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SS Switzerland
I, Saml Jackson, Master of the SS Switzerland, 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 SS Switzerland at Antwerp from which port said Switzerland 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 12 June 1876
So help me God,
before me ________________(illegible signature)
(signed) Saml Jackson
List or Manifest of all the passengers taken on board the Switzerland whereof Saml Jackson is Master, from Antwerp burthen 2103 tons.
Coloumns represent: Names, age in years and months, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, *the country of which they intend to become inhabitants, *been in US before, *died on voyage, part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.
1 Legin, Joseph 24 m cook Belgium no steerage 2 2 Pflugfelder, Henrich 29 m painter US yes steerage 1 3 Wolf, Clementine 19 f spinster Russia no steerage 1 4* Muller, Johann 54 m cooper Germany yes steerage 5* Muller, Elisa 46 f wife Germany no steerage 6* Muller, Johann 11 m son Germany no steerage 2 7* Muller, Peter 8 m son Germany no steerage 8* Muller, Anna 5 f daughter Germany no steerage 9* Muller, Catharina 5 f daughter Germany no steerage 10 Georges, Johann 45 m labourer Germany no steerage 1 11 Zuschlag, Conrad 25 m baker Germany no steerage 1 12 Peplenski, Michael 24 m labourer Germany no steerage 1 13 Eschbach, Johann 58 m farmer US yes steerage 14 Kollasch, Michael 19 m farmer Germany no steerage 15* Larni, Franz 30 m baker Bavaria yes steerage 16 Blasey, Lisette 34 f house maid Swiss no steerage 1 17 Geffel, Peter 53 m shoe maker Germany no steerage 18 Geffel, Helene 43 f wife Germany no steerage 19 Geffel, Johann 17 m son Germany no steerage 20 Geffel, Catharina 14 f son Germany no steerage 21 Geffel, Henri 11 m son Germany no steerage 22 Noe, Nicolas 24 m smith Prussia no steerage 1 23 Mollaret, Elie 20 m mason Savoy France no steerage 24 Grossmann, Gotlieb 28 m shoe maker Wurtenburg no steerage 25 Henn, Anna 21 f domestic Baden no steerage 26 Rosselet, Wilhelm 27 m labourer Switzerland yes steerage 4 27 Gehri, Nicholas 57 m mason Switzerland yes steerage 28 Gehri, Anna 56 f wife Switzerland yes steerage 29 Matthys, Louise 16 f spinster Switzerland no steerage 30 Koszikowski, Josephine 39 m labourer Germany no steerage 31 Koszikowski, Josephine 20 f wife Germany no steerage 32 Koszikowski, Johann 8m m child Germany no steerage 33* Hendrikx, Philip 42 m professor Switzerland yes steerage 34* Hendrikx, Clemence 40 f wife Switzerland no steerage 2 35* Neing, Jean B. 34 m baker Loraine no steerage 36 Reiter, Pierre 28 m baker Loraine no steerage 2 37* Loecho?, Jacob 18 m brewer Germany yes steerage 38 Haller, Jacob 34 m farmer Germany no steerage 39* …….., …… … …. …… ….. … steerage 40 Nicholas, Richard 22 m shoe maker France no steerage 41 Arthaud, Jean A. 33 m mason France yes steerage 42 Lenz, Margaret 20 f servant Germany no steerage 1 43* Guillanne, Michels 41 m butcher Belgium no steerage 2 44* Brugmann, Ferdinand 44 m clerk France no steerage 1 45 Bottino, Tomasso 21 m clerk Italy no steerage 46 Bottino, Alexandrina 26 f wife Italy yes steerage 3 47* Klingeschmidt, Moren 51 m labourer U.S. yes steerage 48 Lorrionnier, Pierre 32 m painter Belgium yes steerage 49 Lorrionnier, Marie 20 f wife Belgium yes steerage 50 Leonard, Hubert 70 m labourer Belgium yes steerage 51 Leonard, Justine 70 f wife Belgium yes steerage 52 Leonard, Jean Baptiste 33 m machinist Belgium no steerage 53 Stanley, Jean Baptiste 30 m carpenter Belgium yes steerage 54 Stanley, Marie 60 f mother Belgium yes steerage 55 Pay, Jean Philip 72 m labourer Belgium yes steerage 56 Dailly, Paul 70 m labourer (father) Belgium yes steerage 57 Dailly, Francois 33 m labourer-(son) Belgium yes steerage 4 58 Dailly, Conrad 60 f wife (mother) Belgium yes steerage 59 Dailly, Josephine 20 f servant (daughter) Belgium yes steerage 60 Dailly, Gregoire 14 m son Belgium yes steerage 61 Braun, Jacob 32 m labourer U.S. yes steerage 62 Gugelsberg, Jacob 28 m labourer Belgium no steerage 63 Gugelsberg, Gotlieb 26 m labourer Belgium no steerage 64 Gugelsberg, Johann 17 m labourer Belgium no steerage 65 Baum, Johann 14 m labourer Germany no steerage 66 Baum, Johann G. 13 m labourer Germany no steerage 67 Turner, Henrika 22 f domestic Germany no steerage 68 Enck, Johanna 42 f wife Germany yes steerage 3 69* Enck, Adolph 17 m son Germany yes steerage 70 Metz, Babetta 32 f wife Bavaria no steerage 1 71 Metz, Christian 9 m son Bavaria no steerage 72 Metz, Johann 11 m son Bavaria no steerage 73 Leidinger, Peter 23 m miner U.S. yes steerage 74 Ceresa, Francesco 38 m copper smith Italy yes steerage 75 Bastady, John 39 m weaver Switzerland yes steerage 76* Wiederkehr, Fidel 26 m farmer Switzerland no steerage 77 Gladen, Jean 27 m merchant Luxemburg yes steerage 78 Erpelding, Pierre 28 m merchant Luxemburg no steerage 79* August, Barbara 27 f wife Luxemburg no steerage 2 80* August, Jean 2 m son Luxemburg no steerage 81 L'Heureux, Chas. Jos^h 57 m cook France yes steerage 1 82 Vence, Schilden W 22 m student Canada yes steerage 83 Baltzgen, Harry 6 m boy Germany no steerage 84 Weltz, John 39 m draughtsman U.S. yes steerage 1 85 Koehler, Carl Luis 24 m clerk Germany yes steerage 1 86 Nasse, John 30 m clerk Germany yes 2nd cabin 87 Nasse, Johanna 28 f wife Germany yes 2nd cabin 88 Nasse, Elise 2 f child Germany yes 2nd cabin 11 89 Nasse, Julianna 11m f infant Germany yes 2nd cabin 90* Kuchenbeissen, Kak^t 56 f mother Germany no 2nd cabin 91 Gutman, Augusta 59 f wife Germany no 2nd cabin 92 Gutman, Rosa 21 f daughter Germany no 2nd cabin 93 Gutman, Henrich 27 m merchant (son) Germany no 2nd cabin 94 Massa, Francesca 30 m sea captain Italy no 2nd cabin 95 Wack, Paul 25 m merchant Germany yes 2nd cabin 96* Muller, Albin 29 m glass worker Germany no 2nd cabin 97 Adnet, Eugene 10 m boy Belgium no 2nd cabin 98 Widmann, Andreas 36 m sculptor Germany no 2nd cabin 1 99 Rheinhold, Rudolf 29 m merchant Germany no 2nd cabin 3 100 Deymann, Elise 28 f spinster Belgium no 2nd cabin 2 101 Van de Velde, Marcel 29 m merchant Belgium no 2nd cabin 102 Van de Velde, Anna 21 f wife U.S. yes 2nd cabin 6 103 St Albe, Gustave 48 m doctor Austria yes 2nd cabin 2 104 Curelier, Henri 31 m accountant Belgium no 2nd cabin 2 105 Kellner, Louise 27 f spinster U.S. yes 1st cabin 106 Bush, Fanny 27 f spinster U.S. yes 1st cabin 4 107 Corson, Helen 27 f spinster U.S. yes 1st cabin 2 108 Chase, Louise 36 f wife U.S. yes 1st cabin 2 109 Lederle, Joseph 22 m wine merchant Germany yes 1st cabin 3 110* Foniquet, Gabriel 30 m wine merchant France no 1st cabin 3 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. * None died during the voyage, all passengers intended to stay in the US, therefore these coloumns were eliminated. "Been in US before" was added by the writer of the manifest, it is not one of the pre-printed coloumn headers. 4 - 9: Muller is spelled with u Umlaut. 15: Surname may be Lanie. Larni and Lani are spelled with a Umlaut. 33 & 34: Surname may be Hendrikse. 37: Surname may be Loccho. 39: Information not visible as manifest has been cut off. 43: the last name could be Guillaume. 44: Surname may be Bergman or Burgmann. 47: Given name may be Morand. 79 & 80: Surname may be Augusta. 90: Given name may be Katha. 96: Muller is spelled with u Umlaut. 110: Surname may be Foinguet.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 404, List 506.
Transcribed by Harry Green and Ines Mannhardt,
members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
8 April 2006
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