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Steamer Barussia


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Hamburg, Germany to New York
12 December 1867

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, N. C. Franzen, Master of the Str Barussia do solemnly, sincerely, and truly state 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 of the said Steamer at Hamburg, from which port said Steamer 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 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) N. C. Franzen

Sworn to this 12 December 1867,
Before me. (Signature) R ??????p, D.C.
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Steamer Barussia whereof N C Franzen is Master, from Hamburg, burthen 2133 tons.
Columns represent: given name, surname, age, sex, occupation, the country to which they belong, the country to which they intend to become inhabitants, and the part of the vessel occupied during the voyage.
    
                               **********  Between Deck  **********

  1  Martin Neubrander       50     M   Farmer         Germany     U. States    Between Deck
  2  Barbara Neubrander      45     F   His wife       Germany     U. States    Between Deck
  3  Elise Neubrander        24     F   His daughter   Germany     U. States    Between Deck
  4  Wilhelm Neubrander       0y8m  M   Her baby       Germany     U. States    Between Deck
  5  Stephan Geckeler        34     M   Farmer         Germany     U. States    Between Deck
  6  Barbara Geckeler        34     F   His wife       Germany     U. States    Between Deck
  7  Clara Geckeler           7     F   His child      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
  8  Heinrich Geckeler        6     M   His child      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
  9  Bertha Geckeler          0y11m F   His baby       Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 10  Jacob Henger            39     M   Tailor         Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 11  Ludwig Rapp             17     M   Farmer         Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 12* Gottfried Henger               M   Farmer         Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 13  Johannes List           19     M   Farmer         Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 14  Johann Volm             31     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 15  Franz Ferzer            18     M   Farmer         Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 16  Ludwig Wenzler          30     M   Cartwright     Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 17* Eduard Delger           20     M   Miller         Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 18* Wilhelm Worner          42     M   Butcher        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 19* Wilhelm Dahler          24     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 20* Catharina Dahler        17     F   Unmarried      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 21  Elise Vogel             25     F   Unmarried      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 22  Rosalie Spitz           20     F   Woman          Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 23  Regine Spitz             0y10m F   Her baby       Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 24* Carl Vorwerk            23     M   Locksmith      Bill?????   Mysz?????    Between Deck
 25  Christine Christensen   23     F   Unmarried      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 26* Thomas Grunen           20     M   Smith          Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 27  Philippine Johst        35     F   Woman          Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 28  Margaretha Johst        16     F   Her child      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 29  Henry Johst              6     M   Her child      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 30  Friedrich Spengler      20     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 31  John Schnitterer        20     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 32  Adam Kessler            16     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 33* Johannes Hofler         26     M   Mason          Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 34  Eduard Ebener           25     M   Cartwright     Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 35  Magdalena Gauter        58     F   Woman          Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 36  Carl Gauter             17     M   Her son        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 37  Wilhelm Ruff            17     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 38  Salomon Rothschild      18     M   Clerk          Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 39* Julius K???m            19     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 40* Gustav K???m            23     M   Watchmaker     Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 41  Christian Bader         21     M   Smith          Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 42  Gottlieb Hahn           21     M   Cartwright     Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 43  Johann Zunge            37     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 44  Sophie Zunge            34     F   His wife       Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 45  Marie Zunge              4     F   His child      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 46  Joachim Zunge            3     M   His child      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 47  Heinrich Zunge           0y6m  M   His baby       Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 48  Joachim Zunge           32     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 49  Ernst Jaeger            35     M   Inspector      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 50  Johannes Thier          26     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 51  Georg Matolutsch        33     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 52  John Matolutsch         31     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck'
 53  Mateo Perocovig         25     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 54  Friedrich Jewes         26     M   Blacksmith     Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 55  Meyer Kaupherr          23     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 56  Anton Gospodnetish      38     M   Miner          U. States   U. States    Between Deck
 57  Mandalene Gospodnetish  19     F   His wife       U. States   U. States    Between Deck
 58  Franz Rakow             21     M   Clerk          Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 59  Barbara Joas            21     F   Unmarried      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 60  Georg Tornuf            20     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 61  Johann Stauf            27     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 62  Barbara Albrecht        19     F   Unmarried      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 63  Madalena Schmidt        27     F   Unmarried      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 64  Caroline Maier          18     F   Unmarried      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 65  Johannes Schwarz        20     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 66  Xaver Herzog            27     M   Weaver         Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 67  Samuel Stabholz         32     M   Workman        Russia      U. States    Between Deck
 68  Wilhelm Burkhardt       17     M   Cooper         Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 69  Michael Lang            27     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 70  Johann Hartnagel        28     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 71  Catharina Holling       18     F   Unmarried      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 72  Alois Schmidt           35     M   Mason          Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 73* Friederike Duwahl       21     F   Unmarried      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 74* Vut Kraupa              40     M   Engraver       Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 75  Ludwig Eckfeldt         32     M   Joiner         Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 76  Carl Meyer              39     M   Innkeeper      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 77  Marie Meyer             25     F   His wife       Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 78  August Maier            32     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 79  Appollonia Reh          29     F   Unmarried      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 80  Friedrich Raab          28     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 81  Margaretha Raab          0y10m F   His baby       Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 82  Gretchen Sieber         19     F   Unmarried      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 83  Theobald Wagner         26     M   Saddler        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 84* Friederike Kuschner     25     F   Unmarried      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 85  Michael Reiner          37     M   Merchant       Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 86* Boas Gunzberg           33     M   Merchant       Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 87  Catharina Seismann      59     F   Woman          Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 88  Rechler Blum            34     F   Woman          Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 89  Minna Blum               0y11m F   His baby       Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 90* Anders Laus?????        49     M   Workman        Denmark     U. States    Between Deck
 91  Caesar Latter           27     M   Clerk          Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 92  Guttmann Fleischmann    22     M   Clerk          Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 93* Eugen Dolle             28     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 94  Maria Behn              21     F   Unmarried      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 95  Walberga Haller         23     F   Unmarried      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 96  Walberga Linder         18     F   Unmarried      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 97  Kunigunde Bittermann    22     F   Woman          Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 98  Moritz Bittermann        0y3m  M   Her baby       Germany     U. States    Between Deck
 99  Moritz Appel            25     M   Dyer           Germany     U. States    Between Deck
100  Heinrich Schroeder      27     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
101  Lena Schroeder          22     F   His wife       Germany     U. States    Between Deck
102  Margarethe Schroeder    60     F   Woman          Germany     U. States    Between Deck
103  Joachim Schroeder       18     M   Her son        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
104  Catharina Schroeder     16     F   Her daughter   Germany     U. States    Between Deck
105  Jean May                27     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
106  Heinrich Bergmann       24     M   Segarmaker     Germany     U. States    Between Deck
107* Louise Bunge            27     F   Unmarried      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
108  Abraham Luft            17     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
109  Henriette Rieske        24     F   Woman          Germany     U. States    Between Deck
110  Ottilie Rieske           4     F   Her child      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
111  Emil Rieske              0y10m M   Her baby       Germany     U. States    Between Deck
112  Fritz Groth             24     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
113  Reinhold Schulz         29     M   Smith          Germany     U. States    Between Deck
114  Gustav von Pfingsten    26     M   Apothecary     Germany     U. States    Between Deck
115  Otto Rummel             20     M   Blacksmith     Germany     U. States    Between Deck
116  Raphael Riess           28     M   Clerk          Germany     U. States    Between Deck
117  Carl Piltz              36     M   Joiner         Germany     U. States    Between Deck
118  Jeanette Marcuse        21     F   Unmarried      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
119  Ida Lichtenstein        26     F   Unmarried      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
120  Wilhelm Born            25     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
121  Franz Krasselt          51     M   Farmer         Germany     U. States    Between Deck
122  Max Spieker             16     M   Apothecary     U. States   U. States    Between Deck
123* Johann Atler            19     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
124  Caroline Weber          30     F   Unmarried      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
125  Carl Ott                20     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
126  Friedrich Ott           20     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
127  Friedrich Ott           18     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
128  Carl Friedrich          27     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
129  Jacob Baumann           27     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
130* Johann Bohrt            24     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
131* Wilhelmine Behuk        25     F   Unmarried      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
132  Albert Bernhardt        19     M   Merchant       Germany     U. States    Between Deck
133* Isidor Schlamm          17     F   Shoemaker      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
134  Wolff Moses             25     M   Tailor         Germany     U. States    Between Deck
135  Julius Knop             29     M   Shepherd       Germany     U. States    Between Deck
136* Dora Bernhoft           19     F   Unmarried      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
137* Marie Bernhoft          1?     F   Unmarried      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
138  Friedrich Wendt         26     M   Shepherd       Germany     U. States    Between Deck
139  Heinrich Landers        49     M   Joiner         Germany     U. States    Between Deck
140  Trina Landers           48     F   His wife       Germany     U. States    Between Deck
141  Dora Landers            14     F   His child      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
142* Trina Landers            ?     F   His child      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
143  Wilhelm Landers          7     M   His child      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
144  August Landers           5     M   His child      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
145  Heinrich Landers         0y10m M   His baby       Germany     U. States    Between Deck
146  Ludwig Dettmann         24     M   Cartwright     Germany     U. States    Between Deck
147  Johann Lehmann          43     M   Smith          Germany     U. States    Between Deck
148  Wilhelmine Lehmann      39     F   His wife       Germany     U. States    Between Deck
149  Elise Lehmann           14     F   His child      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
150  Johanne Lehmann         13     F   His child      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
151  Auguste Lehmann          7     F   His child      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
152  Louise Lehmann           6     F   His child      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
153  Bertha Lehmann           5     F   His child      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
154  Wilhelmine Lehmann       2     F   His child      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
155  Hannchen Max            21     F   Unmarried      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
156  Heinrich Hagen          30     M   Farmer         U. States   U. States    Between Deck
157  Margaretha Henck        20     F   Unmarried      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
158  Anna Fiege              19     F   Unmarried      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
159  Marie Dammann           30     F   Unmarried      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
160  Carl Dehm               30     M   Shepherd       Germany     U. States    Between Deck
161  Christian Martens       31     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
162  Fritz Martens           34     M   Shepherd       Germany     U. States    Between Deck
163  Christine Martens       26     F   His wife       Germany     U. States    Between Deck
164  Wilhelmine Martens       0y9m  F   His baby       Germany     U. States    Between Deck
165  Thorwald Hoffensberg    27     M   Workman        Denmark     U. States    Between Deck
166  Nils Larsen             24     M   Workman        Denmark     U. States    Between Deck
167  Christian Volkersen     23     M   Workman        Denmark     U. States    Between Deck
168  Jacob Kaal              20     M   Workman        Denmark     U. States    Between Deck
169  Hans Bounesen           26     M   Workman        Denmark     U. States    Between Deck
170  Robert Trenkmann        30     M   Musician       Germany     U. States    Between Deck
171  Jacob Nussbaum          19     M   Merchant       Germany     U. States    Between Deck
172  Albert Kallenberg       26     M   Locksmith      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
173* Robert Haberland        44     M   Farmer         U. States   U. States    Between Deck
174* Martin Mutschow         32     M   Farmer         Denmark     U. States    Between Deck
175* Johanna Mutschow        27     F   His wife       Denmark     U. States    Between Deck
176* Carl Mutschow            3     M   His child      Denmark     U. States    Between Deck
177  Catharina Schuldt       56     F   Woman          Denmark     U. States    Between Deck
178  Catharina Schaible      26     F   Unmarried      Denmark     U. States    Between Deck
179* Christian Schuler       22     M   Unmarried         ?        U. States    Between Deck
180  Lewin Katz              18     M   Clerk          Germany     U. States    Between Deck
181* Catharina Lutz          20     F   Shoemaker      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
182  Franz Jansson           24     M   Farmer         Germany     U. States    Between Deck
183  Franz Maas              50     M   Farmer         Germany     U. States    Between Deck
184  David Polack            17     M   Farmer         Germany     U. States    Between Deck
185  Babette Engel           25     F   Unmarried      U. States   U. States    Between Deck
186  Catharina Scherzer      24     F   Unmarried      U. States   U. States    Between Deck
187  Rudolf Hanke            31     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
188  Auguste Hanke           27     F   His wife       Germany     U. States    Between Deck
189  Robert Hanke             7     M   His child      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
190  Marie Hanke              3     F   His child      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
191  Wilhelm Hanke            0y9m  M   His baby       Germany     U. States    Between Deck
192  Conrad Rossfeld         34     M   Locksmith      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
193  Friedrich Walter        25     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
194  Friedrich Schweizer     23     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
195  Lorenz Schweizer        28     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
196  Jacob Wolf              20     M   Stonecutter    Germany     U. States    Between Deck
197* Johannes Schukbauer     17     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
198* Gottliebe Schukbauer    19     F   Unmarried      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
199  Caroline Schwaderer     26     F   Woman          Germany     U. States    Between Deck
200  Friederike Haller       22     F   Unmarried      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
201* Paul Jung               20     M   Stonecutter    Germany     U. States    Between Deck
202* Louise Jung             18     F   Unmarried      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
203  Peter Orlemann          17     M   Dyer           Germany     U. States    Between Deck
204  Georg Mengel            23     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
205  Maria Korell            25     F   Unmarried      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
206* Barb^a S Handermann     18     F   Unmarried      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
207  Catharina Janson        18     F   Unmarried      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
208  Catharina Bernhard      23     F   Unmarried      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
209  Wilhelm Sauer           41     M   Workman        U. States   U. States    Between Deck
210  Christina Sauer         35     F   His wife       U. States   U. States    Between Deck
211  Daniel Sauer            28     M   Workman        Germany     U. States    Between Deck
212  Catharina Sauer         29     F   Unmarried      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
213  Elise Sauer             24     F   Unmarried      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
214  Barb^a Sauer            24     F   Unmarried      Germany     U. States    Between Deck
215* Jacob Pi?ht             14     M   Boy            Germany     U. States    Between Deck

                                          
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.

  A caret (^) indicates that the following letter in a word or name is superscripted.

  The recorder of the manifest sometimes abbreviates given names by writing the first
  few letters of the name, then skipping letters and then writing the final letter as 
  superscripted.  In these cases, the transcriber uses the symbol (^) to indicate that 
  the following letter is superscripted, i.e., Joh^a for Johanna or Barb^a for Barbara. 
 
  The entry "United States" in the native country and destination country columns
  is shortened to "U. States" for formatting reasons.  "Male" and "Female" in the
  Sex column are shortened to "M" and "F" for the same reason.

  Cajute or Kajüte (modern spelling) is a nautical term describing a ship's cabin.
  It might be that the more spacious accomodations for Cabin Class passengers are 
  called something else such as "Saloon", or it might be that for Steerage Class 
  passengers it denotes those who had their own, separate cabin, as opposed to others
  occupying larger shared spaces. 


 12      Passenger's Age is not recorded.
 17      Surname is either "Delger" or "Dilger".
 18      There is an umlaut above the "o" in surname "Worner".
 19-20   There is an umlaut above the "a" in surname "Dahler".
 24      Native Country and Destination Country are not clearly written and cannot be 
         deciphered with certainty, but appears to be written as "Billetsnortom" and
         "Myszathl ????".
 26      There is an umlaut above the "u" in surname "Grunen".
 33      There is an umlaut above the "o" in surname "Hofler".
 39-40   Surname is faint and cannot be deciphered with certainty, but name might 
         posssibly be "Krumm".
 73      There is an umlaut above the "u" in surname "Duwahl".
 74      There is an umlaut above the "u" in given name "Vut".
 84      Surname appears to be either "Kuschner" or "Kirschner".
 86      There is an umlaut above the "u" in surname "Gunzberg".
 93      There is an umlaut above the "o" in surname "Dolle".
107      There is an umlaut above the "u" in surname "Bunge".
123      Surname is either "Atler" or "Aller".
130      There is an umlaut above the "o" in surname "Bohrt".
131      Surname appears to be either "Behuk" or "Behnk".
133      Surname appears to be either "Schlamm" or "Schlaunn".
136-137  There is an umlaut above the "o" on surname "Bernhoft".
137      Passenger's Age is possibly 17, 18 or 19.
132      Passenger's Age cannot be deciphered with certainty, but is possibly 5 or 6.
173      There is a horizontal line drawn through this passenger's Name and associated
         information.  This usually implies that the person was not aboard when the 
         ship embarked.
174-176  There is an umlaut above the "u" in surname "Mutschow".
179      Passenger's Occupation is recorded as "Unmarried", a designation normally
         assigned to unmarried females, probably a recording error.  It is unclear
         from the way the recorder drew the brackets whether the Passenger's Native
         Country is Denmark or Germany.
181      It is very unusual for the recorder to list an Occupation such as "Shoemaker"
         for a female. Female passengers are usually listed as either "Unmarried" or 
         "Woman".  The recorded Occupation "Shoemaker" is possibly a recording mistake.
197-198  Surname is either "Schukbauer" or "Schuhbauer".
201-202  Surname is either "Jung" or "Tung".
206      Name is possibly "Barb^a S Handermann" or "Barb^a Standermann".
215      Middle letter of surname cannot be deciphered with certainty. Name is possibly
         "Picht", "Pieht" or "Pisht".


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National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 289, List 1268.
Transcribed by Phil Buckley a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
11 June 2006



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