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Vessel name: SS Mosel
Port of departure: Bremen, Germany via Southampton, England
Port of arrival: New York, New York
Date of arrival: 17 March 1879
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 416



DISTRICT OF NEW-YORK...PORT OF NEW-YORK


I, H. A. F. Neynaber Master of the N. G. Lloyd S S Mosel 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 passengers taken on board of the said Vessel at Bremen via Southampton from which said Vessel 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 the voyage, and the names and ages of those who died. Sworn to this 17th Mch 1879 So help me God. (signed) H.A.F. Neynaber Before me (signed) unreadable signature

List or Manifest of all the passengers taken on board the North German Lloyd S S Mosel whereof H. A. F. Neynaber is Master, from Bremen burthen (blank) tons.

Columns: name, age, sex, occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country in which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on the voyage, Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage. Note: Since no passengers died on the voyage, I have deleted that column. The country in which they intend to become inhabitants is U. St. of America for all passengers. I have abbreviated this to U.S.A.

   1 J. Köhler              40   m merchant      New York       U.S.A.  I Cabin
   2 Mrs Chs Wilat??        40   f none          New York       U.S.A.  I Cabin
   3 Alexander Landecker    47   m none          New York       U.S.A.  I Cabin
   4*Christian Ducker       35   m b??????       San Francisco  U.S.A.  II Cabin
   5 Georg Jagel            26   m merchant      California     U.S.A.  II Cabin
   6 Charly Ringer          25   m merchant      New York       U.S.A.  II Cabin
   7 Eduard Heimbruch       37   m merchant      New York       U.S.A.  II Cabin
   8 Mrs Ed. Heimbruch      32   f wife          New York       U.S.A.  II Cabin
   9 Auguste Böhl           20   f none          Germany        U.S.A.  II Cabin
  10 Anna Paus              28   f none          Germany        U.S.A.  II Cabin
  11 Georg Nitsche          36   m merchant      Germany        U.S.A.  II Cabin
  12 Georg Wandecker        35   m merchant      California     U.S.A.  II Cabin
  13 Sophie Baer            20   f none          Germany        U.S.A.  II Cabin
  14 Eugen Habermehl        19   m merchant      New York       U.S.A.  II Cabin
  15 Magaretha Zahl         24   f none          Kansas         U.S.A.  II Cabin
  16 Anna Mareld            20   f none          Germany        U.S.A.  II Cabin
  17 Karl Mareld            17   m none          Germany        U.S.A.  II Cabin
  18 Charles Begie          40   m merchant      New York       U.S.A.  II Cabin
  19 John Schreigel         38   m taylor        New York       U.S.A.  II Cabin
  20 August Richter         26   m baker         Germany        U.S.A.  II Cabin
  21 Walter Reddin          33   m pilot         New York       U.S.A.  II Cabin
  22 Mrs Reddin             30   f wife          New York       U.S.A.  II Cabin
  23 Wilhelm Bauer          41   m merchant      Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  24 Wilhelm Redel          23   m merchant      Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  25 Johann Ehlers          17   m clerk         Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  26 Johann Kohrs           23   m waiter        New York       U.S.A.  Steerage
  27 Heinrich Becker        22   m grocer        New York       U.S.A.  Steerage
  28 Catherine Fitschen     27   f none          Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  29 Johann Fitschen         3   m child         Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  30 Heinrich Fitschen       2   m child         Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
* 31 Jobst Fitschen       11 mos m child         Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  32 Johann Hummel          35   m farmer        Bavaria        U.S.A.  Steerage
  33 Lina Wisemann          18   f none          Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  34 Wilhelm Seefeld        40   m farmer        Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  35 Bertha Seefeld         33   f wife          Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  36 Otto Seefeld           13   m child         Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  37 Martha Seefeld          9   f child         Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  38 Wilhelm Seefeld         8   m child         Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  39 Anna Seefeld            7   f child         Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  40 Richard Seefeld         5   m child         Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  41 Albert Seefeld          3   m child         Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  42 Robert Seefeld        3 mos m child         Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  43 Hermann Weiler         17   m merchant      Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  44 Carl Stephan           17   m butcher       Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  45 Philipp Derck          60   m workman       Austria        U.S.A.  Steerage
  46 Wilhelm Plechert       28   m butcher       Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  47 Magaretha Behrschmidt  32   f none          New York       U.S.A.  Steerage
  48 Anna Behrschmidt        3   f child         New York       U.S.A.  Steerage
  49 Caroline Behrschmidt 11 mos f child         New York       U.S.A.  Steerage
* 50 Conrad Busch           45   m b??dma?       New York       U.S.A.  Steerage
* 51 Heinrich Oelker        39   m b??dma?       New York       U.S.A.  Steerage
  52 Conrad Bettmann        19   m watchmaker    Bavaria        U.S.A.  Steerage
  53 Heinrich Sieger        24   m merchant      Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  54 Thimotheus Speck       30   m farmer        Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  55 Georg Wernicke         36   m farmer        San Francisco  U.S.A.  Steerage
  56 John Schmidt           43   m farmer        Iowa           U.S.A.  Steerage
  57 Fried Zimmerman        54   m farmer        Illinois       U.S.A.  Steerage
  58 Mary Beck              45   f none          Pennsylvania   U.S.A.  Steerage
  59 Rosa Theis             21   f none          Bavaria        U.S.A.  Steerage
  60 Conrad Both            16   m locksmith     Bavaria        U.S.A.  Steerage
  61 Max Hester             33   m musician      Hoboken        U.S.A.  Steerage
  62 Diedrich Moranski      26   m workman       Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  63 Georg Hausche          21   m confectioner  Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  64 Jacob Cohoday          26   m workman       Cleveland      U.S.A.  Steerage
* 65 Maria                  22   f none          Bohemia        U.S.A.  Steerage
  66 Ludwig Zeller          62   m workman       Philadelphia   U.S.A.  Steerage
  67 Anna Zeller            58   m wife          Philadelphia   U.S.A.  Steerage
  68 Louis Zeller           15   m child         Philadelphia   U.S.A.  Steerage
  69 Albert Newagowski      24   m workman       Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  70 Jacob Sibak            28   m workman       Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  71 Max Burgdorf           27   m tanner        Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  72 Josef Bung             60   m dealer        St. Paul       U.S.A.  Steerage
  73 Fried Masmann          15   m workman       Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  74 Diedrich Schmidt       15   m workman       Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  75 Heinrich Nordhausen    18   m workman       Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  76 Diedrich Jacobs        15   m workman       Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  77 Theodor Schüler        24   m workman       Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  78 Max Franz              21   m apothecary    New York       U.S.A.  Steerage
  79 Conrad Jüttner         28   m farmer        Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  80 Dieter Hartelt         26   m farmer        Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  81 Johann Herde           22   m tanner        Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  82 Josef Köhler           27   m farmer        Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  83 Thekla Weiner          24   f none          Bohemia        U.S.A.  Steerage
  84 Jacob Kort             43   m gardner       Cincinnati     U.S A.  Steerage
  85 Caroline Vox           33   f none          Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  86 Josef Kleisner         28   m farmer        Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  87 Ernst Lust             22   m farmer        Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  88 Emil Salsmann          37   m farmer        Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  89 Anton Coufal           21   m farmer        Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  90 Mathias Pelan          27   m farmer        Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  91 Antonia Pelan          18   f none          Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  92 Friedrich Benziger     17   m workman       Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  93 Johannes Robb          60   m workman       Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  94 Ernst Kranner          27   m merchant      New Orleans    U.S.A.  Steerage
* 95 Wilhelm Glöckner       38   m workman       Sanoma         U.S.A.  Steerage
  96 Minna Topel            37   f none          Sanoma         U.S.A.  Steerage
  97 Max Topel               9   m child         Sanoma         U.S.A.  Steerage
  98 Gustav Gaim            20   m merchant      Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  99 Johann Vollmer         27   m workman       Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 100 Johann Keppler         21   m workman       Germany        U.S A.  Steerage
 101 Ludwig Eisler          18   m saddler       Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 102 Diedrich Otto          40   m farmer        Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 103 Anna Otto              35   f wife          Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 104 Sophia Otto            72   f none          Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 105 Johann Otto             8   m child         Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 106 Heinrich Otto           7   m child         Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 107 Doris Otto              5   m child         Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 108 Johann Otto             2   m child         Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 109 Timbo Haus             24   m farmer        Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 110 Jacob Marcus           20   m merchant      Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 111 Johannes Elsässer      39   m dealer        Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
*112 Gettrude Else??        23   f none          Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 113 Peter Schröder         25   m farmer        Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 114 Johannes Scheible      52   m stonecutter   Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 115 Wilhelm Ebert          49   m shoemaker     New York       U.S.A.  Steerage
 116 Wilhelm Schlick        23   m farmer        Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 117 Julius Fels            17   m merchant      Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 118 Carl Fagler            25   m farmer        Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 119 Christian Fleischmann  24   m workman       Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 120 Johann Günther         22   m workman       Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
*121 August Zangerle        27   m b??er         Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 122 Otto Pares             38   m landlord      Boston         U.S.A.  Steerage
 123 Josef Brockmann        26   m farmer        Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 124 Ernst Günther          28   m workman       Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 125 Johann Bley            32   m workman       Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 126 Louis Gerhardt         40   m workman       New York       U.S.A.  Steerage
 127 Claus Müller           45   m farmer        Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 128 Metha Müller           38   f wife          Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 129 Gesche Müller          12   f child         Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 130 Catharine Müller        9   f child         Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 131 Mario Müller            8   f child         Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 132 Rebecca Müller          6   f child         Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 133 Heinrich Krenn         24   m farmer        Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 134 Herm von Salyer        18   m farmer        Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 135 Johann Köster          16   m farmer        Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 136 Georg Pein             17   m farmer        Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 137 Mathilde Schnaars      16   f none          Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 138 Adelheid Gelker        18   f none          Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 139 Elise Meyer            16   f none          Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 140 Eberhard Rottmann      26   m farmer        Bavaria        U.S.A.  Steerage
 141 Elisabeth Rottmann     25   f wife          Bavaria        U.S.A.  Steerage
 142 Diedrich Kostner       31   m taylor        Bavaria        U.S.A.  Steerage
 143 Josef Mo?er            24   m farmer        Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 144 Wilhelm Spielker       26   m ????tager     Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 145 Anton Reis             50   m merchant      Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 146 Magaretha Reis         32   f wife          Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 147 Emma Reis               5   f child         Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 148 Maria Reis           11 mos f child         Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 149 Conrad Koppik          25   m farmer        Chicago        U.S.A.  Steerage
 150 Gebhard Radler         28   m farmer        Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 151 Hinrich Ropers         24   m farmer        Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 152 Maria Reddelmann       28   f none          Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 153 Heinrich Franken       25   m merchant      Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 154 Jurgen Roters          34   m farmer        Nebraska       U.S.A.  Steerage
 155 Theodor Heine          26   m dyer          Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 156 Catharine Hackler      30   f none          Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 157 Heinrich Hackler        2   m child         Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 158 Ca?? Behrmann          41   f none          Jersey City    U.S.A.  Steerage
 159 Heinrich Cohrs         38   m waiter        New York       U.S A.  Steerage
 160 Friederike Cohrs       36   f wife          New York       U.S.A.  Steerage
 161 Hermine Cohrs          10   f child         New York       U.S.A.  Steerage
 162 Louise Cohrs            8   f child         New York       U.S.A.  Steerage
 163 Hermann Cohrs           6   m child         New York       U.S.A.  Steerage
 164 Heinrich Cohrs          3   m child         New York       U.S.A.  Steerage
 165 Anna Cohrs          11 mos  f child         New York       U.S.A.  Steerage
 166 Joachim Timm           31   m waiter        Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 167 David Schmidt          28   m traveler      Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 168 Riche Vihan            25   f none          Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
 169 Wilhelm Ulrich         32   m merchant      Germany        U.S.A.  Steerage
  
                             Recapitulation
                          Adult  children  infants
                  I Cabin   3                        3
                 II Cabin  20                       20
                 Steerage 120       21       5     146
                          143       21       5     169 

Passenger notes:

  2 Wilat?? - last 2 letters are small letters.
  4 Ducker - occupation b????? consists of 1 or 2 small letters followed
    by 1 tall letter (could be h), then 2 or 3 small letters.
 31 Fitschen - There is a cross symbol by this name which usually denotes
    a death, but there are no deaths noted for the voyage.
 50 Busch - occupation could be birdman
 51 Oelker - occupation could be birdman
 65 There is no surname listed for this passenger.
112 Else?? - the name looks like Elseer
121 Zangerle - occupation b??er. There are 2 small illegible letters.
131 Müller - given name is written as Mario with sex as female 
143 Mo?er - name may be Mover
144 Spielker - occupation ????tager. A tall letter, 1 or 2 small letters,
    a tall letter, a small letter, then 'tager'
158 Behrmann - given name may be Cath

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