Immigrant Ships
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SS Carpathia

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK – PORT OF NEW YORK

The following is a list of names for those passengers attesting to be Austrian Citizens, and of the Bohemian Race or People; taken from the Passenger Manifest for the S.S. Carpathia [my great grandmother called it Karpatya], sailing from Liverpool, England on September 20, 1904, and arriving at the Port of New York (not the Ellis Island Debarkation center), on September 29-30, 1904.. The names and handwriting are hard to read from the film, however I have transcribed these to the best of my ability.

Columns represent: Full Name; Age in years and months; Married or Single; Calling or Occupation; Able to Read or Write; Nationality (Country of which citizen or subject); Race or People; Last Residence (Province, City or Town); Final Destination (State. City, or Town); Whether Having a Ticket to such a final destination; By whom was passage paid; Whether in possession of $50, and if less, how much?; Whether ever before in the U.S. and if so, when and where; Whether going to join a relative or friend, and his name and complete address; ever in prison, *or...; Whether a polygamist; Whether an Anarchist; Condition of health, mental and physical; Deformed or crippled, nature if the affliction, length of time and cause.

    
SYBL, JOSEF, age 17 years, single, male; laborer, able to read and write, of    
Austrian/Bohemian nationality and race; last residence in Bruch, and    
destination is Coal City, Illinois (Grundy county); passage was paid by    
himself, he had never been in US before; going to join JOHN PELC, listed as    
at the "Coal City"  post office address.  
   
SYBL, FRANZ, age 15 years, single male; laborer...same information as above.    
    
SISTEK, ALOIS, age of 32 years; single male; miner, able to read/write; of    
Austrian/Bohemian nationality and race; last residence in Bruch; going to    
Coal city, Illinois; passage paid by self, and going to join brother-in-law    
JOHN PELC; never been in US before.    
    
TRANA, ANNA, age of 19, single female, can read and write, of    
Austrian/Bohemian nationality, last from Bruch, destination is Coal City,    
Illinois; going to meet "Aunt ANNA PELC, Coal City Post Office.    
    
KASAL, FRANZ, age of 38 years; married male; miner; able to read and write;    
Austrian/Bohemian, last from Bruch; going to Collinsville, Illinois post    
office (? Madison county); to meet friend JOSEF BINES; cosig (? cosignator),    
JOSEF KOLDA, Collinsville P.O.. 
  
KASAL, JOSEF, age of 33 years; married male; miner; able to read and write;    
Austrian/Bohemian nationality and people; last from Bruch; going to    
Collinsville...same as above... to meet JOSEF BINES & JOSEF KOLDA.    
    
THIOL (?sp), VACLAV; age of 26 years; married male, miner, able to read and    
write; Austrian/Bohemian, last from Bruch; going to Collinsville...same as    
above; to meet brother-in-law JOSEF BINES, cosig, JOSEF KOLDA.    
    
HERMANCEK, FRANZ, age of 26 years, single male; miner (?), able to read and    
write; Austrian/Bohemian; last from Bruch, going to Collinsville, Illinois,    
and to meet (?)friend JOSEF KOLDO, care of JOSEF BINES Collinsville,    
Illinois.    
    
LINKEFAJER, ANNA, age of 26 years, married female, wife; able to read/write;    
of Austrian/Bohemian people and race; going to Collinsville, to meet husband    
EMIL LINKEFAJEN at Collinsville, Madison county, Illinois.
    
LINKEFAJER, ANNA, age of 3 years; single female, with above parent. 
   
LINKEFAJER, MARIE, age of 10/12 (ten months); single female, with above    
parent.    
    
SMOLIK, JAN, age of 49 years, married male, miner, able to read and write;    
Austrian/Bohemian and last resident of Bruch; going to Collinsville, to meet    
friend JOSEF KOLDO [noted in pencil: 1/2 bro - farmer],  in care of JOSEF    
BINES at Collinsville, Illinois.
    
SMOLIK, ALOIS, age of 25 years, married male, miner, able to read and write;    
Austrian/Bohemian, last residence in Bruch, going to same place and person    
as above.
    
SMOLIK, JAN, age of 17 years, single male, miner....same as above.    
    
SOUKUP, ELIZABETA, age of 27 years, married female, wife, can read and    
write, Austrian/Bohemian; *last residence Bruch, going to meet husband FRANZ    
SOUKUP, at French Village, St. Clair County, Illinois.[*Note: we know from    
research, that the home town of this and the Koudelka family was Kladno,    
Bohemia.] 
   
SOUKUP, FRANZ [*MY NOTE: born HARTMANN in Bohemia, this is his stepfather's    
name]; age of 7 years, in the company of parent, above.
    
SOUKUP, MARIE ROSALIE (*MY NOTE: born HARTMANN in Bohemia, this is her    
stepfather's name; [age of 3 years, in the company of her parent, ELIZABETA    
VALTA HARTMANN SOUKUP.    
    
KOPELKA, JOHANN, age of 26 years, married male, miner, able to read and    
write, Austrian/Bohemian; going to meet friend CHARLES KOUDELKA [written in    
pencil, what appears to say, brother-in-law] at French Village, St. Clair    
county, Illinois.    
    
SUCHY (?), FRANZ, age of 44 years, married male, miner, able to read and    
write; Austrian/Bohemian; last from Bruch; going to meet friend CHARLES    
KOUDELKA at French Village, [written in pencil: bro KAREL SUCHY]. 
   
SUCHY, JOSEF, age of 17 years, single male; miner...same as above. 
   
SUCHY, JAN, age of 10 years; single male, miner...same as above.    
    
HARMER (?), RUZINA, age of 24 years, married female, wife; able to read and    
write; Austrian/Bohemian; going to meet husband JOSEF HARMER at the Dietz    
P.O..,  Eheridan Co.
    
HARMER, MARIE, age of 4 years,  single female, in the company of parent.
    
HARMER, FRANZ, age of 11/12 (eleven months), single male, in the company of    
parent.    
    
MOTTL (?), ANTONI; married female, wife, able to read and write,    
Austrian/Bohemian, last residence Bruch, going to husband JOHN.
    
MOTTL(?MOTTL), Dietz P.O., Eheridan Co. 
   
MOTTL, MARIE, age of 4 years, single female, in the company of female above.
    
MOTTL, BEDRIK, age of 3, single male, in the company of parent above.    
    
SCHICH, JOHANN, 27, married male, miner, able to read and write,    
Austrian/Bohemian, last residence Bruch, going to French Village, St. Clair,    
Illinois.[Note of ship surgeon for JOHANN: "Dr. says conjunctivitis."]
    
SCHICH, JOSEFA, 20, wife of above, housewife, able to read and write, going    
to friend C. KOUDELKA at French Village, Camp #10, and to brother in law,    
JOSEF OPERT (?) KODEL at St. Louis.    
    
MATEJKA, FRANZ, 28, married male, smith, able to read and write,    
Austrian/Bohemian, from Bruch to New York.    
    
CERNAK, ANNA, 30, female, and the 'M' for married is scratched through;    
servant, able to read and write, Austrian/Bohemian, from N. G?) to New York    
to brother in law JOHN OLSAR at 75 Elton Avenue, NY.    
    
ROSUN, ROSINA, (written in pencil, "sister" to above], 17, female and    
single, able to read and write, servant; Austrian/Bohemian, from N.    
Georgenthal (?) to Chicago, Illinois to brother in law V. DUBISUR--- STIKA,    
at 599 Troop Street, Chicago, Illinois.    
    
KALDO, VOJTECH, 24, 'M' married is scratched through and an 'S' written    
over; laborer, able to read and write; Austrian/Bohemian, from Bruch to    
Collinsville, Illinois; to join brother JOSEFF KALDO, Collinsville,    
Illinois; c/o JOSEF BENCO(?)    
(under the above, are the following family members)
    
KALDO, AGNES, 26, female, single; rest same as above.
    
KALDO, MARIE, 2 years old, female, single, same as above.
    
KALDO, ANNA, 4 years old, female, single, same as above.    
    
NOVY, JOSEF, 33, male married, miner, able to read and write,    
Austrian/Bohemian; from Bruch to Chicago, Illinois to uncle FRANK KALIVODA,    
at 1541 43rd Ave., Chicago, Illinois; (in pencil is written: near 16th    
Street).    
    
SVAHLA, JOHANN, 39, male married, miner; able to read and write;    
Austrian/Bohemian; from Bruch to Chicago, Illinois to brother who is at the    
same address as above entry for FRANK KALIVODA.    
    
(**The following have the word "ADMITTED" stamped next to their name, unlike    
the other entries:)
    
**KUBKA, ANNA, 51, female and widow; able to read and write;    
Austrian/Bohemian; from (?) Malthnum to Dillonvale, Ohio to join son JOSEF    
KUBKA at Dillonville, Ohio, (pencil notation Box 62).
    
**KUBKA, VACLAR, 14, male and single, noted as "child." 
   
**KUBKA, ANTONI, 10, female single, "child."    
    
**VIVESKA, ANNA, 24, female and married; able to read and write;    
Austrian/Bohemian, from Malthenum to Dillonvale, Ohio to join husband JOSEF   
VIVESKA, at Dillonvale, Ohio (pencil notation: Box 62).
    
VIVESKA, JOSEF, 4, male and single, not able to read and write.
    
VIVESKA, JOSEFA, 2, female and single; not able to read and write.
    
VIVESKA, MARIA, 5/12 months, female and single.    
    
KOVAR, ANTONIN, 25, male and single, laborer, able to read and write;    
Austrian/Bohemian; from Bruch to French Village, Illinois, St. Clair county;    
to join friend CHARLES KOUDELKA, near St. Louis.
    
KOVAR, BISINA (?), 10, male and single, "child."    
    
BUHLAND, JOHANN, 46, male and married, miner; Austrian/Bohemian; from    
Klobuky to (Neffs?) Bellmont, Ohio; to join brother in law JOSEF DOLAK,    
Belmont, Ohio.    
    
NONY, JOSEF*, 40, male and married; miner; able to read and write;    
Austrian/Bohemian; from Bruch to Neffs, Ohio to join ___SIMON BAKA,    
Bellmont, Ohio, (pencil note: Box 54).    
    
KOTWITZ, JOHANN, 25, male and single, laborer, able to read and write;    
Austrian/Bohemian ; to Monongahela, PA to join friend WALENTY OBTRAN,    
Monongahela, PA (pencil notation: Box 90).    
    
HLAVARTY, VACLAV, 27 male and married; blacksmith; able to read and write;    
Austrian/Bohemian; from Bruch to Chicago, Illinois; to join ---- VOJTECH    
MUCHA, 814 City 20 Str., Chicago, Illinois.    
    
Information above, sworn to by ships officers on September 29, 1904 in New    
York.

Transcriber's Notes:

*  Column beginning ever in prison...probably reads "or almshouse or
institution or supported by charity?

*Nony, Josef could be Nouy.

Interestingly enough this Passenger Manifest seemed to have all of the    
nationalities in separate groups, as if the person taking the information,    
and it is signed by the ship surgeon, chose the Bohemians one day, the Irish    
another, etc.  There were ten to twelve pages alone for the Irish immigrant    
passengers.  The pages that I was interested in had the names of passengers    
who all stated that they were of Austrian nationality, and of the Bohemian    
race or people.  The occupations ranged from one smith , to several as    
"laborer", and most of all were shown as "miner" or housewife.  I expect    
this means that there was a wave of immigrants who left Bohemia for the    
mining communities in Illinois, and to meet people there who were their    
sponsors...Bohemians from a preceding wave.    
    
In doing research through the Cunard Lines archives in Great Britain, I    
found that in 1904 the Carpathia was just two years old, having been    
launched August of 1902, although its maiden voyage was not until May of    
1903.  This ship, according to the Cunard Line, was designed primarily for    
the Hungarian emigrant service between Fiume, thence to Liverpool, and    
finally the Port of New York. * "The accommodation was far superior to    
anything previously offered to emigrants and the 3rd class accommodation was    
of a good standard.  There were also public rooms for 3rd class passengers    
and all meals were included in the fare.  In 1905 the passenger    
accommodation was altered to accommodate 100 first class, 200 second class    
and 2250 third class passengers.  The final destination of this ship    
September of 1904 was at the Port of New York, and not the Ellis Island    
Center as for many other immigrants of the time.  The SS Carpathia was to    
figure in history and lore several years later, with the sinking of the ship    
the Titanic.  The Carpathia was the first rescue ship at the scene in 1912,    
and responsible for the rescue of 703 passengers of the ill-fated Titanic.    
"On July 17, 1918 the Carpathia was travelling in convoy, bound for Boston,    
when it was struck by two torpedoes some 120 miles west of Fastnet.  A third    
torpedo hit the ship as the lifeboats were being manned.  Five of the crew    
were killed by the explosions.  The remainder of the crew and the 57    
passengers on board were safely rescued, and the Carpathia sank at 12:40    
a.m. that day." *[see: www.liv.ac.uk/~archives/cunard/ships/carpath.htm]     
    
The final U. S. destination for my ancestors was stated as French Village,    
Illinois.  This town can be located on a map, just south of Interstate 64    
and East of highway 255 in St. Clair County.  Nearby are the towns of East    
St. Louis, Belleville and Swansea, all places named as being later points of    
settlement for my Bohemian ancestors.   
    
[Note, the bottom of the ship's manifest list, shows the following notation:    
"Race or People is to be determined by the stock from which they sprang and    
the language they speak.  List of races will be found on the back of this    
sheet."  The notation at the bottom of the page, then appears to say in    
pencil "Bohemia", which is what is noted under the Race or People column,    
and after the column of Nationality.  Bruch appears to be named as the last    
place of residence, as this was the point of departure, and not the original    
family hometown, from which they came.]
Researching:    
PA: HAGERTY, ROBSON, ATCHESON,MC ALISTER,    
    GEHO, WILLIAMS, BLANEY, MCCLUGAGE, HUDSON    
IL: SOUHRADA, SORGMANN, HARTMANN, VALTA,    
    HAMMANG, VOPICKA       

LDS Film # 1399183 . Original is from the National Archives, " Passenger Lists, September 30, 1904 to NYC, NY, USA; ships Baltic & Carpathia.