SS Elbe
I, Wm. Willigerod, Master of the SS Elbe, do solemnly, sincerely and truly ______ 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 Elbe at Bremen and Southampton from which port said Bremen 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 Apr 24, 1882So help me God,before me ________________(illegible signature)
(signed) Wm. Willigerod
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Norddeutscher Lloyd Steamship Elbe whereof Wilhelm Willigerod, is master, from Bremen via Southampton, burthen 2809 brit. reg. tons.
Coloumns represent: Names, age in years and months, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country of which they intend to become inhabitants, *died on voyage, part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.
582 August Behme 33 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
583 Amalie Behme 30 f wife Germany Un St of Am. steerage
584 August Behme 8 m child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
585 Pauline Behme 7 f child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
586 Alvine Behme 5 f child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
587 Christiane Opitz 22 f none Germany Un St of Am. steerage
588* August Hotzel 40 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
589 Christiane Horrs 42 f wife Germany Un St of Am. steerage
590 Carl Boroche 32 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
591 August Hohlfeld 22 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
592 Gustav Hohlfeld 16 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
593 Franz Petzka 23 m laborer Bohemia Un St of Am. steerage
594 Albert Bauer 45 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
595 Wilhelmine Bauer 37 f wife Germany Un St of Am. steerage
596 Carl Bauer 14 m none Germany Un St of Am. steerage
597 Hulda Bauer 7 f child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
598 Gustav Bauer 5 m child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
599 Hermann Bauer 4 m child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
600* Christiane Rossler 42 f wife Germany Un St of Am. steerage
601* August Rossler 16 m none Germany Un St of Am. steerage
602* Bertha Rossler 5 f child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
603* Pauline Reimer 42 f wife Germany Un St of Am. steerage
604 Clemens Reimer 11 m child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
605 Bruno Reimer 8 m child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
606* Thekla Reimer 6 f child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
607 Wilhelm Hagen 50 m farmer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
608 Wilhelmine Hagen 43 f wife Germany Un St of Am. steerage
609 Louise Hagen 20 f none Germany Un St of Am. steerage
610 Sophie Hagen 18 f none Germany Un St of Am. steerage
611 Wilhelm Hagen 16 m farmer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
612 August Hagen 14 m none Germany Un St of Am. steerage
613 Anna Hagen 9y 6m f child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
614 Lisette Hagen 7y 6m f child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
615 Lina Hagen 4y 6m f child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
616 Heinrich Hagen 11m m child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
617 Friedrich Hagen 11m m child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
618 Carl Eichhof 19 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
619 Friedrich Grothaus 19 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
620 Anton Loef 33 m farmer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
621* Therese Loef 28 f wife Germany Un St of Am. steerage
622 Anton Loef 7 m child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
623 Heinrich Loef 5 m child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
624 Elisabeth Klie 22 f none Germany Un St of Am. steerage
625 Catharina Klie 25 f none Germany Un St of Am. steerage
626 Sirilia Jorger 20 f none Germany Un St of Am. steerage
627 Josef Jorger 16 m none Germany Un St of Am. steerage
628 Heinrich Wissmann 26 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
629 Ernst Hornpeck 40 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
630 Agnes Schellenberg 16 f none Germany Un St of Am. steerage
631 Albin Plarre 17 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
632* Otto Grunewald 17 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
633 Wilhelm Staub 29 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
634* Hugo Sanger 16 f laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
635 Charlotte Schloh 17 f none Germany Un St of Am. steerage
636 August Liske 23 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
637* Carl Schutze 17 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
638 Hermann Heiland 17 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
639 Ottilie Engfer 40 f wife Germany Un St of Am. steerage
640 Theodor Engfer 16 m none Germany Un St of Am. steerage
641 Bertha Engfer 7y 6m f child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
642 Hermann Engfer 4 m child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
643 Ottilie Engfer 3 f child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
644 Ida Engfer 5m f child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
645 Carl Bollmann 44 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
646 Heinrich Neumann 26 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
647 Emilie Neumann 26 f wife Germany Un St of Am. steerage
648* Alwine Neumann 7m f child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
649 Carl Machald 24 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
650 August Kayser 36 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
651* Ferdinand Hapke 33 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
652 Mathilde Hapke 32 f wife Germany Un St of Am. steerage
653 Ottilie Hapke 4 f child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
654 Reinhold Hapke 11m m child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
655 Dorothea Bruns 60 f wife Germany Un St of Am. steerage
656 Friedrich Dahlke 32 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
657 Auguste Dahlke 26 f wife Germany Un St of Am. steerage
658 Bertha Dahlke 5 f child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
659 August Dahlke 4 m child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
660 Reinhold Dahlke 2 m child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
661* Julius Dahlke 8m m child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
662 Josef Petersson 18 f none Denmark Un St of Am. steerage
663 Otto Jonsson 20 f laborer Denmark Un St of Am. steerage
664 Petronella Persson 19 m laborer Denmark Un St of Am. steerage
665 Stine Nielsen 30 f wife Denmark Un St of Am. steerage
666 Elsine Nielsen 4y 6m f child Denmark Un St of Am. steerage
667 Martene Nielsen 3y 6m f child Denmark Un St of Am. steerage
668 Johanne Nielsen 11m f child Denmark Un St of Am. steerage
669 Christian Nielsen 31 m laborer Denmark Un St of Am. steerage
670 Else Christensen 19 f none Denmark Un St of Am. steerage
671 Christian Hansen 21 m laborer Denmark Un St of Am. steerage
672* Jorgen Hansen 23 m laborer Denmark Un St of Am. steerage
673 Frederike L. Hansen 21 m laborer Denmark Un St of Am. steerage
674* Sore Sorensen 24 m laborer Denmark Un St of Am. steerage
675 Jorgen Knudsen 20 m laborer Denmark Un St of Am. steerage
676 Anna Hansen 26 f none Denmark Un St of Am. steerage
677* Christen Sorensen 26 m laborer Denmark Un St of Am. steerage
678 Eduard Glasmann 26 m laborer Denmark Un St of Am. steerage
679 Carl Frederiksen 32 m laborer Denmark Un St of Am. steerage
680 Mette Frederiksen 22 f wife Denmark Un St of Am. steerage
681 Frederike Frederiksen 4 f child Denmark Un St of Am. steerage
682 Mine Frederiksen 11m f child Denmark Un St of Am. steerage
683 Marie Frederiksen 3m f child Denmark Un St of Am. steerage
684 Frederik P. Jensen 62 m laborer Denmark Un St of Am. steerage
685 Anne Jensen 61 f wife Denmark Un St of Am. steerage
686 Niels Nielsen 18 m laborer Denmark Un St of Am. steerage
687 Niels P. Jensen 21 m laborer Denmark Un St of Am. steerage
688 Niels Mettkelsen 35 m laborer Denmark Un St of Am. steerage
689 Jens Joh. Petersen 27 m laborer Denmark Un St of Am. steerage
690 Lauritz Nielsen 28 m laborer Denmark Un St of Am. steerage
691* Anne Beate 38 f wife Denmark Un St of Am. steerage
692* Pattebaum Mau 9m f child Denmark Un St of Am. steerage
693 Niels Pedersen 28 m laborer Denmark Un St of Am. steerage
694 Christine Pedersen 23 f none Denmark Un St of Am. steerage
695* Niels Peter Petersen 18 m laborer Denmark Un St of Am. steerage
696 Paul Marschner 18 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
697 Carl Gigler 34 m br? Germany Un St of Am. steerage
698 Emilie Grimm 17 f none Germany Un St of Am. steerage
699 Adolf Piecker 44 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
700 Johanne Piecker 29 f wife Germany Un St of Am. steerage
701 Otto Piecker 5 m child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
702 Sofie Piecker 3 child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
703* Johann Wiechman 29 m Germany Un St of Am. steerage
704 Meta Wiechman 25 f wife Germany Un St of Am. steerage
705* Wilhelm Bayko 31 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
706* Caroline Bayko 27 f wife Germany Un St of Am. steerage
707 Fritz Wiechmann 44 m shoemaker Germany Un St of Am. steerage
708 Jeanette Wiechmann 32 f wife Germany Un St of Am. steerage
709 Heinr. Wiechmann 5 m child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
710 Wilhelm Wiechmann 11m m child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
711 Maria Lay 22 f none Germany Un St of Am. steerage
712 Georg Philipp Linni 26 m farmer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
713* Bertha Barrhen 17 f none Germany Un St of Am. steerage
714* Joh. Diedr. Barrhen 15 m none Germany Un St of Am. steerage
715 Hermann Buddl 18 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
716 August Buddl 19 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
717 August Wohlers 16 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
718 Ernst Wellner 22 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
719* Hermann Wostenfeld 37 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
720 Friedr. Rienke 18 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
721 August Wallmeier 26 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
722 Heinrich Tempil 18 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
723 Gottlieb Wulf 18 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
724 Wilhelm Pottschmidt 36 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
725 Louise Pottschmidt 34 f wife Germany Un St of Am. steerage
726 Friedrich Pottschmidt 71 m none Germany Un St of Am. steerage
727 Friedrich Pottschmidt 8 m child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
728 Louise Pottschmidt 6 f child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
729 Heinrich Pottschmidt 11m m child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
730 Heinrich Horstmann 18 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
731 Wilhelm Buschmann 22 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
732 Christ. Teeke 23 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
733 Wilhelm Schwarz 15 m none Germany Un St of Am. steerage
734* Georg Ad. Bauer 16 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
735 David Maibauer 16 m none Germany Un St of Am. steerage
736* Marie Strubich 22 f wife Germany Un St of Am. steerage
737* Heinrich Strubich 8 m child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
738* Auguste Strubich 7 f child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
739* Carl Strubich 4y 6m m child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
740* Mina Strubich 11m f child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
741 Dina Rosse 24 f none Germany Un St of Am. steerage
742* Minna Strubich 45 f wife Germany Un St of Am. steerage
743* Carl Strubich 9 m child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
744* Wilhelm Strubich 3 m child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
745 Sophie Fricke 25 f none Germany Un St of Am. steerage
746 Carl Kellmann 15 m none Germany Un St of Am. steerage
747 Wilhelm Kuskler 23 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
748 Friedrich Cordes 28 m merchant Germany Un St of Am. steerage
749 Christ. Friedr. Ruffer 37 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
750* Ernstine Ruffer 31 f wife Germany Un St of Am. steerage
751 Ida Ruffer 11 f child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
752 Minna Ruffer 9 f child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
753 Paul Ruffer 8 m child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
754 Martha Ruffer 6 f child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
755 Otto Ruffer 11m m child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
756 Gustav Ad. Reiche 26 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
757 Franz Kitza 31 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
758 Peter Tabbert 36 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
759 Hermann Troike 30 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
760 Auguste Troike 26 f wife Germany Un St of Am. steerage
761 Anna Troike 9m f child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
762 August Ruttkowski 26 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
763 Maria Ruttkowski 6m f child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
764 Matilda Treder 26 f none Germany Un St of Am. steerage
765 Auguste Treder 21 f none Germany Un St of Am. steerage
766 Eduard Radde 30 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
767 Anton Frank 44 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
768* Albert Cza?ka 29 m laborer Germany Un St of Am. steerage
769* Gustav Wolfer 24 m tailor Germany Un St of Am. steerage
770* Meta Wolfer 24 f wife Germany Un St of Am. steerage
771* Friedrich Wolfer 10m m child Germany Un St of Am. steerage
772 Gustav Noak 28 m shoemaker Germany Un St of Am. steerage
773 August Schiller 25 m locksmith Germany Un St of Am. steerage
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 were numbered by the transcribers for ease of referencing.
* None died during the voyage, therefore this coloumn was eliminated.
* A series of dots indicates illegible letters due to damage to the manifest, too dark or
too light.
588: o Umlaut in last name.
600-602: o Umlaut in last name.
603: 0/5 is written in the "country in which they severally belong" coloumn, the significance
of these numbers is not clear. The numbers might indicate pieces of baggage of different
kinds.
606: 7/8 is written in the "country in which they severally belong" coloumn, the significance
of these numbers is not clear. The numbers might indicate pieces of baggage of different
kinds.
621: 2/0 is written in the "country in which they severally belong" coloumn, the significance
of these numbers is not clear. The numbers might indicate pieces of baggage of different
kinds.
632: u Umlaut in last name.
634: a Umlaut in last name.
637: u Umlaut in last name.
648: 6/7 is written in the "country in which they severally belong" coloumn, the significance
of these numbers is not clear. The numbers might indicate pieces of baggage of different
kinds.
651: 14/2 is written in the "country in which they severally belong" coloumn, the significance
of these numbers is not clear. The numbers might indicate pieces of baggage of different
kinds.
661: 4/2 is written in the "country in which they severally belong" coloumn, the significance
of these numbers is not clear. The numbers might indicate pieces of baggage of different
kinds.
672: o Umlaut in last name.
674: o Umlaut in first and last name.
677: o Umlaut in last name.
691: Beate is usually a first name, it is in the last name coloumn though. This passenger
seems to be the wife of the previous passenger, her name might be Anne Beate Nielsen.
692: 0/7 is written in the "country in which they severally belong" coloumn, the significance
of these numbers is not clear. The numbers might indicate pieces of baggage of different
kinds.
695: 18/1 is written in the "country in which they severally belong" coloumn, the significance
of these numbers is not clear. The numbers might indicate pieces of baggage of different
kinds.
703: 2/0 is written in the "country in which they severally belong" coloumn, the significance
of these numbers is not clear. The numbers might indicate pieces of baggage of different
kinds.
705,706: the last name could be Bayks
713,714: the last name could be Baschen
719: o Umlaut in last name.
734: 15/1 is written in the "country in which they severally belong" coloumn, the significance
of these numbers is not clear. The numbers might indicate pieces of baggage of different
kinds.
736-740: u Umlaut in last name.
738: 6/3 is written in the "country in which they severally belong" coloumn, the significance
of these numbers is not clear. The numbers might indicate pieces of baggage of different
kinds.
742-744: u Umlaut in last name.
750: the first name should probably be Ernstine.
768: 9/1 is written in the "country in which they severally belong" coloumn, the significance
of these numbers is not clear. The numbers might indicate pieces of baggage of different
kinds.
769-771: o Umlaut in last name.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 449, List 508.
Transcribed by Harry Green and Ines Mannhardt, members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
31 October 2009
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