Immigrant Ships
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Ship Wm Frothingham

I, Thomas Nelson, Master of the Ship Wm Frothingham, 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 Havre, 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.
T P Nelson

Sworn to this 13th Feby 1861
Before Me J White DC

List or Manifest of all passengers taken on board the Ship Wm Frothingham whereof Nelson is Master, from Havre. Burthen 830 15/95 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. Four columns have been eliminated for the following reasons:
There were no deaths during the voyage.
All Occupations are shown as Farmers.
Destination is the US for all passengers.
Part of ship occupied during the voyage. First four passengers are listed occupying "House on Deck" and all other passengers are shown as occupying "Upper between Deck".

    
  1* J??alis Bender       20    M  Baden
  2  Ehereze Wesner       23    F  Baden
  3  Andre Jar Weile      23    M  Baden
  4  Pimas Enderlin       67    M  France
  5  Marie Enderlin       45    F  France
  6  Ignace Enderlin      17    M  France
  7  Joseph Enderlin      15    M  France
  8  Jadale Enderlin      13    M  France
  9  Philomene Enderlin    8    M  France
 10  Paile Enderlin        6    F  France
 11  Christine Heifeinger 28    F  Baden
 12* Christo??? Dratz     21    M  Baden
 13  Sigfried Guggenheim  17    M  Baden
 14  Joseph Manges        21    M  Baden
 15  Nicolas Born         18    M  Baden 
 16  Franz Jacob Deck     21    M  Baden
 17* Johann Jan???????    28    M  Baden
 18  August Gabel         14    M  Baden
 19  Michel Gabel         11    M  Baden
 20  Henry Barger         23    M  Baden
 21  Martin Seither       20    M  Baden
 22  Michel Rummel        19    M  Baden
 23  Regine Schmidt       12    F  Bavaria
 24  A Marie Kahn         18    F  Hessen
 25* Felix Sell           ??    M  P?????
 26* Celestine Eyth       ??    F  P?????
 27  Julius Schmidt       24    M  Wurttenberg
 28  Josephine Flaischaus 18    F  Wurttenberg
 29  Joseph Brannesel     26    M  Baden
 30  Jno Martin Koch      51    M  Wurttenberg
 31  Ursula Heizmann      51    F  Wurttenberg
 32  Jacob Heizmann       18    M  Wurttenberg
 33  A Marie Heizmann     15    F  Wurttenberg
 34  Ursula Heizmann      11    F  Wurttenberg
 35  Johannes Heizmann     7    M  Wurttenberg
 36  Barbara Bitenseiter  19    F  Wurttenberg
 37  Heinrich Hornung     21    M  Wurttenberg
 38  Carl Lang            23    M  Hessen
 39  George Busch         17    M  Baden
 40  Louis Busch          21    M  Baden 
 41  Peter Martin         28    M  Baden
 42  Jacques Steinmetz    30    M  France
 43  J Pierre Bertrand    26    M  France
 44  Jacques Hofung       34    M  France
 45  Anton Kurns          65    M  Baden
 46  F Kurns              58    F  Baden
 47  Elisa Kurns          24    F  Baden
 48  F Kurns              17    F  Baden
 49  Herman Kurns         23    M  Baden
 50  Jon Anton Kurns      19    M  Baden
 51  Adolph Kurns         16    M  Baden
 52  Mather Biachale      48    M  Baden
 53  Marianna Biachale    42    F  Baden
 54  Carl Biachale        19    M  Baden
 55  Rosa Biachale        17    F  Baden
 56  Anna Biachale         8    F  Baden
 57  Nan Banal            26    M  Baden
 58  Carl Burkard         20    M  Baden
 59  Franciska Hug        17    F  Baden
 60  Louis Wipfler        20    M  Baden
 61  Johanna Frammer      20    F  Wurttenberg
 62  Bartholemew Hunzel   18    M  Baden
 63  Johannes Kranz       28    M  Baden
 64  Js Zimmerman         21    M  Baden
 65  Anna Schmidt         30    F  Wurttenberg
 66  Phillipina Schmidt   18    F  Wurttenberg
 67* B????? Scherer       29    M  Wurttenberg
 68  Sabata Scherer       20    M  Wurttenberg
 69  Thekla Schmeiker     23    F  Wurttenberg
 70  Josepha Eib          42    F  Wurttenberg
 71  Paulina Magenhiem    22    F  Wurttenberg
 72  Jingam Kraemer       20    M  Wurttenberg
 73  Christina Frommer    25    F  Wurttenberg
 74  Catherine Eckert     21    F  Baden
 75* F Jacob Steinmetz    33    M  American Citizen
 76  Adam Gerena          22    M  Hessen
 77  Phillip Haus         33    M  Hessen
 78  Martin Schneider     42    M  Wurttenberg
 79  Fidel Zilla          23    M  Baden
 80  Christ Fleishmann    54    M  Baden
 81  Johannes Degenfelder 22    M  Wurttenberg
 82  Regina Degenfelder   18    F  Wurttenberg
 83  Christine Seitz      23    F  Wurttenberg
 84  S Franz Schmid       28    M  Wurttenberg
 85  S Ludwig Straub      27    M  Wurttenberg
 86  Erezia Ohnmacht      19    F  Wurttenberg
 87  Cath-ne Grathwohl    24    F  Wurttenberg
 88  Johannes Jung        23    M  Wurttenberg
 89  Martin Mancy         23    F  Baden
 90  Solomone Feldman     40    F  Baden
 91  Andreas Henz         26    M  Baden
 92  Baptista Thle        24    M  Baden
 93  Paulina Thle         20    F  Baden
 94  Amelia Leiber        21    F  Baden
 95  Joseph Reber         44    M  Baden
 96  Josephine Reber      27    F  Baden
 97  Caroline Nepper      21    F  Baden
 98  Heinrich Brust       20    M  Hesse
 99  Christian Maier      20    M  Baden
100  A Maria Oehler       23    F  Baden
101  Martin Willa         25    M  Wurttenberg
102  Heinrich Trotter     21    M  Baden
103  Lisette Mitsch       28    F  Baden
104  Anton Stichler       20    M  Baden
105  Jacob Wolff          55    M  Baden
106  Nicolas Bunn         20    M  Baden
107  Anna Sitzman         19    F  Baden
108  Abraham Neumann      20    M  Baden
109  Caroline Feibelmann  23    F  Bavaria 
110  Frederich Feibelmann 19    M  Bavaria
111  Ehasaza Mayer        24    F  Bavaria
112  Joseph Altenberger   24    M  Bavaria
113  Jon Heinrich Hoch    27    M  Hesse
114  Helena Hoch          28    F  Hesse
115  Alphonsine Beiser    28    F  Hesse
116  Elsbth Rheingans     32    F  Hesse
117  Andreas Decker       22    M  Baden
118  Wilhelm Grun         18    M  Hessen
119  Caroline Sulzer      22    F  France
120  Rosa Zaber           28    F  Baden
121  Johannes Meyer       16    M  Hessen
122  Carl Kepler          44    M  Baden
123  Peter Hecker         47    M  Baden
124  Johann Brobst        14    M  Baden
125  Jacob Roth           17    M  Baden
126  Anton Schuabel       26    M  Baden
127  Barbara Wolff        22    F  Baden
128  Francois Hoffmann    27    M  Luxemberg
129  N Josephine Baechls  22    F  Switzerland
130  Ludwig Baechls        7    M  Switzerland
131  Samuel Schoer        28    M  Switzerland
132  Maxim Hartmayer      21    M  Switzerland
133  Elisabeth Helaggar   27    F  Switzerland
134  Adelheid Cgeli       20    F  Switzerland
135  Hnrich Caspar Sann   21    M  Switzerland
136  Carl Williard        31    M  Switzerland
137  Christian Hanner     20    M  Switzerland
138* Caspar Keller        43    M  American Citizen
139* Rosine Keller        28    F  American Citizen
140* Michel Keller         6    M  American Citizen
141* Joseph Keller         3mo  M  American Citizen
142  Heinrich Riehl       23    M  Hessen
143  Elizabeth Horr       19    F  Hessen
144  Ludwig Deikle        24    M  Wurttenberg
145  Pauline Fritschle    20    F  Wurttenberg
146  Johann Kull          28    M  Wurttenberg
147  Pauline Kull         14    F  Wurttenberg
148  Frederic Kull        20    M  Wurttenberg
149  Barbara Harter       28    F  Wurttenberg
150  Ludwig Harter        14    M  Wurttenberg
151* ????? ?????          18    M  Wurttenberg (Left Behind) ??
152  Conrad Theiss        20    M  Wurttenberg
153  Apolonia Kuntz       18    F  Wurttenberg
154  Catherine Cgeli      28    F  Switzerland
155  Franz Fischer        28    M  Baden
156  Elisabeth Fischer    26    F  Baden
157  Franciska Fischer     3    F  Baden
158  Joh Fay Hckerle      23    M  Baden
159  Christine Flad       29    F  Baden
160* Louis Goetz          47    M  American Citizen
161  Franz Roch           26    M  Baden
162  Jacob Rebmann        35    M  Switzerland
163  Liberta Rebmann      31    F  Switzerland
164  Wilhelmina Rebmann    8    F  Switzerland
165  Jacob Rebmann         7    M  Switzerland
166  Carl Rebmann          3    M  Switzerland
167  T George Rebmann      1    M  Switzerland
168  Agatha Schlatter     24    F  Switzerland
169  Mathias Naegals      28    M  Switzerland
170  Julia Naegals        38    F  Switzerland
171  Maria Faller         27    F  Switzerland
172  Joseph Meier         21    M  Switzerland
173  Ephriam Meier        26    M  Switzerland
174  Martin Meyer         34    M  Switzerland
175  Caspar Fischer       37    M  Switzerland
176  Herman Rohr          27    M  Switzerland
177  Carlo Gentest        27    M  Switzerland
178  Ursula Schabinger    16    F  Switzerland
179  Joh Bn Schwind       33    M  Switzerland
180  Benedick Faller      25    M  Switzerland
181  A Maria Gantmann     42    F  Switzerland
182  Agnes Fafler         18    F  Switzerland
183  Catharina Lymann     20    F  Switzerland
184  Clara Fritsch        24    F  Switzerland
185  Sophia Keller        32    F  Switzerland
186  Bertha Keller         8    F  Switzerland
187  Fransecka Fischer    23    F  Switzerland
188  Johann Schmidt       23    M  Switzerland
189  David Brann          23    M  Baden
190  Chr B Mayer          56    M  Prussia
191* Joseph ?????         43    M  Bavaria
192  Laurent Francis      25    M  Italy
193  Albert Brecht        30    M  Baden
194  Peter Funck          28    M  Prussia
195  Gabriel Auton        22    M  Switzerland
196  Bernard Bechtal      24    M  Bavaria
197  Jas Hel Ulmar        36    M  Switzerland
198  Yisste Postles       25    M  Italy

       
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.

  1     Part of first name unreadable. 
 12     First Name 
 17     Last Name cannot read 
 25-26  Age and place of origin unreadable. 
 67     First Name 
 75     American Citizen. Returning from Europe 
138-141 American Citizens. Returning from Europe 
151     Names are crossed out and cannot be read. Interesting notation 
        made; "Left Behind". Did passenger miss the boat?
160     American Citizen 
191     Last Name unreadable 

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

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