Immigrant Ships
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Bark Harzburg

I, F. Wachter, Master of the North German Bark Harzburg, 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 New York, is a full and perfect List of all the Passengers taken on board the said (blank) at (blank), from which Port the said (blank) 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. (Signature) F. Wachter.

Sworn to this April 27 1868,
Before me. (Signature) R ???????, D.C..

List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Bremen Bark Harzburg whereof F. Wachter is Master, from Bremen, burthen 643 tons.

Columns represent: given name and surname, age, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country in which they intend to become inhabitants, and the part of the vessel occupied during the voyage. Since no one died during the voyage, this column is omitted in the transcription.

               
 
  1  Johann Georg Dickmann   28y5m   Male    Painter    Preussen   Illinois     2nd Cabin
  2  Peint Eilers Schnock    28y1m   Male    Baker      Preussen   Illinois     2nd Cabin
  3  Clara Schnock           28y1m   Female  Baker      Preussen   Illinois     2nd Cabin
  4  Hebrand Schnock         28y9m   Male    Baker      Preussen   Illinois     2nd Cabin
  5  Louis Rinder            31y7m   Male    Clerk      Preussen   Philadelphia 2nd Cabin
  6  Christine Lambrecht     17y11m  Female             Oldenburg  New York     2nd Cabin
  7  Carl Teuscher           31y10m  Male    Miller     Preussen   New York     2nd Cabin
  8  Conrad Stapp            23y10m  Male    Dier       Preussen   New York     2nd Cabin
  9* Georg Packenkut         25y2m   Male    Thilor     Wurtemberg New York     2nd Cabin
 10* Catharina Muller        19y10m  Female             Wurtemberg New York     2nd Cabin
 11  Fredrich Bode           29y5m   Male    Farmer     Preussen   New York     2nd Cabin
 12* G. F Kellnen            49y3m   Male    Mechanicen Preussen   New York     2nd Cabin
 13  Conrad Becker           39y8m   Male    Weaver     New York   New York     2nd Cabin
 14  Ernestine Becker        39y6m   Female             Sacksen    New York     2nd Cabin
 15  Auguste Becker          15y1m   Female             Sacksen    New York     2nd Cabin
 16  Wilhelm Becker           7y9m   Male               Sacksen    New York     2nd Cabin
 17  Heinrich Donnerhack     47y4m   Male    Weaver     Sacksen    New York     2nd Cabin
 18* Fredrich Dengel         37y7m   Male    Workman    Bayern     Wisconsie    2nd Cabin
 19* Catharine Dengel        32y9m   Female             Bayern     Wisconsie    2nd Cabin
 20  Christian Lauenstein    33y11m  Male    Tailor     Preussen   New York     2nd Cabin
 21  W??ent Alex Lauenstein  41y11m  Male    Tailor     Preussen   Philadelphia 2nd Cabin
 22* Fried^k Wilhelm Kohler  18y1m   Male    Ta?er      Sohleiz    Philadelphia 2nd Cabin
 23* Digtat Stabbith         20y4m   Male    Workman    Preussen   Charlestown  2nd Cabin
 24  Franz Vedder            23y2m   Male    Cigarmaker Preussen   New York     2nd Cabin
 25  Sophie Vedder           21y6m   Female             Preussen   New York     2nd Cabin


Transcriber's Notes:

  A question mark (?) indicates a letter or a number that cannot be transcribed 
  definitely. 

  An asterisk (*) indicates either difficulty in deciphering the handwriting of the 
  manifest or something in the Transcriber's Notes to which the reader should refer.

  A caret (^) indicates that the following letter in a word or name is superscripted.

  *  There is an umlaut above the "a" in the Captain's surname "Wachter".

  9-10  There is an umlaut above the "u" in place name "Wurtemburg".
 10  There is an umlaut above the "u" in surname "Muller".
 12  Surname appears to be either "Kellnen" or "Kellner". 
 18-19  Destination is recorded as "Wisconsie", likely intending "Wisconsin". 
 22  There is an umlaut above the "o" in surname "Kohler".  Occupation appears to be
     written as "Tawer".
 23  Surname appears to be either "Stabbith" or "Stabbick".

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 292, List 344.