Immigrant Ships
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SS Schiedam

I, E. M. Chevalier, Master of the Steamship Schiedam 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 Steamship Schiedam at Rotterdam from which Port said Steamship 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. M. Chevalier. Sworn before me this 10 Jany 1879 (signed) R?zw??pae

*List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Steamship Schiedam, whereof E. M. Chevalier is master, from Rotterdam burthen 2376 tons.

Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they severally belong, Country of which they intend to becomeinhabitants, Died on the voyage*, Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.

    
 1  Franz Hitz         40 M     farmer       Germany    U.S. of America  Steerage
 2  Agnes Hitz         36 F     wife         Germany    U.S. of America  Steerage
 3  Elizabeth Hitz     11 F     child        Germany    U.S. of America  Steerage
 4  Caroline Hitz       9 F     child        Germany    U.S. of America  Steerage
 5  Marie Hitz          7 F     child        Germany    U.S. of America  Steerage
 6  Rosa Hitz           5 F     child        Germany    U.S. of America  Steerage
 7  Franz Hitz          3 M     child        Germany    U.S. of America  Steerage
 8  Carl Hitz           2 M     child        Germany    U.S. of America  Steerage
 9* Johann Henge       16 M     Clark        Germany    U.S. of America  Steerage
10* Johann Weitz       17 M     Clark        Germany    U.S. of America  Steerage
11  Anna Walther       19 F                  Germany    U.S. of America  Steerage
12  Peter Frank        19 M     Smith        Germany    U.S. of America  Steerage
13  Charl Brunner      46 F     none         Germany    U.S. of America  Steerage
14  Binchen Scherer    28 F     none         Germany    U.S. of America  Steerage
15  Emma Scherer       19 F     none         Germany    U.S. of America  Steerage
16  Marie Supperle     36 F     none         Germany    U.S. of America  Steerage
17  Marie Supperle     11 F     none         Germany    U.S. of America  Steerage
18  Louis Fries        17 M     none         Germany    U.S. of America  Steerage
19* Therese B???g???   57 F     not on board Germany    U.S. of America  Steerage
20  Georg Schweitzer   21 M     Baker        Germany    U.S. of America  Steerage
21  Heini Hatzfeld     22 M     Steward      Germany    U.S. of America  Steerage
22  Mozes Josef        32 M     Segarmaker   Netherland U.S. of America  Steerage
23  Dorethe Josef      29 F     wife         Netherland U.S. of America  Steerage
24  Joei Josef          9 F     child        Netherland U.S. of America  Steerage
25  Henriette Josef     8 F     child        Netherland U.S. of America  Steerage
26* Samuel Josef        6 F     child        Netherland U.S. of America  Steerage
27  Betje Josef         4 F     child        Netherland U.S. of America  Steerage
28  Pinue Josef         1 F     child        Netherland U.S. of America  Steerage
29  Carl Gottwerth     25 M     Farmer       Germany    U.S. of America  Steerage
30  Cornelis Schoop    42 M     Farmer       Netherland U.S. of America  Steerage
31  Grietje Schoop     45 F     wife         Netherland U.S. of America  Steerage
32  Pieter Koopmann    20 M     none         Netherland U.S. of America  Steerage
33  Cornelis Roo       18 M     none         Netherland U.S. of America  Steerage
34* O?ent Ruden        39 M     Sailor       US America U.S. of America  Steerage
35* Ely de B??er       44 M                  US America U.S. of America  Steerage
36  Marcus Btog        21 M                  Netherland U.S. of America  Steerage
37  Kaatje van Garder  25 F                  Netherland U.S. of America  Steerage
38  Josephine Koolman  49 F                  US America U.S. of America  Steerage
39  Marie Moen         30 F                  Netherland U.S. of America  Steerage
40  Aug Hess           23 M     Farmer       Germany    U.S. of America  Steerage
41* Aug Wasserfuh?     27 M     Clerk        Germany    U.S. of America  Second Cabin
42  Matheus Luchsinger 22 M     Clerk        Germany    U.S. of America  Second Cabin
43  L G Hausen         60 M     Clerk        US America U.S. of America  First Cabin
44  W Hausen           55 F     Clerk        US America U.S. of America  First Cabin
45* Charles Wila?us    44 M     Merchant     US America U.S. of America  First Cabin
46  Jacob Smissaart    26 M     Clerk        Netherland U.S. of America  First Cabin
47  Job Veckoutere     20 M     Clerk        Netherland U.S. of America  First Cabin
48  Dick O'Khuyse      22 M     Farmer       Netherland U.S. of America  Steerage

                                        
Transcriber's Notes:

* indicates an omission or error made by the original recorder.
? indicates a word or letters that could not be read, due to quality of 
  original document.

* In the space preceeding the word "List" are letters which appear to be initials
  but which are too illegible to transcribe.

* There were no deaths on the voyage, therefore that column has been left out.

In the Occupation column, a blank space indicates nothing listed for that person. 

Netherlands is spelled Netherland throughout.

* (Deputy Collector) R?zw??pae, too illegibly written to be sure of any letter other than the first.

Passenger numbers have been added to aid with referencing.

 9-10 Occupation spelled "Clark" is probably Clerk.
19 Therese B???g???, line drawn through entry and overwritten with "not on board."
26 Samuel Josef, recorded as female.     
34 O?ent Ruden, could be Orent or Oient.
35 Ely de B??er, could be de Broer or de Braer.
41 Aug Wasserfuh?, could be Wasserfuhs or Wasserfuhr.
45 Charles Wila?us, could be Wilatus or Wilabus.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 416, List 21.

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