Description and Transcription of Manifest Data

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Abraham & Ruchla Szymczak (Solomon) Ship Manifest:

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1. Their last name is clearly not right. It is listed as Szyniciak which is close to the correct name of Szymczak.
2. They are both listed as single, but Abraham was definitely married at the time (for quite some time). My guess is that he declared himself single to make it easier to immigrate. After all, a tailor with a trade who is single is very valuable to the economy.
3. In item #12, it lists the mother as Ruda Szymciak, clearly a different spelling than in the prior column of family name.
4. They travelled with at least $50. This doesn't sound like a lot, but if you look at some of the other manifests posted, you'll see that they travelled with less. This is what they came to America with. More than $50.
5. They went to brother Eiseg Saloman. I'm trying to figure out who that is. It is probably really spelled Isaac, but I'm still not sure who that is - and look how they spell Saloman instead of Solomon.
6. Items #22 and #23 ask if either of them is a polygamist or anarchist. Interesting questions.
7. It shows both Abraham and Ruchla as declaring they were born in Plock, Poland.
8. The text on some of the questions from 20-26 are so small that they are unreadable. I will try to get my hands on a larger print copy so I can read the questions. If not, you can try to look at the actual manifest itself and see if you can figure it out.

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Tyla Riwke Kirsztejn along with her three children, Hymak J (Shimon), Golda (Goldie), & Rucha (Ruth) Szymczak Ship Manifest:

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1. Their last name is clearly not right. It is listed as Szymezak which is close to the correct name of Szymczak and still different than when Abraham came to the U.S. (see above manifest)
2. In item #17, it lists the father as Jankel Herstejn, clearly a different spelling than in the prior column of family name. Also, the father was more accurately known as Jankief (Jacob).
3. They travelled with only $20. To me, it's inconceivable that Tyla and her three children only came with $20 to their name.
4. Historically speaking, there was a fourth child born in Poland, Pessa, who was born in 1919. According to family history (lore), Pessa was killed by accident while still an infant when Tyla, sleeping with her by her side during nursing, accidentally rolled onto the child and smothered her. This information is important here because Polish records show four children to Tyla and Abraham but the ship manifest only records three children immigrating.
5. They went to their husband/father Abram Solom. Looked how the last name was poorly recorded.
6. Items #22 and #23 ask if either of them is a polygamist or anarchist. Interesting questions.
7. It shows Tyla being born in Raciaz, Shimon being born in Drobin, & Golda and Ruth being born in Sierpc - all in Poland.
8. The text on some of the questions from 20-26 are so small that they are unreadable. I will try to get my hands on a larger print copy so I can read the questions. If not, you can try to look at the actual manifest itself and see if you can figure it out.

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Masza (Masha) Charon, mother of Hershel Charach (Cohen):

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1. She left her son Szmu (Shmuel/Samuel) behind in Piesecny and wnt to her son Julius in Bayonne, NJ.
2. Items #22 and #23 ask if either of them is a polygamist or anarchist. Interesting questions.
3. It shows Masza being born in and her last residence as Pieseczny, Russia. I can only find Pieseczno in Poland, but I'm still looking.
4. The text on some of the questions from 20-28 are so small that they are unreadable. It appears that those columns are not filled out either with any data but there is some writing in those spaces. It looks like it says Dr. <something> Senility aff <some number>.

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