Immigrant Ships
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SS Lessing
Hamburg, Germany and Havre, France to New York
6 February 1879
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK I, B. Voss, Master of the German SS Lessing do solemnly, sincerely and truly affirm 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 of the said Lessing at Hamburg Havre from which port said Lessing 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 Feby 6, 1879 before me R????????. So help me God. B. Voss (signed)before me (signature illegible)
List or Manifest of all the passengers taken on board the German SS Lessing whereof B. Voss is Master, from Hamburg Havre burthen xxx tons.
Columns represent: Names, Age (Years, Months), Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country in which they intend to become inhabitants.
Betweendeck Passengers 1 Louise USEMANN 48 female unmarried Prussia United States 2 Magdalene KAEHLER 24 female unmarried Hamburg United States 3 Joseph HOEFELE 33 male merchant United States United States 4 Martin HORSTMANN 38 male pilot United States United States 5 Wladislaw SZUMKOWSKY 23 male farmer Russia United States 6 Elise LANG 18 female unmarried Wurtemberg United States 7* Eduard PACK 23 male gardner Prussia United States 8 Carl von ROEHL 26 male farmer Prussia United States 9 Carl HERMANN 28 male merchant Saxony United States10 Jens OLSEN 28 male seaman United States United States11 August BAUMANN 38 male merchant United States United States12* Joseph JACUBECK 30 male smith United States United States13 Friedrich LAUDFERMANN 31 male tailor Prussia United States14 Peter PETERSEN 26 male farmer Danmark United States15* Christian MOLLER 22 male farmer Danmark United States16 Peter HANSEN 21 male farmer Prussia United States17* Mor??? ROSENBL?? 40 male merchant Hungary United States18* Auralie ROSENBL?? 18 female unmarried Hungary United States19* Jda ROSENBL?? 16 female unmarried Hungary United States20 Solomon FUTTER 21 male merchant Russia United States21 Abraham WALINSKI 36 male tailor Russia United States22 Peter WERNER 27 male farmer United States United States23 Heinrich HOOP 27 male merchant Hamburg United States24 Wenzel HUDOBAR 19 male tailor Bohemia United States25 Anton STOLBA 26 male workman Bohemia United States26 Herman WERNER 20 male goldsmith Baden United States27* Heinritz LOTZ 33 male smith United States United States28 Emil LOTZ 30 male farmer Saxony United States29 Adolf F BECHTOLD 27 male watchmaker United States United States30* Ernst FRIEDRICH 28 male wat?er Saxony United States31 Ludwig LEMKE 28 male geometer Prussia United States32 Friedrich EBERT 21 male tinman Prussia United States33* A B JOHNSON 25 male smith United States United States34 Fritz P KOYEN 25 male joiner United States United States35 Christine MADSEN 22 female unmarried Danmark United States36 Carl RIEBELING 23 male engineer Hessen United States37* Caecilie SPE?EL 34 female unmarried Bavaria United States38* Wilhelm FREITA? 2? male seaman Prussia United States39 Jacob KLEINFELDER 25 male haircutter Bavaria United States40* Christian RASMUSSEN 23 male sh?maker Danmark United States41 Axel HANSEN 21 male potter Danmark United States42 Emil HUCK 25 male merchant Prussia United States43* Moses SUF 25 male merchant Russia United States44 Carl ABEL 36 male merchant United States United States45* Joseph K?t?SIK 21 male tinman United States United States46 Joseph PERDO 16 male farmer Hungary United States47* Nathan TORT?ANN 26 male joiner Prussia United States48 Julius BEHUKE 31 male miller Prussia United States49* Georg DR??ING 28 male workman Hungary United States50 Paul FASSEL 19 male clerk Saxony United States51* Carl DURKOOP 22 male clerk Prussia United States52 Joseph ZEVE 18 male clerk Russia United States53 Herman ZIMMER 36 male workman Saxony United States54 Wilhelm VOLLMER 23 male workman Prussia United States55 Judes GIDLOWSKY 35 female woman Russia United States56* Br???? GIDLOWSKY 6 female her child Russia United States57* L?b GIDLOWSKY 11m male baby Russia United States58* B?rush ?????MANN 32 male merchant United States United States59* Nathan GLU?? 20 male merchant Hungary United States60 Carl AUST 24 male miller Aust?ich United States61 William FIJDLER 51 male baker United States United States62* Bernhard MULLER 26 male merchant Germany United States63* Friedrich BURKHARDT 38 male merchant Germany United States64 Joseph STOPPE 28 male gardener United States United States65 Magdalen STOPPE 26 female wife United States United States66* ???is BACHMANN 68 male farmer United States United States67* ?a?er VONFLUE 18 male farmer Swizerland United States68 Joseph KLEIN 26 male farmer Prussia United States69* Benedict SCHLA?G 27 male ? Prussia United States70* Anna HAAG 22 female ? Prussia United States71* Elisabeth KONIG 22 female ? Prussia United States72 Catherina HAGER 40 female wife Baden United States73 Jacob HAGER 4 male child Baden United StatesCabin Passengers74* Ru? ?ELIGMANN 24 male merchant Prussia75* Ferdinand OSTE?R?EDEN 17 male butcher Bavar???76* Paul WI?HMANN 26 male merchant Hamburg77 Fanny PHILIPP 17 female lady Prussia78* ???????d D???ACH 25 male merchant Bohemia79 Harald JENSEN 57 male farmer Danmark80 Maren JOHNSON 23 female lady Danmark81 Dagmar JENSEN 21 female lady Danmark82 Sofie JENSEN 28 female lady Danmark83 Emma MATZEN 34 female lady Danmark84 F A LANGENBECK 24 male merchant United States 85* ? G McCLELLAN* 29 male merchant United States 86 Henry VEGHTE 22 male student United States 87 Chs SPENER 38 male saloonkeeper United States 88* ?r* Charles BLUM 23 male merchant United States 89 Caroline BLUM 22 female wife United States 90 Moise BLUM 6m male child United States 91* Margarethe APPEL 50 female singl United States 92 Anna SPENER 19 female wife United States 93* Eduard ?IETH?MMER 36 male merchant Wurtemberg 94* Joseph DES?HAUMES 25 male privatman France 95 Heinrich HANDRICK 26 male merchant Ba???ien Transcriber's Notes: * The use of an * indicates an omission or error made by the original recorder. * The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read due to quality of the original document. * The columns titled "Died on the voyage" and "Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage" were blank and have therefore been eliminated. * The column titled "The country in which they intend to become inhabitants" was left blank for cabin passengers; therefore, no destination has been noted. * This list appears to have been written by two or more people, making it very difficult to transcribe, as some letters were written several different ways. * Numbering of passengers was inconsistent but corrected by the formatter. Cabin passengers were not numbered; passenger numbers have been added to aid with referencing. 7 gardner written as spelled by the original recorder, not the transcriber.12 Joseph Jacubeck - The * indicates as written on the Manifest.15 Christian Moller - The * indicates an umlaut over the o.17 Mor??? Rosenbl?? - This name was crossed out. The last letter of the first name is below the line. There is an umlaut over the second to last letter of the last name.18 Auralie Rosenbl?? - This was indicated to be the same last name as #17 by a ditto mark. Please see explanation for #17 above.19 Jda Rosenbl?? - This was indicated to be the same last name as #17 by a ditto mark. Please see explanation for #17 above.27 Heinritz could be Heinrich. The h in the occupation of "Smith" has a hook on it that goes below the line; this is probably "smithy".30 Ernst Friedrich - The occupation looks like wather, watlrer.33 A B Johnson - The * indicates as written on the Manifest. 37 Caecilie Spe?el - Could be Spegel or Sjegel.38 Wilhelm Freita? - Could be Freitaj or Freitag; the age is either 24 or 29.40 Christian Rasmussen - The occupation looks like "shpmaker" with the "p" not going below the line. Perhaps it is "shoemaker".43 Moses Suf - The * indicates an umlaut over the u.45 Joseph K?t?sik - The 2nd and 4th letters of the last name could be either a, o, or u.47 Nathan Tort?ann - The 5th letter(s) of the last name could be m or ur.49 Georg Dr??ing - Could be Drewing or Druring.51 Carl Durkoop - The * indicates an umlaut over the u.56 Br???? Gidlowsky - Looks like Braune, Brume, or Braunse.57 L?b Gidlowsky - Could be Lub or Lerb.58 B?rush ?????mann - The first name could be Barush. The last name could be Thielmann, Ghielmann, Glaulmann, Ghiulmann, Thiulmann, or Glutmann.59 Nathan Glu?? - The * indicates there is an umlaut over the u. Could be Gludt or Gluck.62 Bernhard Muller - The * indicates an umlaut over the u.63 Friedrich Burkhardt - Could be Friedrick or Friedrich.66 ???is Bachmann - Looks like Uois or Alois.67 ?a?er Vonflue - The first letter could be X or R; the third letter could be a, u, or n. The * in Swizerland indicates as spelled on the Manifest.69 Benedict Schla?g - Could be Schlang or Schlaug; the occupation is illegible due to a rope design on the paper.70 Anna Haag - The occupation is illegible due to a rope design on the paper.71 Elisabeth Konig - The occupation is illegible due to a rope design on the paper.74 Ru? ?eligmann - The 3rd letter in the first name looks like v. The last name could be Geligmann or Seligmann. 75 Ferdinand Oste?r?eden - The 5th letter of the last name looks like u or n.76 Paul Wi?hmann - Looks like Wishmann or Wichmann.78 ???????d D???ach - First name: The 1st letter is either S or G. The 4th letter falls below the line. The last letter is d. Last name: The first letter is D or B. The 4th letter is above the line. The last two letters look like ch.85 ? G. McClellan - The first initial is illegible due to writing over. There is a double underscore beneath the lower case c in Mc.88 ?r Charles Blum - Could be Mr. but the first letter doesn't look like the other "M"s written by this person. The r is raised with a double underscore beneath it.91 Margarethe Appel - The * indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not the transcriber.93 Eduard ?ieth?mmer - Looks like Niethammer.94 Joseph Des?haumes - Could be Desthaumes. The * in occupation indicates as spelled on the Manifest.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 416, List 113.
Transcribed by Terry Owenby for the
ImmigrantShips Transcribers Guild.20 April 1999
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