Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Ship Hero

I, Loveland, Master of the American Ship Hero, 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 Ship at Antwerp from which port said Ship has now arrived; and that on said List is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each passenger, 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. Jan Loveland
Sworn to this 15th January 1861 Before Me J White DC

List or Manifest of all passengers taken on board the Ship Hero whereof Jan Loveland is Master, from Antwerp. Burthen 749 tons

Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they severally belong, Country of which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on voyage, Part of ship occupied by each during the voyage. Columns eliminated: Died on voyage, Part of ship occupied and all passengers went to the United States.

    
 1  Nicholas Crump      18      M  Germany 
 2  Arnold Vidna        33      M  US 
 3  Charles Guckert     34      M  Germany 
 4  Mary Guckert        32      F  Germany
 5  Anna Guckert         5      F  Germany
 6  Phillip Guckert      3      M  Germany
 7  Elizabeth Guckert      1mo  F  Germany
 8  Abraham Diamant     40      M  Germany
 9  Rebecca Diamant     26      F  Germany
10  Solomon Diamant      5      M  Germany
11  Abraham Diamant        3mo  M  Germany
12  Phillip Levi        31      M  Germany
13  Solomon Varzenger   32      M  Germany
14  Nicholas Schrader   18      M  Germany
15* ????? Bamberger     45      ?  Germany
16  Joseph Bamberger    16      M  Germany
17* ???? McGee          17      ?  Germany
18  Joseph Bonte        40      M  Germany
19  Joseph Stockvisch   18      M  Germany
20  Chas Adams          30      M  US 
21  Marg Adams          31      F  US
22  Mathilda Adams       7y9mo  F  US
23* ????? Adams          6      ?  US
24  Charles Adams        4      M  US
25  Sophia Adams           9mo  F  US
26* Kel??? Graef        16      ?  Germany
27  Joseph Kani         17      M  Germany
28  Catherine Kani      23      F  Germany 
29  Wilhelm Graef       21      M  Germany
30* ????? Silberberg    26      ?  Germany
31  Wilhelm Wasmerth    23      M  Germany
32  Christian Low       35      M  Germany


Transcriber's Notes:

The use of an * indicates an omission or error made by the original recorder.
The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read due to the
 condition of the original document.

15  First Name unreadable-Sex undetermined
17  First Name unreadable-Sex undetermined
23  First Name unreadable-Sex undetermined
26  First Name unreadable-Sex undetermined
30  First Name unreadable-Sex undetermined

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 208.

---

We strive to make your search productive. If you don't find the passenger list you are looking for on our site, please consider a subscription to Ancestry.com. There, you can locate your ancestors ship, passenger list, view and save a copy of the original list. You can also access census data and death records to help you in your search. Census records, and in particular the 1930 census, is one of the most easily used tools for beginners and seasoned genealogists alike. Ancestry.com is the only place where all census years are easily searchable.
Free Trial - Ancestry.com US Deluxe Membership