Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild
SS Suevia
Hamburg, Germany & Havre, France to New York
3 January 1876
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, C S Franzen, Master of the SS Suevia, 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 Hamburg at Hamburg & Havre from which port said Hamburg* 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 3^rd, 1876
So help me God,
(signed) C S Franzen
before me ________________(illegible signature)
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the SS Suevia whereof C S Franzen, is master, from Hamburg & Havre burthen 3627 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* Heinr. Hoeffner 30 male shoe maker U. States United States between deck
2 Heinr. Hoeffner 7 male child U. States United States between deck
3 Fritz Hoeffner 6 male child U. States United States between deck
4 Wilhelmine Ziotkowska 42 female woman Germany United States between deck
5 Conrad Ziotkowska 9 male child Germany United States between deck
6 Paul Ziotkowska 8 male child Germany United States between deck
7 Theodor Ziotkowska 7 male child Germany United States between deck
8 Veronika Ziotkowska 3 female child Germany United States between deck
9 Mariane Wojcsakowska 21 female single Germany United States between deck
10 Martha Schmodzinski 3 female child Germany United States between deck
11 Josef Feige 29 male taylor Germany United States between deck
12 Jacob Bezler 20 male farmer U. States United States between deck
13 Jacob Boerkirscher 25 male cooper U. States United States between deck
14 Johannes Bollinger 25 male workman Germany United States between deck
15 Andreas Schmalzsed 50 male butcher? Germany United States between deck
16* Bruno Bihmisch 32 male joiner Germany United States between deck
17 Robert Giessen 28 male blacksmith U. States United States between deck
18 Rudolf Riesebeck 28 male farmer Germany United States between deck
19 Carl Paplan 37 male tailor U. States United States between deck
20 Fanny Paplan 33 female wife U. States United States between deck
21 Carl Paplan 9 male child U. States United States between deck
22 Jenny Paplan 7 female child U. States United States between deck
23 Sally Paplan 4 female child U. States United States between deck
24 Minna Paplan 3 female child U. States United States between deck
25 Eli Paplan 10 m male infant U. States United States between deck
26 Natalie Paplan 10 m female infant U. States United States between deck
27 Jacob Cohn 27 male clerk Germany United States between deck
28 Valentin Kirller 41 male shoe maker U. States United States between deck
29 Marie Wolbert 24 female single Germany United States between deck
30 Conrad Gries 28 male saloon keeper U. States United States between deck
31* Christian Spath 15 male United States between deck
32 Ludwig Peeck 32 male bird seller Germany United States between deck
33 Johannes Becker 56 male farmer U. States United States between deck
34 Cath^a Becker 45 female wife Germany United States between deck
35* Elisabeth Tumat 45 female woman Germany United States between deck
36* Anna Tumat 9 female child Germany United States between deck
37* Theoder Grume 40 male saloon keeper Germany United States between deck
38* Alfred Sion 16 male paper hanger Germany United States between deck
39 Paul Fentzloff 32 male engineer U. States United States between deck
40* Franz Teothe 22 male workman Germany United States between deck
41 Louis Stakenstein 27 male turner U. States United States between deck
42 Anna Stakenstein 21 female wife Austria United States between deck
43 August Miller 35 male merchant Germany United States between deck
44 Johanna Boehme 36 female woman Germany United States between deck
45 Peter Schmidt 70 male farmer Germany United States between deck
46 Paul Hopf 32 male merchant Germany United States between deck
47 Anna Petersen 19 female single Germany United States between deck
48 Carl Grefe 22 male workman Germany United States between deck
49 Christian Eisele 59 male cartwright U. States United States between deck
50 Heinr. Harm 66 male farmer Germany United States between deck
51 Ernst Schuhmacher 46 male merchant U. States United States between deck
52 Caroline Schuhmacher 38 female wife U. States United States between deck
53 Franz Jobst 19 male merchant Germany United States between deck
54 Juls Blumenthal 23 male merchant U. States United States between deck
55 Carl Wahl 19 male watchman U. States United States between deck
56* Jacob Munzer 42 male farmer U. States United States between deck
57* Christiene Muller 21 male farmer Switzerland United States between deck
58 Nicolaus Endres 50 male ? U. States United States between deck
59 Ernst Sothmann 21 male merchant Germany United States between deck
Cabin Passengers
60 Carl E Dietrich male United States cabin
61 Eduard Post 21 male U. States United States cabin
62 Henrik Nybuhm 45 male Sweden United States cabin
63* George Born 28 male merchant Holland United States cabin
64 Homming Schulz 55 male seaman Germany United States cabin
65 Otto Wernicke 24 male merchant Germany United States cabin
66 Ernst Wimmer 29 male merchant Germany United States cabin
67 C. P, Bauch 29 male druggist U. States United States cabin
68 John A. Maass 32 male merchant U. States United States cabin
69 Moses Gardner 49 male merchant U. States United States cabin
70* Peter Feddessen 36 male merchant U. States United States cabin
71 Adolph Lotze 63 male manufacturer U. States United States cabin
72 Friedr. Lotze 22 male manufacturer U. States United States cabin
73 Chr. Kummerer 36 male engineer U. States United States cabin
74* Juls Jurgensen 26 female lady U. States United States cabin
75 Ernst Hardenfels 32 male merchant U. States United States cabin
76 Marie Bodmann 24 female lady U. States United States cabin
77 Friedrich Beck 46 male merchant U. States United States cabin
78 Maria Runk 23 female lady U. States United States cabin
79 Albert Frankenhoff 27 male merchant Germany United States cabin
80 Fritz Berman 42 male gentleman U. States United States cabin
81 Emil Wagner 18 male student U. States United States 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.
* Passengers where numbered by the transcribers for ease of referencing.
* None died during the voyage, therefore this coloumn was eliminated.
1: Surname may be Hoepfner or Hoeppner.
11: Most of the letters in the surname were blacked out by
either a crease in the original or ink blot.
31: Spath is spelled with a Umlaut.
35 & 36: the last name could be Tunnat.
37: Name may be Theodore Grune, the last name could be Gruwe.
40: Surname may be Sedshe or Tedtke.
56: Surname may be Minger or Munzen with u Umlaut.
57: Muller is spelled with u Umlaut.
61: Surname may be Posh
63: A line was drawn through all of the information on this line.
The passenger might not have boarded the ship. Surname may be Barn.
64: Given name may be Hanning or Henning.
70: Surname may be Federsen
74: Jurgensen is spelled with u Umlaut.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 401, List 8.
Transcribed by Harry Green
and Ines Mannhardt,
members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
27 March 2006
If you find an ancestor on a ship on ISTG and would like to link to your email address or home page, please submit a short paragraph about the passenger, where settled, children, etc., with the name of the ship and date of arrival, and send to the transcriber at the bottom of the manifest or to the ISTG Production Coordinator.
We strive to make your search productive. If you don't find the passenger list you are looking
for on our site, please consider a subscription to Ancestry.com. There, you can locate your
ancestors ship, passenger list, view and save a copy of the original list. You can also access
census data and death records to help you in your search. Census records, and in particular
the 1930 census, is one of the most easily used tools for beginners and seasoned genealogists alike.
Ancestry.com is the only place where all census years are easily searchable.
Free Trial - Ancestry.com US Deluxe Membership
Website search technology courtesy of FreeFind.com
The new ISTG logo was created by Patty McCormack, 2007.
The old Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild logo, which is still used in part on
this site, was designed and contributed by Pat Walker and Sheila Tate.
The logo and other genealogical graphics are available on tee shirts, mousepads and tote bags from: AncesTees.
ISTG does not profit in any way from the sale of these items.
Copyrights, Trade Marks, & Registered Trade Marks within this web site are protected under international copyright law.All rights reserved by the respective holders of any ™ © ® included within this site. 1998-2007
ISTG Home Page
ISTG™ NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in whole or part in any format for presentation, distribution or profit by anyone without the express written consent of the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild. Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild is independently owned.
Created & Maintained by the ISTG™Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild