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Ship William Tell
Havre, France to New York
30 June 1855
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK-PORT OF NEW YORK
I, James Funck Master of the Ship Wm. Tell do solemnly, sincerely
and truly swear that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by
me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs of the
Collection District of New York, is a full and perfect list of all
the passengers taken on board of the said Ship Wm. Tell at Havre
from which port said ship has now arrived; and that on said list is
truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each of
said passengers, the part of the vessel occupied by each during the
passage, the country to which each belongs, and also the country of
which it is intended by each to become an inhabitant; and that said
List or Manifest truly sets forth the number of said passengers who
have died on said voyage, and the names and ages of those who died.
Sworn to this 30 June 1855
So help me God.
Before me (signed) G T Hunt DC
(signed) James Funck
List or Manifest of all the passengers taken on board the Ship Wm Tell
whereof Funck is Master, from Havre burthen 1153 tons.
Columns consist of: Names, Age, Sex, Occupation, The country to which
they severally belong, The country in which they intend to become
inhabitants, Died on the voyage, Part of the vessel occupied by each
passsenger during the voyage.
Only the cabin passengers have specific occupations given all others
are written as "farmer" at the top of the page. All passengers
intended to become inhabitants of the United States, so that column was
omitted. The 3 deaths on the voyage are noted as + to give more room
for columns without scrolling.
1 Lutz Joseph 26 m Farmer Baden Upper between decks
2 Quenzer Dennis 34 m Baden Upper between decks
3 Stamm Frederica 25 f Baden Upper between decks
4 Fesenbecker Georg 30 m Baden Upper between decks
5 Quenzer friedrich 29 m Baden Upper between decks
6 Kohler Benedict 30 m Baden Upper between decks
7 Braunschweiger Johann 33 m Baden Upper between decks
8 Schmitt Jacob 20 m Baden Upper between decks
9 Glaser Susanna 41 f Baden Upper between decks
10 Stehelin Xaver 21 m Baden Upper between decks
11 Meier Carl 18 m Baden Upper between decks
12 Meier Hermann 17 m Baden Upper between decks
13 Pfeiffer Magdaleine 22 f Baden Upper between decks
14 Kempf Johann 26 m Baden Upper between decks
15 Kiebler Marie 26 f Baden Upper between decks
16 Kiebler Caroline 22 f Baden Upper between decks
17 Stoetzer Erhardt 20 m Baden Lower between decks
18 Dieterle Johannes 22 m Baden Lower between decks
19 Schwarz Friedrich 24 m Baden Lower between decks
20 Schwarz Eva 26 f Baden Lower between decks
21 Schwarz Anna 21 f Baden Lower between decks
22 Leucht Johann 21 m Baden Lower between decks
23 Schu Johann 50 m Baden Lower between decks
24 Schu Regina 48 f Baden Lower between decks
25 Kemmler Johanna 22 f Baden Lower between decks
26 Schu Wilhelmine 16 f Baden Lower between decks
27 Schu Christiane 14 f Baden Lower between decks
28 Schu Christian 11 m Baden Lower between decks
29 Schu Barbara 7 f Baden Lower between decks
30 Wurster Agatha 22 f Baden Upper between decks
31 Lutz Anton 23 m Baden Upper between decks
32 Langbein Catharine 43 f Baden Upper between decks
33 Beyser Christine 26 f Baden Upper between decks
34 Kaiser Gottlieb 18 m Baden Upper between decks
35 Belz Gottlieb 18 m Baden Upper between decks
36 Munz Georg 25 m Baden Upper between decks
37 Baumeister Pankratius 35 m Baden Upper between decks
38 Schwenk Marie 25 f Baden Upper between decks
39 Lasch Gottlieb 25 m Baden Upper between decks
40 Schuler Conrad 25 m Baden Upper between decks
41 Egenriether Marie 26 f Baden Upper between decks
42 Kloster Antoine 20 m Hess Upper between decks
43 Lindestruth Peter 14 m Hess Upper between decks
44 Gillig Joseph 16 m Hess Upper between decks
45 Gillig Carl 21 m Hess Upper between decks
46 Muller Friederike 26 f Hess Upper between decks
47+ Muller Philippine 5 f Hess Upper between decks
48 Muller Friederike 3 f Hess Upper between decks
49 Bader Franz 16 m Hess Upper between decks
50 Feigel Sussanne 22 f Hess Upper between decks
51 Prum Regina 58 f Hess Upper between decks
52 Prum Isaac 18 m Hess Upper between decks
53 Prum Judas 16 m Hess Upper between decks
54 Ross Peter 49 m Hess Upper between decks
55 Ross Anna 45 f Hess Upper between decks
56 Ross Catharina 20 f Hess Upper between decks
57 Ross Georg 15 m Hess Upper between decks
58 Ross Margthe 13 f Hess Upper between decks
59 Ross Philipp 10 m Hess Upper between decks
60 Ross Wilhelm 8 m Hess Upper between decks
61 Ackermann Barbara 58 f Hess Upper between decks
62 Ackermann Margareth 29 f Hess Upper between decks
63 Ackermann Barbara 25 f Hess Upper between decks
64 Ackermann Friedrich 17 m Hess Upper between decks
65 Ackermann Friedrich 4 m Hess Upper between decks
66 Lahner Heinrich 48 m Hess Upper between decks
67 Lahner Margareth 46 f Hess Upper between decks
68 Lahner Margareth 19 f Hess Upper between decks
69 Lahner Johannes 14 m Hess Upper between decks
70 Lahner Georg 10 m Hess Lower between decks
71 Lahner Adam 8 m Hess Lower between decks
72 Lahner Jacob 5 m Hess Lower between decks
73 Saal Jacob 16 m Hess Lower between decks
74 Gartner Adam 57 m Hess Lower between decks
75 Gartner Eva 56 f Hess Lower between decks
76 Schimpf Jacob 29 m Hess Lower between decks
77 Schimpf Eva 25 f Hess Lower between decks
78 Schimpf Sebastian 4 m Hess Lower between decks
79 Schimpf Carl 2 m Hess Lower between decks
80 Schimpf Elisabeth 1/4 3 f Hess Lower between decks
81 Lippert Eva 30 f Hess Lower between decks
82 Lippert Margthe 68 f Hess Lower between decks
83 Kuch Joseph 32 m Hess Lower between decks
84 Freirich Therese 21 f Hess Lower between decks
85 Hoerner Michael 35 m Hess Lower between decks
86 Engelhardt Friederike 28 f Hess Lower between decks
87 Weidenhammer Catharine 59 f Hess Lower between decks
88 Weidenhammer Johanna 23 f Hess Lower between decks
89 Ohlhauser George 39 m Hess Lower between decks
90 Ohlhauser Johann 15 m Hess Lower between decks
91 Ohlhauser George 14 m Hess Lower between decks
92 Ohlhauser Catharina 11 f Hess Lower between decks
93 Ohlhauser Johann 9 m Hess Lower between decks
94 Ohlhauser Martin 5 m Hess Lower between decks
95 Ohlhauser Ludwig 4 m Hess Lower between decks
96 Ohlhauser Philipp 3 m Hess Lower between decks
97 Himmelhahn Amalie 35 f Hess Lower between decks
98 Gommersheimer Nicolaus 29 m Bavaria Upper between decks
99 See Anna 31 f Bavaria Upper between decks
100 See Anna 9 3/4 f Bavaria Upper between decks
101 See Johannes 8 m Bavaria Upper between decks
102 See Ludwig 7 m Bavaria Upper between decks
103 See Catharina 5 f Bavaria Upper between decks
104 See Elisabeth 4 f Bavaria Upper between decks
105 See Barbara 11/12 11 f Bavaria Upper between decks
106 Withemann Adam 28 m Bavaria Upper between decks
107 Withemann Eleonore 25 f Bavaria Upper between decks
108 Withemann Konrad 5 m Bavaria Upper between decks
109 Wilkens Magdaleine 23 f Bavaria Upper between decks
110 Karst Pierre 56 m Bavaria Upper between decks
111 Korber Margth 20 f Bavaria Upper between decks
112 Korber Madeleine 22 f Bavaria Upper between decks
113 Scharffenberger Edouard 21 m Bavaria Upper between decks
114 Muller Philipp 27 m Bavaria Upper between decks
115 Alsbach Jacob 48 m Bavaria Upper between decks
116 Alsbach Elisabeth 39 f Bavaria Upper between decks
117 Alsbach Philippia 17 f Bavaria Upper between decks
118 Alsbach Elisabeth 9 f Bavaria Upper between decks
119 Alsbach Jacob 7 m Bavaria Upper between decks
120 Alsbach Catharine 2 f Bavaria Upper between decks
121 Alsbach Louise 3 f Bavaria Upper between decks
122 Schmitt Catharine 26 f Bavaria Upper between decks
123 Schmitt Margareth 24 f Bavaria Upper between decks
124 Maul Heinrich 56 m Bavaria Upper between decks
125 Maul Margth 56 f Bavaria Upper between decks
126 Maul Catharine 31 f Bavaria Upper between decks
127 Maul Conrad 15 m Bavaria Upper between decks
128 Dietrich Wilhelm 49 m Bavaria Upper between decks
129 DIetrich Elisabeth 43 f Bavaria Upper between decks
130 Petri Johann 27 m Americain Upper between decks
131 Petri Henriette 27 f Bavaria Upper between decks
132 Petri Daniel 3/4 9 m Bavaria Upper between decks
133* Schuff Joh 10 m Bavaria Lower between decks
134* Schuff Joh 8 m Bavaria Lower between decks
135 Prupp Margt 29 f Bavaria Lower between decks
136 Prupp Cath 6 f Bavaria Lower between decks
137 Prupp Babette 2 f Bavaria Lower between decks
138 Blatter Cath 41 f Bavaria Lower between decks
139 Blatter Helena 11 f Bavaria Lower between decks
140 Thran Barb 24 f Bavaria Lower between decks
141 Thran Elise 26 f Bavaria Lower between decks
142 Thran Marie 19 f Bavaria Lower between decks
143 Holtzheimer Carol 14 f Bavaria Lower between decks
144 Metz Cathar 19 f Bavaria Lower between decks
145 Metz Louise 16 f Bavaria Lower between decks
146 Grub Philipp 56 m Bavaria Lower between decks
147 Ehrle Fried 24 m Wurtemberg Lower between decks
148 Stern Israel 15 m Wurtemberg Lower between decks
149 Stern Caroline 20 f Wurtemberg Lower between decks
150 Loewenberg David 15 m Wurtemberg Upper between decks
151 Rosenfeld Hanne 15 m Wurtemberg Upper between decks
152 Lutz Barbara 35 f Wurtemberg Upper between decks
153 Lutz Carl 10 m Wurtemberg Upper between decks
154 Lutz Rosine 8 f Wurtemberg Upper between decks
155 Lutz Catharine 5 f Wurtemberg Upper between decks
156 Ella Jacob 18 m Hess Upper between decks
157 Kohler Sebastian 28 m Hess Upper between decks
158 Zimmer Heinrich 16 m Hess Upper between decks
159 Missinger Ludwig 38 m Hess Upper between decks
160 Feitner Henriette 17 f Bavaria Upper between decks
161 Baumgartner Magdl 22 f Bavaria Upper between decks
162 Janson Anna 17 f Bavaria Upper between decks
163 Louis Amalie 25 f Bavaria Upper between decks
164 Grassmann Johannes 26 m Hess Upper between decks
165 Fey Friedrich 18 m Hess Upper between decks
166 Keller Auguste 30 f Hess Upper between decks
167 Stamm Joseph 30 m Hess Upper between decks
168 Quenzen Adam 20 m Hess Upper between decks
169 Scheffer Johann 18 m Hess Upper between decks
170 Baeurle Anna 29 f Hess Upper between decks
171 Gerber Siegmond 49 m France Upper between decks
172 Gerber Amalie 50 f France Upper between decks
173 Gerber Louise 15 f France Upper between decks
174 Zoller Johann 30 m France Upper between decks
175 Hamm Marie 21 f France Upper between decks
176 Buchholz Luicard 23 f France Upper between decks
177 Klover Elise 24 f France Lower between decks
178 Herrmann Cath 24 f France Lower between decks
179 Trach Sophie 22 f France Lower between decks
180* Sescaner Jacob 30 m France Lower between decks
181 Spery Adolph 16 m France Lower between decks
182 Metzger Helene 21 f France Lower between decks
183 Muller George 28 m France Lower between decks
184 Huber Therese 32 f America Lower between decks
185* Huber Mars 34 m France Lower between decks
186 Stoskopf Andreas 22 m America Lower between decks
187 Stoskopf Marie 17 f France Lower between decks
188 Nolz Salome 58 f France Lower between decks
189 Meyer Charles 11 m France Lower between decks
190 Meyer Wilh 9 m France Lower between decks
191 Hamm Margt 18 f France Lower between decks
192 Mehl Anne 26 f France Lower between decks
193 Goetz Marie 16 f France Lower between decks
194 Kraemer Salome 26 f France Lower between decks
195 Bronner Jean 17 m France Lower between decks
196 Hamm Margth 58 f France Lower between decks
197 Bronner Anne 17 f France Lower between decks
198 Gigogne Francois 33 m France Lower between decks
199 Gigogne Sophie 31 f France Lower between decks
200+ Gigogne Julie 7 f France Lower between decks
201 Gigogne Charles 4 m France Lower between decks
202 Gigogne Joseph 2 m France Lower between decks
203 Gigogne Philipp 10/12 10 m France Lower between decks
204 Schmidt Xaver 23 m France Upper between decks
205 Heiner Conrad 21 m France Upper between decks
206 Klein George 19 m France Upper between decks
207 Meier Anton 17 m Prussia Upper between decks
208 Fuchs Anton 40 m Prussia Upper between decks
209 Fuchs Andre 16 m Prussia Upper between decks
210 Fuchs Michael 17 m Prussia Upper between decks
211 Wolff Peter 26 m Prussia Upper between decks
212 Wolff Anna 23 f Prussia Upper between decks
213 Wolff Peter 18 m Prussia Upper between decks
214 Wolff Joh 1/2 6 m Prussia Upper between decks
215 Pinet Carol 34 f France Upper between decks
216 Pinet Alphonse 13 m France Upper between decks
217 Pinet Emilie 11 f France Upper between decks
218 Pinet Elise 9 f France Upper between decks
219 Pinet Alfred 7 m France Upper between decks
220 Pinet Adolph 5 m France Upper between decks
221 Pinet Octavia 2 f France Upper between decks
222 Pinet Charles 9 m France Upper between decks
223 Lausson Nicholas 28 m France Upper between decks
224 Boulange Marie 28 f France Upper between decks
225 Lausson Nicholas 5 m France Upper between decks
226 Lausson Charles 11 m France Upper between decks
227 Gottschalk Elise 22 f America Upper between decks
228 Gottschalk Marie 2 f America Upper between decks
229 Gottschalk Wilhelm 5 m America Upper between decks
230 Scheidegger Heinrich 40 m France Upper between decks
231 Kummer Friedrich 30 m France Upper between decks
232 Kummer Jacob 28 m France Upper between decks
233 Maondag Gustav 36 m Holland Upper between decks
234 Maondag Catharine 41 f Holland Upper between decks
235 Maondag Caroline 17 f Holland Upper between decks
236 Maondag Evelide 16 f Holland Upper between decks
237 Maondag Cheritze 14 f Holland Upper between decks
238 Maondag Erhardt 4 m Holland Lower between decks
239 Maondag Henrich 11 m Holland Lower between decks
240 Liebers Jan 26 m Holland Lower between decks
241 Deno? Joseph 30 m France Lower between decks
242* Chardonsereh Claus 29 m France Lower between decks
243 Pascal Louis 29 m France Lower between decks
244 Bonvard Louis 21 m France Lower between decks
245 Sauvoyerl Edouard 29 m France Lower between decks
246 Mauger Jean 35 m France Lower between decks
247 Mauger Anne 41 f France Lower between decks
248 Versier Jean 33 m France Lower between decks
249 Clequet Hypolitz 42 m America Lower between decks
250 Bheud Jacob 32 m Switzerland Lower between decks
251* Mulb? Jacob 38 m America Lower between decks
252 Delestre Francois 40 m America Lower between decks
253 Masson Theodor 40 m France Lower between decks
254 Champronrise Jean 25 m France Lower between decks
242 and 12 Infants
9 Americains
Cabin Passengers
255 George Lombard 31 4 m merchant U S America
256 Charles A Greene 33 3 m merchant U S America
257 Robert M Elting 24 2 m merchant U S America
258 George J Thurber 26 1 m lawyer U S America
259 Helen A Thurber 19 2 f U S America
260 Charles W Tony 19 3 m merchant U S America
261 Charles E Kent 21 4 m merchant U S America
262+ Nathaniel G Peny 26 5 m merchant U S America
263 Doctor Wm G Peny 31 4 m doctor U S America
264 Henry Schmidt 45 5 m gentleman U S America
Transcriber's Notes:
+ denotes died on voyage
47 + died on the voyage
133,134 both children are listed with given name of Joh (Johann)
180 Sescaner - The letters are distinct, but it's possible that the surname
is Sexaner
185 given name Mars or Marx
200 + Died on the voyage
242 could be Chardonserlh
251 there may be an ending letter like "e", or it may be a flourish
262 + died on the voyage
American was written as Americain on the manifest
Correspondence 10/16/01 passengers #198-203 GIGOGNE [see other correspondence below]
My ancestors are listed on the Ship William Tell arriving in New York
on 30 June 1855 from Havre, France. They are passenger numbers
198-203, the Gigogne's.
They eventually settled in Frenchtown, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.
My great-great grandfather, Joseph Gigogone, married Ellen Beers of
Sugar Lake, Crawford County, Pennsylvania and had 11 children (10 lived to
adulthood). Lee
Correspondence 01/13/2004 passengers 198-203 Gigogne
Claude Francois Gigogne later know as Joseph, Sr. and his wife
Marie Sophia Triboulet Gigogne left La Cote, Haute-Saone, France
and came to Frenchtown, Crawford Co, PA by way of New York.
Joseph had a brother Augustus and a sister Marguerite Josephine
Gigogne Henry who also settle around Frenchtown. Joseph, Sr.
was a wooden shoe maker. Leslie Raybuck
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 154, List 585.
Transcribed and donated by Sheila Tate
member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers
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25 May 2001
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