Immigrant Ships
SS Mosel
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Bremen, Germany via Southampton, England to New York
20 March 1882
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, Julius Hesse Master of the S.S. Mosel
, 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 Collections District of Newyork* , is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board of the said S.S. Mosel, at Bremen via Southampton from which por* said S.S. has now arrived; and that on said list ??? ???? 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 tho* which each belongs, and also the country of which it is intended by each to become an habitant*; an* 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) J. Hesse.
Sworn to this March 20 1882. Before me ????????.
List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the
S.S. Mosel, whereof Julius Hesse is Master, from Bremen burthen (no amount listed) tons.
Columns Represent: Names, Age (Years, Months), Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country in which they intend to become inhabitants*, Died on the voyage*, Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage*.
Steerage
524 Michael Karpp 32 m weaver Germany
525 Valentin Dering 30 m farmer Germany
526 Juliane Meier 20 f Germany
527 Julius Meier 5 m Germany
528 Herman Meier 3 m Germany
529 Herman Arndt 16 m farmer Germany
530 Emilie Hasse 17 f Germany
531 C.F. Scheck 41 m farmer Germany
532 Christine Scheck 42 f Germany
533 Wilhelmine Scheck 16 f Germany
534 Christine Scheck 14 f Germany
535 Rosine Scheck 10 f Germany
536 Caroline Scheck 8 f Germany
537 Ludwig Scheck 6 m Germany
538 Carl Scheck 3 m Germany
539 Gottlieb Schassberger 28 m merchant Germany
540 Elisabeth Schassberger 37 f Germany
541 Marie Schassberger 8 f Germany
542 Christine Schassberger 2 f Germany
543 Gottlieb Schassberger 3m m Germany
544 Charles Brennig 58 m watchmaker Germany
545 Anton Fischer 38 m baker Germany
546 Minna Penstorf 23 f Germany
547 Johan Held 29 m miller Bohemia
548 Marie Greger 17 f Bohemia
549 Wenzl Lichter 25 m farmer Bohemia
550* Johan Strocker 21 m farmer Germany
551* Minna Schneppmuller 22 f Germany
552 Georg Gieseking 30 m merchant Germany
553 Ernestine Gieseking 30 f Germany
554 Louise Gieseking 5 f Germany
555 Georg Gieseking 9m m Germany
556 Ernst Gieseking 3 m Germany
557 Wilhelmine J. Nordmeyer 18 f Germany
558 Johan Jubelt 33 m farmer Germany
559* Conrad Gotzel 25 m farmer Bohemia
560 Gracier Polak 24 m clerk Bohemia
561 Konstanza Majchizak 47 f Germany
562 Andreas Singer 28 m farmer Germany
563 Marianne Majchizak 19 f Germany
564 Michael Majchizak 10 m Germany
565 Marianne Urbanowska 26 f Germany
566 Valentin Urbanowska 4 m Germany
567 Josefa Urbanowska 3 f Germany
568 Ivan Goldschmidt 19 m merchant Germany
569 Henni Heckendorf 29 f Germany
570 Henni Hohengarton 17 f Germany
571 Michael Maczmareck 15 m Germany
572 Andreas Maczmareck 13 m Germany
573 Joseph Maczmareck 11 m Germany
574 Joseph Riberschmitz 17 m workman Bohemia
575 Maria Biberschack 18 f Bohemia
576 Marie Horstman 28 f Germany
577 Sophia Horstman 8 f Germany
578 Marie Horstman 8 f Germany
579 Ludwig Horstman 1m2w m Germany
580 Wilhelmine Horstman 1m2w f Germany
581 Elisabeth Kaminska 26 f Germany
582 Anastasia Kaminska 5 f Germany
583 Juliana Kaminska 4 f Germany
584 Stephan Kaminska 7m m Germany
585 Carl Reichel 22 m farmer Germany
586 Franziska Jawarski 28 f Germany
587 Sebastian Koch 16 m taylor Germany
588 Wilhelm Meme???? 26 m weaver U.St.
589 Ubbe Fecken 24 m farmer Germany
590 Elske Martens 25 f Germany
591 Trientje Adams 72 f Germany
592 Emilie Burand 24 f Germany
593 August Strobel 15 m Germany
594 Georg Renner 18 m farmer Germany
595 Johan Schmidt 30 m farmer Germany
596 Jacob Wunter 30 m farmer Germany
597 Jacob Waidelich 19 m taylor Germany
598* Johann Schwarz 24 ? baker Germany
599 Louise Pralle 15 f Germany
600 Wilhelm Dierking 23 m joiner Germany
601 Friedrich Duensing 28 m workman Germany
602 Herman Koslick 29 m Austria
603* Wolfgang Pflugel 30 m brewer Germany
604 Johan Biende 27 m workman Germany
605 Minna Hofmann 20 f Germany
606 Emanuel Gross 42 m farmer Germany
607 Agnes Gross 42 f Germany
608 Elisabeth Gross 9 f Germany
609 Valentin Antonewitz 30 m workman Germany
610 Idwiga Antonewitz 24 f Germany
611 Marie Antonewitz 2 f Germany
612 Valentin Antonewitz 9m m Germany
613 Kasman Voreck 32 m Germany
614 Franziska Voreck 22 f Germany
615 Jakob Voreck 3 m Germany
616 Magdalena Voreck 2 f Germany
617 Katharina Voreck 6m f Germany
618* Michel Doring 51 m farmer Germany
619 Kaspar Pataski 36 m workman Germany
620 Andreas Nirsch 66 m workman Germany
621 Peter Sebastian 25 m workman Germany
622 Peter Haupriech 25 m farmer Germany
623 Johan Losch 23 m Smith Germany
624 Heinrich Atnan 18 m workman Germany
625 Joseph Bunten 26 m farmer Germany
626 Theobald Maier 14 m Germany
627* Nicolas Kunzer 32 m farmer Germany
628* Wilhelm Kunzer 16 m farmer Germany
629 Johannes Wommer 23 m farmer Germany
630 Wolfgang Martin 23 m farmer Bohemia
631 Johan Wernwcky 24 m workman Hungary
632 Anton Panenka 43 m workman Bohemia
633 Gustav Haas 32 m Shoemaker Bohemia
634 Rudolf Endres 17 m Shoemaker Germany
635 Louis Zindel 37 m Carpenter Germany
636 Katharina Siebold 21 f Germany
637* Georg Dorr 36 m merchant Germany
638 F.W. Gessner 33 m barber Germany
639* August Muller 25 m workman Germany
640 Wilhelm Schmidt 30 m workman Germany
641 Peter Schmidt 24 m workman Germany
642 Meta Tietjen 20 f Germany
643 Maria Nowak 25 f Germany
644 Joseph Zoch 14 m workman Germany
645 Theodor Levin 34 m workman Germany
646 Christian Drisstein 44 m farmer Germany
647 Chr. F. Kieper 35 m farmer Germany
648 Franz Adler 26 m workman Germany
649 Wilhelm Lowitzki 24 m workman Germany
650 Joseph Patakowsky 23 m workman Germany
651* Franz Kruger 23 m workman Germany
652 August Ossig 19 m workman Germany
653 Heinrich Fark 31 m farmer Germany
654 August Fark 23 m farmer Germany
655 Wilhelmine Mithelberg 23 f Germany
656 Charlotte Tienken 18 f Germany
657 Louise Brinkhoff 18 f Germany
658 Ludwig Horstmann 45 m farmer Germany
659 Louise Richter 28 f Germany
660 Anna Richter 3 f Germany
661 Elise Richter 2 f Germany
662 Emil Richter 6m m Germany
663 Johanne Meyer 21 f Switzerland
664 Wilhelm Schwieger 35 m workman Germany
665 Dorothea Schwieger 29 f Germany
666 Ida Schwieger 3 f Germany
667 Wilhelm Schwieger 6m m Germany
668 Franz Sebastian 25 m farmer Germany
669 Caroline Hilka 23 f Germany
670* Clara Schafer 26 f Germany
671 Ramort Jaworski 19 m Shoemaker Germany
672 August Wurmb 26 m farmer U.St.
673 Otto Wagner 17 m baker Germany
674 Hermine Axelmeyer 16 f Germany
675 Tobias Eisch 24 m workman Germany
676 Ferdinand Eisch 22 m workman Germany
677 Benedict Lehner 23 m workman Germany
678 Lena Theilen 45 f Germany
679 Helene Theilen 11 f Germany
680 Anna Theilen 10 f Germany
681 Johanna Theilen 6 f Germany
682 Wilhelm Kopischke 33 m weaver Germany
683 Emilie Kopischke 25 f Germany
684 Julius Niehans 45 m Shoemaker Germany
685 Ferdinand Reschke 25 m farmer Germany
686 Christine Ritter 71 f Germany
687 Bertha Kaprischke 2 f Germany
688 Franz Schulist 30 m workman Germany
689 Pauline Schulist 30 f Germany
690 Anna Schulist 9 f Germany
691 Franz Schulist 6 m Germany
692 Walleria Schulist 1m f Germany
693 Maria Gostowska 26 f Germany
694 Johanna Gostowska 1m f Germany
695 Franz Moigoroski 29 m farmer Germany
696 Josefine Moigoroski 6 f Germany
697 August Moigoroski 4 m Germany
698 Stasia Moigoroski 1m f Germany
699* Alwine Kuhn 20 f Germany
700 Louise Schalkropki 21 f Germany
701 August Gall 24 m workman Germany
702 Louis Riester 22 m workman Germany
703 Franz Dimmel 23 m farmer Germany
704 August Gall 56 m workman Germany
705 Maria Gall 49 f Germany
706 Juliane Gall 24 f Germany
707 August Gall 16 m Germany
708 Augustine Gall 13 f Germany
709 Auguste Gall 10 f Germany
710 Pauline Gall 8 f Germany
711 Ottilie Gall 5 f Germany
712* Herman Gall 1m2w m Germany
713 Conradine Schutz 17 f Germany
714 Josef Beckmann 36 m merchant Germany
715 Marie Beckmann 30 f Germany
716 Wilhelm Beckmann 28 m Germany
717 August Beckmann 18 m Germany
718 Peter Nelson 38 m farmer Denmark
719 Jens Tellberg 40 m farmer Denmark
720 Olaf Anderson 20 m farmer Denmark
721 Nils Knudsen 35 m farmer Denmark
722 Magnus Hanson 47 m farmer Denmark
723 Niels Jensen 22 m farmer Denmark
724 Niels Nielsen 28 m farmer Denmark
725 Else Nielsen 22 f Denmark
726 Lars Marie Nielsen 6m f Denmark
727 Niels Jepson 28 m farmer Denmark
728 Ola Hansen 31 m farmer Denmark
729 Jons Anderson 21 m farmer Denmark
730 Rolaf Anderson 23 m farmer Denmark
731 Lons Olsson 22 m farmer Denmark
732 Philippine Grimm 40 f Germany
733 Martha Wigand 23 f Germany
734 Franz Schruff 35 m farmer Germany
735 Wilhelm Schaerdt 41 m workman Germany
736 Johanne Schaerdt 41 f Germany
737 Elise Schaerdt 17 f Germany
738 Marie Schaerdt 9 f Germany
739 Wilhelm Schaerdt 7 m Germany
740* Johanne Schaerdt 1m2w f Germany
741 Auguste Schulz 35 f Germany
742 Franz Hohnbeam 43 m merchant Germany
743 Herman Wilkens 17 m merchant Germany
744 Carl Kowalke 23 m farmer Germany
745* Johan Jurgensmeier 24 m farmer Germany
746 Heinrich Heiersmeier 26 m farmer Germany
747 Friedrich Math 36 m farmer Germany
748 Clara Math 24 f Germany
749 Ernestine Math 9 f Germany
750 Joseph Math 9m m Germany
751 Anna Drape 58 f Germany
752 Adolf Steinbrenner 30 m merchant Germany
753 J.L. Marchall 42 m merchant Germany
754 Otto Berf 26 m merchant Germany
755 Mathilde Kizman 23 f Germany
756* Baby Emmerich
757* Baby Gruss m
758* Baby Kopitske f
(signed)J. Hesse
Transcriber's notes:
* Indicates an error on the part of the original recorder or a
word misspelled on the preprinted portion of the manifest, and
is not an error on the part of the transcriber.
? Indicates a letter that cannot be read due to the condition of
the original manifest or the handwriting of the original recorder.
* All passengers intended to become inhabitants of the United States,
so that column has been eliminated.
* Only one passenger died on the voyage, so that column has been
eliminated and the information is listed in the transcriber's notes.
* The column indicating the part of the vessel occupied by each
passenger during the voyage has been eliminated, and headings used
instead.
550 Surname was written as Ströcker, with Stroecker being an
alternative spelling.
559 Surname was written as Götzel, with Goetzel being an alternative
spelling.
598 Gender is illegible.
603 Surname was written as Pflügel, with Pfluegel being an
alternative spelling.
618 Surname was written as Döring, with Doering being an alternative
spelling.
627 Surname was written as Künzer, with Kuenzer being an alternative
spelling.
628 Surname was written as Künzer, with Kuenzer being an alternative
spelling.
637 Surname was written as Dörr, with Doerr being an alternative
spelling.
639 Surname was written as Müller, with Mueller being an alternative
spelling.
651 Surname was written as Krüger with Krueger being an alternative
spelling.
670 Surname was written as Schäfer, with Schaefer being an
alternative spelling.
699 Surname was written as Kühn, with Kuehn being an alternative
spelling.
712 Age was written in the month column as 1 1/2.
740 Age was written in the month column as 1 1/2.
745 Surname was written as Jürgensmeier, with Juergensmeier being
an alternative spelling.
756 Born on board 12th March, died 17th March.
757 Born on board 12th March.
758 Born on board 15th March.
Correspondence added 04/05/2000, passenger SCHNEPPMULLER
Minna Schneppmuller emigrated from Halberstadt, Germany to join
her husband in St. Paul, Minnesota. Surname was written as Schneppmüller,
with Schneppmueller being an alternative spelling.Sharon Hartmann Krisko
SS MOSEL
MOSEL, built in 1872 for Norddeutscher Lloyd (North German Lloyd) by Caird & Co., Greenock, Scotland. 3,200 tons; 349 feet long x 40 feet broad; straight bow, 1 funnel, 2 masts; iron construction, screw propulsion, service speed 13 knots; accommodation for 90 1st-, 126 2nd-, and 600-3rd class passengers. 20 August 1872, launched. 1 April 1873, maiden voyage, Bremen-Southampton-New York. 12 November 1875, bomb explosion in dock at Bremerhaven, killing 128. 1882, compound engines by Elder, Glasgow. 9 August 1882, wrecked near Lizard, Cornwall [Noel Reginald Pixell Bonsor, North Atlantic Seaway; An Illustrated History of the Passenger Services Linking the Old World with the New (2nd ed.; Jersey, Channel Islands: Brookside Publications), vol. 2 (1978), p. 548. Pictured in Michael J. Anuta, Ships of Our Ancestors (Menominee, MI: Ships of Our Ancestors, 1983; reprint Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., [1993]), p. 214, courtesy of the Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, Salem, MA 01970 [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Michael Palmer - 26 July 1997]
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National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 448, List 313.
Transcribed by Sharon Krisko
a member of
the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers
Guild
5 April 2000