Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Maas

I, E. M. Chevalier, Master of the SS Maas, 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 S.S. at Rotterdam from which port said S.S. 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 Jan 5^th 1876

So help me God,
(signed) E. M. Chevalier

before me ________________(illegible signature)

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the SS Maas whereof E. M. Chevalier, is master, from Rotterdam burthen (left blank) 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, *died on voyage, part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.

  1  J. P. Voswinkel       45     m              US of America   US of America, Illinois       1st cabin      
  2  A. Starace            21     m              US of America   US of America, New York       1st cabin      
  3  P. W. Rost            49     m   farmer     US of America   US of America, California     2nd cabin      
  4  J. W. Colin Stuart    0      m              Holland         US of America, New York       2nd cabin      
  5  J. Kern               30     m   saleman    Germany         US of America, Illinois       steerage       
  6  Leopoldine Kern       37     f              Germany         US of America, Illinois       steerage       
  7  Max Kern              12     m              Germany         US of America, Illinois       steerage       
  8  Lina Kern             10     f              Germany         US of America, Illinois       steerage       
  9  Ida Kern               8     f              Germany         US of America, Illinois       steerage       
 10  Joseph Kern            5     m              Germany         US of America, Illinois       steerage       
 11  Bertha Kern           11 m   f              Germany         US of America, Illinois       steerage       
 12  Friedrich Kern        37     m              Germany         US of America, Illinois       steerage       
 13* Jacob ?eilnig         56     m   farmer     Germany         US of America, Illinois       steerage       
 14  Johan Schneider       60     m   farmer     Germany         US of America, Illinois       steerage       
 15  Cath. Friedrich       22     f              Germany         US of America, Ohio           steerage       
 16* Ba?l?? Friedrich      27     f              Germany         US of America, Iowa           steerage       
 17  J^a Riedel            10     f              Germany         US of America, Pennsylvania   steerage       
 18* P. W. Hockschlaeder   19     m   labourer   Germany         US of America, Wisconsin      steerage       
 19  B. Nogojinski         19     m   labourer   Germany         US of America, New York       steerage       
 20  ?. Schulge            34     m   labourer   Germany         US of America, California     steerage       

    
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 where numbered by the transcribers for ease of referencing.

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

13: Surname may be Helwig
16: Given name may be Barbara
18: Hockschlaeger is spelled with o Umlaut.

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