Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Gellert

I, C. Kaempff, Master of the S.S. Gellert do solemnly, sincerely, and truly (blank) that the following List or Manifest of Passengers, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs of Collection District of the City of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board of the said S.S. Gellert at Hamburg from which port said S.S. Gellert has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and the calling of each of said passengers, the location of the compartment or space occupied by each during the passage, the country of citizenship of each, and also the destination or location intended by each; and that said List or Manifest truly sets forth the number of said passengers who have died on said voyage, and the dates and the names and the ages of those who died; also of the pieces of baggage of each; also a true statement, so far as can be ascertained, with reference to the intention of each alien passenger as to a protracted sojourn in this country. So help me God (signed) C. Kaempff

Sworn to this (blank)
Before me (blank)

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the S.S. Gellert whereof C. Kaempff is Master, from Hamburg burthen 2350.53 tons.

Columns represent: names, age, sex, occupation, the country of which they are citizens, intended destination, hailing place, compartment, number of pieces of luggage, and transient or intransient.

 1  William     Diercks    44    m officer     U. St.  New York      San Francisco  cabin  1 intrans
 2  Otto        Reimers    25    m merchant    Prussia New York      Tellinghusen   cabin  1 intrans
 3  Heinrich    Thielen    24    m merchant    Hamburg New York      Hamburg        cabin  1 intrans
 4  Freiherr C. Flemming   25    m officer     Sweden  New York      Stockholm      cabin  2 intrans
 5  Theresa     Flemming   25    f wife        Sweden  New York      Stockholm      cabin    intrans
 6  Carl        Rasskopf   54    m merchant    U. St.  San Francisco San Francisco  cabin  3 citizen
 7  Dora        Rasskopf   43    f wife        U. St.  San Francisco San Francisco  cabin    citizen
 8  Clara       Rasskopf   12    f child       U. St.  San Francisco San Francisco  cabin    citizen
 9  Frieda      Rasskopf   10    f child       U. St.  San Francisco San Francisco  cabin    citizen
10  Elsa        Rasskopf    7    f child       U. St.  San Francisco San Francisco  cabin    citizen
11  Carl        Rasskopf    5    m child       U. St.  San Francisco San Francisco  cabin    citizen
12  Max         Schlachner 20    m merchant    Prussia New York      Berlin         cabin  1 intrans
13  Adolph      Koch       38    m restraunter U. St.  New York      New York       cabin  1 citizen
14  Theodor     Grosswendt 34    m merchant    Hamburg New York      Hamburg        cabin 14 intrans
15  Carl        Grosswendt  8    m child       Hamburg New York      Hamburg        cabin    intrans
16  Walter      Grosswendt  6    m child       Hamburg New York      Hamburg        cabin    intrans
17  Herbert     Grosswendt  2    m child       Hamburg New York      Hamburg        cabin    intrans
18  Edgar       Grosswendt   11m m child       Hamburg New York      Hamburg        cabin    intrans
19  Adelheid    Kassen     23    f single      Hamburg New York      Hamburg        cabin    intrans
20  Anna        Kassen     17    f single      Hamburg New York      Hamburg        cabin    intrans
21  Albert      Albinus    32    m plumber     Hamburg New York      Hamburg        cabin  1 intrans  
22  Gottlieb    von Greim  30    m nobleman    Russia  New York      St. Petersburg cabin  1 intrans
23  Elise       Franz      28    f single      U. St.  New York      New York       cabin  2 citizen
24  Pauline     Franz      26    f single      U. St.  New York      New York       cabin    citizen
25  Emil        Stave      29    m merchant    Prussia New York      Kiel           cabin  1 intrans
26  Peter       Henrichs   16    m merchant    U. St.  New York      New York       cabin    citizen
27  Peter       Feddersen  56    m merchant    U. St.  New York      New York       cabin  2 citizen
28* Gustav      Wachter    58    m merchant    Hamburg New York      Hamburg        cabin  1 intrans
29  Alexander   Kirchmeyer 29    m merchant    Russia  New York      Moscau         cabin  1 intrans
30  Arend       Boctius    26    m technical   Prussia New York      Hyk            cabin  1 intrans
31  Gusta       Harming    18    f single      Austria New York      Krakau         cabin  2 intrans
32  Marie       Feldhusen  17    f single      Prussia New York      Lademaschen    cabin  1 intrans
33  Andrew      Homfeld    52    m farmer      U. St.  Valparaiso    Valparaiso     cabin  1 citizen
34  Hans        Bornhold   54    m farmer      U. St.  Valparaiso    Valparaiso     cabin  1 citizen
35  Richard     Schneider  51    m clergyman   Prussia New York      Kustettin      cabin  1 intrans
36  Otto        Frey       34    m merchant    U. St.  New York      New York       cabin  1 citizen
37  Christian   Dahlmer    47    m mason       U. St.  New York      Freeport       cabin  3 citizen
38  Johanne     Dahlmer    44    f wife        U. St.  New York      Freeport       cabin    citizen
39  Else        Dahlmer    10    f daughter    U. St.  New York      Freeport       cabin    citizen
40  Franz       Siebert    31    m merchant    Austria New York      Warnadorf      cabin  1 intrans
41  Paul        Alsleben   33    m engravor    Prussia New York      Berlin         cabin  1 intrans
               Summa:  32-8-1 
               (signed) C. Kaempff


Transcriber's Notes:

* There were no steerage passengers on the manifest. Steerage manifest may be missing.

* An asterisk is used to call attention to additional information in the Transcriber's Notes.

* Names were transcribed as written without regard to spelling.

* No births or deaths were recorded during the voyage.


28 Umlaut a in surname.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 583, List 344.

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