Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Olbers

I, H. W. Exter, Master or Commander of the ship Olbers, do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the within List, signed by me and now delivered to the Collector of this District, contains the names of all the Passengers, taken on board the said Ship at the Port of Bremen or at any time since, and that all matters therein set forth are, according to the best of my knowledge and belief, just and true. I do further swear that two of the said Passengers have died on the voyage, and that 3 were born whose names are not entered. Sworn before me, this eighth day of December 1836, (signature illegible) Collector.

A list of all passengers on board the Olbers, whereof H. W. Exter is Master, from Bremen bound for New Orleans, burthen 889 tons.

Columns represent: name; age; sex; occupation; country to which they belong; country in which they intend to become inhabitants. Most of the passengers were listed as farmers, and most were from Germany. All were intending to become inhabitants of the United States. Only the three who were merchants, and the ones from England will be noted here. The rest were all farmers from Germany.

  1 Hck. Honert              48 masculine  Farmer  Germany  United States
  2 Casp. Honert             22 masculine
  3 Jost Plogman             29 masculine
  4 Joseph Plogman           24 masculine
  5 Gerh. Renken             35 masculine
  6 C. H. Hartlage           29 masculine
  7 Clara Hartlage           32 female
  8 Anna Marie            *   9 female
  9 M. C. Hartlage            8 female
 10 Casp. Hartlage            2 masculine
 11 Hck. Plogman             37 masculine
 12 Marie Plogman            50 female
 13 Cath. Plogman            17 female
 14 Gerh. Plogman            17 masculine
 15 Gertr. Plogman           36 female
 16 Berh. Hackemoller        40 masculine
 17 Therese Hackemoller      36 female
 18 M?ke. Hakemuller      *   5 masculine
 19 Hk. Hackemuller           3 masculine
 20 Cathar. Hohnhorst        28 female
 21 Died. Stumborg           40 masculine
 22 Christine Stumborg       47 female
 23 Marie Stumborg            8 female
 24 Hk. Stumborg              2 masculine
 25 Died. Beckebrede         35 masculine
 26 Mary Beckebrede          38 female
 27 Anna Brandes             26 female
 28 Ana Vorthman          *  29 female
 29 Hk. Sandforth            36 masculine
 30 Margarethe Sandforth     38 female
 31 Wm. Beckebrede           73 masculine
 32 Died. Beckebrede          5 masculine
 33 Henry Beckebrede          2 masculine
 34 Anna ?ohle            *  24 female
 35 Marg. Hotze              36 female
 36 Mary Spanhorst           10 female
 37 John Spanhorst            9 masculine
 38 Anna Spanhorst            7 female
 39 Hry. Mulenkamp           29 masculine
 40 Helena Mulenkamp         31 female
 41 Wm. Muhlenkamp            4 masculine
 42 Anna Muhlenkamp       * 9mo female
 43 Hy. Muhlenkamp           27 masculine
 44 Gerh. vorm Velde         30 masculine
 45 Elise vorm Velde         38 female
 46 Adelheid vorm Velde      15 female
 47 Catharine vorm Velde     12 female
 48 Hy. vorm Velde        3y6mo masculine
 49 Gerh. vorm Velde          2 masculine
 50 John Albes               27 masculine
 51 Hry. Kemna               27 masculine
 52 Henry Teives             28 masculine
 53 Henry Baumker            15 masculine
 54 Anton Schaefer           25 masculine
 55 Adolphus ?aske        *  59 masculine
 56 Adelheid ?aske           22 female
 57 Margareth ?aske          20 female
 58 Gezina ?aske             18 female
 59 Henry Brocker            27 masculine
 60 Wm. Brocker              25 masculine
 61 Elise Belter             28 female
 62 Wm. Elbt                 25 masculine
 63 Math. Maasman            25 masculine
 64 Mary Maasman             35 female
 65 Elise Maasman            15 female
 66 Bhd. Maasman              2 masculine
 67 Lambert vorm Orte        39 masculine
 68 Adelh. vorm Orte         36 female
 69 Gerhd. Koopman           32 masculine
 70 Cath. Koopman            31 female
 71 Ana vorm Holz         *  20 female
 72 Hy. Kosters           *  38 masculine
 73 Gertrude Kosters         34 female
 74 John Kosters             72 masculine
 75 Elisabeth Kosters        33 female
 76 Henry Kosters             2 masculine
 77 John Osterloh            24 masculine
 78 Mary Osterloh            26 female
 79 Cath. Honhorst           26 female
 80 Mary Naneman             25 female
 81 John Lindeman            26 masculine
 82 Gerhd. Goyert            34 masculine
 83 Catharine Goyert         37 female
 84 Adelheid Goyert          10 female
 85 John Goyert               2 masculine
 86 Mary Hengehold           18 female
 87 Henry ?               *  27 masculine
 88 Wm. ?                 *  ?? masculine
 89 Anna Theile              27 female
 90 Henry Theile            6mo masculine
 91 Herman Kulman            20 masculine
 92 G. H. Schulte            28 masculine
 93 Gerhard Ratke            28 masculine
 94 Anna Mary Ratke          28 female
 95 Henry Ludmer             30 masculine
 96 Mary Gers                30 female
 97 Herman Heideman          32 masculine
 98 Wm. Heideman             26 masculine
 99 John Westendorp          29 masculine
100 John zur Lage            34 masculine
101 Catharine Cohen          32 female
102 Mary Heideman            28 female
103 Mary Beckmans            20 female
104 Margaretha Hellman       28 female
105 Gerhd. Schlarman         21 masculine
106 Elisabeth Schlarman      14 female
107 Mary Schlarman           11 female
108 Elisa Ovesmann           19 female
109 Berhd. Schlarman         25 masculine
110 Henry Schlarman           7 masculine
111 Diedch. Lambe            28 masculine
112 Diedch. Heideman         16 masculine
113 Henry Heinrichs          29 masculine
114 John Ascheman            26 masculine
115 And. Feise               25 masculine
116 Gustav Wendeburg         30 masculine
117 Herm. Hinkamp            34 masculine
118 Gertrude Hinkamp         28 female
119 John Thaman              32 masculine
120 Mary Thaman              23 female
121 Julie Almstedt           40 female
122 Helena Almstedt          15 female
123 Elise Almstedt           13 female
124 Caroline Almstedt        11 female
125 Ferdinand Almstedt        8 masculine
126 John Brande              33 masculine
127 Anna Brande              33 female
128 William Brande            4 masculine
129 Philipp Brande            2 masculine
130 Conrad Bildeman          29 masculine
131 Conrad Ballhofer         29 masculine
132 Caroline Bildeman        19 female
133 Wilhelmine Bildeman     9mo female
134 Henry Bildeman           24 masculine
135 John Hasenkamp           30 masculine
136 Mary Hasenkamp           32 female
137 Everhd. Heckman          23 masculine
138 Ludwg. Kruwel            28 masculine
139 Mary Beckman             20 female
140 Henry Mindrup            34 masculine
141 Elise Schweers           28 female
142 L. G. Linde              22 masculine
143 Bernhd. Bieber        *  25 masculine
144 Adelheid Bieber       *  23 female
145 Anna Bieber           2y6mo female
146 Henry Unewehr         *  35 masculine
147 Mth. Sellschutt          40 masculine
148 Ernst Eckelkamp          14 masculine
149 Bernd. Eckelkamp         11 masculine
150 Herman Meulman           40 masculine
151 Margareth Meulman        36 female
152 Berhd. Meulman           12 masculine
153 Diedch. Meulman           7 masculine
154 George ?aske          *  29 masculine
155 John ?aske               26 masculine
156 Hermann ?aske            23 masculine
157 Henry Thuppen            22 masculine
158 Henry Meulenkamp         30 masculine
159 Mary Meulenkamp          36 female
160 Henry Meulenkamp          4 masculine
161 Anna Meulenkamp           7 female
162 Anton Meulenkamp         10 masculine
163 Adam Spangenhorst        36 masculine
164 Mary Spangenhorst        36 female
165 Anna Spangenhorst         8 female
166 Fk. Spanhorst             1 masculine
167 Henry Gohring            20 masculine
168 John Brikwede            46 masculine
169 Mary Brikwede            50 female
170 Catharine Brikwede       19 female
171 Anna Brickwede           17 female
172 Cath. Sperflagge         19 female
173 Hy. Spangenhorst         43 masculine
174 Cath. Spangenhorst       44 female
175 Henry Spangenhorst        8 masculine
176 Gerh. Spangenhorst      9mo masculine
177 Mary Spangenhorst       9mo female
178 John Schluter            46 masculine
179 Adelheid Schluter        48 female
180 Margareth Schluter       17 female
181 Henry Schluter           15 masculine
182 Elise Stickfuss          15 female
183 Diedrich Schone          48 masculine
184 Lucie Schone             50 female
185 Mary Schone              22 female
186 Anna Schone              16 female
187 Diedch. Schone            9 masculine
188 Anna Zurburg             25 female
189 Marg. Gunthers           26 female
190 Mary Westerkamp          39 female
191 Mary Buls                19 female
192 John Fk. Kohring         51 masculine
193 Hedewig Kohring          50 female
194 Sophie Kohring            6 female
195 Fredericke Kohring        3 female
196 Conrad Hafkemeyer        36 masculine
197 Catharine Hafkemeyer     40 female
198 William Hafkemeyer        1 masculine
199 Franz Hafkemeyer         15 masculine
200 Charles Hafkemeyer       10 masculine
201 Mary Scheuerman          43 female
202 Therese Scheuerman    1y6mo female
203 Aloys Scheuerman          6 masculine
204 Jacob Scheuerman         14 masculine
205 Cath. Hafkemeyer         16 female
206 Wilhelmine Hafkemeyer    14 female
207 Sophie Hafkemeyer         8 female
208 Mary Siebenburgen        23 female
209 Elise Heckmann           17 female
210 Margareth Hullman        36 female
211 Elise Hullmann            3 female
212 Margareth Hekmann        18 female
213 John Hullmann            38 masculine
214 John Hullmann             1 masculine
215 John Hoemann             44 masculine
216 Catharine Hoemann        44 female
217 Henry Hoemann            12 masculine
218 Christopher Hoemann       6 masculine
219 Ferdinand Hoemann         2 masculine
220 Bernhard Hullmann        70 masculine
221 John Hullmann             6 masculine
222 Wm. Hallmann          *   9 masculine
223 Henry Hullmann           11 masculine
224 Casp. Meyerhof           24 masculine
225 Peter Bauman             35 masculine
226 Valentin Bauman         3mo masculine
227 Margarethe Bauman        35 female
228 Catharine Bauman          3 female
229 Diedrich Diersing        24 masculine
230 Diedrich Wolding         19 masculine
231 Herrman Schmutte         23 masculine
232 Mary Linemann            28 female
233 Mary Hengholz            27 female
234 Catharine Heitbring      45 female
235 Elise Heitbring          18 female
236 Mary Heitbring           15 female
237 Regina Heitbring          7 female
238 John Heitbring           45 masculine
239 Wm. Mary Cotton          50 female
240 Dorothea Cotton          14 female
241 Clara Cotton              7 female
242 Fk. Cotton               11 masculine
243 Henry Cotton              9 masculine
244 Henry Noelker            34 masculine
245 Math. Noelker            32 masculine
246 Dch. Noelker             30 masculine
247 Mary Noelker             23 female
248 Bhd. Hofmann             27 masculine
249 Valentin Henn            14 masculine
250 Anton Henn                8 masculine
251 Barbara Henn             12 female
252 Margarethe Henn          10 female
253 Barbara Rasch            23 female
254 Valentin Henn            44 masculine
255 Apollonia Henn           40 female
256 Anna Henn             1y6mo female
257 Math. Henn               16 masculine
258 Philip Rasch             37 masculine
259 Anton Scheuerman         43 masculine
260 Valentin Scheurman       19 masculine
261 Joseph Scheuerman        28 masculine
262 Rudolph Struth           25 masculine
263 Fz. Kottinger            27 masculine
264 Mariane Kottinger     *  33 female
265 Margarethe Kottinger      5 female
266 Ludwg. Kottinger          3 masculine
267 Valentin Dassing         27 masculine
268 Therese Dassing          26 female
269 Anton Dassing           6mo masculine
270 Caspar Kottinger         60 masculine
271 Hch. Ketteler            29 masculine
272 Wm. Niemeyer             18 masculine
273 Wm. Kleinhagmuller       14 masculine
274 Hch. Enge                16 masculine
275 Gerhard Engbed           38 masculine
276 Elisabeth Engbed         39 female
277 Anna Engbed              11 female
278 Wm. Engbed                9 masculine
279 Caspar Engbed             4 masculine
280 George Theile            38 masculine
281 Hermann Theile            6 masculine
282 Henry Theile              3 masculine
283 Margareth Theile         37 female
284 Catharine Theile         10 female
285 Diedrich Bulde           44 masculine
286 Mary Bulde               43 female
287 Mary Bulde               20 female
288 Margarethe Bulde         14 female
289 Mary Marg. Bulde         10 female
290 Catharine Bulde           6 female
291 Mary Kramer              26 female
292 Margareth Kramer         52 female
293 John Kramer              28 masculine
294 Herman Kramer             7 masculine
295 Henry Doelmann           18 masculine
296 John Sanmann             24 masculine
297 Gerh. Wessen             20 masculine
298 John Oevermann           27 masculine
299 Henry Willhousen         17 masculine
300 John Schirding           39 masculine
301 Mary Schirding           28 female
302 John Schirding        1y3mo masculine
303 Hy. Westendorp           27 masculine
304 John Kulmann             18 masculine
305 John Hollmann            45 masculine
306 Henry Rothhaus           26 masculine
307 Diedrich Siebers         25 masculine
308 Ernst Wehr               46 masculine
309 Henry Wehr                5 masculine
310 William Wehr              4 masculine
311 Charlotte Wehr           46 female
312 Julie Marquard           12 female
313 Gerhard Hageman          27 masculine
314 Gerhard Rencke           34 masculine  Merchant
315 Catharine Rencke         20 female
316 Joh. Fk. Bruss           33 masculine
317 Mary Bruss               30 female
318 Anna Bruss            5y6mo female
319 Fk. Bruss                 2 masculine
320 Gerh. Helmkamp           65 masculine
321 Gerhd. Marquard          54 masculine
322 John Marquard            17 masculine
323 Julie Marquard           51 female
324 Mary Marquard            22 female
325 Elise Marquard           20 female
326 Charlotte Marquad        11 female
327 Margarethe Winter        23 female
328 Lischen Utten            19 female
329 Marie Utten              11 female
330 Gerhard Winter           29 masculine
331 Charles Utten            18 masculine
332 Fk. Dusterkotter         39 masculine
333 Engel Dusterkotter    *  ?4 masculine
334 Hy. Dusterkotter          9 masculine
335 Mary Dusterkotter        34 female
336 Cath. Dusterkotter        5 female
337 Mary Dusterkotter         2 female
338 Anna Stake               50 female
339 Hch. Stake               45 masculine
340 Christ. Stake            17 masculine
341 Henry Kohring            12 masculine
342 Frederica Kohring        17 female
343 John Georg Werber        44 masculine  Merchant

Cabin Passengers

344 Doris Dresen          *  25 female
345 F. D. Seebohn            39 masculine
346 Wilhe. Seebohm           28 female
347 Caroline Seebohm          8 female
348 Emilie Seebohm            7 female
349 Fk. Seebohm              10 masculine
350 Theod. Seebohm        *  ?6 masculine
351 Augt. Seebohm             3 masculine
352 Henry  Kreeling       *  37 masculine  Merchant
353 Janette Kreeling         29 female               England
354 ?ubinie Kreeling    * 8y6mo female               England
355 Wm. Valentin             27 masculine
356 Louis Piepenbring        34 masculine

Together 343 Steerage Passengers
   and    13 Cabin Passengers
  in all 356
Bremen Octobr. 4th 1836 for J. D. Ludering, Shipbroker

Transcriber's footnotes:
Anna Muhlenkamp and Henry Unewehr both were recorded on the
manifest as having died on the voyage.  There was another death
on board which was not recorded on this manifest.  This was
found in a journal kept by one of the other passengers and passed
down to a descendant of that passenger.

According to the journal of Gerhard Hageman who was a passenger
on this voyage, Adelheid Pieper (Bieber on this list) gave birth
to another daughter in mid-November.  Anna Maria Adelheid
(born Bunte) Pieper was born in 1813 in Halen, Hannover.
Adelheid's parents were Johann Henrich Bunte who died in 1824 in
Delfshafen bei Rotterdam, Holland, and Helena Adelheit zum Beel.
Bernard Pieper was born in 1811 in Wirpum, Hannover.  Bernard Pieper
and Adelheid Bunte were married in Menslage in 1833. Adelheid Pieper
died about two weeks out from New Orleans, near the island of Santo
Domingo.  On 21 November 1836, Gerhard Hageman reported "With tears
in my eyes, I must report that during the night Bernhard Pieper's
wife has passed away into eternity, and today at mid-day she will
be buried in her grave in the waves of the Carribean Sea."

The journal also mentions the villages of origin of some friends of
Gerhard Hageman who had preceeded him to America.  He mentions
Mr. Meyer, "the bookbinder's son from Badbergen", Diedrich Kamper
from Ohrte, who was leaving for Louisville with Hermann Hammermann,
his brother Gerhard Hammermann who was already in St. Louis, and
Hermann Borcherding from Vehs "who had arrived the previous Friday
from New York."

Gerhard Hageman was from the village of Bottorf, near Menslage.
He was traveling with a group from the Menslage area, who were heading
for St. Charles, Missouri.  Among the others were the Piepers, Siefers
(probably Siebers on this list), Kruken, Rotthaus (Rothhaus here),
Beckebrede, Sandforth, Stumborg, Renken, and Mohlenkamp.  Several of
these were "going to the plantation for a few months to earn quite a
lot of money" though Renken was leaving for St. Louis immediately.
The Mohlenkamps were from Andorf, though Hermann, or Hy. here, was
born in Talge, according to the journal, and his daughter died
2 November 1836 on board ship.

Gerhard Hageman stayed for less than a year in Missouri, and returned
to his home village in Germany where he married Anna Margarethe Bertlage
in May of 1843.  He died in August 1843.  Gerhard's daughter was born
in 1844, after his death.

(All information and all quotes on the Piepers, Gerhard Hageman and the
others from the Menslage area has been found in the letters of Gerhard
Hageman, which were published by Charles and Karen Hofmann, copyright 1998.)

The Kosters, or Koesters, on board this ship, were the ancestors of this
transcriber.  The home village of the Koesters has not yet been located
in Hannover.  Henry (or Herman) Kosters, his wife Gertrud (born Sommer),
son Henry age 2, and 2 others who it is assumed were the father and sister
of the elder Henry, all were traveling to St. Charles, Missouri, where
they arrived in April 1837, after making their way up the Mississippi
River by steam-boat.  The Kosters were not among the group of Menslagers.

The following surnames were written with umlauts: Honert, Hackemoller,
?ohle, Hakemuller, Kosters, Kottinger, Kleinhagmuller, Bulde.

  #8 there was no surname given for Anna Marie, but presumably she was
     one of the Hartlages.
 #18 second letter in abbreviation of first name could have been
     c, e, or i.
 #28 first name written with one n, and horizontal line over the n.
 #34 first letter could have been H or K.
 #42 Anna Muhlenkamp died on the voyage.
 #55-58 letter could be F or J.
 #71 same as #28.
 #72-76 Kosters spelled with umlaut over o.  Also spelled in other records as
     Koester.
 #87-88 it appears that the name Theile was written over the name
     Brocker. Wm. Brocker or Theile was either 25 or 55.
#143-145 this name was actually Pieper.
#154-156 letter could be F or J.
#222 written as Hallmann.
#264 same as #28.
#333 the age could have been 14 or 24.
#344 there was only a line drawn through the occupation column, not ditto marks
     for farmer.
#350 was either 16 or 76.
#352 it is possible that Henry Kreeling was from England, not Germany.
#354 first letter could have been L or Z.

Correspondence May 13, 2002 passenger #141 Schweers
Passenger #141 was Elise Schweers. I do not know as yet if she is the one
that will connect me to a Frank A. and Gertrude Schweers (Brother and
Sister) from Borken, Westphalia. They had an aunt named Elise, who came
to America about this time. If you are researching this family please
contact LEONARD STONESTREET

Correspondence May 21, 2002 passengers #196-200 and #205-207 Haafkemeyer
I think I can identify the Hafkemeyer family from Reichelsheim, Hesse, to
St. Louis.

John Conrad Hafkemeyer born 1782; Catherine c. 1796; William c. 1835; Franz
born 1822; Charles (this person not on my list); Wilhelmine c. 1822; Sophie
born 12 Mar 1830.

If anyone is researching these passengers, please contact
Bob Doerr

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M259, Reel 14.

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