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SS Hansa



Southampton, England and Bremen, Germany to New York, New York
25 March 1862

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, H. T. Von Santen, Master of the Bremen Steamship Hansa 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 Steamship at Southampton from which port the said Steamship 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, (Signed) H. T. Von Santen
Sworn to this 25th March 1862 Before me (signed) C. W. Embree, D. C.
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Bremen S.Sh. Hansa whereof H. T. Von Santen is Master, from Bremen via Southampton, burthen 2882 tons.
Columns represent: Number on the list, Given name and surname, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they severally belong, Part of the Vessel occupied by each passenger during the Voyage.
    
 1  R Hodgson Gratey     38y      Male      Gentleman       England        I Class, Upper Salon
 2  Capt T Burmeister    40y      Male      Captain         New York       I Class, Upper Salon
 3  Mathilde Bon         25y      Female    -               S. Francisco   I Class, Lower Salon
 4  Conrad Schloufter    40y      Male      Farmer          New York       I Class, Lower Salon
 5  Heinrich Mayer       33y      Male      Merchant        Halle          (Left behind)
 6  Heinrich Wix         28y      Male      Merchant        New York       I Class, Lower Salon
 7  W^m Bruger           34y      Male      Merchant        New York       I Class, Lower Salon
 8  Heinr Thorwart       20y      Male      Merchant        Gierfer        I Class, Lower Salon
 9  E Bartels            20y      Male      Soldier         Braunschweig   I Class, Lower Salon
10  C H Gates            36y      Male      Captain         Connecticut    I Class, Lower Salon
11  T Peel               64y      Male      Merchant        New York       I Class, Lower Salon
12  M Fix                32y      Male      Major           Brussel        I Class, Lower Salon
13  H Hoffmann           38y      Male      Major           Hamburg        I Class, Lower Salon
14  T Kiddman            55y      Male      Major           U. S.          I Class, Lower Salon
15  Geo Booke            24y      Male      -               England        I Class, Lower Salon
16  M Jacob              38y      Male      Merchant        France         I Class, Lower Salon
17  Heinr Tietjen        40y      Male      Farmer          Kingston       Steerage
18  Meta Pinge           20y      Female    Farmer          Hagen          Steerage
19  H A Wiepolt          35y      Male      Farmer          Leyden         Steerage
20  Anna Hemsing         19y      Female    Farmer          Osterwik       Steerage
21  T H Richter          27y      Male      Farmer          Holtewik       Steerage
22  Anna C Brinkmann     26y      Female    Farmer          Darap          Steerage
23  Georg Dicker         20y      Male      Farmer          Wehr           Steerage
24  Elis Heysing         30y      Female    Farmer          Huk            Steerage
25* M Ch^n ?eur          21y      Female    Farmer          Leyden         Steerage
26  Anna Cath Roters     25y      Female    Farmer          Ganpel         Steerage
27  Eva Storr            43y      Female    -               Echingen       Steerage
28  Abraham Pogel        27y      Male      Workman         Echerfeld      Steerage
29  John Nagel           25y      Male      -               New York       Steerage
30  John Rueger          23y      Male      Carpenter       Brooklyn       Steerage
31  Herm Romdyke         48y      Male      Farmer          Saginaw        Steerage
32  Ed Romdyke           46y      Male      Farmer          Lote??         Steerage
33  Heinr Moller         40y      Male      Bricklayer      Port Mayne     Steerage
34* Herm Remm?rt         21y      Male      Joiner          Port Mayne     Steerage
35* Anna Remm?rt         21y      Female    -               Bocke          Steerage
36  John F Bertsch       33y      Male      Brewer          New York       Steerage
37  Pauline Bertsch      20y      Female    -               New York       Steerage
38  H O Leirig           20y      Male      Farmer          Hirschfeld     Steerage
39  F L Bange            30y      Male      -               New York       Steerage
40  D Schneider          37y      Male      -               Herbstein      Steerage
41  Helen Schneider      25y      Female    -               Herbstein      Steerage
42  H Heuser             26y      Male      -               Herbstein      Steerage
43  Auguste Schad        27y      Female    -               Herbstein      Steerage
44  Ros Car Mohr         24y      Female    -               Mahr           Steerage
45  Mich Fruison         27y      Male      -               Rochester      Steerage
46  Anna M Langknecht    26y      Female    -               Schifferstadt  Steerage
47  Simon Faberi         39y      Male      -               Evansville     Steerage
48  Franzisca Faberi     43y      Female    -               Evansville     Steerage
49  Carol Faberi          9y,6m   Female    -               Evansville     Steerage 
50  Barbara Faberi        8y      Female    -               Evansville     Steerage
51  Eugen Faberi          6y      Male      -               Evansville     Steerage
52  T L Arends           25y      Male      Farmer          Pichelwarf     Steerage
53  Jacob Meyer          21y      Male      Farmer          Hapelmors      Steerage
54  W^m Siemens          40y      Male      Farmer          Silver Creek   Steerage
55  Cath Bicker          24y      Female    -               Wahlen         Steerage
56  Elis Bicker              9m   Female    -               Wahlen         Steerage
57  Josef Konig          33y      Male      Preacher        Buffalo        Steerage
58  Magdalene Graser     42y      Female    -               Brooklyn       Steerage
59  Louise Graser        18y      Female    -               Brooklyn       Steerage
60  Levi Rothschild      29y      Male      Merchant        Waltersbruch   Steerage
61  Joh ? Ohm            40y      Male      Farmer          Bremen         Steerage
62  Fr Buthan            45y      Male      Grocer          Fort Madison   Steerage
63  Caspar Schlitter     20y      Male      ???keeper       Niedermenen    Steerage
64  Joh Garbarino        32y      Male      Bricklayer      Geneva         Steerage
65  Josef Garbarino      25y      Male      Bricklayer      Geneva         Steerage
66  Marie Windeburg      20y      Female    -               Hintstedt      Steerage
67  Heinr Kraemer        22y      Male      Segarmaker      New York       Steerage
68  Joh Dlag             32y      Male      -               Bensheim       Steerage
69  Sopie Dlag           27y      Female    Barber          Bensheim       Steerage
70* Heinr Dlag           27y      Female    -               Bensheim       Steerage
71  L Hildebrandt        16y      Male      Casketmaker     Baltimore      Steerage
72  Georg Hoffmann       23y      Male      -               Weidnitz       Steerage
73  Marg Will            23y      Female    -               Baltimore      Steerage
74  Geo Albert           27y      Male      Joiner          Braach         Steerage
75  A Dittmar            24y      Male      -               Blankenheim    Steerage
76  Joh^n Appell         18y      Male      Merchant        Munchen        Steerage
77  Louis Grubere        24y      Male      Merchant        Munchen        Steerage
78  H Strassmann         40y      Male      Merchant        Dederdorf      Steerage
79  Fr Muller            17y      Male      Farmer          Zwingenburg    Steerage
80  H Schrider           39y      Male      Farmer          Bielburg       Steerage
81  Anna M Schrider      35y      Female    -               Bielburg       Steerage
82  H Bremehr            24y      Male      Farmer          Wiedenbrack    Steerage
83  Ludwig Behr          39y      Male      Carpenter       Mount Vernon   Steerage
84  Rob Kriger           42y      Male      Merchant        New York       Steerage
85  Heinr Walling        15y      Male      Farmer          M??dorf        Steerage
86  Floe Hacke           23y      Female    Farmer          M??dorf        Steerage
87  H Siedentopf         17y      Male      Farmer          M??dorf        Steerage
88  Ch^r Helms           27y      Male      Grocer          New York       Steerage
89  Anna Helms           25y      Female    -               Brenkum        Steerage
90  Benns Wohlgemuth     17y      Male      Merchant        Wien           Steerage
91  Michael Matter       27y      Male      Farmer          Freeport       Steerage
92  Jos Weibel           38y      Male      Merchant        Elmira         Steerage
93  Franc Gutmann        21y      Male      Merchant        Bohenbim       Steerage
94  H Thule              19y      Male      -               New York       Steerage

                                 H G von Santen


Transcriber's Notes:

An asterisk (*) is used to refer to an item in the transcriber's notes, which explains the entry.

A question mark (?) is used for letter/letters that cannot be read because of the quality of the 
document.  Where possible a suggestion is given in the Transcriber's Notes of what the letter/
letters may be.

A circumflex (^) is used to indicate missing letters in a name or word. The original lister showed 
this by writing the final letter smaller and raising it above the line.

The column, "Died on the voyage" was eliminated from this transcription as there were no deaths 
on this passage.  The column, "Country in which they intend to become inhabitants" was not filled 
in and thus was eliminated from this transcription.

The original lister numbered the passengers and the captain signed the document at the end.


 25  Surname:  Leur, Zeur.
 34 & 35 Surname:  Remmort, Remmert.
 70  Listed as a female, but given name appears to be a male one.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 217, List 232.
Transcribed by Lora Lee Ament and Patricia Martin Kennedy members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
20 January 2009



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