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SS Switzerland

I, Samuel Jackson, Master of the SS Switzerland, do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare 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 SS 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 13 Nov. 18763

So help me God,
(signed) Samuel Jackson

before me ________________(illegible signature)

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Belgian SS Switzerland whereof Samuel 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, if in US before (handwritten), *died on voyage, part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage, number of baggage.

	
  1  Andries, Robert            36     m  glass manufr     Belgium     US  yes  steerage    {2	
  2  Andries, Robert            16     m  glass manufr     Belgium     US  yes  steerage    {	
  3  Chifalo, Rosario           27     m  sailor           Italy       US  yes  steerage    {3	
  4  Chifalo, Vincenzo          25     m  sailor           Italy       US  yes  steerage    {	
  5* Muller, Christ^n           25     m  clerk            Germany     US  yes  steerage     1	
  6  Boniface, Vincenzo         24     m  labourer         Italy       US  no   steerage    --	
  7  Lorrano, Raffaele          38     m  labourer         Italy       US  no   steerage    {	
  8  Lorrano, Colomese          24     f  wife             Italy       US  no   steerage    {1	
  9  Lorrano, Gerado             1y6m  m  son              Italy       US  no   steerage    {	
 10  Lorrano, Di Biase          34     m  labourer         Italy       US  no   steerage    {	
 11  Collette, Henri K          36     m  labourer         Suisse      US  no   steerage    {1	
 12* Skidel, Henri              34     m  clerk            Germany     US  yes  steerage    --	
 13  Greb, Elisa                38     f  wife             Germany     US  no   steerage    {1	
 14  Greb, Wilhelm               9     m  son              Germany     US  no   steerage    {	
 15  Abbalichia, Vito Antonio   36     m  labourer         Italy       US  yes  steerage     2	
 16  Boucher, Adelard           41     m  merchant         Germany     US  yes  steerage    {--	
 17  Boucher, Francis           15     m  son              Germany     US  yes  steerage    {	
 18  Sauter, Johann             80     m  carpenter        Germany     US  yes  steerage     1	
 19  Durant, Jules              31     m  merchant         France      US  yes  steerage     --	
 20* Rukle, Christian           42     m  brewer           Germany     US  yes  steerage     --	
 21  Merkert, Gottfried         38     m  farmer           Germany     US  no   steerage     --
 22  Gemelin, John              26     m  painter          US          US  yes  steerage     1	
 23* Baddauer, Stefan           50     m  farmer           Switzerland US  yes  steerage     --	
 24  Feld, Johann               29     m  baker            Germany     US  no   2nd class    1	
 25  Kappel, Johanna            53     f  wife             Germany     US  yes  2nd class   {1	
 26  Kappel, Emilie              6     f  daughter         Germany     US  no   2nd class   {	
 27  Weiss, Louise              43     f  wife             Germany     US  yes  2nd class   {1	
 28  Wepfer, Christine          11     f  sister           Germany     US  no   2nd class   {	
 29  Morganstern, Lina          29     f  wife             Germany     US  yes  2nd class   {--	
 30  Morganstern, Emma           5     f  daughter         US          US  yes  2nd class   {	
 31  Heitz, Ruperta             32     f  sister of mercy  Germany     US  no   2nd class   {	
 32  Petermarer, Sigismunda     39     f  sister of mercy  Germany     US  no   2nd class   {2	
 33  Kerndelmaier, Gerharta     32     f  sister of mercy  Germany     US  no   2nd class   {	
 34  Murbbeck, Priska           23     f  sister of mercy  Germany     US  no   2nd class   {	
 35  Renner, Casimir            30     m  priest           Germany     US  no   2nd class    1	
 36  Hansen, Adolph             40     m  cabinet maker    Germany     US  yes  2nd class    1	
 37  Ward, Henry G.             25     m  lawyer           US          US  yes  1st saloon   1	
 38  Locquet Leroy, Sophia      46     f  wife             Belgium     US  yes  1st saloon  {5	
 39  Locquet Leroy, Ida         23     f  daughter         US          US  yes  1st saloon  {	
	
		
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, therefore this coloumn was eliminated.	
	
 5: Muller is spelled with u Umlaut.	
12: the last name could be Steidel.	
20: Rukle is spelled with u Umlaut.	
23: the last name could be Badrauer.	
    	

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