SS America
I, J. C. Meyer Master of the Bremen S.S. America 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 District of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board of the said Steamship at Bremen from which port 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.
Sworn to this 15 Oct 1866 So help me God
Before me (port authority signature illegible)
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Bremen S. S. America whereof J. C. Meyer is Master, from Bremen, burthen _________ tons.
Columns represent passenger name, age (sometimes in year/month), gender, occupation, and origin, The destination column for this list has been omitted because it was the U.S. for all passengers.
Steerage and Deckhouse Passengers:
367 Barbara Elmer 28 f Raidwangen
368 Christine Herzler 27 f Raidwangen
369 Eva Cathar. Bai 19 f Alfdorf
370 Franz Lahrmann 18 m farmer Lintorf
371 Ludwig Nicolai 48 m farmer Sprendlingen
372 Lorenz Haas 15 m farmer Sprendlingen
373* Josef Muller 21 m workman Ottenterfen
374 Hyronimus Bauer 18 m workman Ottenterfen
375 Louise Riedemann 58 f Mille
376 Friedrich Riedemann 30 m farmer Mille
377 Maria Riedemann 30 f Mille
378 Friedrich Riedemann 3 m Mille
379 Wilhelm Gehrke 28 m briklayer Bernsheim
380 Henriette Gehrke 33 f Bernsheim
381 Johanne Gehrke 5 f Bernsheim
382 Ernst Gehrke 3 m Bernsheim
383 Auguste Gehrke 9m f Bernsheim
384 Johanna Gehrke 59 f Bernsheim
385 Simon Bines 18 m shoemaker Huffelsheim
386 Babette Schwarz 21 f Creuznach
387 Theodor Kiess 26 m merchant Carlsruhe
388 Heinrich Melchior 28 m merchant Schadenbach
389 Friedr. Kromer 27 m farmer Mezingen
390 Rudolph Koch 31 m confectioner Urach
391 Jacob Linder 29 m farmer Ufingen
392 Catharina Sauer 25 f Urach
393 Michael Frank 39 m brewer St. Gotthard
394 Louise Burmann 20 f Wittage
395 Clara Hagedorn 22 f Wittage
396 John Stadler 38 m enginer Schmalkalden
397 John Becker 25 m farmer Frohnhausen
398 Ludwig Wege 16 m farmer Frohnhausen
399* John Ferber 23 m farmer Büchenbach
400 Elisabeth Wege 23 f Frielesthausen
401 Godener Dumbeck 41 m merchant Schrendorf
402 Marie Dumbeck 32 f Schrendorf
403 Catharina Dumbeck 12 f Schrendorf
404 Hugo Dumbeck 7y 6m m Schrendorf
405 Lisette Dumbeck 5 f Schrendorf
406 Bertha Dumbeck 3y 3m f Schrendorf
407 Friedrick Dumbeck 2 m Schrendorf
408 baby Carl Dumbeck 6m m Schrendorf
409* Casper Rock 23 m sadler Bolstern
410 Gottlieb Falck 20 m miller Schonedorf
411* Simon Goldner 16 m merchant Keitloss
412* Heinrich Schutz 24 m farmer Hannover
413 Lina Geissler 18 f Altenburg
414* Christian Stover 24 m farmer Stocksdorf
415* Marie Stover 21 f Stocksdorf
416 Lena Leidecke 18 f Stocksdorf
417 Lena Mesloh 18 f Stocksdorf
418 Wilhelm Mesloh 9 m Stocksdorf
419 Heinrich Burkhart 25 m farmer Esdorf
420 August Vogel 30 m watchmaker Cincinnati
421 Heinrich Vogel 36 m joiner Ritherode
422 August Beckenser 31 m farmer Ritherode
423 Friedereke Vogel 24 f Ritherode
424* Sophie Muller 19 f Ildehausen
425* Heinrich Muller 3m m Ildehausen
426* Wilhelm Muller 30 m farmer Drüber
427* Amalie Muller 28 f Drüber
428* Wilhelm Muller 7 m Drüber
429* Wilhelmine Muller 3 f Drüber
430* August Muller 9m m Drüber
431* August Schutte 24 m farmer Ippensen
432 Marie Behrens 20 f Ippensen
433 Franz Fuchs 35 m baker Graz
434 Ferdinand Eggers 16 m carpenter Ritterhude
435 Wilhelm Eggers 21 m workman Ritterhude
436* Georg Prumsinger 24 m farmer Lenkersstetten
437 Susanne Walther 26 f Offstein
438 Josef Wildner 56 m manufacturer Reichenberg
439 John Mette 33 m farmer Dorlar
440 Joseph Mette 16 m Dorlar
441 August Mette 16 m Dorlar
442 Theresia Schmidt 26 f Dorlar
443 Theresia Mette 22 f Dorlar
444 Georg Schmidt 30 m farmer Dorlar
445* Peter Schroder 21 m farmer Dorlar
446 Heinrich Schneider 28 m farmer Dorlar
447* Josef Schroter 19 m farmer Dorlar
448 Adam Mette 25 m farmer Dorlar
449 Johann Mette 21 m farmer Dorlar
450* Theodor Konig 18 m farmer Dorlar
451 Magth. Snatkabeck 22 f Uppstort
452 Johann Posler 43 m farmer Esenwill
453* Eduard Muller 15 m Michelsdorf
454 Josefa Prazak 39 f Lutz
455 Elisabeth Prazak 14 f Lutz
456 Josefa Prazak 9 f Lutz
457 Anna Prazak 66 f Lutz
458* Elisabeth Warssek 26 f Lutz
459* baby Warssek 11m f Lutz
460 Josef Skorsch 15 m Lutz
461* Josefa ? 44 f Lutz
462* Josefa ? 7 f Lutz
463* Franz ? 5 m Lutz
464 Barbara Kzduka 24 f Lutz
465 Maria Kzduka 2 f Lutz
466 Barbara Kzduka 11m f Lutz
467 Franz Klafanda 17 m farmer Lutz
468 Franz Hrnei 22 m bookbinder Blatna
469 Johann Damk 76 m workman Nerma
470 Theresia Damk 38 f Nerma
471 Anna Damk 16 f Nerma
472 Johann Damk 13 m Nerma
473 Josef Damk 7 m Nerma
474 Elisabeth Swoboda 27 f Nerma
475 Josef Swoboda 3 m Nerma
476 Anton Swoboda 9m m Nerma
477 Anton Kladik 35 m workman Neusenberg
478 Anna Kladik 28 f Neusenberg
479 Anton Kladik 6 m Neusenberg
480 Josef Kaldik 4 m Neusenberg
481 Franz Kladik 2 m Neusenberg
482 Anna Kladik 6m f Neusenberg
483 Josef Lofor 28 m workman Bostock
484 Franziska Lofor 25 f Bostock
485 Franz Lofor 4 m Bostock
486 Anna Lofor 22 f Bostock
487 Franz Hrdlika 26 m workman Bostock
488 Franz Wlporda 52 m workman Drbrka
489 Barbara Wlporda 47 f Drbrka
490 Catharina Wlporda 7 f Drbrka
491 Franziska Wlporda 5 f Drbrka
492 Anna Berusch 23 f Hereska
493 Franz Drinnowsky 36 m Lehna
494 Anna Drinnowsky 34 f Lehna
495 Anna Drinnowsky 15 f Lehna
496 Rosalie Drinnowsky 13 f Lehna
497 Sophie Drinnowsky 7 f Lehna
498 Johann Drinnowsky 5 m Lehna
499 Johann Worel 34 m tailor Lehna
500 Rosalie Worel 32 f Lehna
501 Anna Worel 9 f Lehna
502 Marie Worel 7 f Lehna
503 Anton Borowek 58 m Crander
504 Anna Borowek 55 f Crander
505 Aloisia Borwek 24 f Crander
506 Antonie Mack 18 f Crander
507* Eduard Weidemuller 22 f Auerbach
508 Louise Siebach 18 f Baden
509 Sophie Stumpe 31 f Matzhalen
510 Heinr. Peithmann 28 m Matzhalen
511 William Spenemann 31 m merchant St. Louis
512 Sophie Spenemann 19 f St. Louis
513 Wilhelm Villmann 26 m merchant Giessen
514 Heinr. Schneider 23 m farmer Birklar
515 Barbara Knorr 21 f Bettenhausen
516 Andreas Alback 32 m farmer Oppershofen
517 Eva Alback 28 f Oppershofen
518 Franziska Alback 6 f Oppershofen
519 Heinrich Alback 2 m Oppershofen
520 baby Alback 4m Oppershofen
521 Margar. Joachim 57 f Oppershofen
522 Franziska Sulzbach 21 f Oppershofen
523 Catharina Vakesh 56 f Espa
524 Heinrich Vakesh 18 m Espa
525 Elisa Vakesh 4 f Espa
526 Franz Hess 20 m farmer Opperhofen
527 Anton Becker 17 m farmer Oppershofen
528 Anna Hauser 18 f Aldingen
529* Georg Wiet?mann 32 m farmer Wenningen
530* Andreas Duringer 18 m farmer Böhmen
531 Wilhelm Borcherding 43 m farmer Halem
532 Friedrich Pfeffer 32 m farmer Bruckenau
533 August Muss 20 m farmer Brucknau
534 Wilhelm Gebas 17 m backer Schwabingen
535 Wilhelm Night 60 m Me???holz
536 Franziska W???sck 2 f Lutz
537 Friedrich Lies 31 m taylor Dippach
538* Michael Muller 55 m farmer Böhmen
539 Fritz Knoop 20 m farmer R?
540 Julie Bach 16 f Newyork
541 Adolph Bentzler 19 m farmer Hannover
542* Carl Bullcher 22 m merchant Hannover
543 Carl Hofmeister 24 m painter Bremerhaven
544 John Beyer 28 m joiner Hessen
545 Carl Merus 29 m ? Holzhausen
546 Franzis Brauer 26 m clerk Chicago
547 Jacob Villeroy 34 m farmer France
First Cabin upper Saloon passengers:
548 Cha^ls Kulmshain 31 m merchant Cincinnati
549 Harriet Kulmshain 25 f Cincinnati
550 Emilie Louise Kulmshain 4 f Cincinnati
551 August Moller 30 m merchant Newyork
552 Marie Moller 27 f Newyork
553 William v. Bremen 25 m merchant Newyork
554 Marie v. Bremen 25 f Newyork
555 William v. Bremen 11m m Newyork
556 Andrew Einstein 32 m merchant St. Louis
557 Laura Einstein 23 f St. Louis
558 Felix Coste 45 m brewer St. Louis
559 Pauline Coste 32 f St. Louis
560 Paul Coste 6y 6m m St. Louis
561 Louise Coste 5 f St. Louis
562 Felix Coste 2 m St. Louis
563 Louise Fricke 55 f St. Louis
564 Johannes Wolters 30 m St. Louis
565 Auguste Meyer 37 f maid servant St. Louis
566 George L. Heuser 53 m merchant Newyork
567 Charline Heuser 40 f Newyork
568 Amalie Heuser 18 f Newyork
569 Caroline Heuser 17 f Newyork
570 Clara Heuser 12 f Newyork
571 Charles Heuser 6y 9m m Newyork
572 George Heuser 5 m Newyork
573 Catharine Neumann 25 f servant Newyork
574* Henry Tolken 22 m merchant Bremen
575* Laura Bruck 28 f Hoboken
576* Louis Bruck 6 m Hoboken
577 D^r. Fred. Moore 48 m pastor Richmond
578 Chls. Henry Knoop 27 m merchant Dresden
579 Ernst Wattenberg 33 m merchant St. Louis
580 Clara Wattenberg 26 f St. Louis
581 Alex Wattenberg 6 m St. Louis
582 Eugen Wattenberg 5 m St. Louis
583 Richard Wattenberg 3 m St. Louis
584 baby Wattenberg 2m m St. Louis
585 Margaret Holst 25 f maid servant St. Louis
586 Friedr. W. Redeker 55 m gentleman St. Louis
587 Henry Oppelins 27 m gentleman Berlin
588 Frederick ?inter 29 m physician Newyork
589 Auguste ?inter 26 f Newyork
590 Ferdinand ?inter 11m m Newyork
591 Gesine Meyer 25 f maid servant Newyork
592 Lina Rosenfell 18 f Nürnberg
593 Max Weil 40 m merchant Cincinnati
594 Anna Weil 37 f Cincinnati
595 Chl^s Fr. Meyer 45 m merchant St. Louis
596 Auguste Meyer 40 f St. Louis
597 Hermann Meyer 12 m St. Louis
598 Otto Meyer 6y 4m m St. Louis
599 Amalie Meyer 4y 6m f St. Louis
600 Clara Meyer 3 f St. Louis
601 Anna Meyer 2 f St. Louis
602 Leopoldine Slutins 50 f Bünde
603 Minna Shefsmeyer 20 f Heinsen
604* William Tho??n 37 m gentleman Kansas
605 Diedr. L. Wolff 34 m brewer Lexington
606 Anna Wolff 32 f Lexington
607 Frederik Wolff 6 m Lexington
608 Mary Wolff 4 f Lexington
609* baby Diedrich Wolff 3m f Lexington
610 Conrad Richards 31 m merchant Newyork
611 Dr. Siegfried Dachauser 28 m professor Newyork
612 Helene Dachauser 26 f Newyork
613 Adolf Breckman 64 m Doctor Newyork
614 August d'Huyretter 56 m merchant Newyork
First Cabin lower Saloon passengers:
615* Robert Schmoller 26 m lithographer Magdeburg
616 Elise Kirchhoff 25 f Magdeburg
617* Friedrich Moller 42 m manufacturer Williamsburg
618* Elisabeth Moller 41 f Williamsburg
619* Georg Kuster 36 m merchant Newyork
620* Carolina Kuster 36 f Newyork
621* Emilie Kuster 6 f Newyork
622* Henry Kuster 4 m Newyork
623* Emma Kuster 2y 9m f Newyork
624* Anna Schafer 30 f Newyork
625 Marie Lender 39 f Cincinnati
626* Julius Burckner 23 m merchant Berlin
627 Herman Fajen 30 m grocer Newyork
628 Meta Fajen 32 f Newyork
629 Conrad Fajen 2 m Newyork
630 Johann Fajen 4 m Newyork
631 Catharina Steineck 16 f Newyork
632 John Fnd. Marquardt 27 m apothecary Ohio
633 Adale Marquardt 25 f Ohio
634 Jessy Marquardt 3 m Ohio
635 Ernst Streng 28 m merchant Baltimore
636 Henry Heitner 29 m merchant Bremen
637 Jacob Katz 30 m merchant Paderborn
638 Helene Katz 27 f Paderborn
639 Amalie Katz 1y 6m f Paderborn
640 Anna Witteberg 70 f Paderborn
641 John Mangelsdorf 30 m pastor Belleville
642 Lisette Klingloff 28 f Binteln
643 Jefferson Vogt 25 m merchant Philadelphia
644 Franziska Erndel 31 f Newyork
645 George Erndel 5 m Newyork
646 Jethe Gerstenberg 14 f Newyork
647 Mary Gerstenberg 9 f Newyork
648 Friederike Quinstedt 25 f Danzig
649 Anna Capelle 27 f St. Louis
650 baby Capelle ? f St. Louis
651 Friedr. Buhstadt 20 m merchant Oldenburg
652 Bernhard Rohl 37 m merchant Magdeburg
653 Otto Mennenga 33 m farmer Bertmersriege
654 Ernst Hoffmann 32 m merchant Washington
655* George Ki???? 35 m captain Newyork
656 Georg Langgisser 23 m merchant Mainz
657 Samuel Rosenbaum 28 m manufactory Kalamazos
658 August Bermann 18 m merchant Pyrmont
659 Magnus Bermann 23 m merchant Pyrmont
660 Friederike Kallmann 22 f Berlin
661 Henriette Rosenbaum 24 f Kalamazos
662 Louis Rosenbaum 1y 9m m Kalamazos
663 Caroline Rosenbaum 3m f Kalamazos
664* Daniel Dohle 22 m merchant Bremen
665 Marens Peholst 27 m merchant Newyork
666 William Pfeiffer 4y10m m Ettlingen
667 Wilhelm Rauchle 19 m mechanicin Heilbronn
668 Theodor Hullmann 46 m merchant Newyork
669 Loriette Hullmann 30 f Newyork
670 Otto Hullmann 6 m Newyork
671 Katy Hullmann 1 f Newyork
672 Sophie Schmith 15 f Bretten
673* William Ropke 19 m merchant Braunschweig
674 Carl Ostwald 20 m merchant Coblenz
675 William Zimmermann 43 m merchant Mequon
676 Franz Roth 22 m confectioner Lindau
677 Henry Schlatter 15 m clerk Milwaukee
678 Catharina Schneider 20 f Cöln
679 Heine Stocke 48 m merchant Ludwigshafen
680 Mary Welch 26 f Newyork
681 August Levi 23 m merchant Esslingen
682 Louis Witzel 26 m merchant Cincinnati
683* Rudolph Wuste 23 m merchant Osnabrück
684 Emilie Graham 30 f Düsseldorf
685 Nettken Graham 2 f Düsseldorf
686 baby Anna Graham 10m f Düsseldorf
687 Magdalena Seyb 74 f Hessen
688 Lewis Nachmann 26 m merchant Baltimore
689 Adolph Hirsch 15 m merchant Rheinhessen
690 Lazarus Abraham 16 m merchant Darmstadt
691 Dorothea Nachmann 36 f Baltimore
692 Babette Hirsch 54 f Rheinhessen
693 Regina Hirsch 22 f Rheinhessen
694 Rosina Frey 10 f Darmstadt
695 Carl Steinmann 18 m merchant Wilsburghausen
696 Anton Feldmann 29 m merchant ????dorf
697* Joseph Struwer 28 m merchant Mauritz
698 Maria Hubermann 30 f Mauritz
699 C. Steingruber 36 m instr? Sonneberg
700 Paul Goutner 32 m merchant Sonneberg
701 Agnes Storck 26 f Anspach
702 Frederike Mohrenstecka 22 f Gietersloh
703* Carl Kohler 32 m farmer Nies
704* Carl T?rnagel 38 m farmer Nies
705* Claudia Kohler 25 f Nies
706* Barbara T?rnagel 34 f Nies
707 Carl Vorwerck 59 m farmer Newyork
708 Edmund Block 18 m merchant Floss
709 Bertha Gutmann 17 f Bederkesa
710 Regina Hirsch 20 f Speyer
711 Babette Roos 18 f Speyer
712* Anna Thumler 22 f Newyork
713 Jette Goldschmidt 27 f Bimpen
714 Helene Wertteheimer 23 f Bimpen
715 Magdalena Vollmer 57 f Ainkeim
716 Edward Dolby 19 m gentleman England
717 Henry Jacken 38 m gentleman England
718 John Goldstein 22 m taylor London
719 Therese Goldstein 42 f London
720 John Goldstein 6 m London
721 John Jones 24 m gentleman England
722 George Malzard 48 m captain England
723* Meyer N??nared 45 m merchant Bavaria
724 Moses Prinz 44 m merchant Württemberg
725 Minna Prinz 3 f Württemberg
726 Marie Prinz 30 f Württemberg
727 Julius Prinz, baby 3m m Württemberg
728 Germain Bredell 41 m gentleman England
729 Ralph Bredell 10 m England
730 Elise Bredell 6 f England
731 John Campbell 32 m gentleman Ireland
732 Otto Schaiffner 22 m merchant Prussia
733 Wharton Metcalfe 24 m merchant England
734 William Reiche 38 m bird dealer Newyork
735 William Kasberg 37 m soldier Newyork
Recapitulation:
First Cabin upper Saloon 67 Passegners
First Cabin lower Saloon 121 Passengers
Deckhouse & Steearge 547 Passengers
Total 735 Passengers
Transcriber's Notes:
* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not the transcriber,
or is used to call attention to additional information in the passenger notes.
? Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined due to the condition of the
manifest or handwriting of the original recorder.
^ Indicates letters are omitted and the following letter is superscripted.
The first cabin passengers in this list have been renumbered and entered at the end of the
list whereas on the original list they were numbered separately and were placed at the start
of the listing.
373 Muller (Müller) has an umlauted u.
399 Surname may be Farber.
409 Rock (Röck) has an umlauted o.
411 Surname looks like either Goldzer or Goldner.
412 Schutz (Schütz) has an umlauted u.
414-415 Stover (Stöver) has an umlauted o.
424-430 Muller (Müller) has an umlauted u.
431 Schutte (Schütte) has an umlauted u.
436 Prumsinger (Prümsinger) has an umlauted u.
445 Schroder (Schröder) has an umlauted o.
447 Schroter (Schröter) has an umlauted o.
450 Konig (König) has an umlauted o.
453 Muller (Müller) has an umlauted u.
458-459 Surname may be Warzsek.
461-463 Surname blurred--looks something like Oelistal.
507 Weidemuller (Weidemüller) has an umlauted u.
529 Surname unclear; looks like Wietemann.
530 Duringer may be Düringer or Deiringer.
538 Muller (Müller) has an umlauted u.
542 Bullcher (Büllcher) has an umlauted u.
551-552 Moller (Möller) has an umlauted o.
574 Tolken (Tölken) has an umlauted o.
575-576 Bruck (Brück) has an umlauted u.
604 Surname unclear; may be Thollen.
609 Either the gender or the given name is incorrect here.
615 Schmoller (Schmöller) has an umlauted o.
617-618 Moller (Möller) has an umlauted o.
619-623 Kuster (Küster) has an umlauted u.
624 Schafer (Schäfer) has an umlauted a.
626 Burckner (Bürckner) has an umlauted u.
652 Rohl (Röhl) has an umlauted o.
655 Name looks something like Kinrasel.
664 Dohle (Döhle) has an umlauted o.
673 Ropke (Röpke) has an umlauted o.
683 Wuste (Wüste) has an umlauted u.
697 Struwer (Strüwer) has an umlauted u.
703,705 Kohler (Köhler) has an umlauted o.
704,706 Surname unclear: looks something like Turnagel (Türnagel).
712 Thumler (Thümler) has an umlauted u.
723 Surname seems to be something like Numared or Ummred
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 272, List 1155.
Transcribed by Gene Janssen a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
25 April 2009
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