SS Rhein
I, H.A.F. Neynaber Master of the N.G. Lloyd SS Rhein do solemnly, sincerely, and truly declare 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 of the said Vessel at Bremen via Southampton from which por* said Vessel has now arrived; an* that on said list is truly 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) HAF Neynaber.
Sworn to this 2nd Dec 1881. Before me (signed) Raymond D.C.
List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the North German Lloyd SS Rhein whereof H.A.F. Neynaber is Master, from Bremen, burthen (no amount listed) tons.
Columns Represent: Passenger numbers, 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 *.
First Cabin
1 H. Waldstein 60 m merchant New York
2 Emil Philippi 23 m merchant Germany
3 Enrique Schmidt 23 m merchant Germany
4 C. Kirchner 46 m ???????? ???ghkeepsie
5 Wilhelm Bach 20 m ???????? ??rmany
6 Eduard Leb?? 20 m ???????? ??rmany
7 ???hard Ber??? ? ? ???????? New York
8 ? ??? ? m ???????? New York
9 ? ??? 46 f me?????? New York
10 ? ??? 23 f ???????? New York
Second Cabin
11 Charles Ri??? 27 m merc???? Germany
12 Paul C?????? 35 m merc???? Bavaria
13 ? ????????msky 25 f non? Germany
14 Esther Weil 50 f non? Bavaria
15 Henry Albrecht 67 m non? Albany
16 Caroline Albrecht 67 f wife Albany
17 Anton Borcke?? 23 m merchant Germany
18 Emma Retzer 30 f none Germany
19 Paul Retzer 4 m child Germany
20* Walter Retzer 2y6m m child Germany
21 Robert Retzer 9m m child Germany
22 Mathilde Neffert 19 f none Germany
23 John Paul 24 m bookkeeper New York
24 Maximilian Aron 27 m taylor Germany
25 Meier Lowenstein 43 m merchant Germany
26 Mary Heidenblat 26 f none Wisconsin
27 Fridrich Creutzberg 28 m merchant Michigan
28 Josef Stadlen 30 m merchant Chicago
29 Henry Schwahn 44 m merchant Chicago
30 Catharine Schwahn 44 f wife Chicago
31 Simi Brandeis 51 m architect New York
32* Katchen Kuchler 27 f none Germany
33 Christian Homann 24 m smith Germany
34 Paulsen G Scott 29 m merchant America
35 William Adams 19 m none Virginia
36 Bruno Pollmann 25 m merchant Germany
37 Anna Stemmermann 25 f none New York
38 Wilhelm Stemmermann 4 m child New York
39 Louise Stemmermann 11m f child New York
40 Mrs. J. Cross 44 f none Germany
41 Joh. Loughborough 40 m merchant France
Steerage, Second Cabin, Officers Rooms
42 Gerhard Denker 60 m farmer Germany
43* Adam Bienmuller 36 m farmer Bavaria
44 Kesche Kreid 26 m merchant Germany
45 Berrlub Edelson 29 m merchant Germany
46 Johann Ohlebusch 35 m labourer Germany
47* Christian Sufell 33 m labourer New York
48 Peter Frerksen 26 m workman Germany
49 Jacob Schnitzler 46 m painter New York
50 Caroline Schnitzler 12 f child New York
51 Georg Reinmuth 40 m farmer Germany
52 Elisabeth Reinmuth 34 f wife Germany
53 Alina Reinmuth 11 f child Germany
54 Louise Reinmuth 10 f child Germany
55 Heinrich Reinmuth 8 m child Germany
56 Elisabeth Reinmuth 3 f child Germany
57 Heinrich Benecke 26 m workman Germany
58 Julia Werner 44 f none Germany
59 Johannes Gutberlot 17 m upholsterer Germany
60 Catharine Steinmacher 14 f none Germany
61 Peter Welsch 22 m shoemaker Germany
62 Magarethe Wohlleben 32 f none Germany
63 Georg Wohlleben 9 m child Germany
64 Friedrich Wohlleben 8 m child Germany
65 Barbara Wohlleben 3 f child Germany
66 Maria Wohlleben 11m f child Germany
67 Ludwig Bauer 34 m gardener Germany
68 Christine Bauer 33 f wife Germany
69 Gottlieb Bauer 11 m child Germany
70 Ludwig Bauer 4 m child Germany
71 Gottfried Baumgart 30 m butcher Germany
72 Anna Weinkauf 26 f none Bavaria
73 Lina Weinkauf 9m f child Bavaria
74 Magarethe Herrmann 32 f none Bavaria
75 Magarethe Herrmann 9 f child Bavaria
76 Andreas Herrmann 7 m child Bavaria
77 Franz Herrmann 2 m child Bavaria
78 Franz Reith 21 m painter Germany
79* Franz Krimmel 19 m brickslayer Germany
80 Caroline Scheuermann 22 f none Bavaria
81 Wilhelm Brodmerkt 43 m miller Bavaria
82 Richard Brodmerkt 17 m miller Bavaria
83 Josef Schneider 23 m merchant Bavaria
84 Robert Aha 19 m blacksmith Germany
85 Wilhelm Vogt 17 m workman Germany
86 Christine Fracht 33 f none Germany
87 Georg Fracht 14 m child Germany
88 Adam Fracht 10 m child Germany
89 Anna Fracht 8 f child Germany
90* Heinrich Fracht 38 m brickslayer Germany
91 Heinrich Fracht 9m m child Germany
92 Carl Fracht 9m m child Germany
93 Caroline Bick 44 f none Germany
94 Catharine Bick 15 f child Germany
95 Caroline Bick 14 f child Germany
96* Heinrich Bick 9y6m m child Germany
97 Elisabeth Bick 8 f child Germany
98 Marie Bick 6 f child Germany
99 Christine Bick 3 f child Germany
100 Magarethe Bick 8m f child Germany
101 Carl Witzleb 27 m baker Germany
102 Franz Boschen 22 m farmer Germany
103 Diedrich Wiehe 53 m farmer Germany
104 Wilhelmine Wiehe 47 f wife Germany
105 Elise Wiehe 22 f none Germany
106 August Wiehe 10 m child Germany
107 Minna Wiehe 10 f child Germany
108 Theodor Wiehe 9 m child Germany
109 Wilhelm Meyer 23 m workman Germany
110 Gottlieb Gartner 44 m workman Germany
111 Jan Josepowiz 4 m child Germany
112 Henriette Sonnenburg 40 f none Germany
113 Albertine Sonnenburg 18 f none Germany
114 Caroline Sonnenburg 17 f none Germany
115 Wanda Sonnenburg 8 f child Germany
116 Albert Sonnenburg 5 m child Germany
117 Victoria Korczynska 34 f none Germany
118 Gottfried Bassner 40 m farmer Germany
119 Wilhelmine Bassner 47 f wife Germany
120 Justine Bassner 15 f child Germany
121 Marie Bassner 9 f child Germany
122 Johannes Bassner 8 m child Germany
123 Gustav Bassner 4 m child Germany
124 Jadwiga Warschowska 17 f none Germany
125 Catharine Warschowska 10 f child Germany
126 Casimir Powalowski 31 m workman Germany
127 Vincent Duszynski 34 m workman Germany
128 Josefa Duszynski 33 f wife Germany
129 Johann Duszynski 6 m child Germany
130 Marianne Duszynski 11m f child Germany
131 Friedrich Gramnenz 23 m workman Germany
132 Franz Szeklinsky 26 m workman Germany
133 Eva Szeklinsky 23 f wife Germany
134 Marianne Szeklinsky 9m f child Germany
135 Johann Foht 28 m workman Germany
136 Anna Foht 23 f wife Germany
137 Auguste Foht 7m f child Germany
138 Ludwig Oborska 19 m workman Germany
139 Martin Lenewski 32 m workman Germany
140 Minna Lenewski 32 f wife Germany
141 Johanna Lenewski 2 f child Germany
142 Anna Lenewski 12m f child Germany
143 Antonia Lenewski 2m f child Germany
144* Magdl Lewinska 27 f none Germany
145 Carl Neugebauer 28 m weaver Germany
146 Friedrike Neugebauer 34 f wife Germany
147 Ida Neugebauer 11 f child Germany
148 Carl Neugebauer 9 m child Germany
149 Elisabeth Neugebauer 5 f child Germany
150 Helene Neugebauer 2 f child Germany
151 Ferdinand Laut 24 m workman Germany
152 August Beuthner 8 m child Germany
153 Aug. Kujanowski 22 m workman Germany
154 Josef Gruba 23 m workman Germany
155 Louise Kreft 18 f none Germany
156 Hermann Schmidt 21 m waiter Germany
157 Wilhelm Schmidt 19 m waiter Germany
158 Elisabeth Tess 62 f none Germany
159 Maria Tess 36 f none Germany
160 Jacob Dimmich 39 m farmer Germany
161 Heinrich Lang 14 m none Germany
162 Lina Hense 24 f none Germany
163 Hermann Schreiber 42 m shoemaker Germany
164 Anna Schreiber 36 f wife Germany
165 Theodor Schreiber 9 m child Germany
166 Minna Stolte 59 f none Germany
167 Hedwig Stolte 30 f none Germany
168 Bertha Stolte 28 f none Germany
169 Rosalie Lichtenhert 26 f none Bohemia
170* Johann Muller 60 m farmer Germany
171* Johanna Muller 60 f wife Germany
172 Catharine Kellner 50 f none Bohemia
173 Barbara Kellner 10 f child Bohemia
174 Otto Hillmann 30 m workman Germany
175 Juliane Strohschein 42 f none Germany
176 Anna Wisniewska 22 f none Germany
177 Bruno Wisniewska 2 m child Germany
178 Johanna Wisniewska 6m f child Germany
179 Franz Schulz 31 m workman Germany
180 Magdalene Schulz 28 f wife Germany
181 Thomas Schulz 7 m child Germany
182 Martha Schulz 4 f child Germany
183 Johann Schulz 2 m child Germany
184* Anna Schulz f child Germany
185* Anna Schafer 30 f none Germany
186* Elisabeth Schafer 16 f none Germany
187* Louise Schafer 6 f child Germany
188* Emilie Schafer 4 f child Germany
189* Caroline Schafer 2 f child Germany
190* Carl Schafer 9m m child Germany
191 Caspar Seinemeyer 64 m farmer Germany
192 Elise Seinemeyer 20 f none Germany
193* Catharine Seinemeyer f child Germany
194 Johann Dallmann 23 m taylor Germany
195 Josef Dabrowsky 22 m workman Germany
196 Henriette Schulz 30 f none Germany
197 Emma Schulz 4 f child Germany
198 Friedrich Schulz 2 m child Germany
199 Marianne Wenda 28 f none Germany
200 Martha Wenda 2 f child Germany
201 Francisca Wenda 5m f child Germany
202 Pauline Scharkowska 28 f none Germany
203 Francisca Scharkowska 6m f child Germany
204 Friedrich Henf 31 m workman Germany
205 Wilhelmine Henf 25 f wife Germany
206 August Henf 3 m child Germany
207 Carl Henf 9m m child Germany
208 Ernestine Henf 24 f none Germany
209 Ferdinand Barowski 38 m weaver Germany
210 Louise Barowski 37 f wife Germany
211 Marie Barowski 15 f child Germany
212 Caroline Tintowska 50 f none Germany
213 August Tintowska 14 m none Germany
214 Carl Tintowska 16 m none Germany
215 Wilhelm Jewrich 31 m baker Germany
216 Jacob Gabriel 39 m workman Germany
217 Elizabeth Gabriel 35 f wife Germany
218 Marie Gabriel 8 f child Germany
219 Michael Gabriel 4 m child Germany
220 Anna Gabriel 4 f child Germany
221 Johann Gabriel 9 m child Germany
222 Francisca Dudek 50 f none Germany
223 Philippine Diehn 26 f none Germany
224 Bernhard Winder 18 m clerk Germany
225 Heinrich Tobias 24 m farmer Germany
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.
? The ? marks indicate letters or words that cannot be read due to
the quality of the original document.
* The sworn statement, a preprinted form, contained a number of typos,
including: por (port), an (and), tho (to), habitant (inhabitant).
* All passengers intended to become inhabitants of the United States of
America, so that column has been eliminated.
* The Died on the voyage column has been eliminated, and
information listed in the transcriber's notes.
* Passengers 1 - 10 were listed in First Cabin.
Passengers 11 - 41 were listed in Second Cabin.
Passengers 42 - 894 were listed in a combined category of Steerage,
Second Cabin, Officers Rooms.
Note: The original recorder classified everyone who was not in
First or Second Cabin as Steerage in the Recapitulation which is
listed at the end of the passenger list.
4 - 15 There is a large tear and very dark areas on this section of
the original manifest.
17 The last part of the surname is illegible.
20 Age was written as 2 1/2.
32 Name was written as Kätchen Küchler, with Kaetchen Kuechler
being an alternative spelling.
43 Surname was written as Bienmüller, with Bienmueller being an
alternative spelling.
47 Surname is probably Sufell, but could be Sidell. There may be
an umlaut over the u in Sufell.
79 Brickslayer is as spelled by the original recorder.
90 Brickslayer is as spelled by the original recorder.
96 Age was written as 9 1/2.
144 Magdl may be an abbreviation.
170 Surname was written as Müller, with Mueller being an
alternative spelling.
171 Surname was written as Müller, with Mueller being an
alternative spelling.
184 Born at sea. Inft is in the age column.
185 Surname was written as Schäfer, with Schaefer being an
alternative spelling.
186 Surname was written as Schäfer, with Schaefer being an
alternative spelling.
187 Surname was written as Schäfer, with Schaefer being an
alternative spelling.
188 Surname was written as Schäfer, with Schaefer being an
alternative spelling.
189 Surname was written as Schäfer, with Schaefer being an
alternative spelling.
190 Surname was written as Schäfer, with Schaefer being an
alternative spelling.
193 Born at sea. Inft is in the age column.
Correspondence 10/22/01 Passenger #151 Laut
Ferdinand Friedrich Ludwig Laut (b 1857 d. 1899) came from New Stetten
Germany and landed in New York in 1881. He married Maria Kunde
(b 1857 d 1941) in Cook County, IL on Sept. 14, 1883.
Their children were:
Albert F. Laut b 1885 d 1952
Herman F. Laut b 1886 d 1965
William Laut b 1889 d 1966
Anna M. Laut b 1893 d 1940
Otto C. R. Laut b 1895 d 1973
The family settled in Elmhurst, DuPage County, IL.
Email Anna Garbis
or visit web page Garbis Genealogy
The SS Rhein is listed among the following 14 sister-ships:
Hermann 1865, 2873 tons, 318ft x 40ft.
Deutschland 1866, 2800 tons, 325ft x 40ft.
Union 1867, 2800 tons, 325ft x 40 ft.
Weser 1867, 2870 tons, 325ft x 40ft.
Baltimore 1868, 2321 tons, 285ft x 39ft.
Berlin 1868, 2333 tons, 285ft x 39ft.
Rhein 1868, 2901 tons, 332ft x 40ft.
Main 1868, 3087 tons, 332ft x 40ft.
Donau 1869, 2896 tons, 332ft x 40ft.
Ohio 1869, 2394 tons, 290.2ft x 39ft.
Leipzig 1869, 2388 tons, 290.2ft x 39ft.
Hannover 1870, 2571 tons, 300ft x 39ft.
Frankfurt 1870, 2582 tons, 300ft x 39ft.
Koln 1871, 2555 tons, 300ft x 39ft.
The steamship RHEIN was built by Caird & Co, Greenock, Scotland, for Norddeutscher Lloyd and launched in August 1868. She had been laid down as the ODER, but was delivered as the RHEIN, to replace the vessel originally laid down as the RHEIN, but sold on the stocks to the Royal Mail Steamship Co, and launched in February 1868 as the NEVA. 2902 tons; 106,1 x 12,22 meters (length x breadth); clipper bow, 1 funnel, 2 masts; iron construction, screw propulsion, service speed 12 knots; accommodation for 70 1st-, 100 2nd-, and 604 steerage-class passengers; crew of 100+. 3 October 1868, maiden voyage, Bremen-Southampton-New York. 1878, engines compounded and new boilers by builders; service speed 13 knots. 18 September 1890, last voyage, Bremen-Baltimore. 1891, sold to Gray, Liverpool. 1892, resold to A. Rimner, Liverpool (register shows Caird's as owner); 1893, sold to Jaeger Brothers, Liverpool. June 1894, broken up in Barrow-in-Furness [Edwin Drechsel, Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen, 1857-1970; History, Fleet, Ship Mails, vol. 1 (Vancouver: Cordillera Pub. Co., c1994), p.. 48; 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. 546]. Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Michael Palmer - 8 January 1998]
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 445, List 1658.
Transcribed by Sharon Krisko a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
21 April 2000