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Ship Magdalene
I, H. Henke, Master of the Bremen Ship Magdalene, 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 Orleans, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board of the said ship at Bremen 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 passengers, 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) H. Henke
Sworn to this 5th day of Nov. 1859 Before me (signed) Thomas Shields, Coltr.
List or Manifest Of all the Passengers taken on board the Bremen Ship Magdalene whereof Henke is Master, from Bremen burthen 1274 tons.
Columns represent: Passenger number*, Names, Age (years and 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 they occupied*.
Steerage Passengers
267 Anna Koherin 50 Female Germany New Orleans
268 Theodor Etzdorf 26 Male Lacemaker Louisiana New Orleans
269 Johanne Bonitz 19 Female Dressmaker Germany New Orleans
270 Wilhelm Dick 19 Male Printer Louisiana New Orleans
271 J. H. Schmidt 53 Male Carpenter Germany Illinois
272 Marg. Elis. Koch 55 Female Germany Illinois
273 Balthesar Weifenbach 25 Male Laborer Germany Illinois
274 Marie Schmidt 22 Female Germany Illinois
275 Joh^ch H^ch Weifenbach 0y 3m Male Germany Illinois
276 Catharine Louise Schmidt 34 Female Servant Germany Illinois
277 Margarethe Meiners 26 Female Germany Missouri
278 Karoline Wiegmann 19 Female Germany Missouri
279 Georg Kessel 20 Male Blacksmith Germany Missouri
280* Hinrich Pregge 25 Male Farmer Germany Missouri
281 Hinrich Renken 21 Male Germany New York
282 Martin Gerken 23 Male Germany Missouri
283 Friedrich Ludemann 24 Male Germany Missouri
284 Diedrich Busch 21 Male Laborer Germany Missouri
285 Meta Haas 25 Female Servant Germany Missouri
286 Adelheid Batjer 22 Female Germany Missouri
287* Lucas Brauer ?? Male Farmer Germany Missouri
288 Margarethe Kloner 30 Female Germany Missouri
289 Heinrich Jungblad 22 Male Baker Germany New Orleans
290 Caroline Appel 13 Female Servant Germany Missouri
291 Friedrich Blenke 24 Male Blacksmith Germany New Orleans
292 Carl Bosse 14 Male Student Germany Missouri
293 Minna Vallover 17 Female Germany Missouri
294 Carl Vallover 13 Male Germany Missouri
295 Mina Lange 21 Female Germany Missouri
296 Henriette Wegehoffs 16 Female Germany Missouri
297 Henriette Hilmers 19 Female Germany Missouri
298 Henriette Priesmers 20 Female Germany Missouri
299 Wilhelmine Wendt 25 Female Germany Missouri
300 August Wellmann 16 Male Servant Germany Illinois
301 Heinrich Wenzel 24 Male Tailor Germany Missouri
302 Charlotte Viesmar 23 Female Germany Missouri
303 Rieke Hegemeier 23 Female Servant Germany Missouri
304 Wilhelm Schnarre 16 Male Germany Missouri
305 Diedrich Grau 44 Male Carpenter Germany Missouri
306 Sophie Rehthorn 34 Female Germany Missouri
307 Sophie Grau 22 Female Germany Missouri
308 Wilhelmine Grau 16 Female Germany Missouri
309 Herrmann Grau 12 Male Germany Missouri
310 Wilhelm Grau 8 Male Germany Missouri
311 Heinrich Grau 6 Male Germany Missouri
312 Friedrich Grau 2 Male Germany Missouri
313 Heinrich Rehthorn 17 Male Farmer Germany Missouri
314 Wilhelm Kellermann 34 Male Joiner Germany Missouri
315 Marie Kone 32 Female Germany Missouri
316 Wilhelm Kellermann 7 Male Germany Missouri
317 Doris Kellermann 5 Female Germany Missouri
318 Marie Kellermann 0y 6m Female Germany Missouri
319 Anton Hormann 36 Male Farmer Germany Missouri
320 Marie Rehborch 36 Female Germany Missouri
321 Sophie Hormann 6 Female Germany Missouri
322 Wilhelm Hormann 0y 6m Male Germany Missouri
323 Herrmann Sandmann 34 Male Farmer Germany Missouri
324 Sophie Voigts 30 Female Germany Missouri
325 Wilhelm Sandmann 6 Male Germany Missouri
326 Marie Sandmann 3 Female Germany Missouri
327 Heinrich Sandmann 0y 6m Male Germany Missouri
328 Nicolaus Gebhard 26 Male Sailor Germany New Orleans
329 Johann Kampf 31 Male Tanner Germany Missouri
330 Georg Bergmann 31 Male Miller Germany Missouri
331 Friedrich Schumacher 17 Male Farmer Germany Missouri
332 Margarethe Schmidt 18 Female Servant Germany Missouri
333 Johann Brockharte 24 Male Farmer Germany Missouri
334 Sophie Rehburg 31 Female Servant Germany Missouri
335 Diedrich Schuhmacher 10 Male Germany Missouri
336 Christian Bosse 23 Male Sailor Germany Missouri
337 Georg Gellichsheimer 38 Male Farmer Germany New Orleans
338 Wilhelmine Martens 30 Female Servant Germany New Orleans
339 Dora Martens 3 Female Germany New Orleans
340 Carl Christian Zarnick 46 Male Tailor Germany New Orleans
341 George Schulze 16 Male Laborer Germany Missouri
342 Anton Schafer 28 Male Farmer Germany New Orleans
343 Carl Friedrich Eggers 30 Male Shoemaker Germany New Orleans
344 Adam Ritter 19 Male Barber Germany New Orleans
345 Friedrich Walsen 18 Male Segarmaker Germany Missouri
346 Heinrich Merkel 42 Male Mercht. New Orleans New Orleans
347 Wilhelm Bertelsmann 18 Male Joiner Germany Missouri
348 Bernard Bertelsmann 15 Male Germany Missouri
349 Wilhelmine Gelster 17 Female Servant Germany Missouri
350 Wilhelm Brummer 18 Male Farmer Germany Missouri
351 Wilhelmine Kleine 28 Female Servant Germany Missouri
352 Rudolph Kombring 17 Male Farmer Germany Missouri
353 Caroline Woltje 60 Female Germany Missouri
354 Hermann Rud. Woltje 18 Male Germany Missouri
355 Charlotte Rosen 29 Female Servant Germany Missouri
356 Wilhelm Dorweg 15 Male Germany Missouri
357 Franz Stuhrmann 25 Male Mason Germany Missouri
358 Christoph Peters 44 Male Farmer Germany Missouri
359 Wilhelmine Henselmeier 45 Female Germany Missouri
360 Heinrich Peters 15 Male Germany Missouri
361 Friedrich Peters 13 Male Germany Missouri
362 Wilhelmine Peters 8 Female Germany Missouri
363 Charlotte Peters 7 Female Germany Missouri
364 Wilhelm Peters 5 Male Germany Missouri
365 Caroline Peters 3 Female Germany Missouri
366 Franz Peters 0y 6m Male Germany Missouri
367 Diedrich Peters 70 Male Germany Missouri
368 Louise Murtje 21 Female Servant Germany Missouri
369 August Gehner 14 Male Germany Missouri
370 A. C. Schurmann 17 Male Germany Missouri
371 F. W. Kuhlmann 39 Male Germany Missouri
372 Anna Marie Eggers 39 Female Germany Missouri
373 Hch. Wm. Kuhlmann 12 Male Germany Missouri
374 Clamar Ernst Wm. Kuhlmann 6 Male Germany Missouri
375 Hermann Wm. Adolph Kuhlmann 0y 9m Male Germany Missouri
376 Louise Warning 24 Female Germany Missouri
377 Wilhelm Meyer 42 Male Mason Germany Missouri
378 August Sieving 16 Male Germany Missouri
379 Fried^ch Wm. Combring 17 Male Servant Germany Missouri
380 Maria Hagen 21 Female Germany Missouri
381 Wilhelm Neemeyer 36 Male Carpenter Germany Missouri
382 Cath. Wilhelmina Bockstede 36 Female Germany Missouri
383 Fried^ch Wilh^m Neemeyer 6 Male Germany Missouri
384 Heinrich Wilh^m Neemeyer 4 Male Germany Missouri
385 Cathar. Wilhelm. Neemeyer 0y 9m Female Germany Missouri
386 Wilhelm Stuhrmann 19 Male Cooper Germany New Orleans
387 Conrad Ruskamp 29 Male Blacksmith Germany Ohio
388 Heinrich Decke 22 Male Merchant Germany Missouri
389 Heinrich Kahre 17 Male Laborer Germany Missouri
390 Anton Schilling 18 Male Coachman Germany Missouri
391 Carl Lamfersieck 19 Male Farmer Germany Missouri
392 Christian Glindmeyer 27 Male Farmer Germany Missouri
393 Christian Kracht 21 Male Farmer Germany Missouri
394 Johann Koster 52 Male Joiner Germany Missouri
395 Anna Saeger 54 Female Germany Missouri
396 Catharine Marg. Koster 24 Female Germany Missouri
397 Margarethe Koster 17 Male Germany Missouri
398 Peter Koster 8 Male Germany Missouri
399 Anna Koster 7 Female Germany Missouri
400 Claus Schroder 53 Male Farmer Germany Missouri
401 Claus Schroder 18 Male Germany Missouri
402 Claus Duden 36 Male Germany Missouri
403 Margarethe Borchers 30 Female Germany Missouri
404 Anna Duden 0y 9m Female Germany Missouri
405 Anna Duden 63 Female Germany Missouri
406 Wilh^m Ruskamp 33 Male Farmer Germany Ohio
407 Anna Marie Louise Hohnes 32 Female Germany Ohio
408 Jobst Hch. Ruskamp 4 Male Germany Ohio
409 Jurgen Wm. Ruskamp 0y 9m Male Germany Ohio
410 Anna Marie Louise Ruskamp 0y 9m Female Germany Ohio
411 Anna Marie Hohnes 70 Female Germany Ohio
412 Anna Marie Ruskamp 37 Female Ohio Ohio
413 Bernard H^ch Ruskamp 18 Male Germany Ohio
414 Simon Hanke 31 Male Farmer Germany Missouri
415 Marie Hennings 20 Female Servant Germany New Orleans
416 Christian Breedehoft 27 Male Laborer Germany Missouri
417 H^ch Breedehoft 18 Male Germany Missouri
418 Johann Deubner 18 Male Carpenter Germany New Orleans
419 Friedrich Grabau 19 Male Laborer Germany New Orleans
420 Kord Meyer 28 Male Farmer Germany Missouri
421 Margarethe Duhn 24 Female Germany Missouri
422 Hannchen Sieburg 23 Female Servant Germany New Orleans
423 Marie Stuhrmann 18 Female Germany New Orleans
424 Anna Stuhrmann 14 Female Germany New Orleans
425 Fritz Otto 21 Male Joiner Germany Missouri
446 Ferdinand Richter 21 Male Carpenter Germany Illinois
427 Herrmann H^ch Harmeier 48 Male Tailor Germany Louisiana
428 Anna Marie Elisabeth Niemann 43 Female Germany Louisiana
429 Fritz Harmeier 16 Male Germany Louisiana
430 Heinrich Harmeier 15 Male Germany Louisiana
431 Johann Harmeier 13 Male Germany Louisiana
432 Catharine Harmeier 10 Female Germany Louisiana
433 Georg Harmeier 8 Male Germany Louisiana
434 Marie Harmeier 7 Female Germany Louisiana
435 Rudolph Harmeier 3 Male Germany Louisiana
436 Berndina Harmeier 0y10m Female Germany Louisiana
437 Mathilde Burger 18 Female Servant Germany New Orleans
438 Friedrich Renker 70 Male Farmer Germany Missouri
439 Margarethe Hartmann 63 Female Germany Missouri
440 Herrmann Renker 20 Male Germany Missouri
441 Margarethe Renker 25 Female Germany Missouri
442 Caroline Brocksmidt 4 Female Germany Missouri
443 Elise Brocksmidt 0y 9m Female Germany Missouri
444 Rudolph Peters 18 Male Baker Germany Missouri
445 August Flattmann 18 Male Germany Missouri
446* Friedrich W^m Bruning 17 Male Conditor Germany Missouri
447 Heinrich Klummer 18 Male Farmer Germany Missouri
448 Catharina Finke 40 Female Germany Missouri
449 Cathr. Wilh^m Finke 9 Female Germany Missouri
450 Louise Finke 7 Female Germany Missouri
451 Henriette Finke 5 Female Germany Missouri
452 Lisette Redemeyer 37 Female Germany Missouri
453 Wilhelm Redemeyer 17 Male Germany Missouri
454 Friederike Redemeyer 14 Female Germany Missouri
455 Fritz Redemeyer 9 Male Germany Missouri
456 Heinrich Redemeyer 7 Male Germany Missouri
457 Louis Redemeyer 5 Male Germany Missouri
458 Christian Redemeyer 4 Male Germany Missouri
459 Wilhelm Riecke 16 Male Servant Germany Ohio
460 Friedrich Dewert 17 Male Laborer Germany Missouri
461 Charlotte Bischof 18 Male Servant Germany Ohio
462 Louise Acherpohl 18 Male Germany Missouri
463 Eberhard Hartmann 58 Male Farmer Germany Missouri
464 Jurgen H^ch Hartmann 22 Male Germany Missouri
465 Louise Hartmann 18 Female Germany Missouri
466 Wilhelmine Hartmann 16 Female Germany Missouri
467 Bernard H^ch Hartmann 20 Male Joiner Germany Missouri
468 Herrmann Hinghaus 18 Male Farmer Germany Missouri
469 Louise Haisker 23 Female Germany Missouri
470 Mina Kollmann 19 Female Germany Missouri
471 Wilhelmine Ziegler 19 Female Germany Missouri
472 Wilhelmine Breedenkamp 19 Female Germany Missouri
473 Heinrich Leimkuhle 30 Male Farmer Germany Missouri
474 August Overbeck 20 Male Farmer Germany Missouri
475 Carl Lamfersieck 49 Male Farmer Germany Missouri
476 Sophie Kostermann 49 Female Germany Missouri
477 Wilhelm Lamfersieck 13 Male Germany Missouri
478 Charlotte Ruder 23 Female Servant Germany Missouri
479 Heinrich Dille 14 Male Germany New Orleans
480 Henriette Grunkemeier 29 Female Germany Missouri
481* Henriette Niehaus 29 Female Germany Missouri
482 Sophie Niehaus 6 Female Germany Missouri
483 Marie Kammeyer 18 Female Germany Missouri
484 Dorothea Clasing 41 Female Germany New Orleans
485 Wilhelmine Clasing 16 Female Germany New Orleans
486 Louise Clasing 12 Female Germany New Orleans
487 Wilhelm Clasing 10 Male Germany New Orleans
488 Dorothea Clasing 6 Female Germany New Orleans
489 Sophie Clasing 3 Female Germany New Orleans
490 Christine Bunge 16 Female Servant Germany Missouri
491 Caroline Schmidt 18 Female Germany Missouri
492 Dorothea Rosenbaum 20 Female Germany Missouri
493 Dorothes Eisenberg 18 Female Germany Missouri
494 Marie Schlechte 20 Female Germany Missouri
495 Maria Reichardt 25 Female Germany Missouri
496 Anna Maria Korff 22 Female Germany Ohio
497 Anna Catharina Boesch 24 Female Germany Missouri
498 Carl Friedrich Gohner 32 Male Laborer Germany Missouri
499 Wilhelm. Mohlmann 33 Female Germany Missouri
500 Caroline Wilhelmine Gohner 2 Female Germany Missouri
501 Louise Langharst 23 Female Servant Germany New Orleans
502 Carl Lupking 30 Male Farmer Illinois Illinois
503 Charlotte Steinmann 16 Female Servant Germany Missouri
504 Gottlieb Lachmuller 16 Male Germany Missouri
505 Ernst Weidemann 28 Male Farmer Germany Illinois
506 Wilhelmine Hesse 58 Female Germany Illinois
507 Carl H^ch Hesse 18 Male Joiner Germany Illinois
508 Dorothea Friederike Hesse 21 Female Germany Illinois
509 Friedrich W^m Wessel 51 Male Farmer Germany Missouri
510 Louise Charlotte Schluter 51 Female Germany Missouri
511 Heinrich August Wessel 13 Male Germany Missouri
512 Louise Mine Wessel 9 Female Germany Missouri
513 Lisette Boning 18 Female Servant Germany Missouri
514 Ernst Eikmeyer 18 Male Germany Ohio
515 Christoph Kolkhorst 23 Male Tailor Germany Missouri
516 Christian Wedig 20 Male Shoemaker Germany Missouri
517 Anna Marie Nagel 55 Female Germany Missouri
518 Carl Friedrich Nagel 18 Male Joiner Germany Missouri
519 Friedrich Lichtenfels 19 Male Farmer Germany Missouri
520 Cord Benke 56 Male Missouri Ohio
521 Charlotte Biebersch 22 Female Servant Germany Missouri
522 Joachim Voss 30 Male Blacksmith Germany Missouri
523 Anna Pohlmann 20 Female Servant Germany Missouri
524 Herrmann Bodecker 20 Male Merchant Germany Missouri
525 Zacharias Wunderlich 32 Male Tailor Germany New Orleans
526 Margarethe Thoms 32 Female Servant Germany Missouri
527 Joh. Bern^d Baumeyer 26 Male Laborer Germany Missouri
528 Heinrich Steinbrink 22 Male Shoemaker Germany Missouri
529 Caroline Winkelmann 20 Female Servant Germany Missouri
530 Henriette Winkelmann 16 Female Germany Missouri
531 Marie Meyer 49 Female Germany Indiana
532 Theodor Berck 18 Male Farmer Germany Missouri
533 Wilh. Femme 21 Male Mason Germany Missouri
Rec^d $20 dead money
Nov. 5th /59
(initialed) DR
I, H. Henke, master of the Bremen Ship Magdalene, do solemnly, sincerely and
truly swear, that of the passengers taken on board of said ship at Bremen, from
which port said ship has now arrived, and designated in the foregoing list, the
following named passengers died on the passage at sea, viz:
Marie Meyer 49 female Servant Germany Indiana
Wilhelm Femme 21 male Mason Germany Missouri
New Orleans, November 5th 1859
Sworn to this 5th Nov. 1859
before me
(signed) Thomas Shields (signed) H. Henke
Collector
Transcriber's Notes:
* Asterisks indicate transcriber's notes.
? Question marks indicate illegible letters.
^ Carets indicate missing letters followed by a superscripted letter or
letters.
* Passenger numbers did not appear on original, but have been added for
reference.
* This was a Port of New York form, with New York references changed to New
Orleans.
* The last two columns were eliminated from this transcription:
The two passengers who died are listed in the footnotes.
The part of ship occupied column was blank.
* Most wives on this manifest were listed by their maiden names.
* Occupations have been listed only where spelled out or "do" written. Many
others of all ages and sex have "squiggle" marks, which may or may not
indicate ditto marks.
Passenger Notes:
* Surnames of the following passengers contained an umlaut:
Umlaut over a: 286, 342.
Umlaut over o: 288, 315, 353-354, 394, 396-399, 400-401, 476, 498-500, 513, 524.
Umlaut over u: 283, 350, 357, 370, 386, 423-424, 437, 446, 447, 478, 480, 502, 504, 510.
* Given names of the following passengers contained an umlaut:
Umlaut over u: 409, 464.
* Many passengers are enclosed by brackets, to indicate travel as a family or
group. Following are those so-marked:
273-276, 306-313, 314-318, 319-322, 323-327, 334-335, 358-367, 370-375,
381-385, 394-399, 402-405, 406-413, 427-436, 438-443, 448-451, 452-458,
463-467, 475-477, 480-482, 484-489, 498-500, 506-508, 509-512.
#280 - Surname later spelled Prigge.
#287 - Hole in list has deleted age.
#446 - Occupation "Conditor" (Konditor) = a pastry cook or confectioner.
#481 - Surname appears to have been written as Nieshaus and then the first s
crossed out.
#482 - Surname for #481 appears to have been written as Nieshaus and then the
first s crossed out. Passenger #482's surname is written "do."
#531 - Notation following entry "died on the passage on infirmity."
#533 - Notation following entry "died on the passage on diarrhoea [sic]."
Personal Notes
Several families and individuals from the Kingdom of Hanover settled in the
Cole Camp area of Benton County, Missouri and adjoining parts of Morgan
and Pettis Counties (see German Immigrants):
#280 - Henry Prigge, married Anna Stelljes in Morgan County 1861.
#281 - Henry Renken, born Langenhausen, Hanover. Married Meta Boeschen 1871,
died in Benton County 1910.
#282 - Martin Gerken from Neu St. Jürgen In Morgan County 1860, to Miami
County, Kansas about 1861, died there 1923.
#400-#401 - Claus Schroeder and son Claus Jr. Claus Sr died in Benton County
1877. Claus Jr married Catherine Goetz 1865.
#402-#405 - Claus Duden family. Claus died in Benton County 1884, Margaret
(Borchers) Duden in 1906. Fate of daughter Anna #404 and grandmother
Anna #405 is unknown.
#419 - Frederick Grabau from Westertimke, Hanover. In Cord Holtzen household
Benton County 1860, married Catharina Maria Viebrock 1866, died 1914.
#420-#421 - Cord Meyer and wife, listed in Holtzen and Oelrichs households
Benton County 1860. Cord was killed June 1861 in the Battle of Cole
Camp, and widow Margaret married Claus Oelrichs 1865.
Correspondence 09/25/02 passenger #526 Thoms
I found my family!
pass. 526 - Margaret Thoms - 33 j - servant - Germany - to Missipi.
her name is; Margarethe Wilhelmine Elizabeth Thoms (Thomas)
c. 23 april 1826 - Barl 5 Wehe - Rahden -Westfalen -Germany
I found her father, Henrich Wilhem Thomas, b. 1794 - emigrated in 1857
to N.America.
he died in Plum Hill (Venedy) Washington Count - Illinois, 6 sept 1870.
He called himself Thoms then.
Her brother, Christoph Thoms, b 1837, married there to Wilhelmine
Oeltjer. they have children.
Mieke Thoms - Rotterdam, Holland
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M259, Reel 48.
Transcribed and Contributed by Homer R. Ficken for the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
28 February 2001
Formatted by Sharon Krisko a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
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