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SS Borussia
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Hamburg, Germany to New York
June 18, 1856
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
II, 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 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 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.
So help me God. (Signed) H. Ehlers
Sworn to this 18 June 1856,
before me...(signature of Collector)
List or Manifest of all the Passengers 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.
317 G Ehrenberg 14 male farmer
318 ? Kretzschmann 25 male merchant
319 Cath Kretzschmann 22 female his wife
320 Joh Karmi?owitz 40 female woman
321 Clemens Karmi?owitz 7 male her child
322 Ludowica Karmi?owitz 5 female her child
323 Victor Karmi?owitz 2 male her child
324 M Kellenschmidt 30 male
325 Michael Martin 31 male brewer
326 Dorethea Ries 20 female miller
327 Joh Reisig 25 male unmarried
328 Cath Hock 29 female smith
329 Marg Munck 29 female unmarried
330 Carl John 49 male unmarried
331 Simon Cron 15 male merchant
332 Ysaac Lafkowich 28 male merchant
333 Brina Lafkowich 32 female merchant
334 Jos Weinlich 27 male merchant
335 Th Klinger 26 male merchant
336 Carl Charmak 16 male merchant
337 Albert Ruknik 40 male merchant
338 Heline Muller 18 female unmarried
339 Moses Wolf 15 male merchant
340 Dr Hohentaner 30 male doctor
341 Anna Trost 40 female woman
342 A Winterberger 17 male merchant
343 Beathe Moller 27 female unmarried
344 Aug Bartels 27 male farmer
345 Anna Reese 26 female unmarried
346 Henriette Wiestrich 26 female unmarried
347 Robert Berger 20 male farmer
348 L Stavenhagen 23 male farmer
349 Arnold Schmidt 20 male merchant
350 Martin Schwab 23 male brewer
351 Joh Schroder 50 female woman
352 G ?anssen 36 male farmer
353 Otto Liebeth 30 male farmer
354 ? ??kaner 27 male ?
355 ? Stavenhagen 19 male merchant
356 Rose Traber 27 female unmarried
357 ?C Backhaus 27 male workman
358 Doroth Backhaus 28 female his wife
359 Julius Backhaus 4M male his baby
360 E Wriedt 24 male farmer
361 Louise Picker 30 female woman
362 Fritz Picker 3 male her child
363 H Matthes 24 male merchant
364 Carl Stegmann 18 male workman
365 Elias Cohn 18 male merchant
366 Ysidor Caro 16 male merchant
367 Aron Gellonek 53 male workman
368 H L Ephraim 39 male farmer
369 Lene Ephraim 38 female his wife
370 Abraham Ephraim 14 male his child
371 Bertha Ephraim 12 female his child
372 Roschen Ephraim 9 female his child
373 Marcus Ephraim 6 male his child
374 Simon Ephraim 5 male his child
375 Taube Ephraim 10M female his baby
376 Marie Yoges 26 female unmarried
377 Julius Wilcke 32 male workman
378 Herm Wrensche 28 male baker
379 C W Ku?schmidt 32 male merchant
380 Carl Weber 24 male cartwright
381 Friedr Lobes 32 male farmer
382 H E Kunath 19 male watchmaker
383 Anna Kunath 17 female unmarried
384 Bertha Friedberger 24 female woman
385 Emilie Decker 40 female unmarried
386 A? Kessinger 30 male workman
387 Albert Joel 20 male merchant
388 Samuel Sechel 22 male merchant
389 Henry Young 33 male mechanica?
390 Lisette Young 29 female unmarried
391 Louise Borneman 24 female unmarried
392 Henry Koop 15 male merchant
393 Wilh Krohn 27 male merchant
394 Marg Behrens 30 female unmarried
395 Georgine Meyer 31 female unmarried
396 Detler Voss 24 male merchant
397 Catharine Voss 27 female his wife
398 W. Froebe 26 male merchant
399 ? Hasselmann 34 male workman
400 Fritz ? 31 male
401 F Dahmen 24 male chemiker
402 M Kern 24 male merchant
403 Carl Ahpel 21 male merchant
404 ? Friedlander 30 male Doctor
405 Louise Friedlander 23 female his wife
406 Therese Lengewald 28 female unmarried
407 Wilhelmine Degen 60 female woman
408 Sophie Pollitz 24 female unmarried
409 Adolph Schmidt 27 male merchant
410 Ulrike Lazarus 24 female unmarried
411 Bertha Lengewald 19 female unmarried
412 B Bendiscen 25 male captain
413 G H Brunswig 24 male merchant
414 A H Holst 25 male merchant
415 R C Brockhane 34 male merchant
416 Ludw Schmole 23 male merchant
417 C ?achanas 22 male merchant
418 F. Krauskopf 30 male merchant
419 Caroline Diesse 22 female unmarried
420 Herm Frey 23 male merchant
421 M G Gohlmann 49 male merchant
422 Henriette Bri?eker 25 female unmarried
423 Catharina Moller 1? female ?
424 Emma Grumkow 20 female unmarried
425 Marie Halkan 27 female unmarried
426 E. Heinrich 30 male merchant
427 Gabriele Heinrich 29 female his wife
428 Gabriele Heinrich 6M female his baby
429 Mary Gahl 24 female unmarried
430 Baby born on the 17th of No. 144
Transcriber's Notes:
*In the column "The country to which they severally belong", the captain
turned the manifest sideways and wrote the word "Germany" over and over
in very large letters, indicating that all passengers were from Germany.
*Similarly, in the next column, "The country in which they intend to
become inhabitants, "United States" is written in large letters.
*In the column "Died on the voyage, the captain indicated which part
of the ship the passengers were in. (There was no indication that any
passenger had died on the voyage.)
*Passengers 317 - 333 were in the Between Deck
*Passengers 334 - 402 were in the Second Cabin
*Passengers 403 - 429 were in the First Cabin
*Although the captain's handwriting is quite clear, it is difficult
to determine differences between some of his letters, such as J and Y.
318 - First initial could be a J or Y
319 - The first name appears to be abbreviated
320-323 - The unknown letter could be an l or a t
324 - No occupation is given
327-328 - The first name is abbreviated
329 - There is a small superscript letter or letters after the g.
Possibly 'th'.
334-335 - First name is abbreviated
338 - There is an umlaut over the u
352 - The unknown letter could be a J or a Y
354 - The original paper was torn here. It is difficult to discern
the writing. The first initial could be an A, H or K. The
surname could begin with a P.
355 - The first initial could be an F or a T
357 - The first initial could be a J or Y
358 - There is a superscript 'a' after the first name
372 - There is an umlaut over the o
378 - The first name is abbreviated
379 - I was unable to determine if this is 'fs' or 'ss'
386 - First name is abbreviated as either Au. or Av.
399 - Unable to read first initial because the bottom of it is
obliterated in the copy. It could be a G, J or Y.
400 - The original paper was torn here where the surname would be.
There is no indication of a name having been written there at
all, which may mean that it was the same as the name above it.
No occupation can be seen, either, which could also mean that
it was the same as the occupation above it.
404 - Unknown letter could be J or Y
417 - The first letter (or two letters) could be Jo or Yo
422 - The unknown letter could be 'n'
423 - Either the paper is torn or there is a large black smudge over
the occupation column here. There is no indication of any
writing, which may mean there was a ditto mark instead. The
unknown number in the age could be a 7 or a 9.
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National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 163, List 500
Transcribed by Joanne Cunningham
a Member of
the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers
Guild
8 January 2000
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