Ship Elard
From Antwerp, Belgium to New York
Date: 23 June 1843
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DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, Jacob Wessels, do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the following list or Manifest
of Passengers, subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the
Customs for the District of New York, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a
just and true account of all the Passengers received aboard the
Ship Elard whereof I am master, from Antwerp.
So help me God Sworn to the 23 June 1843
(Signed) M.L. Slavis, D.C.
LIST or MANIFEST of all the PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship
Ship Elard, whereof Jacob Wessels
is Master, from Antwerp. Burthen 457 tons.
Columns represent: Names, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they severally belong,
Country which they intend to become inhabitants,Died on Voyage
1 ??li???s Leider 57 Male Farmer Holland Ohio Three Boxes
2 Barbara Leider 47 Female Holland Ohio
3 Anna Maria Leider 20 Female Holland Ohio
4 Susanne Leider 17 Female Holland Ohio
5 Elisabeth Leider 14 Female Holland Ohio
6 Catharina Leider 7 Female Holland Ohio
7 Nicolas Roding* 44 Male Farmer Holland Ohio Two Boxes
8 Anna Maria Roding* 33 Femanin Farmer Holland Ohio
9 Catharina Roding* 18 Female Holland Ohio
10 Johannes Roding* 16 Male Farmer Holland Ohio
11 Tobias Roding* 13 Male Holland Ohio
12 Hermann Roding* 10 Male Holland Ohio
13 Margaretha Roding* 7 Female Holland Ohio
14 Catherina Roding* 2 Female Holland Ohio
15 * Hach 36 Male Farmer Holland New York One Box
16 Nicolaus Flamm 37 Male Farmer Holland New York One Box
17 Stephan Wagner 30 Male Blacksmith Holland New York
18 C???ns Schleich 26 Male Farmer Holland New York
19 T??? Schrup 20 Male Farmer Holland New York
20 Heinrich Pauli 30 Male Farmer Holland New York
21 * Niels 55 Male Farmer Holland New York
22 Anna Maria Niels 45 Femanin Farmer Holland New York
23 N????s Niels 23 Male Holland New York
24 ????m Niels 21 Male Holland New York
25 Elisabeth Niels 17 Female Holland New York
26 Johan Peter Niels 14 Male Holland New York
27 B????? Niels 12 Female Holland New York
28 Wilhelm Niels 6 Male Holland New York
29 Nicolas Weiss 35 Male Farmer Holland Ohio Two Boxes
30 Margaretha Weiss 35 Female Holland Ohio
31 Peter Weiss 5 Male Farmer Holland Ohio
32 Nicolas Weiss 3 Male Holland Ohio
33 Catherine Weiss 1 Female Holland Ohio
34 Nicolas Mambach 28 Male Farmer Holland Michigan Two Boxes
35 * Mambach 22 Female Holland Michigan
36 Baptist Ruppert 59 Male Farmer Holland Michigan
37 Margaretha Ruppert 55 Female Holland Michigan
38 Catherine Ruppert 20 Female Holland Michigan
39 Elisabeth Ruppert 7 Female Holland Michigan
40 Margaretha Ruppert 6 Female Holland Michigan
41 Charlotte Ruppert 4 Female Holland Michigan
42 Franz Hayser 46 Male Joiner Holland New York Two Boxes
43 Margaretha Hayser 36 Female Holland New York
44 Mathius Hayser 6 Male Holland New York
45 Franz Hayser 4 Male Holland New York
46 Catherin Weidig 56 Feminin Holland New York
47 Hana Hayser 1 Female Holland New York
48 Martin Henz 47 Male Joiner Holland New York One Box
49 Catherina Henz 42 Female Holland New York
50 Johannes Henz 18 Male Holland New York
51 Johannes Henz 16 Male Holland New York
52 Catherina Henz 13 Female Holland New York
53 Wilhelm Henz 10 Male Holland New York
54 Peter Henz 7 Male Holland New York
55 Johannes Peter Henz 2 Male Holland New York
56 Mikail Schmidt 37 Male Blacksmith Holland Michigan Two Boxes
57 Elisabeth Schmidt 35 Female Holland Michigan
58 * Schmidt 8 Female Holland Michigan
59 Josephine Schmidt 6 Female Holland Michigan
60 Nicolaus Schmidt 4 Male Holland Michigan
61 Michal Schmidt 1 Male Holland Michigan
62 Gregor Schroder 42 Male Farmer Holland New York Two Boxes
63 Paulina Schroder 46 Female Holland New York
64 Nicholaus Schroder 17 Male Holland New York
65 Peter Schroder 15 Male Holland New York
66 Anton Schroder 11 Male Holland New York
67 Peter Pocker 44 Male Farmer Holland New York Two Boxes
68 Catherin Pocker 27 Femanin Farmer Holland New York
69 Nicholaus Pocker 14 Male Holland New York
70 Elisabeth Pocker 10 Female Holland New York
71 Peter Pocker 1 Male Holland New York
72 Hans Peter Ducherer 22 Male Farmer Holland New York
73 Johann Bartrel 62 Male Farmer Holland Michigan Two Boxes
74 Maria Bartrel 38 Female Holland Michigan
75 Susanna Bartrel 18 Female Holland Michigan
76 Johann Bartrel 8 Male Holland Michigan
77 Maria Catherine Bartrel 6 Female Holland Michigan
78 Mathius Huger* 36 Male Taylor* Holland New York Two Boxes
79 Margaretha Huger* 33 Female Holland New York
80 Augustin Huger* 6 Male Holland New York
81 Johan Peter Huger* 4 Male Holland New York
82 Margretha Huger* 1 Female Holland New York
83 Nicholaus Waiss 37 Male Farmer Holland New York One Box
84 Adam Roeding 42 Male Holland Michigan Two Boxes
85 Magdalene Roeding 42 Female Holland Michigan
86 Stephan Roeding 14 Male Holland Michigan
87 Michal Roeding 12 Male Holland Michigan
88 Catherina Roeding 10 Female Holland Michigan
89 Maria Roeding 9 Female Holland Michigan
90 Anna Roeding 6 Female Holland Michigan
91 Catherina Roeding 4 Female Holland Michigan
92 Margaretha Roeding 1 Female Holland Michigan
93 Heinrich Neunrig 28 Male Prusse New York One Box
94 Heronimas Bickart 28 Male Prusse New York
95 Michel Gitzen 38 Male Prusse New York
96 Maria Catherina Gitzen 28 Female Prusse New York
97 Joseph Gitzen 2 Male Prusse New York
98 Johann Freidrich Muller* 29 Male Farmer Prusse New York One Box
99 Juliana Muller* 26 Female Prusse New York
100 Poerl Muller* 4 Male Prusse New York
101 Ludwig Muller* 1 Male Prusse New York
102 August Thomas 23 Male Farmer Prusse New York One Box
103 Heinrich Graus 52 Male Farmer Prusse New York Three Boxes
104 Jasamin A. Graus 50 Female Prusse New York
105 Franz Graus 23 Male Farmer Prusse New York
106 Johannes Graus 21 Male Farmer Prusse New York
107 Maria Graus* 19 Female Prusse New York
108 Marion Graus 18 Female Prusse New York
109 Maria Graus* 16 Female Prusse New York
110 Elisabeth Graus 6 Female Prusse New York
111 Philip Strotz 43 Male Farmer Prusse New York One Box
112 Anton Gitzen 35 Male Farmer Prusse New York Two Boxes
113 * Gitzen 35 Female Prusse New York
114 * Gitzen 6 Male Prusse New York
115 * Gitzen 3 Female Prusse New York
116 Joseph Gitzen 1 Male Prusse New York
117 Johann Linden 42 Male Joiner Prusse Ohio Two Boxes
118 Anna Maria Linden 44 Female Prusse Ohio
119 Mathias Joseph Linden 16 Male Prusse Ohio
120 Anna Maria Linden 4 Female Prusse Ohio
121 Johann Linden 1 Male Prusse Ohio
122 Valentin Linden 56 Male Farmer Prusse Missouri One Box
123 Magdalena Loblain 44 Female Prusse Missouri
124 Julia Loblain 18 Female Prusse Missouri
125 * Loblain 16 Male Prusse Missouri
126 Johannes Loblain 10 Male Prusse Missouri
127 Nicolaus Loblain 4 Male Prusse Missouri
128 Emmerick Thomas 36 Male Blacksmith Prusse Ohio Three Boxes
129 Margaretha Thomas 27 Female Prusse Ohio
130 Mathias Thomas 9 Male Prusse Ohio
131 Catharina Thomas 4 Female Prusse Ohio
132 Anna Maria Thomas 1 Female Prusse Ohio
133 Nicholas Stroh 27 Male Looper Prusse Ohio Two Boxes
134 Luria Stroh 32 Female Prusse Ohio
135 Heinrich Stroh 4 Male Prusse Ohio
136 Johann Nicolaus Adams 30 Male Farmer Prusse Ohio One Box
137 Franz Peifer 27 Male Farmer Prusse Ohio One Box
138 Martin Ulm 27 Male Farmer Prusse Ohio Two Boxes
139 Anna Margaretha Ulm 24 Female Prusse Ohio
140 Mathias Ulm 5 Male Prusse Ohio
141 Anna Maria Ulm 3 Female Prusse Ohio
142 Mathias Ulm *6 Mo Male Prusse Ohio
143 Johann Dusendung 48 Male Farmer Prusse Ohio
144 Maria Dusendung 45 Femanin Farmer Prusse Ohio
145 Leopold Dusendung 25 Male Farmer Prusse Ohio
146 Maria Barbara Dusendung 19 Femanin Farmer Prusse Ohio
147 Lembartus Dusendung 15 Male Prusse Ohio
148 Servutius Dusendung 10 Male Prusse Ohio
149 Joseph Loscher 29 Male Prusse Ohio Three Boxes
150 Elisabeth Loscher 28 Female Prusse Ohio
151 Peter Martin Jacobs 28 Male Farmer Prusse Ohio One Box
152 Anna Catherina Walter 35 Female Prusse Ohio One Box
153 Anton Theisen 58 Male Prusse Ohio Three Boxes
154 Elisabeth Theisen 58 Female Prusse Ohio
155 Gertrude Theisen 24 Female Prusse Ohio
156 Barbara Theisen 22 Female Prusse Ohio
157 Magdalena Theisen 16 Female Prusse Ohio
158 Nicolaus Fahnen 26 Male Farmer Prusse Ohio Three Boxes
159 Maria Catherina Fahnen 36 Female Prusse Ohio
160 Peter Diedrichs *92 Male Farmer Prusse Ohio
161 Maria Diedrichs 60 Female Prusse Ohio
162 Johann Wilhelm Treinen 30 Male Farmer Belgium Ohio One Box
163 Tilmann Graff 28 Male Farmer Belgium Ohio One Box
164 Nicolaus Watrie 27 Male Farmer Belgium Ohio One Box
165 Johann Bartholi 33 Male Farmer Belgium Ohio One Box
166 Nicolaus Friden 27 Male Shoemaker Belgium Ohio One Box
167 Franz Joseph Wasver 24 Male Farmer Prusse Michigan One Box
168 Theodor Hock 26 Male Farmer Prusse Michigan
169 Mathias Wasver 32 Male Farmer Prusse Michigan
170 Ferdinand Haas 20 Male Farmer Nassau New York Two Boxes
171 Peter F???? 26 Male Farmer Nassau New York Two Boxes
172 Johann Meier 50 Male Farmer Prusse New York Two Boxes
173 Susanna Meier 32 Female Prusse New York
174 Barnhard Meier 16 Male Prusse New York
175 Anna J????? Meier 14 Female Prusse New York
176 Joseph Meier 12 Male Prusse New York
177 Johann Meier 10 Male Prusse New York
178 Margaretha Meier 8 Female Prusse New York
179 Christina Meier 6 Female Prusse New York
180 Anna Maria Meier 4 Female Prusse New York
181 Elisabeth Meier 1 Female Prusse New York
(Signed) J. Wessels
Transcriber's Notes:
? = Approximate number of letters that are unreadable.
* = Attention to this item in Transcribers Notes.
1. There were no deaths on this voyage. This column was used to list belongings.
2. Prusse is taken to mean Prussia
3. The words 'Masculin' and 'Femanin' are as spelled on the original document.
4. If an occupation is blank, that is the way it was on the original document.
7-14 - There is an umlaut over the 'o'.
15 - First name is completely blacked out.
58 - First name is completely blacked out.
16 - 35 - There is a vertical hole in the paper, making it very hard to read.
50 & 51 - Both first names are clearly Johannes - No explanation why.
78 - Occupation is spelled 'Taylor'. Probably should be 'Tailor'.
78 - 82 - There is an umlaut over the 'u'.
98 - 101 - There is an Umlaut over the 'u'.
107 & 109 - Both first names are clearly Maria - No explanation why.
113 - 115 - First name is completely blacked out.
125 - A dark line is drawn through the entire line. Only first name is unreadable.
143 - Age was listed as "1/2". Transcriber changed it to "6 Mo".
160 - Age of this person is clearly 92. Oldest person this transcriber has
ever seen on a ship.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 52, lIST 380.
Transcribed by Royal A. Pritchard member of the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
30 August 1999
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