SS Lessing
I, C Ludwig, Master of German. S.S. Lessing do solemnly, sincerely, and truly affirm 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 S.S. Lessing at Hamburg & Havre from which port said Lessing has now arrived; and 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 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) C. Ludwig
Sworn before me this January 6 1877, (signed) J ?????? (illegible signature)
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Germanic S.S. Lessing whereof C. Ludwig is Master, from Hamburg & Havre burthen 3477 tons.
Columns represent: *passenger number, name, age (years/months), sex, *occupation, *country to which they severally belong, country which they intend to become inhabitants, part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.
1 August Winkler 33 male farmer Germany United States Betweendeck
2* Robert Krause 43 male miller Germany United States Betweendeck
3* Caroline Krause 40 female his wife Germany United States Betweendeck
4* Anne Krause 18 female daughter Germany United States Betweendeck
5* Johann Kissek 28 male shoemaker Germany United States Betweendeck
6 Robert Meinsberger 32 male farmer Germany United States Betweendeck
7 Wilhelm Attinger 23 male farmer Germany United States Betweendeck
8* Robert Sieder 30 male seaman United States United States Betweendeck
9 Carl Schloss 27 male workman Gmy United States Betweendeck
10 J.G. Markstuthler 36 male farmer Un.St. United States Betweendeck
11 Henre L. Wahl 18 male gem-maker Gmy United States Betweendeck
12 Max H. Lobe 18 male waiter Gmy United States Betweendeck
13* James Paterson 31 male farmer Un.St. United States Betweendeck
14 Robert Andersen 31 male seaman Un.St. United States Betweendeck
15 Jave Hirsch 24 male farmer Russia United States Betweendeck
16 Henre Jonas 28 male apothecary Germany United States Betweendeck
17 Marie Albens 22 female unmarried Germany United States Betweendeck
18 Ottolie Sabonsak 22 female unmarried Austria United States Betweendeck
19 Emilie Sabonsak 19 female unmarried Austria United States Betweendeck
20 Jacob Mohr 33 male miller Un.St. United States Betweendeck
21 Lorenz Stottler 26 male farmer Un.St. United States Betweendeck
22 Marie Stottler 19 fem. wife Un.St. United States Betweendeck
23* Gregor Poray 30 male carpenter Un.St. United States Betweendeck
24* Franziska Barnhard 29 fem. unmarried Germany United States Betweendeck
25 Rosalie Waszaska 21 fem. unmarried Germany United States Betweendeck
26 Juliene Grzonska 56 fem. woman Germany United States Betweendeck
27 Martin Grzonska 19 male basketmaker Germany United States Betweendeck
28 Julie Jalzkowska 34 fem. single Germany United States Betweendeck
29 Andr. Reznick 25 male workman Germany United States Betweendeck
30* Johannes Lansperg 18 male merchant Germany United States Betweendeck
31* Ernst Kugol 23 male merchant Germany United States Betweendeck
32 Julius Grilitz 35 male shoe-maker Germany United States Betweendeck
33 Caroline Marguardt 19 fem. woman Germany United States Betweendeck
34 Ernst Marguardt 9 male brother Germany United States Betweendeck
35 Louis Mann 45 male merchant Un.St. United States Betweendeck
36 Heinrich Cammerer 26 male butcher Gmy United States Betweendeck
37 Fr. Immhaisser 45 male merchant Un.St. United States Betweendeck
38* Fr. ?ottl. Lachenmayer 25 male workman Gmy United States Betweendeck
39 Fr. Stoeckle 25 male workman Gmy United States Betweendeck
40 Franz Biedemann 28 male workman Austria United States Betweendeck
41* August Kanischke 43 male workman Gmy United States Betweendeck
42* Marie Kanischke 12 fem. daughter Gmy United States Betweendeck
43 Joh. Comma 32 male farmer United States United States Betweendeck
44 Franz Chmalik 18 male workman Austria United States Betweendeck
45* Gottlieb Hanser 43 male merchant United States United States Betweendeck
46* Eliose Hanser 7 female his daughter United States United States Betweendeck
47 Nathan Lubeykin 19 male baker Russia United States Betweendeck
48* F. Vilbinger 36 male bi???eller Gmy United States Betweendeck
49 John Weissenburger 23 male clerk Un.St United States Betweendeck
50 Theodor Streib 34 male merchant Germany United States Betweendeck
51 Helene Streib 31 fem. wife Germany United States Betweendeck
52 Richard Streib 39 male merchant Germany United States Betweendeck
53 Elise Streib 28 fem. wife Germany United States Betweendeck
54 Franz Knoh 24 male merchant Germany United States Betweendeck
55 Charles Schmidt 34 male farmer Un.St. United States Betweendeck
56* Clara von Bumsen 14 fem. daughter Un.St. United States Betweendeck
57 Gustav Novalsky 27 male distiller Gmy United States Betweendeck
58 Victor Kopp 23 male farmer Un.St. United States Betweendeck
59* Carl Keck 16 male b??t seller Gmy United States Betweendeck
60* Mendel Lewisohn 32 male workman Un.St. United States Betweendeck
61* Charles Hollback 21 male farmer ?? United States Betweendeck
62* Schmupl Kojowisy 21 male furrier Russia United States Betweendeck
63* Jude Lanz?wski 23 male workman Russia United States Betweendeck
64* Auguste Book 43 fem. woman United States United States Betweendeck
65 Paul Book 9 male her son United States United States Betweendeck
66 Robert Muggle 32 male laborer United States United States Betweendeck
67 Ferdinand Ott 29 male merchant United States United States Betweendeck
68 Andrea Viannet 31 female wife United States United States Betweendeck
69 Luise Viannet 9 female daughter United States United States Betweendeck
70 Mauro Aguiler 18 male student Costa Rica United States Cabin
71* E. L. Banker 58 male professor ?? United States Cabin
72 Phoebe Banker 9 female daughter United States United States Cabin
73* Amie Manse 48 female lady United States United States Cabin
74 Marge. H. Winslow 30 female lady United States United States Cabin
75 S. M. Thadberg 45 male husband United States United States Cabin
76 Victor Thadberg 5 male his child United States United States Cabin
77 Clare Thadberg 4 female his child United States United States Cabin
78 Oscar Stein 14 male boy Germany United States Cabin
79 Sophie Sander 30 fem. lady Un.St. United States Cabin
80 Eugen Sander 7 male son Un.St. United States Cabin
81* Henrietta Disch 28 fem. lady Un.St. United States Cabin
82* Albertus Wise 28 male book-keeper Un.St. United States Cabin
83 Julie Anders 28 fem. lady Un.St. United States Cabin
84 August Anders 5 mo. male her baby Un.St. United States Cabin
85* Robert Tannowsky 34 male merchant Un.St. United States Cabin
86* Marie Tannowsky 28 fem. lady Un.St. United States Cabin
87 Louise Bueppe 30 fem. lady U States United States Cabin
88 Heinrich Bueppe 2 male son U States United States Cabin
89* Jacob Haisch 32 male merchant U States United States Cabin
90 Franz Ackermann 36 male merchant U States United States Cabin
91 Salvatore Rost 39 male merchant U States United States Cabin
Transcriber's Notes:
An asterisk (*) indicates the original recorder made an omission or error, or is used by the
transcriber to call your attention to additional information in the transcriber's notes below.
A question mark (?) indicates a letter or number that could not be read due to condition of
original manifest or handwriting of the original recorder.
* In the occupation column for all female passengers there is no occupation; instead the
recorder listed the female's social status, family status or marital status.
* In the occupation column for all young male passengers (under age 16) the recorder listed
the boy's family status or social status.
* There was only one adult male, passenger #75 S.M. Thadberg with no occupation; the recorder
entered "husband" in the occupation column. Note there was no adult female with the same
surname on the voyage.
* Re. nationality abbreviations used by the recorder: "Gmy" likely means Germany; "Un.St."
likely means United States.
* Information has been transcribed as seen, regardless of the spelling or abbreviations used
on the manifest.
* There were no deaths on this passage, therefore that column has been eliminated.
* The transcriber has numbered all passengers consecutively 1 through 91, although the original
recorder used numbers 1 through 69 for the 'Betweendeck' passengers on pages 1 and 2 of the
manifest, and on page 3 of the manifest used numbers 1 through 22 for the 'Cabin' passengers.
2,3,4 surname could be Kranse.
5 surname could be Krisek, Kusek.
8 surname could be Steder.
13 surname could be Peterson.
23 surname could be Posay.
24 surname could be Bernhard.
30 surname could be Lansperz.
31 surname could be Kregol.
38 the given name has a period at the end of five letters, so appears to be an abbreviation.
The first letter looks like G, but is not similar to upper case G written by recorder for
other names on the manifest. 2nd through 5th letters look like "ottl" same as in the given
name of passenger 45 (Gottlieb), the only difference being appearance of upper case G;
thus abbreviation could be Gottl.
41,42 surname could be Kasischke.
45,46 surname could be Hauser.
46 given name could be Eline.
48 in occupation, letters 3 through 5 are not clear. All are above the line and small with no
loops; could be bierseller.
56 surname could be von Burnsen. Note that this girl is identified as "daughter" but no other
passengers had the same surname. The recorder inserted a bracket in the nationality column
linking this girl to passenger 55, so the recorder apparently thought Clara von Bumsen was
the daughter of Charles Schmidt.
59 in the ocupation the 2nd and 3rd letters are small and above the line with no loops; looks
most like "bunt" seller.
60 surname could be Lowisohn.
61 the nationality column for this passenger is blank.
62 last letter of surname has a loop below line and could be "z" instead of "y" so name could
be Kojowisz.
63 fifth letter of surname is obscured by loop from above row. Looks like "e" or "o" so name
could be Lanzewski or Lanzowski.
64 last letter of given name could be "a", thus Augusta. This passenger is female, which is
confirmed by the next passenger 65 who is described as 'her son.'
71 nationality column is blank for this passenger. Note that his daughter, passenger 72, is
from United States.
73 given name could be Anne; surname could be Maine.
81 surname could be Dink.
82 surname has four letters and looks like Wise but the third letter is not clear; it is
small and above the line, could be c, r or s.
85,86 surname could be Tennowsky.
89 surname could be Hirsch.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 407, List 12.
Transcribed by James W. Kardos
Reviewed by Judy Smith
members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
15 June 2010
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