The Red Star Lines ZEELAND

This is the ship that Joseph and Franziska Janson arrived on, with their first five children--Wendelin, Sebastian, Sophia, Eugene and little Anton.  Evidently, ships leaving Europe and arriving in America were reported in the newspapers, and not just cuz Jansons were arriving ☺.
In these clippings Larry found, there are quite a few facts in shorthand, like that the ship was a steamer led by Captain Buschmann; it left Antwerp, Belgium on February 14th, 1883, passed the Delaware Breakwater on March first, and arrived in Philladelphia on March 3rd with "mdse and passengers" at the Peter Wright & Sons dock (Pier 54, foot of Prime Street).

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THIS ► is a most interesting list of  merchandise aboard the ZEELAND on that trip.  The word "do" means 'ditto', and probably 'dozen' too; I assume it was copied from an actual list, but look: window glass, extract of meat, silk ribbons, pencils, marbles, toys, china, pipes, clay, champagne, wire.  And, a warning, below, to any merchant foolish enough not to pick up what he'd ordered--within 24 hours of arrival--whew!





AND..."don't trust the crew"?  (Wow, how incredible to be able to figure out what international commerce was like in the 1880s). 

An historic ad, letting us know how often the ZEELAND sailed and how much it would cost to steam back across the Atlantic on that valiant ship:

first class cabins were $60 to $76...second class cabins were $55 and steerage was $26 (per person, I suppose.  From our research, fares TO Europe were higher because there was more money to be made in freight from America, rather than people).  

(BTW, John Janson, his wife Maria Sauer, and their eldest 5 kids arrived on the Zeeland this trip, too).