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SS Polaria

I,G. Busch, Master of the German Steamship Polaria do solemnly, sincerely, and truly certify 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 steamer at Stettin from which port said steamer 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) G. Busch

Sworn to this 29 January 1892
Before me (signed) Thos. J. Dunn Dep Coll

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the German Steamship Polaria whereof G. Busch is Master, from Stettin burthen 2168 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  Marie      Seeger      32   f widow    Germany  New York  Stettin             C   alien
  2  Ernst      Seeger       6   m son      Germany  New York  Stettin             C   alien
  3  Ludwig     Zanter      28   m cooper   Germany  New York  Poman               A 3 alien
  4* Richard    Blodau      22   m shepherd Germany  New York  Mariensee Posen     A   alien
  5* Auguste    Zuhlodorff  37   f single   Germany  New York  Grabow Pom.         B 1 alien
  6* Auguste    Luck        16   f single   Germany  New York  Wunothheim Pos.     C   alien
  7  Gustav     Sommer      24   m ingenier Germany  New York  Abbau Labiau O.P.   A 2 alien
  8  Johann     Romneinski  34   m workman  Germany  New York  Ratzek W. Preussen  C   alien
  9  Julianna   Romneinski  33   f wife     Germany  New York  Ratzek W. Preussen  C   alien
 10  Marianna   Romneinski  10   f child    Germany  New York  Ratzek W. Preussen  C   alien
 11  Johann     Romneinski   8   m child    Germany  New York  Ratzek W. Preussen  C   alien
 12  Franz      Romneinski   6   m child    Germany  New York  Ratzek W. Preussen  C   alien
 13  Michael    Romneinski   3   m child    Germany  New York  Ratzek W. Preussen  C   alien
 14  Julianna   Romneinski   1   f child    Germany  New York  Ratzek W. Preussen  C   alien
 15  Franz      Romneinski  12   m child    Germany  New York  Ratzek W. Preussen  C   alien
 16  Heinrich   Karp        29   m mason    Germany  New York  Butow Pommau        C   alien
 17  Wilhelmine Karp        20   f wife     Germany  New York  Butow Pommau        C   alien
 18  Robert     Karp         6   m child    Germany  New York  Butow Pommau        C   alien
 19  Max        Karp         4   m child    Germany  New York  Butow Pommau        C   alien
 20  Johannes   Karp         2   m child    Germany  New York  Butow Pommau        C   alien
 21  Elisabeth  Karp          9m f child    Germany  New York  Butow Pommau        C   alien
 22  Bertha     Friedrich   58   f widow    Germany  New York  Stettin             B 4 alien
 23  Emma       Friedrich   21   f daughter Germany  New York  Stettin             B   alien
 24  Anton      Fanz        27   m workman  Germany  New York  Schrodka Posen      A   alien
 25  Karl       Pracht      27   m barber   Germany  New York  Stettin             A 1 alien
 26  Carl       Lenz        15   m nephew   Germany  New York  Pommau              A   alien 
 27  Eduard     Ulrich      36   m mason    Germany  New York  Reinekendorf Brdbg. A   alien
 28  Louis      Oltersdorff 23   m butcher  Germany  New York  Konigsberg O.P.     A   alien
 29* Otto       Muller      23   m miller   Russia   New York  Odessa              A   alien


Transcriber's Notes:

* 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.

* Passenger sex was abbreviated to f and m for female and male by the transcriber.

 4  Umlaut o in surname.
 5  Umlaut u in surname.
 6  Umlaut u in surname.
29  Umlaut u in surname.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 581, List 123.

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