The following is an extract from the official ship passenger list for the Saxonia which brought August and Rika (Knaack) Heiden and their three children, Heinrich, Ernst and Meta to America from Hamburg, Germany. The famous Ellis Island was not yet a port of entry so they landed at Castle Island near New York.

 

  District of New York, 
Port of New York

I, C.D. Brandt, Master of the German Steamer Saxonia do solemnly, sincerely   and  truly swear 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 the passengers taken on board of the said, steamer Saxonia at Hamburg, Germany from which port said _________ 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 said voyage, and the names   and ages of those who died.

Sworn to this 4 June 1873

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the German Steamer Saxonia whereof C.G. Brandt is Master:
         
No. Names Age Sex Occupation
303 August Heiden 36 Male Mason
304 Rica 31 Female his wife
305 Heinrich 6 Male his children
306 Ernst 4 Male  
307 Meta 9 mos. Female his baby