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SS Rising Star
I, J.E.P. Connor, Master of the SS Rising Star 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 of the said Steamship at Swinemunde, Copenhagen, and Christiansand from which ports said vessel has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each of said passengers, the location of the compartment or space of the said 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 dates, and the names and ages of those who died. So help me God. (signed) J. P. Connor
Sworn to this 4 June 1870
before me ???????? DC
(Ship arrived 30 May but was not processed until 4 June)
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the SS Rising Star whereof Conner is Master from Swinemunde via Copenhagen and Christiansand burthen 2726 tons.
Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, The Country to which they severally belong, The country in which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on the voyage. All Passengers intend to become inhabitants of the United States so that column was eliminated.
Steerage Passengers
540 August Lehmann 33 male servant Prussia
541* Wilhelmine Klohn 17 female Prussia
542 Friedrich Jahn 29 male servant Prussia
543 Carl Bellin 28 male workman Prussia
544* Johann Gronewald 56 male farmer Prussia
545* Henriette Gronewald 50 female Prussia
546* Carl Gronewald 18 male farmer Prussia
547* Wilhelm Gronewald 16 male farmer Prussia
548* Julie Gronewald 11 female Prussia
549* Auguste Gronewald 10 female Prussia
550* August Gronewald 8 male Prussia
551* Hermann Gronewald 6 male Prussia
552* Mathilda Gronewald 3 female Prussia
553 Hermann Brusewitz 35 male servant Prussia
554 Wilhelm Cohn 40 male servant Prussia
555* ????? Braatz 59 female Prussia
556 Hermann Haseler 33 male workman Prussia
557 Wilhelmine Haseler 35 female Prussia
558 Bernhard Haseler 5 male Prussia
559 Anna Haseler 2 female Prussia
560 Wilhelm Dittmann 38 male shepherd Prussia
561 Gottlib Marginburg 61 male workman Prussia
562 Wilhelmine Marginburg 51 female Prussia
563 Auguste Marginburg 15 female Prussia
564 Bertha Marginburg 10 female Prussia
565 Emilie Marginburg 8 female Prussia
566 Carl Schmidt 31 male workman Prussia
567 Wilhelmine Schmidt 27 female Prussia
568 Ferdinand Schmidt 2 male Prussia
569 Wilhelm Bohlke 29 male workman Prussia
570 Julianna Bohlke 29 female Prussia
571 Mathilda Bohlke 4 female Prussia
572 Carl Knechten 20 male postclerk Prussia
573 Martin Mandelkow 26 male workman Prussia
574 Ferdinand Nagel 28 male workman Prussia
575 Adeline Nagel 24 female Prussia
576 Mali Nagel 1y6m female Prussia
577 Friedrich Manzke 43 male carpenter Prussia
578 Adeline Manzke 49 female Prussia
579 Emil Manzke 10 male Prussia
580 Lepl. Manzke 8 male Prussia
581 Louise Manzke 6 female Prussia
582 Ida Manzke 4 female Prussia
583 Auguste Manzke 2 female Prussia
584 Christian Manzke 65 male carpenter Prussia
585 Carl Weiss 33 male workman Prussia
586 Johanna Weiss 27 female Prussia
587 Ferdinand Weiss 3 male Prussia
588 Carl Weiss 7 male Prussia
589 Ida Weiss 3m female Prussia
590 Caroline Lorenz 26 female Prussia
591 Augusta Bonke 21 female Prussia
592 August Rauspiels 17 male farmer Prussia
593 Eduard Becker 29 male farmer Prussia
594 Theodor Glaesemer 29 male farmer Prussia
595 Rudolph Schmidt 25 male bookseller Prussia
596 Augusta Hahn 24 female Prussia
597 Wilhelmine Neubauer 58 female Prussia
598 Ida Neubauer 22 female Prussia
599 Hermann Neubauer 18 male Prussia
600 Theodor Sonberg 59 male mason Prussia
601 Johanne Sonberg 18 female Prussia
602 H. Boltz 35 male workman Prussia
603 Friedrich Kiehl 51 male farmer Prussia
604 Louise Kiehl 44 female Prussia
605 Louise Kiehl 15 female Prussia
606 Ludwig Kiehl 9 male Prussia
607 Friedrich Kiehl 5 male Prussia
608 Augusta Czepanke 9 female Prussia
609 August Kilian 15 male Prussia
610 Wilhelmine Krapp 20 female Prussia
611 Wilhelmine Kornetzke 23 female Prussia
612 Friedrich Hasenan 26 male farmer Prussia
613 Friedrich Rukrit 32 male farmer Prussia
614 Justine Rukrit 26 female Prussia
615 Minna Rukrit 9m female Prussia
616 Rudolph John 29 male farmer Prussia
617 Augusta John 22 female Prussia
618 Leopold John 3 male Prussia
619 Carl Strenlow 11 male Prussia
620 Otto John 9m male Prussia
621 Gottfried Preuss 50 male farmer Prussia
622 Caroline Preuss 39 female Prussia
623 Carl Preuss 18 male farmer Prussia
624 Hermann Preuss 11 male Prussia
625 August Preuss 7 male Prussia
626 Herrmine Preuss 3m female Prussia
627 Heinrich Loehe 18 male farmer Prussia
628 Georg Wei 25 male farmer Prussia
629 Carl Ross 27 male farmer Prussia
630 Friedrich Ross 23 male farmer Prussia
631 August Kessel 31 male farmer Prussia
632 Malwine Kessel 30 female Prussia
633 Paul Kessel 2 male Prussia
634 Marie Kessel 9m female Prussia
635 August Schneider 38 male farmer Prussia
636 Louise Schneider 29 female Prussia
637 Emma Schneider 11 female Prussia
638 Antonie Schneider 9 female Prussia
639 Otto Schneider 7 male Prussia
640 August Schneider 4 male Prussia
641 Adolph Schneider 3m male Prussia
642 Johann Willing 48 male farmer Prussia
643 Marie Willing 52 female Prussia
644 Wilhelm Willing 16 male Prussia
645 Hermann Willing 11 male Prussia
646 Charlotte Drabund 27 female Prussia
647 Caroline Drabund 71 female Prussia
648 Barnhard Harz 26 male farmer Prussia
649 Julius Kastner 27 male mason Prussia
650 Anna Kastner 23 female Prussia
651 Arthur Kastner 6m male Prussia
652 Eduard Magrit 48 male workman Prussia
653 Wilhelmine Magrit 38 female Prussia
654 Hermann Magrit 16 male Prussia
655 Pauline Magrit 14 female Prussia
656 Louis Magrit 11 male Prussia
657 Otto Magrit 10 male Prussia
658 Gustav Magrit 9m male Prussia
659 Gottfried Bender 64 male workman Prussia
660 Louise Bender 64 female Prussia
661* Friedrike Kruger 19 female Prussia
662 Ida Magrit 7 female Prussia
663 Julius Duude 35 male machinist United States
664 Therese Duude 36 female United States
665 Emma Duude 9 female United States
666 Robert Duude 8 male United States
667 Martha Duude 7 female United States
668 Agnes Duude 5 female United States
669 Wilhelm Duude 3 male United States
670 Helene Duude 2 female United States
671 Philipine Berg 50 female Prussia
672 August Hysch 44 male farmer Prussia
673 Augusta Hysch 45 female Prussia
674 Meta Hysch 20 female Prussia
675 Emma Hysch 17 female Prussia
676 Marie Hysch 11 female Prussia
677 Herbert Hysch 9 male Prussia
678 Emil Hysch 8 male Prussia
679 Adolph Hysch 6 male Prussia
680 Hedwig Hysch 5 female Prussia
681 Reinholdt Wienandt 33 male baker Prussia
682 Albert Kurth 20 male farmer Prussia
683 Friedrich Engel 35 male merchant Prussia
684 Gustav Hofmeister 24 male farmer Prussia
685 Christian Mau 18 male farmer Prussia
686 August Tornow 18 male farmer Prussia
687 Ernst Kuchendorf 14 male farmer Prussia
688 Wilhelm Baucher 27 male gardener Prussia
689 T. Husen 25 male gardener Prussia
690 Franz Freda 27 male gardener Prussia
691 Justine Freda 27 female Prussia
692 Christian Lukaw 42 male farmer Prussia
693 Wilhelmine Lukaw 52 female Prussia
694 August Lukaw 18 male farmer Prussia
695 Wilhelm Lukaw 29 male farmer Prussia
696 Louise Lukaw 26 female Prussia
697 August Lukaw 2 male Prussia
698 Wilhelm Lukaw 3m male Prussia
699 Friedrich Wendt 24 male servant Prussia
700 August Knorr 24 male shoemaker Prussia
701 Carl Brose 19 male farmer Prussia
702 August Miermeister 30 male farmer Prussia
703 Christina Miermeister 41 female Prussia
704 Henriette Detterich 17 female Prussia
705 Franz Detterich 15 male Prussia
706 Wilhelm Detterich 11 male Prussia
707 Wilhelm Schmidt 38 male workman Prussia
708 Bertha Schmidt 40 female Prussia
709 Gustav Paris 40 male workman Prussia
710 Caroline Paris 36 female Prussia
711 Marie Paris 6 female Prussia
712 Johannes Paris 4 male Prussia
713 Wilhelm Diesenthale 18 male baker Prussia
714 Albert Kencher 28 male sawer Prussia
715 Franz Rudke 21 male student Prussia
716 August Barfuss 17 male smith Prussia
717 Christian Seebert 52 male farmer Prussia
718 Christine Seebert 44 female Prussia
719 Ludwig Seebert 17 male Prussia
720 Bertha Seebert 6 female Prussia
721 Augusta Seebert 4 female Prussia
722 Wilhelmine Seebert 9m female Prussia
723 Friedrich Witthuhn 64 male farmer Prussia
724 Marie Witthuhn 62 female Prussia
725 Ernst Witthuhn 24 male farmer Prussia
726 Carl Witthuhn 21 male farmer Prussia
727 Ernst Geinert 35 male workman Prussia
728 Mathilde Geinert 26 female Prussia
729 Anna Geinert 6m female Prussia
730 Caroline Eidam 32 female Prussia
731 Frantz Eidam 12 male Prussia
732 Anna Eidam 9 female Prussia
733 Wilhelm Rettmann 26 male farmer Prussia
734 Albertine Hochspring 27 female Prussia
735* Albert Muller 45 male farmer Prussia
736* Johanna Muller 34 female Prussia
737* Agnes Muller 4 female Prussia
738 Robert Schneider 36 male workman Prussia
739 Anna Schneider 33 female Prussia
740 Heinrich Schneider 9 male Prussia
741* Carl Kohn 40 male workman Prussia
742* Sophie Kohn 35 female Prussia
743* Auguste Kohn 7 female Prussia
744* Pauline Kohn 5 female Prussia
745* Wilhelmine Kohn 3m female Prussia
746 Ernst Bertelt 28 male farmer Prussia
747 Wilhelmine Bertelt 27 female Prussia
748 Marie Gutzner 54 female Prussia
749 Louise Stielow 20 female Prussia
750 Ernestine Stielow 18 female Prussia
751 Friedrich Wahl 24 male servant Prussia
752 Ernestine Timm 29 female Prussia
753 Ernest Kankel 24 male miller Prussia
754 August Brechlin 52 male miller Prussia
755 Christiane Brechlin 46 female Prussia
756 Ida Brechlin 22 female Prussia
757 Gustav Brechlin 20 male miller Prussia
758 Marie Brechlin 16 female Prussia
759 Louise Brechlin 11 female Prussia
760 Hulda Brechlin 10 female Prussia
761 August Brechlin 8 male Prussia
762 Anna Brechlin 6 female Prussia
763 Friedrich Tom 24 male shoemaker Prussia
764 Wilhelm Tom 24 male shoemaker Prussia
765 Adolph Tom 18 male shoemaker Prussia
766 Ludwig Sande 36 male workman Prussia
767 Henriette Sande 30 female Prussia
768 Julius Sande 4 male Prussia
769 Anna Sande 2 female Prussia
770 C. Baier 30 male workman Prussia
771 Julius Rupnow 30 male workman Prussia
772 Auguste Rupnow 29 female Prussia
773 Ludwig Rupnow 7 male Prussia
774 Bertha Rupnow 2 female Prussia
775 Emil Rupnow 6m male Prussia
776 Wilhelm Temm 24 male workman Prussia
777 Ottilie Kuhn 28 female Prussia
778 August Kieks 30 male workman Prussia
779 Bertha Kieks 23 female Prussia
780 August Utesch 21 male carpenter Prussia
781 August Utesch 3m male Prussia
782 Ludwig Timps 25 male shoemaker Prussia
783 Franz Klebba 19 male workman Prussia
784 August Klebba 30 male farmer Prussia
785 August Arndt 49 male mason Prussia
786 Caroline Arndt 48 female Prussia
787 Emilie Arndt 19 female Prussia
788 Franz Arndt 15 male Prussia
789 Max Clausius 14 male workman Prussia
790 Ferdinand Blisener 25 male workman Prussia
791 Carl Blisener 19 male workman Prussia
792 August Blisener 16 male workman Prussia
793 Emil Mittler 15 male merchant Prussia
794 Carl Walter 47 male workman Prussia
795 Caroline Walter 43 female Prussia
796 Augusta Walter 11 female Prussia
797 Heinrich Walter 9 male Prussia
798 Emma Hirschfeldt 18 female Prussia
799 Carl Walter 7 male Prussia
800 Emilie Walter 5 female Prussia
801 Reinhold Walter 9m male Prussia
802 Bertha Walter 14 female Prussia
803 Joachim Deters 48 male farmer Prussia
804 Christiane Deters 40 female Prussia
805 Wilhelmine Deters 15 female Prussia
806 Joachim Deters 3 male Prussia
807 Wilhelm Jacobs 27 male baker Prussia
808 Caroline Tesmer 28 female Prussia
809 Mathilde Tesmer 9 female Prussia
810 Bertha Tesmer 4 female Prussia
811 Gottlib Windhorst 18 male farmer Prussia
812 Martin Cychosz 59 male carpenter Prussia
813 Rosalie Cychosz 50 female Prussia
814 Wilhelmine Rezlaff 30 female Prussia
815 Heinrich Lange 29 male saddler Prussia
816 Edward Schubert 27 male workman Prussia
817 Friedrich Schultz 25 male merchant Prussia
818 Rudolph Schultz 23 male merchant Prussia
819 Rudolph Sommermeyer 25 male forester Prussia
820* August Goppler 25 male smith Prussia
821 Friedrich Wendt 24 male smith Prussia
822 August Tolzin 27 male workman Prussia
823 Augusta Tolzin 20 female Prussia
824 Ernst Hartwig 17 male servant Prussia
825 Henriette Wergin 17 female Prussia
826 August Loetz 30 male gardener Prussia
827* Julius Schroder 27 male gardener Prussia
828 Julius Roggenbach 18 male gardener Prussia
829 August Paster 38 male workman Prussia
830 August Fubelkorn 25 male servant Prussia
Transcriber's Notes:
* An asterisk is used to call attention to additional information in the Passenger Notes.
? A question mark is used to indicate illegible letters or words.
* No births or deaths were recorded during this voyage.
* Names were transcribed as written without regard to spelling.
* Passengers were numbered by the Transcriber.
541 Umlaut o in surname.
544-552 Umlaut o in surname.
555 Given name not listed.
661 Umlaut u in surname.
735-737 Umlaut u in surname.
741-745 Umlaut o in surname.
820 Umlaut o in surname.
827 Umlaut o in surname.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Roll 329, List 456.
Transcribed by Robert W. Grose a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
23 December 2005
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