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SS Donau
I, R. Bus?ius, Master of the German S.S. Donau do solemnly,sincerely, and truly declare 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 listof all the Passengers taken on board of the said vessel at Bremen from which port said vessel has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each said passengers, the location of the compartments or space of the said vessel occupied by each passenger, 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 vogage, and the names and ages of those who died*.
Sworn to this 11 Feb 1878. Before me ?? Warren D. Coll. So help me God.
List or Manifest OF ALL PASSENGERS taken on board the S.S. Donau whereof 'blank' is Master, from Bremen burthen 'blank' tons.
Columns represent name, age, sex, occupation, country severally belonging to, and destination.
First Cabin
1* Eugen Vogelsang 28 M Merchant Germany/Prussia USA
2 Mrs. Vogelsang 24 F Wife Germany USA
3 Geo. Obermeyer 23 M Merchant USA USA
Second Cabin
4 M. Meyer 60 M Merchant USA USA
5* Aug. Roeder 30 M Merchant Germany/Prussia USA
6 Chas Heitzmann 42 M Merchant USA USA
7* Bhd. Hetzlers 21 M Merchant USA USA
8 Theodor Hetzlers 11m M Infant USA USA
9 Heinr. Adlers 22 M Butcher USA USA
10 Wm. Wangerscheim 19 M Merchant USA USA
11* Hedwig Meyer 19 F None Germany/Bavaria USA
12 Jacob Gutmann 18 M Merchant Germany USA
Steerage
13* Georg Meyer 46 M Merchant Germany/Prussia USA
14 Henriette Evers 66 F None Germany USA
15 Ludwig Evers 29 M Workman Germany USA
16 Anna Evers 21 F None Germany USA
17 Helene Evers 9 F Child Germany USA
18 Carl Gieser 59 M Workman Germany USA
19 Anna Grams 60 F None Germany USA
20 Henry Stang 58 M Farmer USA USA
21 H. Belker 25 M birdman USA UsA
22* Friedr. Kruger 19 M birdman USA USA
23* Christ. Kempf 25 M Farmer Germany/Prussia USA
24 Valertsin Kempf 34 M Brewer Germany USA
25 Joh. Engelhardt 16 M Workman Germany USA
26 Joh. Niebler 15 M Workman Germany USA
27 Cathr. Weigel 21 F None Germany USA
28* Veronica Pres?el 23 F None Germany USA
29 Caroline Bankert 21 F None Germany USA
30 Geo. Wieland 9 6m M Child Germany USA
31 Josef Eder 21 M Brewer USA USA
32 Jacob Schilt 24 M Butcher USA USA
33 Nicolas Ruhl 32 M Baker USA USA
34 Mattle Loschky 32 M Farmer USA USA
35 Barbara Loschky 29 F Wife USA USA
36 Magdalene Loschky 4 6m F Child USA
37* Johanna Abraham 19 F None Germany/Bavaria USA
38 Heinr. Esser 18 M None Germany USA
39 Auguste Arndt 23 F None Germany USA
40 Martin Uhlenbrock 64 M Privat Germany USA
41 Aug. Bolle 22 M Merchant Germany USA
42 Adolf George 40 M Brushmaker USA USA
43 Dorothea Diekmann 50 F None USA USA
44* Ludw. Borkmann 33 M Butler Germany/Prussia USA
45 Herm. Haber 24 M None Germany USA
46 John Siegert 24 M Workman Germany USA
47* Carl Lammle 22 M Joiner Germany USA
48 Alb. Schephard 22 M Bookseller England USA
49* Wilh. Loser 23 M Smith Germany USA
50 Jac Stellrecht 48 M Farmer Germany USA
51 Aug. Schopf 25 M Joiner Germany USA
52* Bhd. Sparenberg 28 M Merchant Germany USA
53 Michel Rump 32 M Merchant USA USA
54 A. Lewkowitz 31 M Farmer Hungary USA
55 Friedr. Haag 41 M Farmer Germany USA
56 Wilh. Ahrens 32 M Workman Germany USA
57* Hermann Ahrens 26 F Workman Germany USA
58 Aug. Schrader 28 M Bricklayer Germany USA
59 Heinr. Hackmann 25 M Shoemaker Germany USA
60 Gustav Reutsch 22 M Merchant Germany USA
61 Ernst Heidemann 24 M None Germany USA
62 Jenny Heidemann 21 F Wife Germany USA
63* Arn. Dornenburg 38 M Farmer Germany USA
64* Frz. Partenstein 25 M Tailor Bohemia USA
65 Carl Dietrich 24 M Joiner Bohemia USA
66 Math Knize 18 M Joiner Bohemia USA
67 Wenzl Janka 24 M Shoemaker Bohemia USA
68 Rudolf Keller 30 M Clerk Austria USA
69 Gottl. Winkelmann 41 M Painter Germany USA
70 Geo. Schangweder 25 M None Germany USA
71 Aug. Ahrens 22 M Farmer Germany USA
72 Henry Wilson 23 M None England USA
73 Wm Casselmann 9 6m M Child Germany USA
Recapitulation
First Cabin 3 Passengers
Second Cabin 9 Passengers
Steerage 61 Passengers
Total 73 Passengers
Transcriber's Notes:
* 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
in the transcriber's notes.
The Capt. Bus?ius could be Busius or Bussius
The * in the heading concerning deaths, there were none to be reported on this journey.
1 Prussia written above Germany
5 Prussia written above Germany
7 Bhd could be Bernhard
11 Bavaria written above Germany
13 Prussia written above Germany
22 umlaut u in surname
23 Prussia written above Germany
28 Pres?el could be Pressel or Prestel
37 Bavaria written over Germany
44 umlaut o in surname, Prussia written above Germany
47 umlaut a in surname
49 umlaut o in surname
52 Bhd could be Bernhard
57 gender is given as 'F' even though first name is 'Hermann'
63 Arn. could be Arnold, umlaut o in surname
64 Frz. could be Franz, Frazier, or Fritz
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 411, List 112.
Transcribed by Bob and Gretchen Condon
and C.A. Crother members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
19 February 2003
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