Immigrant Ships
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SS Borussia
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Hamburg, Germany to New York, New York
18 June 1856
I, H. Ehlers, Master of the Steamship Borussia 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 the said steamship at Hamburg from which port said steamship has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each 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. So help me God. Signed H. Ehlers
Sworn to this 18 June 1856,
before me.....signature of Collector
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Steamship Borussia whereof
H. Ehlers is Master, from Hamburg, burthen 1876 tons.
Columns represent: Number, Name, Age (in years and months), Sex, Occupation, The
country to which they severally belong, The country in which they intend to become
inhabitants.
1 A. F. Deininger 23 male brewer Germany United States
2 Fridr. Fischer 25 male joiner
3 Friderike Fischer 25 female his wife
4 Therese Hirschberger 25 female unmarried
5 Carl Grutzmacher 40 male farmer
6 Christine Grutzmacher 39 female his wife
7 Hanne Grutzmacher 13 female his children
8 Caroline Grutzmacher 9 female his children
9 Bertha Grutzmacher 7 female his children
10 August Grutzmacher 8 mos male his baby
11 Herm. Linder 26 male farmer
12 Wilhelmina Linder 20 female his wife
13 Friderike Parth 18 female unmarried
14 Chr. Kramer 27 male farmer
15 Gottfr. Krause 25 male farmer
16 Wilh. Miethar 37 male farmer
17 Bertha Miethar 27 female his wife
18 Fridr. Miethar 11 male his children
19 Bertha Miethar 7 female his children
20 Augusta Miethar 4 female his children
21 Wilh. Davi 26 male farmer
22 Friedr. Koppen* 32 male farmer
23 Augusta Koppen* 27 female his wife
24 Wilhelmina Koppen* 9 mos female his baby
25 Peter Seidel 45 male shoemaker
26 Friederike Seidel 40 female his wife
27 Marie Seidel 18 female his children
28 Agnes Seidel 16 female his children
29 Hugo Seidel 7 male his children
30 Emil Seidel 6 male his children
31 Ida Seidel 2 female his children
32 C. Brandmuhl* 37 male farmer
33 Dorothea Brandmuhl* 40 female his wife
34 Carl Brandmuhl* 17 male his children
35 Dorothea Brandmuhl* 12 female his children
36 Marie Brandmuhl* 9 female his children
37 F. L. Hertzer 46 male farmer
38 Carl Hertzer 15 male farmer
39 Carl Duwel* 30 male farmer
40 Carl Stucke 21 male watchmaker
41 Johann Schroder* 26 male farmer
42 Anna Vollmer 32 female unmarried
43 Ferd. Schneide 26 male farmer
44 Jacob Fuch 33 male merchant
45 F. W. Schuldt 27 male farmer
46 H. Monnel 28 male workman
47 F. W. Kleffel 40 male seaman
48 J. Hildebrandt 25 male farmer
49 Th. Dannoff 17 male farmer
50 H. J. Loptin* 52 male farmer
51 Wiebcke Loptin* 65 female his wife
52 Magth. Loptin* 28 female his child
53 Christ. Lohse 28 male farmer
54 Anna Lohse 40 female his wife
55 Heinr Lohse 12 male his children
56 Marie Lohse 10 female his chidren
57 Claus Lahann 37 male farmer
58 Anna Lahann 33 female his wife
59 Catharina Lahann 15 female his children
60 Joach. Lahann 14 male his children
61 Heinrich Lahann 9 male his children
62 Louise Lahann 11 female his children
63 Ferd. Lahann 7 male his children
64 Carl Lahann 5 male his children
65 Theodor Lahann 3 male his children
66 Alvine Lahann 9 mos female his baby
67 Heinr Lohse 25 male mason
68 Margarethe Klahn 20 female unmarried
69 Catharina Klahn 17 female unmarried
70 Christine Klahn 24 female unmarried
71 J. Maunger 50 male merchant
72 Johann Harm 22 male farmer
73 Friederike Harm 54 female woman
74 Dorothea Harm 16 female her children
75 Christ. Harm 14 male her children
76 Elisabeth Harm 12 female her children
77 Dorothea Nieklass 56 female woman
78 Friederike Nieklass 29 female her child
79 Moritz Rissmann 29 male architekt
80 Chr. Bauert 29 male farmer
81 Friederike Bauert 30 female his wife
82 Friedr Bauert 6 male his child
83 Ludwig Landberg 25 male farmer
84 Elisabeth Schenck 25 female unmarried
85 Friedr. Wolfrath 35 male farmer
86 Albertine Wolfrath 37 female his wife
87 Mathilde Wolfrath 7 female his children
88 Carl Wolfrath 5 male his children
89 Auguste Wolfrath 4 mos female his baby
90 Charlotte Reinert 54 female woman
91 Joach. Wiegert 28 male farmer
92 Sophie Eggert 27 female unmarried
93 Wolf Ettinger 19 male merchant
94 Raphael Ettinger 18 male merchant
95 Gottlieb Behrisch 57 male carpenter
96 Johane Behrisch 41 female his wife
97 Carl Behrisch 16 male his children
98 Ewlt Behrisch 2 male his children
99 Hans Dornig * male workman
100 Hagd. Wilke 32 female woman
101 Johs. Wilke 5 male her child
102 Fr. Buckholdt 30 male farmer
103 Ludwig Meier 59 male smith
104 Friederike Meier 40 female his wife
105 Ludwig Meier 26 male his children
106 Louise Meier 15 female his children
107 Carl Meier 8 male his children
108 Auguste Meier 7 female his children
109 Wilhelmine Meier 25 female unmarried
110 J. H. Claussen 21 male merchant
Transcriber's Notes:
The columns "The country to which they severally belong" and "The country
in which they intend to become inhabitants" had "Germany" and "United
States", respectively, written the length of the list.
The column "Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the
voyage" was omitted because all passengers were listed as "Between Deck"
The collector used ditto marks and "do" instead of repeating surnames. The
transcriber typed in the word rather than leave a blank.
Passengers 22-24: umlaut above the "o"
Passengers 32-36: umlaut above the "u"
Passenger 39: umlaut above the "u"
Passenger 41: umlaut above the "o"
Passenger 50-52: umlaut above the "o"
Passenger 99: age left blank
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National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 163 List 500.
Transcribed by Debbie
McCarrell,
a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers
Guild
4 January 2000
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