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Bremen, Germany to New York
31 August 1855

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK – PORT OF NEW YORK
I, C de Harde 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 of the said Meta at Bremen from which port said Meta 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 31 August 1855                          So help me God,  C de Harde
before me ? ? Walden, (signature of port authority)
List, or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Ship Meta whereof C. de Harde is Master, from Bremen burthen  ____ tons.
Columns represent: passenger name, age, gender, occupation, origin, and destination.
Cabin Passengers: 
  1* Fredrik Bruning             20    male    Merchant       Bremen            Newyork 
  2  August Alers                30    male    Dr. med.       U St of America   St Francisco 
  3  Emma Heyde                  21    female                 Saxony            Susquehana 
  4  Gustav Eliel                32    male    Tanner         Hessia            Indiana 
  5  Dorothea Eliel              30    female                 Hessia            Indiana 
  6  Mathilde Eliel               3    female                 Hessia            Indiana 
  7  Anna Eliel                   1y6m female                 Hessia            Indiana 
  8  Minna Eliel                    6m female                 Hessia            Indiana 
  9  Henriette Nussbaum          17    female                 Hessia            Michigan 
 10  David Westheim              15    male    Watchmaker     Hessia            Ohio 
 11  Babette Westheim            18    female                 Hessia            Ohio 
 12  Fredrik Wroklow             24    male    Farmer         U S of America    Missouri 
 13  John F. Lindemann           51    male    Dr. jur.       Hanover           Newyork 

In the House on Deck: 
 14  Mathilde Doscher            22    female  Seamstress     Hanover           Newyork 
 15  Ernest Lautenschlager       34    male    Weaver         S. Wesmar         Wisconsin 
 16  Wilhelmine Lautenschlager   33    female                 S. Wesmor         Wisconsin 
 17  Almandus Lautenschlager      3y6m male                   S. Wesmor         Wisconsin 
 18  Jacob Caltmann              35    male    Merchant       Prussia           Michigan 
 19  Jacob H. Wiebers            22    male    Merchant       Hanover           St. Louis 
 20  Therese Beugeker            27    female                 Bavaria           Newyork 
 21  Frederic Andrea             38    male    carpenter      Lovenstein        Pensilvania 
 22  Meyer Simon                 20    male    Merchant       Hanover           Newyork 
 23  Henry Engelking             40    male    Farmer         U St of America   Wisconsin 
 24  Philippine Engelking        24    female                 Bückeburg         Wisconsin 
 25* William Wagner              30    male    Geometer       Baden             Pensylvania 
 26  Frederik Veit               16    male    Farmer         Hanover           Newyork 
 27* John J Sachs                54    male    Shoemaker      Prussia           Newyork 
 28  August Apel                 51    male    Shoemaker      Prussia           Newyork 
 29* Jacob Ja??ch                27    male    Weaver         Prussia           Newyork 
 30* William Beyer               29    male    Harnessmaker   Hessia            Newyork 
 31  Anna M Beyer                19    female                 Hessia            Newyork 

Steerage Passngers Below deck: 
 32* Charles Rosenau             21    male    butcher        Bavaria           Connecticut 
 33  Menda Isaacsohn             19    male    Manufacturer   Prussia           Newyork 
 34  Hermann Matzdorf            18    male    Merchant       Prussia           Newyork 
 35  Frederik A Uhlich           21    male    Weaver         Saxony            Newyork 
 36  Georg Huber                 2?    male    Workman        Bavaria           Iowa 
 37  Michael Kindhammer          36    male    Miller         Bavaria           Iowa 
 38  Anna M Huber                28    female  Servant        Bavaria           Iowa 
 39  Maria Kindhammer            20    female  Servant        Bavaria           Iowa 
 40* John G. Kraft               30    male    Carpenter      Bavaria           Iowa 
 41  Therese Kraft               38    female                 Bavaria           Iowa 
 42* John N Sonnleitner          27    male    Workman        Bavaria           Iowa 
 43  Therese Sonnleitner         27    female                 Bavaria           Iowa 
 44  Therese Sonnleitner          2    female                 Bavaria           Iowa 
 45* Maria Sonnleitner              3m female                 Bavaria           Iowa 
 46  Anton Hahn                  49    male    Farmer         Bavaria           Michigan 
 47* William Bergholte           34    male    Tailor         Prussia           Iowa 
 48  Wilhelmine Bergholte        29    female                 Prussia           Iowa 
 49  Henriette Bergholte          6    female                 Prussia           Iowa 
 50* Carl Kuling                 32    male    Circusman      Prussia           Newyork 
 51  Michael Alt                 60    male    Farmer         Bavaria           Erie 
 52  Thomas Alt                  22    male                   Bavaria           Erie 
 53  Anna M. Alt                 25    female                 Bavaria           Erie 
 54* ? Seuss                     ?6    female  Servant        Bavaria           Illinois 
 55* John A. Degel               30    male    Blacksmith     Lovenstein        Illinois 
 56  Hermann Schreier            28    male    Founder        Prussia           Wisconsin 
 57  Therese Schreier            30    female                 Prussia           Wisconsin 
 58  Joseph Schreier                9m male                   Prussia           Wisconsin 
 59  Rebecca Behrmann            18    female  Servant        Hannover          Newyork 
 60  Anna Wohltmann              17    female  Servant        Hannover          Newyork 
 61  Catharine Leschbar          24    female  Servant        Saxonia           Newyork 
 62  Henriette Ehlers            23    female                 Hannover          Newyork 
 63* Henry Ehlers                 3    male                   Hannover          Newyork 
 64  Joseph Bartels              23    male    Shoemaker      Hannover          Newyork 
 65  Rosa Uttemann               1?    female  Servant        Prussia           Newyork 
 66  Johann Wernecke             25    male    Farmer         Prussia           Newyork 
 67  Catharina Muth              21    female  Servant        Hessia            Newark 
 68  Christiane Schlaf           21    female  Servant        Prussia           Connecticut 
 69  Christian Schlaf              10m female                 Prussia           Connecticut 
 70  Johanne Zecher              21    female  Servant        Prussia           Connecticut 
 71  Johanne Rausch              31    female                 Austria           Wisconsin 
 72* George Rausch                3    male                   Austria           Wisconsin 
 73* John C Schmidt              59    male    Blacksmith     Hannover          Wisconsin 
 74* Trintje J Schmidt           45    female                 Hannover          Wisconsin 
 75  Anna M Schmidt              13    female                 Hannover          Wisconsin 
 76  Gesche Schmidt              10    female                 Hannover          Wisconsin 
 77  Harm Theken                 32    male    Blacksmith     Hannover          Wisconsin 
 78  Dorothea Schad              26    female  Servant        Bavaria           Newyork 
 79  Franz J. Nadler             39    male    Shoemaker      Bohemia           Wisconsin 
 80  Anna Nadler                 33    female                 Bohemia           Wisconsin 
 81  Therese Nadler              10    female                 Bohemia           Wisconsin 
 82  Johann Nadler                4    male                   Bohemia           Wisconsin 
 83  Franz Nadler                 2    male                   Bohemia           Wisconsin 
 84  Therese Egerer              25    female  Servant        Bohemia           Wisconsin 
 85  Franziska Schierle          20    female  Servant        Bohemia           Wisconsin 
 86  Anton Kogerer               24    male    Workman        Bohemia           Wisconsin 
 87  Josepha Koger               18    female                 Bohemia           Wisconsin 
 88  Elisabeth Leitner           18    female  Servant        Bohemia           Wisconsin 
 89  Joseph Fischer              30    male    Workman        Bohemia           Wisconsin 
 90  Anna M Fischer              36    female                 Bohemia           Wisconsin 
 91  Ferdinand Fischer            7    male                   Bohemia           Wisconsin 
 92  Engelbert Fischer            2y6m male                   Bohemia           Wisconsin 
 93  Adam Prokel                 50    male    Workman        Bohemia           Wisconsin 
 94  Eva Prokel                  47    female                 Bohemia           Wisconsin 
 95  Anton Prokel                 9    male                   Bohemia           Wisconsin 
 96  Georg Frodel                29    male    Butcher        Bohemia           Wisconsin 
 97  Anton Kutzer                21    male    Workman        Bohemia           Wisconsin 
 98  Barbara Kutzer              16    female                 Bohemia           Wisconsin 
 99* Joseph E?                   22    male    Workman        Bohemia           Wisconsin 
100* Theresa Denk                34    female  Servant        Bohemia           Wisconsin
101  Anton Reindel               36    male    Workman        Bohemia           Wisconsin 
102  Anna M Reindel              34    female                 Bohemia           Wisconsin 
103  Anna M Reindel              13    female                 Bohemia           Wisconsin 
104  Elisabeth Reindel            9    female                 Bohemia           Wisconsin 
105  Franz Joseph Reindel         7    male                   Bohemia           Wisconsin 
106  Franziska Reindel            3    female                 Bohemia           Wisconsin 
107  Anna Reindel                   9m female                 Bohemia           Wisconsin 
108  Rosalie Beck                18    female  Servant        Hessia            Newyork 
109  Regina Reid                 23    female  Servant        Hessia            Ohio 
110  Eduard Heller               20    male    Shoemaker      Hessia            Rochester 
111* Franz Muller                32    male    Dyrer          Hessia            Newyork 
112  Franka Wiegand              22    female  Servant        Hessia            Ohio 
113* Peter Nuchtern              49    male    Farmer         Hessia            Ohio 
114* Maria M Nuchtern            47    female                 Hessia            Ohio 
115* Franziska Nuchtern          17    female                 Hessia            Ohio 
116* Elise M Nuchtern            15    female                 Hessia            Ohio 
117* Monika Nuchtern             12    female                 Hessia            Ohio 
118* Regina Nuchtern              9    female                 Hessia            Ohio 
119* Otto Nuchtern                7    male                   Hessia            Ohio 
120  Adolph Schmidt              26    male    Tailor         Prussia           Newyork 
121  Franz Buske                 36    male    Manufacterer   Prussia           Wisconsin 
122  Rosalie Buske               40    female                 Prussia           Wisconsin 
123  Ernestine Buske             20    female                 Prussia           Wisconsin 
124  Joseph Buske                 9    male                   Prussia           Wisconsin 
125  Julia Buske                  7    female                 Prussia           Wisconsin 
126  Bertha Buske                 3    female                 Prussia           Wisconsin 
127  August Prellwitz            30    male    Farmer         Prussia           Wisconsin 
128  Wilhelmine Prellwitz        25    female                 Prussia           Wisconsin 
129  August Prellwitz            13    male                   Prussia           Wisconsin 
130  Julia Prellwlitz             5    female                 Prussia           Wisconsin 
131  Peter Prellwitz              4    male                   Prussia           Wisconsin 
132  Joseph Prellwitz             1    male                   Prussia           Wisconsin 
133  Anna C. Busker              60    female                 Prussia           Wisconsin 
134* Peter Vietor                39    male    Tailor         Hessia            Ohio 
135* Anna E Vietor               36    female                 Hessia            Ohio 
136  Sebastian Vietor             6    male                   Hessia            Ohio 
137  Johanne Vietor               4    female                 Hessia            Ohio 
138  Anna C. Honn?               12    female                 Hessia            Ohio 
139  Marie Thomas                18    female  Servant        Hessia            Ohio 
140  Johann Bickmann             15    male    Workman        Hessia            Newyork 
141  Moses Rosenbaum             31    male    Merchant       Bohemia           Illinois 
142  Auguste Specht              26    female  Servant        Hanover           Illinois 
143  Friedrich W. Koch           21    male    Mason          Prussia           Ohio 
144  Adolph Manang               17    male    Roopmaker      Saxony            Newyork 
145  Joseph Peter                19    male    Farmer         Hessia            Illinois 
146* Ferdinand Gosel             26    male    Carpenter      Hessia            Illinois 
147  Matthias Fleischmann        49    male    Basketmaker    Bavaria           Wisconsin 
148  Jacob Bielein               18    male    Basketmaker    Bavaria           Wisconsin 
149  Barbara Fleischmann         14    female                 Bavaria           Wisconsin 
150  Andreas Fleischmann         11    male                   Bavaria           Wisconsin 
151  Andreas Fleischmann          3y6m male                   Bavaria           Wisconsin 
152  Johann Meinz                40    male    Bothmaker      Bavaria           Newyork 
153  Veronica Meinz              40    female                 Bavaria           Newyork 
154  Johann Meinz                14    male                   Bavaria           Newyork 
155* Henry Kauppen               29    male    Farmer         Bavaria           Buffalo 
156  Adam Leipolt                44    male    Tailor         Bavaria           Buffalo 
157  Margaretha Leipolt          54    female                 Bavaria           Buffalo 
158  Joseph Artzt                20    male    Workman        Bohemia           Wisconsin 
159  Wolf Werthahn               19    male    Teacher        Hessia            Newyork 
160  Johann Stephan              19    male    Manufacturer   Hessia            Indiana 
161* John A Andres               15    male    Workman        Hessia            Illinois 
162* Caroline Brunn              45    female                 Prussia           Indiana 
163* William Brunn                7    male                   Prussia           Indiana 
164  Caspar Geyer                20    male    Opticus        Bavaria           Massachusets 
165  Gertrude Geyer              23    female  Servant        Bavaria           Massachusets 
166  Su?lmann Rothschild         32    male    Shoemaker      Hessia            Newyork 
167* Henriette F?                28    female  Servant        Hessia            Newyork 
168* Adam Hutzel                 17    male    Workman        Hessia            Illinois 
169* John Hutzel                 15    male    Workman        Hessia            Illinois 
170* John A Kessler              15    male    Workman        Hessia            Illinois 
171* Henry Gronewald             59    male    Shoemaker      Hessia            Wisconsin 
172  Eva Gronewald               55    female                 Hessia            Wisconsin 
173  Christiane Gronewald        17    female                 Hessia            Wisconsin 
174  Johannes Gronewald          15    male                   Hessia            Wisconsin 
175* Elisabeth Rohde             26    female                 Hessia            Newyork 
176* Catharine E Rhode           26    female                 Hessia            Newyork 
177* Anna Bartholomaus           23    female  Servant        Hessia            Wisconsin 
178* John F. Windisch            18    male    Workman        Saxony            Indiana 
179  Caroline Windisch           55    female                 Saxony            Indiana 
180  Johanne Windisch            20    female                 Saxony            Indiana 
181  Peter Ehrlinger             35    male    Blacksmith     Bavaria           Illinois 
182  Margaretha Ehrlinger        32    female                 Bavaria           Illinois 
183  Catharine Ehrlinger          9    female                 Bavaria           Illinois 
184  Jacob Ehrlinger              5    male                   Bavaria           Illinois 
185  August Vogler               25    male    Clothmaker     Saxony            Indiana 
186  Sophie Schmidt              25    female  Servant        Bremen            Newyork 
187  Veronica Hartmann           21    female  Servant        Prussia           Newyork 
188  Johann Zweck                21    male    Farmer         Bavaria           Wisconsin 
189  Anna Rath                   16    female  Servant        Hannover          Newyork 
190  Helene Fink                 20    female  Servant        Hannover          Newyork 
191  Friederike Fink             21    female  Servant        Hannover          Newyork 
192* John Jantzen                23    male    Workman        Hannover          Newyork 
193  Adolph Hoppel               16    male    Workman        Hannover          Newyork 
194  Carl Schmidt                18    male    Tailor         Hannover          Newyork 
195* John Piper                  15    male    Workman        Hannover          Newyork 
196  Claus Rathjen               16    male    Workman        Hannover          Newyork 
197  Nicolaus Eggers             19    male    Workman        Hannover          Newyork 
198* Henry Bottcher              16    male    Workman        Hannover          Newyork 
199  Anna M Peters               42    female                 Hessia            Illinois 
200* John Peter                  16    male    Bricklayer     Hessia            Illinois 
201* ? Vietor                    1 day 

Summation: 
Cab         13 
Dk Hs       18 
Btwn Dks   169 
?            9-1/2 


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 writer of this list has Anglicized many of the given names; I've indicated in footnotes 
   the probable German version. 
*  Ages in fractions were changed to months.

 
  1      Bruning (Brüning) has an umlauted u. 
 25      Given name likely Wilhelm. 
 27      Given name likely Johann. 
 29      Name unclear; seems to be something like Jalsch or Jatsch. 
 30      Given name likely Wilhelm. 
 32      Unlikely given name--more likely something like Karl. 
 40      Given name likely Johann. 
 42      Given name likely Johann. 
 45      Notation in far right column:  died. 
 47      Given name likely Wilhelm. 
 50      Kuling (Kühling) has an umlauted u. 
 54      Given name may be Margaretha. 
 55      Given name likely Johann. 
 62      Given name likely Hinrich or Heinrich. 
 72      Given name likely Georg. 
 73      Given name likely Jan or Johann. 
 74      Given name perhaps Trientje. 
 99      Given name unclear; looks something like Eu or Erl. 
111      Muller (Müller) has an umlauted u. 
113-119  Nuchtern (Nüchtern) has an umlauted u. 
134-135  See footnote for #201 
146      Gosel (Gösel) has an umlauted o. 
155      Given name likely Heinrich. 
161      Given name likely Johann. 
162      Brunn (Brünn) has an umlauted u. 
163      Given name probably Wilhelm. 
167      Surname almost obliterated by damage to original. 
168-169  Hutzel (Hützel) has an umlauted u. Given name for #169 probably Johann. . 
170      Given name likely Johann. 
171      Given name likely Heinrich. 
175-176  Surname is either Rohde or Rhode. 
177      Bartholomaus (Bartholomäus) has an umlauted a. 
178      Given name likely Johann. 
192      Name may be Jan Janssen. 
195      Given name likely Jan.  Surname may be Pieper. 
198      Name likely Heinrich or Hinrich Bottcher (Böttcher). 
200      Given name likely Johann,  Surname probably Peters. 
201      Apparently a child born to the Vietors enroute.  

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 156, List 842.
Transcribed by Gene Janssen a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
16 August 2011



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