Immigrant Ships
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Ship Rhine

I, Peter C. Kommerling, Master of the Ship Rhine, do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear 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 List of all the Passengers taken on board the said Rhine at London, from which Port the said Rhine has now arrived; and that on said List is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each of said passengers, the part of the vessel occupied by each during the passage, 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 Voyage and the names and ages of those who died.
So help me God. (Signature) P C Kommerling.

Sworn to this April 4 1868,
Before me. (Signature) W ? C?????y, D.C..

List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship Rhine whereof Kommerling is Master, from London, burthen 1064 34/100 tons.

Columns represent: given name and surname, age, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country in which they intend to become inhabitants, and the part of the vessel occupied during the voyage. Since no one died during the voyage, this column is omitted in this transcription.

  1  Charles Brown           21      M   Sailor      Norway      N.Y.         2nd Cabin
  2  Charles Smith           31      M   Steward     Norway      N.Y.         2nd Cabin
  3* Niels Bjorson           23      M   Sailor      Denmark     N.Y.         2nd Cabin
  4* Anton Scheider          34      M   Sigarmaker  Germany     N.Y.         2nd Cabin
  5* Conrad Blushli          22      M   Taylor      Germany     N.Y.         2nd Cabin
  6  Bridget Berry           23      F   Servant     G.B.        N.Y.         2nd Cabin
  7* Isaac Coley             19      M   Farmer      G.B.        Buffalo      2nd Cabin
  8* Ellen Coley             21      F   Wife        G.B.        Buffalo      2nd Cabin
  9* James Donnavan          21      M   Laborer     G.B.        Buffalo      2nd Cabin
 10* Kate Sipe               44      F   Wife        Germany     Buffalo      2nd Cabin
 11  Hannah Marks            19      W   Wife        Germany     Buffalo      2nd Cabin
 12  Isadore Sipe            11      M   Son         Germany     Buffalo      2nd Cabin
 13* Rebecca Marcks           0y10m  F   Daughter    Germany     Buffalo      2nd Cabin
 14* Margarethe O'Conner     26      F   Wife        G.B.        Boston       2nd Cabin
 15* Peter O'Conner           0y10m  M   Son         G.B.        Boston       2nd Cabin
 16* John Runchman           45      M   Painter     G.B.        Boston       2nd Cabin
 17  William Orm             32      M   Shoemaker   G.B.        Boston       2nd Cabin
 18* John Welch              30      M   Stoken      G.B.        Boston       2nd Cabin
 19* Salomon ???l            36      M   Barber      Germany     Boston       2nd Cabin
 20  Thomas Woods            24      M   Painter     G.B.        Boston       2nd Cabin
        
                                        (Signature, initials only)  W T McG
                                         
Transcriber's Notes:
  
  A question mark (?) indicates a letter or a number that can not be transcribed 
  definitely.

  An asterisk (*) indicates either difficulty in deciphering the handwriting of the 
  manifest or something in the Transcriber's Notes to which the reader should refer.

  The transcriber numbers the passengers consecutively, even though they are not 
  numbered in the original manifest.


  3    Surname is recorded as "Bjorson", but might possibly be "Bjornson" or "Bjornsen".
  4    Surname is recorded as "Scheider", but might possibly be "Schneider".
  5    Surname is possibly "Blushli" or "Blurbli".
  7-8  Surname is recorded as "Coley", but might possibly be "Colley" or "Cooley".
  9    Surname is recorded as "Donnavan", but might possibly be spelled "Donovan".
 10    Surname is either "Sipe" or "Sife".
 13    Although recorded as "Marcks" or "Marchs", surname is probably "Marks", the same
       as passenger number 11 who is likely her mother.
 14-15 Surname is recorded as "O'Conner", but might possibly be "O'Connor".
 16    Surname appears to be written as "Runchman", but might possibly be "Bunchman".
 18    Occupation appears to be written as "Stoken", but might possibly be "Stoker",
       one who tends a furnace and supplies it with fuel such as in a marine boiler
       or steam locomotive.
 19    Letters of surname are poorly formed and cannot be deciphered with certainty.
       Surname appears to begin with "St" or "T" followed by "a" or "ei" followed by
       the final letter "l".  Surname is possibly "Stal", "Steil", Tal" or "Teil".

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 292, List 255.

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