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SS Spree
I. Wilh. Meissel, Master of the S.S. Spree, do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the following List or Manifest subscribed by me and now delivered to the Collector of Customs of the District of the City of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on said vessel at Bremen from which port said vessel has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, sex, calling or occupation, the port of embarkation, the number of pieces of luggage, of all the passengers, the date and cause of death of any such passengers who may have died on said voyage, and also a statement, as far as can be ascertained, with reference to the intention of each immigrant passenger as to a protracted sojourn in this country, and also with regard to cabin passengers, the country of which they are citizens, and of passengers other than cabin passengers, their native country, their intended destination or location in the United States, and whether they are citizens of the United States or not, and the location of the compartment or space occupied by each, as required by the Passenger Act of 1882 and the Regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury.
So Help Me God Sworn to before me this 25th of October 1894
[signature]
Columns represent:
1. Name;
2. *Ticket number (see information at the end);
3. Age;
4. Sex [m/f];
5. Single/Married [s/m];
6. Occupation;
7. Country of which they are citizens;
8. *Native Country; (this coloumn was left blank on the manifest);
9. Intended destination or Location, State or Territory;
10. State of Passenger, other than Cabin, whether Citizens of the United States;
11. Transient, In Transit or intending protracted sojourn;
12. Location or Compartment or space occupied forward amidship or aft;
13. Number of Pieces of baggage;
14. *Port of Embarkation; (Bremen for this page)
15. *Date and Cause of Death (none died).
52 Lammerhirt, Ida
53 Hill, Anna
54 Hebken, Bertha
55 Benedict, William
56 Baum, Henriette
57 Baum, Else
58 Baum, Marg.
59 Seeberg, Carl
60 Vemes, Anna
61 Vemes, Margaret
62 Weber, Louise
63 Specht, Catherine
64 Baumann, Barbara
65 Baumann, Catherine
66 Krogmann, Pastor C.
67 Oesterle, Jacob
68 Sievert, Henry
69 Sievert, Johane
70 Sievert, Henry
71 Romhete, Kath
72 Brooks, Heinr
73 Pinkert, Emma
74 Hetton, Christian
75 Schulz, Mary
76 Schulz, Adele
77 Schulze, Wilh.
78 Meyer, Walther G.
79 Herbst, A???gbert
80 Deppe, Friedericke
81 Deppe, ??????
82 all information is illegible
83 all information is illegible
84 all information is illegible
85 Rupp, Fritz
86 Rupp,
87 Rupp,
88 Helken, Henry
89 Hintz, Cora
90 Kaltmann, Henry
91 Kaltmann, Mary
92 Kaltmann, Henry
93 G????, Philip
94 Silermeyer, Heinr
95 Muller, Friedr.
96 Hern, Malchen
97 Morgan??, ….
98 Morgan??, …..
99 Morgan??, …..
100 ….., Emilie
101 ……, Helene
102 ……, A?????tta
103 ????berger, P…….
104 ?eiss, Ma…..
105 Wolf, Georg
106 Bar??, Frank
107 Ratter????, Joseph
108 Jung……., W…….
109 Zimmermann, Chas
110 Zimmermann, Sophie
111 Zimmermann, Joh.
112 Eurnhardt, Phillippine
113 - 127: all information is illegible
Second Cabin passengers from Bremen
52 Ida Lammerhirt; age: 36; sex: f; married/single: s; occupation: none;
Citizen of? USA; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr. soj.;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: 2; Contract ticket number: left blank.
53 Anna Hill; age: ??; sex: f; married/single: ?; occupation: none;
Citizen of? USA; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr. soj.;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: left blank. Contract ticket number: left blank.
54 Bertha Hebken; age: ??; sex: f; married/single: ?; occupation: none;
Citizen of? USA; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr. soj.;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: 1; Contract ticket number: left blank.
55 William Benedict; age: 31; sex: ?; married/single: ?; occupation: ?????;
Citizen of? Austria; destination: left blank; US citizen? left blank;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: transient;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: 2; Contract ticket number: left blank.
56 Henriette Baum; age: 20; sex: f; married/single: m; occupation: wife;
Citizen of? USA; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr. soj.;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: 3; Contract ticket number: left blank.
57 Else Baum; age: 11 mos; sex: f; married/single: s; occupation: child;
Citizen of? USA; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr. soj.;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: left blank. Contract ticket number: left blank.
58 Marg. Baum; age: 1 mos; sex: m; married/single: s; occupation: child;
Citizen of? USA; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr. soj.;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: left blank. Contract ticket number: left blank.
59 Carl Seeberg; age: 25; sex: m; married/single: m ; occupation: grocer;
Citizen of? USA; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr. soj.;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: 2; Contract ticket number: left blank.
60 Anna Vemes; age: ??; sex: f; married/single: m; occupation: wife;
Citizen of? Austria; destination: left blank; US citizen? left blank;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: transient;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: 2; Contract ticket number: left blank.
Transcriber's notes:the last name could be Vernes.
61 Margaret Vemes; age: 11 mos; sex: f; married/single: s; occupation: child;
Citizen of? Allegheny; destination: left blank; US citizen? left blank;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: transient;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: left blank. Contract ticket number: left blank.
Transcriber's notes:the last name could be Vernes.
62 Louise Weber; age: 56; sex: f; married/single: m; occupation: wife;
Citizen of? Germany; destination: left blank; US citizen? left blank;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: transient;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: 3; Contract ticket number: left blank.
63 Catherine Specht; age: 27; sex: f; married/single: m; occupation: wife;
Citizen of? Germany; destination: left blank; US citizen? left blank;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: transient;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: 2; Contract ticket number: left blank.
64 Barbara Baumann; age: 62; sex: f; married/single: m; occupation: wife;
Citizen of? USA; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr. soj.;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: 2; Contract ticket number: left blank.
65 Catherine Baumann; age: 22; sex: f; married/single: s; occupation: none;
Citizen of? USA; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr. soj.;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: left blank. Contract ticket number: left blank.
66 Pastor C. Krogmann; age: 35; sex: m; married/single: s; occupation: clergyman;
Citizen of? USA; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr. soj.;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: 1; Contract ticket number: left blank.
67 Jacob Oesterle; age: 67; sex: m; married/single: m; occupation: gardener;
Citizen of? USA; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr. soj.;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: 1; Contract ticket number: left blank.
68 Henry Sievert; age: 39; sex: m; married/single: m; occupation: grocer;
Citizen of? USA; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr. soj.;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: 2; Contract ticket number: left blank.
69 Johane Sievert; age: 38; sex: f; married/single: m; occupation: wife;
Citizen of? USA; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr. soj.;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: left blank. Contract ticket number: left blank.
70 Henry Sievert; age: 10; sex: m; married/single: s; occupation: scholar;
Citizen of? USA; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr. soj.;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: left blank. Contract ticket number: left blank.
71 Kath Romhete; age: 24; sex: f; married/single: s; occupation: none;
Citizen of? Germany; destination: left blank; US citizen? left blank;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: transient;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: 1; Contract ticket number: left blank.
72 Heinr Brooks; age: ??; sex: m; married/single: m; occupation: merchant;
Citizen of? USA; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr. soj.;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: 1; Contract ticket number: left blank.
73 Emma Pinkert; age: 36; sex: f; married/single: s; occupation: ......;
Citizen of? Germany; destination: left blank; US citizen? left blank;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: transient;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: 2; Contract ticket number: left blank.
74 Christian Hetton; age: 55; sex: m; married/single: m; occupation: grocer;
Citizen of? USA; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr. soj.;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: 1; Contract ticket number: left blank.
75 Mary Schulz; age: 25; sex: f; married/single: m; occupation: wife;
Citizen of? Austria; destination: left blank; US citizen? left blank;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: transient;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: 2; Contract ticket number: left blank.
76 Adele Schulz; age: 5; sex: f; married/single: s; occupation: child;
Citizen of? Austria; destination: left blank; US citizen? left blank;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: transient;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: left blank. Contract ticket number: left blank.
77 Wilh. Schulze; age: 18; sex: m; married/single: s; occupation: ........;
Citizen of? Germany; destination: left blank; US citizen? left blank;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: transient;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: 2; Contract ticket number: left blank.
78 Walther G. Meyer; age: 25; sex: m; married/single: s; occupation: clothier;
Citizen of? Germany; destination: left blank; US citizen? left blank;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: transient;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: 1; Contract ticket number: left blank.
79 A???gbert Herbst; age: 32; sex: m; married/single: ; occupation: .....;
Citizen of? USA; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr. soj.;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: 1; Contract ticket number: left blank.
80 Friedericke Deppe; age: 60; sex: f; married/single: m; occupation: wife;
Citizen of? USA; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr. soj.;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: 2; Contract ticket number: left blank.
81 ?????? Deppe; age: 22; sex: ?; married/single: ?; occupation: none;
Citizen of? USA; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr. soj.;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: 2; Contract ticket number: left blank.
82 all information is illegible
83 all information is illegible
84 all information is illegible
85 Fritz Rupp; age: ??; sex: illegible; married/single: illegible; occupation: none;
Citizen of? USA; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr soj;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: 3; Contract ticket number: left blank.
Transcriber's notes: the last name could be Rappe.
86 Rupp; age: 31; sex: illegible; married/single: illegible; occupation: none;
Citizen of? ; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr soj;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: left blank. Contract ticket number: left blank.
Transcriber's notes: the last name could be Rappe.
87 Rupp; age: 2; sex: illegible; married/single: illegible; occupation: none;
Citizen of? ; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr soj;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: left blank. Contract ticket number: left blank.
Transcriber's notes: the last name could be Rappe.
88 Henry Helken; age: ??; sex: illegible; married/single: illegible; occupation: illegible;
Citizen of? USA; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr soj;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: 2; Contract ticket number: left blank.
89 Cora Hintz; age: 41; sex: f; married/single: m; occupation: wife;
Citizen of? Germany; destination: left blank; US citizen? left blank;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: in transit;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: 4; Contract ticket number: left blank.
90 Henry Kaltmann; age: 36; sex: m; married/single: m; occupation: farmer;
Citizen of? USA; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr soj;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: 2; Contract ticket number: left blank.
Transcriber's notes: the last name could be Volkmann.
91 Mary Kaltmann; age: 31; sex: f; married/single: m; occupation: wife;
Citizen of? USA; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr soj;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: left blank. Contract ticket number: left blank.
Transcriber's notes: the last name could be Volkmann.
92 Henry Kaltmann; age: ?; sex: m; married/single: s; occupation: child;
Citizen of? USA; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr soj;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: left blank; Contract ticket number: left blank.
Transcriber's notes: the last name could be Volkmann.
93 Philip G????; age: ??; sex: m; married/single: m; occupation: baker;
Citizen of? USA; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr soj;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: 2; Contract ticket number: left blank.
94 Heinr Silermeyer; age: 30; sex: m; married/single: m; occupation: joiner;
Citizen of? USA; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: in transit;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: 1; Contract ticket number: left blank.
95 Friedr. Muller; age: 22; sex: m; married/single: s; occupation: merchant;
Citizen of? Germany; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr soj;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: 1; Contract ticket number: left blank.
96 Malchen Hern; age: 26; sex: f; married/single: s; occupation: none;
Citizen of? Germany; destination: left blank; US citizen? left blank;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr soj;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: 1; Contract ticket number: left blank.
97 …. Morgan??; age: 26; sex: f; married/single: m; occupation: wife;
Citizen of? USA; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr soj;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: 3; Contract ticket number: left blank.
98 ….. Morgan??; age: 12; sex: m; married/single: s; occupation: child;
Citizen of? USA; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr soj;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: left blank; Contract ticket number: left blank.
99 ….. Morgan??; age: 11; sex: m; married/single: s; occupation: child;
Citizen of? USA; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr soj;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: left blank; Contract ticket number: left blank.
100 Emilie …..; age: 40; sex: f; married/single: m; occupation: wife;
Citizen of? illegible; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr soj;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: 2; Contract ticket number: left blank.
Transcriber's notes: passengers 100 -102 seem to have the same last name.
101 Helene ……; age: 21; sex: f; married/single: ?; occupation: none;
Citizen of? illegible; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr soj;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: left blank; Contract ticket number: left blank.
Transcriber's notes: passengers 100 -102 seem to have the same last name.
102 A?????tta ……; age: 3; sex: ?; married/single: ?; occupation: child;
Citizen of? illegible; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr soj;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: left blank; Contract ticket number: left blank.
Transcriber's notes: passengers 100 -102 seem to have the same last name.
103 P……. ????berger; age: 34; sex: f; married/single: s; occupation: dressmaker;
Citizen of? illegible; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr soj;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: 2; Contract ticket number: left blank.
104 Ma….. ?eiss; age: ??; sex: f; married/single: s; occupation: none;
Citizen of? Germany; destination: left blank; US citizen? left blank;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: transient;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: 1; Contract ticket number: left blank.
105 Georg Wolf; age: 21; sex: m; married/single: s; occupation: ?????????;
Citizen of? USA; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr soj;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: 2; Contract ticket number: left blank.
106 Frank Bar??; age: 34; sex: m; married/single: s; occupation: salesman;
Citizen of? USA; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr soj;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: 1; Contract ticket number: left blank.
107 Joseph Ratter????; age: 34; sex: m; married/single: ?; occupation: merchant;
Citizen of? Havanna; destination: left blank; US citizen? left blank;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: in transit;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: 2; Contract ticket number: left blank.
108 W……. Jung…….; age: ??; sex: f; married/single: m; occupation: …….;
Citizen of? USA; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr soj;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: 2; Contract ticket number: left blank.
109 Chas Zimmermann; age: 40; sex: m; married/single: m; occupation: ……..;
Citizen of? USA; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr soj;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: 3; Contract ticket number: left blank.
110 Sophie Zimmermann; age: ??; sex: f; married/single: m; occupation: wife;
Citizen of? USA; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr soj;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: left blank; Contract ticket number: left blank.
111 Joh. Zimmermann; age: 11 mos; sex: m; married/single: s; occupation: child;
Citizen of? USA; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: protr soj;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: left blank; Contract ticket number: left blank.
112 Phillippine Eurnhardt; age: 18; sex: f; married/single: s; occupation: none;
Citizen of? Germany; destination: left blank; US citizen? yes;
Transient, in transit or protracted sojourn: potr soj;
Location: Cabin; pieces of luggage: 1; Contract ticket number: left blank.
113 - 127: all information is illegible
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.
* Passengers where numbered consecutively by the transcribers for ease of referencing.
* Ticket or Contract ticket number: These numbers where issued by the steamship companies to
identify the individual passenger or a family. See Numbers, often in consecutive order.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 633, List 1530.
Transcribed by Bill Kerchof a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
14 January 2006
Reviewed by Ines Mannhardt,
a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
5 June 2006
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