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Bark Laura
I, W. Wilmsen, Master of the Bark Laura of Bremen do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the annexed list, subsribed with my name, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account or report of all the passengers who have been taken on board the said Bark at Bremen or any other Foreign Port, or at sea, and brought in the said vessel into any district of the United States since her departure from the said Port of Bremen.
Sworn to this 25th day of Novr 1871 before me (signature of port authority illegible)
(signed) W. Wilmsen
Name of Vessel, Laura
Nation of do. Germany
Name of Master, W. Wilmsen
Port Sailed from Bremen
Number of Aliens, 227 Persens
Number of Citizens, three
Consignees, F L Braun & Co.
Owners, H von Fischer of Bremen
Alien Passengers landed at the Port of New York, from the Germ. Bark Laura of which W. Wilmsen is Master on the 25th dayof November 1871 from Bremen
Columns represent: passenger name, gender, age, Country of Birth, Last Legal Residence, Country Claiming Allegiance, Occupation.
1* Herm Baker m 26 Hannover Norden Germany shoemaker
2 Aaltje Baker f 30 Hannover Norden Germany
3 Janne Baker f 23 Hannover Norden Germany
4 Lina Baker f 20 Hannover Norden Germany
5 Insa Baker f 15 Hannover Norden Germany
6* Julius Tillmann m 40 Prussia Berenh Germany baker
7* Adam Wolff m 27 Prussia Berenh Germany labourer
8 Hermine Wolff f 23 Prussia Berenh Germany
9* Ignat Schodorf m 20 Prussia Makershart Germany labourer
10* Jacob Muller m 22 Hessen Rottendorf Germany farmer
11* Elisabeth Muller f 23 Rottendorf
12* Catharina Muller f 11/12
13* Alfred Neumann m 17 Sachsen Leipzig Germany merch.
14* Franz Seidel m 20 Sachsen Leipzig Germany merch.
15* Jacob Lottmann m 31 Prussia Norden Germany farmer
16* Paulina Lottmann f 31 Prussia
17* Catharine Lottmann f 2
18 Arend Arens m 50 Germany Norden Germany farmer
19 Gesche Arens f 49 Germany
20 Anna Arens f 20 Germany
21 Menno Arens m 19 Germany
22 Rixte Arens f 17 Germany
23 Eptina Arens f 15 Germany
24 Eppel Arens m 12 Germany
25 Anna Gerke f 35 Germany Bremen Germany
26 Henriette Gerke f 11 Germany
27 Johann Gerke m 7 Germany
28 Meta Gerke f 6 Germany
29 Georg Gerke m 5 Germany
30 Heinrich Gerke m 4 Germany
31 Leon Laderer m 37 Germany Chicago U States labourer
32 Catharina Laderer f 35
33 Fritz Bender m 18 Germany Elbabach Germany labourer
34* N???? Gl???? ? ?? Germany Onsitz Germany smith
35* Albert Gl???? m 18 Germany smith
36 August Skibbe m 42 Germany Posen Germany labourer
37 Friederike Skibbe f 42 Germany
38 Gustav Skibbe m 12 Germany
39 Henriette Skibbe f 7 Germany
40 Emilie Skibbe f 4 Germany
41 Friederike Skibbe f 10/12 Germany
42 Auguste Ruppert f 35 Germany Berlin Germany
43 Anna Ruppert f 13 Germany
44 Ernst Ruppert m 7 Germany
45 Rosalie Ruppert f 6 Germany
46 Hulda Ruppert f 5 Germany
47 Friedrich Amberger m 21 Germany Bavaria Germany joiner
48 Johann Wordemann m 52 Germany Oldenburg Germany labourer
49 Anna Wordemann f 56 Germany
50 Wilhelm Wordemann m 58 Germany labourer
51 Gottlieb Stein m 58 Germany Wurtemberg Germany labourer
52 Rudolph Stein m 17
53 Hermann Stein m 16
54 Joh. Ullrich m 22 Germany Saxonia Germany baker
55 Ludwig Weissenburg m 30 Germany Saxonia Germany tailor
56 Maria Diedrich f 45 Germany Hessen Germany --
57 Diedrich Schule m 28 Germany Hannover Germany tailor
58 Peter Schmidts m 19 Germany Köln Germany merchant
59 Carl Vollmar m 18 Germany Jägerburg Germany merchant
60 Friedr. Trautmar m 23 Germany ?ambsborn Germany labourer
61 Johann Schule m 16 Germany Hannover Germany labourer
62 Melchior Fuchs m 23 Germany Prussia Germany labourer
63 Catharina Thornek f 17 Bohemia Brezer Bohemia
64 Anna Hana f 30 Bohemia Brezer Bohemia
65 Franz Hana m 7 Bohemia Brezer Bohemia
66 Wolfgang Luber m 56 Germany Bavaria Germany farmer
67 Georg Schmidt m 37 Germany Bavaria Germany
68 Johann Kre?? m 29 Germany Bavaria Germany farmer
69 Johann Luc??? m 45 Germany Prussia Germany farmer
70 Andreas Lan???n m 54 Germany Bavaria Germany farmer
71 August Hahn m 48 Germany Posen Germany farmer
72 Emil Hahn m 19 Germany Posen Germany
73 Carl Tamm m 24 Germany Meklenburg Germany farmer
74 Caroline Tamm f 28 Germany
75 Wilhelm Tamm m 5/6 Germany
76 Johann Tamm born on the voyage
77 Maria Tamm f 52 Germany
78 Charlotte Kaufmann f 34 Germany Thüringen Germany
79 Hermann Kaufmann m 11 Germany
80 Adolph Kaufmann m 7 Germany
81 Anna Kaufmann f 6 Germany
82 Otilie Kaufmann f 4 Germany
83 Rosalia Kaufmann f 2 Germany
84 Pauline Kaufmann f 3/4 Germany
85 Joseph Hoffmann m 58 Bohemia Indree Bohemia farmer
86 Anna Hoffmann f 58 Bohemia
87 Anna Hoffmann f 20 Bohemia
88 Joseph Hoffmann m 26 Bohemia
89 Johann Hoffmann m 18 Bohemia
90 Marie Hoffmann f 10/12 Bohemia
91 Mathias Kritz m 26 Germany Bohemia Bohemia labourer
92 Anna Kritz f 25
93 Ludwig Schulze m 25 Germany Saxonia Germany labourer
94 Georg Bergfeld m 19 Germany Thuringia Germany labourer
95 Wilhelm Wel?s m 26 Germany Magdeburg Germany farmer
96 Georg Meier m 23 Germany Hannover Germany farmer
97 Friedrich Freier m 48 Germany Posen Germany farmer
98* August Windmuller m 30 Germany Pommern Germany farmer
99 Chr. SchAtzschneider m 51 Germany Pommern Germany
100 Gerh. Witte m 15 Germany Hannover Germany farmer
101 Helene Witte f ?? Germany
102 H. Eilers m 18 Germany Hannover Germany farmer
103* Theodor Schonhoff m 70 Germany
104* Adelheid Schonhoff f 65
105* Therese Schonhoff f 20
106* Clemens Schonhoff ? ??
107* Marie Schonhoff f 44
108* Bernhard Schonhoff m 40
109* Heinrich Schonhoff m 6 Germany Andrup Germany farmer
110* Theresia Schonhoff f 11 Germany Andrup Germany
111* Clemens Schonhoff m 7 Germany Andrup Germany
112* Marie Schonhoff f 4 Germany
113* Magarethe Schonhoff f 3 Germany
114* Caroline Schonhoff f 1/2 Germany
115 Johann Brink m 35 Germany Schale Germany farmer
116 Marie Brink f 36
117 Caroline Brink f 5
118 Heinrich Brink m 3
119 Anton Kruse m 30 Germany Hamm Germany farmer
120 Theresia Hilbers f 27 Germany Hannover Germany
121 Agnes Budelmeyer f 24 Germany Hannover Germany
122 Theria Budelmeyer f 22
123 Theresia Bitters f 25 Germany Hannover Germany
124 Ludwig Brunen m 55 Germany Lengerich U States farmer
125* Maria ?ob??s f 30 Germany Legnerich Germany
126 Christiane Bruns f 51 Germany Hannover Germany
127 Engela Bruns f 26
128 Marie Bruns f 16
129 Marianne Bruns f 13
130* Joh. Schmakers m 58 Germany Barwinkel Germany
131 Marie Schmakers f 55
132 Hermann Schmakers m 16
133 Vizent Babat m 24 Germany Laberchien Germany labourer
134 Anna Babat f 21
135 Franzisca Babat f 2
136 Marianne Babat f 3/4
137 Magdalene Polsker f 14 Germany Laberchien Germany labourer
138 Heinrich Dareth m 32 Germany Saal Germany butcher
139 Johann Weilersbacher m 18 Germany Pautzfeld Germany joiner
140* Georg Christ?l m 22 Germany Schmeid Germany shoemaker
141* Johann Hake?? m 50 Germany Belbendin Germany farmer
142* Marie Hake?? f ?3
143* Marie Hake?? f 21
144* Friederike Hake?? f 7
145* Elise Hake?? f 5
146 August Groerer m 25 Germany Thübingen Germany mapaker
147 Caroline Groerer f 34
148* Gottlieb Obermuller m 47 Germany Prussia Germany brikler
149* Hulda Obermuller f 24
150* Johann Obermuller m 11
151* Emil Obermuller m 7
152* Friedrich Obermuller m 3
153* Robert Obermuller m 2
154* Wilhelm Obermuller m 3/4
155 Joseph Ziemske m 50 Germany Prussia Germany labourer
156 Alex Msciszecoski m 22 Germany Posen Germany labourer
157* Franz ?ie?na m 19 Germany Posen Germany labourer
158* Gottfried Bohnke m 53 Germany Werschau Russia joiner
159* Friderike Bohnke f 51
160* August Bohnke m 22
161* Emil Bohnke m 18
162* Eduard Bohnke m 7
163 Carl Schulz m 44 Germany Pommern U Staates segarmaker
164 Herm. Chilenski m 35 Germany Pommern Germany farmer
165 Valentin Zucharzki m 26 Germany Pommern Germany joiner
166 August Ziebarth m 30 Germany Pommern Germany joiner
167 Sophie Fischer f 20 Germany Bavaria Germany
168 Magarethe Fischer f 14
169 Ernst Flemming m 25 Germany Prussia Germany labourer
170 Emilie Flemming f 14
171 Emilie Flemming f 3/4
172 Wilhelmine Winkler f 24 Germany Prussia Germany
173 Joh. Braun m 39 Germany Würtemberg Germany labourer
174 Helen Braun f 38
175 Catharine Braun f 10
176 Jacob Braun m 7
177 Gottfried Braun m 3
178 Caroline Braun f 3/4
179* J??? ??? ? ?? Germany Prussia Germany
????
180* Lisette ?? f 22
181* Julie ?? f 4
182* Johann ?? m 5/12
183 Jacob Schulz m 35 Germany Prussia Germany
184 Elise Schulz f 30
185 Justine Schulz f 6
186 Elise Schulz f 4
187 Helene Schulz f 11/12
188 Thomas Hoff m 29 Germany Ma?ze Germany
189 Joh Klambke m 28 Germany Brunn Germany
190 Aug. Bandemeyer m 26 Germany Pommern Germany
191 Wilh. Barth m 35 Germany Pommern Germany
192 Auguste Barth f 30
193* Gustav Schoners m 37 Germany Hannover Germany
194* Carl Munch m 57 Germany Saxonia Germany
195 Carl Richter m 37 Germany Saxonia Germany
196 Franz Michler m 20 Germany Hannover Germany
197 Georg Husam m 24 Germany Bavaria Germany
198 Theodor Voss m 25 Germany Prussia Germany tailor
199 Wilhelmine Voss f 25 Germany
200 Carl Kort m 57 Germany Silesia Germany farmer
201 Jacob Philippowsky m 56 Germany Posen Germany farmer
202 Caroline Philippowsky f 51
203 Auguste Philippowsky f 7
204 Pauline Kort f 30 Germany Silesia Germany
205 Andreas Kuchlin m 54 Germany Silesia Germany farmer
206 Catharine Kuchlin f 54
207 Friedrich Kopp m 31 Germany Pommern Germany farmer
208 Wilhelmine Kopp f 30
209 Berthold Kopp m 7
210 Wilhelm Kopp m 6
211 Wilhelmine Kopp f 3/4
212* Friedrich Schluter m 50 Germany Pommern Germany farmer
213* Wilhelmine Schluter f 50
214* Julius Schluter m ??
215* Anna Schluter f 7
216 Friedrich Berthold m 24 Germany Würtemberg Germany
217 August Osmer m 19 Germany Bremen Germany
218 Carl Baumann m 24 Swizzerland Zürich Swizzerland
219 Ludw Pohlmann m 27 Germany Munnich Germany merch.
220 Gottlieb Schmidt m 35 Germany Posen Germany farmer
221 Joseph Chaskny m 18 Germany Posen Germany farmer
222 Gottlieb Bernholz m 36 Germany Lauenburg Germany farmer
223 Herm. Bennemann m 20 Germany Westphalen Germany farmer
224 Bernh Bennemann m 19 Germany Westphalen Germany farmer
225 Bernh. Bruns m 23 Germany Westphalen Germany farmer
226 Gottlieb Siegler m 22 Germany Westphalen Germany farmer
227 Max Friedrich m 16 Germany Speier Germany tailor
228 Ernst Reinhold m 35 Germany Romberg Germany farmer
229 Eduard Drefke m 22 Germany Romberg Germany smith
Cabin Passenger:
230 J Bromer m 27 Germany Westphalen Germany (doctor)
(signed) W Wilmsen
Transcriber's Notes:
* An asterisk indicates further information in these footnotes.
? A question mark indicates material which was indecipherable.
Passenger Notes:
# 1 - The 5th column first lists Illinois and then that is crossed off and
Germany is written above it.
# 6-#7, #9 - The 5th column first lists Maryland and then that is crossed off
and Germany is written above it.
# 10-#12 - The 5th column first lists Illinois and then Germany is written
above it. The surname also has an umlaut over the "u" so it may be
spelled Mueller.
# 13 - The 5th column first lists Maryland and then that is crossed off and
Germany is written above it.
# 14 - The 5th column first lists something that looks like W???? and then that
is crossed off and Germany is written above it.
# 15-#18 - The 5th column first lists Maryland and then that is crossed off and
Germany is written above it.
# 34 - The entry is almost completely obliterated by damage to the original.
# 35 - Surname is the same as the entry above it, but the writer used ditto
marks, so it is impossible to transcribe a correct name.
# 68-#70 - Information obliterated by damaged original.
# 95 - Fourth letter of surname may be either "l" or "t" thus the name could be
either Wells or Welts.
# 98 - Surname has an umlaut over the "u" so may be spelled Windmueller.
#103-#114 - Surname has an umlaut over the first "o" so may be spelled
Schoenhoff.
#125 - Surname difficult to decipher--looks like Rohocs.
#130 - Note in remarks column states: died on the 17th of Oct 1871 then there
are two letters which look like lg or ty.
#140 - Surname may be Christel.
#141-#145 - Surname listed in entry number 141 is obliterated by damage to the
original; thus, the entries for 142-145 cannot be determined because
the writer used ditto marks to indicate they were the same as #141.
#148-#153 - Surname has an umlaut over the "u" so may be spelled Obermueller.
#157 - Surname difficult to decipher--it may be Siejna.
#158-#162 - Surname has an umlaut over the "o" so may be spelled Boehnke.
#179-#182 - Entry for #179 is obliterated on the original, so the following
entries marked with ditto marks are also impossible to transcribe.
#193 - Surname has an umlaut over the "o" so may be spelled Schoeners.
#194 - Surname has an umlaut over the "u" so may be spelled Muench.
#212-#215 - Surname has an umlaut over the "u" so may be spelled Schlueter.
#214 - Age looks like it may be 14.
Correspondence 03/17/2004 passengers #103-114 Schonhoff
My great, great,great-Grandparents Schonhoff (starting at entry 103) emigrated
from Gersten, in modern day Lower Saxony, to be with their daughter Maria Ana
(Schonhoff) Feld in Quincy, Illinois. She and my great, great-grandfather
Johan Clemens Feld arrived in New Orleans on the Bremen Schiff Sirius on
November 20, 1858 on their way to St. Louis. They settled in Quincy immediately
after the Civil War in 1865.
According to a Schonhoff fourth cousin now in Massachusetts, his family lore
included the story the arriving family told of witnessing the aftermath of
the Great Chicago Fire--the burnt and burning buildings, the handling of the
victims bodies, etc. as they made their way to Quincy.
One Schonhoff brother stayed in Germany according to marriage
records I have found from the 1870s. Steve Feld
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M255, Reel 19, List 136.
Contributed and Transcribed by Gene Janssen a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
8 October 2001
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