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Brig Stern


Bremen, Germany to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
7 September 1839

Another transcription of this ship can be found in Volume 4

REPORT and List of the Passengers taken on board the Brig Stern whereof C. Sprille is Captain from Bremen, burthen hundred fifty four tons, and owned by Otto Hagemann of Bremen and bound to Philadelphia.
Columns represent: Passenger number, names, age, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong*, the country of which they intend to become inhabitants*.
						
  1  George Schandelbuck       30      male     farmer                                       						
  2  Wilhelmine Schandelbuck   38      female                                                						
  3  Johann Gronbach           39      male     farmer                                       						
  4  Friederian Gronbach       24      female                                                						
  5  Anna Sophia Grenbacj          3m  female                                                						
  6  Peter Baumgaten           27      male     smith                                        						
  7  Christ. Fleischmann       36      male     tanner                                       						
  8  M. Sonntag                45      male     farmer                                       						
  9  Anna Catharina Sonntag    49      female                                                						
 10  Sebastinn Sonntag         28      male     farmer                                       						
 11* Justus Sonntag            18      male     farmer                                       						
 12  Gertrude Sonntag          16      female                                                						
 13  Anna Catharine Sonntag    12      female                                                						
 14  Elise Sonntag             10      female                                                						
 15  Adam Sonntag               7      male                                                  						
 16  Simon Awe                 28      male     weaver                                       						
 17  H. Bernhard               16      male     painter                                      						
 18  J. Augustin               21      male     mason                                        						
 19  Barla Elisa Augustin      18      female                                                						
 20  Christ. Schleider         21      male     baker                                        						
 21  John Schleider            19      male     baker                                        						
 22  H. Hesse                  23      male     cabinet maker                                						
 23  George Karl               50      male     farmer                                       						
 24  Verona Karl               49      female                                                						
 25  Lorenz Karl               24      male     farmer                                       						
 26  Johanne Karl              22      female                                                						
 27  Martin Karl               17      male     shoemaker                                    						
 28  Joseph Emerick            24      male     shoemaker                                    						
 29  Catharina Emerick         20      female                                                						
 30  John Schnepf              28      male     stone cutter                                 						
 31  Theresa Schnepp           24      female                                                						
 32  Stephane Schnepp           1y 6m  female                                                						
 33  Peter Bechner             23      male     farmer                                       						
 34  Mathias Meyer             18      male     mason                                        						
 35  Elisabeth Schnaff         31      female                                                						
 36  George Gurtner            38      male     butcher                                      						
 37  Jacob Ihle                46      male     farmer                                       						
 38  Maria Wissmann            24      female                                                						
 39  Franz Eyermann            28      male     farmer                                       						
 40  J. A. Eyermann            27      male     farmer                                       						
 41  Henry Hesse               25      male     cabinet maker                                						
 42  Joh Carl Weid             29      male     cabinet maker                                						
 43  Anton Wiesemann           26      male     dyer & printer                               						
 44  John Wiesemann            19      male     dyer & printer                               						
 45  Simon Bodendorfer         49      male     shoemaker                                    						
 46  Elisabeth Bodendorfer     45      female   shoemaker                                    						
 47  Margareth Bodendorfer     26      female   shoemaker                                    						
 48* Karl Wutting?             23      male     smith                                        						
 49  H. F. Bosshier?           25      male     brewer                                       						
 50  John Fahn                 37      male     baker                                        						
 51  Peter Hermann             25      male     shoemaker                                    						
 52  Michael Kittel            32      male     brewer                                       						
 53  Andr. Wopner              25      male     shoemaker                                    						
 54  Wolfgang Hoffman          23      male     weaver                                       						
 55  John Carant?              23      male     miller                                       						
 56  J. W. Steiler             23      male     shoemaker                                    						
 57  Anton Heins               30      male     horse dealer                                 						
 58  Baruch Strass?            36      male     shoemaker                                    						
 59  Hanna Strauss             35      female                                                						
 60  Joseph Strauss             1      male                                                  						
 61  Justus Geisecke           30      male     farmer                                       						
   

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.
^  A ^ followed by a letter indicates that the letter was superscripted.

*  Names were transcribed as seen regardless of spelling.						

 11  Before the given name the printed letters (or what looks like them) had been
     inserted "BEGIN".						
 48  Surname maybe Wietting, or Wutting with umlaut above the "u".				

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 55.
Transcribed by Harry Green a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
30 June 2009



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