Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Lessing

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.