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SS Oder



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Bremen, Germany to New York
9 May 1884

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, Richard Sander, Master of the German SS Oder, 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 the City of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board of the SS Oder at Bremen from which port said SS Oder has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and the calling of each of said passengers, the location of the compartment or space occupied by each during the passage, the country of citizenship of each, and also the destination or location intended by each that said List or Manifest truly sets forth the number of said passengers who have died on said ?, and the dates and the names and ages of those who died; also of the pieces of baggage of each; also a true statement ? can be ascertained, with reference to the intention of each alien passenger as to a protracted ? in this country. So help me God.
Sworn to this May 9th, 1884 (signed) R. Sander.
List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the German SS Oder whereof Richard Sander is Master, from Bremen burthen 1892 Reg. tons.
Columns represent: Names, Ages (Years & Months), Sex, Calling, The country of which they are citizens, Intended destination or location, Location of compartment or space, Number of pieces of baggage, Transient or In-Transient or Intending protracted sojourn.
 
208  Ph. Rothenberger       20    m  mason       Germany   US    I Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
209  Ludwig Linn            18    m  mason       Germany   US    I Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
210  Philip Becker          18    m  workman     Germany   US    I Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
211  Christine Ellinger     21    f  none        Germany   US  III Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
212  Wilhelm Windheim       45    m  farmer      Germany   US    I Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
213* August Doring          18    m  farmer      Germany   US    I Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
214* Wilhelm Jaschke        24    m  workman     Germany   US    I Comp    Prot Sojourn
215  Conrad Blank           25    m  baker       Germany   US    I Comp    Prot Sojourn
216  Johan Diehl            24    m  tailor      Germany   US    I Comp    Prot Sojourn
217  Johan Fett             19    m  carpenter   Germany   US    I Comp    Prot Sojourn
218  Elisabeth Seibert      21    f  none        Germany   US   IV Comp    Prot Sojourn
219  Peter Pez              26    m  workman     Germany   US    I Comp    Prot Sojourn
220* Joseph Wohlke          16    m  workman     Germany   US    I Comp    Prot Sojourn
221  Karl Linn              20    m  workman     Germany   US    I Comp    Prot Sojourn
222  Dorothea Eltag         30    f  none        Germany   US  III Comp  3 Prot Sojourn
223  Friedrich Eltag         8    m  none        Germany   US  III Comp    Prot Sojourn
224  Carl Eltag              6    m  none        Germany   US  III Comp    Prot Sojourn
225  Paul Eltag              4    m  none        Germany   US  III Comp    Prot Sojourn
226* Franz Joachinsmeyer    17    m  farmer      Germany   US    I Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
227  Jacob Kosh             17    m  farmer      Germany   US    I Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
228* Johs. Ruhl             21    m  farmer      Germany   US    I Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
229  Gustav Weiland         40    m  farmer      Germany   US    I Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
230  Fr.E. Homburg          15    m  farmer      Germany   Us   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
231  Edward Keller          35    m  farmer      Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
232  Babette Keller         30    f  none        Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
233  Bertha Keller             8m f  none        Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
234* Franz Koster           56    m  farmer      Germany   US    I Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
235  Franz Kawa             31    m  farmer      Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
236  Marie Kawa             25    f  none        Germany   US   II Comp  2 Prot Sojourn
237  Bernhard Kawa           2    m  none        Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
238  Anton Kawa                7m m  none        Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
239  Marie Scholt           24    f  none        Germany   US  III Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
240* Wilhelmina Koster      20    f  none        Germany   US  III Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
241  Heinrich Fellenberg    28    m  workman     Germany   US    I Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
242  Joseph Schaefer        46    m  workman     Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
243  Louise Schaefer        37    f  none        Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
244  Joseph Schaefer        10    m  none        Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
245  Marie Schaefer          8    f  none        Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
246  Johan Schaefer          4    m  none        Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
247  Heinrich Schaefer       2    m  none        Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
248  Josepha Weningen       59    f  none        Germany   US   IV Comp    Prot Sojourn
249  Fred. Renke            33    m  farmer      Germany   US    I Comp    Prot Sojourn
250  August Rolle           26    m  farmer      Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
251  Helene Rolle           26    f  none        Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
252  Ernst Forkel           11    m  none        Germany   US   II Comp  2 Prot Sojourn
253  Elisabeth Forkel        7    f  none        Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
254  Marie Forkel            4    f  none        Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
255  Otto Forkel               9m m  none        Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
256  Anna Zoll              24    f  none        Germany   US  III Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
257  Johann Zoll             3    m  none        Germany   US  III Comp    Prot Sojourn
258  Elsa Zoll                11m f  none        Germany   US  III Comp    Prot Sojourn
259  Stefan Vehjansch       40    m  merchant    Austria   US    I Comp    Prot Sojourn
260  Johan Schombe          27    m  merchant    Austria   US    I Comp    Prot Sojourn
261  Carl Leber             34    m  merchant    Austria   US    I Comp    Prot Sojourn
262  Carl Schaefer          24    m  farmer      Germany   US    I Comp    Prot Sojourn
263  Doris Rohlstedt        36    f  none        Germany   US    I Comp    Prot Sojourn
264  David Karlsberg        18    m  workman     Germany   US    I Comp    Prot Sojourn
265  Johannes Kehrer        21    m  cook        Germany   US   IV Comp    Prot Sojourn
266  Wojtech Tonopir        23    m  workman     Bohemia   US   IV Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
267  Antoniette Jirkowska   16    f  none        Bohemia   US   IV Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
268  Diedrich Vosbrink      18    m  farmer      Germany   US    I Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
269  Gerhard Gausmann       17    f  none        Germany   US    I Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
270  Emma Diekershoff       23    f  none        Germany   US  III Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
271  Ida Diekershoff        21    f  none        Germany   US  III Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
272  Margarette Petri       16    f  none        Germany   US  III Comp    Prot Sojourn
273  Dina Leist             29    f  none        Germany   US  III Comp  2 Prot Sojourn
274  Elly Hann              19    f  none        Germany   US    I Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
275  Marie Hann             18    f  none        Germany   US    I Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
276  Katchen Wenzel         23    f  none        Germany   US    I Comp    Prot Sojourn
277  Marie Wegt             18    f  none        Germany   US   IV Comp    Prot Sojourn
278  Friederike Schang      16    f  none        Germany   US   IV Comp    Prot Sojourn
279  Carl Branch            15    m  none        Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
280  Anna Vogel             26    f  none        Germany   US   II Comp  2 Prot Sojourn
281  Philip Vogel             11m m  none        Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
282  Georg Lendner          29    m  farmer      Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
283  Thomas Gindall         24    m  farmer      US        US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
284  Emil Flosky            35    m  locksmith   Germany   US    I Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
285  Richard Flosky         24    m  baker       Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
286  Ida Flosky             28    f  none        Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
287  Christian Templin      41    m  farmer      Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
288  Johan Kaschub          39    m  joiner      Germany   US   II Comp  5 Prot Sojourn
289  Amalia Kaschub         37    f  none        Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
290  Ewald Kaschub          11    m  none        Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
291  Bertha Kaschub          5    f  none        Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
292  Leopold Kaschub         3    m  none        Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
293* Carl Schulke           32    m  workman     Germany   US   II Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
294* Emile Schulke          29    f  none        Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
295* Adeline Schulke           6m f  none        Germany   US   II Comp    Port Sojourn
296  Pauline Pehlke         21    f  none        Germany   US    I Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
297  Johan Rzakowski        40    m  workman     Germany   US    I Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
298  Johan Jankowski        30    m  workman     Germany   US    I Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
299  Joseph Czechanowski    31    m  workman     Germany   US    I Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
300  Andreas Zielinski      31    m  workman     Germany   US   II Comp  3 Prot Sojourn
301  Josepha Zielinski      25    f  none        Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
302  Marianne Zielinski      3    f  none        Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
303  Josepha Zielinski         6m f  none        Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
304  Wojcech Zielinski      26    m  none        Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
305  Joseph Jwolinski       48    m  workman     Germany   US  III Comp    Prot Sojourn
306  Josepha Jwolinski      50    f  none        Germany   US  III Comp    Prot Sojourn
307  Wilhelmina Herman      22    f  none        Germany   US  III Comp    Prot Sojourn
308  August Kolpazki         6    m  none        Germany   US  III Comp    Prot Sojourn
309  Franz kolpazki          4    m  none        Germany   US  III Comp    Prot Sojourn
310  Julius Brandan         22    m  carpenter   Germany   US  III Comp    Prot Sojourn
311  Katharina Sesselmann   54    f  none        Germany   US    I Comp  1 Citizen
312  Margarethe Sesselmann  11    f  none        Germany   US    I Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
313* Thomas Goppner         16    m  miller      Germany   US    I Comp    Prot Sojourn
314* Mathew Pohnlein        36    m  farmer      Germany   US  III Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
315* Maria Pohnlein         38    f  none        Germany   US  III Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
316* Johan Pohnlein         10    m  none        Germany   US  III Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
317* Carl Pohnlein             6m m  none        Germany   US  III Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
318* Johan Vinoll           16    m  farmer      Germany   US  III Comp    Prot Sojourn
319* Andres Vinoll          10    m  none        Germany   US  III Comp    Prot Sojourn
320  Andreas Velauss        30    m  workman     Germany   US   IV Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
321* Wilh. Lohensmeyer      27    m  workman     US        US   IV Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
322* Jalie Lohensmeyer      23    f  none        US        US   IV Comp    Prot Sojourn
323  August Blokm           20    m  workman     Germany   US  III Comp    Prot Sojourn
324  Herman Hill            18    m  workman     Germany   US    I Comp    Prot Sojourn
325* Katharine Bruning      16    f  none        Germany   US    I Comp    Prot Sojourn
326* Minna Scholermann      17    f  none        Germany   US    I Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
327  Anna Huntenberg        14    f  none        Germany   US   IV Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
328* Eduard Doscher         20    m  farmer      Germany   US    I Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
329  Wilhelm Barwegen       16    m  farmer      Germany   US  III Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
330  Marie Siebern          20    f  none        Germany   US  III Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
331  Lina Meyer             14    f  none        Germany   US  III Comp    Prot Sojourn
332  Anne Rasmussen         18    f  none        Denmark   US  III Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
333  Karoline Rasmussen     17    f  none        Denmark   US  III Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
334  Andres Larsen          24    m  farmer      Denmark   US  III Comp    Prot Sojourn
335  Andres Morhausen       20    m  farmer      Denmark   US  III Comp    Prot Sojourn
336  Johan Malmquist        21    m  farmer      Sweden    US  III Comp    Prot Sojourn
337  Frakes Pers?ne         20    m  none        Sweden    US  III Comp    Prot Sojourn
338  Hilda Gastafson        22    f  none        Sweden    US  III Comp    Prot Sojourn
339  Nils Samuelson         50    m  workman     Denmark   US    I Comp    Prot Sojourn
340  Britta Samuelson       49    f  none        Denmark   US  III Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
341  Lenog Samuelson        11    f  none        Denmark   US  III Comp    Prot Sojourn
342  ? Samuelson             9    f  none        Denmark   US    I Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
343  Johan Samuelson         5    m  none        Denmark   US    I Comp  1 Citizen
344  Carl Johanson          22    m  workman     Denmark   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
345* Johan Sjolander        44    m  workman     Denmark   US   II Comp  2 Prot Sojourn
346* Ingrid Sjolander       46    f  none        Denmark   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
347* Ernst Sjolander        16    m  none        Denmark   US    I Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
348* Edward Sjolander       15    m  none        Denmark   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
349* Alma Sjolander         11    f  none        Denmark   US    I Comp    Prot Sojourn
350* Carl Sjolander         10    m  none        Denmark   US   II Comp  3 Prot Sojourn
351* Wistor Sjolander        8    m  none        Denmark   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
352* Gustav Sjolander        6    m  none        Denmark   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
353* Maria Sjolander         5    f  none        Denmark   US   II Comp  2 Prot Sojourn
354* Valentine Sjolander    10    f  none        Denmark   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
355  Lagoid Nilson          15    f  none        Denmark   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
356  Carl Petterson         23    m  farmer      Denmark   US  III Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
357  Nils Johannson         18    m  farmer      Denmark   US    I Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
358  Ludwig Gosewisch       35    m  merchant    Germany   US    I Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
359* Franz Pojyer           30    m  merchant    Germany   US    I Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
360* Johan Hoffmann         42    m  workman     Germany   US   II Comp  4 Prot Sojourn
361* Anna Hoffmann          35    f  none        Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
362* Johan Hoffmann         11    m  none        Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
363* Martin Hoffmann        5    m  none        Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
364* Maria Hoffmann          11m f  none        Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
365  Barbara Thiel          58    f  none        Germany   US   II Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
366  Therese Henning        26    f  none        Germany   US   II Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
367  Martha Henning         10    f  none        Germany   US  III Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
368  Mina Henning            4    f  none        Germany   US    I Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
369  Robert Henning            9m m  none        Germany   US    I Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
370  Karoline Lachmauer     18    f  none        Germany   US    I Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
371  Friedrich Botte        32    m  farmer      US        US   IV Comp    Prot Sojourn
372* Adolf Loffler          33    m  farmer      Germany   US   IV Comp  2 Prot Sojourn
373* Fritz Loffler           8    m  none        Germany   US    I Comp  1 Prot Sojourn
374  Hedwig Wege            20    f  none        Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
375  Wilhelm Kurtbein       39    m  workman     Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
376* Anton Kryeszeck        40    m  workman     Germany   US   II Comp  3 Prot Sojourn
377  Anton Kuleyak          30    m  workman     Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
378  Herman Weidemann       18    m  merchant    Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
379  Carl Seipp             16    m  butcher     Germany   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
380  Auguste Schultz        46    f  none        Germany   US    I Comp    Prot Sojourn
381  Bertha Schultz         17    f  none        Germany   US   II Comp    Citizen
382  Anna Schultz           11    f  none        Germany   US   II Comp    Citizen
383  Herman Mai             24    m  teacher     Germany   US   II Comp    Citizen
384  Bertha Mai             18    f  none        Germany   US   II Comp    Citizen
385  August Stein           21    m  locksmith   Germany   US    I Comp    Citizen
386  Leopold Southeimer     25    m  farmer      Germany   US    I Comp    Citizen
387  Herman Strich          31    m  farmer      Germany   US   II Comp    Citizen
388  Mathilde Strich        29    f  none        Germany   US   II Comp    Citizen
389  Johan Roglinski        30    m  farmer      Germany   US   II Comp    Citizen
390  Marianna Roglinski     35    f  none        Germany   US   II Comp    Citizen
391  Herman Reimenn         29    m  baker       Germany   US    I Comp    Citizen
392  Carl Barker            28    m  farmer      Germany   US    I Comp    Citizen
393* Wojciech Przybilski    33    m  workman     Germany   US    I Comp    Citizen
394  Karl Gottschalk        22    m  clerk       Germany   US    I Comp    Citizen
395  Minnie Roes            19    f  none        Germany   US   IV Comp    Citizen
396  Minna Steffens         16    f  none        Germany   US   IV Comp    Citizen
397* Karl Borresen          16    m  workman     Denmark   US    I Comp    Citizen
398  Jacob Thomsen          23    m  workman     Denmark   US    I Comp    Citizen
399  Nils Nelson            21    m  workman     Denmark   US    I Comp    Citizen
400  Nels Larsen            19    m  workman     Denmark   US    I Comp    Citizen
401  Peter Hanson           24    m  workman     Denmark   US    I Comp    Citizen
402  Kristian Pederson      19    m  workman     Denmark   US    I Comp    Citizen
403  Hans Jensen            18    m  workman     Denmark   US    I Comp    Citizen
404  Jens Jensen            24    m  workman     Denmark   US    I Comp    Citizen
405  Johan Jensen           16    m  workman     Denmark   US    I Comp    Citizen
406  Kristian Nelson        18    m  workman     Denmark   US    I Comp    Citizen
407  Lars Anderson          17    m  workman     Denmark   US    I Comp    Citizen
408  Anna Lund              17    f  none        Denmark   US  III Comp    Citizen
409  ? Jeppesen             22    f  none        Denmark   US  III Comp    Citizen
410  Lars Anderson          24    m  workman     Denmark   US   II Comp    Citizen
411  ? Anderson             32    f  none        Denmark   US   II Comp    Citizen
412  ? Anderson             10    f  none        Denmark   US   II Comp    Citizen
413  ? Anderson              3    f  died on May 1st of dyptheria
414  Anna Anderson           5    f  none        Denmark   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn
415  Niels Anderson           11m f  none        Denmark   US   II Comp    Prot Sojourn

I Cabin    9 Adults -    Children -    unknown word
II Cabin  56 Adults - 14 Children -  2 ?
Steerage 648 Adults - 80 Children - 30 ?
Total 829 less 1 death = 828

New York on the (no number) of May 1884
(signed) R. Sander
(signed) G.W. ? (cannot read), Recorder

Transcriber's Notes:

213,220,234,240,313-319,326,328,345-354,359-364,372,373,397 have an umlaut
over the "o".
226,321,322,376,393 have an umlaut over the "y".
228,293-295,325 have an umlaut over the "u"
214 has an umlaut over the "a".

252-255. Transcriber's grandfather (355) and siblings.
Robert Ernst Forkel, born Oct 3, 1848, and family (wife Emilie Seime age 32,
son Ernst Robert age 11, Elisabeth age 7, Marie age 4, Otto Max age 9
months) immigrated from Altenberg, Saxony, Germany aboard the ship "SS Oder"
arriving in New York on May 9, 1884.  The family settled in Omaha, Nebraska
and in 1909 moved to Omak, Washington.  They bought 8 acres
for $1600, planted and harvested apples.  Robert died in 1913 and Emilie in
1936. Photo
337. letter appears to be an "o".
342. first name appears to read "Leroy".
409. area too dark to read.
411-413. area too dark to read.

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National Archives and Records Administration: Film M237, Reel 476, List 1141
Transcribed by Penney Marks a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
15 May 2000



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