Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Illinois

I, Geo. H. Dodge, Master of the S S Illinois 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 vessel at Antwerp from which port the said vessel has now arrived; and that on said List is truly designated the age, the sex, calling, country of citizenship, native country, intended destination or location, number of pieces of baggage, location of compartment or space occupied, and date and cause of death of passengers, as required by the Passenger Act of 1882; also a true statement so far as it 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) Geo H. Dodge
Sworn to this June 28, 1887 Before me (Signed) F J Dunn, Deputy Collector

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Illinois whereof Dodge is Master, from Antwerp burthen 1936 tons.

Columns represent: Number on the list, given name and surname, Age, Sex, Calling, The country of which they are citizens, Native country, Country in which they intend to become inhabitants, Intended destination, Number of pieces of baggage, Location or space occupied, In U.S. before, Whether visiting only or intending to be permanent settlers.

    
 1  W J Purcell          42y M  Lawyer     U.S.      Clifton, Ohio     4  Fwd Room      Yes 
 2  Sallie Purcell       27y F  Housewife  England   Clifton, Ohio        Fwd Room      No 
 3  John Kerr            27y M  Laborer    Ireland   N.Y.                 Fwd Comp 3    No 
 4  Johann Lambert       ?4y M  Laborer    Germany   N.Y.                 Fwd Comp 3    No 
 5  Jacob Krishen        24y M  Laborer    U.S.      N.Y.              1  Fwd Comp 3    Yes 
 6* Chaim Da??eschewski  26y M  Laborer    Russia    N.Y.              1  Fwd Comp 3    No 
 7  Peter Kunzler        17y M  Baker      Germany   N.Y.              1  Fwd Comp 4    No 
 8  Geo Hoffenan         19y M  Laborer    Germany   N.Y.              4  Fwd Comp 4    No 
 9  Maria Frost          41y F  Domestic   U.S.      N.Y.              2  Fwd Room A    Yes 
10  F L Studberg         23y M  Tailor     U.S.      N.Y.              2  Fwd Comp 4    Yes 
11  Theod Nisale         45y M  Butcher    U.S.      N.Y.              1  Fwd Comp 4    Yes 
12  Felix Gowziolis      26y M  Laborer    Russia    Shan???? Pa       1  Fwd Comp 3    No 
13  Carl Branin          22y M  Laborer    Germany   N.Y.              1  Fwd Comp 3    No 
14* C???? ?uoda          24y F  Domestic   Russia    Pittsburg Pa      1  Fwd Comp Rm A No 
15* Abraham ?uoda        Inf M             Russia    Pittsburg Pa      1  Fwd Comp Rm A No 
16  China Korkluesky     17y F  Tailoress  Russia    Pittsburg Pa         Fwd Comp Rm A No 
17  Michael Korkluesky   45y M  Laborer    Russia    Pittsburg Pa         Fwd Comp Rm A No 
18* Andrae Slur?ala      23y M  Laborer    Russia    Pittsburg Pa      1  Fwd Comp 3    No 
19  H Erkstein           25y M  Laborer    Russia    East Saginaw Mich 2  Fwd Comp 4    No 
20  Adam Marcinkelwiz    20y M  Bookbinder Austria   Buffalo           1  Fwd Comp 3    No 
21* Sameul Sp??vak       19y M  Laborer    Roumania  N.Y.                 Fwd Comp 4    No 
22  John Duprey          18y M  Laborer    Belgium   N.Y. Stowaway found                No 

					(Signed)  Geo H Dodge


Transcriber's Notes:

* The column, "Country of which they are citizens" was not filled in, so was eliminated 
  from this transcription. Also, the column, "Date and Cause of Death" was modified to 
  indicate whether or not the passenger was in the country before, so it is assumed there 
  were no deaths on this passage. Their status as to whether they intended to remain in the 
  United States was the same for all passengers (including the one stowaway) -  they were 
  listed as Permanent, thus the last column was eliminated.  The original lister numbered 
  the passengers and signed the document, so we can be certain that the manifest is complete.

The "Location of compartment or space occupied" was abbreviated by the transcriber.
Forward became "Fwd" and Compartment became "Comp".  

An asterisk (*) is used to refer to an item in the transcriber's notes, which further 
explains the entry.

A question mark (?) is used for letter/letters that cannot be read because of the quality 
of the document.  Where possible a suggestion is given in the Transcriber's Notes of what 
the letter/letters may be.

 6     Surname: Daureschewski, Dameschewski.
14&15  The first surname is at the fold of the document and is illegible, the name
       following it was a ditto to the one above.  The bottom of the missing first letter 
       appears to be similar to the "B" in the name above - Buoda?  Or possibly an "E".
       Enoda, Euoda?
18     Slurgala, Slurzala.
21     Sprivak, Spirvak.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 508, List 799.

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