Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Rotterdam

I, G. F. Vis, Master of the SS Rotterdam, 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 15^th 1876

So help me God,
(signed) G. F. Vis

before me ________________(illegible signature)

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the SS Rotterdam whereof G. F. Vis, 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. Wright        35   m   merchant   England      US America   intermediate      
  2  M van Zelan      38   m   laborer    US America   US America   steerage          
  3  C^o  van Zelan   32   f   wife       Holland      US America   steerage          
  4  Z. van Zelan     11   f   child      Holland      US America   steerage          
  5  W. van Zelan      9   f   child      Holland      US America   steerage          
  6  J. van Zelan      4   m   child      Holland      US America   steerage          
  7  J. van Zelan      1   m   child      Holland      US America   steerage          
  8* Mat Urbach       19   m   laborer    Germany      US America   steerage          
  9  F. P. Gulott     25   m   laborer    US America   US America   steerage          
 10  W. Schmidt       19   m   laborer    US America   US America   steerage          
 11* Mr.  Labewitz    42   f   spinster   US America   US America   steerage          
 12* L. Kalin         45   m              US America   US America   intermediate      
 13* S. Kalin         44   f              US America   US America   intermediate      
    

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.

2 - 7:   Surname may be van Zelm.
11:      The name is crossed out with a note " not on board".
12 & 13: Surname may be Kahn.

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