Immigrant Ships
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SS Main
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Bremen, Germany to New York
6 October 1876
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
Another transcription of this ship can be found in Volume 1
I, G. Reichmann, Master of the Main, 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 Main at Bremen from
which port said SS Main 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 Oct 6, 1876
So help me God,
(signed) G. Reichmann
before me ________________(illegible signature)
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Main whereof
G. Reichmann, is master, from Bremen 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 Hugo Menzel 37 m merchant U.St. of A. U.St. of A. first cabin
2 David V. Zeller 55 m merchant U.St. of A. U.St. of A. first cabin
3 M^rs Zeller 48 f wife U.St. of A. U.St. of A. first cabin
4* Charles Diendorne 22 m merchant U.St. of A. U.St. of A. first cabin
5 Geo. Brenecke 33 m merchant U.St. of A. U.St. of A. first cabin
6 Camilla Brenecke 23 f wife U.St. of A. U.St. of A. first cabin
7 Emma Brenecke 3y 6m f child U.St. of A. U.St. of A. first cabin
8 Emina Isler 25 f none U.St. of A. U.St. of A. first cabin
9* Marie Bolhbenth 37 f none U.St. of A. U.St. of A. first cabin
10 Heney Semkers 38 m merchant U.St. of A. U.St. of A. first cabin
11* Emma Lehmann 7 f child U.St. of A. U.St. of A. first cabin
12 Carl Boers 43 m manufactur. Germany U.St. of A. first cabin
13 Fr. Abel 57 m musician U.St. of A. U.St. of A. first cabin
14* A. Bahl 45 m none Germany U.St. of A. first cabin
15* Gustine Koch 27 f none Germany U.St. of A. first cabin
16 Fanny Koch 11m f child Germany U.St. of A. first cabin
17 Susanna Koch 1m f child Germany U.St. of A. first cabin
18 Helene Giesecke 33 f none U.St. of A. U.St. of A. first cabin
19 Willie Giesecke 8 m child U.St. of A. U.St. of A. first cabin
20 Fred Giesecke 6 m child U.St. of A. U.St. of A. first cabin
21 Frscki Enzer 25 f none Germany U.St. of A. first cabin
22* Aug Buckner 9 m child U.St. of A. U.St. of A. first cabin
23 Max Traun 35 m none U.St. of A. U.St. of A. first cabin
24* M^rs Baring Gerats 25 f none U.St. of A. U.St. of A. first cabin
25* baby Gerats 6m f child U.St. of A. U.St. of A. first cabin
26 Jane Hale 26 f nurse U.St. of A. U.St. of A. first cabin
27* Mr Booker 60 m none U.St. of A. U.St. of A. first cabin
Second Cabin
28* J. H. Steiber 46 m ……. U.St. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
29* Robert Muller 27 m merchant Germany U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
30* Herm. Basing 45 m farmer Germany U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
31* Ludwig Schafer 31 m none U.St. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
32* Margrethe Schafer 42 f none U.St. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
33 John B. Meyer 48 m none U.St. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
34 Hanna Meyer 35 f wife U.St. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
35 Anna Meyer 9y 6m f child U.St. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
36 Martha Meyer 8 f child U.St. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
37 Martin Peters 29 m merchant Germany U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
38 Ernst Ebert 24 m none Germany U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
39 Charlotte Haas 36 f none Germany U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
40 Christ. Hummel 31 m none U.St. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
41* Carolina Erlame 18 f none Switzerland U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
42* G. H. Schroder 51 m merchant U.St. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
43* Maria Schroder 19 f none U.St. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
44 Louis Forkel 47 m none U.St. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
45 Joh. Huppenheiner 24 m missionary Germany U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
46 Fredk. Fox 49 m none U.St. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
47 Serakin Holthoff 17 f none Germany U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
48 Frdk Fox 37 f none U.St. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
49 Christine Heidgerd 20 f none Germany U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
50 Anna Wissmann 19 f none Germany U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
51 Diedr. A. Heidger 33 m U.St. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
52 Wilhelmine Engel 15 f none Germany U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
53* Margrethe Gens 25 f none U.St. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
54* Maria Gens 4 f child U.St. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
55* Wilhelm Muller 22 m merchant Germany U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
56* Wilhelm Muller 49 m none U.St. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
57 Emil Levy 32 m merchant U.St. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
58 Gustav Strauss 16 m none U.St. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
59 Heinr Berhhard 16 m merchant Germany U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
60 Mathilde Jonstad 31 f none U.St. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
61* Emilie Wilott 20 f none Germany U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
62 August Frey 27 m none Switzerland U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
63 Joh. Schneider 31 m parson U.St. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
64 Lydia Schneider 28 f wife U.St. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
65 Theophil Schneider 2 m child U.St. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
66 Siegfried Schneider 7m m baby U.St. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
67 John Heitsrick 50 m none U.St. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
68 Henriette Roos 45 f none U.St. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
69 Barbara Cloirer 49 f none Germany U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
70 August Cloirer 37 m none Germany U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
71 Diedr. Heidgerd 30 m none U.St. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
72 Adolf Millner 41 m captain U.St. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
73 Elise Millner 34 f wife U.St. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
74 Wilhelm Weber 36 m none U.St. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
75 Wilhelm Weber 58 m none U.St. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
76 Cathr. Wiegmann 24 f none U.St. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
77* W. H. Andre 50 m none U.St. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
Second Cabin
77 Berndt Wilhauser 48 m merchant U.S. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
78 Theresa Stookle 24 f none Germany U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
79 Bertha Wissmann 18 f none Germany U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
80 Emma Wissmann 16 f none Germany U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
81 Hermann Wissmann 12 m child Germany U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
82 Friedrick Wissmann 9 m child Germany U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
83 Bertha Eppens 50 f none U.S. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
84 Louise Eppens 22 f none U.S. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
85 Willi Eppens 9 m child U.S. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
86* Christ. Konig 34 m parson U.S. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
87 Cathrina Meyer 19 f none Germany U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
88* Carl Lasek 36 m engineer Germany U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
89 Carl Drucker 52 m none U.S. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
90* Hermann Pretz 20 m none Germany U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
91 Georg W. Wolff 22 m none Germany U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
92 Heinr. Kessling 57 m merchant U.S. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
93 Cathrina Kessling 22 f none U.S. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
94 Elisabeth Kessling 36 f none U.S. of A. U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
95 Maria Corozinski 17 f none Germany U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
96* Wilh. Heincken 10 m child Germany U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
97 Louis Reichmann 30 m none Germany U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
98 Heinr. Hoelsmann 50 m merchant Germany U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
99 Bertha Horstmann 45 f none Germany U.St. of A. 2nd cabin
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, therefore this coloumn was eliminated.
Name abbreviations:
Alb. could stand for Albert Aug could stand for August
Cathr. could stand for Catherine Christ. could stand for Christian, Christoph
Dan. could stand for Daniel Diedr. could stand for Diederich
Fr. could stand for Fritz, Franz, Friedrich Frdk could stand for Friedrich
Fredk. could stand for Friedrich Friedr could stand for Friedrich
Geo. could stand for George, Georg Gerhd could stand for Gerhard
Heinr could stand for Heinrich Herm. could stand for Hermann
Hinr. could stand for Hinrich Joh. could stand for Johann, Johannes
Johs. could stand for Johannes Kathi could stand for Katherine
Mich. could stand for Michael Rob. could stand for Robert
Wilh. could stand for Wilhelm Wilhme could stand for Wilhelmine
4: accent mark above the final "e", surname could be Diendierne.
9: the last name could be Rothbarth.
14: the last name could be Baht.
15: the first name could be Justine.
22: Buckner is spelled with u Umlaut.
24 & 25: the last name could be Garld.
27: the last name could be Binoker.
28: occupation is illegible.
29: Muller is spelled with u Umlaut.
30: the last name could be Rasing.
31 & 32: Schafer is spelled with a Umlaut.
41: the last name could be Erlarne.
42 & 43: Schroder is spelled with o Umlaut.
53 & 54: the last name could be Gans.
55 & 56: Muller is spelled with u Umlaut.
61: the last name could be Wildt.
77: Accent mark over the final "e" of the surname.
86: Konig is spelled with o Umlaut.
88: the last name could be Lasch.
90: the last name could be Retz.
96: the last name could be Heineken, Huneken or Huncken, both with u Umlaut.
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National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 406, List 957.
Transcribed by Harry Green
and Ines Mannhardt,
members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
7 September 2007
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