Immigrant Ships
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SS Switzerland

I, Sam^l Jackson, Master of the SS Switzerland, do solemnly, sincerely and truly (left blank) 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 SS Switzerland at Antwerp from which port said SS Switzerland 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 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.
Sworn to this 20 Jany 1876

So help me God,
(signed) Sam^l Jackson

before me ________________(illegible signature)

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the SS Switzerland whereof Sam^l Jackson, is master, from Antwerp burthen 2103 tons.

Columns represent: Names, age in years and months, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country of which they intend to become inhabitants, *died on voyage, part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage, number of pieces of luggage.

  1* Scheffer, Franz      22   m   student           Prussia   U.S.   no    steerage    1
  2  Fischer, August      21   m   plasterer         Baden     U.S.   no    steerage    1
  3  Delatour, Arthur     38   m   architect         Belguim   U.S.   no    steerage    1
  4  Stussi, Fred^k       23   m   merchant          Suisse    U.S.   no    steerage    none
  5* Reinerts, Henri      37   m   tailor            U.S.      U.S.   yes   steerage    1
  6  Benzle, Jacob        40   m   wheelwright       U.S.      U.S.   yes   steerage    1
  7  Bertrand, Aug^t      32   m   shoemaker         France    U.S.   no    steerage    1
  8  Fischer, Johann      38   m   farmer            U.S.      U.S.   yes   steerage    none
  9  Mack, George         22   m   merchant          Germany   U.S.   no    steerage    1
 10  Hudchins, Ed^? H.    30   m   sailor            U.S.      U.S.   yes   steerage    
 11  Strout, Ellis A.     42   m   sailor            U.S.      U.S.         steerage    {
 12  Strout, Luther J.    17   m   sailor            U.S.      U.S.         steerage    {
 13  Sprage, Ruben        21   m   sailor            U.S.      U.S.         steerage    {
 14  Roberts, Jno. A      30   m   sailor            U.S.      U.S.         steerage    {
 15  York, James N.       52   m   sailor            U.S.      U.S.         steerage    {6
 16  Page, Josiah         31   m   sailor            U.S.      U.S.         steerage    {
 17  Audley, Eph^m        28   m   sailor            U.S.      U.S.         steerage    {
 18  Hooper, Henry        19   m   sailor            U.S.      U.S.         steerage    {
 19  York, Jas. B         19   m   sailor            U.S.      U.S.         steerage    {
 20  Leighton, John       34   m   sailor            U.S.      U.S.         steerage    {
 21  Edward, Louisa       40   f   widow             U.S.      U.S.   yes   steerage    3
 22  Edward, Clara        10   f   daughter          U.S.      U.S.   yes   steerage    
 23  Curtis, Tho^s B.     43   m   master mariner    U.S.      U.S.   yes   2nd cabin   none
 24  Wilson, Dav^d        38   m   master mariner    U.S.      U.S.   yes   2nd cabin   1
 25  Dion, Mathilda       20   f   spinster          Belguim   U.S.   no    2nd cabin   2
 26  Angell, Anna         31   f   D^r of medicine   U.S.      U.S.   yes   2nd cabin   1
 27  Letendre, Desiree    30   f   wife              U.S.      U.S.   yes   2nd cabin   2
 28  Prezel, Arabella     35   f   wife              Cologne   U.S.   no    2nd cabin   {7
 29  Wirth, Moritz        25   m   merchant          Cologne   U.S.   no    2nd cabin   {
 30  Ruping, Chas. W.     26   m   merchant          Germany   U.S.   no    1st cabin   {16
 31  Ruping, Laura        23   f   wife              Germany   U.S.   no    1st cabin   {
 32  Ruping, Albert        4   m   son               Germany   U.S.   no    1st cabin   {
 33  Muller, Antoinette   32   f   servant           Germany   U.S.   no    1st cabin   2
                                                                                   
                         New York 20th Jany 1876                                                        
    

Transcriber's Notes:

*  An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the
   original recorder, not the transcriber, or is used 
   to call your attention to additional information in 
   the transcriber's notes.

?  Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined 
   due to the condition of the manifest or handwriting of the
   original recorder.

^  A ^ followed by a letter indicates that the letter was superscripted.

*  Names were transcribed as seen regardless of spelling.

*  Passengers were numbered by the transcribers for ease of referencing.

*  None died during the voyage, therefore this column was eliminated.

1: Surname may be Schiffer.
5: Surname may be Ranerts.

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