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Ship Helene

The voyage of the ship Helene is described in the biography of Dr. Hermann M. Shaefer in "The History of Edwards, Lawrence, and Wabash Counties", published 1883 by Unigraphic. However, Dr. Shaefer's name does not appear on the list of passengers. All the passengers on the Helene were from Germany, and many of them went directly to Edwards County, Illinois. The passenger list was verified by Fr. Volkmann, ship's master from Bremen, Germany on July 3, 1849.
The ship was Russian.

Columns represent: Number assigned by transcriber, First name/initial, Surname, Age in years, Age in months, Sex, Occupation, Died on voyage

CABIN PASSENGERS
  1  A. Wagenfuhr            30        M  merchant
  2  G. Wagenfuhr            20        M  tanner
  3  E. Heins                21        M  merchant
  4  A. Walther              25        F
  5  F. Schneider            45        M  farmer
  6  ?  Koster               18        M  farmer
  7  J. Richter              48        M  merchant
  8* H. Richter              30?       F
  9  J. Richter              10        F
 10  M. Richter               8        F
 11  F. Richter               6        M
 12  E. Richter               3        F
 13  B. Cuhning              24        F
 14  T. Terran               25        F
 15  G. Heins                22        M  Architect
 16  H. Heins                24        M  Merchant
 17  A. Lettig               29        M  Merchant
 18  R. Lettig               25        F
 19  R. Lettig                4        M
 20  F. Lettig                3        F
 21  E. Lettig                1  6     M
 22  J. Lettig               25        M  merchant
 23  H. Lettig               23        M  dyer
 24  Ch. Bolluch             26        F
 25  M. Holle                19        F
 26  F. Siebberns            23        M  merchant
 27  E. Siebberns            26        M  merchant
 28  D. Bergmann             21        F
 29  J. Kuhlmann             24        M  Merchnt
 30  F. Piedemann            18        M  merchant
 31  F. Lennhoff             40        M  merchant  

 Steerage Passengers
 32  F. Wegmann              17        N  shoemaker
 33  B. Rohe                 24        M  farmer
 34  J. Kuhling              25        M  farmer
 35  F. Cordes               30        M  smith
 36  J. Wegmann              20        M  farmer
 37  T. Frank                28        M  weaver
 38  M. Frank                33        F
 39  Th, Frank                   6     M
 40  C. Fekes                30        M  cooper 
 41  ?. Fekes                24        F
 42  M. Fekes                   10     F
 43  F. Kleim                49        M  mason       DOV
 44  Hedwig Kleim            49        F              DOV
 45  Sophia H. Kleim         20        F              DOV
 46  Ida Kleim               14        F
 47  H. Helmert              34        M  cooper
 48  D. Wehmann              14        M
 49  G. Finkes               19        M  smith 
 50  Hedwig Finkes           17        F
 51  G. Wellrocke            27        F
 52  Meba Sprecketter        27        F
 53  H. Ashcoff              17        M  farmer
 54  C. Fritsch              23        M  farmer
 55  R. Fritsch              28        M  merchant
 56  F.A. Luther             35        M  miller
 57  G. Luther               38        M  joiner
 58  Elisabeth Luther         3        F
 59  F. Luther                3        M
 60  Friederike Luther           6     F
 61  L. Hubener              49        M  potter
 62  Aug. Hubener            27        F
 63  R. Hubener               6        M
 64  M. Muckenberger         30        M  potter
 65  C. Lebmann              22        M  Joiner
 66  B. Clemens              27        M  joiner
 67  J.G. Voight             44        M  weaver
 68  Johana Voight           44        F
 69  Juliane Voight          10        F
 70  F. Voight                   7     M  
 71* Gottfried Wildebrandt
 72  August Voight           33        M  weaver
 73  J. Voight               34        F
 74  J. Voight               10        F
 75  F.A. Voight              8        M
 76  F.W. Voight              6        M
 77  J. Voight                4        M
 78  Am. Voight               2        F
 79  A. Mathes               44        M  weaver
 80  J. Mathes               39        F
 81  C. Mathes               17        M
 82  J. Mathes               14        M
 83  C. Mathes                2        M
 84  J.G. Michel             44        M  weaver
 85  J. Michel               44        F
 86  C. Michel               17        M
 87  J.G. Michel             15        M
 88  Ch. Michel               7        F
 89  C.A. Kumz               32        M  shoemaker
 90  J. Kunz                 32        F
 91  E. Kunz                  7        F
 92  Am. Kunz                 3        F
 93  G. Reichelt             59        M  weaver
 94  J.G. Reichelt           53        F  weaver
 95  J. Reichelt             31        F
 96  R. Reichelt             25        F
 97  V. Voigt                42        M  weaver
 98  J. Voigt                43        F
 99  R. Voigt                18        F
100  E. Voigt                16        F   

Footnotes:
  6  First name not given
  8  Age is listed as 30 (or 38)
 71  No information given other than name 

Transcriber's Notes:
   DOV indicates Died on Voyage

Source: Central Illinois Genealogical Quarterly V.14 #4, 1978
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 81.

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