Tuesday, October 16, 2012

How about Hamburg?: Ship Manifests & Apolonia Gonsewski (Born Wykowska)

In addition to finding a ship manifest for ancestors who came to the US through Ellis Island or other ports, if you think your ancestor may have departed from Hamburg, Germany, you can search for their passenger list online at Ancestry.com or by going to a Family History Center (The LDS Church) and ordering the appropriate microfilm. Although the Hamburg Passenger List may not offer any new information, it is good to use it for comparison. It also may lead you to the correct Ellis Island manifest because it contains a departure date and the name of the ship. This can come in handy when ancestor's name is misspelled in an index. The Hamburg Passenger Lists are written in German, but if you use the Ancestry database you will find a page of translated information before you click on "view original record."

My last post included a ship manifest from the SS Pennsylvania that listed my great-grandmother Apolonia Gonszewski (maiden name Wykowski. Wykowska is the female form of the last name. In the ship manifest it is spelled Wicoska) as well as a photo of the ship. Today's post includes the Hamburg Passenger List for Apolonia.

*Hint: To get a close-up view of the ship lists or other images I post, just left click on the image and then right click on it when it opens up and select "open in a new tab." Once it opens in a new tab, you should be able to zoom in and out to be able to read anything written on the image.

Hamburg Passenger List for Apolonia Gonszewski (maiden name Wykowski)
Ship List Information (Hamburg Passenger Lists):

Name: Apollonia Wicoska
Departure Date: 21 Mai 1899 (21 May 1899)
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1879
Age Year: 20
Gender: weiblich (Female)
Marital Status: ledig (Single)
Residence: Kubi,
Ethnicity/Nationality: Russland (Russian)
Ship Name: Pennsylvania
Shipping line: Hamburg-Amerika Linie (Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft)
Ship Type: Dampfschiff
Accommodation: Zwischendeck
Ship Flag: Deutschland
Port of Departure: Hamburg
Port of Arrival: Boulogne-sur-Mer; New York
 
Volume: 373-7 I, VIII A 1 Band 103
Page: 838
Microfilm Roll Number: K_1760



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