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Brig Mars


Hamburg, Germany to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
21 August 1832

Report or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Brig Mars whereof Edmund B. Tatem is master, from Hamburg, burthen ____ tons and owned by Jno. Welsh of Philad^a and bound to Philadelphia.
Columns represent: Names, age, sex, occupation, To what Country belonging,*country of which it is their intention to become inhabitants, *Number and Names of Passengers who have died on the passage.
 1  David, W.K.        34   Male   Merchant    Philadelphia Philad^a
 2  David, Hannah      24   Female             Hamburg      Philad^a
 3  David Janette       4   female             Hamburg      Philad^a
 4  Polack, David      18   male   Merchant    Hamburg      Philad^a
 5  Pfeiffer, C.E.     26   male   Merchant    Philad^a     Philad^a
 6  Pfeiffer, Elise     6m  child              Philad^a     Philad^a
 7  Shade, Elize       24y  widow              Baltimore    Philad^a
 8  Ortmann, Sophr     44   widow              Philad^a     Philad^a
 9  Harck, Cha^s T.    24   Male   Merchant    Denmark      U.S.
10  Dohrmann, Adolph   25   male   Merchant    Hanover      U.S.
11  Thomas, H.         42   Male   Potter      Germany      U.S.
12  Bernbaum, J.G.     22   Male   Baker       Germany      U.S.
13* Blumenhaun, R.     16   Male   Tinner      Germany      U.S.
14  Haka, Fred^        24   Male   Baker       Germany      U.S.
15  Segarent, Adolph   22   Male   Clerk       Germany      U.S.
16  Hoofman, N.A.      20   Male   Clerk       Germany      U.S.
17* Mondarty, H. T.    25   Male   Carpenter   Germany      U.S.
18  Hoihn, Jno. W.     24   Male   Carpenter   Germany      U.S.
19  Tapking, E.H.      28   Male   Gardner     Germany      U.S.
19  Abel, Theodor A.   21   Male   Tabacconist Germany      U.S.
20  Czarnikorn, Quincy 24   Male   Painter     Polander     U.S.


Transcriber's Notes:

* indicates an omission or error made by the original recorder or is used to call your 
  attention to additional information in the transciber's notes.
? The ? mark indicates letters or words that cannot be read due to the quality of the 
  original document.
^ signifies a letter was superscripted: i.e. W^m=William

* The original document recorded the given name first and the surname second.
* Passenger numbers assigned by transcriber for ease of reference.
* The Column "Number and names of passengers who hve died on the Voyage" had no listings and 
  therefore was eliminated.


13 Surname has been written over, could be Blumenhaus.
17 Surname difficult to read, could be Mondanty

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 47.
Transcribed by Dorothy J. Smiley a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
1 July 2009



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