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Ship Elena
Bremerhaven to New York
26 Sept 1859
I, H Kuhlmann, Master of the Brem Ship Elena 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 passengers taken on board of the said Elena at Bremerhaven from which port said vessel 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 entended 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. So help me God.
Sworn to this 26th Septbr 1859, H Kuhlmann
Before me (illegible name)
LIST OR MANIFEST OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Bremen Ship Elena whereof H Kuhlmann, is Master, from Bremen burthen abt 800 tons.
Columns represent: name, age(Year/Month), sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country which they intend to inhabit, died on voyage, and accommodation.
First Cabin
1 Hermine Reffelt 14 female New York New York First Cabin
2 Georg T Habenicht 24 male Mariner Charleston Charleston First Cabin
3 Francis A Young 23 male Merchant New York New York First Cabin
Second Cabin
4 Ferdinand Allmann 43 male Merchant New York New York 2d Cabin
5 Christiana Allmann 35 female New York New York 2d Cabin
6 Ferdinand Allmann 8 male New York New York 2d Cabin
7 Georg W Allmann 3 male New York New York 2d Cabin
8 Pauline Allmann 7 female New York New York 2d Cabin
9 Johanne Allmann 6m male* New York New York 2d Cabin
10 Lorenz Hoffmann 26 male Segarmk* Hessen New York 2d Cabin
11 Margaretha Hoffmann 28 female Hessen New York 2d Cabin
12 Carolina Hoffmann 9m female Hessen New York 2d Cabin
13 Heinrich Holmeyer 16 male Wheelright Hanover New York 2d Cabin
14 Frederika ??enburg 20 female Servant Sachsenhagen New York 2d Cabin
15 Ernestine David 22 female Seamstress Sachsenhagen Cincinnati 2d Cabin
16 Ernestine Rosenfels 23 female Seamstress Sachsenhagen S Francisco 2d Cabin
17 Helena Kampf 19 female Servant Bayern Newark 2d Cabin
18 Eva Kampf 7y6m female Bayern Newark 2d Cabin
19 Christina Wagner 43 female Hessen New York 2d Cabin
20 Ceasar Cerdtner 17 male Butcher Bayern Norfolk 2d Cabin
21 Samuel Lisberger 17 male Merchant Bayern Philadelphia 2d Cabin
22 Daniel Meyer 17 male Farmer Bayern Philadelphia 2d Cabin
23 Salmon Friedmann 16 male Farmer Bayern Chicago 2d Cabin
24 Edward Krebs 29 male Baker Hanover New York 2d Cabin
25 Fritz Breting 22 male Taylor Havover New York 2d Cabin
26 Christian Seiler 32 male Cooper New York New Orleans 2d Cabin
27 Theodore Drehmann 24 male Bricklayer Hanover Brooklyn 2d Cabin
28 Johanne Drehmann 31 female Hanover Brooklyn 2d Cabin
29 Johann Drehmann 7 male Hanover Brooklyn 2d Cabin
30 Minna Drehmann 8 female Hanover Brooklyn 2d Cabin
31 Anna Drehmann 9 female Hanover Brooklyn 2d Cabin
32 Johanne Leerhoff 20 female Hanover Williamsburg 2d Cabin
33 Friedrich W v Gays 34 male Actor Preussen New York 2d Cabin
34 Gustav Dobler 34 male Merchant Preussen New York 2d Cabin
35 Louis Schafer 33 male Weaver Oestreich Philadelphia 2d Cabin
36 Josephine Schafer 33 female Oestreich Philadelphia 2d Cabin
37 Theodore Reinhardt 21y6m male Tanner Sachsen* Philadelphia 2d Cabin
38 Elena Kuphal 18y6m female Preussen New York 2d Cabin
39 Kuphal Child born in passage
40 Casper F Harolmann 21 male Taylor Hessen New York 2d Cabin
41 Catharina Harolmann 22 female Hessen New York 2d Cabin
42 Louis Harolmann 3m male Hessen New York 2d Cabin
43 Helena Krauskopf 31 female Hessen Chicago 2d Cabin
44 Ludwig Veth 7 male Hessen Chicago 2d Cabin
45 Elizabeth Reeh 21 female Hessen Chicago 2d Cabin
46 Christina Volz 20 female Hessen Chicago 2d Cabin
47 Conrad Ruckelhausen 28 male Farmer Hessen Cincinnati 2d Cabin
48 Conrad Bechlinger 26 male Farmer Hessen Chicago 2d Cabin
49 Johanne Schulte 18 female Bremen New York 2d Cabin
50 Heinrich Emmert 32 male Taylor Preussen New York 2d Cabin
51 Meha Emmert 30 female Hanover New York 2d Cabin
52 Catharina Hasenflug 21 female Hessen Chicago 2d Cabin
53 Armin ?ark 22 male Merchant Aelenbung New Orleans 2d Cabin
54 Johannes Pfau 21 male Farmer Baden Chicago 2d Cabin
55 Rosalie Boyner 23 female Baden Chicago 2d Cabin
56 Josepf Krac 39 male Shoemk* Lancaster Lancaster 2d Cabin
57 Dorothea Krac 29 female Lancaster Lancaster 2d Cabin
58 Johanne W Krac 7 female Lancaster Lancaster 2d Cabin
59 Anna M Krac 3m female Lancaster Lancaster 2d Cabin
60 Heinrich ?uba 38 male Farmer Hanover Michigan 2d Cabin
61 Margaretha ?uba 44 female Hanover Michigan 2d Cabin
62 Christine ?uba 2y3m female Hanover Michigan 2d Cabin
63 Marie ?uba 3m female Hanover Michigan 2d Cabin
64 Louise Hagevorn 19 female Hanover Illinois 2d Cabin
65 Caspar H Krukwicth 26 male Preussen Cincinnati 2d Cabin
66 Valentin Schneider 31 male Smith Cincinnati Cincinnati 2d Cabin
67 Louise Heins 22 female Preussen Cincinnati 2d Cabin
68 Carl Ernst Hunold 34 male Laborer Sachsen* Philadelphia 2d Cabin
69 Josepf Kosf 31 male Merchant New York New York 2d Cabin
70 Gertrude Kosf 28 female New York New York 2d Cabin
71 Friedrich Koch 26 male Shoemk* New York New York 2d Cabin
72 Louis Aron 16 male Taylor New York Cincinnati 2d Cabin
73 Albert Aron 13 male New York Cincinnati 2d Cabin
74 Friedrich C Busdieker 31 male Farmer Hanover Elmore 2d Cabin
75 Anna E Busdieker 28 female Hanover Elmore 2d Cabin
76 Busdieker Child born in passage
77 Hermann Busdieker 4 male Hanover Elmore 2d Cabin
78 Johann H Busdieker 2 male Hanover Elmore 2d Cabin
79 Anna Dold 15 female New York New York 2d Cabin
Steerage Between Deck
80 Johann N Geschwindt 27 male Farmer Wurtemberg New York Steerage
81 Catharina Horn 20 female Baden Philadelphia Steerage
82 Louise Lichtenberger 18 female Baden Philadelphia Steerage
83 Anna G Breuker 22 female Hessen Albany Steerage
84 Julia Schad 18 female Bayern New Orleans Steerage
85 Gottlieb Hoffmann 28 male Harnessmaker Bayern New York Steerage
86 Elisabeth Hoffmann 19 female Bayern New York Steerage
87 August Rauc 29 male Merchant Bayern Sandusky Steerage
88 Margaretha Rauc 23 female Bayern Sandusky Steerage
89 Barbara E Ficsse 20 female Hessen Detroit Sterrage
90 Barbara Ficsse 58 female Hessen Detroit Steerage
91 Fanny Annstein 48 female Oestreich New York Steerage
92 Marie Siebert 51 female Hessen Lancaster Steerage
93 Johannes Siebert 19 male Carpent* Hessen Lancaster Steerage
94 August Labjuhn 34 male Cooper Preussen Lancaster Steerage
95 Christoph Steinmetz 34 male Farmer Hessen Huntington Steerage
96 Margaretha Steinmetz 22 female Hessen Huntington Steerage
97 Elisabeth C Steinmetz 16 female Hessen Huntington Steerage
98 Anna M Steinmetz 38 female Hessen Huntington Steerage
99 Johannes Steinmetz 8 male Hessen Huntington Steerage
100 Anna M Steinmetz 6 female Hessen Huntington Steerage
101 Barbara E Steinmetz 5 female Hessen Huntington Steerage
102 Amalie Herzog 28 female Hessen New York Steerage
103 Gottfried Schmidt 19 male Skoemk* Sachsen* New York Steerage
104 Joseph Gobel* 32 male Doctor Nassau New York Steerage
105 Elisabeth Gobel 27 female Nassau New York Steerage
106 Francisca Gobel 7 female Nassau New York Steerage
107 Hermann Gobel 5 male Nassau New York Steerage
108 Anna Soffler 40 female Oestreich New York Steerage
109 Anna Soffler 13 female Oestreich New York Steerage
110 Johann Soffler 7 male Oestreich New York Steerage
111 Adolph Soffler 6 male Oestreich New York Steerage
112 Caspar Nelk 20 male Carpent* Hessen Illinois Steerage
113 Carl Schafer 19 male Shoemk* Hessen Philadelphia Steerage
114 Heinrich Schabe 29 male Farmen Hessen Sandusky Steerage
115 Carl Siensbach 21 male Baker Nassau Baltimore Steerage
116 Clemens Wacker 20 male Shoemk* Wurtemberg Louisville Steerage
117 Heinrich Enke 21 male Smith Reuss Washington Steerage
118 Friedrich Leppert 19 male Merchant Baden Columbus Steerage
119 Marie Filbrich 38 female Sachsen* Columbus Steerage
120 Georg F Gluber?antz* 27 male Carpent* Bayern New York Steerage
121 Sarah Gluber?antz 27 female Bayern New York Steerage
122 Georg Gluber?antz 1 male Bayern New York Steerage
123 August Brehm 25 male Watchm* Hessen Buffalo Steerage
Something illegible is written between the lines Looks like Anp??? M D
124 Johann H Tollmann 29 male Farmer Hessen New York Steerage
125 Catharina Tollmann 29 female Hessen New York Steerage
126 Johann H Nienhusmeyer 33 male Farmer Hessen New York Steerage
127 Anna M Nienhusmeyer 25 female Hessen New York Steerage
128 Friedrich Nienhusmeyer 7 male Hessen New York Steerage
129 Hermann Nienhusmeyer 23 male Hessen New York Steerage
130 Christian Theis 25 male Darmsladt New York Steerage
131 Schilly Theis 25 female Darmsladt New York Steerage
132 Carl L Schmidt 21 male Smith Reuss Albany Steerage
133 Gustav Schmidt 17 male Reuss Albany Steerage
134 Elisabeth Henkel 23 female Hessen Detroit Steerage
135 Carolina Leich 18 female Hessen Detroit Steerage
136 Hermann Waldmann 38 male Storekeep Hanover New Jersey Steerage
137 Wilhelm Wankelmann 49 male Farmer Preussen Cincinnati Steerage
138 Charlotte Wankelmann 48 female Preussen Cincinnati Steerage
139 Louise Wankelmann 17 female Preussen Cincinnati Steerage
140 Christian F Schmidt 16 male Preussen Cincinnati Steerage
141 Marie Niemeyer 16 female Preussen Cincinnati Sterrage
142 Anna M Lampe 19 female Preussen Cincinnati Sterrage
143 Wilhelmine Waldmeyer 19 female Preussen Cincinnati Steerage
144 Johann Baum 55 male Bayern New York Steerage
145 Johann Soeden 29 male Weaver Bayern Philadelphia Steerage
146 Conrad Ross 22 male Taylor Bayern St Louis Steerage
147 Joseph Hyneck 40 male Smith Oestreich Wisconsin Steerage
148 Auguste Brehm 25 female Hessen Buffalo Steerage
149 Josephine Hyneck 36 female Oestreich Buffalo Steerage
150 Wentzler Hyneck 7 male Oestreich Buffalo Steerage
151 Joseph Hyneck 3 male Oestreich Buffalo Steerage
152 Johann Hyneck 1y6m male Oestreich Buffalo Steerage
153 Francis Cerioenkas 34 male Farmer Oestreich Buffalo Steerage
154 Faranika Cerioenkas 25 female Oestreich Buffalo Steerage
155 Anna Cerioenkas 3 female Oestreich Buffalo Steerage
156 Faranika Cerioenkas 1y3m female Oestreich Buffalo Steerage
157 Joseph Mahazeck 41 male Farmer Oestreich Buffalo Steerage
158 Anna Mahazeck 41 female Oestreich Buffalo Steerage
159 Mahazeck Child born in passage
160 Maria Mahazeck 14 female Oestreich Buffalo Steerage
161 Joseph Mahazeck 4 male Oestreich Buffalo Steerage
162 Lorenz Mahazeck 11m male Oestreich Buffalo Steerage
163 Franz Riedel 20 male Farmer Oestreich Buffalo Steerage
164 Feronika Riedel 38 female Oestreich Buffalo Steerage
165 Maria Riedel 16 female Oestreich Buffalo Steerage
166 Fepha Riedel 14 female Oestreich Buffalo Steerage
167 Feronika Riedel 8 female Oestreich Buffalo Steerage
168 Manlin Riedel 6 male Oestreich Buffalo Steerage
169 Anna Riedel 5 female Oestreich Buffalo Steerage
170 Joseph Riedel 1 male Oestreich Buffalo Steerage
171 Andreas Riedel 54 male Farmer Oestreich Buffalo Steerage
172 Wentzler Chromosha 34 male Taylor Oestreich Buffalo Steerage
173 Josepha Chromosha 33 female Oestreich Buffalo Steerage
174 Maria Chromosha 10 female Oestriech Buffalo Steerage
175 Joseph Chromosha 7 male Oestreich Buffalo Steerage
176 Anna Chromosha 6 female Oestreich Buffalo Steerage
177 Franciska Chromosha 2 female Oestreich Buffalo Steerage
178 Walbert Halaska 42 male Farmer Oestreich Buffalo Steerage
179 Barbara Halaska 32 female Oestreich Buffalo Steerage
180 Halaska Child born in passage
181 Franz Halaska 8 male Oestreich Buffalo Steerage
182 Johann Halaska 8 male Oestreich Buffalo Steerage
183 Anton Halaska 4 male Oestreich Buffalo Steerage
184 Marie Halaska 6 female Oestreich Buffalo Steerage
185 Leopold Halaska 2 male Oestreich Buffalo Steerage
186 Johann Inrush 47 male Farmer Oestreich Buffalo Steerage
187 Josepha Inrush 46 female Oestreich Buffalo Steerage
188 Bepka Inrush 22 female Oestreich Buffalo Steerage
189 Mariane Inrush 17 female Oestreich Buffalo Steerage
190 Francisca Inrush 10 female Oestreich Buffalo Steerage
191 Franz Inrush 5 male Oestreich Buffalo Steerage
192 Johann Mahr 21 male Taylor Bayern Baltimore Steerage
193 Johann Blankenbach 18 male Farmer Bayern Baltimore Steerage
194 Diedrich Klasse 19 male Farmer Preussen Cincinnati Steerage
195 Leonhard Klink 29 male Carpent* Bayern New York Steerage
196 Carolina Klink 26 female Bayern New York Steerage
197 Anna ?uba* 10 female Hanover Michigan Steerage
198 Diedrich ?uba* 7 male Hanover Michigan Steerage
199 Catharina Neumann 19 female Hanover Michigan Steerage
200 Hans H Neumann 16 male Hanover Michigan Steerage
201 Johann Danker 50 male Farmer Hanover Michigan Steerage
202 Margaretha Danker 53 female Hanover Michigan Steerage
203 Nicolaus Danker 21 male Hanover Michigan Steerage
204 Adelheid Danker 18 female Hanover Michigan Steerage
205 Meta Danker* 6 female Hanover Michigan Steerage
206 Meta Fiedalmann 20 female Hanover Michigan Steerage
207 Johann ?uba* 35 male Farmer Tarmitz Michigan Steerage
208 Friedrich Coors 18 male Tarmitz New York Steerage
209 Maria D ?uba* 20 female Tarmitz New York Steerage
210 Helena R ?uba 8 female Tarmitz New York Steerage
211 Anna Warner 37 female Tarmitz Michigan Steerage
212 Heinrich Warner 8 male Tarmitz Michigan Steerage
213 Johann Warner 7 male Tarmitz Michigan Steerage
214 Martin Warner 6 male Tarmitz Michigan Steerage
215 Johann Wi??* 16 male Tarmitz Williamsburg Steerage
216 Caspar Horn 28 male Locksmith Wurtemberg Illinois Steerage
217 Christian C Horn 24 male Farmer Wurtemberg Iowa Steerage
218 Mariane Ernst 23 female Wurtemberg Iowa Steerage
219 Andreas Horn 15 male Butcher Wurtemberg Illinois Steerage
220 Anna M Horn 10 female Wurtemberg Illinois Steerage
221 Johan D Lu?mann* 22 male Shoemk* Hanover New York Steerage
222 Mathias Seif 24 male Mason Baden New York Steerage
223 Nicolaus Russ 28 male Brewer Baden New York Steerage
224 Josephine Schafer 32 female Baden Rochester Steerage
225 Christine Halben 27 female Baden New York Steerage
226 Johannes Goetz 25 male Locksmith Wurtemberg Iowa Steerage
227 Heinrich W Meyer 18 male Farmer Preussen Buffalo Steerage
228 Johann G Kesse 28 male Preussen Buffalo Steerage
229 Gerhard Koffmann 23 male Locksmith Preussen Williamsburg Steerage
230 David Haes 16 male Merchant Hessen California Steerage
231 Carl Franke 27 male Farmer Preussen Buffalo Steerage
232 Maria A Franke 27 female Preussen Buffalo Steerage
233 Franz Schwerdtfeger 20 male Baker Hanover Washington Steerage
234 August Ebbinghausen 30 male Segarm* Hanover Washington Steerage
(Signed) H Kuhlmann
First Cabin Passenger 3
Second & Steerage 227 including children from 1 to 8 years 38
Born 4 Babies 10
Transcriber's Notes:
Initials MR are in the left margin near 'Before me' in the declaration.
There were no deaths on this passage so the 'Died on Voyage' column was eliminated.
Original passenger list was not numbered.
2d Cabin = 2nd Cabin
#9 Listed as male with female name.
#10 Segarmk = Cigarmaker
#14 1st letter unreadable, 2nd letter could be a 'h' or 'l'.
#37 Sachsen short form of Sachsenhagen.
#39 No given name for newborn child.
#53 May be Lark
#56 Shoemk = Shoemaker
#60 Could be Suba or Luba
#68 See Note #37
#71 See Note #56
#76 See Note #39
#93 Carpent = Carpenter
#103 See Note #56, See Note #37
#104 Umlat over the 'o'
#112 See Note #93
#113 See Note #56
#116 See Note #56
#119 See Note #37
#120 Letter could be a 't' or an 'l', See Note #93
#123 Watchm = Watchmaker
#195 See Note #93
#197 See #60
#205 Shortened from Margareta
#207 See #60
#209 See #60
#235 Could be Will or Witt
#221 Could be Lukmann or Luhmann: Shoemk = Shoemaker
#234 Segarm = Cigarmaker
Correspondence: 8/13/99 Passengers 74-78.
I believe the name should be Busdieker
in the records. They were baptized:
Anna Elisabeth Bussdieker born Michel, born 15 March 1831
Elena Bussdieker, born a sea on 14 August 1859
Hermann Heinrich Bussdieker, born 28 January 1855
Johann Heinrich Bussdieker, born 27 April 1857
Elmore, the place they planned to live is a farming community in
northwest Ohio.Lila Palmiter
Correspondence 4/27/00 passengers 74-78
Passengers 74-78 are a part of my ancestry. They were farmers as it
says. The daughter named Elena that was born at sea was named after the
ship. They moved to Elmore, Ohio. Then they moved on to Pemberville.
This is where the family stayed for years. This is where my mom grew
up. Thank you for putting this resource on the internet. Wendy Gray
Correspondence 8/17/99 Passengers 126-129.
There was another family on the Elena
manifest who came to my home town of Genoa in northwest Ohio. They
are passengers numbered 126-129. Note that the information on the
manifest and the information about the family from the German church
records are not quite the same.
Johann Heinrich Nienhusmeyer was born 17 November 1828 in Linne,
Kirchspiel Schledehausen, Osnabrueck, Hannover.
Anna Maria Nienhusmeyer born Schaefer was born 9 September 1826 in
Grambergen, Kirchspiel Schledehausen, Hannover.
Their two children were:
Christoph Friedrich Wilhelm (known as Fred was born 27 September
1851 in Linne, Hannover.
Hermann Carl (known as Harmon) was born 1 December 1855, also at Linne.
#129 would have an age of 3 rather than 23. I know these old records
are difficult to read. One of Hermann's decendants was my high school
classmate in a small rual schoo. Her uncle married my grand aunt.
Also, the family came from Hannover, not Hessen, pssibly a mistake of
the person doing the recording when they boarded the ship.
Lila Palmiter
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 195.
Transcribed by Michael W. Nahlen for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
1 June 1999.
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