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Brig Weser

Bremen, Germany to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
11 March 1836

Printed and Sold by John C. Clark, 60 Dock St., Philadelphia
Report or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Brig Weser whereof C. Hohorst is Master from Bremen, Germany, burthen 188 tons, and owned by C L Branattan of Bremen and bound to Philadelphia.
Columns represent: passenger number*, names, age, sex, occupation, to what country belonging, and to what country intending to reside.
 1  N.           Goldsmith   33     male    merch^t      Bavaria          Philad^a    
 2  L.           Herz        32     male    tailor       Hesen Darnstadt  Philad^a
 3  Clara        Herz        27     female  tailor       Hesen Darnstadt  Philad^a
 4  J. D.        Lohmann     41     male    merchant     Hanover          New York
 5  C.           Muller      21     male    partienlin?  Hanover          New York 
 6  J. K.        Gieschen    27     male    parlientin?  Hanover          New York 
 7  J.           Muller      20     male    parlientin?  Hanover          New York 
 8* F.           ?erbe       26     male    merch^t      Hanover          New York 


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.

*  Passenger numbers assigned by transcriber for ease of reference.


 8 Surname may be Nerbe.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 51.
Transcribed by Harry Green a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
18 March 2009

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