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Ship Silvie de Grasse
I, Wm. C. Thompson do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the following List or Manifest of Passengers subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs for the Duties of ___, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the Passengers received on board the Ship Silvie de Grasse whereof I am Master, from Havre
Sworn to the 17 April 1843 before me
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Silvie de Grasse whereof Thompson is Master, from Havre, burthen 641 23/95 tons. [signature illegible]
Columns represent: Names, Age, Sex, Country to which they severally belong, Country to which they intend to become inhabitants, Baggage.
1 Marie Meister 19 f Bavaria United States 1 Trunk & Bed
2 Gerhard Armbruster 22 m Baden United States 1 Trunk & Bed
3 Joseph Armbruster 21 m Baden United States 1 Trunk & Bed
4 Constantin Binder 21 m Baden United States 1 Trunk & Bed
5 Joseph Baumgartner 21 m Baden United States 1 Trunk & Bed
6 Xavier Ganter 65 m Baden United States 1 Trunk & Bed
7 Francois Gratillon 40 m France United States 1 Trunk & Bed
8 Jacque Mourcely 32 m France United States 1 Trunk & Bed
9 Margaretha Mourcely 35 f France United States 1 Trunk & Bed
10 Pierre Rodolph 20 m France United States 1 Box & Bag
11 Veronica Rodolph 58 f France United States 1 Box & Bag
12 Jacque Bruey 27 m France United States 1 Trunk & Bed
13 Pierre Edelmayer 29 m France United States 1 Trunk & Bed
14 Francois Poly 40 m France United States 1 Trunk & Gun
15 Francois Ducatey 19 m France United States 1 Box & Bad
16 Valentin Schlageter 32 m Baden United States 1 Trunk & Gun
17 Jacob Krieg 23 m Baden United States 1 Box & Bed
18 Adolph Duteil 31 m France United States 1 Trunk & Gun
19 Andres Ruf 54 m France United States 1 Chest
20 Johan Hauser 26 m France United States 1 Box & Gun
21 Joseph Duchanois 28 m France United States 3 Trunks & Bed
22 Marie Duchanois 32 f France United States
23 Marie Duchanois 2 f France United States
24* Marie Duchanois 6m f France United States
25 Ferdinand Duchanois 20 m France United States
26 Jean Bron 39 m France United States 4 Trunks & 2 Beds
27 Jeanne Bron 45 f France United States
28 Eulalie Bron 12 f France United States
29 Joseph Bron 10 m France United States
30 Marie Bron 7 f France United States
31 Jean Bron 2 m France United States
32* Joseph Mosbacher 30 Baden United States
33 Augusta Mosbacher 19 f Baden United States 1 Trunk & Bed
34 Florenz Herrman 25 m Baden United States 1 Trunk & Bed
35 Balthasar Ruf 22 m a Baden United States 1 Trunk & Bed
36 Joseph Wandlet 21 m Bavaria United States 1 Trunk & Bed
37 Gregare Gust??esell 39 m Baden United States 1 Chest
38 Louis Pfefferer 19 m Baden United States 1 Chest
39 Jacob Franz 32 m Baden United States 1 Chest & Bed
40 Friedrich Potschke 25 m Baden United States 1 Trunk
41 Friedrich Danzerson 28 m Baden United States 1 Chest & Bed
42 Peter Schas 39 m Switzerland United States 1 Trunk & Bed
43 Albert Wittmann 31 m Switzerland United States 1 Trunk & Bed
44 Jacob Stern 23 m Hessia United States 1 Trunk & Bed
45 Georg Klemann 35 m Hessia United States 1 Chest & Bed
46 Adam Wolf 42 m Hessia United States 1 Chest & Bed
47 Joseph Mayer 48 m Hessia United States 1 Chest & Gun
48 Adam Beer 21 m Hessia United States 1 Box & Gun
49 Claude Bidal 75 m France United States 1 Box & Bed
50 Marie Bidal 65 f France United States 1 Box
51 Francois Vernier 57 m France United States 2 Trunks & Bed
52 Marie Vernier 46 f France United States
53 Theophile Vernier 10 m France United States
54 Georg Staublein 25 m Baden United States 1 Chest & Bag
55 Sebastian Veit 45 m Baden United States 1 Trunk & Bed
56 Henry Kubach 21 m Baden United States 1 Trunk & Bed
Cabin passengers
57 William Burdge England 1 Trunk 1 Bag
58 John F. Brooke Phil 1 Trunk 1 Box 1 f
59 George L. Biven Phil 1 Trunk 1 Bag
60 William A. Hayden Boston 2 Trunks 1 Bag 1 box 1 hat box
61 John B. Foster Bangor 1 Trunk 1 Box 1 hat box
[signed] Wm. C. Thompson
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.
* The column heading Occupation has been crossed out and replaced by Baggage,
and the column Died on the Voyage has been not been used.
Passenger Notes:
#14, #15, #51 - A cedille is used on the c in Francois.
#24 - Age was written as 1/2.
#32 - This name is crossed out, with diagonal marks through the name. In the
last column, there are several words written over. The original words are
difficult to decipher; it appears to read "not ____ board." The missing
word is too long to be "on."
#37 - Missing letter(s) could be a or av.
Personal Notes:
21-25 Duchanois family emigrating from La Cote, Dept. of Haute-Saone, France.
Claude Joseph Duchanois was born 23 May 1814, Ecromagny, Haute-Saone. He
married, on 23 Nov. 1839, at La Cote, Marie Bonaventure Mercier, who had been
born 13 July 1811 at La Cote. Their daughters were Marie Delphine, born 21
Dec. 1840 at La Cote, and Marie Octavie, born 10 June 1842 at La Cote.
Traveling with the famiy was Claude Joseph's brother, Ferdinand Duchanois.
The family first settled in Erie Co., New York, then relocated to Frenchtown,
Crawford Co., PA.
26-31 Bron family emigrating from La Cote, Dept. of Haute-Saone, France. Jean
Baptiste Bron was born on 15 Jan. 1804 at La Cote. He married at LA Cote on 9
Aug. 1827, Jeanne Claude Vinot. She was born 18 March 1798 at St. Barthelemy,
Haute-Saone. They arrived in the U.S. along with their children, all born at
La Cote: Eulalie Clere, born 28 Aug. 1830; Pierre Joseph, 1born 5 Oct. 1833;
Marie Sophie, born 24 Sept. 1838, and Francois Jean Baptiste, born 23 July
1840. The family settled near Frenchtown, Crawford Co., PA.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 55, List 147.
Transcribed and Contributed by Annette Lynch a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
23 April 2001
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