Ship Gesine
Another transcription of this ship can be found in Volume 7
I, D Schulken do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the following List or Manifest of Passengers,subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs for the District of New York, contains to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the Passengers received on board the (Gesine) whereof I am Master, from Bremen
So help me God, Sworn to the 20 day of May 1854
before me (signature of port authority unclear)
List, or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Han Sch^r Gesine whereof D Schulken is Master, from Bremen burthen 152 52/95 tons.
Columns represent: passenger name, age, gender, and occpation. The columns indicating origin and destiantion have been omitted on this list because they were listed as Germany and U. S. of America for all passengers.
1 Bernhard Greite 20 male Carpenter 2 Conrad Doring 30 male Gelder 3 Catherine Doring 30 fem 4 Fr Heymann 25 male Miller 5 Caspar Flutan 54 male ?terer 6 Anna Gert Flutan 54 fem 7 Anna Flutan 7 fem 8 Minna Kranskopf 18 fem 9* Joh Wienhold 43 male Shoemaker 10* Margar Wienhold 43 fem 11 Julius Wienhold 10 male 12 Theodor Wienhold 8 male 13 Conrad Wienhold 5 male 14 Leander Wienhold 5 male 15 Louise Wienhold 11m fem 16 Christian Grosche 27 male Butcher 17 Johan Grosche 26 male 18 Dorothea Grosche 2 fem 19 Daniel Lauer 24 male Farmer 20* Hr Mess 35 male Farmer 21 Gustav Cassius 27 male Tailor 22 Sophie Muhl 49 fem 23* Adolph Th?rwaldt 26 male 24 Louise Schafer ?? fem Cooper 25* Louis Weyel 18 male Cartwright 26* Louis Meckel 18 male Blacksmith 27 Jacob Aller 29 male Bricklayer 28 Gustav Bode 24 male Tailor 29 Georg Kleinschmidt 26 male Blacksmith 30 Anna Kleinschmidt 22 fem 31 Carl Morgenstern 22 male Cabinet Maker 32* Anton Lucking 25 male Tailor 33* Jos Niggemeyer 26 male Tailor 34 J. S Van Elkan 34 male Merchant 35* Friedr Van Elkan 28 male 36* Marg Van Elkan 6m fem 37* Georg Besman 19 male Weaver 38 Anton Volmer 28 male Coachman 39 Marian Volmer 40 fem 40* W^m Reinshagen 46 male Laborer 41* Heinr Kohler 20 male Bakker 42* Ludwig Wartman 27 male Tailor 43* Joh Winderoth 17 male Baker 44 Carl Sigismund 32 male Laborer 45 Julia Sigismund 22 fem 46* Wilh Perchert 31 male Laborer 47 Elise Greitmeyer 23 fem 48* Wilh Behrens 37 male Tailor 49 Franz Stender 18 male Shoemaker 50* Herm Santruck 31 male Farmer 51* Barb Santruck fem 52* Elisab Santruck 10 fem 53* Cath Santruck ?? fem 54* Heinr Santruck 2m male 55* Georg Santruck 2m male 56* John Metze 37 male 57 Anna Metze 27 fem 58* Mart Metze 4 male 59 Mariane Metze 1 fem 60 Johan Kuster 24 male 61* Herm Borich 23 male Tailor 62* Heinr Deutschman 18 male Laborer 63* Aug Sezchtert 29 male Sadler 64* Emilie Sezchtert 32 fem 65* Ch^s Velpel 21 male Laborer 66* Cath Velpel 23 fem 67* Cath Hamel 44 male Farmer 68 Mariane Hamel 16 fem 69 Jacob Klimna 26 male 70 Marian Klimna 20 fem 71 Marian Klimna 9m fem 72* Joh Dascyeck 25 male 73 Lucors Dascyeck 20 fem 74* Marga Dascyeck 24 fem 75* Aug Beck 36 male Watchmaker 76 Caspar Erhard 45 male Bricklayer 77 Leonor Erhard 35 fem 78* Joh Keyschar 33 male Laborer 79 Franz Keyschar 16 male 80* John Pruner 43 male Baker 81 Eleonor Pruner 45 fem 82 Marian Pruner 16 fem 83 Thomas Pruner 14 male 84 Alvina Pruner 12 fem 85 Franz Pruner 9 male 86 Christina Pruner 5 fem 87 Joseph Pruner 2 male 88* Joh Kokwartcy 57 male Musician 89* Jos Kokwartcy 17 male Musician (signature) D Schulken Transcriber's Notes: * An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not the transcriber, or is used to call attention to additional information in the passenger notes. ? Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined due to the condition of the manifest or handwriting of the original recorder. ^ Indicates letters are omitted and the following letter is superscripted. 9 Given name likely Johann. 10 Given name likely Margaretha or Margarethe. 20 Given name likely Heinrich. 23 Surname seems to be something like Thorwaldt or Therwaldt. 25 Given name may be Ludwig. 26 Given name may be Ludwig. 32 Lucking (Lücking) has an umlauted u. 33 Given name likely Joseph. 35 Given name likely Friedrich. 36 Given name likely Margaretha. 37 Surname may be Besemann 40 Given name likely Wilhelm. 41 Given name likely Heinrich. 42 Surname may be Wartmann. 43 Given name likely Johann. 46 Given name likely Wilhelm. 48 Given name likely Wilhelm. 50 Given name likely Hermann. 51 Microfilm does not show the name for #51; however, "Germans to America lists the name as Barb. Presumably the surnames for these passengers are Santruck. Given names: #51 likely Barbara; #52 likely Elisabeth; #53 likely Catharine; #54 Heinrich. 56 Given name likely Johann. 58 Given name likely Martin 61 Given name likely Hermann 62 Given name likely Heinrich. Surname more likely Deutschmann. 63-64 Surname looks like Sezchtert; given name likely August for #63 65 Given name likely Christian or Christoph 66 Given name likely Catharine. 67 Given name likely Catharine. 72 Given name likely Johann. 74 Given name likely Margarethe. 75 Given name likely August. 77 Given name may be Leonore. 78 Given name likely Johann. 80 Given name likely Johann. 88 Given name likely Johann. 89 Given name likely Joseph
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 139, List 524.
Transcribed by Gene Janssen a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
13 September 2011
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