DISTRICT OF NEW YORK – PORT OF NEW YORK

I, E. Deddes Master of the S.S. P. Caland, 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 Collections District of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board of the said SS _____* at Rotterdam from which port said SS ______ has now arrived; and that on the said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and 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, 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 have died. So help me God. (signed) E. Deddes. Sworn before me this October 2nd, 1876 (signed) Raznroof dc.

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the German S.S. P. Caland, whereof E. Deddes is master, from Rotterdam burthen 2528 tons.

Columns represent: given name, surname, age, sex, occupation, country to which they severally belong, country in which they intend to become inhabitants, and part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage. There being no births or deaths recorded on this voyage, that column has been eliminated.

   
   
1*  Ma^d Duremus       14     F           America  US America  First cabin
2   Jeannette Keyzer   20     F           America  US America  First cabin
3*  Joh Firevuerd      65     M           America  US America  Second cabin
4*  A^r Smits                 M  priest   Holland  US America  Second cabin
5   Fr. Sassermann     46     M  priest   Germany  US America  Second cabin
6*  J Schsvick         48     M  priest   Germany  US America  Second cabin
7   Carl Gros          29     M  priest   Germany  US America  Second cabin
8   Heinrich Coppeh    49     M           America  US America  Second cabin
9   Joseph Coppeh      20     M           America  US America  Second cabin
10  Philip Coppeh      18     M           America  US America  Second cabin
11* Casper Cyassin     49     M           America  US America  Second cabin
12* Christ Kunsel      50     M           America  US America  Steerage
13  Johan Voss         55     M           America  US America  Steerage
14* J Brinkming        21     M           Germany  US America  Steerage
15  M. Schmith         18     M           Germany  US America  Steerage
16  M. Grelinger       22     M           Germany  US America  Steerage
17  Anna Sorewski      26     F           Germany  US America  Steerage
18  Joseph Sorewski    11 mos M           Germany  US America  Steerage
19  Maryan Boon        20     M           Germany  US America  Steerage
20* Andrew Lunk        57     M           America  US America  Steerage
21* Philip? Ante       56     M           America  US America  Steerage
22  Peter Kraft        62     M           America  US America  Steerage
23  G. Heft            54     M           America  US America  Steerage
24  Christ Fuchs       36     M Labourer  Germany  US America  Steerage
25* H. Bonard?         36     M Engineer  Germany  US America  Steerage
26  Joseph Goldschmidt 13     M           Germany  US America  Steerage
27  Sophia Goldschmidt 19     F           Germany  US America  Steerage
28* Cy Hertenshein     34     M           Germany  US America  Steerage
29  W. Mastner         52     M Labourer  Germany  US America  Steerage
30* Saloure            52     F           Germany  US America  Steerage
31  Cath. Ruel         47     F           America  US America  Steerage
32  Anna Ruel           8     F           America  US America  Steerage
33  Edward Ruel         6     M           America  US America  Steerage
34  Louise Firster     22     F           America  US America  Steerage
35  Heirich Firster     9 mos M           America  US America  Steerage
36* Fran Wotterroth    60     F           America  US America  Steerage
37  Adam Schohl        26     M           Germany  US America  Steerage
38  G. Angelmeier      62     M           America  US America  Steerage
39  J. Peter           39     M           Germany  US America  Steerage
40  Barbara Peter      40     F           Germany  US America  Steerage
41  Barbara Peter       8     F           Germany  US America  Steerage
42* Christ Diesner     51     M           Germany  US America  Steerage
43  Georg Diesner      18     M           Germany  US America  Steerage
44* Mag^d Worstelman   20     F           Germany  US America  Steerage
45  Emmanuel Shege     67     M           Germany  US America  Steerage
46  Paul Shege         38     M           Germany  US America  Steerage
47  Geo Shege          28     M           Germany  US America  Steerage
48  Peter Wies         40     M           Germany  US America  Steerage
49  Elizabeth Wies     33     F           Germany  US America  Steerage
50  Elizabeth Wies     10     F           Germany  US America  Steerage
51  Andreas Wies        6     M           Germany  US America  Steerage
52  Joseph Wies         4     M           Germany  US America  Steerage
53  Gustav Wies       1/2     M           Germany  US America  Steerage
54  Paul Jacobs        32     M           America  US America  Steerage
55  Carl Hoffner       16     M           Germany  US America  Steerage
56  Phill. Spahn       56     M Laborer   Germany  US America  Steerage
57* Ru^d Faul          28     M Salesman  Germany  US America  Steerage
58  Wm. Scherock       34     M           America  US America  Steerage
59* A. Bessm           27     M Baker     Germany  US America  Steerage
60  Mrs. Geldmasher    36     F           America  US America  Steerage
61  Mathias Sieber     27     M           America  US America  Steerage
62* Frank Wantiel      11     M Brewer    Germany  US America  Steerage
63* Bernard Wantiel     8     M           Germany  US America  Steerage
64* M.ten Drinh        26     M                    America     Steerage
65* J v d Wart         53     M           America  America     Steerage
66  H. Hollieva        61     M Farmer    America  America     Steerage
67  H.K. van Vleuters  24     M           Holland  America     Steerage
68* J.T. de Hekker     21     M           America  America     Steerage
69  J. van Cijch       20     M Shoemaker Germany  America     Steerage
70  M. Tell            40     M Butcher   America  America     Steerage
71  H. Heekesian       21     M Druggist  America  America     Steerage
72* Gen. Linch         44     M           America  America     First cabin
73* N.F. v d Velde     20     M           America  America     First cabin
74* V. Naninstein      20     M           America  America     Steerage
75* Edwin Meyer        21     M           America  America     Steerage
76  Louise Meyer       24     F           America  America     Steerage
77  Henrietti Meyer    51     F           America  America     Steerage
78* Infant Meyer       ?mos   F           America  America     Steerage
79  Miss Crouya        25     F           America              First cabin

An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder not the transcriber. The ? marks indicate letters or words that cannot be read due to the quality of the original document.
* In the first paragraph, the word swear is not part of the pre-printing on the form. It is hand written in the margin following the word truly.
* The name of the vessel is not written in the provided spaces.
1 Duremus could be Durimus, and the first name appears to be hypertext for Madelyn or similar.
3 Firevuerd could be Firwuerd.
4 Smits' first name appears to hypertext to represent Arthur or similar.
6 Schsvick could be Schsvich. There is a short straight line drawn over the top of the first h.
11 Cyassin could be Cjassin. There is a symbol over the three letters: ass. It looks like a short straight line over the a and an upside down lower case c with a tail that continues to the left over the ss part.
12 Kunsel could be Kensnel.
14 Brinkming has a line drawn through everything, as though he is scratched off the list. The last letter could be y, so the name could be Brinkminy.
20 Lunk could be Luntt.
21 Ante's first name is Philip with a letter attached at the end. The letter looks like a j. It could be an initial, although there is no space between the j and the last p in Philip; also the letter is not capitalized.
25 Bonard?'s last letter looks like a lower case d, except that it is separated from the previous letter and is as tall as the capital letters. It even looks like it could be cl.
28 Hertenshein could be Hertinshein.
30 Saloure could be Salovre. This could be a first name, but there is no last name. It could be the same last name as the person above, which is Mastner, although there are no ditto marks or -do- marks as this recorder has used.
36 Wotterroth could be Wotterrath.
42 The age could be 51 or 57.
44 Worstelman's first name looks a hypertext Magd representing Magdelyn or something similar.
57 Faul's first name appears to be a hypertext abbreviation for Rudolph or something similar.
59 Bessm could be Beum.
62-63 Wantiel could be Wuntiel or Wontiel.
64 Drinh could be Drivh. The first name could be Martin or something similar.
65 v d Wart's prefixes could represent van or von and de or der. Thus the name could be van de Wart, van der Wart, von de Wart or von der Wart.
68 de Hekker could be de Hekkes.
72 Linch could also be Lynch.
73 v d Velde's prefixes could represent van or von and de or der. The name could be van de Velde, von de Velde, van der Velde or von der Velde.
74 Naninstein could be Navinstein.
75 The age could be 21 or 27.
78 Infant Meyer's age is transcribed as it is written: ?mos.

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