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Ship General Hamilton
I, Edmund Read do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the following List or Manifest of Passengers, subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs for the District of New-York, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the Passengers received on board the Ship General Hamilton, whereof I am Master, from Havre, so help me God. s/s Edmund Read
Sworn to, this 25th Oct., 1831 Before me [illegible signature]
LIST or MANIFEST of all the passengers taken on board the Ship General Hamilton whereof Edmund Read is Master, from Havre, Burthen Three Hundred Ninety Seven 13/96 Tons.
Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Died on the Voyage, and Notes.
1 KRAFT, Johan Frans 49 male Farmer 2 KRAFT, Maria 50 female 3 KRAFT, Christof 19 male Farmer 4 KRAFT, Regina 15 female 5 KRAFT, Agatha 14 female 6 KRAFT, Johanna 9 female 7 KRAFT, Eliza 7 female 8 KRAFT, Felixina 5 female 9 KRAFT, Henrica 3 female 10 KRAFT, Jacob Frederick 2 male 11 KRAFT, Maria 1 female 12 GUNTHER, Peter 24 male Merchant 13 HAIST, Johannes 27 male Merchant 14 HAIST, Regina 29 female 15 HAIST, Carl Frederick 21 male 16 GLAPINE, Magdalena 64 female 17 GLAPINE, Louisa 23 female 18 BURCHART, Johan George 23 male Farmer DIED 19 FITZ? [illegible], Joseph 44 male Farmer 20 FITZ? Marianna 44 female 21 FITZ? Joseph 17 male 22 FITZ? Theresa 19 female 23 FITZ? Carl 15 male 24 ANSELMAN, Michael 36 male Farmer 25 ANSELMAN, Barbara 36 female 26 ANSELMAN, Johan 24 male Farmer 27 ANSELMAN, Johannes 19 male 28 ANSELMAN, Michael 18 male 29 ANSELMAN, Catharina 7 female 30 ANSELMAN, George 6 male 31 ANSELMAN, Barbara 4 female 32 PEFFER, Johan Frederick 33 male Carpenter 33 ESTERLY, Johan 58 male Carpenter 34 ESTERLY, Catharina 55 female 35* LANTINSLIGER?, Johannes 33 male Carpenter 36 LANTINSLIGER?, Jacobina 35 female 37 LANTINSLIGER?, Catharina 11 female 38 LANTINSLIGER?, Frederick 19 male 39 LANTINSLIGER?, Elizabeth 5 female 40 LANTINSLIGER?, Frederica 3 female 41 LANTINSLIGER?, Henrick 2 mos. male DIED 42* LANTINSLIGER?, Catharina 75 female 43 LANTINSLIGER?, Albrect 40 male Merchant 44 LANTINSLIGER?, Maria 41 female 45 LANTINSLIGER?, Frederick 13 male 46 LANTINSLIGER?, Jacob 11 male 47 LANTINSLIGER?, Gotleib 9 male 48 LANTINSLIGER?, George 6 male 49 LANTINSLIGER?, Dorothea 5 female 50 MEYER, Wm. Benjamin 43 male Labourer 51 MEYER, Barbara 43 female 52 MEYER, Wilhelmina 12 female 53 MEYER, Charles 10 male 54 MEYER, Barbara 5 female 55 MEYER, Louisa 2 mos. female DIED 56 MEYER, Christofer Wm. 40 male Weaver 57 MEYER, Catharine 12 female DIED 58 MEYER, Maria 9 female 59 MEYER, Christine 6 female 60 MEYER, Johannes 14 male 61 LICENGER, Eva 16 female 62 BOPERT, Michael 37 male 63 YECTDE, Everhart Louis 24 male 64 YECTDE, Margaretta 23 female 65 BENIGNUS, Gottlieb 27 male 66 BENIGNUS, Louisa 24 female 67 BENIGNUS, Gottlieb 3 mos. male 68 REAP, Catherine 24 female 69 LICENGER, Jacob Fredrick 28 male Mechanic 70 HERR, Fidel 49 male Mechanic 71 HERR, Marianna 48 female 72 HERR, Marianna 4 female 73 HERR, Barbara 7 female 74 HERR, Theresa 18 female 75 HERR, Fidel 19 male 76 HERR, Johanna 21 female 77* STRECKLE, Ignatz 26 male Mechanic 78 WISSERT, Daniel 31 male Mechanic 79 WISSERT, Anna Maria 26 female 80 WISSERT, Johan George 2 male 81 WISSERT, Eva Maria 1 female 82 WISSERT, Johan George 28 male 83 TROLL, Ignatz 46 male Mechanic 84 TROLL, Regina 46 female 85 TROLL, Francisca 20 female 86 TROLL, Regina 18 female 87 WERNER, Anton 27 male Mechanic 88 WERNER, Ignatz 10 male 89 WERNER, Wilhelm 8 male 90 WERNER, Monica 12 female 91 WERNER, Johan 14 male Smith 92 RAPPOTO, Johan Albrect 42 male Smith 93 RAPPOTO, Anna Catharina 33 female 94 RAPPOTO, Johan 4 male 95 RAPPOTO, Gottlieb 1 male 96* SLEDEL, Matthias 40 male Smith 97 SLEDEL, Catharina 41 female 98 SLEDEL, Matthias 13 male 99 SLEDEL, Maria 10 female 100 SLEDEL, Barbara 9 female 101 SLEDEL, Martin 8 male 102 SLEDEL, Louis 3 male 103 SLEDEL, Andreas 2 male 104 SLEDEL, Abraham 2 male 105 STRECKER, Jacob 36 male 106 ANTHIS, Matthias 30 male 107 WAGNER, Jacob 36 male 108 WAGNER, Catharina 35 female 109 WAGNER, Catharina 8 female 110 WAGNER, Margaretta 4 female 111 WAGNER, Elizabeth 2 female 112 HETHER, Johan George 52 male Smith 113 HETHER, Rosina 42 female 114 HETHER, Elizabeth 18 female 115* HETHER, Sophia 17 male 116* HETHER, Johan 12 female 117 HETHER, Christina 9 female 118 SCHINDLER, Michael 51 male Smith 119 SCHINDLER, Rosina 53 female 120 SCHINDLER, Henrich 30 male Smith 121 SCHINDLER, Elizabeth 27 female 122 SCHINDLER, Jacob 21 male 123 SCHINDLER, Lorantz 17 male Smith 124 GERHERD, Jean? 32 male Smith 125 GERHERD, Elizabeth 31 female 126 GERHERD, Peter 4 male 127 GERHERD, Magdalena 3 female 128 ANTHUS, Phillip 39 male 129 ANTHUS, Louisa 39 female 130 ANTHUS, Phillip 16 male 131 ANTHUS, Pierre 9 male 132 ANTHUS, Michael 5 male 133 ANTHUS, Conrad 1 male 134 BRUNCK, Nicolas 40 male 135 BRUNCK, Magdalena 40 female 136 BRUNCK, Christina 16 female 137 BRUNCK, Jacob 13 male 138 BRUNCK, Dorothea 9 female 139 BRUNCK, George 7 male 140 BRUNCK, Magdalena 5 female 141 MAURER, Johannes 22 male Labourer 142 BOWER, Godfried 42 male 143 VOLZ, Frederick 19 male 144 HINGER, Anton 60 male 145 HINGER, Catharina 60 female 146 HINGER, Marianna 24 female 147* HINGER, Fidel 22 female 148 HINGER, Louisa 19 female 149 HINGER, Rosina 17 female 150 HOFFMAN, Frans Pierre 32 male Labourer 151 SPOTEL, Johan Wilhelm 30 male 152 LUDWIG, Matthew 25 male Transcriber's Notes: * An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not the transcriber, or is used to call your attention to additional information in the transcriber's notes. ? Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined due to the condition of the manifest or handwriting of the original recorder. Because all passengers are shown as having Germany as The Country to which they severally belong, and having United States as The Country in which they intend to become inhabitants, I have chosen to eliminate those columns from this listing. The list is recorded as it was written. The original writer chose to show the surname of the first member of each family, followed by other family members, without the surname being repeated. The names have been added by the reviewer for easier reference. Passenger numbers were added to aid in referencing. 10, 15 presumed to be child of above-named family 35, 42 surname may be LAUTINSLIGER 77 surname may be RECKLE, STECKLE or HECKLE 96 surname may be REDEL or STEDEL 115-116,147 sex is shown incorrectly on manifest Correspondence 01/10/2005 passenger FITZ/FETZ All passengers on the General Hamilton were from Germany. The family name is FETZ, spelled FITZ (illegible),however I am not sure as to where in Germany this family lived before immigration to America. JOSEPH FETZ It is uncertain where this Fetz family spent their first few years after arriving in America. But in 1836 the Louisville, KY. City Directory shows Joseph Fetz operating a boarding house on the east side of fifth street in that city between Main and Water streets. In 1837 Joseph Fetz, Sr. as a resident of Louisville, Ky. bought 2 parcels of land from J.B. and Mary Ford in Greenville Township, Floyd County, Indiana. There is no evidence that they moved to Indiana at this time. Joseph and Mary Fetz (spelled Fitz) in the Louisville, City Directory in 1838-39 were listed as operating a coffee house and boarding house along with their son Charles (Karl in Germany) It is believed that the Fetz family stayed in Louisville until 1840-42, but without their daughter Theresa who had by this time married Anthony Warner in 1833. This Anthony Warner traveled on board the same ship, General Hamilton, as the Fetz had. He was listed as Anton Werner age 27 male, mechanic along with what appears to be two male and one female siblings. Why Anton Werner later changed his name to Anthony Warner is unknown. About 1837 Anthony Warner and Theresa (Fetz) Warner along with a son, Charles Columbus Warner b. 07/25/1835, moved to Nashville, TN. In 1842 the boarding house and coffee house in Louisville,Ky. and the two parcels of land in Greenville, Indiana were deeded over to Joseph and Mary's two sons Joseph and Charles (Karl) and they moved to Nashville, TN. with their daughter Theresa Werner and her family. Joseph and Mary bought property in Nashville consisting of a lot that fronted College Street in Oct. of 1843. The Nashville City Directory shows that Joseph Fetz operated a family grocery there in 1855-1857. Their Daughter Theresa and husband Anthony lived nearby on the corner of Summer and Jefferson streets. Lewis A. Fetz Jeffersonville, Indiana 47130
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 15, List 367.
Transcribed by David G. Falion for the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
25 November 1998
Reviewed by Mary Beth Arthur a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
13 February 2006
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