Ship Golden Rule
I, David H. Hall, Master of the Am. Ship Golden Rule, 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 Collection District of New York, is a full and perfect List of all the Passengers taken on board the said Ship at Havana from which Port the said Ship 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.
So help me God. (Signature) David H. Hall
Sworn to, this 26th March 1867,
Before me. (Signature) ???????, D.C.
List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the American Ship Golden Rule whereof David H. Hall is Master, from Antwerp burthen 1184 68/100 tons.
Columns represent: given name and surname, age, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country of which they intend to become inhabitants, and the part of the ship occupied during the voyage.
1* Adolph Kaestner 20 M Goldsmith Trushia Newark Steerage
2 Alph. Diaire Desbonnet 26 M Shoemaker France New York Steerage
3 Eduard Rhode 48 M Machinist Prussia New York Steerage
4 Anton Muller 54 M Brewer Prussia Wisconsin Steerage
5 Johann Engelhard 34 M Farmer Prussia New York Steerage
6 Johann Mutzenberger 38 M Tailor Hesse New york Steerage
7 Andreas Muller 27 M Blacksmith Prussia Ohio Steerage
8 Joh. Ludwig Kopf 34 M Farmer Prussia Pen Steerage
9 Joh. Joseph Reinert 20 M Laborer Prussia Wisconsin Steerage
10 Daniel Reinert 18 M Laborer Prussia Wisconsin Steerage
11 Leopold Schneider 28 M Baker Prussia New York Steerage
12 Valentin Obacht 33 M Mason Saxony New York Steerage
13 Adrian Van der Roeke 20 M Butcher Saxony New York Steerage
14 Martiontje de Visser 23 F Holland New York Steerage
15* Georg Burkhart 31 M Farmer Prussia Buffalo NY Steerage
16* Paul Rieger 28 M ? Prussia New York Steerage
17* Charles Gust. Raale 30 M ? Trusha New York Steerage
18 Franz Ignatz Holer 20 M Joiner Prussia New York Steerage
19 Joh. Keller 41 M Mos?? Prussia New York Steerage
20 Rudolph Mayer 23 M ??? Maker Suisse Wisconsin Steerage
(Signature) David H. Hall
Transcriber's Notes:
A question mark (?) indicates a letter or a number that can not be transcribed
definitely.
An asterisk (*) indicates either difficulty in deciphering the handwriting of the
manifest or something in the Transcriber's Notes to which the reader should refer.
A caret (^) indicates that the following letter in a word or name is superscripted
"Male" and "Female" in the Sex column are shortened to "M" and "F" for formatting
reasons.
1 Native Country appears to be recorded as "Trushia", but might possibly be "Prussia".
15 Surname is either "Burkhart" or "Burkhard".
16 Passenger's Occupation appears to be written as "Pruer".
17 Passenger's Occupation appears to be written as "Pruson". Native Country appears
to be written as "Trushia", but might possibly be "Prussia".
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 277, List 225.
Transcribed by Phil Buckley a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
23 September 2008
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