Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Barque Rainbow

I, Thos. B. Sampson do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the following List or Manifest of Passengers, subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs for the District of New York, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the Passengers received on board the Barque Rainbow whereof I am Master from Hamburgh. So help me God. (signed) Thos. B Sampson

Sworn to this 26th August 1843 Before me M.L. Davis DC

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Barque Rainbow whereof Thos. B. Sampson is Master, from Hamburgh burthen 291 tons.

Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, and Occupation. The Country to which they severally belong is Prussia for all the passengers so that column was eliminated. All passengers intend to become inhabitants of the United States of America so that column was eliminated.

  1  Augustus   Grobengiesser  30     m   Wheelwright
  2  Maria      Grobengiesser  28     f
  3  William    Grobengiesser  20     m   Carpender
  4  Martin     Wittkopt       60     m   Farmer
  5  Muller     Wittkopt       64     f
  6  Wilhelmine Wittkopt       24     f
  7  Christian  Wittkopt       32     m   Farmer
  8  Christine  Wittkopt       22     f
  9* Charles    Wittkopt        1     m
 10  Anestinna  Wittkopt        8     f
 11  Christian  Zabel          35     m   Shepherd
 12  Louise     Zabel          28     f
 13  Minna      Zabel           6     f
 14  William    Zabel           5     m
 15  Friedereke Zabel           1     f
 16  Frederick  Clay           35     m   Weaver
 17  Mary       Clay           32     f
 18  John       Krull          27     m   Carpender
 19  Christinne Krull          28     f
 20  Minna      Krull           6     f
 21  Justinna   Krull           4     f
 22  John       Krull           2     m
 23  William    Clay           34     m   Weaver
 24  Fredericia Clay           34     f
 25  Minna      Clay            8     f
 26  August     Clay            4     m
 27  Caroline   Clay            1     f
 28* John       Duboa          43     m   Labourer
 29* Dorothea   Duboa          30     f
 30  Frederick  Camann         35     m   Shoemaker
 31  Louise     Camann         28     f 
 32  Frederick  Camann          4     m
 33* August     Camann          2     f
 34  William    Camann          1y6m  m
 35  Frederick  Krull          47     m   Farmer
 36  Louisa     Krull          49     f
 37  Caroline   Krull          20     f
 38  Louisa     Krull          18     f
 39  Minna      Krull          14     f
 40  Frederica  Krull          11     f
 41  Charoletta Krull           8     f
 42  Charles    Meier          33     m   Labourer
 43  Justine    Meier          28     f
 44  John       William        35     m   Farmer
 45  Mary       William        32     f
 46  John       William         9     m
 47  August     William        10     m
 48  Christian  Suckow         32     m   Farmer
 49  Christian  Krull          37     m   Farmer
 50  Mary       Krull          36     f
 51  Justine    Krull          10     f
 52  Louise     Krull           7     f
 53  William    Krull           5     m
 54  Albertina  Krull           1     f
 55* Caroline   Rakan          24     f
 56  Abraham    Guredea        27     m   Farmer
 57  John       Grobengiesser  56     m   Farmer
 58  Caroline   Grobengiesser  69     f
 59  Justine    Grobengiesser  26     f
 60  Charoletta Grobengiesser  24     f
 61  John       Salinger       41     m   Farmer
 62  Christian  Hollande       24     m   Tailor
 63  Dorothy    Hollande       28     f
 64  Augusta    Hollande        1     f
 65  Minna      Hollande       12     f
 66  Christian  Wolf           33     m   Merchant
 67  Minna      Wolf           26     f
 68  Augusta    Wolf            3     f
 69  Albertanna Wolf            2     f
 70  Abraham    William        29     m   Farmer
 71  Udit       William        29     f
 72  Fredericka William         7     f
 73  Augusta    William         6     f
 74  Mary       William         4     f
 75  August     William         2     m
 76  Caroline   William        18     f   Servant
 77  August     Stowasser      35     m   Schoolmaster
 78  Minna      Stowasser      21     f
 79  Mary       Stowasser       3     f
 80* Paul       Stowasser       1     m
 81  John       Goers          24     m   Farmer
 82  Fredrick   Schulz         52     m   Farmer
 83  Charlotte  Schulz         54     f
 84  Christian  Schulz         28     m   Farmer
 85  Christian  Schulz         23     m   Farmer
 86  Minna      Schulz         19     f
 87  John       Schulz         16     m   Farmer
 88  John       Hellert        35     m   Farmer
 89  Fredericke Hellert        30     f
 90  Meanna     Hellert         4     f
 91  Reca       Hellert         1     f
 92  John       Sy             31     m   Farmer
 93  Justine    Sy             44     f
 94  Friederick Sy             25     m   Farmer
 95  Daniel     Sy              4     m
 96  Daniel     Sy             29     m   Farmer
 97  Charlotta  Sy             27     f
 98  Frederike  Sy              4     f
 99  John       Sy              2     m
100  Daniel     Sy             65     m   Farmer
101  Charlotta  Sy             21     f
102* Gottfriad  Wolker         43     m   Farmer
103* Fredericke Wolker         30     f
104* Charlotta  Wolker          5     f
105* John       Wolker            6m  m
106  Henrietta  Grobengiesser  24     f
107  William    Goers          30     m   Farmer
108* Charlotta  Hulland        25     f
109  Frederick  Wolf           36     m   Farmer
110  Henrietta  Grobengiesser   6     f
111  Poetter    Grobengiesser  78     f
112* Carolina   Sabeban        33     f
113* Carolina   Sabeban         6     f
114* Augusta    Sabeban         5     f
115  Michal     Ferchen        45     m   Farmer
116  Caroline   Ferchen        43     f
117  Christian  Ferchen        17     m   Farmer
118  Minna      Ferchen        10     f


Transcriber's Notes:

* An asterisk is used to call attention to additional information in 
  the Passenger Nots.

* The sex of Passengers was abbreviated to f or m by the transcriber.

* Names were transcribed as written. Corrections were noted in the 
  Passenger Notes for surnames familiar to the Transcriber.

* No births were recorded during the voyage.

* Two deaths were recorded during the voyage:
  #9 Charles Wittkopt age 1  died 20 August 1843
  #80 Paul Stowasser age 1  died 14 August 1843

Passenger Notes:

#28,29 Surname written phonetically from the French Huguenot pronunciation.
       Spelling should be DuBois.
#33    August is labelled female on list but should be
male.
#55    Surname should be Reeck.
#102-#105 Surname should be spelled Voelker.
#108   Surname should be Holland.
#112-#114 Surname should be Sabann.


Correspondence 05/25/2004 passengers #112-114 Sabeban
I believe the true surname of passengers #112
through #114 was either Sabann or Sabbann rather
than Sabeban.  A pastor Charles Sabann (age 26)
appeared in the 1880 census of Altamont, IL, and a
pastor Charles Sabbann (age either 66 or 86,
probably the same person) appeared in the 1920
census of North Tonawanda, NY.  Both of these
communities were eventual destinations of "Old
Lutheran" emigrants.  My independent reading of the
name on the 1843 passenger list was "Sabeban."
Michael Schulz  

Correspondence 2/7/02 passengers #16, 17, 23-27 Klee
Just viewed the above list on ISTG for the Barque Rainbow arriving in 
New York August 26, 1843.  Passengers 23 & 24 were my gg grandfather 
and grandmother and their three children.  The correct spelling of 
their name is Klee.  Also passengers 16 & 17 were Klees, a brother 
an sister in-law of William Klee.  William Klee and his family settled 
in Wolcottville, New York until 1872 when they and their grown and 
married children moved to Rogers City, Michigan.  William Klee was 
one of the early settlers in this area and served as Belknap township 
supervisor for a number of years and was instrumental in the founding 
of St. Michael's Lutheran Church in Belknap..

Passengers 16 & 17 settled in the county of Niagara, New York.
Janice Van Hollebeke

Correspondence 07/03/2004 passengers #77-80 Stowasser
AUGUST STOWASSER was born February 19, 1808 in Stutgart Prussia 
Brandenburg Kreis Prenzlau, and died March 11, 1873 in Cedarburg, 
Ozaukee, Wisconsin.  He married (1) WILHELMINE HENRIETTA KRUEGER 1839 
in Berholtz Prussia, daughter of KRUEGER and CHRISTINE WALK.  She was 
born 1822 in Bergholtz Pommern Prussia, and died May 07, 1852 in 
Buffalo, United States.  He married (2) JOHANNE FRIEDERIKE WILHELMINA 
GELENK 1854 in New York, daughter of KARL GELENK and CHRISTINA SCHRAMM.  
She was born January 17, 1827 in Dresden, Prussia, and died April 11, 
1911 in Marcus Cherokee Iowa.

Children of AUGUST STOWASSER and WILHELMINE KRUEGER are:
MARIA STOWASSER, b. 1839, Pomerania Prussia.
PAUL STOWASSER, b. 1842, Prussia; d. August 14, 1844, On the Barque 
Rainbow.
MARTHA JOHANNA STOWASSER, b. August 16, 1844, New Bergholtz, Niagara 
New York; d. Bef. 1850, New Bergholtz, Niagara New York.
LYDIA ELIZABETH JOSEPHINE STOWASSER, b. June 07, 1846, Buffalo New York; 
d. November 15, 1905, Milwaukee Wisconsin.
PAULINA MAGDALENA STOWASSER, b. March 22, 1848, New Bergholtz, Niagara 
New York.
JOSEPH FRIEDRICH STOWASSER, b. June 10, 1850, New Bergolttz New York.
For more information please contact Nancy Burns

Transcriber's Personal Notes
Passengers #88 to #91, the Hellert family, are ancestors of the transcriber's
wife, Ruth Haseley Grose. John (Johann) Hellert was the father of her 
great-grandmother, Caroline Elizabeth Hellert, who was born in 1847. 
The Hellerts settled in Bergholz, Niagara County, New York.

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