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Rotterdam, Holland* to New York
15 December 1888

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK

Netherlands-American Steam Navigation Company
I, F.H. Boyer, Master of the Steamship Maas do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the following List of Manifest ascribed 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 behalf of the said Steamship Maas at Rotterdam from which port said Steamship Maas has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age,the sex and the occupation of each 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 for the number of said passsengers who have died on said voyage, and the names and ages of those who died. sincerely the December 15,1888 burthen 16??tones
Columns represent: No, Name, Age in years and months, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they severally belong, Country in which they intend to become inhabitants.
  1  Kaspar Hof             ??  M  Farmer     Germany    America Steerage
  2  Fritz Emmer            ??  M  Goldsmith  Germany    America Steerage
  3  Barbara Emmer          ??  F             Germany    America Steerage
  4  Jusanna Weiss          ??  F             Germany    America Steerage
  5  Carl Christmann        ??  M  Laborer    Germany    America Steerage
  6  Michael Braun          ??  M  Laborer    Germany    America Steerage
  7  Ludwig Nicolaus        ??  M  Laborer    Germany    America Steerage
  8  Gerig Bollack          ??  M  Farmer     Germany    America Steerage
  9  Julius Schott          ??  M  Sailor     Germany    America Steerage
 10* ???  K?l???offer       ??  M    ?        Germany    America Steerage
 11  Michael Ernst          ??  M  Sailor     Germany    America Steerage
 12  Catharine Ernst        ??  F             Germany    America Steerage
 13  Johann Ernst           ??  M    ?        Germany    America Steerage
 14  Elisabeth Ernst        ??  F             Germany    America Steerage
 15  Catherine Ernst        6m  M  F          Germany    America Steerage
 16  Theodor Frietschi      ??  M  Miller     Germany    America Steerage
 17  Albert Kaiser          ??  M  Engineer   Germany    America Steerage
 18  Philippine Frietschi   ??  F             Germany    America Steerage
 19  August Mayer           ??  M  Clerk      Germany    America Steerage
 20  August Schmitz         ??  M    ?        Germany    America Steerage
 21  Johann Dick            ??  M  Laborer    Germany    America Steerage
 22  Franz Grosch           ??  M    ?        Germany    America Steerage
 23  Wilhelm Gering         ??  M  Carpenter  Germany    America Steerage
 24  Wilhelm Schuttig       ??  M  Painter    Germany    America Steerage
 25  Balthasar Hess         ??  M  Laborer    Germany    America Steerage
 26  Simon Willi            ??  M  Laborer    Germany    America Steerage
 27  Johann Willi           ??  M  Laborer    Germany    America Steerage
 28  Herman Eifrig          ??  M  Watchmaker Germany    America Steerage
 29  Josef Keller           ??  M  Farmer     Germany    America Steerage
 30  Amalie Keller          ??  F             Germany    America Steerage
 31  Josef Gross            ??  M  Farmer     Germany    America Steerage
 32  Friedrike Frank        ??  F             Germany    America Steerage
 33  Peter Pisterer         ??  M  Merchant   Germany    America Steerage
 34  Johanna Pisterer       6m  F             Germany    America Steerage
 35  Barbara Pisterer       ??  F             Germany    America Steerage
 36  Elisabeth Pisterer     ??  F             Germany    America Steerage
 37  Nicolaus Pisterer      ??  M     ?       Germany    America Steerage
 38  Jean Pisterer          ??  F     ?       Germany    America Steerage
 39  Johanna Pisterer       ??  F             Germany    America Steerage
 40  Carl Braun             29  M  Farmer     Germany    America Steerage
 41  Franz Altenbach        24  M  Mason      Germany    America Steerage
 42  ?ina Heck              24  M  Laborer    Germany    America Steerage
 43  Johanna Vollinger      23  F             Germany    America Steerage
 44  Otto Altenbach         23  M  Mason      Germany    America Steerage
 45  Christoph Uebel        39  M    ?        Germany    America Steerage
 46  Barbara Uebel          32  F             Germany    America Steerage
 47  Dorothea Uebel          7  F             Germany    America Steerage
 48  Josef Uebel             5  M             Germany    America Steerage
 49  Elisabeth Uebel         3  F             Germany    America Steerage
 50  Catharine Uebel        6m  F             Germany    America Steerage
 51  Conrad Uebel           6m  M             Germany    America Steerage
 52  Philippine Dreyer      26  F             Germany    America Steerage
 53  Barbara Dreyer          2  F             Germany    America Steerage
 54  Eugene Dreyer          ??  M             Germany    America Steerage
 55  Robert Wolf            20  M             Germany    America Steerage
 56  Freerk Siccona         46  M  Laborer    Netherland America Steerage
 57  Metje??? Siccona       44  F             Netherland America Steerage
 58  Jan Siccona            17  M  Laborer    Netherland America Steerage
 59  Berend Siccona         11  M             Netherland America Steerage
 60  Hiltje Siccona          9  F             Netherland America Steerage
 61  Gri??? Siccona          7  F             Netherland America Steerage
 62  Jacob Siccona           4  M             Netherland America Steerage
 63  Reina Siccona         11m  F             Netherland America Steerage
 64  Ebbe    Lauting        46  M  Laborer    Netherland America Steerage
 65        ? Lauting        41  F             Netherland America Steerage
 66        ? Lauting        18  F             Netherland America Steerage
 67        ? Lauting        14  F             Netherland America Steerage
 68  Hendrika Lauting       11  F             Netherland America Steerage
 69  Albert    Lauting       8  M             Netherland America Steerage
 70  Dieumerke Lauting       6  F             Netherland America Steerage
 71  Frerkje  Lauting      11m  F             Netherland America Steerage
 72  Klaarke Spoelstra      23  F             Netherland America Steerage
 73  Edward Brage           26  M  Farmer     Netherland America Steerage
 74  Cornelis Engels        37  M  Farmer     Netherland America Steerage
 75  Jannis Woittier        27  M  Farmer     Netherland America Steerage
 76  Maria Woittier         32  F             Netherland America Steerage
 77  Jaan?ge Eisenger       47  F             Netherland America Steerage
 78  Anne Bolleman          38  M  Sailor     Netherland America Steerage
 79  Jacob Butz             28  M  Farmer     Germany    America Steerage
 80  Barbara Butz           26  F             Germany    America Steerage
 81  Marie Steinbacher      23  F             Germany    America Steerage
 82  Wilhelm Peter          18  M  Laborer    Germany    America Steerage
 83  Bridg? Lacy            19  M  Laborer    England    America Steerage
 84  Alfred Sandford        23  M  Mechanic   England    America Steerage
 85  Thomas Blessington     22  M    ?        England    America Steerage
 86  Louis Trabault         23  M  Confection England    America Steerage 
 87  F?    Ben??            26  M  Polisher   England    America Steerage
 88  Wendlin Ehreiser       21  M  Laborer    Germany    America Steerage
 89  Elisabeth Legrum       45  F             Germany    America Steerage
 90  Franz Legrum           12  M             Germany    America Steerage
 91  Maria Legrum           ??  F             Germany    America Steerage
 92  Alwine Legrum          ??  F             Germany    America Steerage
 93  Catherine Legrum       ??  F             Germany    America Steerage
 94  Marie Becker           15  F             Germany    America Steerage
 95  Jacob Wangner          19  M  Laborer    Germany    America Sterrage
 96  Christian Acker        19  M   ?         Germany    America Sterrage
 97  Johann Hermann         15  M   ?         Germany    America Steerage
 98  Friedrick Keller       41  M  Merchant   Germany    America Steerage
 99  Nicolaus Werner        40  M   ?         Germany    America Steerage
100  Maria Werner           40  F             Germany    America Steerage
101  Margaretha Werner      10  F             Germany    America Steerage
102  Maria Werner           ??  F             Germany    America Steerage
103  Catharine Werner       30  F             Germany    America Steerage
104  Anna Kilian            21  F             Germany    America Steerage
105  Gottlob Metzger        17  M  Saddler    Germany    America Steerage
106  Friedrich Anthony      18  M  Laborer    Germany    America Steerage
107  Jacob Feierabend       20  M  Laborer    Germany    America Steerage
108  Carl Kraute            26  M  Laborer    Germany    America Steerage
109  John Cowler            36  M  Laborer    England    America Steerage
110  David Belsher          21  M  waiter     England    America Steerage
111  Franz Reichl?          23  M  ?          Germany    America Cabin
112  Richard Rohrig?        23  M  ?          Germany    America Cabin
113  Georg Lill             28  M  Merchant   Germany    America Steerage

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 thecondition
  of the manifest or handwriting of the original recorder.

* Rotterdam, Holland is actually Rotterdam, Holland, Netherlands.

* Passenger numbers added to aid with referencing.

 10   name scratched off.


Correspondence 08/09/02 passenger Grosch
This Franz Grosch could be my grandfather he came from Dresden, Germany in l888 to Ohio
and later moved to Manchester, TN.  They had eight children.Nazaretta Grosch Finney

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 528, List 1660.
Transcribed by Mildred Heard for the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
25 November 1998



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