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Ship Gebhard
I, John Edwards, Master of the Ship Gebhard do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs of the Collection District of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board of the said Ship at Antwerp from which port said Ship has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each of said pasengers, the part of the vessel occupied by each during the passage, the country to which each belongs, and also the country of which it is intended by each to become an inhabitant; and that said List or Manifest truly sets forth the number of said passengers who have died on said voyage, and the names and ages of those who died. So help me God. (signed) John Edwards.
Sworn to this 1 September 1857 Before me (signed) ??off???.
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Ship Gebhard whereof Edwards is Master, from Antwerp burthen 1124 68/95 tons.
Columns represent: Names, Age (Years. Months.), Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country in which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on the voyage, Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.
1 Andreas Otterbacher 38 Male Farmer Germany United States
2 Johann Rothenburger 34 Male Farmer Germany United States
3 Wilhelm Westner 35 Male Farmer Germany United States
4* Margaretha Zimeck 23 Female Farmer Germany United States
5* Christiana Gauer 54 Female Farmer Germany United States
6* Christiana Gauer 24 Female Farmer Germany United States
7* Dorothea Pfeffer 30 Male Farmer Germany United States
8* Wilhelmina Pfeffer 6m Female Germany United States
9* Johann L?henk 30 Male Farmer Germany United States
10 Charles Kasel 42 Male Farmer Germany United States
11* Marie Eickor?? 38 Female Germany United States
12 Nicolas Kasel 18 Male Farmer Germany United States
13 Jean Kasel 7 Female Germany United States
14 Anna Kasel 5 Female Germany United States
15 Marie Kasel 3 Female Germany United States
16* Bernhard Bayer 19 Female Shoemaker Germany United States
17 Catharina Nagel 23 Female Germany United States
18* Mathias Kelsen 32 Female Germany United States
19* Charles Gedbeck 25 Male Shoemaker Germany United States
20* Friederick Hinfer 45 Male Farmer Germany United States
21 Eva Wengler 53 Female Germany United States
22 Elisa Wengler 7 Female Germany United States
23 Peter Becker 27 Male Tailor Germany United States
24 Magdalena Becker 24 Female Germany United States
25 Catharina Putz 21 Female Germany United States
26 Henri Baten 23 Male Farmer Germany United States
27* Clement Leenderf 40 Female Germany United States
28* Len? Hazebroeck 42 Male Bucher Germany United States
29* Mar???s Clement 31 Female Germany United States
30* ?eettzes Clement 7 Female Germany United States
31 Cornelia Clement 6 Female Germany United States
32* Johan Hofman 30 Cook Male Tinman Germany United States
33 Heinrich Peschman 31 Male Farmer Germany United States
34 Arnold Theelen 25 Male Farmer Germany United States
35 Georg Ohlman 23 Male Farmer Germany United States
36 Conrad Stumpf 29 Male Farmer Germany United States
37* Caspar Schmidt 40 Cook Bucher Germany United States
38* Carl Kaiser 37 First Cabin Farmer Germany United States
39* Peter Mestes 44 Male Tailor Germany United States
40 Cath. Becker 29 Female Germany United States
41 Ludwig Hamberger 21 Male Shoemaker Germany United States
42 Louise Meltzer 46 Female Germany United States
43 Heinrich Meltzer 13 Male Boatman Germany United States
44* Emilie Homp 23 Female Germany United States
45 Heinrich Gabel 27 Male Carpenter Germany United States
46 Johann Gabel 21 Male Carpenter Germany United States
47 Franz Gabel 24 Male Farmer Germany United States
48* Valtin Hilgers 27 Female Germany United States
49 Anna Manz 28 Female Germany United States
50 Johannes Herter 58 Male Painter Germany United States
51 Nicolas Liebel 23 Male Glazier Germany United States
52* Anton Bar 32 Male Barber Germany United States
53 Agnes Benz 29 Female Germany United States
54* Catharina Benz 9m Female Germany United States
55* Franz Grun 21 Male Shoemaker Germany United States
56* Anna Grun 19 Female Tailor Germany United States
57* Benoit Bonheur 47 Male Tailor Germany United States
58 Jules Candeze 24 Female Germany United States
59 Anna Maria Sauer 36 Female Germany United States
60* Johann Eckert 25 Male Sadler Germany United States
61 Margaretha Bauman 21 Female Germany United States
62 Marianne Koch 44 Female Germany United States
63* Simon Koch 13 Female Germany United States
64 Dorothea Koch 12 Female Germany United States
65 Maria Koch 7 Female Germany United States
66 Rosina Koch 6 Female Germany United States
67* Margaretha Koch ? Female Germany United States
68 Margaretha Simon 19 Female Germany United States
69 Johann Jacob Kempf 27 Male Bucher Germany United States
70* Georg Muller 27 Male Carpenter Germany United States
71 Sophie Muller 41 Female Germany United States
72 Francisca Muller 6 Female Germany United States
73 Andreas Kraft 42 Male Shoemaker Germany United States
74* Friedrich Honninger 22 Male Segar Maker Germany United States
75* Pauline Honninger 20 Female Germany United States
76 Georg Eller 18 Male Trunk Maker Germany United States
77* Vol?e? Friedrich 13 Male Farmer Germany United States
78 Peter Weber 13 Male Farmer Germany United States
79* Michel Gansert 12 Female Germany United States
80 Adam Deiner 32 Male Doctor Germany United States
81 Ludwig Hepp 22 Male Tailor Germany United States
82 Heinrich Jaeger 21 Male Segar Maker Germany United States
83 Caspar Shieler 30 Male Segar Maker Germany United States
84* Elisabeth Suchman 32 Female Germany United States
85* Catharina Suchman 7 Female Germany United States
86* Johann Suchman 5 Male Germany United States
87* Valtin Suchman 6m Male Germany United States
88* Heinrich Luishman 58 Male Tailor Germany United States
89* Anna Maria Kna?s 56 Female Germany United States
90 Carl Kauscher 24 Male Farmer Germany United States
91* Ch??tino Kunerle 26 Female Germany United States
92* Friedrich Kunerle 6m Male Germany United States
93 Otto Senz 30 Male Cutter Germany United States
94 Ludwig Wiedman 19 Male Hatter Germany United States
95* Gertrude Wenbecker 28 Female Germany United States
96 Michel Kunkel 43 Male Black Smith Germany United States
97* Anne Bor??an 32 Female Germany United States
98* Magdalena Bor??an 7 Female Germany United States
99* Valtin Bor??an 6 Female Germany United States
100* Johan Bor??an 3 Male Germany United States
101* Cecilia Bor??an 6m Female Germany United States
102* Frederic Kault 22 Male Painter Germany United States
103* SuSanne franz 25 Female Germany United States
104 Philippina Vohsingen 30 Female Germany United States
105 Anna Koch 24 Female Germany United States
106 Johan Fuchs 44 Male Farmer Germany United States
107* Elisabeth ?uhl 32 Female Germany United States
108* Georg ?uhl 7 Male Germany United States
109* Catharina ?uhl 6 Female Germany United States
110* Anne ?uhl 6 Female Germany United States
111* Johan ?uhl 5 Male Germany United States
112 Johan Fielhauer 19 Male Black Smith Germany United States
113 Conrad Wolff 37 Male Black Smith Germany United States
114 Jacob Schmits 27 Male Bucher Germany United States
115 Franz Schielein 35 Male Baker Germany United States
116 Georg Schaefer 32 Male Baker Germany United States
117 Cath. Mosbecker 18 Female Germany United States
118 Dorothea Schott 32 Female Germany United States
119 Margaretha Fuchs 23 Female Germany United States
120* Jacob Haig 19 Male Confectionor Germany United States
121* Johan Re??chter 18 Male Farmer Germany United States
122* Gustave Vust 18 Male Farmer Germany United States
123 Fridolin Meder 24 Female Germany United States
124* Verana Suter 25 Female Germany United States
125* Gottlieb Suter 4 Female Germany United States
126 Philipp Heimgartner 24 Male Bucher Germany United States
127* Michel Baur 41 Male Carpenter Germany United States
128 Wilhelm Korfer 58 Male Carpenter Germany United States
129 Margaretha Korfer 30 Female Germany United States
130* Wilhelm Korfer 7 Male c? Germany United States
131* Franz Korfer 6 Male c? Germany United States
132 David Kabler 19 Male Tobacconist Germany United States
133 Adam Kabler 13 Male Tobacconist Germany United States
134 Joseph Hitzfeld 30 Male Miller Germany United States
135* Johanna Banhardt 32 Female Germany United States
136 Adam Jung 32 Male Shoemaker Germany United States
137 Peter Otto 13 Male Shoemaker Germany United States
138 Gertrude Otto 58 Female Germany United States
139* Anna Weiss 22 Female Germany United States
140* Christian Franck 40 Female Germany United States
141 Anna Franck 33 Female Germany United States
142 Elisabeth Franck 7 Female Germany United States
143 Catharina Franck 6 Female Germany United States
144* Jacob Franck 5 Male c? Germany United States
145* Georg Franck 6m Male c? Germany United States
146 Jacob Comans 54 Male Farmer Germany United States
147 Marie Comans 54 Female Germany United States
148 Ottilia Comans 20 Female Germany United States
149 Cornelia Comans 13 Female Germany United States
150 Anna Comans 12 Female Germany United States
151 Marie Comans 7 Female Germany United States
152 Margaretha Comans 25 Female Germany United States
153* Jacob Comans 9m Male c? Germany United States
154* Simon Bremer 26 Male Tailor Germany United States
155 Robert Von Jeger 47 Male Jewerler Germany United States
156 Johan Genbruck 19 Male Jewerler Germany United States
157 Gotfried Kraus 47 Male Merchant Germany United States
158 Gertrude Kraus 47 Female Germany United States
159* Teney Kraus 23 Female Germany United States
160* Elise Kraus 20 Female United States United States
161* Franz Kraus 13 Male United States United States
162 Elise Stiefel 21 Female Germany United States
163* Herman Stiefel 6m Male Germany United States
164 Catharine Stiefel 19 Female Germany United States
165 Milchen Stiefel 13 Male Germany United States
166 Mina Stiefel 12 Female Germany United States
167 Emilie Stiefel 7 Female Germany United States
168 Johan Selbach 28 Male Carpenter Germany United States
169 Anna Selbach 34 Female Germany United States
170* Marie Selbach 6m Female Germany United States
171* Johan Sprench 31 Male Barber Germany United States
172* Jacob Sprench 31 Male Barber Germany United States
173* Margaretha Sprench 40 Female Germany United States
174 Johann Theisen 22 Male Farmer Germany United States
175 Peter Theisen 25 Male Farmer Germany United States
176 Adam Sehl 27 Male Segarmaker Germany United States
177 Anna Mintjes 28 Female Germany United States
178 Peter Christoppel 28 Male Tailor Germany United States
179 Agnus Christoppel 25 Female Germany United States
180* Martin Kutner 24 Female Germany United States
181 Amalie Fischer 21 Female Germany United States
182 Johann Michten 40 Male Farmer Germany United States
183* Andelmus Muller 6w Male Germany United States
184 Johann Haats 28 Male Shoemaker Germany United States
185 Antonie Bigenwolt 22 Male Tinman Germany United States
186* Terise Krielle 2? Female Germany United States
187* Anton Barr 7w Male died died 2? August 57
188* Gorg Suitere Born 27 August 1857
Signed
John Edwards
Transcriber's Notes:
*The use of 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 Transciber's Notes below.
*The ? marks indicate letters or words that cannot be read due to the quality
of the original document.
*All passengers are listed as Between Deck as part of vessel occupied,
therefore that column was omitted.
*Passenger # 4, Surname could be Zimerk. Possible error on occupation as
females are typically recorded with no occupation.
*Passenger #'s 5 & 6, Possible error on occupation as females are typically
recorded with no occupation.
*Passenger # 7, Transcibed per original document. Female given name recorded
as male with occupation as farmer. Typically females are
listed with no occupation.
*Passenger # 8, Age originally recorded as a fraction of a year: 1/2.
*Passenger # 9, Surname could be Schenk, but the first letter does not look
like other S's on original manuscript. The ? letter does not
rise above the middle or extend below the line. Looks most
like a c, but might also be an a, e, or o.
*Passenger # 11, Crease in original document makes ? marks hard to tell if one
or two letters. ? marks do not rise above the middle or extend
below the line. Possibly Eickoric or Eickorn.
*Passenger # 16, Transcribed per original document. Male given name recorded
as female.
*Passenger # 18, Transcribed per original document. Male given name recorded
as female and no occupation. Typically all adult males have
an occupation listed.
*Passenger # 19, Surname could be Gedberk.
*Passenger # 20, Surname could be Henfer.
*Passenger # 27, Transcribed per original document. Male given name recorded
as female and no occupation. Typically all adult males have
an occupation listed. Female form of Clement could be Clementia.
*Passenger # 28, ? letter in given name is smudged, but does not rise above or
extend below the line. Possibly an n.
*Passenger # 29, The ? marks in the given name are five peaks which do not rise
above the middle or extend below the line. As in mu, nni, uni, etc.
*Passenger # 30, First letter in given name looks like an N, but not typical to
the recorder's other N's.
*Passenger # 32, Although occupation is listed as Tinman, the word Cook is
written in the Sex column, filling the whole space and Male
added above the word Cook. Possibly he worked as a Cook during
this voyage.
*Passenger # 37, Although occupation is listed as Bucher, the word Cook is
written in the Sex column. No male/female orientation given.
Possibly worked as a Cook during this voyage.
*Passenger # 38, Transcribed per original document. First Cabin is written
in the Sex column with no male/female orientation given.
*Passenger # 39, Surname could be Mertes.
*Passenger # 44, Surname could be Homfe.
*Passenger # 48, Transcribed per original document. Male given name recorded
as female and no occupation. Typically all adult males have
an occupation listed.
*Passenger # 52, See passenger # 187 and notes.
*Passenger # 54, Age originally recorded as a fraction of a year: 3/4.
*Passenger # 55, Surname could be Grim.
*Passenger # 56, Surname could be Grim. Possible error on occupation as females
are typically recorded with no occupation.
*Passenger # 57, Other possibilities for surname could be Banheur, Baecheur
or Bauheur.
*Passenger # 60, Surname could be Eckers.
*Passenger # 63, Transcribed per original document. Male given name recorded
as female. Female form of Simon could be Simone or Simona.
*Passenger # 67, Age is a single digit, possibly a 4 or a 2.
*Passenger # 70, See passenger # 183.
*Passenger #'s 74 & 75, Surname could be Nonninger.
*Passenger # 77, First ? in given name rises above the middle of the line,
possibly another l or an uncrossd t. The second ? in given
name looks like either n or u.
*Passenger # 79, Transcribed per original document. Male given name recorded
as female. Female form of Michel could be Michaela.
*Passenger #'s 84 - 87, Surname could be Sinkman. This surname is written
within parenthesis, reason unknown. Passenger # 87, Age
originally recorded as a fraction of a year: 1/2.
*Passenger # 88, Surname could be Luichman.
*Passenger # 89, ? in surname is broken up, but does not rise above or extend
below the line. Possibly a u as in Knaus.
*Passenger # 91, The two ? marks in given name consist of two peaks and a dot
for an i, possibly ri or is. This surname is written within
parenthesis, reason unknown.
*Passenger # 92, Age originally recorded as a fraction of a year: 1/2.
*Passenger # 95, Surname could be Wessbecker.
*Passenger #'s 97 - 101, The ? marks in surname consist of five peaks with a
break between the third & fourth peak. Surname could be
Bormuan. This surname is written within parenthesis, reason
unknown. Passenger # 99, Male given name recorded as female.
*Passenger # 101, Age originally recorded as a fraction of a year: 1/2.
*Passenger # 102, Surname could be Kaulz.
*Passenger # 103, Transcribed per original document. Third letter in given
name is written as a capital S and first letter in surname
is written as a lower case f.
*Passenger #'s 107 - 111, Surname could be Ruhl. This surname is written
within parenthesis, reason unknown.
*Passenger # 120, Surname could be Heig.
*Passenger # 121, ? marks in surname consist of three peaks, but unsure whether
this is one, two, or three letters. Possibilities could be
Remchter, Reisschter, Reuschter, or Reinchter.
*Passenger # 122, Transcribed per original document. Male given name recorded
as female with no occupation. Typically all adult males have
an occupation listed.
*Passenger # 124, See passenger # 188 and notes.
*Passenger # 125, Transcribed per original document. Male given name recorded
as female.
*Passenger # 127, See passenger # 187 and notes.
*Passenger #'s 130 & 131, Two letters written after male in sex column. ? looks
like a h, l, or uncrossed t. Most likely ch to represent child,
but is only written after a select few males.
*Passenger # 135, Surname could be Bauhardt.
*Passenger # 139, Surname could be Weip.
*Passenger # 140, Transcribed per original document. Male given name recorded
as female with no occupation. Typically all adult males have
an occupation listed. Female form of Christian could be
Christiane.
*Passenger #'s 144 & 145, Two letters written after male in sex column. ? looks
like a h, l, or uncrossed t. Most likely ch to represent child,
but is only written after a select few males.
*Passenger # 153, Age originally recorded as a fraction of a year: 3/4. Two
letters written after male in sex column. ? looks like an h, l,
or uncrossed t. Most likely ch to represent child, but is only
written after a select few males.
*Passenger # 154, Surname could be Brewer.
*Passenger # 159, Given name could be Tessey.
*Passenger #'s 160 & 161, Country to which they belong was originally listed
with a ditto mark to represent Germany, but United States is
written over the top.
*Passenger # 163, Age originally recorded as a fraction of a year: 1/2.
*Passenger # 170, Age originally recorded as a fraction of a year: 1/2.
*Passenger #'s 171 - 173, Surname could be Sprenck.
*Passenger # 180, Surname could be Kistner or Kirtner. Male given name is
recorded as female with no occupation. Typically all adult
males have occupation listed.
*Passenger # 183, Age originally recorded as 6 weeks. Also see passenger
#'s 70, 71 & 72.
*Passenger # 186, ? in age is possibly a 1 or 4.
*Passenger # 187, ? in death date looks like a 0 or 6. No other passengers
on board with this last name. Closest would be passenger
# 52 (Bar) or # 127 (Baur).
*Passenger # 188, No other passengers on board with this last name. Closest
would be passenger #'s 124 & 125 (Suter).
Correspondence 03/08/2003 passengers #106-111 Fuchs
I found my great great grandfather and his wife and children on the Ship Gebhard
... From Antwerp, Belgium to N. Y. City 1 Sept. 1857. His name ... Johannes Fuchs,
wife...Elizabeth Riehl Fuchs, children, George, Twins Catharina and Anna Elizabeth,
and John. They lived in Illinois, where they had one more child. The ages of the
children are a little off...they show younger than they actually were (perhaps
they had to pay by age?). Why she wasn't listed as a Fuchs, I have no idea, also
her maiden name was listed as the children's last name...strange. But the names
are right, as well as the order of the children. Colleen
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 178, List 1047.
Transcribed by CJ a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
11 January 2001
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