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SS Rhenania


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Hamburg, Germany to New York
27 April 1882

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, H. Barends, Master of the S.S. Rhenania do solemnly, sincerely, and truly certify that the following List or Manifest of Passengers, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs of Collection District of the City of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board of the said Rhenania at Hamburg 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 the 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 truly sets forth the number of said passengers who have died on said voyage, and the dates and the names and the ages of those who died; also of the pieces of baggage of each; also a true statement, so far as can be ascertained, with reference to the intention of each alien passenger as to a protracted sojourn in this country. So help me God (signed) H. Barends
Sworn to this 27 April 1882
Before me (signed) ??????? D.C.
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the S.S. Rhenania whereof H. Barends is Master, from Hamburg to New York burthen (blank) tons.
Columns represent: the Passenger names, age, sex, occupation, the country of which they are citizens. Intended destination is United States of America for all passengers.
Steerage Passengers
266  Catharina    Pietrowska     50    female wife       Prussia
267  Constantin   Rajeck         27    male   workman    Prussia
268* Andreas      Krozierzy??    25    male   workman    Prussia
269  Constantin   Stock          28    male   workman    Prussia
270  Carl         Waack          30    male   workman    Prussia
271  Franz        Kroppel        16    male   farmer     Prussia
272  Carl         Grohnke        59    male   farmer     Prussia
273  Emilie       Grohnke        60    female wife       Prussia
274  Bertha       Grohnke        18    female daughter   Prussia
275  Joh.         Papenfuss      29    male   farmer     Prussia
276  Auguste      Papenfuss      27    female wife       Prussia
277  Heinr.       Papenfuss        11m male   baby       Prussia
278  Herm.        Gohr           28    male   workman    Prussia
279  Albert       Gohr           21    male   workman    Prussia
280  Ferd.        Gohr           16    male   workman    Prussia
281  August       Siegert        32    male   workman    Prussia
282  Louise       Siegert        28    female wife       Prussia
283  Gustav       Siegert         7    male   child      Prussia
284  Robert       Siegert         3    male   child      Prussia
285  Auguste      Siegert           9m female baby       Prussia
286  Michael      Heyn           69    male   farmer     Prussia
287  Marie        Heyn           53    female wife       Prussia
288  Ferd.        Hochne         28    male   tinsmith   Prussia
289  Ottilie      Knitter        22    female single     Prussia
290  Gustav       Bonn           29    male   blacksmith Prussia
291  Julius       Witt           44    male   blacksmith Prussia
292  Josef        Koszinski      24    male   workman    Prussia
293  Anton        Krause         35    male   locksmith  Prussia
294  Herm.        Winckler       29    male   carpenter  Prussia
295  Reinhold     Knieser        27    male   locksmith  Prussia
296  Gustav       Knieser        25    male   painter    Prussia
297  Hulda        Schulz         17    female single     Prussia
298  Johanna      Waak           24    female single     Prussia
299  Stanislaus   Lasker         36    male   farmer     Prussia
300  Wilh.        Bauer          24    male   farmer     Wurtemberg
301  Gustav       Triedor        28    male   farmer     Prussia
302  Johanna      Triedor        34    female wife       Prussia
303  August       Triedor         6    male   son        Prussia
304  Otto         Triedor           9m male   baby       Prussia
305  Friedr.      Fischer        61    male   farmer     Prussia
306  Anton        Gewaich        36    male   workman    Prussia
307  Margar^th    Gewaich        39    female wife       Prussia
308  Carl         Gewaich         8    male   child      Prussia
309  Cath^a       Gewaich         7    female child      Prussia
310  Magdalena    Gewaich           4m female baby       Prussia
311  Veronika     Gewaich           3m female baby       Prussia
312  Andreas      Raskowski      23    male   shoemaker  Prussia
313  Cath^a       Raskowski      23    female wife       Prussia
314  Anna         Raskowski       3    female daughter   Prussia
315  Marie        Raskowski         3m female baby       Prussia 
316  Gustav       Tornow         26    male   farmer     Prussia
317  Louise       Tornow         28    female wife       Prussia
318  Wilhelm      Becker         28    male   farmer     Prussia
319  Louise       Becker         30    female wife       Prussia
320  Wilhelm      Becker          8    male   son        Prussia
321  Emilie       Becker          7    female child      Prussia
322  Jan          Hanietes       30    male   workman    Prussia
323  Rosalie      Hanietes       33    female wife       Prussia
324  Anna         Hanietes         10m female baby       Prussia
325  Julius       Sahnholz       26    male   shoemaker  Prussia
326  Pelagia Krys Kowiak         24    female wife       Prussia
327  Victoria     Kowiak           11m female baby       Prussia
328  Ludwig       Hintz          35    male   workman    Prussia
329  Emilie       Hintz          30    female wife       Prussia
330  Mathilde     Hintz           7    female child      Prussia
331  Hermann      Hintz           8    male   child      Prussia
332  Carl         Hintz           4    male   child      Prussia
333  Franz        Hintz            11m male   baby       Prussia
334  Ottilie      Hintz             1m female baby       Prussia
335  Wilhelm^ne   Lamprecht      60    female wife       Prussia
336  Wilh.        Reincke        24    male   farmer     Prussia
337  Cath^a       Romel          58    female wife       Prussia
338  John         Romel          18    male   son        Prussia
339  Carl         Franzen        15    male   farmer     Prussia
340* Louise       Kuhl           39    female wife       Mecklenberg
341* Marie        Kuhl            8    female child      Mecklenbert
342* Minna        Kuhl            7    female child      Mecklenberg
343* Fritz        Kuhl            6    male   child      Mecklenberg
344* Dorothea     Kuhl            5    female child      Mecklenberg
345* Anna         Kuhl            4    female child      Mecklenberg
346* John         Kuhl            2    male   child      Mecklenberg
347* Frieda       Kuhl              3m female baby       Mecklenberg
348  Bertha       Folge          18    female single     Prussia
349  Hulda        Folge           8    female child      Prussia
350  Thomas       Bradesen       16    male   farmer     Prussia
351  Carl         Holl           50    male   farmer     Prussia
352  Frdrke       Holl           22    female child      Prussia
353  Math^e       Holl           20    female child      Prussia
354  Carl         Holl           18    male   child      Prussia
355  Herm.        Holl            7    male   child      Prussia
356  Carl         Brosowski      35    male   workman    Prussia
357  Louise       Brosowski      35    female wife       Prussia
358  Carl         Brosowski       8    male   child      Prussia
359  Fritz        Brosowski       6    male   child      Prussia
360  Gustav       Brosowski       4    male   child      Prussia
361  Auguste      Brosowski        11m female baby       Prussia
362* Wilhelm      Scharlau       21    male   farmer     Prussia
363  Karl         Strauss        23    male   tinsmith   Hamburg
364  Jonathan     Koppin         25    male   tinsmith   Prussia
365  Marie        Koppin         22    female wife       Prussia
366  Walter       Koppin           10m male   baby       Prussia
367  Fritz        Wolf           28    male   farmer     Prussia
368  Marie        Wolf           24    female wife       Prussia
369  Martha       Wolf             11m female baby       Prussia
370* Hippolit     Paulicka       30    male   ?????      Prussia
371  Carl         Neitzel        59    male   farmer     Prussia
372  Sophie       Neitzel        59    female wife       Prussia
373  Marie        Neitzel        16    female daughter   Prussia
374  Carin        Pedersen       25    male   farmer     Danmark
375  Rasmus       Pedersen       21    male   farmer     Danmark
376  Robert       Ammon          55    male   merchant   Prussia
377  Anton        Schmidt        27    male   farmer     Prussia
378  Sabine       Schmidt        25    female wife       Prussia
379  Paul         Schmidt         3    male   son        Prussia
380  Ida          Schmidt          11m female baby       Prussia
381  Martha       Schmidt           1m female baby       Prussia
382  Emil         Dschintkowiak  33    male   workman    Prussia
383  August       Folge          50    male   smith      Prussia
384  Juliane      Folge          51    female wife       Prussia
385  Emma         Folge          16    female daughter   Prussia
386  August       Zingler        27    male   farmer     Prussia
387  Wilhelmine   Zingler        28    female wife       Prussia
388  Ida          Zingler         3    female daughter   Prussia
389  Wilhelmine   Zingler           3m female baby       Prussia
390  Wilhelm      Teske          37    male   farmer     Prussia
391  Louise       Teske          29    female wife       Prussia
392  Amanda       Teske           4    female daughter   Prussia
393* Louise       Rohl           36    female wife       Prussia
394* Marie        Rohl           13    female daughter   Prussia
395  Theodor      Gierse         29    male   farmer     Prussia
396  Therese      Gierse         24    female wife       Prussia
397  Marie        Gierse           11m female baby       Prussia
398  Therese      Gierse         21    female single     Prussia
399  Marie        Adrians        17    female single     Prussia
400  Friedr.      Maass          25    male   farmer     Prussia
401  August       Maass          21    male   farmer     Prussia
402  Johannas     Gruba          32    male   workman    Prussia
403  Marianne     Gruba          25    female wife       Prussia
404  Josepha      Gruba           8    female daughter   Prussia
405  Marie        Gruba            11m female baby       Prussia
406  Anna         Gruba             1m female baby       Prussia 
407  Auguste      Breitzke       27    female wife       Prussia
408  Hulda        Breitzke        7    female child      Prussia
409  Ida          Breitzke        5    female child      Prussia
410  Emilie       Breitzke        3    female child      Prussia
411  Emil         Breitzke          6m male   baby       Prussia
412  Marie        Hoffmann       16    female single     Prussia
413  Hansel       Goos           17    male   farmer     Prussia
414  Franz        Goos           18    male   farmer     Prussia
415* Anna         Konig          28    female wife       Saxony
416* Auguste      Konig           5    female child      Saxony
417* Frieda       Konig           3    female child      Saxony
418  Otto         Erhardt        37    male   shoemaker  Saxony
419  Friedr.      Raupach        30    male   workman    Saxony
420  Theodor      Knaack         24    male   shepherd   Prussia
421  Wilhelmine   Knaack         25    female wife       Prussia
422  Friederike   Spiering       60    female wife       Prussia
423  Marianne     Bak            48    female wife       Prussia
424  Casemir      Bak            15    male   workman    Prussia
425  Maria        Bak              11m female baby       Prussia
426  Eduard       Gehrech        42    male   workman    Prussia
427  Caroline     Gehrich        31    female wife       Prussia
428  Adolph       Gehrich         8    male   child      Prussia
429  Bernhard     Gehrich         7    male   child      Prussia
430  Reinhard     Gehrich         5    male   child      Prussia
431  Edmund       Gehrich         3    male   child      Prussia
432  Martha       Gehrich           4m female baby       Prussia
433* Gustav       Mu?????        32    male   workman    Prussia
434* Amalie       Mu?????        38    female wife       Prussia
435* Hedwig       Mu?????          11m female baby       Prussia
436* Paul         Mu?????           1m male   baby       Prussia
437  Carl         Mody           25    male   workman    Prussia
438  Marie        Mody           30    female wife       Prussia
439  Wilh.        Beyer          49    male   farmer     Prussia
440  Henriette    Beyer          42    female wife       Prussia
441  Herm.        Beyer          19    male   child      Prussia
442  Wilhelm      Beyer          17    male   child      Prussia
443  Bertha       Beyer          14    female child      Prussia
444  Anna         Beyer           8    female child      Prussia
445  Carl         Beyer           7    male   child      Prussia
446  Friedr.      Beyer           6    female child      Prussia
447  Martha       Beyer           2    female child      Prussia
448  Marie        Beyer             8m female baby       Prussia
449  Jens         Eriksen        24    male   farmer     Danemark
450  Marianne     Eriksen        23    female wife       Danemark
451  Bernhard     Cornils        24    male   merchant   Prussia
452  Heinr.       Baumann        55    male   workman    Prussia
453  Gustav       Baumann        22    male   child      Prussia
454  Louise       Baumann        16    female child      Prussia
455  Emilie       Baumann         8    female child      Prussia
456  Michael      Sajonkorski    28    male   workman    Prussia
457  Marianne     Sajonkorski    25    female wife       Prussia
458  Leon         Sajonkorski      11m male   baby       Prussia
459  Victoria     Sajonkorski       1m female baby       Prussia
460  August       Koltermann     25    male   farmer     Prussia
461  Hermann      Schmidt        30    male   workman    Prussia
462  Anna         Schmidt        25    female wife       Prussia
463* Bertha       Kruger         33    female wife       Prussia
464* Pauline      Kruger           11m female baby       Prussia
465  Ludwig       Wolff          35    male   blacksmith Prussia
466  Ludwig       Garlade        33    male   locksmith  Prussia
467  Johs.        Wittkowski     31    male   workman    Prussia
468  Marie        Wittkowski     27    female wife       Prussia
469  Franz        Wittkowski       11m male   baby       Prussia
470  Nicolai      Schilling      50    male   workman    Prussia
471  Franziska    Gajewski       18    female single     Prussia
472  Ernst        Perlich        57    male   workman    Prussia
473  Louise       Perlich        51    female wife       Prussia
474  Marie        Perlich        22    female child      Prussia
475  Herm.        Perlich        16    male   child      Prussia
476  Eugen        Perlich        14    male   child      Prussia
477  Anna         Pewe           39    female wife       Prussia
478  Paul         Pewe            8    male   child      Prussia
479  Otto         Pewe            7    male   child      Prussia
480  Franz        Pewe            6    male   child      Prussia
481  Richard      Pewe            5    male   child      Prussia
482  Georg        Pewe            4    male   child      Prussia
483  Anna         Pewe            2    female child      Prussia
484  Helene       Pewe              9m female baby       Prussia
485  Anton        Zbirski        28    male   shoemaker  Prussia
486  Eva          Kubazynska     26    female single     Prussia
487  Rosa         Stephanski     26    female wife       Prussia
488  Marianne     Stephanski      3    female daughter   Prussia
489  Jacob        Stephanski       11m male   baby       Prussia
490  Michaeline   Zielinska      30    female wife       Prussia
491  Julie        Zielinska       5    female child      Prussia
492  Marie        Zielinska       2    female child      Prussia
493  Peter        Zielinska        11m male   baby       Prussia
494  Jadwiga      Zielinska         1m female baby       Prussia
495  Jurgen       Bruse          44    male   farmer     Prussia
496  Marie        Bruse          41    female wife       Prussia
497  Jurgen       Bruse           8    male   child      Prussia
498  Peter        Bruse           7    male   child      Prussia
499  Heinr.       Bruse           5    male   child      Prussia
500  Marie        Bruse            11m female baby       Prussia
501  August       Liebersdorf    40    male   farmer     Prussia
502  Auguste      Liebersdorf    40    female wife       Prussia
503  Hermine      Liebersdorf     8    female child      Prussia
504  Hermann      Liebersdorf     7    male   child      Prussia
505  Carl         Liebersdorf     6    male   child      Prussia
506  Herm.        Gaethke        29    male   farmer     Prussia
507  Wilhelmine   Gaethke        28    female wife       Prussia
508  Johann       Jahnke         52    male   farmer     Prussia
509  John^a       Gehrke         20    female single     Prussia
510* Rudolph      Kruger         30    male   painter    Prussia
511  Jacob        Saroszewski    57    male   workman    Prussia
512  Elisabeth    Saroszewski    52    female wife       Prussia
513  Joseph       Wilkowski      24    male   shoemaker  Prussia
514  Mary         Hammerschlag   20    female single     Hungary
515  Daniel       Hammerschlag   24    male   workman    Hungary
516  Nicoline     Witt           23    female single     Prussia
517  Friedr.      Schwarz        39    male   farmer     Prussia
518  Caroline     Schwarz        39    female wife       Prussia
519  Rudolf       Schwarz         4    male   son        Prussia
520  Peter        Pedersen       32    male   farmer     Prussia
521  Joh^a        Pedersen       33    female wife       Prussia
522  Peter        Pedersen        4    male   son        Prussia
523  Catha.       Pedersen          9m female baby       Prussia
524  Nic.         Zuck           52    male   workman    Chicago USA
525  Stanisl.     Paeskowski     40    male   workman    Prussia
526  Fritz        Koch           20    male   workman    Prussia
527  Philipp      Malicki        53    male   workman    Prussia
528  Catha.       Malicki        45    female wife       Prussia
529  Josef        Malicki         8    male   child      Prussia
530  Jan          Malicki         6    male   child      Prussia
531  Casimir      Malicki         4    male   child      Prussia
532  Peter        Malicki           6m male   baby       Prussia
533  Jacob        Resgelski      35    male   workman    Prussia
534  St.          Ruzak          37    male   workman    Prussia
535* Herm.        Schla????      ??    male   ?????      Hannover
536  Joh.         Hovermann      23    male   joiner     Hannover
537  David        Awadiswitz     31    male   workman    Hungary
538  Meyer        Meschirzewski  23    male   workman    Hungary
539  Carl         Kertchere      27    male   workman    Austria
540  Josef        Zeitlanger     25    male   workman    Austria
541  Johs.        Butkowski      32    male   workman    Prussia
542  Marianne     Butkowski      29    female wife       Prussia
543* Wladislaw    Butkowski       ?    male   son        Prussia
544  Anna         Butkowski        11m female baby       Prussia
545  Michael      Prysiewskowska 26    male   workman    Prussia
546  Anton        Jawornki       16    male   workman    Prussia
547  Rasmus H.    Larsen         22    male   farmer     Danemark
548  Naelan       Laita          40    male   workman    Austria
549  Anna         Laita          35    female wife       Austria
550  Johann       Laita           2    male   child      Austria
551  Gustav       Laita           3    male   child      Austria
552  Marie        Laita            11m female baby       Austria
553  Marianne     Sozwiak        24    female wife       Prussia
554  Franz        Sozwiak         5    male   son        Prussia
555  John         Sozwiak          11m male   baby       Prussia
556  Stanisl.     Sozwiak           1m male   baby       Prussia
557  Hans         Hansen         18    male   workman    Danemark
558  Line         Nicolai        26    female wife       Hamburg
559  Ludwig       Nicolai           8m male   baby       Hamburg
560* Wilhelm      Grunwaldt      43    male   workman    Prussia
561* Henriette    Grunwaldt      37    female wife       Prussia
562* Gustav       Grunwaldt      16    male   child      Prussia
563* Wilhelm      Grunwaldt      13    male   child      Prussia
564* Franz        Grunwaldt      10    male   child      Prussia
565* Bertha       Grunwaldt       9    female child      Prussia
566* Auguste      Grunwaldt       7    female child      Prussia
567  Franz        Zimdarse       28    male   workman    Prussia
568  Bertha       Zimdarse       29    female wife       Prussia
569  Reinhard     Zimdarse        2    male   son        Prussia
570  Anna         Zimdarse        1    female daughter   Prussia
571  Caroline     Zimdarse       57    female mother     Prussia
572  Emilie       Zimdarse       19    female daughter   Prussia
573  Bertha       Zimdarse       17    female daughter   Prussia
574  Magdal^a     Zimdarse       13    female daughter   Prussia
575  Apollonia    Zagohka        66    female mother     Prussia
576  Sagurska     Zagohka        18    male   son        Prussia
(signed) H. Barends


Transcriber's Notes:

* An asterisk is used to call attention to additional information in the Transcriber's Notes.

? The question mark is used to indicate illegible letters or words.

^ Used to denote abbreviated name.

* Names were transcribed as written without regard to spelling.

* No births were recorded during the voyage.

268         Surname illegible due to damaged manifest.
340-347     Umlaut u in surname.
370         Occupation illegible due to handwriting.
393-394     Umlaut o in surname.
415-417     Umlaut o in surname.
433-436     Surname illegible due to damaged manifest.
463-464,510 Umlaut u in surname.
535         Surname and information illegible due to damaged manifest.
543         Age illegible due to damaged manifest.
560-566     Umlaut u in surname.

Passenger #362, Wilhelm Scharlau, proceeded to Niagara County in Western New York State and 
joined St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Town of Cambria, in 1883 according to the church records.
He was joined in April 1885 by his parents, Johann and Friederike Scharlau, who arrived in 
New York aboard the SS California (Volume 8).


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National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 450, List 529.
Transcribed by Robert W. Grose a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
27 January 2006



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