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Brig Meridian
I, Mark Springer do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear, that the within REPORT and LIST, subscribed with my name and now delivered by me to the Collector of the district of Edgartown, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the names, age, sex and occupation of all the passengers, together with the name of the country to which they severally belong, and that of which they intend to become inhabitants, which were on board the Brig Meridian whereof I am at present master, at the time of her sailing from the port of Havre de Grace or which have at any time since been taken on board the said vessel. And I do likewise swear, that all matters whatsoever in said report and list expressed, are, to the best of my knowledge and belief, just and true. SO HELP ME GOD. (Signed) Mark Springer. Sworn to before me, this ninth day of September 1830, (signed) H. C. Worth, D. COLLECTOR.
REPORT AND LIST of the Passengers taken on board the Brig Meridian of Hallowell whereof Mark Springer is Master, burthen 292 tons and 8/95ths of a ton, bound from the Port of Havre de Grace for Baltimore.*
Columns represent: name, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country of which they intend to become inhabitants, died on the voyage. All the passengers were from France and all intended to become citizens of the United States, so those columns will be eliminated here. (It seems that the original writer of the manifest inverted those columns. He marked that they were all from the United States and intended to become citizens of France. It is assumed that was incorrect.)
1 Arctur Kremer 36 male joiner U. States France
2 Maria Kremer 36 female
3 George Kremer 16 male
4 Charlotte Kremer 8 female
5 Henry Kremer 5 male
6 Chatherine Kremer 3 female
7 Louise Kremer 1 female
8 Joanah Kremer * ?mo ?
9 Joh Backer 42 male shoemaker
10 Joanh Goony M????ne * 26 male unknown
11 Chaterine M????ne * ?0 female
12 Chatherine M????ne 20 female
13 Maria M????ne 8 female
14 Margarete M????ne 5 female
15 Barbaras M????ne 4 female
16 Joanh M????ne 3 female
17 Philip ??in?erly * 40 male unknown
18 Barbaras ??in?erly 33 female
19 Chatherine ??in?erly 6 female
20 Rosina ??in?erly 5 female
21 Fredrika ??in?erly 4 male
22 Wilhelmina ??in?erly 2 female
23 Joanha ??in?erly 1 male
24 Jacob Fredrick Sing? * 45 male brewer
25 Anne Maria Sing? 38 female
26 Jacob Ferdera ? 6 male
27 Salome ? 5 female
28 Gallhosse ? * 3 male
29 Chatharine Merssier 31 female
30 Rosina ? 1 female
31 Me?ter Frederic * 42 male shoemaker
32 Fredrick Conrad Nau? * 38 male unknown
33 Margurite Nau? 36 female
34 Margurite Nau? 7 female
35 Frederic Nau? 5 male
36 Charlotte Nau? 3 female
37 J?? George Spr?ger * 23 male tailor
38 Jagues Spisr 29 male joiner
39 Aargute Baaden 25 male joiner
40 Laurent Fischer 33 male shoemaker
41 Eleonarde Fischer 30 female
42 Courard Fischer 9 male
43 Martin Fischer 6 male
44 Maria Fischer 5 female
45 Margurete Fischer 4 female
46 George Fischer 3 male
47 Chatherine Fischer 2 female
48 Paulina Fischer 1 female
49 Andre ?utt? * 35 male carpenter
50 Margurite ?utt? 32 female
51 Anna Maria ?utt? 3 female
52 George ?utt? 1 male
53 Barbe Foslensbacher 26 female
54 Barbaras No?? * 46 female
55 Magdelen?? No?? 9 female
56 Chatharine No?? 8 female
57 Fredrika No?? 5 female
58 Margurite No?? 22 female
59 Michael Merklin 19 male labourer
60 Antonio ????bert * 38 male butcher
61 Chatherine ????bert 36 female
62 Joanah ????bert 10 female
63 Margurite ????bert 5 female
64 George ????bert 4 male
65 Francisque ????bert 3 male
66 Joseph ????bert 3 male
67 Jean Pieer Chard?????? * 22 male unknown
68 Joanah Mo??luer * 40 male carpenter
69 Jean George Katy 50 male farmer
70 Cesero Bieth 29 male unknown
71 Francis Joseph Gardis 29 male shoemaker
72 Jean ??dess Shemeider * 26 male joiner
73 Luois R?sf???ne? * 28 male unknown
74 Joseph S?dgf?i?d * 18 male unknown
75 Xavier Ko?ferler * 27 male joiner
76 Juliann Ko?ferler 27 female
77 Joseph Ko?ferler 5 female
78 Emile Ko?ferler 3 female
79 Louise Ko?ferler 1 female
80 Antonio Ziebel 27 male farmer
81 Joh. Jab. Nau?rrey * 24 male unknown
82 Paul Noon? * 22 male tailor
83 Joanh L????????ayl * 29 male unknown
84 Frederick Friedering 35 male joiner
85 Chatharine Friedering 5 female
86 Eva Friedering 3 female
87 Christina Friedering 2 female
88 Chatharine Friedering 6mo female
89 Joanah Muller * 56 female
90 Barbaras Muller 50 female
91 George Muller 16 male
92 Joanah Muller * 9 ?
93 Dorathea Muller 5 female
94 Jean David Hou? * 24 male
95 Ledig * 23 male
96 Elizabeth Muller 19 female
97 Corneillh ?rimmer * 40 male joiner
98 Barbaras ?rimmer 36 female
99 Edward ?rimmer 14 male
100 Henrietta ?rimmer 9 female
101 Naanette ?rimmer * 5 female
102 Caroline ?rimmer 3 female
103 Valentine ?utt???? * 40 male carpenter
104 Maria ?utt???? 36 female
105 Francisque ?utt???? 10 male
106 Barbaras ?utt???? 5 female
107 Francis ?utt???? 4 male
108 Velena ?utt???? 3 female
109 Marianne ?utt???? 1 female
110 Conraid Egnase 22 male blacksmith
111 Bernard Drogel?weig * 44 male unknown
112 Maria Drogel?weig 40 female
113 Fredrika Drogel?weig 5 male
114 Chatharine Drogel?weig 4 female
115 Antoiines Drogel?weig 2 male
116 Joseph Sch??rr??r * 37 male shoemaker
117 Chatharine Merssier 31 female
Transcriber's Notes:
* The ship was originally bound for Baltimore but docked at Edgartown
for some reason. This was a very difficult list to decipher. Can only
think it was written by someone who could not understand the names
he was being asked to write.
#8 note in right column states: "Joanah, infant, ? months." Surname was not
written after Joanah but the information was in line for passenger #2,
so probably the child of Maria Kremer. Possibly 3 months old, probably
died on the voyage. Uncertain if male or female, was not included in the
left hand list of passengers on the original, but has been incorporated
into the list here.
#10-16 surname something like Messhline, but not at all certain.
#11 her age possibly 40, but on a damaged area.
#17-23 surname possibly begins with Z or Y, something like Zwingerly or
Zwinzerly.
#24-30 surname for first 2 looks like Sings or Singt; not certain if the
children had the same last name or if Ferdera was to be their surname.
#31 name looks like Mester, not sure if it is first or last name.
#32-36 surname something like Naug or Nauy.
#37 surname Spreiger or Spruger; letters in first name illegible.
#49-52 surname looks like Sutts or Suttr, Jutts or Juttr, or Lutts or Luttr,
but not certain if that was all to the name, as there was a wavy line after
those letters.
#54-58 only 3 or 4 letters, something like Nou or Noll.
#60-66 surname looks like Seimbert or Lambert.
#67 surname possibly Chardemfeur.
#68 surname something like Moussleur or Moufleur.
#72 middle name looks like evedes, no capital.
#73 surname something like Rasfrarnir or Rassrarnir.
#74 surname looks like Sidgfriech.
#75-79 surname Kossfeler or Kopfeler.
#81 surname looks like Nauerrey.
#82 after Noon is a wavy line, not sure if only part of surname was written.
#83 surname looks like Ljnonryf?suyl or L?norryf?ayl.
#89 marked female, but perhaps should be male.
#92 cannot read gender, was over-written.
#94 surname looks like How or Hou with wavy line after, not sure if all of
name was written.
#95 only the word Ledig with wavy line after; the word means single in German,
uncertain if it is a surname.
#97-102 surname probably Grimmer.
#103-109 surname looks like Sutterer or Lutterer.
#111-115 letter in question could be a, but perhaps should be s.
#116 looks like Schrerrier.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M575, Reel 2.
Contributed and Transcribed by Mary Koelzer a member of the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
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