Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Ship Olympia

[There is no sworn statement for this ship.]

Report and List of the Passengers taken on board the Ship Olympia of New Orleans whereof Edward Grays is Master, burthen Two hundred ninety tons and 41/95ths of a ton, bound from the Port of Havre de Grace for New Orleans.

Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they severally belong and Country of which they intend to become inhabitants.

 1 Joseph     Mung          26 m ???ianaka?e Baden  United States
 2 Benedict   Hettrich      24 m Farmer      Bavier United States
 3 Fred       Schlachter    40 m Farmer      Baden  United States
 4 Jacob      Herdel        29 m Farmer      Baden  United States
 5 Cath na    Grub          22 f Farmer      Baden  United States
 6 Fred       Hundeshagen   22 m Farmer      Baden  United States
 7 Louis      Wagner        23 m Joiner      Baden  United States
 8 Louis      Nievergolder  23 m Tanner      Baden  United States
 9 C??        Humbert       21 m Corner*     Bavier United States
10 C???       S???gel???    27 m Butcher     Bavier United States
11 ???        S???gel???    22 m Farmer      Bavier United States
12 Adolph     Renaud        21 m Merchant    France United States
13 Victor     Chopin        19 m Apothecary  France United States
14 Lucien     Bapiens       28 m Baker       France United States
15 Louis      Pierre        21 m Minehand    France United States
16 Cloude     Vernay        44 m Coopper*    France United States
17 Francaise  Vernay        37 f Coopper*    France United States
18 Jian A     Child          6 m             France United States
19 Joseph     Gelriech      36 m Baker       Baden  United States
20 Joseph     Schattehen    23 m Di??        Baden  United States
21 Jacob      Scholzer      38 m Baker       Baden  United States
22 Xavier     Kaisfer       22 m Baker       Baden  United States
23 christian  Falt?         22 m olshomaker  Baden  United States
24 Michel     Haas          24 m Farmer      Baden  United States
25 Maximilien Schmidt       24 m Farmer      Baden  United States
26 nicolas    Martin        31 m Farmer      Baden  United States
27 Geo ??     Glad          37 m Farmer      Baden  United States
28 F cois     Ornoult       32 m Baker       France United States
29 Jian       Triant        68 m Farmer      France United States
30 B?n        Margo         34 m C???????    Suisse United States
31 Edouard    Granger       26 m ????ary     France United States

Transcriber's Notes:

* The use of an * indicates an omission or error made by the original 
  recorder.
* The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read, 
  due to quality of original document.
* 1 First letter of occupation looks like T or F; 2nd letter could 
  be h or l; next to last letter could be n

* 5 The na is superscript; name possibly Catharina
* 9 C?? - Possibly Chs.  Occupation possibly meant as coroner
* 10 C??? - Illegible characters due to poor copy quality.  
  Surname S???gel??? - possibly Steigelman
* 11 First name illegible due to poor copy quality. Surname same as #10 
* 16 Copper - possibly meant as cooper
* 17 Same as #16
* 18 No occupation listed as passenger is a minor
* 20 Die? - last letter may be r
* 23 Falt? - last letter is small; possibly e
* 27 ?? - appears to be hi superscript
* 28 F cois - written F with cois superscript and underlined; possibly 
  meant as Francois
* 30 B?n - small letter; possibly e.  First letter of occupation appears to 
  be C; 2nd and 3rd letters are small; 4th letter could be f, b or p; remaining 
  letters are all small - possibly osseur or onier
* 31 First four letters of occupation are illegible due to poor copy quality; 
  remaining letters appear to be ary
* There were no deaths on this passage, therefore the death column has been 
  eliminated.

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