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Brig Voloseano


Antwerp, Belgium to New York
13 June 1862

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, G Sigantte do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the following List or Manifest of Passengers, subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs for the District of New York, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the Passengers received on board the Brig Voloseano whereof I am Master, from Antwerp. So help me God. s/ G. Sigantte.
Sworn to this 13th day of June 1862 Before me ????????
List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Aust. Brig Voloseano whereof G Sigantte is Master from Antwerp, burthen 350 tons.
Columns represent: Names, Age (Years, Months), Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country in which they intend to become inhabitants and Died on the Voyage.
   
 1  Heinrich Steuber        23      male    Belgium 
 2  Heinrich Ricks          25      male    Belgium 
 3  John Theiss             29      male    Luxembourg
 4  John Loseh              19      male    Luxembourg
 5  John N Berig            30      male    Luxembourg
 6  Mathias Diedrich        39      male    Luxembourg
       5 Children
 7  Francis Diedrich        11      male    Luxembourg
 8  Nicolas Diedrich         9      male    Luxembourg
 9  Mathias Diedrich         7      male    Luxembourg
10  Susan Diedrich           4      female  Luxembourg
11  Mary Diedrich            1y 9m  female  Luxembourg
12  Michael Gaengler        26      male    Luxembourg
13  Pierre Gaengler         22      male    Luxembourg
14  Nicholas Smith          38      male    Luxembourg
15  Wife Barbara Taess      30      female  Luxembourg
       Children
16  Sebastian Smith         15      male    Luxembourg
17  Charles Smith           12      male    Luxembourg
18  Nicholas Smith           9      male    Luxembourg
19  Catherine Smith          6      female  Luxembourg
20  Anne Marie Smith         1y10m  female  Luxembourg
21  Pierre Devescourt       27      male    Luxembourg
22  Wife Teresa Zimmerman   23      female  Luxembourg
23  Heinrich Pfeiffer       18      male    Prussia
24  John Pfeiffer           17      male    Prussia 
25  Michel Berg             24      male    Luxembourg
26  Theodore Berg           18      male    Luxembourg
27  Wife Helen Passon       22      female  Luxembourg
       Child
28* Nicholas Berg            2      female  Luxembourg
29  Nicholas Arendas        28      male    Luxembourg
30  Wife Elizabeth Berg     29      female  Luxembourg
31  Suzanna Pulver          43      female  Luxembourg
       Children
32  Bern^d Demitz           18      male    Luxembourg
33  Pierre Demitz           15      male    Luxembourg
34  Madne Demitz            13      female  Luxembourg
35  Susanne Demitz          11      female  Luxembourg
36  Antoine Berjean         29      male    Luxembourg
37  Wife Josephine Arnaud   23      female  Luxembourg
38  Antoine Nau             19      male    Luxembourg
39  Nicholas Burnay         39      male    Luxembourg
40  Wife Suzanne Gerard     33      female  Luxembourg
       Children
41* Elise Burnay            12      female  Luxembourg
42  Anne Burnay              8      female  Luxembourg
43  Jean Burnay             11      male    Luxembourg
44  Barbara Burnay           4      female  Luxembourg
45* Mathais De??????        30      male    Luxembourg
  
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.
*  There were no entries in the Occupation and Died on Voyage 
   columns, therefore the Occupation and Died on Voyage 
   columns have been eliminated.
*  All passengers listed the United States of America for the
   country in which they intend to become inhabitants column.
   To conserve space that column has been eliminated. 
*  Abbreviated names: Bern^d-Bernard, Madne-Madeline
 
Passenger #28 - Nicholas Berg: Male name recorded as female.
Passenger #41 - Elise Burnay.  Given name begins with small 
                letter "e".  Could be an "A".  Could also be Aise.
Passenger #45 - Mathais De??????: Ink blot and write over, very 
                difficult to transcribe. Could be Deidrich or 
                Dedrich.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 220, List 547.
Transcribed by Mary Rawlinson a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
26 May 2000


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