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SS Rotterdam
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK – PORT OF NEW YORK
I, F. M. Lucas, master of the S. S. Rotterdam 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 Rotterdam at Rotterdam from which Port said SS Rotterdam 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) F. M. Lucas Sworn before me this 15 Jan,1879 (signed) R?iznstcah ? ?
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the S.S. Rotterdam, whereof F. M. Lucas is master, from Rotterdam burthen NY 1 tons.
Columns represent: given name, surname, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country which they intend to inhabit, accommodation.
1 Babette Krug* 46 F blank America America Second Cabin
2 Frans Lehrer 11 M blank Germany America Steerage
3 Jos. Haller 22 M Labourer Germany America Steerage
4 Theodor Feilner 16 M Glasier Germany America Steerage
5 Theresia Bungerts 57 F blank Germany America Steerage
6 Wilhelm Jesse 24 M Farmer America America Steerage
7 Hein. Schaufelberg* 19 M Feucher Germany America Steerage
8 Alfred Heydkamp 30 M Farmer London America Steergage
9 Annie Heydkamp 28 F blank London America Steerage
10 Catharine Heydkamp 58 F blank London America Steerage
11 Alonso Bradley 50 M blank America America Second Cabin
12 Wm. Wels 30 M blank America America Steerage
Transcribers Notes:
* Passenger # 1 and 7, Umlaut on "u" vowel.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 416.
Transcribed by Jacqueline M. Marcus for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild 13 December 1998
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