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Ship Ernestine
NOVEMBER WINDS, 1851 - THE VOYAGE OF A FEW IMMIGRANTS WHO CAME TO CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY. SEVERAL WOULD BECOME MEMBERS OF THE HANOVER LUTHERAN CONGREGATION.
In the fall of 1851, 283 immigrants boarded the German ship, ERNESTINE. Most came with all their worldly possessions, and most would never see their German homeland again. They came with faith that the perilous voyage would be completed and they would arrive safely in a new country where greater opportunities existed for them and their children. Most were young families, a few came alone and a few brought an aged parent. The oldest immigrant was 69 and the youngest was 3 months. A 7 year old boy and a 2 year old girl died about halfway through the voyage and were placed overboard into the sea. There was no minister aboard.
The voyage took 2 months. A confirmation record shows that Wilhelm Krueger #98, was confirmed by special dispensation, so he could accompany his parents to America in mid-September 1951. Arrival in New Orleans was on 8 November 1851.
Our ancestors left little written about this voyage. Only notes in the margin of a prayer book tells of the lonliness of this ocean voyage, the fear of sinking, the meeting of a friend and the anticipation of arriving in a strange land.
A note scratched on a pine trunk lid tells of a second ship, the OLBERS, apparently was within view at times and arrived in New Orleans on the same day. It was not unusual for sailing ships to travel together. The OLBERS was the same ship which, in 1839, brought a part of the German Saxons who settled in Perry County. The OLBERS departed Bremen with 304 passengers. Another passenger manifest shows the Bark DIANA also arrived on 8 November.
One bit of family memory tells of how the movement of passengers about the deck was restricted so the balance of the ship was kept stable. With all the baggage secured deep within the ship, there was very little most passengers could do except sit and talk and play with the children. The Atlantic Ocean would be very stormy in October and November, so the southern route would be followed. Few captains would chance the North Atlantic after September due to the storms.
Two immigrant voyagers, Christian Loves Sr. (Lowes), and his family from Hanover and Heinrich Krueger Sr. and his family from Schlewecke, Brunswick, came from New Orleans to Cape Girardeau, arriving about mid November. Christian Loves Sr. spent a short time in Cape Girardeau, then bid his friends goodby, and with his family, traveled to northern Cape Girardeau County near Arnsberg. There he bought property and settled near the present I-55 highway, on a farm, on the right side going north, before the exit to Friedheim. His son Peter, later lived on the farm and it now belongs to a descendant, family named Zschille. The Heinrich Krueger Sr. family settled near the present Hanover Church on Perryville Road and built a house which in recent years, was owned by Henry Strack.
Frederick Krueger, the grandson of Heinrich Krueger Sr. #94, married Johanna Loves, the grand-daughter of Christian Loves Sr. #36 (Grandparents of Elroy F. Kinder)
Christian Niemeier #77, a young farmer, 23 years old, also settled on the Oriole Road north of Hanover. On 30 November 1851 he married Wilhelmine Krueger #96, at the Hanover Church, just 22 days after arriving in New Orleans and a short time after arriving in Cape Girardeau County (Great-grandparents of Agnes Foeste)
Christian Krueger #97, brother of Wilhelmine Krueger, married Wilhelmine #112, daughter of Gottlieb Muller #107. Wilhelm Krueger #98, Married Elizabeth Schrader on 20 September 1860 (Elizabeth was not a passenger on the ERNESTINE). (Wilhelm and Elizabeth were the great-grandparents of Joe and Helen Krueger of Cape Girardeau)
Additional research might reveal the beginning of these relationships on board the ERNESTINE certainly the ties of the homeland friendships contributed much to the choice of where to settle - neighbors, friends, and relatives linked together in a CHAIN MIGRATION that remains evident today.
LIST OF PASSENGERS TAKEN ON BOARD THE SHIP ERNESTINE WHEREOF EDU. FRERICKS IS MASTER, AT THE PORT OF BREMEN AND BOUND FOR NEW ORLEANS.
Columns represent: AGE, SEX, OCCUPATION, COUNTRY TO WHICH THEY BELONG, COUNTRY WHICH THEY INTEND TO BECOME INHABITANTS.
CABIN PASSENGERS 1 Alexander PIETSCH 40 Male Farmer Saxony Missouri 2 Bertha PIETSCH 33 Female 3 Hermann PIETSCH 13 Male 4 Moritz PIETSCH 11 Male 5 Hermine PIETSCH 10 Female 6 Ferdinand PIETSCH 9 Male 7 Ernst PIETSCH 8 Male 8 Rosa PIETSCH 6 Female 9 Maria PIETSCH 5 Female 10 Hedwig PIETSCH 3 Female 11 Anna PIETSCH 2 Female 12* Bertha PIETSCH 3m Female 13 Christina KROPFGANS 31 Female 14 Johanna von EHREN 19 Female Bremen 15 Martin Gottlieb EICHOLZ 32 Male Merchant New Orleans 16 Charlotte EICHOLZ 28 Female BETWEEN DECK PASSENGERS 17 Heinrich SAAK 36 Male Carpenter Prussia Missouri 18 Christina Louise SAAK 33 Female 19 Herman August SAAK 11 Male 20 Otto Heinrich SAAK 9 Male 21* Friedrich Wilhelm SAAK 7 Male 22* Carl Friedrich SAAK 4m Male 23 Friedricke RASCHE 26 Female 24 Christina RASCHE 19 Female 25 Friedrich TIMMERBERG 31 Male Farmer 26 Christina Elisabeth TIMMERBERG 26 Female 27 Louise Charlotte TIMMERBERG 5 Female 28 Anna Maria TIMMERBERG 60 Female 29 Johanna Charlotte TIMMERBERG 26 Female 30 Anna Maria Louise TIMMERBERG 21 Female 31 Friedrich Wilhelm TIMMERBERG 16 Male Farmer 32 Louise WIEMANN 26 Female 33 Charlotte WIEMANN 27 Female 34 August NIEMEYER 27 Male Farmer Hannover Missouri 35 Dorothea NIEMEYER 25 Female 36 Christian LOVES 49 Male Farmer 37 Wilhelmena LOVES 42 Female 38 Christian LOVES 20 Male Farmer 39 Hanna LOVES 18 Female 40 Conrad LOVES 16 Male Farmer 41 Christina LOVES 11 Female 42 Heinrich LOVES 9 Male 43 Peter LOVES 8 Male 44 Wilhelmina LOVES 6 Female 45 Conrad SCHWERDFEGER 32 Male Farmer 46 Eleonora SCHWERDFEGER 27 Female 47 Heinrich SCHWERDFEGER 6 Male 48 Wilhelmina SCHWERDFEGER 3 Female 49 Henriette HAVEL 16 Female 50 Heinrich MICHE 42 Male Farmer 51 Charlotte MICHE 39 Female 52 Heinrich MICHE 17 Male Farmer 53 Eleanora MICHE 15 Female 54 Wilhelmine MICHE 11 Female 55 Louisa MICHE 9 Female 56 Henriette MICHE 6 Female 57 Heinrich BRINKOPF 21 Male Farmer 58 Heinrich WELGE 31 Male Farmer 59 Wilhelmina WELGE 28 Female 60 Henriette WELGE 2 Female 61 Juliane FUNKE 14 Female 62 Heinrich NIEMEYER 23 Male Farmer 63 Johanna NIEMEYER 56 Female 64 Christian LOHMANN 16 Male Tailor 65 Carl LOHMANN 13 Male 66 Heinrich ERNST 48 Male Farmer 67 Dorothea ERNST 46 Female 68 Heinrich ERNST 18 Male Farmer 69 Carl ERNST 16 Male 70 Sophia ERNST 13 Female 71 Minna ERNST 9 Female 72 Christina ERNST 5 Female 73 Conrad ERNST 3 Male 74 Heinrich FUNKE 46 Male Paver 75 Henriette FUNKE 44 Female 76 Carl FUNKE 5 Male 77 Christian NIEMEYER 23 Male Farmer 78 Julianna WARNZABOLDT 32 Female 79 Friedrich SANDVOSS 31 Male Farmer 80 Christian EILERS 24 Male Farmer 81 Christian JORDAN 45 Male Farmer 82 Johanna JORDAN 34 Female 83 Ludwig TEGTMEYER 47 Male Farmer 84 Wilhelm SIEPKE 24 Male 85 Friedrick HUNZE 44 Male Tailor Brunswick 86 Antonette HUNZE 42 Female 87 Henriette HUNZE 17 Female 88 August HUNZE 10 Male 89 Coradine HUNZE 7 Female 90 Carl HUNZE 5 Male 91 Christian HUNZE 3 Male 92* Johanna HUNZE 9m Female 93 Christian BULTEMANN 33 Male Farmer 94 Heinrich KRUGER 50 Male Farmer 95 Juliane KRUGER 48 Female 96 Wilhelmine KRUGER 22 Female 97 Christian KRUGER 16 Male Farmer 98 Wilhelm KRUGER 13 Male 99 Friedrich SANDER 36 Male Farmer Hannover 100 Magdalena SANDER 38 Female 101 August SANDER 14 Male 102 Carl SANDER 11 Male 103* Christian SANDER 6m Male 104 Christian BARTOLKE 39 Male Farmer Brunswick 105 Christina BARTOLKE 23 Female 106* Wilhelmine BARTOLKE 9m Female 107 Gottlieb MULLER 55 Male Shoemaker Hannover 108 Amalia MULLER 48 Female 109 Heinrich MULLER 25 Male Shoemaker 110 Fritz MULLER 17 Male Shoemaker 111 August MULLER 13 Male 112 Wilhelmine MULLER 9 Female 113 Gottlieb SOTTMAN 29 Male Mason 114 Carolina SOTTMAN 24 Female 115 August SOCHTIG 33 Male Farmer 116 Conrad FRICKE 24 Male Mason 117 Gottlieb STEINMEYER 30 Male Farmer 118 Carl SCHLUTER 21 Male Farmer Brunswick 119 Friedrich MEYER 18 Male Shoemaker Hannover 120 Christian BURGDORF 22 Male Farmer 121 Christian KOCHIG 38 Male Farmer Brunswick 122 Elisabeth KOCHIG 34 Female 123 Elisabeth KOCHIG 9 Female 124 Christian KOCHIG 7 Male 125 Wilhelmine KOCHIG 5 Female 126 Johanna KOCHIG 3 Female 127* Carl KOCHIG 11m Male 128 Heinrich RABICH 23 Male Joiner 129 Heinrich SANDER 31 Male Farmer 130 Johanna SANDER 28 Female 131 Wilhelmine SANDER 5 Female 132* Heinrich SANDER 6m Male 133 Wilhelm ALLERS 20 Male Baker 134 Johanna TEGTMEYER 37 Female 135 Maria TEGTMEYER 11 Female 136 Heinrich TEGTMEYER 8 Male 137 Christian ALLERS 20 Male Joiner 138 Phillip MEYER 21 Male Farmer Hannover 139 Gottfried JORN 28 Male Farmer 140 Amalia JORN 22 Female 141 Heinrich BUCHTERKIRCHE 24 Male Shoemaker 142 Wollrath WOLFF 29 Male Farmer 143 Louise WOLFF 27 Female 144 Helen WOLFF 2 Female 145 Anna KRONBERG 24 Female 146 Anton HOFFMEISTER 30 Male Miller 147 Christian CROME 36 Male Farmer 148 Heinrich MOTTE 19 Male Farmer 149 Christian SCHILLIG 28 Male Tailor 150 Henriette SCHILLIG 32 Female 151 Sophia SCHILLIG 7 Female 152* Johanna SCHILLIG 3m Female 153 Wilhelmine KOOCK 34 Female 154 Carl BOCK 9 Male 155 Louise BUSCH 3 Female 156 Sophia WEGENER 22 Female 157 Christian JORN 40 Male Farmer 158 Else JORN 40 Female 159 Minna JORN 10 Female 160 Hanna JORN 2 Female 161 Carl BARTELS 21 Male Blacksmith 162 Christina BIESSELMANN 17 Female 163 Peter SANDVOSS 24 Male Tailor 164 Wilhelm GREWE 18 Male Farmer 165 Friedrich MEYER 30 Male Stonecutter 166 Carl BOLLMANN 46 Male Farmer 167 Maria BOLLMANN 40 Female 168 Heinrich BOLLMANN 20 Male Farmer 169 Carl BOLLMANN 16 Male Farmer 170 August BOLLMANN 13 Male 171 Minna BOLLMANN 9 Female 172 Friedrick BOLLMANN 6 Male 173 Dorothea BOLLMANN 2 Female 174 Christian KUNNECKE 24 Male Joiner 175 Conrad SCHAPER 27 Male Farmer 176 Carolina SCHAPER 20 Female 177 Louise FELIG 11 Female 178 Sophia VASTERLING 14 Female Hannover 179 Christian TALLERER 43 Male Tailor Brunswick 180 Charlotte TALLERER 37 Female 181 Christian TALLERER 14 Male 182 Fritz TALLERER 10 Male 183 Heinrich BORCHERS 18 Male Farmer Hannover 184 Sophia BULKE 69 Female Brunswick 185 Sophia HAHNHOLZ 19 Female Hannover 186 Christian STEINBORN 31 Male Farmer 187 Friedrich SCHRAGE 25 Male Carpenter Brunswick 188 Friedrich FLICHSNER 25 Male Farmer Prussia 189 Johann SPRECKELS 23 Male Joiner Hannover 190 Conrad BEWIG 25 Male Farmer 191 Johann Peter HABENSTREIT 50 Male Farmer Prussia Illinois 192 Anna Dorothea HABENSTREIT 38 Female 193 Nicolaus HABENSTREIT 15 Male Farmer 194 Johann HABENSTREIT 6 Male 195* Anna Margaretha HABENSTREIT 2 Female 196 Wilhelm HARTIG 42 Male Farmer Indiana 197 Catharina HARTIG 39 Female 198 Henriette HARTIG 14 Female 199 Louise HARTIG 10 Female 200 Theodor HARTIG 8 Male 201 Wilhelm HARTIG 6 Male 202 Johanna HARTIG 3 Female 203 Simon BRAND 15 Male Farmer 204 Heinrich WATERMANN 42 Male Farmer 205 Anna WATERMANN 43 Female 206 Wilhelmina WATERMANN 10 Female 207 Heinrich WATERMANN 5 Female 208 Franz RETTELMEYER 27 Male Joiner Hannover 209 Elisa RETTELMEYER 25 Female 210 Franz FORTMANN 23 Male Tailor 211 Heinrich LANGE 15 Male Farmer 212 Heinrich KLEINHANDING 24 Male Farmer 213 Hermann DAMHORST 22 Male Farmer 214 Gerhardt MONNRIG 30 Male Farmer 215 Heinz GROSSHANDING 28 Male Farmer 216 Maninulian KEUBING 27 Male Farmer 217 Bernhardt Heinrich PLASSMEYER 28 Male Farmer 218 Maria Gertrude PLASSMEYER 22 Female 219 Joseph POPPELBAUM 24 Male Farmer 220 Ludwig SLIPPHORST 28 Male Farmer 221 Bernhardt Heinrich WESSEL 27 Male Miller 222 Eduard ORTBALS 28 Male Farmer 223 Hermann LEPAMEYER 24 Male Farmer 224 Johann HANNEBRINK 28 Male Farmer 225 Maria HOLLENBECK 19 Female 226 Helene BRAUTONNIES 29 Female 227 Baltha KAUBASCHKEDA 28 Male Farmer 228 Gregor ROCKENHAUS 27 Male Farmer 229 Fredrick SCHMITTKE 24 Male Farmer 230 Franz KUHLEMEYER 24 Male Farmer 231 Theodore KOCKJOHANN 20 Male Farmer 232 Heinrich MEYER 24 Male Farmer 233 Margaretha KOSFELD 24 Female 234 Franz BRINKMANN 25 Male Baker 235 Christian DULFER 26 Male Shoemaker 236 Philippine DULFER 30 Female 237* Fiedrich SCHATTE 64 Male Farmer 238 Wilhelmine BEST 27 Female 239 Heinrich VOGT 21 Male Farmer 240 Fredercka BUSCHMEYER 23 Female 241 Frederick KONIG 19 Male Farmer 242 Christoph PICKMEYER 30 Male Farmer 243 Fredericka PICKMEYER 26 Female 244 Heinrich STEINBACH 20 Male Farmer Hannover 245 Dorothea HACHMEISTER 31 Female 246 Carl HACHMEISTER 10 Male 247 Heinrich HACHMEISTER 4 Male 248 Fredrick GERLACH 32 Male Farmer 249 Maria GERLACH 28 Female 250 Dorothea GERLACH 2 Female 251 Heinrich GERLACH 28 Male Farmer 252 Carl HAMBUT 27 Male Farmer 253 Heinrich TEGTMEYER 45 Male Farmer 254 Sophia TEGTMEYER 35 Female 255 Dorothea TEGTMEYER 15 Female 256 Frederick TEGTMEYER 11 Male 257 Diedrick TEGTMEYER 7 Male 258 August TEGTMEYER 12 Male 259 Heinrich MAGERS 30 Male Joiner 260 August KRONE 19 Male Farmer Brunswick 261 Frederick WEHMANN 27 Male Tailor Hannover 262 Heinrich STUNKEL 19 Male Shoemaker 263 Wilhelmine MAGERS 20 Female 264 Dorothea STOVERINK 18 Female 265 Heinrich HEYDORN 60 Male Carpenter 266 Dorothea HEYDORN 49 Female 267 Sophia HEYDORN 16 Female 268 Frederick HEYDORN 4 Male 269 Ludwig MAGERS 25 Male Shoemaker 270 Wilhelmine MAGERS 18 Female 271 Frederick KRUSE 16 Male Shoemaker 272 Frederick SANDMANN 14 Male Farmer 273 Heinrich MEYER 25 Male Farmer Prussia 274 Dorothea HAAKE 26 Female 275 Heinrich TEGELHUTTE 25 Male Farmer Hannover 276 Maria LAUN 19 Female Hannover 277 Dorothea KUHLMANN 25 Female 278 Wilhelmine BRUGGMAN 25 Female 279 Stephan BEINE 41 Male Shoemaker 280 Elisabeth BEINE 32 Female 281 Theresia BEINE 7 Female 282 Agnes BEINE 2 Female 283 Stephan STEFFENSMEYER 19 Male Farmer 284 Elisabeth GLAKE 27 Female 285 Heinrich RUNGE 30 Male Farmer Hannover
I, CAMILLUS SAUNDERS, CERTIFY THAT THE ABOVE MANIFEST, I HAVE EXAMINED, PRODUCED TO ME THIS DAY AS A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL, OF THE PASSENGERS OF BREMEN SHIP --- E R N E S T I N E ---, WHEREOF FRERICKS IS MASTER, OF BREMEN. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE SIGNED MY NAME THIS 8TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 1851.
WHO THEY MARRIED
36 Christian LOVES 49 Male Farmer
37 Wilhelmena LOVES 42 Female
38 Christian LOVES 20 Male Farmer Wilhelmena Grebe
39 Hanna LOVES 18 Female Heinrich Buchterkirchen
40 Conrad LOVES 16 Male Farmer a Kaiser...
41 Christina LOVES 11 Female Hubert Brinkman
42 Heinrich LOVES 9 Male Aliza Kiepe
43 Peter LOVES 8 Male Johanna Fornkahl
44 Wilhelmina LOVES 6 Female George Weiss
Transcriber's Notes:
* 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 transcriber's notes.
This document, which is part of "November Winds - The Voyage of the
German Ship Ernestine", is one of the many from the Riverside Library
in Jackson, Missouri. It was transcribed as found.
[NOTE: The formatter has made the following changes to the transcription:
Ages that were transcribed as fractions have been converted to months with
the original fractions listed in the "Passenger Notes" to conform with ISTG
guidelines.
Deaths on the voyage have been moved to the "Passenger Notes" to conserve
space.]
Passenger Notes:
# 12 - Passenger's age was listed as 1/4.
# 21 - Passenger died October 31
# 22 - Passenger's age was listed as 1/3.
# 92 - Passenger's age was listed as 3/4.
#103 - Passenger's age was listed as 1/2.
#106 - Passenger's age was listed as 3/4.
#127 - Passenger's age was listed as 11/12.
#132 - Passenger's age was listed as 1/2.
#152 - Passenger's age was listed as 1/4.
#195 - Passenger died 20 October.
#237 - Passenger's given name, Fiedrich is as spelled on the original document.
Personal Notes
According to my relatives in the area, this document along with other key
pieces such as church records was thrown away sometime in the 1950's. Some
forward thinking janitor thought that maybe it was not such a good idea to
throw these things away thus they were retrieved. It is unclear to me whether
the church or library threw them away. I guess it doesn't matter.
Correspondence 10/30/02 passengers #224 & 225 Hannebrink, #248-251 Gerlach
Passengers #224 & 225 - Johann Hannebrink and Maria Hollenbeck respectively
were married and settled in St. Louis, Missouri for a time.
The Gerlach family (#248, 249, 250, 251) settled in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
There was a marriage between Otto Casper Hanebrink and Amelia Gerlach.
I am a Hanebrink doing research on our family lines since 1977. The Hannebrink's
in Cape Girardeau married into the Gerlach family. Most of the Hanebrinks came
into our country through New Orleans and I am attempting to locate all of their
entry dates and ship information. Maxine Linnenbom
Correspondence 11/14/02 passenger #283 Steffensmeyer
My g-g-grandfather is the Stephen Steffensmeier of this passenger list. According
to family legend, after coming to New Orleans, he traveled to Fort Madison, Iowa
on a barge. He awoke at night and accidentally walked off the edge of the barge
and fell into the Mississippi River. He could not swim but they pulled him back
onto the barge.
Stephen Steffensmeier was born January 4, 1832 in Verlar, Westfalen, Germany.
He lived in Lee County, Iowa after coming to the US at the age of 19. Stephen
died October 30, 1923 in St. Paul, Lee Co., Iowa. Jeanne Hill Butler
The Ernestine started life in 1834 as the American ship COLUMBUS. A history and sketch of the ship may be viewed at Michael Palmer's website.
November Winds - The Voyage of the German Ship Ernestine 1851
Riverside Library Jackson, Missouri
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