Immigrant Ships
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Ship New England

Bremerhaven, Germany to New Orleans
arriving 27 December 1853

List of all Passengers taken on board the Ship New England whereof Isaac Orr is Master, at the Port of Bremenhaven and bound for New-Orleans, including letters from surviving passengers and an account of their mistreatment.

Columns represent: Names, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they belong, Country of which they intend becoming Inhabitants

1 Loudwig Volkening 27 male teacher Prussia St. Louis 2 Edward Wehde 14 male merchant Prussia St. Louis 3 Joachim Bartscher 42 male farmer Prussia St. Louis 4 Theresia Bartscher 46 female farmer Prussia St. Louis 5 Angella Bartscher 19 female farmer Prussia St. Louis 6 Johann Bartscher 16 male farmer Prussia St. Louis 7 Catharina Bartscher 11 female farmer Prussia St. Louis 8 Theresia Bartscher 8 female farmer Prussia St. Louis 9 Heinrich Bartscher 7 male farmer Prussia St. Louis 10 Johann Heinen 30 male farmer Prussia Illinois 11 Elisabeth Heinen 28 female farmer Prussia Illinois 12 Heinrich Buhnker* 46 male farmer Hannover Cincinnati 13 Wessel Buhnker* 26 male farmer Hannover Cincinnati 14 Johann Kuhn 26 male farmer Holland Cincinnati 15 Gerhard Wilbers 55 male farmer Hannover Cincinnati 16 Maria Wilbers 52 female farmer Hannover Cincinnati 17 Maria Schmackers 22 female farmer Hannover Cincinnati 18 Margaretha Poctering 18 female farmer Hannover Cincinnati 19 Elisabeth Ullerich 49 female farmer Prussia St. Louis 20 Angella Ullerich 17 female farmer Prussia St. Louis 21 Alberth Ullerich 12 male farmer Prussia St. Louis 22 Emilie Ullerich 8 female farmer Prussia St. Louis 23 Agnes Fleischmann 18 female dressmaker Prussia St. Louis 24 Theresia Wegener 23 female dressmaker Prussia St. Louis 25 Dina Barthmann 20 female dressmaker Prussia St. Louis 26 Anton Muss 34 male farmer Prussia St. Louis 27 Elisabeth Muss 32 female farmer Prussia St. Louis 28 Bernard Seltsener 58 male farmer Prussia Wisconsin 29 Joseph Kuhle 32 male farmer Prussia Wisconsin 30 Agatha Kuhle 26 female farmer Prussia Wisconsin 31 Andreas Kuhle 18 male farmer Prussia Wisconsin 32 Anna Kuhle 2 female farmer Prussia Wisconsin 33 Joseph Grolmes 5 male farmer Prussia St. Louis 34 Wilhelm Grolmes 41 male farmer Prussia St. Louis 35 Christina Grolmes 39 female farmer Prussia St. Louis 36 Fritz Gottlob 43 male farmer Prussia St. Louis 37 Heinrich Ditz 55 male farmer Prussia St. Louis 38 Theodor Ditz 18 male farmer Prussia St. Louis 39 Carolina Ditz 16 female farmer Prussia St. Louis 40 Wilhelm Ditz 12 male farmer Prussia St. Louis 41 Maria Ditz 8 female farmer Prussia St. Louis 42 Arnold Rustemeyer 35 male farmer Prussia St. Louis 43 Margaretha Rustemeyer 28 female farmer Prussia St. Louis 44 Theresia Rustemeyer 6 female farmer Prussia St. Louis 45 Maria Rustemeyer 5 female farmer Prussia St. Louis 46 Angella Vee? 72 female farmer Prussia St. Louis 47 Theresia Herbst 32 female farmer Prussia St. Louis 48 Elisabeth Tepper 19 female farmer Prussia St. Louis 49 Johann Gockemeyer 19 male farmer Prussia St. Louis 50 Eduard Rohden 29 male merchant Prussia Texas 51 Wenzel Hilleskamp 21 male merchant Prussia Texas 52 Adam Meiertopi????? 21 male merchant Prussia St. Louis 53 Catharina Schmalhorgen 20 female merchant Prussia St. Louis 54 Bertha Schleusing 20 female dressmaker Saxony St. Louis 55 Heinrich Nagel 28 male carpenter Prussia St. Louis 56 Julianna Nagel 21 female carpenter Prussia St. Louis 57 Friedericke Lange 48 female carpenter Prussia St. Louis 58 Henriette Seeger 20 female carpenter Prussia St. Louis 59 Heinrich Jahns 28 male farmer Prussia St. Louis 60 Friedericke Schaper 27 female farmer Prussia St. Louis 61 David Guntzler* 30 male nail-smith Prussia St. Louis 62 Lisette Sieman 23 female dressmaker Prussia Indiana 63 Johanna Stader 27 female dressmaker Prussia St. Louis 64 Carolina Stader 4 female dressmaker Prussia St. Louis 65 Adolph Loohuis 28 male farmer Holland Ohio 66 Anna Loohuis 24 female farmer Holland Ohio 67 Johann Klumper* 34 male farmer Holland Ohio 68 Maria Klumper* 28 female farmer Holland Ohio 69 Johann Dickhoff 68 male shoemaker Holland Kentucky 70 Adelheide Dickhoff 64 female dressmaker Holland Kentucky 71 Maria Rickhoff 16 female dressmaker Holland Kentucky 72 Adelheide Rickhoff 24 female dressmaker Holland Kentucky 73 Gerhard Brae 24 male farmer Hannover Ohio 74 Elisabeth Bauer 22 female dressmaker Hannover Ohio 75 Catharina Kramer 26 female dressmaker Oldenberg Indiana 76 Heinrich Stuckstede 19 male tailor Prussia St. Louis 77 Heinrich Strunz 27 male smith Prussia New Orleans 78 Joseph Keiser 26 male shoemaker Prussia New Orleans 79 Jodokus Appelbaum 25 male farmer Prussia New Orleans 80 Nicolaus Henkel 29 male nail-smith Prussia St. Louis 81 Catharina Henkel 23 female dressmaker Prussia St. Louis 82 Johann Pannenberg 36 male musician Prussia New Orleans 83 Christina Pannenberg 23 female musician Prussia New Orleans 84 Johann Futsek 36 male surgeon Servier New Orleans 85 Joseph Harren 34 male farmer Hannover St. Louis 86 Hermann Schutte* 26 male farmer Hannover St. Louis 87 Bernard Fischer 19 male tailor Hannover St. Louis 88 Margarethe Fischer 23 female tailor Hannover St. Louis 89 Wilhelm Schnitz 33 male farmer Prussia New Orleans 90 Gertrude Schnitz 33 female farmer Prussia New Orleans 91 Hermann Nie 23 male carpenter Hannover Ohio 92 Bernard Grusz 25 male tailor Oldenberg New Orleans 93 Conrad Grothe 32 male farmer Hannover Ohio 94 Maria Rapin 23 female dressmaker Hannover Ohio 95 Maria Brunsen 21 female dressmaker Hannover Ohio 96 Heinrich Brunsen 17 male workman Hannover Ohio 97 Helena Overbeck 19 female dressmaker Hannover Ohio 96 Gesina Heines* 20 female dressmaker Hannover Ohio 97 Bernard Tole* 30 male farmer Hannover Ohio 98 Bernard Thien 34 male farmer Hannover Ohio 99 Rudolf Dieck 25 male farmer Hannover Ohio 100 Herman Dulle 27 male farmer Hannover Ohio 101 Heinrich Wessling 24 male joiner Hannover Ohio 102 Bernard Gebben 30 male farmer Hannover St. Louis 103 Bernard Temm 34 male farmer Hannover Ohio 104 Gesina Averdunk 18 female farmer Hannover Ohio 105 Angella Averdunk 12 female farmer Hannover Ohio 106 Maria Rolfes 18 female farmer Hannover Ohio 107 Margaretha Kerstins * female farmer Hannover Ohio 108 Susanna Kerstins * female farmer Hannover Ohio 109 Susanna Taskens 18 female farmer Hannover Ohio 110 Bernard Hermsen 26 male farmer Hannover Ohio 111 Bernard Veddern 24 male farmer Hannover Ohio 112 Anna Plumer* 23 female farmer Hannover Kentucky 113 Anna Plumer* 19 female farmer Hannover Kentucky 114 Margaretha Marting 20 female farmer Hannover Ohio 115 Gesina Schippers 18 female farmer Hannover Ohio 116 Gesina Warmers 24 female farmer Hannover Ohio 117 Margaretha Diekman 21 female farmer Hannover Ohio 118 Maria Forsting 58 female farmer Hannover Kentucky 119 Herman Forsting 21 male farmer Hannover Kentucky 120 Maria Forsting 18 female farmer Hannover Kentucky 121 Diederich Forsting 16 male farmer Hannover Kentucky 122 Gerhard Forsting 14 male farmer Hannover Kentucky 123 Herman Forsting 10 male farmer Hannover Kentucky 124 Angella Rurmann* 22 female farmer Hannover Ohio 125 Theresia Rurmann* 20 female farmer Hannover Ohio 126 Agnes Rurmann* 18 female farmer Hannover Ohio 127 Anne Eilemann 29 female farmer Hannover Ohio 128 Gesina Kemper 24 female farmer Hannover Ohio 129 Bernard Kunk 34 male carpenter Hannover Ohio 130 Johann Bruns 29 male shoemaker Hannover Ohio 131 Gerhard Rekers 24 male tailor Hannover Ohio 132 Gertrude Schuring * female tailor Hannover Ohio 133 Adelheide Beckman 23 female tailor Hannover Ohio 134 Maria Veer 27 female tailor Hannover Ohio 135 Heinrich Greife 25 male joiner Prussia St. Louis 136 Heinrich Westerville 19 male joiner Prussia St. Louis 137 Ferdinand Schmitz 24 male Prussia New Orleans 138 Peter Kramme * male farmer Prussia New Orleans 139 Bernard Wappelhorst 53 male joiner Hannover Ohio 140 Rusalia Wappelhorst 66 female joiner Hannover Ohio 141 Maria Wappelhorst 17 female joiner Hannover Ohio 142 Peter Haussels 37 male farmer Prussia St. Louis 143 Wilhelmine Haussels 36 female farmer Prussia St. Louis 144 Rosa Haussels 8 female farmer Prussia St. Louis 145 August Brockschmidt 22 male brickmaker Prussia Indiana 146 Friedrich Brockschmidt 17 male brickmaker Prussia Indiana 147 Wilhelmine Brockschmidt 15 female brickmaker Prussia Indiana 148 Heinrich Stakelbeck 34 male workman Prussia Indiana 149 Maria Robben 60 female workman Hannover Ohio 150 Anna Robben 29 female workman Hannover Ohio 151 Heinrich Robben 26 male carpenter Hannover Ohio 152 Adelheide Robben 19 female carpenter Hannover Ohio 153 Bernard Wessling 26 male shoemaker Hannover Ohio 154 Anton Herbers 29 male farmer Hannover Ohio 155 Heinrich Herbers 20 male farmer Hannover Ohio 156 Theodor von Mittendorf 22 male carpenter Holland Ohio 157 Johanna Gentemans 24 female workgirl Prussia St. Louis 158 Maria Flehers 18 female workgirl Prussia St. Louis 159 Johanna Schumacher 20 female workgirl Prussia Indiana 160 Gerhard Stegemann 34 male farmer Hannover Ohio 161 Bernard Eilemann 17 male farmer Hannover Ohio 162 Johann Tonnies* 24 male farmer Hannover Ohio 163 Georg Wilkens 20 male tailor Hannover Ohio 164 Herman Hoppenjans 53 male farmer Hannover Ohio 165 Theresia Klumper* 22 female farmer Hannover Ohio 166 Maria Feldmann 20 female farmer Hannover Ohio 167 Bernard Koopmann 29 male carpenter Oldenberg St. Louis 168 Bernard Gruss* 21 male tailor Oldenberg Kentucky 169 Joseph Gers 31 male carpenter Hannover Ohio 170 Hermann Buschmann 22 male smith Hannover St. Louis 171 Maria Otten 24 female smith Hannover Ohio 172 Anna Iserbein 36 female workgirl Prussia St. Louis 173 Heinrich Iserbein 6 male workgirl Prussia St. Louis 174 Ignatz Aelken 20 male farmer Hannover Ohio 175 Bernard Aelken 17 male tailor Hannover Ohio 176 Heinrich Diederich 26 male farmer Hannover Ohio 177 Bendix Schohluken* 26 male farmer Hannover Ohio 178 Maria Rekkers 48 female farmer Hannover Ohio 179 Marianna Rekkers 22 female farmer Hannover Ohio 180 Hermann Rekkers 19 male farmer Hannover Ohio 181 Christian Rekkers 17 male farmer Hannover Ohio 182 Heinrich Eilermann 27 male farmer Hannover Ohio 183 Maria Hovel* 26 female dressmaker Hannover Ohio 184 Lucas Hovel* 18 male farmer Hannover Ohio 185 Marianna Bernsen 16 female farmer Hannover Ohio 186 Johannes Brinkmann 30 male butcher Hesse-Cassel St. Louis 187 Christoph Schroder* 8 male butcher Hesse-Cassel St. Louis 188 Heinrich Rauchholtz 31 male farmer Hesse-Cassel St. Louis 189 Elisabeth Rauchholtz 33 female farmer Hesse-Cassel St. Louis 190 Dorothea Rauchholtz 9 female farmer Hesse-Cassel St. Louis 191 Heinrich Kracht 36 male loksmith* Prussia St. Louis 192 Anna Kracht 24 female loksmith* Prussia St. Louis 193 Heinrich Witte 32 male farmer Prussia St. Louis 194 Friedrich Stork 22 male farmer Prussia St. Louis 195 Helene Stork 18 female farmer Prussia St. Louis 196 August Brokmeyer 43 male farmer Prussia St. Louis 197 Caroline Brokmeyer 47 female farmer Prussia St. Louis 198 Elisabeth Brockmeyer 14 female farmer Prussia St. Louis 199 Gottlieb Brockmeyer 12 male farmer Prussia St. Louis 200 Maria Brockmeyer 4 female farmer Prussia St. Louis 201 Elisabeth Brockmeyer 3 female farmer Prussia St. Louis 202 Ferdinand Grefe 51 male shoemaker Hannover St. Louis 203 Regina Grefe 52 female shoemaker Hannover St. Louis 204 Elise Grefe 26 female shoemaker Hannover St. Louis 205 Friedrich Landerman 32 male farmer Prussia New Orleans 206 Friedrich Kiffmeyer 53 male farmer Prussia St. Louis 207 Friedrich Ahlhorn 21 male tailor Prussia St. Louis 208 Caspar Vorderstrasse 19 male farmer Prussia St. Louis 209 Herman Schulte 19 male farmer Hannover St. Louis 210 Elisabeth Hakmans 53 female farmer Hannover St. Louis 211 Bernard Volker* 31 male farmer Hannover St. Louis 212 Henriette Obroks 48 female farmer Hannover St. Louis 213 Meistett 19 male carpenter Hesse St. Louis 214 Wilhelm Grobb 19 male farmer Hannover St. Louis 215 Bernard Voss 19 male farmer Hannover St. Louis 216 Carl Kerstener 48 male copper Sondershausen Illinois 217 Dorothea Kerstener 42 female copper Sondershausen Illinois 218 Caroline Kerstener 15 female copper Sondershausen Illinois 219 Carl Kerstener 9 male copper Sondershausen Illinois 220 Therese Kerstener 4 female copper Sondershausen Illinois 221 Eduard Rudolf 20 male brickmaker Prussia St. Louis 222 Henriette Rudolf 18 female brickmaker Prussia St. Louis 223 Benjamin Merz 24 male shoemaker Prussia St. Louis 224 Friedrich Reimler 19 male carpenter Prussia Ohio 225 Heinrich Auenschild 19 male shoemaker Prussia Ohio 226 Sophia Wessel 27 female workgirl Prussia Ohio 227 Christian Jahns 25 male workman Brunswick St. Louis 228 Engel Jahns 27 female workman Brunswick St. Louis 229 August Jahns 5 male workman Brunswick St. Louis 230 Carl Elbrachter 36 male farmer Prussia St. Louis 231 Heinrich Lange 41 male tailor Brunswick Missouri 232 Christianna Lange 42 female tailor Brunswick Missouri 233 Henriette Brandt 25 female dressmaker Brunswick Missouri 234 Heinrich Koch 53 male nail-smith Prussia St. Louis 235 Conrad Koch 40 male nail-smith Prussia St. Louis 236 Sophia Koch 30 female nail-smith Prussia St. Louis 237 Conrad Koch 28 male nail-smith Prussia St. Louis 238 Friedrich Koch 25 male carpenter Prussia St. Louis 239 Henriette Koch 16 female carpenter Prussia St. Louis 240 Caroline Koch 11 female carpenter Prussia St. Louis 241 Louise Koch 9 female carpenter Prussia St. Louis 242 Christoph Niembe 26 male carpenter Prussia New Orleans 243 Henriette Niembe 28 female carpenter Prussia New Orleans 244 Johannes Voshennerich 30 male farmer Prussia New Orleans 245 Heinrich Menke 30 male farmer Prussia New Orleans 246 Joseph Olbersmeyer 30 male farmer Prussia New Orleans 247 Konrad Schulte 50 male farmer Prussia St. Louis 248 Chatharina Schulte 48 female farmer Prussia St. Louis 249 Catharina Schulte 19 female farmer Prussia St. Louis 250 Heinrich Schulte 15 male farmer Prussia St. Louis 251 Maria Schulte 11 female farmer Prussia St. Louis 252 Martin Schulte 7 male farmer Prussia St. Louis 253 Georg Holsfarter* 23 male farmer Prussia St. Louis 254 Carl Sieveking 20 male tobacco maker Prussia St. Louis 255 August Dreseler 21 male shoemaker Prussia St. Louis 256 Wilhelm Meisener 19 male baker Prussia St. Louis 257 Ferdinand Diestel 23 male joiner Brunswick St. Louis 258 Ferdinand Pannenbach 57 male musician Prussia St. Louis 259 Angella Pannenbach 52 female musician Prussia St. Louis 260 Dina Pannenbach 17 female musician Prussia St. Louis 261 Henriette Uchtemann 25 female workgirl Prussia St. Loui 262 Maria Thiesmeyer 25 female workgirl Prussia St. Louis 263 Hermann Meiseler 16 male farmer Prussia St. Louis 264 Joseph Burchgeld 46 male farmer Prussia St. Louis 265 Anna Burchgeld 48 female farmer Prussia St. Louis 266 Hermann Burchgeld 14 male farmer Prussia St. Louis 267 Maria Burchgeld 12 female farmer Prussia St. Louis 268 Heinrich Meyer 29 male tailor Hannover Ohio 269 Bernard Schneiermann 27 male black smith Hannover Ohio 270 Wilhelm Hagemann 36 male butcher Prussia St. Louis 271 Wilhelm Quint 26 male farmer Hannover Ohio 272 Elisabeth Quint 22 female farmer Hannover Ohio 273 Lina Midden 22 female farmer Hannover Ohio 274 Angella Budde 27 female farmer Hannover Ohio 275 Bernard Schmale 26 male farmer Prussia Ohio 276 Christian Riese 18 male farmer Prussia Indiana 277 Caspar Thalenhorst 18 male farmer Prussia St. Louis 278 Johann Bodker* 32 male farmer Prussia Ohio 279 Catharina Bodker* 28 female farmer Prussia Ohio 280 Herman Bodker* 18 male farmer Prussia Ohio 281 Anton Bodker* 15 male farmer Prussia Ohio 282 Bernard Borcherd 34 male farmer Prussia Ohio 283 Bernard Thewes 29 male farmer Prussia Ohio 284 Catharina Rethman 22 female farmer Prussia Ohio 285 Friedericke Rethman 18 female farmer Prussia Ohio 286 Gerhard Theders 55 male farmer Hannover Ohio 287 Bernard Theders 19 male farmer Hannover Ohio 288 Maria Theders 21 female farmer Hannover Ohio 289 Anna Theilen 27 female farmer Hannover Ohio 290 Herman Hustemeyer 24 male farmer Prussia St. Louis 291 Theresia Hustemeyer 24 female farmer Prussia St. Louis 292 Margaretha Feisman 25 female farmer Hannover Ohio 293 Herman Lochte 29 male farmer Hannover Kentucky 294 Maria Lochte 32 female farmer Hannover Kentucky 295 Theresia Helmers 21 female farmer Hannover Ohio 296 Maria Niehaus 26 female farmer Hannover Ohio 297 Herman Diekman 54 male farmer Prussia St. Louis 298 Elisabeth Diekman 44 female farmer Prussia St. Louis 299 Johann Diekman 21 male farmer Prussia St. Louis 300 Wilhelm Diekman 19 male farmer Prussia St. Louis 301 Agatha Diekman 17 female farmer Prussia St. Louis 302 Elisabeth Diekman 15 female farmer Prussia St. Louis 303 Margaretha Diekman 18 female farmer Prussia St. Louis 304 Catharina Rauen 28 female farmer Hannover Ohio 305 Gertrude Godden* 24 female dressmaker Prussia St. Louis 306 Joseph Godden* 26 male farmer Prussia St. Louis 307 Heinrich Gottlob 18 male farmer Prussia Illinois 308 Joseph Gottlob 16 male farmer Prussia Illinois 309 Theodor Gottlob 11 male farmer Prussia Illinois 310 Johann Lange 20 male farmer Prussia Illinois 311 Heinrich Rappi 35 male farmer Hannover Iowa 312 Catharina Rappi 26 female farmer Hannover Iowa 313 Gerhard Nieland 60 male farmer Hannover Iowa 314 Catharina Nieland 60 female farmer Hannover Iowa 315 Herman Nieland 24 male farmer Hannover Iowa 316 Maria Tusche 28 female farmer Prussia Illinois 317 Maria Wissing 43 female farmer Prussia Ohio 318 Catharina Wissing 7 female farmer Prussia Ohio 319 Heinrich Hageman 27 male farmer Hannover Ohio 320 Bernard Hageman 22 male farmer Hannover Ohio 321 Johann Hillen 27 male farmer Hannover St. Louis 322 Gerhard Voppe 66 male farmer Hannover Ohio 323 Johann Voppe 19 male shoemaker Hannover Ohio 324 Gesina Kemper 19 female shoemaker Hannover Ohio 325 Bernard Kuhr 20 male teacher Hannover Ohio 326 Gerhard Kuhr 24 male farmer Hannover Ohio 327 Adelheide Kuhr 26 female farmer Hannover Ohio 328 Helene Hokker* 21 female farmer Hannover Ohio 329 Herman Ubschulte 42 male butcher Hannover St. Louis 330 Catharina Ubschulte 48 female butcher Hannover St. Louis 331 Gerhard Ubschulte 19 male butcher Hannover St. Louis 332 Maria Ubschulte 16 female butcher Hannover St. Louis 333 Margaretha Ubschulte 13 female butcher Hannover St. Louis 334 Gerhard Ubschulte 10 male butcher Hannover St. Louis 335 Bernard Ubschulte 6 male butcher Hannover St. Louis 336 Herman Dierkes 50 male farmer Hannover Ohio 337 Thekla Dierkes 45 female farmer Hannover Ohio 338 Herman Dierkes 14 male farmer Hannover Ohio 339 Margaretha Dierkes 10 female farmer Hannover Ohio 340 Catharina Thole 29 female farmer Hannover Ohio 341 Margaretha Hemmen 60 female farmer Hannover St. Louis 342 Cathar Klosterman 21 female farmer Hannover Ohio 343 Anna Hemmen 7 female farmer Hannover St. Louis 344 Gesina Tensing 28 female farmer Hannover Ohio 345 Otto Jaspes 29 male copper Hannover Ohio 346 Bernard Rosen 54 male farmer Hannover Illinois 347 Catharina Rosen 54 female farmer Hannover Illinois 348 Bernard Rosen 19 male shoemaker Hannover Illinois 349 Christine Rosen 14 female shoemaker Hannover Illinois 350 Heinrich Deters 27 male farmer Hannover St. Louis 351 Anna Anneken 28 female farmer Hannover St. Louis 352 Maria Tien 30 female farmer Hannover Ohio 353 Catharina Tien 13 female farmer Hannover Ohio 354 Clemens Burrichter 24 male farmer Hannover St. Louis 355 Johann Hessel 2? male farmer Hannover Ohio 356 Maria Hessel 25 female farmer Hannover Ohio 357 Bernard Alen 32 male farmer Hannover Ohio 358 Bernard Arkes 25 male farmer Holland St. Louis 359 Maria Franz 27 female farmer Hannover Ohio 360 Johann Bremer 33 male farmer Hannover St. Louis 361 Heinrich Brummer* 28 male farmer Hannover Ohio 362 Angella Wolken 32 female farmer Hannover Ohio 363 Heinrich Deters 20 male farmer Hannover Ohio 364 Anna Kleimann 22 female farmer Hannover Ohio 365 Elisabeth Holtman 23 female farmer Hannover Ohio 366 Elisabeth Bakering* 21 female farmer Hannover Ohio 367 Heinrich Nakke 44 male carpenter Prussia St. Louis 368 Anna Nakke 32 female carpenter Prussia St. Louis 369 Anton Nakke 9 male carpenter Prussia St. Louis 370 Conrad Nakke 4 male carpenter Prussia St. Louis 371 Johann Nieland 32 male carpenter Hannover Iowa 372 Henry Vintin 20 male farmer Hannover Iowa 373 Maria Muss 10 m female farmer Prussia St. Louis 374 John Kuhll 11 m male farmer Prussia Wisconsin 375 Agatha Grolmes 10 m female farmer Prussia St. Louis 376 Margaretha Rustemeyer 7 m female farmer Prussia St. Louis 377 Mina Schapen 11 m female farmer Prussia St. Louis 378 Peter Haussels (dead) 3 male farmer Prussia St. Louis 379 Gesina Meines 20 female dressmaker Hannover Ohio 380 Bernard Tole 30 male farmer Hannover Ohio

List of passengers that died

1 Margaretha Lising 24 2 Mariana Konen 23 3 Adleheid Huneford 32 4 Maria Emond 3 5 Carolina Desmonth 9 6 Carl Schurman* 11 months 7 Heinrich Bohmer* 1 child 8 Emilie Niemsch 8 months 9 Wilhem Hussel 6 10 Heinrich Uhren 10 11 Carl Cupps 64 12 Bernard Tohle 20 13 George Pohl 28 14 George Budden 32 15 Anton Fischer 34 16 Georg Hunneford 44 17 Maria Koch 45 18 Wilhelm Hageman 1 child 19 Christine Cuppes 26 20 Maria Theders 45 21 Bernard Feld 24 22 Bernard Wissing 4 23 Herman Wissing 10 months 24 Henreich Budden 27 25 Helena Gansford 26 26 Helena Gansford 1 child 27 Henreich Asla 16 28 Georg Schalling 30 29 Maria Emond 30 30 Henreich Budden 30 31 Lewa Dreisser 34 32 Amela Koch 23 33 Frederich Vessal 9 months 34 Freiderich Redol 1 child 35 Maria Bude 1 child 36 Johanna Flean 23 37 Theresia Knu 26 38 Indareppa 36 39 Adelheid Feld 22 40 Anna Penser child 41 Elisabeth Wissing 4 42 Elisabeth Wissing 4 43 Bernard Wissing 42 44 Bernard Rappe 4 45 Maria Keiser 11 46 Sophia Theder 25 47 Andreas Krusen 25 48 Freiderich Ermeyer 16 49 Henreich Hageman 2 50 Henreich Keiser 39 51 Julius Hausch 8 months 52 Christina Fehring 72 53 Stephan Feldar 26 54 Helena Hegel 20 55 Helena Rappe 10 months 56 Helena Lammen 28 57 Bernard Viesand 19 58 Theresia Catter 7 59 Gustav Castor 9 months 60 Theresia Holter 10 months 61 Georg Forstom 8 months 62 Catarina Keiser 33 years 63 Bernard Slegeman 28 64 Brinkmann 4 65 Skill 3 The transcribers welcome correspondence from others researching the family of August Dreseler, passenger 255. His sister is No. 31 on the list of deceased passengers, there mispelled "Dreisser." Mr. Dreseler's great-great-grandson is Donavin D. Dressler Jr. Transcriber's Notes: The transcription preserves the original spelling, even where it is certainly incorrect. For example, in the list of surviving passengers, the man's name "Heinrich" is always spelled "Heinrich," while in the list (in a different hand) of passengers who died, it is spelled "Henreich." The original list contains ditto marks in the Sex, Occupation, Origin and Destination columns. The completeness and accuracy of the original list can be questioned on the basis of independent evidence contained in letters written by August Dreseler (Passenger No. 255) and Carl Sieveking (Passenger No. 254) after the voyage. (See the documents later on this page.) Dreseler writes that 110 persons died, and Sieveking that 108 died, not 64 as enumerated on Captain Orr's list. Dreseler states that there were 465 passengers on board at the start; the total number on the two written lists is 444. He also mentions that Mrs. Hagemann and Fritz Kulmann died; neither is on the survivors or deceased list. * Passengers 96 and 97 crossed out, numbers reused, note says, "carried to end of list" * Passengers 107, 108, 132, 138 age illegible * Passengers 253 and 366 have umlauted "a" * Passengers 162, 183, 184, 187, 311, 278-281, 293, 294, 305, 306, 328 have umlauted "o" * Passengers 12, 13, 61, 67, 68, 86, 92, 112, 113, 124-126, 165, 168, 177, 361 have umlauted "u". * Deceased passenger 7 has umlauted "o" * Deceased passenger 6 has umlauted "u" * Passengers 191 and 192, "loksmith" spelled as in original Column labeled "Number that have died on the Passage" was not used. Correspondence added October 7, 2001, passenger #17 Schmackers Passenger #17, Maria Schmackers, rests in the cemetery of St Patricks, Ohio, Shelby County, Ohio, with her husband, George B Bauer, a son and two daughters. Maria Angelica "Ongler" Schmackers married George on Jan 10, 1855, at Emmanuel Catholic Church in Dayton, Ohio. They raised 8; Gerhard Henry b 10-12-1855, Theresia "Tracy" b 3-22-1857, Mary Margaret b 5-19-1859, Anna O. b 1-19-1860, Katherine b 11-29-1862, Rachel "Regina" b 7-21-1865, Augusta :Gusty" Margaret b 5-12-1866, and Peter b 11-16-1868(my great-grandfather), Ralph Aaron Bauer


Correspondence added January, 2000, Passenger #230 Elbrachter (Elbrechter)
We received the following from Mr. R. C. Elbrechter:
I am writing you today as a descendant of one of the passengers. I
came from a lineage established by passenger #230 
    
Carl Elbrechter did make it to the St. Louis area and settled into 
nearby St. Claire Co., Illinois. The state of Illinois acknowledges a 
wedding between Carl Elbrechter and Karolina Hoffman taking place 8, Jan. 
1859. He died 6, Jun. 1878 and is buried as Carl Charles Elbrechter at the 
"Walnut Hill" cemetery in Belleville, Illinois.
Anyone interested in the family history of the ELBRECHTER surname may
contact R. C. Elbrechter





Correspondence added April 21, 2000 and updated January 30, 2007,  Brockschmidt

My 2nd Great Grandfather, Simon August Brockschmidt, was found arriving in 
New Orleans, 27 December 1853, on the passenger ship called the 
"New England."  Along with August was his half-brother  Friederick and 
half-sister Wilhelmine.  They settled in the Knox/Sullivan Counties area 
of Indiana, where their uncles Johann Christopher and Herman Ludwig 
Brockschmidt, as well as their aunt Friederike Brockschmidt-Meise, 
settled several years earlier in 1848.

I am also looking for information for the ship my 2nd Great Grandfather 
Herman Heinrich Brockschmidt came over on. The story I got was that 
the family resided at Stiftberg, Herford, Prussia, until about 1845, 
then moved to Enger where they owned a brickyard, producing bricks and 
roofing tile.  Of this family, August, Frederick, and Minnie were the 
first to leave Germany.  They embarked at Bremen, Germany and landed 
at the Port of New Orleans December 24, 1853.  Henry, aged 16 years, 
Ernestine and her husband Frederick Pepmeier came the same route and 
landed at New Orleans October 29, 1860. Herman Heinrich and wife Johanna, 
with children William, Herman, Gottlieb, and Granddaughter Matilda 
Pepmeier, embarked at Bremen, Germany, on board a ship bound for New 
York City.
  
During the voyage, they were shipwrecked off the coast of Newfoundland. 
Nobody was injured and no possessions lost.  They were put on a ship and 
landed in New York November 5, 1865. Mark Atterson



Correspondence June 13, 2001, passenger #293 & 294 LOECHTE
I would like to submit information on my husband's paternal great
grandparents who were on the ship New England which left Bremerhaven October
1853 and arrived in New Orleans December 1853.  They were Herman and Maria
Loechte from Hanover to Kentucky, passenger numbers 293 and 294.  My
father-in-law wrote this notation in the 1960's as part of a response to a
high school project for one of his children. He describes his grandparents
as great grandparents and his parents as grandparents  as this was notes to
his son:

"In the year 1850 my great grandparents left Hanover Germany for the 
United States.  My great grandfather had served eight years in the King 
of Hanover's army...
Many Germans had relatives in the U.S. and life seem better over here. My
ancestors left Bremen on a sail ship which took 6 weeks to reach the U.S.
There was an outbreak of Cholera on the ship and many died at sea.  At New
Orleans they transferred to a river boat and came up the Mississippi River 
and then the Ohio River to Cincinnati Ohio.  After several weeks they came 
to Kentucky.  In these days there was much sickness.  Smallpox and yellow 
Fever. "

Herman and Maria settled in Covington, KY in what was then called the 
Willow Run.  They were members of St. Aloysius Catholic Church.  This 
is a heavily populated German area of Greater Cincinnati.  I suspect 
that Herman had family in this area which is why they came to Kentucky.  
There is an Anton Loechte, member of St. Aloysius Church that I am 
trying to find a connection.

Herman was drafted on May 16, 1864 for the services of the US for a 
period of 3 years during the Civil War.  He was to report to a place 
of rendevous at Covington, KY May 27, 1864 , signed Capt Berry of 
6th Dist of Ky.  KY Military records could find no record of Herman 
under various spellings of his last name.  It was surmised that he 
was not needed or was sent to an Ohio unit.  He becomes a citizen of 
the US on July 26, 1864 in Covington KY Mayor's Court of Kenton 
County, State of Kentucky.

Herman is listed in the Covington, KY City Directories from 1867-1891 as a
tobacconist. He and his wife Maria Anna had a daughter Mary Ann on 23 June
1857.  Mary Ann Loechte married Herman Schmitz at St. Aloysius Church in
Covington, KY in 1882.  They had nine children: George Edward, Mary Clare,
Joseph, Anna Maria, Charles, Aloysius, James Albert, and Rose.  Anna Maria
died at the age of 11 months of brain fever. Three of their sons were
soldiers in WW I.  1 son, Joe lost his life in the Army in October 1918.  1
son Charlie  was a Lieutenant in the Marines, was wounded at Bellau Wood
with the 2nd Division, was at Chateau Thierz and the Argonne Forest.  At the
Armistice the 2nd Division walked through the Rhineland and was stationed at
a bridgehead across the Rhine River. (Aloysius) ...served in the Army with
18 months service in France at St. Michiel Verdun and the Argonne Forest.

Herman died in 1891 and his wife died in 1937. Herman and Maria Loechte are
buried in Mother of God Cemetery in Latonia, Kentucky. Their inscriptions on
their markers are in German, as  are many in this cemetery.  On their right
baby Anna Maria , and on their left grandson Pvt. Joseph Schmitz .  Also at
this grave site are Herman and Mary Ann Schmitz and son George.
Beverly Schmitz

Correspondence added Jaunary 29, 2002, passengers #286 & 287 & #20 in those who died on
the voyage - Theders (see another Theders descendant below)
It seems that my husband's ancestors were on board this ship. They are
Gerhard Theders, Bernard Theders, and Maria Theders. The ages given seem to
be correct. Their name has been difficult to find and seems to be unusual...
Gerhard's family settled in Quincy, Illinois.  Maria Theders, the mother, is
listed among the deaths on the ship register and this corroborates the death
info I had previously gotten from the Catholic Church records in Quincy.
Gerry Meier

Correspondence added September 16, 2002, passengers #20,44,55,57,286-288,311-315, 371

Theders, Nieland, Rappi, Vieland
Passenger #286 is my Great-Great-Grandfather Gerhard Theders. passenger 
#288 is my great grandmother, Maria Theders Nieland who married passenger 
#371, John Nieland. I do not know if passenger #287 is her brother or 
another relative. Passenger #312, Catherina Rappi is a sister to John Nieland 
and #311, Heinrich Rappi is her husband. The parents of John and Catherina 
are passengers #313 and 314, Gerhard and Catherina Nieland. Passenger #315 
is their brother Herman. Another brother is listed as #57 of the deaths, 
Bernard Vieland, (the German N often appears to be a V when written). Death 
#20 is Maria Theders, my great-great-grandmother. Also among the deaths is 
#44 Bernard Rappi and # 55 Helena Rappi, the children of passengers 311 & 312. 
The story of cholera on board ship, as well as some other trials that these 
people encountered on the voyage are documented in stories Mary Theders told 
her grandchildren and they recorded. One of the grandchildren is my mother. 
Ruth Von Fumetti


Correspondence August 22, 2007 Passenger 92 Grusz
My ancestor Bernard Grusz born 1828 was on a passenger on this ship New England 
in 1853.  He worked and then sent money to his fiance, Agnes Holt, in Germany 
to come to New Orleans in 1855.  They married in 1855; Agnes died Dec 7 1888.
Bernard died Dec 15 1910 and is buried at St Louis Cemetery.  His only daughter 
named Anna Mary born 1857 was my great grand mother.
 
David Sprinkle, 
Mobile County, Alabama

Letters from surviving passengers

Excerpts from the chapter, "Reports on the voyages of the Herford emigrants Dreseler and Sieveking dated 1854" by Wilhelm Schormann, translation by William George, B.A., in the book, "Wittekindsland: Essays on the history, culture and nature of the Administrative District of Herford. Volume 2: Emigrants to America from Herford, Hiddenhausen and Vlotho in the nineteenth century." Printed and published by Kreisheimatverein Herford, Borriesstraße 1, 4900 Herford, Germany. November 1988/May 1989. [Photocopies of the original handwritten letters by Dreseler and Sieveking are in the possession of the transcribers.]

... At this point it is prudent to mention the opinion of Professor Kamphöfner that particularly oppressive conditions must have reigned during the voyage described by Dreseler [age 22] and Sieveking [age 20]; in reports from other regions for example the number of deaths on the journey had always been considerably lower.

Capa Giradau, 22nd Feb. 1854
The love of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all -
Dear parents and relatives,
We can imagine that you must sorely miss us. Praised be the Lord that we have got this far: first of all dear parents, I must inform you that we were at sea for 8 weeks and on the Mississippi for 6, making 14 weeks on the water. Now we must first describe to you the voyage from Bremerhaven to New Orleans. We left Bremerhaven at 8 a.m. on Sunday, [30th] October.
There were 465 passengers on our ship. ...
Now I must tell you of our treatment, which you may believe was also good, but it was quite the opposite. ... Regarding food we received nothing the first day, the second day some meat, 4 oz, but it was inedible. From the third day on we got at ten a.m. every morning a tin cup of coffee between four; at home I measured it, it was about one and a half of your small drinking cups. Dinner was usually at 4 or 5 in the afternoon, then we got a saucepan lid full of stew, again between four, we could hardly see it. ... We got no water to drink for the first three weeks, getting our first drink of water after three weeks, though we should have had it every day ... the ship's carpenter, a disgusting fellow, with a heart of stone, who shared out all the food. In the last week we had 90 barrels of water in the hold, and yet when a sick woman who was dying, asked him for a drink of water, he opened his trousers and was going to ... yes, he hurt people most cruelly.
Now, dear parents, this is enough. I could fill a book with this terrible treatment. But the results I can tell you, that of the 110 dead on our ship most died of thirst.
And now dear parents I must tell you the sad news that my sister Wischen also died, at 8.30 p.m. on 12th November. She suffered terribly. She never saw America, perhaps to her own good. ... Mrs Hagemann died on the 15th November, her son on the 21st, as did Fritz Kulmann. ... When we arrived in New Orleans we went straight to the German Society and brought charges against the captain and the whole crew, and they were immediately arrested. The captain had to leave a large sum of money as a caution, otherwise he too would have had to go to jail; the ship has been seized and will probably be sold. ... I don't discourage anyone from going to America, but neither would I encourage anyone. ...
August Dreseler
Say hello to all friends and relations for me, write again soon.

St Louis, 13th March 1854

My dear parents,
... Dear parents, as you know, we sailed from Bremerhaven on 30th October ... on the 4th day we received our rations, but very little; each got 5-6 spoonfuls to eat, in the mornings we got a cup of coffee, in the evenings a cup of tea between three, 8 lbs of bread were for four men for a whole week! ... on the 12th L. Dreseler died ... Mrs Hagemann and two of her children also died, Fritz Eversmeyer too; by the 16th there were already 65 dead. ... We did not sail through the Channel, but around England. We also saw some huge fish, which must have weighed 5- 600 pounds, and mermaids, which were like humans, and flying fish and several animals which are unknown to us. ... Alone on our ship 108 people died; if we had not received drinking water at all, then we could all have died. ... We had scarcely been there [New Orleans] a quarter of an hour when the German Association came and asked about our treatment. We took no pains to spare the robbers and recounted every detail, so that they were all arrested and the ship seized. The ship's carpenter was taken prisoner, and the captain had to put up 70000 talers (dollars?) as security; the hearing is not yet finished. ... I must also tell you that much money is to be earned here: a strong man can earn $2.50. I should wish no man a journey such as we had, first on the sea such bad treatment and a voyage of 8 weeks, then 7 weeks on the Mississippi ...
Carl Sieveking, St. Louis.

News story from the New Orleans "Daily Picayune," December 28, 1853, page 1.

IMMIGRANTS - The ship New England, Capt. Orr, arrived this morning from Bremerhaven, with immigrants. She left that port on the 31st of October, and has therefore been 57 days out. She had on board 500 passengers at leaving, but lost 70 of them on the passage from disease. It is stated, however, that she has now not a single case of sickness on board, and is perfectly clean. She lies anchored off Slaughterhouse Point.

News story from "The Daily Picayune," New Orleans, Louisiana, Wednesday morning, January 4, 1854, Vol. XVII, page 3, "The City" column.

U. S. District Court. - Judge McCaleb. - Peter Kernan and others vs. Ship New England. Twenty one German emigrants, just arrived in this port yesterday, libeled the ship New England, Orr master, claiming for themselves, wives and children $500 damages to each. They allege that in October last they engaged for themselves and families steerage passage in the ship New England, from the port of Bremerhaven, Germany to New Orleans on certain terms and conditions, which they set forth, relative to the quantity of fresh water, bread, meat, &c. to be furnished per day or week for the voyage, which conditions they aver were grossly violated. They say that they and their families suffered great want, hunger, thirst and starvation during the voyage, to the great detriment of their health, deprivation of their comfort and danger of their lives.

Summary of Kramme et al. v. The New England Federal Case 7930, 1 Newb. 481, 1 C Adm. #551 14 Fed. Cas. page 852 District Court, E. D. Louisiana, June 1854

Photocopied at Louisiana State Law Library, New Orleans, 22 October 1992, layman's summary composed 29 March 1999 by George W. Anderson Jr.

"This was a libel by Peter Kramme and others against the master and owners of the ship New England for damages for breach of contract."

McCaleb, District Judge
The judge ruled in favor of the defendants, in an opinion stretching to about 2800 words.

The German immigrants allege that they paid $23.US for a contract for passage and specific rations on board. The rations allegedly promised are spelled out in detail in the court record.

"The plaintiffs allege that shortly after the sailing of the ship the captain and owners withheld from and refused to furnish the libelants and their families any water whatever for the space of three weeks; during which time over one hundred passengers in the ship died, and afterwards the libelants were put on short allowance of water during the remainder of the voyage; and the captain and owners during the whole voyage violated their entire contract of passage, and failed to furnish the libelants and their families, during the said voyage, with the water and provisions stipulated to be furnished by the agreement, whereby libelants and their families during the voyage suffered great want, hunger, thirst and starvation, to the great injury of the health, and deprivation of the comfort, and danger of the lives of the libelants and their families, for which each of them for himself and for his wife and for each of his children, claims five hundred dollars."

The defendants denied all charges and claimed that they had treated the passengers with great kindness, that the initial withholding of some water was at the request of the spokesmen for the passengers, to allow greater rations in the last part of the voyage in the tropics, and that the deaths were due to cholera, which was prevalent in the port of Bremerhaven. They claimed that some of the deaths occurred on board even before the ship left port, evidence that the passengers were diseased when they boarded. They claimed that the passengers had a superstitious dread of leaving the cabin and going out on deck, where the fresh air would have relieved their illness.

The judge sided with the captain and owners, stating that the claims of the passengers were characterized by "extravagance and improbability", and that the plaintiffs' witnesses "seem to me to be exceedingly reckless in their statements, and oftentimes utterly regardless of the solemnity of an oath. They admit the habitual kindness of the captain towards them, and his humanity is too well shown by other witnesses to be seriously questioned."

"The libel must therefore be dismissed with costs."

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M259, Reel 39.

Contributed and Transcribed by George and Harriet Anderson
for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild 31 March 1999

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