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SS Borussia

I, H. Ehlers, Master of the Steamship Borussia 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 steamship at Hamburg 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 said passengers, the part of the vessel occupied by each during the passage, the counry 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. So help me God. Signed H. Ehlers. Sworn to this 18 June 1856, before me .....signature of Collector

List or Manifest of all the Passenges taken on board the Steamship Borussia whereof H. Ehlers is Master, from Hamburg, burthen 1876 tons.

Columns represent: Number, Name, Age (in years and months), Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country in which they intend to become inhabitants.

  
110 J. H. Claussen        21     male   merchant Germany United States
111 Carl Heull            21     male   smith    
112 Friedr. Heull         19     male   cooper   
113 Theodor Heull         16     male   joiner   
114 Friedr. Monch         25     male   farmer   
115 W. H. Schultz         24     male   farmer   
116 Joach Schultz         25     male   farmer   
117 Ludwig Kissler        29     male   farmer   
118 Marie Lechleidner            female          
119 Herm. Huendt          23     male   merchant 
120 Goffre. Elsner        57     male   farmer   
121 Marie Elsner          50     female his wife 
122 Ernestine Elsner      14     female his children 
123 Ernst Elsner          13     male   his children 
124 Carl Elsner            9     male   his children 
125 Auguste Elsner         7     female his children 
126 Edward Elsner          5     male   his children 
127 Emanuel Schaffer      33     male   farmer   
128 Gottlieb Niteschke    38     male   farmer   
129 Jsidar Levinson       23     male   sailor   
130 Samuel Levinson       18     male   sailor   
131 Julius Luster         23     male   workman  
132 Carl Krause           46     male   farmer   
133 Christine Krause      41     female his wife
134 Albertine Krause      17     female his children
135 Rosa Krause           13     female his children
136 Wilhelmine Krause     11     female his children
137 Carl Krause            6     male   his children
138 August Krause          3     male   his children
139 Wilh. Marquardt              male   smith
140 Wilhelmine Marquardt         female his wife
141 Julius Marquardt             male   his children
142 Friederike Marquardt         female his children
143 Carl Marquardt         9 mo  male   his baby
144 Carl Barthke          28     male   carpenter
145 Helene Barthke        23     female his wife
146 H. Reymann            16     male   farmer
147 Carl Hanke            25     male   farmer
148      Borchardt        23     male   farmer
149 Cheim Markowicz       65     male   tailor
150 Hanne Markoeicz       18     female his daughter
151 Gottlieb Schroder     47     male   farmer
152 Esther Schroder       47     female his wife
153 Henriette Schroder    19     female his children
154 Friederike Schroder   18     female his children
155 Joh. Schroder         14     male   his children
156 Johanne Schroder       9     female his children
157 Anna Griefr           70     female woman
158 Friedr. Mohike        31     male   shepherd 
159 Hanna Mohike          31     female his wife
160 Caroline Mohike        5     female his child
161 Gustar. Mohike         8 mo  male   his baby
162 Caroline Mohike       20     female unmarried
163 Wilhelmine Wegener    14     female unmarried
164 August Bass           28     male   carl wright
165 Hanne Bass            29     female his wife
166 Gustar. Bass           2     male   his child
167 Albertine Bass        20     female unmarried
168 Friederike Bass       19     female unmaried
169 David Joifflom        56     male   shepherd
170 Caroline Joifflom     21     female his children
171 David Joifflom        13     male   his children
172 Gottfried Joifflom    26     male   his children
173 Wilh. Leinamann       27     male   farmer
174 Wilhelmine Leinamann  24     female his wife
175 Caroline Leinamann     1 1/2 female his child
176 Robert Lehmann        40     male   farmer
177 Caroline Lehmann      32     female his wife
178 Eduard Lehmann        12     male   his child
179 Mathilde Lehmann       6     female his children
180 Reinhold Lehmann       4     male   his children
181 Offilie Lehmann        1     female his children
182 Dorothea Blanck       18     female unmarried
183 Wilh. Leefeld         33     male   mason
184 Wilhelmine Leefeld    27     female his wife
185 Henriette Leefeld      3     female his child
186 Frank Leefeld          8 mo  male   his baby
187 Amelie Karg           31     female woman
188 Ernst Karg             7     male   her child
189 Jas. Lambrechdt       27     male   shoemaker
190 Magd. Winn            27     female unmaried
191 Chr. Boldt            28     male   farmer
192 Gottfr. Bader         23     male   brewer
193 Carl Schw??d?         24     male   farmer
194 Marie Kopcke          48     female woman
195 David Dansiger        19     male   merchant
196 Jean Bruck            32     male   workman
197 Adele Bruck           36     female his wife
198 H. Angelbecke         20     male   merchant
199 Gottfr. Frey          27     male   smith
200 Heim. Hetzer          26     male   cabmaker
201 Aug. Horn             35     male   cooper
202 J. B. Baua???         25     male   workman
203 Heinr. Brahn          30     male   farmer
204 C. W. Klaas           24     male   merchant
 
Transcriber's Notes: 
* The columns "The country to which they severally belong" and "The country 
  in which they intend to become inhabitants" had "Germany" and "United 
  States", respectively, written the lengthof the list.
* The ? marks indicate letters or words that cannot be read due to the 
  quality of the original document.

Passenger Notes: 
Passenger 114: umlaut above the "o"
Passengers 158--162:  umlaut above the "o"
Passengers 196--197: umlaut above the "u" 
 

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National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 163, List 500.

Transcribed by Nancy Ries a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild

11 January 2000

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