Immigrant Ships
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SS Switzerland


Antwerp, Belgium to New York
12 June 1876

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, Saml Jackson, Master of the SS Switzerland, 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 SS Switzerland at Antwerp from which port said 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 12 June 1876

So help me God,
(signed) Saml Jackson

before me ________________(illegible signature)
List or Manifest of all the passengers taken on board the Switzerland whereof Saml Jackson is Master, from Antwerp burthen 2103 tons.
Coloumns 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, *been in US before, *died on voyage, part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.
  
  1  Legin, Joseph            24    m   cook                Belgium        no    steerage    2
  2  Pflugfelder, Henrich     29    m   painter             US             yes   steerage    1
  3  Wolf, Clementine         19    f   spinster            Russia         no    steerage    1
  4* Muller, Johann           54    m   cooper              Germany        yes   steerage    
  5* Muller, Elisa            46    f   wife                Germany        no    steerage    
  6* Muller, Johann           11    m   son                 Germany        no    steerage    2
  7* Muller, Peter             8    m   son                 Germany        no    steerage    
  8* Muller, Anna              5    f   daughter            Germany        no    steerage    
  9* Muller, Catharina         5    f   daughter            Germany        no    steerage    
 10  Georges, Johann          45    m   labourer            Germany        no    steerage    1 
 11  Zuschlag, Conrad         25    m   baker               Germany        no    steerage    1
 12  Peplenski, Michael       24    m   labourer            Germany        no    steerage    1
 13  Eschbach, Johann         58    m   farmer              US             yes   steerage    
 14  Kollasch, Michael        19    m   farmer              Germany        no    steerage    
 15* Larni, Franz             30    m   baker               Bavaria        yes   steerage    
 16  Blasey, Lisette          34    f   house maid          Swiss          no    steerage    1
 17  Geffel, Peter            53    m   shoe maker          Germany        no    steerage    
 18  Geffel, Helene           43    f   wife                Germany        no    steerage    
 19  Geffel, Johann           17    m   son                 Germany        no    steerage    
 20  Geffel, Catharina        14    f   son                 Germany        no    steerage    
 21  Geffel, Henri            11    m   son                 Germany        no    steerage    
 22  Noe, Nicolas             24    m   smith               Prussia        no    steerage    1
 23  Mollaret, Elie           20    m   mason               Savoy France   no    steerage    
 24  Grossmann, Gotlieb       28    m   shoe maker          Wurtenburg     no    steerage    
 25  Henn, Anna               21    f   domestic            Baden          no    steerage    
 26  Rosselet, Wilhelm        27    m   labourer            Switzerland    yes   steerage    4
 27  Gehri, Nicholas          57    m   mason               Switzerland    yes   steerage    
 28  Gehri, Anna              56    f   wife                Switzerland    yes   steerage    
 29  Matthys, Louise          16    f   spinster            Switzerland    no    steerage    
 30  Koszikowski, Josephine   39    m   labourer            Germany        no    steerage    
 31  Koszikowski, Josephine   20    f   wife                Germany        no    steerage    
 32  Koszikowski, Johann        8m  m   child               Germany        no    steerage    
 33* Hendrikx, Philip         42    m   professor           Switzerland    yes   steerage    
 34* Hendrikx, Clemence       40    f   wife                Switzerland    no    steerage    2
 35* Neing, Jean B.           34    m   baker               Loraine        no    steerage    
 36  Reiter, Pierre           28    m   baker               Loraine        no    steerage    2
 37* Loecho?, Jacob           18    m   brewer              Germany        yes   steerage    
 38  Haller, Jacob            34    m   farmer              Germany        no    steerage    
 39* …….., ……                  …    ….   ……                 …..             …    steerage    
 40  Nicholas, Richard        22    m   shoe maker          France         no    steerage    
 41  Arthaud, Jean A.         33    m   mason               France         yes   steerage    
 42  Lenz, Margaret           20    f   servant             Germany        no    steerage    1
 43* Guillanne, Michels       41    m   butcher             Belgium        no    steerage    2
 44* Brugmann, Ferdinand      44    m   clerk               France         no    steerage    1
 45  Bottino, Tomasso         21    m   clerk               Italy          no    steerage    
 46  Bottino, Alexandrina     26    f   wife                Italy          yes   steerage    3
 47* Klingeschmidt, Moren     51    m   labourer            U.S.           yes   steerage    
 48  Lorrionnier, Pierre      32    m   painter             Belgium        yes   steerage    
 49  Lorrionnier, Marie       20    f   wife                Belgium        yes   steerage    
 50  Leonard, Hubert          70    m   labourer            Belgium        yes   steerage    
 51  Leonard, Justine         70    f   wife                Belgium        yes   steerage    
 52  Leonard, Jean Baptiste   33    m   machinist           Belgium        no    steerage    
 53  Stanley, Jean Baptiste   30    m   carpenter           Belgium        yes   steerage    
 54  Stanley, Marie           60    f   mother              Belgium        yes   steerage    
 55  Pay, Jean Philip         72    m   labourer            Belgium        yes   steerage    
 56  Dailly, Paul             70    m   labourer (father)   Belgium        yes   steerage    
 57  Dailly, Francois         33    m   labourer-(son)      Belgium        yes   steerage    4
 58  Dailly, Conrad           60    f   wife (mother)       Belgium        yes   steerage    
 59  Dailly, Josephine        20    f   servant (daughter)  Belgium        yes   steerage    
 60  Dailly, Gregoire         14    m   son                 Belgium        yes   steerage    
 61  Braun, Jacob             32    m   labourer            U.S.           yes   steerage    
 62  Gugelsberg, Jacob        28    m   labourer            Belgium        no    steerage    
 63  Gugelsberg, Gotlieb      26    m   labourer            Belgium        no    steerage    
 64  Gugelsberg, Johann       17    m   labourer            Belgium        no    steerage    
 65  Baum, Johann             14    m   labourer            Germany        no    steerage    
 66  Baum, Johann G.          13    m   labourer            Germany        no    steerage    
 67  Turner, Henrika          22    f   domestic            Germany        no    steerage    
 68  Enck, Johanna            42    f   wife                Germany        yes   steerage    3
 69* Enck, Adolph             17    m   son                 Germany        yes   steerage    
 70  Metz, Babetta            32    f   wife                Bavaria        no    steerage    1
 71  Metz, Christian           9    m   son                 Bavaria        no    steerage    
 72  Metz, Johann             11    m   son                 Bavaria        no    steerage    
 73  Leidinger, Peter         23    m   miner               U.S.           yes   steerage    
 74  Ceresa, Francesco        38    m   copper smith        Italy          yes   steerage    
 75  Bastady, John            39    m   weaver              Switzerland    yes   steerage    
 76* Wiederkehr, Fidel        26    m   farmer              Switzerland    no    steerage    
 77  Gladen, Jean             27    m   merchant            Luxemburg      yes   steerage    
 78  Erpelding, Pierre        28    m   merchant            Luxemburg      no    steerage    
 79* August, Barbara          27    f   wife                Luxemburg      no    steerage    2
 80* August, Jean              2    m   son                 Luxemburg      no    steerage    
 81  L'Heureux, Chas. Jos^h   57    m   cook                France         yes   steerage    1
 82  Vence, Schilden W        22    m   student             Canada         yes   steerage    
 83  Baltzgen, Harry           6    m   boy                 Germany        no    steerage    
 84  Weltz, John              39    m   draughtsman         U.S.           yes   steerage    1
 85  Koehler, Carl Luis       24    m   clerk               Germany        yes   steerage    1
 86  Nasse, John              30    m   clerk               Germany        yes   2nd cabin    
 87  Nasse, Johanna           28    f   wife                Germany        yes   2nd cabin    
 88  Nasse, Elise              2    f   child               Germany        yes   2nd cabin   11
 89  Nasse, Julianna            11m f   infant              Germany        yes   2nd cabin    
 90* Kuchenbeissen, Kak^t     56    f   mother              Germany        no    2nd cabin    
 91  Gutman, Augusta          59    f   wife                Germany        no    2nd cabin    
 92  Gutman, Rosa             21    f   daughter            Germany        no    2nd cabin    
 93  Gutman, Henrich          27    m   merchant (son)      Germany        no    2nd cabin    
 94  Massa, Francesca         30    m   sea captain         Italy          no    2nd cabin    
 95  Wack, Paul               25    m   merchant            Germany        yes   2nd cabin    
 96* Muller, Albin            29    m   glass worker        Germany        no    2nd cabin    
 97  Adnet, Eugene            10    m   boy                 Belgium        no    2nd cabin    
 98  Widmann, Andreas         36    m   sculptor            Germany        no    2nd cabin    1
 99  Rheinhold, Rudolf        29    m   merchant            Germany        no    2nd cabin    3
100  Deymann, Elise           28    f   spinster            Belgium        no    2nd cabin    2
101  Van de Velde, Marcel     29    m   merchant            Belgium        no    2nd cabin    
102  Van de Velde, Anna       21    f   wife                U.S.           yes   2nd cabin    6
103  St Albe, Gustave         48    m   doctor              Austria        yes   2nd cabin    2
104  Curelier, Henri          31    m   accountant          Belgium        no    2nd cabin    2
105  Kellner, Louise          27    f   spinster            U.S.           yes   1st cabin
106  Bush, Fanny              27    f   spinster            U.S.           yes   1st cabin    4
107  Corson, Helen            27    f   spinster            U.S.           yes   1st cabin    2
108  Chase, Louise            36    f   wife                U.S.           yes   1st cabin    2
109  Lederle, Joseph          22    m   wine merchant       Germany        yes   1st cabin    3
110* Foniquet, Gabriel        30    m   wine merchant       France         no    1st cabin    3


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.

*  None died during the voyage, all passengers intended to stay in the US, therefore these
   coloumns were eliminated. "Been in US before" was added by the writer of the manifest, it 
   is not one of the pre-printed coloumn headers.

4 - 9:   Muller is spelled with u Umlaut.
15:      Surname may be Lanie. Larni and Lani are spelled with a Umlaut.
33 & 34: Surname may be Hendrikse.
37:      Surname may be Loccho.
39:      Information not visible as manifest has been cut off.   
43:      the last name could be Guillaume.       
44:      Surname may be Bergman  or Burgmann.
47:      Given name may be Morand.
79 & 80: Surname may be Augusta. 
90:      Given name may be Katha.
96:      Muller is spelled with u Umlaut.
110:     Surname may be Foinguet.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 404, List 506.
Transcribed by Harry Green and Ines Mannhardt,
members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
8 April 2006



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