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SS Scythia
I, M. Murphy Master of the S.S. Scythia 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 vessel at Liverpool & Queenstown from which port said vessel has now arrived; and that on the said list are truly designated the age, sex, and calling of each of the said passengers, the location of the compartment or space occupied by each during the passage, the country of the Nativity* of each, and also the destination or location intended by each; and that the said List or Manifest truly sets forth the number of the said passengers who have died on the said voyage, and the dates and causes of death, and the names and ages of those who died; also the pieces of baggage of each; also a true statement, so far as it can certained, with reference to the intention of each alien passenger as to a protracted sojourn in this country. So help me God. M. Murphy Sworn to at New York this 9 day of April 1884, Before me__________________(Name Unreadable)
List or Manifest of All The Passengers taken on board the S.S. Scythia whereof M. Murphy is Master, from Liverpool & Queenstown burthen 2900 tons.
Columns represent: name, age (year & months), sex, calling, the country to which they are native*, intended destination or location, date and cause of death*, number of pieces of baggage, transient or in transit or intending protacted sojourn.
Forward section of Steerage 180 Bernt Arvidson 19 Male Lab Sweden USA 1 181 Aug Anderson 23 Male Lab Sweden USA 1 182 Frans E Anderson 18 Male Lab Sweden USA 2 183 Wllh Anderson 24 Male Lab Sweden USA 1 184 Gustaf Anderson 18 Male Lab Sweden USA 1 185 Carl G Anderson 28 Male Butcher Sweden USA 1 186 Gustaf G Anderson 24 Male Butcher Sweden USA 1 187 And?os Berggren 28 Male Lab Sweden USA 2 188 E Harangen 21 Male Farmer Sweden USA 2 189 Gustaf Holander 23 Male Lab Sweden USA 2 190 Johan Holander 24 Male Lab Sweden USA 1 191 Carl Hanson 21 Male Lab Sweden USA 2 192 Charles Johanson 20 Male Lab Sweden USA 1 193 Carl A Johanson 40 Male Lab Sweden USA 1 194 Aug Johanson 26 Male Farmer Sweden USA 1 195 Frans Johanson 22 Male Lab Sweden USA 1 196 Carl W Johnanson 18 Male Lab Sweden USA 2 197 Anthoni Jakobsen 19 Male Lab Sweden USA 1 198 Olaf Kjarinan 26 Male Sailor Sweden USA 1 199 Johan Larson 19 Male Lab Sweden USA 1 200 Carl Larson 39 Male Shoemaker Sweden USA 2 201 Johan Lerjon 22 Male Farmer Sweden USA 1 202 C A Nilson 18 Male Baker Sweden USA 1 203 Edward Olson 26 Male Lab Sweden USA 1 204 Carolins Olson 22 Male Lab Sweden USA 2 205 A G Person 40 Male Lab Sweden USA 1 206 Frans Person 24 Male Lab Sweden USA 1 207 Jonas Petterson 60 Male Farmer Sweden USA 1 208 Kasja Petterson 60 Male Farmer Sweden USA 209 E??il Svenson 21 Male Painter Sweden USA 1 210 Aug Thyberg 21 Male Lab Sweden USA 3 211 Anders Thyberg 19 Male Lab Sweden USA 212 Erick M Bjorsith 23 Male Lab Norway USA 1 213 S Brovold 21 Male Lab Norway USA 1 214 Ole Brovold 19 Male Lab Norway USA 2 215 H Brovold 21 Male Lab Norway USA 2 216 S??r Brovold 17 Male Lab Norway USA 1 217 Peter Hanson 21 Male Lab Norway USA 2 218 Henri Hanson 20 Male Lab Norway USA 1 219 Simon Hanson 23 Male Gunner Norway USA 1 220 Aslak Huse 26 Male Lab Norway USA 1 221 Ole Ljone 19 Male Lab Norway USA 1 222 Jolef Mikelson 15 Male Lab Norway USA 1 223 Nils M Moklebust 19 Male Lab Norway USA 1 224* Nils C Sjola?s 42 Male Farmer Norway USA 2 225 Ole T Siggrud 21 Male Lab Norway USA 1 226* Forgee L Tat?ess 14 Male Lab Norway USA 1 227 Adam Beckar 37 Male Lab Germany USA 1 228 Henry Bewken 18 Male Baker Germany USA 2 229 Albert Bohn 25 Male Lab Germany USA 1 230 Aug Eberleinn 23 Male Lab Germany USA 1 231 Tal?man Fischer 30 Male Lab Germany USA 1 232 Herman Jenisch 26 Male Lab Germany USA 1 233 Hersch Kanor 24 Male Lab Germany USA 1 234* K Kohler 22 Male Lab Germany USA 1 235 H Luckinan 31 Male Farmer Germany USA 1 236* Chaim Mir?ock 28 Male Farmer Germany USA 1 237 Andreas Mantowski 22 Male Farmer Germany USA 2 238 George Oldberg 17 Male Grocer Germany USA 2 239 Franz Priscke 28 Male Lab Germany USA 1 240 Josef Priscke 24 Male Lab Germany USA 1 241 Louis Pauman 24 Male Lab Germany USA 1 242 Gott Schneider 23 Male Miller Germany USA 1 243* Joh Schar?? 16 Male Lab Germany USA 1 244 Gustaf Schmidt 24 Male Waredealer Germany USA 2 245 Heinich Schafer 24 Male Shoemaker Germany USA 2 246 Richard Svorgen 34 Male Merchant Germany USA 1 Midship Section Steerage 247 Josef Dorlfer 32 Male Merchant Germany USA 4 248 Karoline Dorlfer 24 Female Wife Germany USA 249 Louise Dorlfer 4 Female Child Germany USA 250 Rath Eickinger 19 Female Spinster Germany USA 1 251 August Hauser 33 Male Lab Germany USA 1 252 Magdaline Hauser 31 Female Wife Germany USA 253 Johan Hauser 34 Male Farmer Germany USA 2 254 Marie Hauser 34 Female Wife Germany USA 255 Foreresina Hauser ? Female Infant Germany USA 256 Christilieb Licht 40 Male Farmer Germany USA 3 257 Johanna Licht 32 Female Wife Germany USA 258 Ida Licht 18 Female Spinster Germany USA 259 Ida Licht 10 Female Child Germany USA 260 Alwine Licht 7 Male Child Germany USA 261 Gustaf Licht 4 Male Child Germany USA 262 Carl Licht 1 Male Infant Germany USA 263 Augusta Maschewsky 21 Female Spinster Germany USA 1 264 Karl Newrich 33 Male Lab Germany USA 4 265 Josefa Newrich 31 Female Wife Germany USA 266 Josefa Newrich 10 Female Child Germany USA 267 Franz Newrich 6 Male Child Germany USA 268 Heinich Newrich 8m Male Infant Germany USA 269* Anna N?rfen? 39 Female Matron Germany USA 2 270* Maria N?rfen? 6 Female Child Germany USA 271* Clara N?rfen? 5 Female Child Germany USA 272* Laura N?rfen? 3 Female Child Germany USA 273* Anna N?rfen? 10m Female Infant Germany USA 274 Liel Pitz 38 Male Farmer Germany USA 4 275 Emile Pitz 33 Female Wife Germany USA 276 Wihl^menia Pitz 10 Female Child Germany USA 277 Martha Pitz 1 Female Infant Germany USA 278 Josef Pitz 35 Male Lab Germany USA 2 279 Josefa Pitz 30 Female Wife Germany USA 280 Maggie Shaw 22 Female Spinster Germany USA 1 281* ? Steinberg 40 Male Lab Germany USA 4 282 Carolina Steinberg 40 Female Wife Germany USA 283 Martha Steinberg 11 Female Child Germany USA 284 Jena Steinberg 10 Female Child Germany USA 285 Bernard Steinberg 15 Male Child Germany USA 286 Gregor Steinberg 4 Male Child Germany USA 287 Heinrich Sacks 25 Male Lab Germany USA 1 288 M??ia Sacks 24 Female Wife Germany USA 289 Martha Sacks 2m Female Infant Germany USA 290 Johan W?rger 32 Male Lab Germany USA 1 291 Marie W?rger 20 Female Wife Germany USA 292 Inger Peterson 34 Female Married Denmark USA 1 293 Hans Peterson 36 Male Lab Denmark USA 1 294 Sophia Peterson 4 Female Child Denmark USA 295 Malke Poter 34 Female Married Russia USA 1 296 K Rawitsch 18 Male Chemist Russia USA 2 297 Meril Rawitsch 15 Female Wife Russia USA Forward Section Steerage 298* Peter Britsch? 28 Male Lab Russia USA 1 299 Ivan Belby 42 Male Lab Russia USA 1 300 Joso Ivanisch 30 Male Lab Russia USA 1 301 Josef Kalulek 42 Male Lab Russia USA 302 Josef Kusma 40 Male Lab Russia USA 303* Ignaz Mi?kalko 24 Male Lab Russia USA 1 304 Ivan Patryk 24 Male Lab Russia USA 305 Gregor Patryk 32 Male Lab Russia USA 1 306 Michal Pyszkav 30 Male Lab Russia USA 1 307 Michal Staruch 37 Male Lab Russia USA 1 308 George Uvin 23 Male Lab Russia USA 1 309 Krovait Vinc 20 Male Lab Russia USA 1 310 Joachim Worth 21 Male Lab Russia USA 1 311 Basil Ziwalisch 24 Male Lab Russia USA 312 Ludvig Bukowcyk 34 Male Lab Poland USA 313 Fried Beyer 29 Male Lab Poland USA 1 314* G Bam?enheimer 36 Male Lab Poland USA 1 315 Victor Chavinsky 21 Male Lab Poland USA 316 Stanislaus Chinschik 33 Male Lab Poland USA 1 317 Michal Chonnak 31 Male Lab Poland USA 1 318 Ian Chussek 28 Male Lab Poland USA 1 319 Wasyl Cherity 38 Male Lab Poland USA 1 320 Anton Lojinsky 37 Male Lab Poland USA 1 321 Vincenty Depowsky 56 Male Lab Poland USA 1 322 Victor Depowsky 50 Male Lab Poland USA 323 Angus Depowsky 22 Male Lab Poland USA 324* Eduard Da???lovsky 48 Male Lab Poland USA 325 Andras Dg?ouczyk 26 Male Lab Poland USA 326 Alex Fransecki 25 Male Lab Poland USA 1 327 Mical Fransecki 21 Male Lab Poland USA 328 Franz Gegorsky 22 Male Lab Poland USA 1 329* Ian Gortzy?ski 28 Male Lab Poland USA 1 330 Teodor Hulik 26 Male Lab Poland USA 1 331 Josef Jannskewski 26 Male Lab Poland USA 4 332 Frans Botinzki 18 Male Lab Poland USA 333 Anton Shekersky 24 Male Lab Poland USA 334 Wilhelm Schroeder 24 Male Lab Poland USA 335 Ros Kruger 21 Male Lab Poland USA 336* Metchan Pa???z 49 Male Lab Poland USA 337 Michal Kobila 28 Male Lab Poland USA 1 338 Wasyl Kroja 26 Male Lab Poland USA 2 339 Kliman Krortinatz 31 Male Lab Poland USA 1 340 Peter Kas?iotka 26 Male Lab Poland USA 1 341 Marcin Kivitkowsky 36 Male Lab Poland USA 1 342 Josef Kirsky 21 Male Lab Poland USA 1 343 Stanilaus Karis 18 Male Lab Poland USA 1 344 Victor Leimer 25 Male Lab Poland USA 1 345 Aud Lavetzky 21 Male Lab Poland USA 1 346 Adam Lis 28 Male Lab Poland USA 1 347 P Materewicz 30 Male Lab Poland USA 2 348 J Kotosky 23 Male Lab Poland USA 349* E Lugre? 11 Male Lab Poland USA 350 Ian Basark 10 Male Lab Poland USA 351 George Maucak 24 Male Lab Poland USA 352 Ian Maier 29 Male Lab Poland USA 6 353 Ian Marcowitz 28 Male Lab Poland USA 354 Andreas Rosonan 32 Male Lab Poland USA 355 Andreas Grocan 26 Male Lab Poland USA 356* Andreas Boj?ak 20 Male Lab Poland USA 357 Ian Zilinsky 30 Male Lab Poland USA 358 M Zilinsky 24 Male Lab Poland USA 359 Ludvig Miklosevitz 40 Male Lab Poland USA 1 360 Johan Mura 28 Male Lab Poland USA 1 361 Johannes Mura 23 Male Lab Poland USA 362 Jacob Schlawa 17 Male Lab Poland USA 363 Peter Nemetz 26 Male Lab Poland USA 1 364* Nicol Pai?et 44 Male Lab Poland USA 365 Meterks Pal 24 Male Lab Poland USA 1 366 Matus Ritetzky 38 Male Lab Poland USA 2 367 Ignacious Ritetzky 18 Male Lab Poland USA 368 Lorenz Ruskewitz 26 Male Lab Poland USA 1 369 Wasil Reiter 42 Male Lab Poland USA 1 370 Max Storoschko 24 Male Lab Poland USA 1 371* Josef Ska?bo 53 Male Lab Poland USA 1 372 Paul Sikora 32 Male Lab Poland USA 1 373 Agt Schojak 25 Male Lab Poland USA 1 374* Josef Schlucha?ikz 31 Male Lab Poland USA 375 Wincentas Sabalantzkas 25 Male Lab Poland USA 376* Thomas Savadan?kas 22 Male Lab Poland USA 1 377* Ian Sche?ent? 26 Male Lab Poland USA 1 378* Andreas Sche?ent? 33 Male Lab Poland USA 1 379 Lilas Simon 29 Male Shoemaker Poland USA 2 380 Sylvester Silbusky 50 Male Shoemaker Poland USA 1 381 Mathias Tubok 55 Male Lab Poland USA 1 382 Servi Tereole 21 Male Lab Poland USA 383 C Wawrince 33 Male Lab Poland USA 384* Josef Zas?witz 24 Male Lab Poland USA 1 385 Nicodum Zelus 18 Male Lab Poland USA 1 386 Ambrosius Zittze 27 Male Joiner Poland USA 1 387 Michel Zittze 25 Male Joiner Poland USA 1 388 Ian Zalinsky 25 Male Joiner Poland USA 2 Midship Section of Steerage 389 Michal Bireck 35 Male Lab Poland USA 1 390 Sophie Bireck 27 Female Wife Poland USA 391 India Bireck 4m Female Infant Poland USA 392 Jacob Czaruich 40 Male Lab Poland USA 2 393 Regina Czaruich 40 Female Wife Poland USA 394 Marie Czaruich 18 Female Spinster Poland USA 395 Marcius Federwitz 24 Male Farmer Poland USA 2 396 Catharina Federwitz 24 Female Wife Poland USA 397 Josef Klemeda 31 Male Lab Poland USA 1 398 Agatha Klemeda 24 Female Wife Poland USA 399 Ian Klemeda 1yr6m Male Infant Poland USA 400 Stanislaus Klemeda 37 Male Shoemaker Poland USA 2 401 Marian Klemeda 30 Female Wife Poland USA 402 Josefa Klemeda 4 Female Child Poland USA 403 Johanna Klemeda 2 Female Child Poland USA 404 Ian Klemeda 1 Male Infant Poland USA 405* Bort K?chiglo?ski 36 Male Lab Poland USA 1 406* Anton K?chiglo?ski 10 Male Child Poland USA 407* Apolina K?chiglo?ski 9 Female Child Poland USA 408 Maria Katlavsky 26 Female Married Poland USA 3 409 Marcana Katlavsky 5 Male Child Poland USA 410 Josef Katlavsky 3 Male Child Poland USA 411 Peter Katlavsky 11m Male Infant Poland USA 412* Matias M?rzinski 24 Male Lab Poland USA 2 413* Agata M?rzinski 25 Female Wife Poland USA 414* Raismund M?rzinski 1 Female Infant Poland USA 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. ^ Indicates letters are omitted and the following letter is superscripted. * Nativity, in the Sworn Statement, was originally citizenship but was crossed out and the word Nativity printed above it. * The column titled The country of which they are native was originally the country of which they are citizens but citizens was crossed out and Native written below it. * There were no Deaths reported for passengers 180 to 414 so this column was eliminated. * Only transients had a listing of intention in this country. * The original recorder used a bracket when listing The Location of Compartment or Space occupied for groups of passengers. The transcriber listed it before each bracketed section. * Forward section steerage was written as For.d section of Steerage-the d was raised. * The original recorder used a bracket when listing the total number of pieces of baggage for each family. I have listed the stated number with the first member of a family. 224 Either Sjolaas or Sjolass 226 Either Tatness or Tatvess 234 Only passenger listed at Transient 236 Either Mirnock or Mirvock 243 Either Scharny or Scharnz 269-273 Either Nerfen? or Nirfen? 281 First initial is either "J" or "I" 298 Either Britschin Britschm 303 Either Mitkalko or Milkalko 314 Either Bamtenheimer or Bamdenheimer 324 Either Danielovsky or Dainelovsky 329 Either Gortzyuski or Gortzynski 336 Either Pawitz, Paiortz, or Paroitz 349 May be Lugrec 356 May be either Bojvak, Bojiak, or Bojnak 364 May be Paivet 371 Either Skaubo or Skavbo 374 Either Schlucharjikz or Schluchayikz 376 Either Savadanykas or Savadanzkas 377-378 Either Schewenty, Schewentz, Scherventy, or Scherventz 384 Either Zasawitz or Zasuwitz 405-407 Either Krichiglowski, Kuchiglowski, Krichiglorvski, or Kuchiglorvski 412-414 Either Mirziinski or Merzinski
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 474, List 373.
Transcribed by Patricia Reardon Gault a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
6 October 2002
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