Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS W.A. Scholten

I, J. Janzen, master of the S.S. W.A. Scholten do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me and now delivered 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, Netherlands from which port said vessel has now arrived; and that on the said list is truly designated the age, the sex, the occupation of each of the said Passengers, the part of the vessel occupied by each during the passage, the country to which each belongs, 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.

So Help Me God
J. Janzen

Sworn to, this Dec 14 1876
Before me (unreadable signature)

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the S.S. W.A. Scholten whereof J. Janzen is master, from Rotterdam, Netherlands burthen 25 tons.

Columns represent: passenger number, given name, surname, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country which they intend to inhabit, and accommodation during the voyage.

 	
 1  J          Wolff       40     m            U.S.A.    America   1st cabin
 2  A. N.      Wallanchi   35     m            U.S.A.    America   2nd cabin
 3  Wandrika   Wallanchi   34     f            U.S.A.    America   2nd cabin
 4  Elisa      Wallanchi      2m  f            U.S.A.    America   2nd cabin
 5* J.         E????ding   13     m            Holland   America   steerage
 6* J. ?       ?ang        23     m   tailor   Holland   America   steerage
 7  Albert E.  King        29     m   joiner   U.S.A.    America   steerage
 8  Maria      King        24     f            U.S.A.    America   steerage
 9  Egbert     King         3     m            U.S.A.    America   steerage
10  Jacob      King        10     m            U.S.A.    America   steerage
11  Ph.        Gool        29     m            U.S.A.    America   steerage
12  Anna C.    Schletti    35     f            U.S.A.    America   steerage
13  Louisa     Schletti    14     f            U.S.A.    America   steerage
14  Arri       Schletti    11y6m  m            U.S.A.    America   steerage
15  Fritz      Schletti     8     m            U.S.A.    America   steerage
16  infant     Schletti    10m    m            U.S.A.    America   steerage
17  A.         Klein       57     m   laborer  Germany   America   steerage
18  Elis.      Halfrich    44     f            Germany   America   steerage
19  Philipp    Halfrich    14     m            Germany   America   steerage
20  Elisa      Halfrich     8     f            Germany   America   steerage
21  Maria      Halfrich     6     f            Germany   America   steerage
22  Eva        Halfrich     2     f            Germany   America   steerage
23  G. A.      Faist       18     m            Germany   America   steerage
24  Agnes      Weber       20     f            Germany   America   steerage
25  Georg      Weber        9     m            Germany   America   steerage
26  Christian  Weber        7     m            Germany   America   steerage
27  Jacob      Weber        4     m            Germany   America   steerage
28  Johannes   Weber        3     m            Germany   America   steerage
29  Ch^a       Binderg     16     f            Germany   America   steerage
30  Mich       Genberg     42     m            U.S.A.    America   steerage
31  Jean       Placijoly   26     m            Germany   America   steerage
32  Anton      Blinke      19     m   smith    Germany   America   steerage
33  Heline     Werneberg   26     f            Germany   America   steerage
34  Anve       Fradd       30     m            Germany   America   steerage
35  Jac.       Lichtenberg 19     m   smith    Germany   America   steerage
36  Jac.       Odenwald    26     m            Germany   America   steerage
37  Joh.       Liebach     45     m            Holland   America   steerage
38  W.         Liebach     43     f            Holland   America   steerage
39  Betza      Liebach     13     f            Holland   America   steerage
40  Siske      Liebach     11     f            Holland   America   steerage
41  Anna C.    Liebach      7     f            Holland   America   steerage
42* ?          Liebach      5     f            Holland   America   steerage
43* Joh.       Bed?????    46     m            Germany   America   steerage
44  H.         Hara        22     m            U.S.A.    America   steerage
45* A.         Berther     41     m            France    America   steerage
46* C. F.      Chach       45     m            U.S.A.    America   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.

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

 5      Letters are not readable.
 6      Middle initial wihich is also the first letter of the surname is unknown, may be "T"
42      Given name can't be read.
43      Surname may be Bedsenich
45, 46  In the accomadation space was written something that looks like: "Jeson Kilray"

 

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 406, list 1155

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