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SS Lessing
I, C Ludwig Master of the Gras??er SS Lessing do solemnly, sincerely, and truly affirm that the following List or Manifest subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of ??e Customs of the Collection District of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board the said SS Lessing at Hamburg & Havre from which port said Lessing 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 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 held me God C Ludwig
Sworn to this January 6 1877 before me J ? Weber
LIST OR MANIFEST Of all passengers Grassmer SS Lessing whereof C Ludwig is Master, from Hamburg, Havre burthen 3477 tons.
Columns represent: No., Names, Age (year-month), Sex, Occupation, The country to which they belong, The country in which they intend to become inhabitants, Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.
Between Deck
1 August Winkler 33 m farmer Germany United States
2 Robert Krause 48 m miller Germany United States
3 Caroline Krause 40 f his wife Germany United States
4 Anna Krause 18 f daughter Germany United States
5 Johann Kossch 28 m shoemaker Germany United States
6 Robert Meinsberger 32 m farmer Germany United States
7 Wilhelm Attonger 23 m farmer Germany United States
8 Robert Sieder 30 m seaman United States United States
9 Carl Schloss 27 m workman Gmy United States
10 J G Markshuthler 36 m farmer Un St United States
11 Henis L Wahl 18 m gun maker Gmy United States
12* Max H Lohe 18 m writer Gmy United States
13 James Petasen 30 m farmer Un St United States
14 Robert Andersen 31 m seaman Un St United States
15 Jure Hisoch 24 m farmer Russia United States
16* Heinr Jonas 28 m apothacary Germany United States
17 Marie Altens 22 f unmarried Germany United States
18 OshilIe Sosbonsok 22 f unmarried Austria United States
19 Emilie Soshonsok 49 f unmarried Austria United States
20 Jacob Mohr 33 m miller United States United States
21 Lorenz Shottser 26 m farmer Germany United States
22 Marie Shottser 19 f wife Germany United States
23 Gregor Pusg 30 m carpenter Germany United States
24 Franzaska Barnhard 29 f married Germany United States
25 Rosalie Waszocha 21 f married Germany United States
26 Juliane Gigoncha 56 f woman Germany United States
27 Machin Gigoncha 19 m basketmaker Germany United States
28 Julie Jaykowska 34 f single Germany United States
29* Andr Reginak 25 m workman Germany United States
30 Ernst Kregal 23 m merchant Germany United States
31 Johannes Lampesty 18 m merchant Germany United States
32* Julans Gorlitz 38 m shoemaker Germany United States
33 Caroline Marguairdt 19 f woman Germany United States
34 Ernst Marguairdt 9 m brother Germany United States
35 Lanis Mann 40 m merchant Un St United States
36 Hemrich Cammerer 26 m butcher Gmy United States
37* Fr Jonmhauser 40 m workman Gmy United States
38* Fr Gottl Lachonmeyer 25 m merchant Un St United States
39* Fr Shoeckle 25 m workman Gmy United States
40 Franz Biedemann 24 m workman Austria United States
41* August Krieschke 43 m workman Gmy United States
42* Marie Kreischke 12 f daughter Gmy United States
43* Joh Commer 32 m farmer United States United States
44* Franz Chuelik 18 m workman Austria United States
45 Gottleb Hawes 42 m merchant United States United States
46* Clem Hawes 7 f his daughter United States United States
47 Nathan Suhazkia 19 m baker Russia United States
48 F Vildinger 36 m distiller Gmy United States
49 John Weissonberger 23 m clerk Un St United States
50 Therdor Strait 34 m merchant Germany United States
51 Halene Strait 31 f wife Germany United States
52 Richard Strait 31 m farmer Germany United States
53 Cleline Strait 28 f wife Germany United States
54 Franz Koech 24 m merchant Germany United States
55 Charles Schmidt 34 m farmer Germany United States
56* Clara rang Beamsen 14 f daughter Un St United States
57 Gustav Mosalsky 27 m distiller Gmy United States
58 Victor Kopp 23 m farmer Un St United States
59 Carl Keck 16 m bird seller Gmy United States
60* Mandel Lewissohn 32 m workman Un St United States
61 Charles Hollherok 21 m farmer Russia United States
62 Skemmkt Kojowitz 21 m furrier Russia United States
63 Jude Langenski 23 m workman Russia United States
64 Auguste Bock 43 f woman United States United States
65 Paul Bock 9 m her son United States United States
66 Robert Misggle 32 m laborer United States United States
67 Ferdenand Ott 29 m merchant United States United States
68 Andree Viannect 31 f wife United States United States
69 Lauri Viannect 9 f daughter United States United States
Cabin passengers
70* Menso Aquiths 18 m student Costa Rico United States
71 S L Banker 50 m professor United States United States
72 Phoebe Banker 9 f daughter United States United States
73 Annie Mann 48 f lady United States United States
74* Marg H Winslow 30 f lady United States United States
75 S N Thadtey 45 m merchant United States United States
76 Victor Thadtey 5 m child United States United States
77 Clara Thadtey 4 f child United States United States
78* Van Hasis 14 m boy Germany United States
79 Sophie Sander 30 f lady Un St United States
80 Cregan Sander 7 m son Un St United States
81 Hamiake Disch 28 f lady Un St United States
82 Aldatos Wies 28 m book keeper Un St United States
83 Julia Anders 28 f lady Un St United States
84 August Anders 5 m her baby Un St United States
85 Robert Ternsovsky 34 m merchant Un St United States
86 Marie Ternsovsky 28 f lady Un St United States
87 Louise Baeppe 30 f lady U States United States
88 Heinrick Baeppe 2 m son U States United States
89 Jacob Hiesch 32 m merchant U States United States
90* Franz Ackermann 36 m merchant U States United States
91 Salomon Ross 39 m merchant U States United States
Transcriber's Notes:
* An asterisk (*) after the number indicates that more information is
available in these notes.
? A question mark (?) indicates an unreadable letter.
* The original recorder sometimes abbreviated Germany as Gmy.
* The original recorder used "United States of North America", beside being
wrong, it takes too much space, so United Srates was used by this
transcriber.
* All abbreviations and capitolization were those used by the original
recorder.
* The original recorder wrote out male and abbreviated female as fem, but to
keep uniform with other lists on thise site, and to save space, M and F were
used.
* The original recorder used whole numbers only every 10, but for greater
clarity all whole numbers were used by this transcriber.
* The original recorder sometimes abbreviated United States as Un St, or Un S,
or U States.
* The original recorder started over numbering Cabin Passengers, but to avoid
confusion with duplicate numbers this transcriber made them continuous.
Passenger Notes:
#12 - The original recorder put an umlaut (") over the o in his surname.
#16 - The original recorder abbreviated his first name, probably Heinrich.
#29 - The original recorder abbreviated his first name, probably Andrus or
Andrew.
#32 - The original recorder put an umlaut (") over the o in his surname.
#37 - The original recorder abbreviated his first name, probably Franz.
#38 - The original recorder abbreviated his first name, probably Franz, and the
middle name, probably Gottlieb.
#39 - The original recorder abbreviated his first name, probably Frantz.
#41 - The original recorder put an umlaut (") over the first e in his surname.
#42 - The original recorder put an umlaut (") over the first e in her surname.
#43 - The original recorder abbreviated his first name, probably Johann.
#46 - The original recorder abbreviated her first name, probably Clementine.
#56 - The original recorder did not capitalize her middle name.
#60 - This passenger died on the voyage.
#70 - This passenger died on the voyage.
#74 - The original recorder abbreviated her first name, probably Margaret.
#78 - This passenger died on the voyage.
#91 - This passenger died on the voyage.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 407, List 12.
Transcribed by James W. Kardos a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
28 April 2001
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