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Ship Ocean
I, B. Gardes, Master of the Ship "Ocean" of Bremen do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the annexed List, subscribed with my name, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account or report of all the passengers who have been taken on board the said ship at Bremen or any other foreign Port, or at sea, and brought in the said vessel into any District of the United States since her departure from the said Port of Bremen.
Sworn to, this 13th day of January 1872 B. Gardes Before me, ? M. ????? (port authority signature indecipherable)
List or Manifest Of All the Passengers taken on bord (sic) the German ship Ocean whereof B. Gardes is Master, from Bremen, burthen 695 tons
Columns represent: passengers' names, ages (years-months) gender, occupation, country to which they belong, and destination. The column for part of ship occupied is omitted in this list because all passengers were listed as travelling in steerage.
1 Ernestine Frank 20 f Prussia Detroit
2 August Schur 26 m farmer Prussia Baltimore
3 Eline Krause 20 f Prussia Chicago
4 Meta Popken 24 f Prussia Baltimore
5 Wilhelmine Buchholz 44 f Prussia Chicago
6 August Buchholz 17 m Prussia Chicago
7 Albert Buchholz 11 m Prussia Chicago
8 Ottilie Buchholz 7 f Prussia Chicago
9 Wilhelm Buchholz 3 m Prussia Chicago
10 Julius Buchholz 2 m Prussia Chicago
11 Wilhelmine Buchholz 6m f Prussia Chicago
12 Maria Pape 25 f Prussia Baltimore
13* Gerhard Roesing 54 m farmer ??????? Cincinaty
14* Helen Roesing 55 f ??????? Cincinaty
15* Christina Roesing 21 f ??????? Cincinaty
16* Therese ?enbers 22 f ??????? Cincinaty
17* Agnes Helmingdierks 50 f ??????? Cincinaty
18* Johann Ropedlosky 16 m ??????? Baltimore
19* Johanne Borowski 29 f ??????? Millwauky
20* Victoria Borowski 4 f ??????? Millwauky
21* Jurgen Wrieden 33 m farmer ??????? New Brighton
22* Adelheit Wrieden 31 f ??????? New Brighton
23* Johann Wrieden 3 m ??????? New Brighton
24* Johann Wagenknecht 29 m farmer ??????? Wisconsin
25* Wilhelmine Wagenknecht 28 f ??????? Wisconsin
26* Christine ?olken 36 f Bremen Baltimore
27* Johann ?olken 12 m Bremen Baltimore
28* Heinrich ?olken 7 m Bremen Baltimore
29* Johannes ?olken 17 m Bremen Baltimore
30* Christine ?olken 4 f Bremen Baltimore
31* Julius ?olken 1 m Bremen Baltimore
32 Johann Rossow 60 m farmer Prussia Millwauky
33 Caroline Rossow 62 f Prussia Millwauky
34 Carl Rossow 34 m farmer Prussia Millwauky
35 Emilie Rossow 7 f Prussia Millwauky
36 Mine Rossow 3 f Prussia Millwauky
37 Anton Bonsel 44 m farmer Prussia Millwauky
38 Marianne Bonsel 32 f Prussia Millwauky
39 Andreas Bonsel 9 m Prussia Millwauky
40 Thomas Bonsel 6 m Prussia Millwauky
41 Franz Doberatz 41 m farmer Prussia Millwauky
42 Fredericke Doberatz 45 f Prussia Millwauky
43 Johanne Doberatz 14 f Prussia Millwauky
44 Wilhelm Doberatz 11 m Prussia Millwauky
45 Auguste Doberatz 2 f Prussia Millwauky
46 Martin Wegner 23 m Wisconsin Wisconsin
47 Franz Reknec 53 m farmer Bohemia Penselvania
48 Maria Reknec 47 f Bohemia Penselvania
49 Franz Reknec 21 m Bohemia Penselvania
50 Adolph Reknec 11 m Bohemia Penselvania
51 Rudolph Reknec 6 m Bohemia Penselvania
52 Johann Reknec 3 m Bohemia Penselvania
53 Anton Reknec 9m m Bohemia Penselvania
54 Anna Janda 23 f Bohemia Penselvania
55 Joseph Fischer 35 m farmer Prussia Baltimore
56 Anna Fischer 36 f Prussia Baltimore
57 Maria Fischer 5 f Prussia Baltimore
58 Albine Fischer 3 f Prussia Baltimore
59 Ferdinand Fischer 1 m Prussia Baltimore
60 Franz Edmund Heck 25 m smidt Prussia Baltimore
61 Martin Gierczok 33 m farmer Prussia Baltimore
62 Josepha Gierczok 32 f Prussia Baltimore
63 Victoria Gierczok 2 f Prussia Baltimore
64 Johann Gierczok 1 m Prussia Baltimore
65 Maria Gierczok 2m f Prussia Baltimore
66 Franz Rataiczirk 30 m farmer Prussia Baltimore
67 Veronika Rataiczirk 20 f Prussia Baltimore
68 Jacob Gierczok 2? m Prussia Baltimore
69 Ignatz Przlbilsky 30 m farmer Prussia Baltimore
70 Anna Wancowska 24 f Prussia Baltimore
71 Josepha Wienke 25 f Prussia Baltimore
72 Wilhelm Zwick 56 m storekeeper Prussia Baltimore
73 Anton Bonk 21 m joiner Prussia Baltimore
74 Stanislaus Maninsky 47 m smidt Prussia Baltimore
75 Engeline Hellmann 32 f Prussia Baltimore
76 Richard Lagnase 26 m smidt Prussia Baltimore
77 Hermann Holzwart 13 m Baltimore Baltimore
78 Johann Schauer 44 m farmer Prussia Baltimore
79 Anna Schauer 18 f Prussia Baltimore
80 Vincenz Schauer 3 m Prussia Baltimore
81 Anna Gertrude Hocken 24 f Prussia Baltimore
82 Josephine Hocken 4 f Prussia Baltimore
83 Eduard Behrens 19 m shoemaker Prussia Baltimore
84 Carl Ludwig Rersten 24 m sattler Prussia Baltimore
85 August Sesse 38 m farmer Prussia Cincinaty
86 Wilhelmine Sesse 44 f Prussia Cincinaty
87 Albertine Sesse 12 f Prussia Cincinaty
88 Maria Sesse 8 f Prussia Cincinaty
89 Bertha Sesse 5 f Prussia Cincinaty
90 Auguste Sesse 3 f Prussia Cincinaty
91 August Sesse 6m m Prussia Cincinaty
92 Martin Fuge 22 m farmer Prussia Cincinaty
93 Justine Hensenbein 21 f Prussia Cleveland
94* Carl Zarbock 37 m farmer Prussia Cleveland
95 Maria Zarbock 32 f Prussia Cleveland
96 Hermann Zarbock 6 m Prussia Cleveland
97 Wilhelm Herling 33 m farmer Prussia Baltimore
98 Georg Frank 34 m wever Prussia Baltimore
99* Catharine Frank 28 f Prussia Baltimore
100 Elisabeth Frank 7 f Prussia Baltimore
101 Catharine Frank 5 f Prussia Baltimore
102 Georg Frank 2 m Prussia Baltimore
103 Heinrcih Luckel 29 m taylor Prussia Baltimore
104 Catharine Luckel 35 f Prussia Baltimore
105 Heinrich Wessels 17 m Prussia Baltimore
106* Gottlieb Kuhl 59 m farmer Prussia Wisconsin
107* Hanne Kuhl 58 f Prussia Wisconsin
108 Michel Grundkowsky 30 m smidt Prussia Detroit
109 Michaline Grundkowsky 33 f Prussia Detroit
110 Marianne Grundkowsky 8 f Prussia Detroit
111 Franciska Grundkowsky 3 f Prussia Detroit
112 Andreas Grundkowsky 23 m farmer Prussia Detroit
113* Carl Kruger 28 m farmer Prussia Cleveland
114* Louise Kruger 22 m Prussia Cleveland
115 Marianne Schwelung 19 f Prussia St. Louis
116 Johann Emil Calsen 16 m joiner Prussia Baltimore
117 Johann Schneider 19 m butcher Prussia Baltimore
118 Wilhelm Kroke 36 m shoemaker Prussia Baltimore
119 Hermann Rabehl 41 m farmer Prussia Chicago
120 Caroline Rabehl 31 f Prussia Chicago
121 Friedrich Rabehl 10 m Prussia Chicago
122 Auguste Rabehl 7 f Prussia Chicago
123 Wilhelm Risenthal 30 m taylor Prussia Chicago
124 Catharine Hahn 55 f Prussia St. Louis
125 Georg Hahn 26 m farmer Prussia St. Louis
126 Franz Hahn 22 m farmer Prussia St. Louis
127 Christian Pieron 20 m capenter Prussia St. Louis
128 Philipp Baier 21 m farmer Prussia St. Louis
129 Maria Blichslager 36 f Bremen New York
130 Maria Sander 58 f Bremen New York
131 Johanne Blichslager 9 f Bremen New York
132 Elisabeth Blichslager 7 f Bremen New York
133 Edmund Blichslager 2 m Bremen New York
134* Heinrich Muller 50 m farmer Hessia Baltimore
135* Elisabeth Muller 53 f Hessia Baltimore
136* Elisabeth Muller 20 f Hessia Baltimore
137* Anna Muller 17 f Hessia Baltimore
138* Johann Muller 13 m Hessia Baltimore
139 Johann Steck 25 m farmer Bohemia Chicago
140 Babara Steck 28 f Bohemia Chicago
141 Andreas Fowsky 20 m shoemaker Bohemia Chicago
142 Wincens Wenesky 19 m farmer Bohemia Chicago
143 Michael Wursack 20 f farmer Bohemia Baltimore
144 Anderick Wursack 22 f Bohemia Baltimore
145 Joseph Wursack 9m m Bohemia Baltimore
146* Conrad Ruhler 3? m butcher Buffalo Buffalo
147 Anna Berger 37 f Chicago Cincinaty
148 Louis Berger 13 m Chicago Cincinaty
149 ?i??e Berger 1/11? m Chicago Cincinaty
150 August Wendt 24 m joiner Prussia Wisconsin
151 Emilie Wendt 24 f Prussia Wisconsin
152 Antonie Wendt 3 f Prussia Wisconsin
153 Bertha Wendt 1 f Prussia Wisconsin
154* See note for passenger #19 26days ?
155* See note for passenger #99 19days ?
Transcriber's Notes:
An asterisk indicates further information to be found in these notes.
A question marks indicates material that was not possible to decipher.
Passenger Notes:
16 First letter of surname may be either a "T" or an "F" making the name
either Tenbers or Fenbers
13-17 The column indicating the passengers' nationality is damaged/torn through
the line for passenger #13 has a first letter which may be a "P"
18-25 The column indicating the passengers' nationality has ditto marks but
the information to which the ditto marks refer is obliterated on the
original.
19 Note in far right column for passenger #19 says: baby born on 18th Dec.
21 Given name has an umlaut over the "u" so: Jürgen.
26-31 First letter of surname may be either a "T" or an "F" making the name
either Folken or Tolken.
81-82 Third letter of surname is unclear--may be an "e" or a "c" thus the name
would be either Hocken or Hoeken
94 Surname could be Zarback
99 Note in far right column for passenger #99 says: baby born on the 25th Dec 1871.
103-104 Surname may have an umlaut over the "u" thus Lückel or Luekel
106-107 Surname has an umlaut over the "u" thus it could be spelled Kuehl
113-114 Surname has an umlaut over the "u" thus it could be spelled Krueger
134-138 Surname has an umlaut over the "u" thus it could be spelled Mueller
146 Surname may have an umlaut over the "u" thus Rühler or Ruehler,
and the second digit of the age is obliterated or overwritten.
149 Given name may be either Hille or Hine but it is unclear.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M255, Roll 19, Ship #3.
Donated and Transcribed by Gene Janssen a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
29 September 2001
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