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SS Hammonia
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Hamburg, Germany and Havre, France to New York
25 September 1886
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -- PORT OF NEW YORK
I, H.F. Schwensen, Master of the SS Hammonia, do solemnly, sincerely and truly Swear that the following List of 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 of the said SS Hammonia at Hamburg/Havre from which port said Steamer has now arrived; and that on the said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each of the said passengers, the location of the compartments or space of the said vessel occupied by each during the passage, the country of Citizenship of each; and 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 names and ages of those who have died; also of the pieces of baggage of each ..... true statement so far as can be ascertained with reference to the ......., as to a protracted sojourn .......
Sworn to this 25 day of Septbr 1886
illegible signatures
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the .............. whereof Capt. H.F. Schwensen is Master; from Hamburg/Havre, burthen tons
Coloumns represent: Name, age in years and months, Occupation or Calling,
the country of which they are citizens, intended destination or location, *date and
cause of death, location of compartment or space each occupied, number of pieces of baggage, transient or intransient
Cabin Passengers from Hamburg:
587* Jul^? Eich 26 m merchant New York 1
588 Jacob Levy 40 m merchant U. St.
589* Joh^s Schwertz 70 m merchant U. St. transient
590 Carl Igefreter 25 m merchant Hungary 2
591* Marg Schutz 22 fem wife U.St. transient
592* Kati Schutz 11mos fem baby U.St. transient
593 Jeanne Frank 35 fem single New York 2 transient
594 Siegmund Bloch 22 m merchant U.St. 1 transient
595 Louis Bacholer 51 m merchant U.St. 1 transient
596 Josefa Steinbach 34 fem wife U.St. 6 transient
597 Gustav Steinbach 9 m child U.St.
598 Marie Steinbach 7 fem child U.St. transient
599 Willi Steinbach 5 m child U.St. transient
600 Josefe Steinbach 2 fem child U.St. transient
601 Charl. M. Lienda 54 m reda?tor St. Paul, U. St. 1 transient
602 Marie Schultz 22 fem servant U.St. 3 transient
603 Niels M. Petersen 35 m merchant St. Louis, U. St. transient
604 Bette Petersen 35 fem wife U.St. transient
605 Peter Petersen 7 m child U.St. transient
606 Carl Petersen 3 m child U.St. transient
607 Annita H. Lienau 20 fem daughter U.St. transient
608 Sofie Timme 26 fem daughter U.St. transient
609 Reimar Sperk 45 m merchant U.St. 2 transient
610 Royal Pinney 22 m merchant U.St. 3 transient
611 Fanny Loewy 30 fem single New York transient
612 Georg Loewy 9 m brother New York transient
613 Peter Mass 66 m farmer U.St. 2 transient
614 Ernst Myland 52 m merchant Prussia
615 Jenny Blankenstein 40 fem wife U.St. 4 transient
616 Lilly Blankenstein 18 fem child U.St. transient
617 E?da??e Blankenstein 9 m child U.St. transient
618 Cedi Blankenstein 8 fem child U.St. transient
619 Marie Eichner 42 fem wife U.St. 1 transient
620* Wilfried Kellermann 20 m farmer Cincinnich 1 transient
621 Simon Levy 32 m butcher New York 1 transient
622 Henriette Ratzky 29 fem wife U.St. 2 transient
623 Therese Hilber 20 fem wife U.St. 1 transient
624 Josefine Besig 50 fem wife U.St. 2 transient
625 Josefine Besig 30 fem wife U.St. transient
626 August Semrad 64 m apothee?er New York 2 transient
627 Ida Semrad 50 fem wife U.St. transient
628 Mathilde Reiger 45 fem wife U.St. 3 transient
629 Chilly Reiger 18 fem daughter U.St. transient
630 Caroline Berbling 65 fem wife U.St. transient
631 C. F. Schleuner 37 m aphotherus U.St. 3 transient
632 Ida Schleuner 30 fem wife U.St. transient
633 Philipp Schleuner 8 m child U.St. transient
634 Louise Schleuner 6 fem child U.St. transient
635 Carl Schleuner 11mos m baby U.St. transient
636 August Goessling 41 m merchant U.St. 3 transient
637 Anna Goessling 32 fem wife St. Louis, U. St. transient
638 Valentin Goessling 9 m child U.St. transient
639 August Goessling 7 m child U.St. transient
640 Isabella Goessling 4 fem child U.St. transient
641* Margt. Feldmann 22 fem single St. Louis, U. St. transient
642 Louise Husemann 21 fem single Cincinnati 1
643 Marie Polnie 26 fem wife New York 2 transient
644* Aug. ?artz 41 m apothekar U.St. transient
645* ?a?ries ?artz 39 fem wife U.St. transient
646 Caroline Henschel 66 fem wife U.St. 3 transient
647 Clara Mierendorf 24 fem wife U.St.
648 Nora Burke 20 fem single Hamburg 2
649 Ol. Moraverk 28 m landlord Hamburg transient
650 Therese Beseler 38 fem wife New York transient
651 Ernst Beseler 9 m child U.St. transient
652 Willi Beseler 6 m child U.St. transient
653 F. W. Potthoff 55 m merchant U.St. 3 transient
654 Emma Potthoff 49 fem wife U.St. transient
655 Gustav Heinrich 46 m joiner U.St. transient
656 Rudolf Rabe 45 m merchant U.St. 3 transient
657 Elisabeth Rabe 40 fem wife U.St. transient
658 Caroline Rabe 19 fem child U.St. transient
659 Rudolf Rabe 9 m child U.St. transient
660 Ellen S. Murphy 70 fem wife Detroit 9 transient
661 Christine Schlonfeldt 22 fem wife Grand ??????? transient
662 Racko Schlonfeldt 5 m son U.St. transient
663* Marg^e Heutroep 39 fem wife New York 13 transient
664 Josefine Heutroep 15 fem daughter U.St. transient
665 Rudolf Render 21 m minister Hamburg 1
666* ......ine Wenzel 20 fem single Odenburg 2
667 Caroline Hangen 36 fem wife New York 1 transient
668 Joseph Weissbein 22 m merchant Gr. Valley 3 transient
669* ...... Welbers 46 fem wife New York transient
670* ...... Finken 55 m merchant Hoboken, U. St. 4 transient
671* ...... Finken 50 fem wife Hoboken, U. St. transient
672* .....a Finken 18 fem daughter Hoboken, U. St. transient
673* ..... Wagner 39 m merchant New York transient
674* ...... Sauck 40 m butcher Columbus 1 transient
675* .....a Ascher 20 fem single Bicksburg 3 transient
676 Elisabeth Ludwig 62 fem wife U.St. 2 transient
677 Mth. Ludwig 22 m merchant New York transient
678 Michael Baron 25 m brewer U.St. 2 transient
679 Theodora Knauer 56 fem wife Syracuse 1 transient
680 Marianne Knauer 18 fem daughter Syracuse transient
681* Josef Mietterer 48 m conditor U.St. transient
682 Oscar Rudolph 40 m merchant U.St. 2 transient
683* ..... Rudolph 15 fem daughter U.St. transient
684* ...ara Rudolph 9 fem daughter U.St. transient
685 Marie Horn 36 fem wife Cleveland transient
686 Feige Kupfer 34 fem wife Wilna, Russia 2
687 Isaac Kupfer 9 m child Wilna, Russia
688 Chaim Kupfer 8 m child Wilna, Russia
689 Sara Kupfer 7 fem child Wilna, Russia
690 Lea Kupfer 4 fem child Wilna, Russia
691 Pini Kupfer 11mos fem baby Wilna, Russia
692 S. Sarmutowsky 45 m merchant U.St. transient
693* ...... Hartung 25 fem single Hamburg 1
694* ...... Ihlefeldt 55 m apothecar U.St. 3 transient
695 Maria Ihlefeldt 50 fem wife New York transient
696 Louise Ihlefeldt 7 fem child U.St. transient
697 Heide Selmans 22 m dealer Russia
698 Carl Heindel 45 m pastor Austria 1
699 Charl Sepler 31 m merchant U.St. 3 transient
700 ??rsy Sepler 22 fem wife Philadelphia transient
701 Carl Giddins 9 m boy Bavaria
702 John Roth 60 m merchant New York transient
703 John ??hrens 55 m merchant U.St. 3 transient
704 Catharina ??hrens 20 fem single U.St.
705 Emma ??hrens 18 fem single U.St.
706 M. Riegelmann 52 m merchant des Moines 1
707 Anna Deslau 56 fem wife U.St. 1
708 Antoni Deslau 22 m watchmaker Jersey City transient
709 Henriette Metz 22 fem single U.St. 1 transient
710 Mc. L. Stone 34 m merchant U.St. 2 transient
711 E. Federmann 32 m servant U.St. 2 transient
712 Alfred Eisner 16 m merchant Bohemia
713 F. W. Heitmann 58 m merchant U.St. 2 transient
714 Mette Heitmann 48 fem wife U.St. transient
715 Adolf Guntrath 50 m merchant Prussia 4
716* Gustav Herzberg 51 m fabrikant Philadelphia 2 transient
717 Dr. Herbert Wahl 28 m teacher Chicago 4 transient
718 Marie Wahl 22 fem wife U.St. transient
719 Emma Horn 25 fem wife New York 1 transient
720 Julie Horn 3 fem child U.St. transient
721* Wilh. Hegny 30 m painter U.St. transient
722 Pastor B. Kruse 48 m pastor U.St. 1 transient
723* .....s Kruse 36 fem wife New York transient
724 S. Silberberg 28 m merchant New York transient
725* Geo. Marsin 30 m merchant New York transient
726 ?l. B. Shurin 30 m merchant New York transient
727 Mrs. Anna Shurin 38 fem wife Wisconsin 1 transient
728 Mr. J. ?l. Fuller 50 m advokat Wisconsin 1 transient
729 ?aul??? Boos 36 fem single Wisconsin transient
730 Ludwig Boos 28 m merchant New York transient
731 J. J. Gossicher 30 m merchant New York transient
732 Louise Gossicher 18 fem single New York transient
733 Emma Gossicher 16 fem single New York 5 transient
734 Julie Prichard 50 fem wife New York transient
735 Olga Prichard 26 fem single New York 2 transient
736 Anna Michaelis 26 fem single U.St. transient
737 Max Baumann 18 m merchant U.St. transient
738 General J. Jervis Lewis 50 m merchant U.St. transient
739 Professor F. P. Price 40 m professor U.St. transient
740 Mrs. F. P. Price 26 fem wife U.St. transient
741 Emma Price 5 fem child U.St. transient
742 Susan Williams 50 fem servant Chicago transient
743 Marchal Yafucad 46 m merchant Chicago 1 transient
744 U. W. Frays 36 m merchant New York transient
745 Uar??? Littauer 36 fem wife New York transient
746 Jul. Barkel 40 m merchant New York 1 transient
747 Mr. ?uschinson 26 m merchant New York transient
748 Charl. W. Dopf 28 m merchant New York transient
749 Fanny Leidescheinen 40 fem wife New York transient
750 Sofie Leidescheinen 28 fem single Pittsburgh transient
751* Catarina Badenhausen 40 fem wife U.St. transient
752 Wilhelmine Schonner 30 fem single U.St. transient
Cabin Passengers from Hamburg 134 Ad 29 ch. 47 Infts
illegible signature
Cabin Passengers from Havre
753 S. Baumann 50 m merchant New York 4 transient
754 Mrs. Baumann 48 fem wife New York transient
755 Fr. Rosenberg 40 m merchant New York 1 transient
756 Will. J. Katz 36 m merchant New York transient
757 Caroline Meyer 30 fem wife Rochester transient
758 Emma Meyer 26 fem wife Rochester transient
759 A. Gartner 36 m merchant New York 1 transient
760 Walter Dakes 34 m merchant U.St. transient
761 A. Reuber 40 m merchant U.St. transient
762 A. Lederer 48 m merchant U.St. transient
763 Mrs. Lederer 46 fem wife U.St. transient
764 Mrs. Hirsch 40 fem wife des Moines 2 transient
765 A. Scheuermann 36 m merchant New York 3 transient
766 Tobias Lamprecht 41 m landlord U.St. transient
767 Hermann Bocher 29 m apothekar Columbus 1 transient
768* Wm. Schleuinger 36 m merchant U.St. transient
769 Prof. A. M. Elliott 40 m seacher U.St. transient
770 Dr. Henry M. 32 m chemikar U.St. transient
771 ?ua. Davidson 50 m merchant U.St. 1 transient
772* Wilh. Singelaub 38 m tinmaker U.St. 3 transient
773* Frdke Singelaub 46 fem wife U.St. transient
774 A. Krause 42 fem wife U.St. 1 transient
775 ?oris Golde 29 fem wife U.St. 1 transient
776* Marg^a Golde 11mos fem baby U.St. transient
777 Dora Endress 30 fem wife Prussia 1
778 Willi Endress 5 m son Prussia
779 Madgdalene Krause 32 fem wife New York transient
780* Albert Prox 29 m musiker U.St. 1 transient
781* Lieut. Wilh. Schutze 40 m officer U.St. 1 transient
782* Joh. Meyer 26 m joiner Hamburg
783 Arthur v. Scheibner 30 m farmer Prussia
784* Wm. Muller 49 m merchant New York 2 transient
785* Elise Muller 47 fem wife New York transient
786 Georg Ahl 40 m workman New York transient
787 Lorenz Kolossus 36 m workman Hoboken, U. St. transient
788 Marg^a Heuermann 29 fem wife U.St. 1 transient
789 Alfred Heuermann 8 m son U.St. transient
790 Laura Wernicke 37 fem wife U.St. transient
791 Ma?i?tus Carl Wernicke 58 m merchant U.St. transient
792* Walburga Grobl 50 fem wife U.St. transient
793* Marg^a Neymayer 11 fem child Bavary
794 M. Bergmann 24 m merchant U.St. transient
795 Jean Marage 36 m merchant des Moines transient
796 Mrs. Strauss 26 fem wife New York 2 transient
797 Julie Hermann 48 fem wife New York 3 transient
798 Jacob Baldauf 36 m merchant U.St. transient
799 Chr. Shels 40 m merchant U.St. transient
800 Mrs. Chr. Shels 36 fem wife U.St. transient
Cabin Passengers from Havre 46 Ad 1 Child / Infts
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Cabin Passengers from Hamburg: 134 Ad 29 Child 4 Inft
Cabin Passengers from Havre: 46 Ad 1 Child / Inft
180 Ad 30 Chld 4 Inft 214
Steerage Passengers from Hamburg: 383 Ad 97 Chld 30 Inf
Steerage Passengers from Havre: 66 Ad 9 Chld 1 Inf
449 Ad 106 Chld 31 Inf 586
illegible signature 800
Transcriber's Notes:
Passengers were numbered by the Transcriber for ease of referencing.
* 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.
? Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined
due to the condition of the manifest or handwriting of the original recorder.
^ A ^ followed by a letter indicates that the letter was superscripted.
* Names were transcribed as seen regardless of spelling.
Danmark should probably be Denmark.
There was quite a bit of damage to the manifest. Missing information due to damage
is indicated by a series of dots. One dot does not represent one missing letter.
No deaths were recorded, therefore this coloumn was eliminated.
All passengers stated that their final destination was the United States, therefore
this coloumn was eliminated as well.
587: the first name could be Julius
589: Joh^s could stand for Johannes.
591 & 592: the last name, Schutz, is spelled with u Umlaut.
592: Marg could stand for Margarete.
620: the city of origin could possibly be Cincinnaty.
641: Margt. could stand for Margarete.
644: Aug could stand for August. The occupation has been transcribed as seen.
644 & 645: The first letter of the last name could be H or K for Hartz or Kartz.
663: Marg^e could stand for Margarete.
666: part of the first name cannot be read due to damage to the manifest.
669 - 675: the first name cannot be read due to damage to the manifest.
681: Conditor is a pastry baker.
683 & 684: the first names cannot be read due to damage to the manifest.
693 & 694: the first names cannot be read due to damage to the manifest.
716: Fabrikant is a manufacturer.
721: Wilh. could stand for Wilhelm.
725: Geo. could stand for George.
751: the last name, Schonner, is spelled with o Umlaut.
759: the last name, Gartner, is spelled with a Umlaut.
767: the last name, Bocher, is spelled with o Umlaut.
768: Wm. might stand for Wilhelm.
772: Wilh. might stand for Wilhelm.
773: Frdke might stand for Friedericke.
776: Marg^a might stand for Margareta.
780: Musiker is the German word for musician.
781: Wilh. could stand for Wilhelm. The last name, Schutze, is spelled with u Umlaut.
782: Joh could stand for Johann.
784: Wm. could stand for Wilhelm.
784 & 785: the last name, Muller, is spelled with u Umlaut.
788: Marg^a could stand for Margareta.
792: the last name, Grobl, is spelled with o Umlaut.
793: Marg^a could stand for Margareta.
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National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 499, List 1166.
Donated by Beverly Zanon and
transcribed by Ines Mannhardt,
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26 March 2005
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