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SS Holsatia
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Hamburg, Germany to New York
8 December 1868
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -- PORT OF NEW YORK
I, H. Ehlers, Master of the Str. Holsatia, 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 Steamer at Hamburg from which port said Steamer 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.
Sworn to this Dec. 8, 1868 So help me God,
(signed) H. Ehlers
Sworn before me (illegible signature)
List of all the passengers taken on board the Str. Holsatia whereof H. Ehlers is Master, from Hamburg, burthen 3026 tons.
Coloumns represent: names, age in years and months, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, *the country in which they intend to become inhabitants, *died on voyage, part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.
386 Joseph Ball 32 male merchant Germany Cabin
387 Theodor Martin 32 male artist Germany Cabin
388 Julius Niehaelis 29 male merchant Germany Cabin
389 Leopold Niehaelis 18 male merchant Germany Cabin
390 Heinrich Martens 26 male merchant Germany Cabin
391 Bernhard Hirsch 41 male merchant United States Cabin
392 Hanna Hirsch 26 female his wife United States Cabin
393 Albert Becker 31 male merchant United States Cabin
394 Connrad Becker 19 male merchant United States Cabin
395* Bernh^d Deuss 19 male merchant Germany Cabin
396 Bernhard Josephson 16 male merchant Germany Cabin
397 Bertha Josephson 47 female woman Germany Cabin
398 Henriette Josephson 17 female her child Germany Cabin
399 Mar? Traun 21 male merchant Germany Cabin
400 Ernst Bagel 24 male officer Germany Cabin
401 Marie Blancard 21 female woman United States Cabin
402 Carl van der Smissen 56 male preacher Germany Cabin
403* Sarah van der Smissen 54 female his wife Germany Cabin
404 Wilhelmine van der Smissen 27 female his daughter Germany Cabin
405* Heleganda van der Smissen 22 female his daughter Germany Cabin
406 Bertha Mannhardt 27 female unmarried Germany Cabin
407* Mathilde Plaag 22 female unmarried Germany Cabin
408 Johann Hausmeister 20 male merchant Germany Cabin
409 Hugo Sturm 24 male merchant Germany Cabin
410 Julius Palme 26 male merchant Germany Cabin
411 Marie Augustin 26 female woman Germany Cabin
412 Christine Frantz 58 female widow Germany Cabin
413* Johann Schafer 21 male clerk Germany Cabin
414 Charlotte Spitze 26 female woman Germany Cabin
415 Louise Spitze 9 mos female her baby Germany Cabin
416 Gustav Jacobsthal 20 male clerk Germany Cabin
417 Catharine Wilde 30 female unmarried Germany Cabin
418 Otto Magenau 24 male apothecar Germany Cabin
419 Pauline Berger 32 female unmarried Germany Cabin
420 Emil Lasser 23 male clerk Germany Cabin
421 Leonhard Blank 32 male winekeeper Germany Cabin
422* Wilhelm Behrendt 31 male missionar Germany Cabin
423 Johannes Palmer 37 male teacher Germany Cabin
424 Norbert Miehenfelder 24 male merchant Germany Cabin
425 Albert Holtz 29 male merchant United States Cabin
426 Heinrich Borstel 34 male captain United States Cabin
427* Ferd. Farnham 27 male mate United States Cabin
428* George Wallis 23 male United States Cabin
429* Charles Spalding 25 male United States Cabin
430* Antony Freund 38 male United States Cabin
431 John Pritting 48 male manufacturer United States Cabin
432 Robert Spitzbach 42 male musician United States Cabin
433 Rosa Spitzbach 29 female his wife United States Cabin
434 Johann Rupprecht 42 male merchant United States Cabin
435 Carl Hausmann 20 male merchant Germany Cabin
436 Juliane Hausmann 24 female unmarried Germany Cabin
437 Carl Paulson 44 male ?ruskmaker Russia Cabin
438 Carl Philippson 23 male merchant Denmark Cabin
439 Marie Eisinger 20 female woman Denmark Cabin
440 Oeselem Eisinger 7 mos male her baby Denmark Cabin
441 Sophie Eisinger 16 female unmarried Denmark Cabin
442 Paul Freudenthal 14 male boy Russia Cabin
443 Ernst Meyer 44 male merchant United States Cabin
444 Antonie Meyer 30 female his wife United States Cabin
445 Carl Meyer 9 mos male his baby United States Cabin
446 Louis Meyer 9 mos male his baby United States Cabin
447 Catherina Gimpel 19 female unmarried Germany Cabin
448 Johanna Dencks 44 female woman Russia Cabin
449 Herrmann Goldstein 20 male merchant Germany Cabin
450 Fanny Steinmann 18 female unmarried United States Cabin
451 Carl Richter 66 male tailor United States Cabin
452 John Luder 50 male manufacturer United States Cabin
453 Samuel Bertschy 44 male manufacturer United States Cabin
454 Gustav Mendelsohn 24 male merchant Cabin
455 Francisca Mendelsohn 28 female his wife Germany Cabin
456 Leopold Hausner 32 male merchant Germany Cabin
457 Ludwig Heiligenstein 32 male merchant Germany Cabin
458 Charles Rodgers 20 male mate United States Cabin
459 Charles Hansen 42 male captain United States Cabin
460* Simon Hirschberg 32 male e?nsal Germany Cabin
461 Joseph Eichberg 40 male merchant United States Cabin
462 Johann B?inger 36 male merchant Cabin
463 Bernard Jacobi 45 male merchant Germany Cabin
464 Robert Saunders 38 male teacher United States Cabin
465 James Saunders 12 male his child United States Cabin
466 Willy Saunders 7 male his child United States Cabin
467 Viola Saunders 17 female unmarried United States Cabin
468 Carrie McMillan 21 female unmarried United States Cabin
469* Silla Frost 18 female unmarried United States Cabin
470 Lun Hell 18 female unmarried United States Cabin
471 Patrick Donnilly 26 male merchant England Cabin
472 Joseph Daley 28 male merchant England Cabin
473 William Smithien 30 male engineer England Cabin
474 Carolin Smithien 26 female his wife England Cabin
475 William Smithien 9 mos male his baby England Cabin
476 Samuel Sharwood 26 male merchant England Cabin
477* Arthur Butter 21 male merchant England Cabin
478 William Berhard 34 male merchant United States Cabin
479 Moise Levy 47 female woman Germany Cabin
480 Rosette Levy 21 female her child Germany Cabin
481 Salomone Levy 7 female her child Germany Cabin
482 Gustave Levy 6 female her child Germany Cabin
483 Marc Levy 5 male her child Germany Cabin
484 Salomone Fritz 23 female unmarried Germany Cabin
485 Alexander Berghold 27 male merchant Germany Cabin
486 Adolph Berg 32 male merchant Germany Cabin
487 Eduard Jacobs 42 male merchant United States Cabin
488 Louise Jacobs 38 female his wife United States Cabin
489 Australia Jacobs 9 female his child United States Cabin
490 Mirtle Jacobs 7 female his child United States Cabin
491 Bebera Jacobs 3 female his child United States Cabin
492 Oscar Jacobs 10 mos male his baby United States Cabin
493 Auguste Dunlop 29 female woman United States Cabin
494 Benjamin Cohen 38 male merchant United States Cabin
495* Elisabeth Selas female born on board Cabin
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.
^ A ^ followed by a letter indicates that the letter was superscripted.
* Names were transcribed as seen regardless of spelling.
All passengers intended to live in the United States, no-one died on the voyage.
Therefore these two coloumns were eliminated.
395: Bernh^d could stand for Bernhard.
403: the first name should be Sara, see below.
405: the first name should be Hillegonda, see below.
407: the last name could be Ploog.
413: the last name, Schafer, is spelled with a Umlaut.
422: Missionar is German for Missionary.
427: Ferd. might stand for Ferdinand.
428 - 430: the occupation coloumn is smudged and nothing can be read. It looks
like nothing is written there.
460: the occupation could be ensign, misspelled.
477: X behind the name could mean that this passengers was temporarily detained.
See here for more
information.
495: the only passengers with the last name Selas are passengers 21 - 26 on page 1.
Therefore this passenger is probably the daughter of Passenger 21, Maria Selas.
Carl van der Smissen and family:
Carl I. Justus van der Smissen, born in Ottensen, Germany July 14, 1811, died Hayesville, Ashland County,
Ohio May 29, 1890. His parents were Jacob II. v.d. Smissen (1785 - 1846) and Sophie Wilhelmine
Friederike Weihe (1780 - 1848). From 1837 - 1868, Carl I. v.d. Smissen was a preacher in the Mennonite
church in Friedrichstadt, Germany. 1868 - 1876 he was Director and Proffessor at the Mennonite
Seminary in Wadsworth, Medina County, Ohio. Starting in 1879, he worked as Mennonite Preacher
in Hayesville, Ashland County, Ohio.
On Dec. 27, 1837 he married Sara Cornelia v.d. Smissen (his cousin) in Altona, Germany
(now part of Hamburg). Sara v.d. Smissen was born in Altona, German on March 15, 1814,
died in Summerfield, Ill. March 28, 1901. Her Parents were Gysbert III (jr.) v.d. Smissen
(1777 - 1857) and Catharina de Jager (1779 - 1839).
Children of Carl I. and Sara v.d. Smissen:
1. Sophie v.d. Smissen 1838 - 1918
2. Wilhelmine Friederike v.d. Smissen 1841 - 1930
3. Gilbert Theodor v.d. Smissen 1843, died 3 days old.
4. Jocob Theophil v.d. Smissen 1844 - 1850.
5. Helena Dorothea v.d. Smissen 1846 - 1850.
6. Hillegonda Cornelia v.d. Smissen 1848 - 1949.
7. Carl (II.) Heinrich Anton v.d. Smissen 1851 - 1950
This is the beginning of the v.d. Smissen line in the United States. Many boxes of letters,
photos and other documentation can be found in the Mennonite archives in North Newton Kansas.
Bertha Mannhardt was travelling with the van der Smissen family. She was born March 18, 1844,
Hademarschen, Germany, died March 5, 1825 in Hamburg Germany. She was the illegitimate daughter
of Hermann Gottlieb Mannhardt (1806 - 1885) and Anna Popp (1815 - 1845). On Nov. 20, 1846 she
was legitimized through a decree of the Danish king Christian VIII. Bertha Mannhardt is
Carl v.d. Smissen's niece. She never married and worked as nanny at the house of van der Smissen
relatives in Toronto, Ont., Canada and in Hamburg, Germany.
Information on both families was taken from "Die Mennonitenfamilie van der Smissen und ihre
Nachkommen" by my uncle, Dr. Heinz Jurgen Mannhardt.
For more information, please contact the transcriber or Hinrich Hansen.
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National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 304, List 1262.
Transcribed by Ines Mannhardt
a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
4 May 2005
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