SS W A Scholten
I, J. Janzen, Master of the 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 SS at Rotterdam from which port said SS 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 Oct 19 1876So help me God,before me ________________(illegible signature)
(signed) J. Janzen
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the SS W A Scholten whereof J. Janzen, is master, from Rotterdam burthen 2527 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.
1 F. C. Brunek 66 m U.S. of America America first cabin
2 Cath Brunek 59 f U.S. of America America first cabin
3 Lisette Brunek 21 f U.S. of America America first cabin
4 Cath Brunek 27 f U.S. of America America first cabin
5* T. R. Thorm 4? m U.S. of America America first cabin
6 Lovisa Thorm 43 f U.S. of America America first cabin
7 Wo?ey Thorm 8 m Germany America first cabin
8* Cath^a Luske 40 f Germany America second cabin
9* Liessette Nietfeld 29 f Germany America second cabin
10* Theresia Rohrkamper 40 f Germany America second cabin
11* Josepha Moll 29 f Germany America second cabin
12* Marg^t Remmding 29 f Germany America second cabin
13* Gertrud Schuss 31 f Germany America second cabin
14* Elise Friedrich 41 f Germany America second cabin
15* Francesca Ising 33 f Germany America second cabin
16* Gertrud Abelen 42 f Germany America second cabin
17* Elisabeth Schmitz 31 f Germany America second cabin
18* Bern^da Buchmann 33 f Germany America second cabin
19* Gertrud Senlen 41 f Germany America second cabin
20* Georg H Boralesfel 38 m hatmaker U.S. of America U.S. of Amer second cabin
21 Francisca Boralesfel 34 f U.S. of America America second cabin
22 A Slink 46 m merchant U.S. of America America second cabin
23 A Slink 7 m U.S. of America America second cabin
24 M Goldschmidt 36 m U.S. of America America second cabin
25 Fr Splunder 56 m U.S. of America America steerage
26 J Brandt 21 m baker Holland America steerage
27 D. Gerrits 49 m bookmaker Holland America steerage
28 P. West 42 m merchant U.S. of America America steerage
29 V. West 16 m Holland America steerage
30 Lea West 16 f Holland America steerage
31 Rachel West 9 f Holland America steerage
32 Fr van Hooff 25 m U.S. of America America steerage
33 Th Waldheter 42 m baker Germany America steerage
34 J Bundkoning 22 m smith Germany America steerage
35 Joh Holweger 73 m ash??man Germany America steerage
36 M^a Holweger 69 f Germany America steerage
37 Martin Holweger 38 m Germany America steerage
38 Joh^s Holweger 28 g Germany America steerage
39 Cath Holweger 26 f Germany America steerage
40 Marie Holweger 11 mos f Germany America steerage
41 Joh Holweger 6 mos m Germany America steerage
42 Joh Keck 15 f Germany America steerage
43 Anna M Kopp 72 m Germany America steerage
44 Joh^s Kopp 11 m Germany America steerage
45 Joh Jacob Kopp 11 m Germany America steerage
46* J Schlotter 28 m ash??man Germany America steerage
47* Carl Heninger 25 m homeworker U.S. of America America steerage
48 Joh Theins 57 m printer Germany America steerage
49 Louisa Theins 43 f Germany America steerage
50 Charles Dafoe 26 m journalist U.S. of America America steerage
51 Maria Dafoe 25 f U.S. of America America steerage
52 D. Mighonies 33 m Belgian America steerage
53 Th Lamus 44 m U.S. of America America steerage
54 E Geiselhart 20 m U.S. of America America steerage
55 Joh Brullman 22 m Germany America steerage
56 K Brullman 20 f Germany America steerage
57 Hedwig Brullman 11 mos m Germany America steerage
58 C. Wurth 27 m merchant U.S. of America America steerage
59 C Thury 45 m merchant U.S. of America America steerage
60 J Kitz 22 m Germany America steerage
61* Th Hoflich 17 m ash??man Germany America steerage
62 P Egger 28 m America steerage
63 Marg^a Egger 23 f America steerage
64 Mag^a Janttuk 40 f America steerage
65 P. Lohs 25 m America steerage
66 N. Link 32 m merchant America steerage
67 A. Kraut 27 m engineer America steerage
68 Fransisca Finke 57 f America steerage
69 Wilh Finke 11 m America steerage
70 Cath^a Finke 9 f America steerage
71 Magd^a Schank 24 f America steerage
72 Friedr. Schank 9 mos m America steerage
73 J Link 26 m ?rith America America steerage
74 Anthonie Link 23 m America steerage
75 J Selt 30 m baker America steerage
76 J Kapp 43 m America steerage
77 Francisca Luber 22 f Germany America steerage
78 Caroline Hofink 22 f America ????? cabin
79* P W vd Vend 35 m America steerage
80 Joseph Baratta 42 m U.S. of America America steerage
81 Mary Baratta 19 f America steerage
82* D. Bottalicco 33 m Italy America 1st cabin
83 W. Plocker 66 m U.S. of America America 1st cabin
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.
5: Age is unclear.
8 - 19: Bracketed & listed as Sisters of Charity.
8: Surname may be Lueke.
46: Surname may be Schlatter.
47: Surname may be Hesinger, Heringer.
61: Hoflich is spelled with o Umlaut.
79: vd could stand for van der or von der.
82: Surname could be Bottalicio.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 406, List 987.
Transcribed by Harry Green and Ines Mannhardt, members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
21 February 2007
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