Steerage Prepaid Steamship Ticket Contract, German Immigrant Family - 1907
Steerage Prepaid Passage Contract issued by the Hamburg-American Line for passage from Hamburg, Germany to New York and a Train from New York to Ellsworth, Minnesota for a German Immigrant Family.
Steerage Prepaid Passage Contract
No. S.P.T. 218821
Hamburg-American Line
Express Service. Regular Service.
Date of Issue: 20 November 1907
Purchaser Name: Wil Stoterberg
Address: Ellsworth, MN
Names of Passengers | Ages
Heinrich Weise | 46
Mrs. Heinrich Weise | 40
Their Son | 6
Residence and Address of Passenger:
Schippenbeil
East - Preuseu - Germany
Booked from Hamburg
To Ellsworth MN
Ocean Passage, Steerage at $27.50 rate for Two Adults. Total $78.75
American Railroad Third Class @ 24.85 for Two Adults. Total $72.17
Total $150.92
Less Commission $8.60
Net Amount for the Company $142.32
Arrival Records for the Weise Family
- First Name: Heinrich
- Last Name: Weise
- Nationality: Germany, German
- Last Place of Residence: Schippenbeil, Germany
- Date of Arrival: June 27th, 1908
- Age at Arrival: 49
- Gender: Male
- Marital Status: Married
- Ship of Travel: Amerika
- Port of Departure: Cuxhaven
- Manifest Line Number: 0003
- First Name: Anna
- Last Name: Weise
- Nationality: Germany, German
- Last Place of Residence: Schippenbeil, Germany
- Date of Arrival: June 27th, 1908
- Age at Arrival: 35
- Gender: Female
- Marital Status: Married
- Ship of Travel: Amerika
- Port of Departure: Cuxhaven
- Manifest Line Number: 0004
- First Name: Richard
- Last Name: Weise
- Nationality: Germany, German
- Last Place of Residence: Schippenbeil, Germany
- Date of Arrival: June 27th, 1908
- Age at Arrival: 7
- Gender: Male
- Marital Status: Single
- Ship of Travel: Amerika
- Port of Departure: Cuxhaven
- Manifest Line Number: 0005
Relative Cost of Passage Ticket in Today's Currency Value
In 2013, the relative value of $78.75 from 1907 ranges from $1,470.00 to $38,600.00.
In 2013, the relative worth of $78.75 from 1907 is:
| $2,010.00 | using the Consumer Price Index | |
| $1,470.00 | using the GDP deflator | |
| $8,160.00 | using the unskilled wage | |
| $12,700.00 | using the Production Worker Compensation | |
| $10,600.00 | using the nominal GDP per capita | |
| $38,600.00 | using the relative share of GDP |
In 2013, the relative value of $72.17 from 1907 ranges from $1,340.00 to $35,400.00.
In 2013, the relative worth of $72.17 from 1907 is:
| $1,850.00 | using the Consumer Price Index | |
| $1,340.00 | using the GDP deflator | |
| $7,480.00 | using the unskilled wage | |
| $11,600.00 | using the Production Worker Compensation | |
| $9,730.00 | using the nominal GDP per capita | |
| $35,400.00 | using the relative share of GDP |
In 2013, the relative value of $150.92 from 1907 ranges from $2,810.00 to $74,000.00.
In 2013, the relative worth of $150.92 from 1907 is:
| $3,860.00 | using the Consumer Price Index | |
| $2,810.00 | using the GDP deflator | |
| $15,600.00 | using the unskilled wage | |
| $24,400.00 | using the Production Worker Compensation | |
| $20,400.00 | using the nominal GDP per capita | |
| $74,000.00 | using the relative share of GDP |
Samuel H. Williamson, "Seven Ways to Compute the Relative Value of a U.S. Dollar Amount, 1774 to present," MeasuringWorth, 2014.
URL: www.measuringworth.com/uscompare/
