SS Mosel
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
Columns are Names, Age (years months), sex, The country to which they severally belong, The country in which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on the voyage, and Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage. Unit. St. of Am. was abbreviated to U.S.A. Ages written in years and fraction of a year were changed to years and months. Since there were no deaths recorded in this section of the passenger list, that column has been omitted.
57 Adolf Dunig * 60 m labourer Germany U.S.A. Steerage
58 Wilhelmine Dunig * 38 f wife Germany U.S.A. Steerage
59 Adolf Dunig * 14 m none Germany U.S.A. Steerage
60 Fritz Dunig * 9 m child Germany U.S.A. Steerage
61 Johann Sundberg 22 m labourer Sweden U.S.A. Steerage
62 Albert Andersson 19 m labourer Sweden U.S.A. Steerage
63 Sven Danielsson 25 m labourer Sweden U.S.A. Steerage
64 Nicolai Hansen 23 m labourer Norway U.S.A. Steerage
65 Nicolai Gust. Gundersen 23 m labourer Norway U.S.A. Steerage
66 Richard Gundersen 20 m labourer Norway U.S.A. Steerage
67 Heinrich Stieber 31 m labourer Germany U.S.A. Steerage
68 August Goldbeck 27 m labourer Germany U.S.A. Steerage
69 Ingeborg * Knudsen 29 m labourer Norway U.S.A. Steerage
70 Johann Brail 23 m engineer Germany U.S.A. Steerage
71 Wilhelm Freiling 17 m labourer Germany U.S.A. Steerage
72 Ludwig Wittkowski 18 m labourer Hungary U.S.A. Steerage
73 Michael Sutej 28 m labourer Austria U.S.A. Steerage
74 Caroline Arendt 50 f wife Germany U.S.A. Steerage
75 Emil Arendt 19 m labourer Germany U.S.A. Steerage
76 August Laakmann 48 m labourer Germany U.S.A. Steerage
77 Marie Delling 22 f none Germany U.S.A. Steerage
78 Louise Delling 18 f none Germany U.S.A. Steerage
79 Max Delling 10 m child Germany U.S.A. Steerage
80 Friedr. Wilh. Mittenzwei 24 m labourer Germany U.S.A. Steerage
81 Carl Blumstengel 24 m dyer Germany U.S.A. Steerage
82 Max Blumstengel 24 m labourer Germany U.S.A. Steerage
83 Wilhelm Teufel 31 m labourer Germany U.S.A. Steerage
84 Albertine Teufel 28 f wife Germany U.S.A. Steerage
85 Ottilie Teufel 15 f none Germany U.S.A. Steerage
86 Gustav Teufel 3 m child Germany U.S.A. Steerage
87 Wilhelm Teufel 2 m child Germany U.S.A. Steerage
88 Wilhelmine Hoch 24 f wife Germany U.S.A. Steerage
89 Wilhelm Hoch 6 m child Germany U.S.A. Steerage
90 Joseph Hoch 3 m child Germany U.S.A. Steerage
91 Clara Hoch 6 f child Germany U.S.A. Steerage
92 Cath a * Hirschberger 22 f none Germany U.S.A. Steerage
93 Franz Noak 26 m labourer Germany U.S.A. Steerage
94 Ottilie Noak 26 f wife Germany U.S.A. Steerage
95 Emilie Noak 3 f child Germany U.S.A. Steerage
96 Amilie Panewasch 19 f none Germany U.S.A. Steerage
97 Friedrich Karkut 26 m labourer Germany U.S.A. Steerage
98 Wilhelm Kuhlbusch 21 m labourer Germany U.S.A. Steerage
99 Franz Schwer 24 m labourer Germany U.S.A. Steerage
100 Wilhelm Schwerin 28 m labourer Germany U.S.A. Steerage
101 Heinrich Knaak 33 m labourer Germany U.S.A. Steerage
102 Auguste Logewski 42 f none Germany U.S.A. Steerage
103 Joachim Popke * 50 m labourer Germany U.S.A. Steerage
104 Auguste Popke * 18 f none Germany U.S.A. Steerage
105 Johann Popke * 10 m child Germany U.S.A. Steerage
106 Hermann Popke * 8 6 m child Germany U.S.A. Steerage
107 Carl Popke * 7 m child Germany U.S.A. Steerage
108 Caroline Popke * 5 6 f child Germany U.S.A. Steerage
109 Elfriede Dombrowska 20 f none Germany U.S.A. Steerage
110 Adam Hahnel 61 m labourer Germany U.S.A. Steerage
111 Joseph Knoblauch 58 m labourer U.S.A. U.S.A. Steerage
112 Marie Schmidt 18 f none Germany U.S.A. Steerage
113 Heinrich Schmidt 18 m laborer Germany U.S.A. Steerage
114 Sebastian Roth 58 m labourer Germany U.S.A. Steerage
115 Pauline Wienke 16 f none Germany U.S.A. Steerage
116 Emil Krienke 16 m none Germany U.S.A. Steerage
117 Heinrich Manowski 16 m none Germany U.S.A. Steerage
118 Carl Zimmermann 29 m labourer Germany U.S.A. Steerage
119 Henriette Zimmermann 23 f wife Germany U.S.A. Steerage
120 August Zimmermann 3 m child Germany U.S.A. Steerage
121 Catharina Zimmermann 60 f none Germany U.S.A. Steerage
122 Gustav Stabenau 36 m labourer Germany U.S.A. Steerage
123 Caroline Stabenau 39 f wife Germany U.S.A. Steerage
124 Wilhelm Stabenau 8 m child Germany U.S.A. Steerage
125 Rudolph Stabenau 5 m child Germany U.S.A. Steerage
126 Rosalie Kaminska 23 f wife Germany U.S.A. Steerage
127 Marianne Kaminska 1 f child Germany U.S.A. Steerage
128 Jacob Schibischewski 30 m labourer Germany U.S.A. Steerage
129 Wilh e* Schibischewski 23 f wife Germany U.S.A. Steerage
130 Wilhelm Schibischewski 2 m child Germany U.S.A. Steerage
131 Maria Schibischewski 10 f child Germany U.S.A. Steerage
132 Christiane Scheltas 22 f wife Germany U.S.A. Steerage
133 Martin Scheltas 3 m child Germany U.S.A. Steerage
134 Carl Scheltas 1 6 m child Germany U.S.A. Steerage
135 Cath a* Eichner 56 f none Germany U.S.A. Steerage
136 Amalie Suesz 18 f none Bohemia U.S.A. Steerage
137 Georg Hermann 19 m farmer Germany U.S.A. Steerage
138 Hermann Zander 29 m labourer Germany U.S.A. Steerage
139 Albert Bierstedt 29 m joiner Germany U.S.A. Steerage
140 Friedrich Bierstedt 23 m locksmith Germany U.S.A. Steerage
141 Johann Drechsler 31 m labourer Germany U.S.A. Steerage
142 Hermann Schmotz 16 m labourer Germany U.S.A. Steerage
143 Auguste Schmotz 7 f child Germany U.S.A. Steerage
144 Anastasia Noster 18 f none Germany U.S.A. Steerage
145 August Beerengrund 22 m bricklayer Germany U.S.A. Steerage
146 Maria Gorgas 33 f none Germany U.S.A. Steerage
147 Auguste Browska 32 f wife Germany U.S.A. Steerage
148 Eduard Browska 9 m child Germany U.S.A. Steerage
149 Martha Browska 7 f child Germany U.S.A. Steerage
150 Ernst Browska 5 m child Germany U.S.A. Steerage
151 Rudolf Browska 4 m child Germany U.S.A. Steerage
152 Marie Browska 9 f child Germany U.S.A. Steerage
153 Franz Browska 9 m child Germany U.S.A. Steerage
154 Christine Unger 44 f wife Germany U.S.A. Steerage
155 Wilhelm Unger 15 m none Germany U.S.A. Steerage
156 Carl Unger 9 m child Germany U.S.A. Steerage
157 Milda Unger 7 f child Germany U.S.A. Steerage
158 Marie Unger 2 f child Germany U.S.A. Steerage
159 Carl Giertz 25 m labourer Germany U.S.A. Steerage
160 Amalie Giertz 22 f wife Germany U.S.A. Steerage
161 Michaline Bucyck 47 f wife Germany U.S.A. Steerage
162 Catharina Bucuck 22 f none Germany U.S.A. Steerage
163 Marie Papke* 22 f none Germany U.S.A. Steerage
164 August Frahm 28 m labourer Germany U.S.A. Steerage
165 Wilhelm Gebhard 46 m labourer Germany U.S.A. Steerage
166 Catharina Munch* 60 f wife Germany U.S.A. Steerage
167 Helene Munch* 11 f child Germany U.S.A. Steerage
168 Franziska Munch* 5 f child Germany U.S.A. Steerage
169 Johann Graalfs 17 m labourer Germany U.S.A. Steerage
170 Wilhelmine Zillmer 47 f wife Germany U.S.A. Steerage
171 Albert Zillmer 9 m child Germany U.S.A. Steerage
172 Hedwig Zillmer 3 f child Germany U.S.A. Steerage
173 Carl Zillmer 18 m labourer Germany U.S.A. Steerage
174 Julius Zillmer 16 m none Germany U.S.A. Steerage
175 Bertha Kubens 32 f wife Germany U.S.A. Steerage
176 Anna Kubens 4 f child Germany U.S.A. Steerage
177 Carl Meyer 33 m labourer Germany U.S.A. Steerage
178 Carl A?muss 29 m labourer Germany U.S.A. Steerage
179 Ernst Ellmer 21 m weaver Germany U.S.A. Steerage
180 Ernst Uhlmann 23 m baker Germany U.S.A. Steerage
181 Adam Fatlinofski 66 m labourer Germany U.S.A. Steerage
182 Christine Fatlinofski 64 f wife Germany U.S.A. Steerage
183 Johann Fatlinofski 22 m labourer Germany U.S.A. Steerage
184 Wilhelmine Fatlinofski 19 f none Germany U.S.A. Steerage
185 Louise Berger 30 f wife Germany U.S.A. Steerage
186 Helene Berger 8 f child Germany U.S.A. Steerage
187 Max Berger 9 m child Germany U.S.A. Steerage
188 Paul Berger 9 m child Germany U.S.A. Steerage
189 Richard Schmidt 24 m labourer Germany U.S.A. Steerage
190 Wilhelmine Goldbeck 18 f none Germany U.S.A. Steerage
191 Johann Witt 24 m farmer Germany U.S.A. Steerage
Transcriber's Notes:
* Passenger #57-60 Dunig there is an umlaut over the u
* Passenger #69 Knudsen - given name and sex designation are as given on
the manifest
* Passenger #92 Hirschberger - Cath a has the a superscripted, the name
is probably Catharina
* Passenger #103-108 Popke - there is probably an umlaut over the o
* Passenger #129 Schibischewski - Wilh e has the e superscripted, the
name is probably Wilhelmine
* Passenger #135 Eichner - Cath a has the a superscripted, the name is
probably Catharina
* Passenger #163 Papke - there is an umlaut over the a
* Passengers #166-168 Munch - there is an umlaut over the u
* Passenger #178 A?muss - may be Armuss or Asmuss
Correspondence 07/10/01 passengers #65 &66 Gundersen
I found my ancestor!
Reinhart Gundersen, born October 3, 1861, Norway
Left from the Port of Kristiansand, Norway on October 27, 1881, age 20,
occupation, "Arbeider".(laborer) ..he left Norway with "N.G. Gundersen, age
23, also from Norway, occupation, "Arbeider" (laborer)...both men were
listed as "Residence, Mandal, Norway"...although I don't believe they were
born there. ( I've researched that! I cannot find the exact town that they
were born in.)
Reinhart arrived in the Port of New York in Nov. 1881, according to his
"Declaration of Intention To Become an American Citizen" paper, plus his
Naturalization paper. He had two brothers, unknown names. It is believed
that N.G. Gundersen could be a brother. The Gundersen's had red hair and
were known as "carrot tops".
I believe that Reinhart and N.G. Gundersen sailed on the "SS MOSEL (Bremen
via Northampton to New York.) Passenger # 65 is "Nicolai Gust. Gundersen,
age 23, laborer, from Norway, to U.S.A., Steerage." Passenger # 66 is
listed as "Richard Gundersen, age 20, laborer, from Norway, to U.S.A.,
Steerage." It is very possible that Reinhart's name was miss-spelled as
"Richard". All other facts and dates are correct. N.G. could very
likely be his brother.
Reinhart settled first in Spooner, Wisconsin, where he worked in a sawmill.
He met other Norwegians there, married Clara Thompson, moved to Fairchild,
Wisconsin, and they raised 10 children. He worked in Fairchild until the
sawmill shut down approx. 1910. Then the family moved to Duluth, Minnesota.
One of their children, Ida Josephine, was born in 1896 in Fairchild,
Wisconsin. She was my grandmother. She died in 1970. She told me many
stories about her parents.
Reinhart died April 1934 and is buried in Duluth, Minnesota along with his
wife, Clara, and one of their children who died suddenly. Reinhart also had
two sisters, Lena and Elizabeth. They both settled in New York.
I would like to correspond with others who would be interested in this
family tree. Glenda Brown
National Archives and Records Administration, Film 237, Reel 444 .
Transcribed in part by Linda Brown Wines for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild 2 April 1999
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