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SS Borussia
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Hamburg, Germany to New York
June 18, 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 passenger, 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.
205 C. A. Schild 35 male merchant Germany United States
206 Laura Schild 9ms female his baby
207 Friederike Paquat 20 female woman
208 Simon Wude 16 male farmer
209 Behrend Meyer 18 male smith
210 O. Reinshagen 30 male merchant
211 Ad. Schlosser 17 male merchant
212 Wilhelmine Grager* 19 female unmarried
213 Joh. Wiggert 27 male farmer
214 Susanna Ladewig 28 female unmarried
215 Friedr. Rumpf 31 male cooper
216 Friedr. Eggert 25 male farmer
217 Ludw. Schroder* 28 male ??ger
218 Friederike Hackbusch 25 female unmarried
219 Fr. Schleede 27 male farmer
220 Betti Lang 19 female unmarried
221 Moses Friedheim 52 male merchant
222 Clara Friedheim 18 female his children
223 Regine Friedheim 16 female his children
224 Emil Reis 28 male merchant
225 Meyer Reis 20 male merchant
226 Friedr. Le??* 39 male farmer
227 Johanna Le??* 33 female his wife
228 Johanna Le??* 5 female his children
229 Ida Le??* 2 female his children
230 Chr. Beckmann 50 male farmer
231 Louise Beckmann 52 female his wife
232 Dorotha* Beckmann 18 female his children
233 Michael Beckmann 16 male his children
234 Friedr. Beckmann 14 male his children
235 Joh. Beckmann 7 male his children
236 Hanne Beckmann 18 female his children
237 Christine Beckmann 15 female his children
238 Gottfr. Beckmann 11 male his children
239 Franz Beckmann 12 male his children
240 Gottfr. Noske* 42 male farmer
241 Julie Noske* 32 female his wife
242 Marie Noske* 7 female his children
243 Louise Noske* 5 female his children
244 Julius Noske* 1 male his children
245 C. Schubert 32 male farmer
246 Christine Schubert 24 female unmarried
247 Fr. Thurmann 27 male farmer
248 Amalie Thurmann 22 female his wife
249 Hans Delss 29 male farmer
250 Otto Hadel 32 male merchant
251 Wilhelm Fathschild 24 male cart wright
252 Friedr. Fathschild 18 male cart wright
253 Fr. Oppermann 24 male farmer
254 Friede Oppermann 25 female his wife
255 Heinr Oppermann 3 male his child
256 Dorotha* Oppermann 50 female woman
257 Marie Oppermann 21 female her child
258 Michael Witt 43 male farmer
259 Dorotha* Witt 21 female his wife
260 Michael Witt 17 male his children
261 Sophie Witt 9 female his children
262 Michael Bork 56 male farmer
263 Marie Holzhuser* 29 female unmarried
264 Adolph Muller* 29 male farmer
265 Doroth. Muller* 29 female his wife
266 August Muller* 4 male his child
267 Ida Muller* 8ms female his baby
268 F. C. Conrad 40 male farmer
269 Charlotte Conrad 30 female his wife
270 Carl Conrad 6ms male his baby
271 Carl Conrad 34 male farmer
272 Jul. Kirchner 28 male farmer
273 Aug. Golner* 30 male mason
274 Ad. Schubert 34 male farmer
275 Traugott Schubert 40 male farmer
276 Johanna Schubert 42 female his wife
277 Henriette Schubert 19 female his children
278 Johana* Schubert 9 female his children
279 Emilie Schubert 7 female his children
280 Heinr Schubert 5 male his children
281 Auguste Schubert 2 female his children
282 H. Schimpke 37 male saddler
283 Anna Schimpke 34 female his wife
284 Ernst Rothe 17 male miller
285 Carl Rothe 19 male farmer
286 C. R. Heinicher 23 male merchant
287 Carl Bluhm 34 male miller
288 Ant. Bayer 27 male farmer
289 Eberh. Becker 27 male farmer
290 Joseph Gutte 40 male farmer
291 Johana* Gutte 36 female his wife
292 Joseph Gutte 10 male his children
293 Franz Gutte 9 male his children
294 August Gutte 7 male his children
295 Ernestine Gutte 5 female his children
296 Ernestine Engmann 19 female unmarried
297 F. C. Schuldt 40 male farmer
298 Gottl. Becker 25 male farmer
299 Sophie Hahn 23 female unmarried
300 C. F. A. Kunert 28 male farmer
301 Jacob Aberer 42 male carpenter
302 Sil. Waibel 32 female farmer
303 Johs. Seewald 27 male farmer
304 Gottl. Joge 26 male farmer
305 Friedr Sommer 41 male farmer
306 Justine Sommer 32 female his wife
307 Wilhelmine Sommer 13 female his children
308 Wilh Sommer 6 male his children
309 Friedr Sommer 4 male his children
310 Marie Sommer 2 female his children
311 Elisabeth Sommer 63 female woman
312 Emilie Lenz 21 female unmarried
313 M. F. Wilde 31 male farmer
314 J. H. D. Oft 22 male farmer
315 Rud. Gross 26 male merchant
316 Peter Schilling 52 male farmer
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 repeatedly
throughout the entire length of the list.
In the column "Died on the voyage" the captain indicated which part
of the ship the passengers were in.
* Passengers 205 - 224: nothing is noted in this column
* Passengers 225 - 316: The captain states that these passengers
were "Between Deck".
The captain used ditto marks and "do" instead of repeating surnames.
The transcriber typed all the surnames.
Whenever several children are listed the captain put a bracket around
all of them and wrote: "his children" whereas the transcriber chose to
write out "his children" behind each one of the children's names
knowing that it should be "his child" rather than "his children".
212 There is an Umlaut over the "a".
217 There is an Umlaut over the "o".
226 - 229 The third letter of the surname could be a "v" or maybe an "o",
the fourth letter may be an "l".
232, 256, 259 It appears as if the first name in all three cases is
"Dorothea", the captain, however, chose to abbreviate the name and
use a small superscript "a" at the end of the name.
240 - 244 There is an Umlaut over the "o".
263 There is a line above the "s".
264 - 267 There is an Umlaut over the "u".
273 There is an Umlaut over the "o".
278 There is only one "n" in Johana.
291 There is a line above the "n" in Johana, indicating that it
is really spelled with two "n".
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National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 163, List 500.
Transcribed by Angela Hatfield
a member of
the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers
Guild
January 20, 2000
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