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SS W. A. Scholten
I, G.J. Sis Master of the Steamship W.A. Scholter 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 New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board of the said Steamship W. A. Scholter at Rotterdam from which port said Steamship W A Scholter 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 said voyage, and the names and ages of those who died. Sworn to, this 30 Jun 1879 So help me God. Before me R??????????
LIST or MANIFEST OF ALL PASSENGERS taken on board the Steamship W. A. Scholten whereof [undecipherable initials or name] G.J. Sis is Master, from Rotterdam burthen 25?? tons.
Columns represent: Given name, Surname, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they belong, Country which they intend to inhabit, Accommodation. (No one was listed as died on the voyage.)
1 H.A. Roon 40 M Private Netherlands US of America first class
2* A?on Dugon 34 M Joiner Sweden US of America steerage
3* Friedrick Schulz 21 M Merchant Germany US of America steerage
4 Maria Koch 29 F Germany US of America steerage
5 Catharina Koch 3 F Germany US of America steerage
6 Alois Zemmer 24 M Germany US of America steerage
7* Nicolaus Rohn 28 M Germany US of America steerage
8 Magdalena Eumer 23 F Germany US of America steerage
9* Eduard ?enniger 26 M Smith Germany US of America steerage
10* Bartholomew ?enniger 29 M Germany US of America steerage
11 Aloys Detterick* 33 M Germany US of America steerage
12 J P Steeling M Germany US of America steerage
13 August Hacker 26 M Clarke Germany US of America steerage
14 Anton van Berger 16 M farmer Netherlands US of America steerage
15* Hendrich v? Stacer 68 M farmer US of America US of America steerage
16* Mar??? v? Langenberg 50 M farmer US of America US of America steerage
17 ??a???? Eykenman? 25 M farmer Netherlands US of America steerage
18 Carl Hoffman 30 M Germany US of America steerage
19* Wilhelm Wessler 16 M Germany US of America steerage
20 Conrad Huller 21 M student Germany US of America second class
21 Harbis Fahrback 20 M Germany US of America steerage
22 Haris Fahrback 24 F Germany US of America steerage
Transcriber's Notes:
No persons died on the voyage
Although the top of the list indicated 18 passengers, there were 22 names
listed.
Passenger numbers added to aid with referencing.
Passengers (*)
2 First name may be Aron. Has umlaute over o
3 Friedr with dot over r indicated abbreviation of Frederick
7 Nic with colon at end denoted abbreviation of Nicolaus
9 and 10 Surname first letter could be N, K, or H
15 Looks like v.d. may be van der
16 Looks like vd may be van der
19 Wilh with colon after h indicated abbreviation
(18) PASSENGERS LIST
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 418.
Transcribed by Margaret Nelson for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild 25 February 1999
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