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Steamer Washington


Bremen, Germany via Southampton, England to New York
5 July 1850

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, George W Floyd 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 District of New York, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the Passengers received on board the Steamer Washington whereof I am Master, from Bremen
Sworn to this 5 July 1850                So help me God, Geo W Floyd
Before me, Talma
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the W. S. Mail Steam Ship "Washington" whereof George W. Floyd is Master, from Bremen via Southampton burthen Sixteen Hundred forty, 70/95 tons.
Columns represent: passenger name, age, gender, occupation, and country of origin. The column indicating destination has been omitted for this list because it was the United States for all passengers.
  1  E. Elsass                27y2m   Male    Merchant   Germany
  2  B. Heinemann             27y11m  Male    Merchant   Germany
  3  Rosalie Rosenbaum        13y9m   Female  Lady       Germany
  4  Moritz Rosenbaum         11y7m   Male    Child      Germany
  5  Joseph Rosenbaum          9y4m   Male    Child      Germany
  6  C. H. Weihe              35y2m   Male    Merchant   United States
  7  Christ Schatz            60y4m   Female  Lady       Germany
  8  Friedr Frischner         32y11m  Male    Fabricant  United States
  9  Friedr Hersolt           25y8m   Male    Merchant   United States
 10  Zh. Zeiler               23y11m  Male    Merchant   Germany
 11  Emil Schuck              25y9m   Male    Merchant   Germany
 12  Ernst Schuck             17y2m   Male    Gentleman  Germany
 13  Sigmund Simon            21y7m   Male    Merchant   Germany
 14  Ludwig Buschkil          42y10m  Male    Mechanic   Germany
 15  Louise Buschkil          36y9m   Female  Lady       Germany
 16  Bertha Buschkil           9y11m  Female  Child      Germany
 17  L. A. Wunder             30y8m   Male    Physician  Germany
 18  Henriette Walber         32y1m   Female  Lady       Germany
 19  Emil Walber               9y3m   Male    Child      Germany
 20  Albert Walber             8y4m   Male    Child      Germany
 21  Marie Walber              4y10m  Female  Child      Germany
 22  Herm. Walber             24y1m   Male    Merchant   Germany
 23  M. Hoffman               45y11m  Female  Lady       Germany
 24  A. Marcus                50y4m   Male    Merchant   Germany
 25  Jacob Pentz              26y6m   Male    Merchant   United States
 26  Rud Beckman              20y11m  Male    Artist     Germany
 27  M. Matuscheck            30y7m   Female  Lady       Germany
 28  Marie Matuscheck          8y2m   Female  Child      Germany
 29  Caroline Rosenthal       18y9m   Female  Lady       Germany
 30  B. G. Castendyko         20y8m   Male    Merchant   Germany
 31  Herm. Schmidt            40y9m   Male    Merchant   Germany
 32  T. Mensing               40y2m   Male    Captain    Germany
 33  C. A. Gayeken            42y11m  Male    Merchant   Germany
 34  Theodore Walter          40y1m   Male    Merchant   United States
 35  Wm. Fischner             25y8m   Male    Merchant   Germany
 36  W Rosenthal              29y5m   Male    Merchant   Germany
 37  Rika Rosenthal           21y6m   Male    Merchant   Germany
 38  Ernst Weiss              34y8m   Male    Merchant   United States
 39  A. Geldemeister          25y4m   Male    Merchant   United States
 40  C Geldemeister           22y1m   Male    Merchant   United States
 41  M. Kirchoff              20y9m   Female  Lady       United States
 42  M. Huyssen               25y8m   Male    Merchant   United States
 43  C. Schwatzkopf           28y7m   Male    Merchant   United States
 44  J. S. Gans               30y1m   Male    Merchant   United States
 45  A. Schwabe               34y9m   Male    Farmer     Germany
 46  M. Myer                  24y4m   Female  Lady       Germany
 47  Mathilde Myer             5y11m  Female  Child      Germany
 48  Marie Myer               35y3m   Female  Servant    Germany
 49  Louis Jacoby             39y8m   Male    Engineer   Germany
 50  W. Jacoby                32y1m   Female  Lady       Germany
 51  Marie Scheiffler         24y1m   Female  Lady       Germany
 52  W. Minisch               20y5m   Female  Lady       Germany
 53  Carl Jacoby               9y11m  Male    Child      Germany
 54* Hedwig Jacoby             7y7m   Male    Child      Germany
 55  Clara Jacoby              3y4m   Female  Child      Germany
 56  Margarethe Jacoby           9m   Female  Infant     Germany
 57  Georg Jacoby              5y1m   Male    Child      Germany
 58  M. Muller                25y3m   Male    Gent.      Germany
 59  R. Haegmann              32y8m   Male    Gent.      United States
 60  Ignace Lutz              33y7m   Male    Gent.      United States
 61  Jules Crucy              16y10m  Male    Gent.      France
 62  M. Rutter                30y2m   Male    Merchant   Great Britain
 63  C. Rutter                26y4m   Female  Lady       Great Britain
 64  W. Rutter                 5y7m   Male    Child      Great Britain
 65  C. Friend                40y8m   Male    Merchant   Great Britain
 66  M. Friend                32y7m   Female  Lady       Great Britain
 67  Charles Friend            3y11m  Male    Child      Great Britain
 68  M. L. Friend                11m  Female  Child      Great Britain
 69  Emily Gritten            16y4m   Female  Lady       Great Britain
 70  Rose Gritten             14y6m   Female  Lady       Great Britain
 71  Ann Dingle               30y3m   Female  Lady       Great Britain
 72  Eliza A. Dingle           6y1m   Female  Child      Great Britain
 73  Saml. M. Dingle           3y9m   Male    Child      Great Britain
 74  Jn? H. Dingle             1y3m   Male    Child      Great Britain
 75  L. Pedementi             23y8m   Male    Gent.      France
 76  A. Cavalleir             24y1m   Male    Gent.      France
 77  Gustav Pfeil             24y8m   Male    Gent.      Germany
 78* Smegni Alois             33y11m  Male    Gent.      Germany
 79  H. ?. Beckwith           41y9m   Male    Gent.      Great Britain
 80  W. Newton                30y2m   Male    Merchant   Great Britain
 81  M. Newton                21y3m   Female  Lady       Great Britain
 82  M. Morgan                33y4m   Male    Merchant   Great Britain
 83  Mary Newman              40y1m   Female  Lady       Great Britain
 84  Mary Newman              10y9m   Female  Child      Great Britain
 85  Eliza Newman              4y2m   Female  Child      Great Britain
 86  Henry Brook              32y1m   Male    Gent.      Great Britain
 87  Jane Brook               23y9m   Female  Lady       Great Britain
 88  E Gritten                25y10m  Male    Gent.      Great Britain
 89  A. Travers               20y9m   Female  Lady       Great Britain
 90  M. Breckingham           70y4m   Female  Lady       Great Britain
 91  M. A. Breckingham        30y1m   Female  Lady       Great Britain
 92  M. A. Eisentry           32y11m  Male    Merchant   United States
 93  Charles Williams         26y7m   Male    Gentleman  Great Britain
 94  W. S. Tiffany            24y5m   Male    Artist     United States
 95  G. P. R. James           48y11m  Male    Author     Great Britain
 96  F James                  46y9m   Female  Lady       Great Britain
 97  G. W. James              17y4m   Male    Gent       Great Britain
 98  C. H. James              14y2m   Male    Gent       Great Britain
 99  F. F. James              15y8m   Female  Lady       Great Britain
100  C. L. James               4y10m  Male    Child      Great Britain
101  Charlotte Gillespie      28y6m   Female  Servant    Great Britain
102  Mrs. M. Holmes           28y7m   Female  Lady       United States
103  Henry Holmes              4y4m   Male    Child      United States
104  Mrs. O. Dile             19y1m   Female  Lady       United States
105  Mrs. F. Gould            42y11m  Female  Lady       Great Britain
106  Anthony Jones            34y2m   Male    Gent       United States
107  Fredk. Franke            27y4m   Male    Gent       United States
108  C. L. Davis              27y9m   Male    Gent       United States
109  E. A. Sophocles          42y1m   Male    Gent       United States
110  R. Brut                  28y11m  Male    Physician  Great Britain
111  B. Brut                  25y8m   Female  Lady       Great Britain
112  W. H. Coles              28y3m   Male    Merchant   United States
113  C. Carlin                25y7m   Male    Artist     France
114  H. Wells                 48y2m   Male    Merchant   United States
115  Mrs. H. Wells            42y4m   Female  Lady       United States
116  Miss J. Wells            18y1m   Female  Lady       United States
117  Gustav Spenar            28y9m   Male    Servant    United States
118  S. S. Tiffany            30y1m   Male    Merchant   United States
119  Wm. Hooper               25y2m   Male    Physician  United States
120  L. Gasholz               36y11m  Male    Merchant   United States
121  Charles Gasholz          11y10m  Male    Child      United States
122  Auguste Dimpre           33y1m   Male    Gent.      France
123  A. Dimpre                19y3m   Female  Lady       France
124  Robt. W. Sykes           46y9m   Male    Gent.      United States
125  W. H. Spencer            36y8m   Male    Gent.      United States
126  A. M. Spencer            28y3m   Female  Lady       United States
127  C. Spencer               12y2m   Male    Child      United States
128  P. J. Bemmeceil          28y9m   Male    Gent.      France
129  Count. L. Dembiscki      29y8m   Male    Gent.      Germany
130  Countess L. Dembiscki    23y10m  Female  Lady       Germany
(signed: Geo W. Floyd)


Transcriber's Notes:

An asterisk indicates further information in the Passenger Notes.  
A question mark indicates indecipherable material.


54  Gender for this entry is probably incorrect.
78  Likely that the surname is listed first here and the given name last.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 696.
Transcribed by Gene Janssen a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
12 October 2004



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