SS Berlin
Another transcription of this ship can be found in Volume 4
Report made in conformity with Chapter 195 of the Statute Laws of the State of New York of 1847, and the several Acts Amendatory thereof.
Dated the ……….. Day of ……. 18….
…………………. Master
Sworn before me this …...day …… of 18.. …………………. Master
Name of Vessel, Berlin {
Nation of do., German {
Name of Master, Johann Putscher {Note: Masters of Vessel will greatly
Port sailed from, Bremen via Southampton {facilitate their business by numbering the passengers in their report.
Number of Aliens, seven hundred & ninety three {They are also requested to ROLL and not fold their manifest.
Number of Citizens, sixteen {
Consignees, A. Schumacher & Co. {
Owners, North German Lloyd of Bremen
* Alien Passengers landed at the Port of Baltimore, from the North Germany Lloyd SS Berlin of which Joh. Putscher is master, on the 2nd day of Mai 1873, from Bremen.
Coloumns represent: Number, Names, *age, *county of birth, last legal residence, country claiming allegiance, occupation and remarks.
696 Aug. Hammann 31 m Germany Prussia farmer steerage
697 Emilie Hammann 29 f Germany Prussia steerage
698 Auguste Hammann 5 f Germany Prussia steerage
699 Wilhelm Hammann 3 m Germany Prussia steerage
700 Baby Hammann 5m m Germany Prussia steerage
701 Fried^r May 46 m Germany Prussia farmer steerage
702 Ottilie May 36 f Germany Prussia steerage
703 Hermann May 16 m Germany Prussia steerage
704 Ottilie May 15 f Germany Prussia steerage
705 Gustav May 13 m Germany Prussia steerage
706 Ida May 7 f Germany Prussia steerage
707 Otto May 6 m Germany Prussia steerage
708 Anna May 4 f Germany Prussia steerage
709 Aug. Bolzin 22 m Germany Prussia steerage
710 Joh. Selbach 66 m Germany St. Louis, U.S. miller steerage
711 Anna Selbach 56 f Germany Nassau Upperdeck
712 Johannes Selbach 37 f Germany Nassau Upperdeck
713* Wilhelm Selbach 26 m Germany Nassau merchant Upperdeck
714 Heinr^r Bar 27 m Germany Hamburg tailor steerage
715 Joh^ne Bar 24 f Germany Hamburg steerage
716 Baby Bar 7m m Germany Hamburg steerage
717 Ludw. Wilke 27 m Germany Lauenburg black smith steerage
718 Henriette Wilke 32 f Germany Lauenburg steerage
719 Hermann Wilke 7 m Germany Lauenburg steerage
720 Bertha Wilke 6 f Germany Lauenburg steerage
721 Auguste Schutt 24 f Germany Lauenburg steerage
722 Frz. Girik 23 m Germany Marienwerder servant steerage
723 Victoria Girik 24 f Germany Marienwerder steerage
724 Conr. Ehlinger 29 m Germany Oppeln servant steerage
725 Marie Ehlinger 29 f Germany Oppeln steerage
726 Conrad Ehlinger 2 m Germany Oppeln steerage
727 Paul Ehlinger 9m m Germany Oppeln steerage
728 Ernst Tarosch 25 m Germany Oppeln black smith steerage
729 Ernst^ne Weinkauf 23 f Germany Posen steerage
730 Leop. Buchfing 42 m Germany Russia steerage
731 Christ^ne Buchfing 40 f Germany Russia steerage
732 Johannes Buchfing 19 m Germany Russia steerage
733 Christ^ne Buchfing 17 f Germany Russia steerage
734 August Buchfing 13 m Germany Russia steerage
735 Christian Buchfing 9 m Germany Russia steerage
736 Gottlieb Buchfing 6 m Germany Russia steerage
737 Catharine Buchfing 5 f Germany Russia steerage
738 Josef Buchfing 7 m Germany Russia steerage
739 Jacob Buchfing 4 m Germany Russia steerage
740 Elise Buchfing 2 f Germany Russia steerage
741 Baby Buchfing 3m m Germany Russia steerage
742* Eva Rickowsky 34 f Germany Lauenburg steerage
743* Anna Rickowsky 7 f Germany Lauenburg steerage
744* Louise Rickowsky 4 f Germany Lauenburg steerage
745 Thom. Julsezenka 22 m Germany Lauenburg steerage
746 Anast. Lepinsky 9 f Germany Lauenburg steerage
747 Theophine Lepinsky 7 m Germany Lauenburg steerage
748 Carol^ne Posh 52 m Germany Coeslin steerage
749 Marie Posh 17 f Germany Coeslin steerage
750 Ludw. Pelz 17 m Germany Coeslin labourer steerage
751 Amalie Pelz 24 f Germany Coeslin steerage
752 Caroline Eggert 32 f Germany Coeslin steerage
753 Elise Eggert 4 f Germany Coeslin steerage
754 Anna Eggert 9m f Germany Coeslin steerage
755 Thom^s Anters 38 m Germany Oldenburg house cook steerage
756 Maria Anters 38 f Germany Oldenburg steerage
757 Joh^n Kaibor 20 m Germany Bromberg labourer steerage
758 Louise Heleniak 20 f Germany Posen steerage
759* Carl Muller 25 m Germany Thuringen steerage
760* Died^r Erick 17 m Germany Hannover steerage
761 Aug. Reetz 24 m Germany Pommern farmer steerage
762 Michael Desens 26 m Germany Pommern coachman steerage
763 Joh^n Czirr 34 m Germany Pommern steerage
764 Caroline Czirr 34 f Germany Pommern steerage
765 Johanne Mede 28 f Germany Pommern steerage
766 Bernhard Mede 6 m Germany Pommern steerage
767 Bertha Mede 9m f Germany Pommern steerage
768* Johanne Vofke 24 f Germany Pommern steerage
769 Johanne Selke 22 f Germany Pommern steerage
770 August Warblew 34 m Germany Pommern farmer steerage
771 Ernstine Warblew 36 f Germany Pommern steerage
772 Hermann Warblew 5 m Germany Pommern steerage
773 Georg Warblew 3 m Germany Pommern steerage
774 Bertha Drewke 24 f Germany Pommern steerage
775 Friedr^r Hollatz 26 m Germany Pommern farmer steerage
776 Fried^r Schorman 18 m Germany Escherhausen steerage
777 Rosalie Krull 50 f Germany Parcevo? steerage
778 Vicentia Krull 7 f Germany Parcevo? steerage
779 Stanisls Surdieck 25 m Germany Parcevo? labourer steerage
780 Frieduke Schmidt 16 f Germany Hannover steerage
781 Charlotte Jawles 28 f Germany Hannover steerage
782* Heinr^ Schurmann 25 m Germany Oldenburg shoe maker steerage
783 J. F. C. Schlingmann 16 m Germany Oldenburg glazier
784 Georg Knoll 23 m Germany Hannover merchant steerage
785 Matth. Smeschny 30 m Germany Posen labourer steerage
786 Anna Smeschny 25 f Germany Posen steerage
787 Franz Smeschny 4 m Germany Posen steerage
788 Rudolph Smeschny 2 m Germany Posen steerage
789 Maximilian Smeschny 6m m Germany Posen steerage
790 Eugen v. Byern 23 m Germany Berlin merchant Upperdeck
791 Gerh^d Herbes 24 m Germany Posen farmer steerage
792 Johann Lange 14 m Germany Bremen steerage
793 Carl Wosky 49 m Germany Oldenburg farmer steerage
794 Carl Mosenthiel 30 m Germany Oldenburg saddler steerage
795 Joh. Lenke 16 m Germany Oldenburg farmer steerage
796 Joh Bullerdick 34 m Germany Hannover sailor steerage
797 Anna Hoburg 30 f Germany Bremerhaven steerage
798 Wilh^m Hoburg 9m m Germany Bremerhaven steerage
799* Zurcher Joseph 49 m Switzerland Switzerland house cook steerage
800 Louise Joseph 52 f Switzerland Switzerland steerage
801 Josephine Joseph 17 e Switzerland Switzerland steerage
802 Johann Tietjen 54 m Germany Hannover farmer steerage
803 Metta Tietjen 54 f Germany Hannover steerage
804 Mathilde Tietjen 14 f Germany Hannover steerage
805 Johann Tietjen 19 m Germany Hannover farmer steerage
806 Carl Schellot 23 f Germany Fischbach labourer steerage
807 Friedr^r Gorjens 42 f Germany Cincinnati, U.S. musician steerage
Recapitulation
Adults children 1 to 8yrs babys 1 to 12 months
upperdeckrooms, cabin 16
steerage 565 178 50
totals 581 178 50 809 passengers
On the 26th of April a son born from Cath^ne Wawra No. 331 in the Liste.
(Passenger No. 339 in this transcription).
signed: Joh Putscher
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.
* Passengers where numbered by the transcribers for ease of referencing.
* Sex is not part of the coloumns but it was written in between the age and the country of birth.
* New York is lined through in the sworn statement and Baltimore written above.
Abbreviations:
Adelh., Adelh^d Adelheid Alb., Alb^t, Albt. Albert
Albr. Albrecht And^r Andreas
Aug. August Aug^ste Auguste
Barb^a, Barb^ra Barbara Bernh^d Bernhard
Carol^ne Caroline Cath., Cath^ne Catherine
Christ Christian Christ^ne Christine
Conr. Conrad Const^a Constantia
Died^r Diederich Elisab^th, Elisb^th Elisabeth
Ernst^ne Ernestine Ferd^d Ferdinand
Fr. Fritz Fried^h, Fried^r Friederich
Fried^ke Friedericke Frz. Franz
Fz. Franz Gerh^d Gerhard
Gg. Georg Gottfr Gottfried
Gottl. Gottlieb Gust. Gustav
Hein^r, Heinr., Heinrich Hen^r Henriette
Herm. Hermann Jac. Jacob
Joh., Joh^n Johann Joh^ne Johanne
Jos Joseph Kath^ne Katherine
Leop. Leopold Ludw. Ludwig
Magd^lene Magdalene Marg. Margarethe
Math., Math^e, Matthias Math^s, Matth. Matthias
Mich. Michael Rheinh^d Reinhard
Stanisl^s Stanislaus Thom., Thom^s Thomas
W^m William Wilh^m Wilhelm
Wilh^ne Wilhelmine
710: Occupation was first written as "grocer" but than in a different script was
crossed out and "merchant" was written above it.
742 - 744: the last name could be Reckowsky.
759: Muller and Thuringen are spelled with u Umlaut.
760: the last name could be Erich.
768: the last name could be Nofke.
782: Schurmann is spelled with u Umlaut.
799: Zurcher is spelled with u Umlaut.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M255, Reel 21.
Transcribed by Harry Green and Ines Mannhardt, members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
10 December 2008
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