Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Valencia

I, Samuel Hess Master of the Amer. S.S. Valencia, do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of Customs of the Collection District of the City of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board the said vessel at Venezuela, Curacao, from which port said vessel 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 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 sets forth the number of said passengers who have died on said voyage, and the dates and causes of death, and the names and ages of those who died; also of the pieces of baggage of each; also a true statement, so far as it can be ascertained, with the intention of each alien passenger as to a protracted sojourn in this country. So Help Me God.
(Signed) Samuel Hess

Sworn to this July 9th 1883 before me (Signed) R??????y, Deputy Collector

List or Manifest of all Passengers taken on board the Amer. S.S. Valencia whereof Samuel Hess is Master, from Venezuela, Curacao, burthen 1197 tons

Ships Columns are:
   Date Arrived:   9 July 1883
   Name of Vessel: Amer S.S. Valencia
   Name of Master: Samuel Hess
   Where From:    Venezuela, Curacao

Columns represent: No., Names, Age (Years,Months), Sex, Calling, The Country of which they are citizens, Intended Destination or Location, Date and cause of death, Location of compartment or space occupied, Number of pieces of baggage, Whether Visitors only, or intending to be permanent settlers.

    
 1* Miguel Tapera     35     Male    Dessnitet Venezuela  England   1st Cabin  5
 2  A. Serigsbush     27y2m  Male    Mining    Venezuela  Venezuela 1st Cabin  2
 3* H. Scholborgh     42     Male    Lt.       Curacao    Holland   1st Cabin
 4* C. Scholborgh     16y1m  Female            Curacao    Holland   1st Cabin  7
 5* L. Scholborgh     10     Female            Curacao    Holland   1st Cabin
 6  H. Oduber         20y3m  Male    Student   Curacao    Holland   1st Cabin  2
 7* John Gorsica      18y3m  Male    Student   Curacao    England   1st Cabin  5
 8* C. Gorsica        35y2m  Male    Student   Curacao    England   1st Cabin
 9* Francerco Salas   45y2m  Male    Mcht      Venezuela  Venezuela 1st Cabin
10* Tedio Davila      16y1m  Male    Student   Venezuela  Venezuela 1st Cabin  1
11* John Lerubcke     53y7m  Male    Farmer    Germany    Germany   2nd Cabin
12* Mrs. J. Lerubcke  50y6m  Female            Germany    Germany   2nd Cabin
13* Miss L. Lerubcke  18     Female            Germany    Germany   2nd Cabin  5
14* Miss C. Lerubcke  14     Female            Germany    Germany   2nd Cabin
15* Ernst Knuct       27y8m  Male    Farmer    Germany    Germany   2nd Cabin     
     
   
Transcriber's Notes:

? = Approximate number of letters that are unreadable due to fading, smears,
    torn paper etc.
* = Attention to this Transcribers List.
^ = The following letter is superscripted

The Deputy Collector's signature is almost just a scribble. Very hard to read.
Ages (Ex. 35y7m) means person was 35 years and 7 months old.
The Column 'Date and Cause of Death' was left blank.
The Column 'Transient or intending protracted sojourn were all listed as 'Transient'.
Any blank in the columns was that way on the original.
 

  1 - Calling is very unclear. Possibly could be Depnitst
  3 - Actual Calling was 'Lieutenant Dutch Navy'
  3 - 5 -  Baggage was bracketed together
  7 - 8 -  Baggage was bracketed together
  9 - 10 - Baggage was bracketed together
 11 - 15 - Baggage was bracketed together
 15 - There is an umlaut over the u in Knucht
 

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 468, List 860

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