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SS P. Caland
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK – PORT OF NEW YORK
I, E. Deddes Master of the S.S. P. Caland, 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 Collections District of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board of the said SS _____* at Rotterdam from which port said SS ______ has now arrived; and that on the said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each of the 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 said voyage, and the names and ages of those who have died. So help me God. (signed) E. Deddes. Sworn before me this October 2nd, 1876 (signed) Raznroof dc.
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the German S.S. P. Caland, whereof E. Deddes is master, from Rotterdam burthen 2528 tons.
Columns represent: given name, surname, age, sex, occupation, country to which they severally belong, country in which they intend to become inhabitants, and part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage. There being no births or deaths recorded on this voyage, that column has been eliminated.
1* Ma^d Duremus 14 F America US America First cabin 2 Jeannette Keyzer 20 F America US America First cabin 3* Joh Firevuerd 65 M America US America Second cabin 4* A^r Smits M priest Holland US America Second cabin 5 Fr. Sassermann 46 M priest Germany US America Second cabin 6* J Schsvick 48 M priest Germany US America Second cabin 7 Carl Gros 29 M priest Germany US America Second cabin 8 Heinrich Coppeh 49 M America US America Second cabin 9 Joseph Coppeh 20 M America US America Second cabin 10 Philip Coppeh 18 M America US America Second cabin 11* Casper Cyassin 49 M America US America Second cabin 12* Christ Kunsel 50 M America US America Steerage 13 Johan Voss 55 M America US America Steerage 14* J Brinkming 21 M Germany US America Steerage 15 M. Schmith 18 M Germany US America Steerage 16 M. Grelinger 22 M Germany US America Steerage 17 Anna Sorewski 26 F Germany US America Steerage 18 Joseph Sorewski 11 mos M Germany US America Steerage 19 Maryan Boon 20 M Germany US America Steerage 20* Andrew Lunk 57 M America US America Steerage 21* Philip? Ante 56 M America US America Steerage 22 Peter Kraft 62 M America US America Steerage 23 G. Heft 54 M America US America Steerage 24 Christ Fuchs 36 M Labourer Germany US America Steerage 25* H. Bonard? 36 M Engineer Germany US America Steerage 26 Joseph Goldschmidt 13 M Germany US America Steerage 27 Sophia Goldschmidt 19 F Germany US America Steerage 28* Cy Hertenshein 34 M Germany US America Steerage 29 W. Mastner 52 M Labourer Germany US America Steerage 30* Saloure 52 F Germany US America Steerage 31 Cath. Ruel 47 F America US America Steerage 32 Anna Ruel 8 F America US America Steerage 33 Edward Ruel 6 M America US America Steerage 34 Louise Firster 22 F America US America Steerage 35 Heirich Firster 9 mos M America US America Steerage 36* Fran Wotterroth 60 F America US America Steerage 37 Adam Schohl 26 M Germany US America Steerage 38 G. Angelmeier 62 M America US America Steerage 39 J. Peter 39 M Germany US America Steerage 40 Barbara Peter 40 F Germany US America Steerage 41 Barbara Peter 8 F Germany US America Steerage 42* Christ Diesner 51 M Germany US America Steerage 43 Georg Diesner 18 M Germany US America Steerage 44* Mag^d Worstelman 20 F Germany US America Steerage 45 Emmanuel Shege 67 M Germany US America Steerage 46 Paul Shege 38 M Germany US America Steerage 47 Geo Shege 28 M Germany US America Steerage 48 Peter Wies 40 M Germany US America Steerage 49 Elizabeth Wies 33 F Germany US America Steerage 50 Elizabeth Wies 10 F Germany US America Steerage 51 Andreas Wies 6 M Germany US America Steerage 52 Joseph Wies 4 M Germany US America Steerage 53 Gustav Wies 1/2 M Germany US America Steerage 54 Paul Jacobs 32 M America US America Steerage 55 Carl Hoffner 16 M Germany US America Steerage 56 Phill. Spahn 56 M Laborer Germany US America Steerage 57* Ru^d Faul 28 M Salesman Germany US America Steerage 58 Wm. Scherock 34 M America US America Steerage 59* A. Bessm 27 M Baker Germany US America Steerage 60 Mrs. Geldmasher 36 F America US America Steerage 61 Mathias Sieber 27 M America US America Steerage 62* Frank Wantiel 11 M Brewer Germany US America Steerage 63* Bernard Wantiel 8 M Germany US America Steerage 64* M.ten Drinh 26 M America Steerage 65* J v d Wart 53 M America America Steerage 66 H. Hollieva 61 M Farmer America America Steerage 67 H.K. van Vleuters 24 M Holland America Steerage 68* J.T. de Hekker 21 M America America Steerage 69 J. van Cijch 20 M Shoemaker Germany America Steerage 70 M. Tell 40 M Butcher America America Steerage 71 H. Heekesian 21 M Druggist America America Steerage 72* Gen. Linch 44 M America America First cabin 73* N.F. v d Velde 20 M America America First cabin 74* V. Naninstein 20 M America America Steerage 75* Edwin Meyer 21 M America America Steerage 76 Louise Meyer 24 F America America Steerage 77 Henrietti Meyer 51 F America America Steerage 78* Infant Meyer ?mos F America America Steerage 79 Miss Crouya 25 F America First cabinTranscriber's notes:
An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder not the transcriber. The ? marks indicate letters or words that cannot be read due to the quality of the original document.
* In the first paragraph, the word swear is not part of the pre-printing on the form. It is hand written in the margin following the word truly.
* The name of the vessel is not written in the provided spaces.
1 Duremus could be Durimus, and the first name appears to be hypertext for Madelyn or similar.
3 Firevuerd could be Firwuerd.
4 Smits' first name appears to hypertext to represent Arthur or similar.
6 Schsvick could be Schsvich. There is a short straight line drawn over the top of the first h.
11 Cyassin could be Cjassin. There is a symbol over the three letters: ass. It looks like a short straight line over the a and an upside down lower case c with a tail that continues to the left over the ss part.
12 Kunsel could be Kensnel.
14 Brinkming has a line drawn through everything, as though he is scratched off the list. The last letter could be y, so the name could be Brinkminy.
20 Lunk could be Luntt.
21 Ante's first name is Philip with a letter attached at the end. The letter looks like a j. It could be an initial, although there is no space between the j and the last p in Philip; also the letter is not capitalized.
25 Bonard?'s last letter looks like a lower case d, except that it is separated from the previous letter and is as tall as the capital letters. It even looks like it could be cl.
28 Hertenshein could be Hertinshein.
30 Saloure could be Salovre. This could be a first name, but there is no last name. It could be the same last name as the person above, which is Mastner, although there are no ditto marks or -do- marks as this recorder has used.
36 Wotterroth could be Wotterrath.
42 The age could be 51 or 57.
44 Worstelman's first name looks a hypertext Magd representing Magdelyn or something similar.
57 Faul's first name appears to be a hypertext abbreviation for Rudolph or something similar.
59 Bessm could be Beum.
62-63 Wantiel could be Wuntiel or Wontiel.
64 Drinh could be Drivh. The first name could be Martin or something similar.
65 v d Wart's prefixes could represent van or von and de or der. Thus the name could be van de Wart, van der Wart, von de Wart or von der Wart.
68 de Hekker could be de Hekkes.
72 Linch could also be Lynch.
73 v d Velde's prefixes could represent van or von and de or der. The name could be van de Velde, von de Velde, van der Velde or von der Velde.
74 Naninstein could be Navinstein.
75 The age could be 21 or 27.
78 Infant Meyer's age is transcribed as it is written: ?mos.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 406
Transcribed by Jo Sweeney for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild 26 April 1999
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