New York         Steerage
160  Friederike Cohrs       36      f wife          New York         Steerage
161  Hermine Cohrs          10      f child         New York         Steerage
162  Louise Cohrs            8      f child         New York         Steerage
163  Hermann Cohrs           6      m child         New York         Steerage
164  Heinrich Cohrs          3      m child         New York         Steerage
165  Anna Cohrs             11 mos  f child         New York         Steerage
166  Joachim Timm           31      m waiter        Germany          Steerage
167  David Schmidt          28      m traveler      Germany          Steerage
168  Riche Vihan            25      f none          Germany          Steerage
169  Wilhelm Ulrich         32      m merchant      Germany          Steerage

                             Recapitulation
                          Adult  children  infants
                  I Cabin   3                        3
                 II Cabin  20                       20
                 Steerage 120       21       5     146
                          143       21       5  =  169


Transcriber's notes:

*  The handwriting on this manifest is disconnected and very
   hard to read, for example: the m is three little hooks,
   not connected.

^  shows that the following letter was written with superscript

*  indicates a note in the transcriber's notes

?  shows an unreadable letter

*  In the deputy collectors paragraph the month of March has been
   abbreviated Mch.

Passengers #  1, 82, 95, 113, 135 - o is o Umlaut
Passenger  #  2 - the last letter is just a straight line
Passenger  #  4 - the occupation starts with a b, then a letter,
                  h, e or i possibly, then 2 more letters
Passenger  #  6 - the previous transcriber had Ringer as the last name
Passengers #  9,77, 120, 124, 137 - 132 - u is u Umlaut
Passenger  # 12 - the previous transcriber had Wandecker
Passengers # 16, 17 - the previous transcriber had Mareld
Passenger  # 26 - the previous transcriber had Kohrs
Passenger  # 31 - there is a cross symbol behind the age which shows 
                  that this passenger died on the voyage. The note 
                  in the appropriate coloumn is extremely faint, reads
                  "died March 15". There is some more written but it
                  cannot be read.
Passenger  # 45 - the previous transcriber had Derck
Passenger  # 55 - the previous transcriber had Wernicke
Passenger  # 57 - the r in the first name is superscripted
Passenger  # 60 - the previous transcriber had Both
Passenger  # 63 - the previous transcriber had Hausche
Passenger  # 65 - no last name is given for this passenger
Passenger  # 70 - the previous transcriber had Sibak
Passenger  # 73 - the r is superscript
Passenger  # 79 - this could be u Umlaut, the dots on the u are not 
                  very clear
Passenger  # 93 - the previous transcriber had Robb
Passenger  #105, 108 - both children are listed with the same first
                  name
Passenger  #109 - the first letter of the first name could be either
                  T or F, the second letter is just a line.
Passengers #111, 121, 142, 150 - a is a Umlaut
Passenger  #112 - the previous transcriber had Else??
Passenger  #122 - the previous transcriber had Paris
Passenger  #134 - the superscripted ending cannot be read, the 
                  previous transcriber had Salyer as the last name
Passenger  #142 - the previous transcriber had Kostner with o Umlaut
Passenger  #150 - the previous transcriber did not have the a Umlaut
Passenger  #154 - u Umlaut on the first name
Passengers #156, 157 - the previous transcriber had Hackler, the first
                  letter could be a W.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 416.
Retranscribed by Ines Mannhardt a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
31 October 2000



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