Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Ship St. Nicolas

I, Jn^o B Pell do solemly, 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 Duties 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 S^t Nicolas whereof I am Master, from ?(undecipherable due to an ink blot) (signed) J. B. Pell

Sworn to the third Jany 1843 Before me *

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the St Nicolas whereof J. B. Pell is Master, from *Havre burthen 797 49/95 tons.

Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Country to which they severally belong, Country to which they intend to become inhabitants, Occupation, Died on the voyage.

 1* Jean La?ezzolo       52 M Sandaigne    United States  Farmers
 2* Barthelemy La?ezzo   41 M Sandaigne    United States
 3* Francois ?hilibert   76 M France       United States
 4* ??son Schnieder      21 M Baden        United States
 5* Baruch Stern         35 M France       United States
 6  Philippe Mayer       26 M Baden        United States
 7* Bernhard Seyfried    29 M Bavaria      United States
 8* Franz Gehring        19 M Wurtembg^ia  United States
 9* William E?dom        22 M Anglet?ir??  United States
10* Mary E?dom           52 F Anglet?ir??  United States
11* Philipp Kerschner    33 M Amerika 1    United States
12* Margaretha Kerschner 30 F Amerika 2    United States
13* Louise Kerschner      5 F Amerika 3    United States
14* Catharina Kerschner   3 F Amerika 4    United States
15* Georg Eck??ma?ier    27 M Baden        United States
16  Jules Laurent        33 M France       United States
17  Johann Gruber        35 M Bavaria      United States
18  Pierre Bertin        30 M France       United States
19  Charles Scherr       22 M France       United States
20  Jacob Schwarz        25 M Bavaria      United States
21  Catharina Schwarz     7 F Bavaria      United States
22  Lisbeth Schwarz       3 F Bavaria      United States
23* Romain Fouill??il    24 M France       United States
24  Magdalena Weber      20 F Bavaria      United States
25  Elisabetha Vetter    34 F Bavaria      United States
26* Mathias ?sele        21 M Baden        United States
27* Michel ?sele         47 M Baden        United States
28* ????? ????????       19 M Baden        United States

2? Persons of which-4 American-2? alien
signed Jn^ B Pell

Cabin passengers
29* ?lyfse Ch?mi??       25 Male France    US             Cabin passenger  travell?
30  Philipp Veeck        28 Male U. S.     US             Cabin passenger  travell?
31* ?n^? ?????           30 Male U. S.     US             Cabin passenger  travell?

31 of which 6 Am^n
signed Jn B Pell


Transcriber's Notes:

*  The use of an asterisk (*) indicates an error on the part of the original
   recorder not the transcriber or is used to call your attention to additional
   information below.

?  The use of a ? indicates letters or a word that cannot be read due to the
   quality of the original document.

^  Indicates the word may be abbreviated or that superscript was used for the
   following letter or letters.

*  Signature of deputy collector appears to be Sam written over, and ending in 
   alman.

*  All ages are in years.

*  Column 7, Country in which they intend to inhabit is marked United States
   throughout, so has been eliminated.

*  Column 8, Died on Voyage is left blank. There were no deaths listed on this
   passage, therefore the Died on the voyage column has been eliminated.

*  Column 9, Section of vessel occupied is marked Upper Between except for last
   four pasengers which are listed as House on Deck.

*  The Occupation column had only one entry in it with no ditto marks or
   entries for any other passengers. The transcriber believes that all the
   passengers were farmers for the purpose of immigration.

*  It is the belief of the transcriber that the port from which this vessel
   came was Havre, based on the form of, and number of letters which formed
   the semi-legible entry.

*  There are two summary total lines.  The first summary total is after the
   28th passenger, It appears that the enumerator entered 27, then the number
   was crudely changed to 28, the number of aliens appears to be originally 23
   with a single strike through the lower part of the 3 with a 7. The Master
   signed after this entry. The list continues:  28 Persons of which 4 American
   27 alien.

*  The entries for the three cabin passengers is written in a different hand
   much sloppier than the exquisitely formed handwriting of the original
   recorder.

*  The last entry is another summary total line, Am^n probably abbreviation
   for American:  31 - of which 6 Am^n


Passenger Notes:

# 1 - Leading letter is formed most like "L" and less like "S", next ? appears
      to be "v", Lavezzolo, Savezzolo
# 2 - It appears that the letters were written until the space in the column
      was filled, the transcriber believes that the name was truncated by the
      original recorder and should be Lavezzolo, Savezzolo, less likely
      Lavezzo, Savezzo
# 3 - The letter appears to be a narrow "P", ?hilibert, Philibert
# 4 - This is formed like no other starter letter on this short list, believe
      it to be an "A", the third letter appears to be an "s" or less likely a
      "t".  It is formed exactly as in the entry under the Country heading,
      United States.  believe name to be Anson, Anton.
# 5 - The last letter ends as an "n" touching the bottom line before tailing
      upward, unlike the preceeding letters "r" which has a distinct curled end
      at the midletter level, Stern, could also be Stenn.
# 7 - Seyfried is unquestionable, the "y" in this name and Mayer are open and
      formed exactly alike, while the original recorder's "g" are closed.
# 8 - abbreviation for Wurtemberg or Wurtembergia
# 9 - Could be "o" "b" "c" "h" Eodom, Ebdom, Ecdom, Ehdom. Country Anglettirse
#10 - Could be "o" "b" "c" "h" Eodom, Ebdom, Ecdom, Ehdom. Country Anglettirse
#11-#14 - These four passengers had numbers 1-4 entered in the country column
      and appear to be separately enumerated at the end of the manifest. They
      are the only passengers whose country is labeled "Amerika"
#15 - Eck is without doubt, the next letter is formed like the "e" in George or
      the "i" in Romain  and Catharina, not as open as "en", the next letter is
      most likely an "m" or less likely a "w", since the tail of the letter may
      be there but not as pronounced as the recorders other "w"s, then "a",
      next letter is an "l" connected to an "i", the tail of which swirls back
      crossing the "l" and the "a", the er are distinctive. Eckenmalier,
      Eckenwalier, Eckenwaller, Eckenmaller or Eckinmalier, Eckinwalier,
      Eckinwaller, Eckinmaller.
#23 - the three letters start from the tail of an "l" and rise to three
      distinct points of which only the last has a period over it. Transcriber
      believes they are "eui". Fouilleuil, Fouilleil.
#26,#27 - The leading letter is formed exactly like the starting embellishment
      and the downstroke of the "K" in Kerschner, Isele, phonetic for Issel.
#28 - this entry is a jumble of letters and a blot which looks like the Master
      signed after all passengers were recorded, then another passenger #28 was
      overwritten on the line which ended the first two columns.
#29 - the first letter probably is a "U" then "ly" followed by the "reversed
      tail fs". Ulysse. Surname appears to be Chumic??? there are two or three
      letters in an ink blot which covers the last letters of the name.
#31 - The start of the next name looks exactly like the starting of the
      signature of the Master, Jn^. Surname could start with "T", "C", "K",
      followed by illegible scratches which look like an open form of "a" "i"
      then a line to the right with no discernible blips, either above or below
      this line. T????, K????, V????

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 51.

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