Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Mosel


Bremen via Northampton to New York
21 Nov 1881
Steerage passengers #57-191
See below for complete list
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
Passengers Cabin and Steerage #1-11
Passengers Steerage #12-56
Passengers Steerage #192-370
Passengers Steerage #371-459
Passengers Steerage #460-548
Passengers Steerage #549-637
Passengers Steerage #638-726
Passengers Steerage #727-817
Passengers Steerage #818-903
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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