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Schooner Chas Smith
I A H Simpson, Master of the Chas Smith, 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 District of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board of the said Schooner at Hamburg from which port said Schooner 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. So help me God. Signed A H Simpson
Sworn to this 14th September, 1857. Before me J White, DC
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Schooner Chas Smith whereof Simpson is Master, from Hamburg, burthen 347 Tons.
Columns represent: Passenger No.; Name; Age (Years/Months); Sex, Occupation; The Country to which they severally belong (left off all stated Germany); The Country in which they intend to become inhabitants; Died on Voyage (left off as no deaths); Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage (left off as all stated "poop on deck")
1 Casemer Ugorrek 36 Male Farmer United States
2 Carl Lang 22 Male Farmer United States
3 Maria Schindel 23 Female Unmarried United States
4 Louis Levinsky 23 Male Taylor United States
5 J W G Laet 37 Male Laborer United States
6 Charlotte Laet 40 Female Wife United States
7* Auguste Laet 7y6m Female Daughter United States
8 Carl Laet 5y6m Male Son United States
9 Heinrich Laet 3 Male Son United States
10 Fr Lindemann 54 Male Laborer United States
11 Christine Lindemann 49 Female Wife United States
12 Johann Lindemann 19 Male Son United States
13 Michael Schulz 30 Male Laborer United States
14 Hermann Schulz 16 Male Son United States
15 Gossfr Winter 57 Male Farmer United States
16 Anna Winter 53 Female Wife United States
17 Wilhelm Winter 30 Male Farmer United States
18 Caroline Winter 25 Female Wife United States
19 Caroline Winter 4 Female Daughter United States
20* Carl Winter 1y6m Male Son United States
21 Gossfried Winter 6m Male Son United States
22* Bartha Fuohs 25 Female Unmarried United States
23 Joh Hassmann 28 Male Farmer United States
24 Magaretha Eder 22 Female Unmarried United States
25 Kunigunde Soharren 19 Female Unmarried United States
26 Magaretha Soharren 23 Female Unmarried United States
27 Anna Otzlan 27 Female Unmarried United States
28 Clara Sohmauss 23 Female Unmarried United States
29 Anna Soergel 27 Female Unmarried United States
30 Georg Soergel 27 Male Taylor United States
31 Wilhalm Kolbe 29 Male Laborer United States
32 Maria Kolbe 27 Female Wife United States
33* Auguste Kolbe 9m Female Daughter United States
34* Wilh John 56 Male Laborer Quebeck, Canada
35 Christine John 46 Female Wife Quebeck, Canada
36 Ernestina John 7 Female Daughter Quebeck, Canada
37 Julius John 6 Male Son Quebeck, Canada
38 Pauline John 19 Female Daughter Quebeck, Canada
39* Fritz Martens 23 Male Labourer United States
40 Frederike Dreyer 19 Female Unmarried United States
41 Hans Eisenberg 26 Male Carpenter United States
42* Emma Kopke 24 Female Unmarried United States
43 Friedr Wiesener 21 Male Taylor United States
44 Aug Ehlers 31 Male Carpenter United States
45 Amalie Tent 28 Female Unmarried United States
46 Joh Bolzenthal 25 Male Farmer United States
47 Sophie Staut 25 Female ? United States
48 Joach Kohn 39 Male Labourer United States
49 Sophie Kohn 36 Female Wife United States
50 Sophie Kohn 5 Female Daughter United States
51 Friedrich Kohn 7 Male Son United States
52* Wilhelmina Kohn 3 Femail Daughter United States
53* Johanna Kohn 6m Female Daughter United States
54 Georg Hammer 25 Male Farmer United States
55* Barbera Hammer 33 Femail Wife United States
56 Barbera Hammer 6 Femail Wife United States
57 Johann Hillwig 36 Male Fisher United States
58 Anna Hillwig 21 Female Wife United States
59 Johann Lehmann 29 Male Labourer United States
60 Sophie Lehmann 30 Female Wife United States
61 Johann Lehmann 7 Male Son United States
62* Carl Arndt 37 Male Carpenter United States
63 Anna Arndt 42 Female Wife United States
64 Augusta Arndt 20 Female Daughter United States
65* Eudolph Arndt 9m Male Son United States
66 Harmann Arndt 10 Male Son United States
67 Wilhalmina Arndt 7y6m Female Daughter United States
68 Wilhelm Arndt 6 Male Son United States
69* Joa?him Echmer 24 Male Labourer United States
70* Johann Tet?ron 32 Male Carpenter United States
71 Maria Tet?ron 35 Female Wife United States
72 Wilhalm Tet?ron 7y6m Male Son United States
73 Johanna Tet?ron 5 Female Daughter United States
74 Bertha Tet?ron 1 Female Daughter United States
75 Carl Hendroth 50 Male Miller United States
76 Wilhalmina Hendroth 30 Female Wife United States
77 Paulina Hendroth 4 Female Daughter United States
78 Ferdinand Benthien 45 Male Laborer United States
56 Passengers over eight years
18 Passengers from one to eight
4 Passengers under one year
56 Full Passengers
9 Passengers
56 Full Passengers and one birth
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
the quality of original document
Passenger Notes:
7 Both 7 and 8 had age as 1/2
20 Both 20 and 21 had age written as 1/2
22 This last name may also be Fuchs, however it was typed as appears on
manifest
33 Age was written as 3/4 years
34 This is how Quebec spelled throughout manifest
39 The spelling of laborer changed to labourer here
42 The "o" has umlaut
47 The occupation is smudged, most probably stated unmarried
52 Female spelled in this manner
53 Female spelled in this manner
55 Both 55 and 56 occupation spelled in this manner
62 There was a line skipped between passengers 62 and 63, does not appear
there was a name entered
65 Age was written as 3/4 years
69 First name may be Joachim and last name may also be Ehmer, writer
sometimes leaves a tail on his "E"
70 The last name may be Tetgron, Tetyron, Tetzron
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 178, List 1102.
Transcribed by Patricia Reardon Gault a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
17 May 2001
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