Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Brig Charles Ferdinand

This list has no port statement, and is headed simply: "Passagier Liste der Brig Charles Ferdinand Capt. M. Klencke nach Baltimore."

Columns represent: Passenger Number, Family Names (written as Namen), Given Name (written as Taufnam), Occupation (written as Gewerbe), Residence (written as Wohnort), Age (written as Alter). A last column for number of bags (written as Bage) has been eliminated from the transcription.

  1* Kohncke         Carl        Schumacher  Zeven           27
  2* Kohncke         Anna        Schumacher  Zeven           21
  3* Kohncke         Betty       Schumacher  Zeven            3
  4* Kohncke         Anna        Schumacher  Zeven               6m
  5* Kohncke         Otto        Schneider   Zeven           30
  6  Wechselberg     August      Glaser      Zeven           19
  7* Otten           J. D.       Landmann    Bruttendorf     29
  8  Hops            Wilhelm     Landmann    Oldendorf       26
  9* Balster         Chrs.       Schmidt     Selsing         30
 10  Jagels          Johann      Tischler    Selsing         22
 11  Viebrok         Bruno       Zimmermann  Bremervorde     39
 12  Meier           Hinrich     Landmann    Ostereistedt    48
 13  Meier           Johann      Landmann    Ostereistedt    23
 14  Harms           J. H.       Landmann    Ostereistedt    22
 15  Dohrmann        Johann      Schumacher  Bruttendorf     25
 16  Gerken          Cord        Tischler    Tarmstedt       34
 17  Gerken          Anna                    Tarmstedt       12
 18  Gerken          Margaretha              Tarmstedt       10
 19  Gerken          Adelheit                Tarmstedt        7
 20  Gerken          Gesina                  Tarmstedt        5
 21  Gerken          Metta                   Tarmstedt        3
 22  Bremer          Johann      Landmann    Seebergen       21
 23  Bremer          Elisabeth               Seebergen       20
 24* Bremer          Gesina                  Seebergen        1y 6m 
 25* Backhus         Gotlieb     Landmann    Grasdorf        25
 26  Otten           Claus       Landmann    Hepstedt        50
 27  Otten           Adelheit                Hepstedt        54
 28  Otten           Anna                    Hepstedt        20
 29  Otten           Jacob                   Hepstedt        18
 30  Otten           Johann                  Hepstedt        16
 31  Otten           Gesina                  Hepstedt        12
 32* Holschen        Hinrich     Landmann    Breddorf        41
 33* Holschen        Catharien               Breddorf        40
 34* Holschen        Cord                    Breddorf         8
 35* Holschen        Peter                   Breddorf         4
 36  Blom            Tibka       Magd        Bulstedt        21
 37* Ficken          Johann     Landmann    Langhusen       16
 38* Knoop           Peter       Schneider   Breddorf        36
 39* Knoop           Gesina                  Breddorf        22
 40* Knoop           Catharien               Breddorf         3
 41* Knoop           Jacob       Rademacher  Breddorf        29
 42  Gerken          Gerhardt    Schmidt     Westertimcke    27
 43* Schroder        Johann      Landmann    Dannenberg      55
 44* Schroder        Gesine                  Dannenberg      52
 45* Schroder        Catharien               Dannenberg      18
 46* Schroder        Claus                   Dannenberg      15
 47* Schroder        Anna                    Dannenberg      11
 48* Schroder        Maria                   Dannenberg       7
 49  Kück            Johann      Schumacher  Adolphsdorf     21
 50* Gohrs           Hinrich     Landmann    Grasdorf        50
 51* Gohrs           Margarethe              Grasdorf        55
 52* Gohrs           Hermann                 Grasdorf        30
 53* Gohrs           Catharine               Grasdorf        22
 54  Pappen          Metta       Magd        Grasdorf        23
 55* Gohrs           Adelheit                Grasdorf        17
 56  Gerken          Johann      Landmann    Hepstedt        53
 57  Gerken          Catharien               Hepstedt        46
 58  Gerken          Peter                   Hepstedt        17
 59  Haase           Peter       Landmann    Hepstedt        24
 60  Dittmer         Hinrich     Schmidt     Sottrum         25
 61  Boschen         Gesine      Magd        Tarmstedt       21
 62* Sturmann        Hinrich     Landmann    Elsdorf         20
 63* Bogen           Jacob       Landmann    Zeven           18
 64  Steffens        Friedrich   Landmann    Frankenbostel   29 
 65  Meier           Christian   Landmann    Apensen         24
 66  Brockmann       Johann      Landmann    Friedrichsdorf  18
 67  Brauer          Hinrich     Landmann    Friedrichsdorf  18
 68* Gerld           Friedrich   Schneider   Juhnde          25
 69  Bremer          Friedrich   Landmann    Noepke          36
 70  Bremer          Sophie                  Noepke          27
 71* Lose            Christian   Landmann    Eilse           34
 72* Luhring         Diedrich    Schuhmacher Empede          22
 73* Kruse           Conrad      Landmann    Eilfesee        28
 74  Stunckel        Louise                  Empede          21
 75  Stunckel        Louise                  Empede           3
 76  Scharnhorst     Lotte                   Borstel         24
 77  Fischer         Heinrich    Schneider   Empede          25
 78  Fischer         Louise                  Empede          27
 79  Fischer         Louise                  Empede           3
 80  Scholter        J. A.       Muller      Ebenweiler?     46
 81  Engel           Christian   Schnieder   Bebra           31
 82  Engel           Elisabeth               Bebra           27
 83  Engel           Anna                    Bebra            3
 84* Rudolph         J. G.       Schumacher  Munden          27
 85* Rudolph         Caroline                Munden          26
 86* Rudolph         Hinrich                 Munden              6m
 87  Hensler         J. H.       Schneider   Ebenweiler      39
 88  Hensler         Elisabeth               Ebenweiler      16
 89  Kicherer        Gerhard     Fleischer   Schlaitdorf     27
 90  Wittmann        Jacob       Chemiker    Colb            30
 91  Lauser          Jacob       Tischler    Dagersheim      20
 92  Schlimme        Diedrich    Zimmermann  Metel           33
 93* Flockmann       Berend      Landmann    Dummerloh       52
 94* Flockmann       Elisabeth               Dummerloh       50
 95* Flockmann       Berend                  Dummerloh       26
 96* Flockmann       Maria                   Dummerloh       11
 97  Burdiock        Elisabeth               Heide           52
 98  Burdiock        Anna                    Heide           22
 99  Burdiock        Ferdinand               Heide           11
100  KleinBonnebaum  J. B.       Landmann    Osterfeine      26
101  KleinBonnebaum  Maria                   Osterfeine      22
102  Schmiesing      Hinrich                 Osterfeine      24
103* Dropker         Hinrich     Landmann    Heide           33
104* Dropker         Anna                    Heide           27
105* Dropker         Berend                  Heide            2
106  Weber           J. A.       Schneider   Kl Heibach      27
107  Stroh           August      Satler      Rudolphstadt    24
108  Muller          Claus       Landmann    Glinstedt       45
109  Muller          Margretha               Glinstedt       32
110  Muller          Adelheit                Glinstedt        4
111  Muller          Catharien               Glinstedt        2
112  Blancke         Heinrich    Landmann    Glinstedt       64
113  Blancke         Adelheit                Glinstedt       54
114  Meier           Christoff   Landmann    Glinstedt       27
115  Pepper          Elisabeth               Glinstedt       52
116  Harms           Hinrich     Landmann    Hanstedt    
117  Binder          Wilhelm     Bierbrauer  Kaltenweiler    27
118  Binder          Johann      Landmann    Kaltenweiler    19
119  Sall            Johann      Weber       Ossalsterbach   29 

Martin Klencke's signature appears 
after last passenger listed.

Transcriber's Notes:

#1-#5 - There is an umlaut over the 'o'.
#4 - Age given as 1/2, possibly meaning 6 months.
#7 - Bruttendorf should have umlaut over 'u'.
#9 - Selsing should be Selsingen.
#24 - Age given as 1 1/2, possibly meaning 1 year 6 months.
#25 - Backhus is probably Backhaus, Gotlieb is usually Gottlieb.
#32-35 - Holschen is known to be Holtzen, Bredorf should be Breddorf.
#37 - Langhusen should be Langenhausen
#38-41 - Bredorf should be Breddorf.
#43-48 - There is an umlaut over the 'o'.
#50-55  Name later changed to Gehrs.
#50-53, 55 - There is an umlaut over the 'o'.
#62 - There is an umlaut over the 'u'.
#63 - There is an umlaut over the 'o'.
#68 - Gerld usually spelled Gerlt.
#71 - place name reads as Eilse but transcriber believes it should be Eitze.
#72 - There is an umlaut over the 'u'.
#73 - as in #71, place name reads as Eilfesee but transcriber believes it is 
Eitzesee.
#84-86 - Munden should have umlaut over 'u'.
#86 - Age given as 1/2, possibly meaning 6 months.
#93-96 - Dummerloh should have umlaut over 'u'.
#103-105 - There is an umlaut over the 'o'.

(add'l transcriber's notes)

Translation of Occupations:   Bierbrauer+Beer Brewer, Chemiker=Chemist, 
Fleischer=Butcher, Glaser= Glassblower, Landmann=Farmer, Magd=Servant, 
Müller=Miller, Rademacher=Wheelright, Satler=Saddler, Schmidt=Blacksmith,  
Schneider=Tailor, Schumacher=Shoemaker, Tischler=Cabinetmaker, Weber=Weaver, 
Zimmerman=Carpenter.

Personal Notes:

Of the 119 passengers aboard the Charles Ferdinand, 78 are counted as coming
from the small area to the east and northeast of Bremen which, at the time,
was part of the Kingdom of Hannover. Almost all of them were on their way to
settle in Missouri near where the counties of Benton, Morgan and Pettis come
together. Some stopped on their way overland and never made it to Missouri
or came along later.

#37 - John Ficken:  Joined his brother Peter Ficken in Cincinnati, who had 
come to USA a year earlier.  Married in Cincinnati 1846, died there 1867.  
(Peter joined group below 1839)

Several families and individuals listed travelled directly to Benton County, 
Missouri and were among the first to enter land in the Lake Creek area 
northeast of Cole Camp in the fall of 1837:

#32, listed as Hinrich Holschen, but really Hinrich Holtzen, with his family
was one of those very early settlers in Benton Co., MO near Cole Camp. He
was one of four siblings from the villages of Breddorf and Westertimke to
immigrate to this part of Missouri. Hinrich's younger brother, David, was
the first to arrive about 1836 and is thought to have been the forward scout
for many of his countrymen to follow. The 'servant girl', Tibke Blom (Blohm)
who traveled with the Hinrich Holtzen family was making the voyage to become
David's bride. A sister, Anna Holtzen who married Harm Schnakenberg, was the
next to immigrate about 1841 and settle near the Benton/Morgan Co. border
with their six children. The fourth sibling, Peter, arrived with his family
in the late 1840's. Anna Holtzen Schnakenberg was the gggrandmother of this
transcriber.
Henry died at Lake Creek 1866.

#38-40   Peter Knoop family.   First entered Lake Creek land, but moved to 
adjoining Morgan County where Peter died 1860s.

#50-55 - Henry Gehrs family. Also entered Lake Creek land, but moved to 
adjoining Morgan County. 

#52 Herman Gehrs married #54 Metta Papen in Benton County 1840, settled first 
in adjoining Pettis County, then moved to Morgan County where he died 1869.

#56-58 - John Gerken family.  John and son Peter entered Lake Creek land, but 
moved to Morgan County a few years later, and apparently left that area 
before 1860.

#68 - Christoph Frederick Gerlt.   Married #53 Catherine Gehrs and settled 
Lake Creek, died there 1888.

If you are researching these families, please visit 
German Immigrants

Correspondence 12/08/2003 passengers #12 & 13 Meier 
Passenger # 12, Hinrich Meier was my great, great, great grandfather. 
Passenger # 13, Johann Meier was his son. We have much information 
about Johann Meier, who eventually died in Nebraska in 1894.

We believe on the basis of records in Germany that Hinrich Meier died 
approximately in 1839. We don't know where he died. However, his son 
Johann (John) was married in Cincinnati in 1842.

I would be very appreciative if anyone has information about 
Hinrich Meier (Meyer later in this country) to contact me.
Don Clausing

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M255, Reel 2.

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