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Ship Roland


Bremen, Germany to Baltimore, Maryland
14 November 1862

DISTRICT OF BALTIMORE - PORT OF BALTIMORE
I, H.H. Mek?, Master of the Ship Roland of Bremen do solemnly, sincerly and truly swear that the annexed List, subscribed 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 Ship from Bremen or any other foreign Port, or at sea, and brought into any District of the United States since her departure from the said Port of Bremen.
Sworn to, this 14 day of Nov 1862
Before me, C. M. Jameson
Columns represent: Passenger name, age, gender, occupation, country of origin, and destination.
    
  1  Johann Rudolph Auf der Brinke   17  male   Merchant     Hannover     Maryland
  2* Catharina Elise ?               27  female              Hannover     Maryland
  3* Elise Weisshuh?                 24  female              Prussia      Maryland
  4* Emilie Niemeyer                 26  female              Prussia      Maryland
  5  Herm Hinrich Vahle              59  male   Laborer      Prussia      Illinois
  6  Hermann Hinrich Vahle           28  male                Prussia      Illinois
  7  Anna Christine Vahle            26  female              Prussia      Illinois
  8  Peter Hinrich Vahle             20  male                Prussia      Illinois
  9  Gottlieb Vahle                  16  male                Prussia      Illinois
 10  Wilhlmine W?nn                  21  female              Prussia      Missouri
 11* Dorothea ?                      55  female              Prussia      Wisconsin
 12  Justine ?                       23  female              Prussia      Wisconsin
 13  Johann ?                        22  male                Prussia      Wisconsin
 14  Emilie ?                        19  female              Prussia      Wisconsin
 15  Bertha Ernestine ?               9  female              Prussia      Wisconsin
 16  Rosalie Mu?                     32  female              Prussia      Wisconsin
 17* F?                               ?  ?                   Prussia      Wisconsin
 18  Apolinia ?                       9  female              Prussia      Wisconsin
 19  Juliana ?                        6  female              Prussia      Wisconsin
 20  Ludwig ?                         5  male                Prussia      Wisconsin
 21  Helena ?                        11m female              Prussia      Wisconsin
 22* Anna Maria Elsabeth Du??mann    52  female              Prussia      Pensilvania
 23* Johann Heinrich Du??mann        16  male                Prussia      Pensilvania
 24  Caroline Graberding             17  female              Prussia      Ohio
 25* Maria Tutmann                   23  female              Prussia      Pensilvania
 26  Johann Schmidt                  47  male   Laborer      Prussia      Illinois
 27  Josephine Schmidt               40  female              Prussia      Illinois
 28  Wilhelm Lutterbeck              20  male   Farmer       Prussia      Maryland
 29  Lisette Lutterbeck              23  female              Prussia      Maryland
 30  Bernhardine Brewe               20  female              Prussia      Maryland
 31  Catharine Brockmeyer            19  female              Prussia      Ohio
 32* Rudolph Kneemuller              17  male   Farmer       Prussia      Ohio
 33  Friedrich Balke                 45  male   Taylor       Prussia      Maryland
 34  Maria Balke                     25  female              Prussia      Maryland
 35  Hermann Balke                   17  male                Prussia      Maryland
 36  Dorothea Balke                  15  female              Prussia      Maryland
 37  Wilhelm Balke                   12  male                Prussia      Maryland
 38  Ida Balke                        6  female              Prussia      Maryland
 39  Reinhard Richter                26  male   Farmer       Prussia      Wisconsin
 40  Albertine Richter               21  female              Prussia      Wisconsin
 41  August Richter                  36  male   Saddler      Prussia      Wisconsin
 42  Henriette Richter               30  female              Prussia      Wisconsin
 43  Adolph Richter                   8  male                Prussia      Wisconsin
 44  Eduard Richter                   5  male                Prussia      Wisconsin
 45  Agnes Richter                   11m female              Prussia      Wisconsin
 46  Heinrich Friedrich Spellmeyer   32  male   Farmer       Prussia      Illinois
 47  Catharina Friederica Spellmeyer 29  female              Prussia      Illinois
 48  Heinrich Wilhelm Spellmeyer      4  male                Prussia      Illinois
 49  Caspar Heinrich Graff           22  male   Segarsmaker  Bremen       Maryland
 50  Anna Graff                      23  female              Bremen       Maryland
 51  Georg Friedrich Kroger          22  male   Horse dealer Oldenburg    Ohio
 52  Lorenz Meyer                    47  male   Shoemaker    Bavaria      Pensilvania
 53  Catharina Meyer                 53  female              Bavaria      Pensilvania
 54  Catharina Meyer                 18  female              Bavaria      Pensilvania
 55* Catharina Meyerhofer            28  female              Bavaria      Pensilvania
 56  Peter Ziegler                   56  male   Blacksmith   Bavaria      Maryland
 57  Magaretha Ziegler               44  female              Bavaria      Maryland
 58  Peter Ziegler                   13  male                Bavaria      Maryland
 59  Johannes Ziegler                 8  male                Bavaria      Maryland
 60  Friedrich Michael               36  male   Gardener     Bavaria      Kansas
 61  Andreas Horn                    26  male   Labourer     Bavaria      Ohio
 62  Dorothea Horn                   21  female              Bavaria      Ohio
 63  Michael Kimmerling              34  male   Butcher      Bavaria      Maryland
 64  Johann Wagner                   2?  male   Blacksmith   Bavaria      Ohio
 65  Johann Hagen                    37  male   Farmer       Bavaria      Pensilvania
 66  Rosine Hagen                    26  female              Bavaria      Pensilvania
 67  Barbara Hagen                   11m female              Bavaria      Pensilvania
 68  Johann Hacker                   26  male   Farmer       Bavaria      Pensilvania
 69  Magretha Hacker                 28  female              Bavaria      Pensilvania
 70  Johann Homann                   60  male   Taylor       Bavaria      Maryland
 71  Elisabeth Homann                22  female              Bavaria      Maryland
 72  Martin Homann                   12  male                Bavaria      Maryland
 73  Antonia Homann                   9  female              Bavaria      Maryland
 74  Theodor Homann                   6  male                Bavaria      Maryland
 75  Thomas Homann                   10m male                Bavaria      Maryland
 76  Johann Schmidt                  26  male   Blacksmith   Bavaria      Maryland
 77  Catharina Elise Rienermann      41  female              Hessia       Illinois
 78  Friederike Rienermann            3  female              Hessia       Illinois
 79  Anna Catharina Miller           23  female              Hessia       District Columbia
 80  Magaretha Linz                  33  female              Hessia       Maryland
 81  Johannes Linz                   12  male                Hessia       Maryland
 82  Louise Eigenauer                46  female              Hessia       Maryland
 83  Wilhelm Eigenauer               15  male                Hessia       Maryland
 84  Elisabeth Eigenauer             12  female              Hessia       Maryland
 85  Wilhelmine Hoppe                51  female              Hannover     Ohio
 86  Maria Windels                   32  female              Hannover     Maryland
 87  Heinrich Wille                  46  male   Millwright   Hannover     Maryland
 88  Joseph Stabenhorst              59  male   Carpenter    Hannover     Kentucky
 89  Maria Catharina Stabenhorst     29  female              Hannover     Kentucky
 90  Bernhard Rickermann             31  male   Farmer       Hannover     Ohio
 91  Mariann Rickermann              41  female              Hannover     Ohio
 92  Bernhard Did Janssen            42  male   Farmer       Hannover     Ohio
 93  Bernhard Heinrich Otto          70  male   Farmer       Hannover     Ohio
 94  Johann Henrich Himmelmann       50  male   Shoemaker    Hannover     Illinois
 95  Anna Gesine Himmelmann          55  female              Hannover     Illinois
 96  Bernhard Theodor Himmelmann     18  male   Taylor       Hannover     Illinois
 97  Thomas Schaffer                 16  male   Butcher      Bohemia      Illinois
 98  Friedrich Klint                 17  male   Clark        Bohemia      Illinois
 99  Franzisca Klint                 20  female              Bohemia      Illinois
100  Franz Neuwirth                  47  male   Wheelwright  Bohemia      Illinois
101  Catharina Neuwirth              25  female              Bohemia      Illinois
102  Magdalena Neuwirth               8  female              Bohemia      Illinois
103*  Anton Sak?eh                   19  male   Clark        Bohemia      Illinois
104  Heinrich Georg Meyer            34  male   Labourer     Brunswick    Illinois
105  Bernhard Kottink                38  male   Miller       Netherlands  Illinois
106  Ernst Felber                    42  male   Weaver       Saxonia      Maryland
107  Sophia Felber                   40  female              Saxonia      Maryland
108  Maria Paulina Felber             ?  female              Saxonia      Maryland
109  Ernst Jugendreich Felber        12  male                Saxonia      Maryland
110  Luis Ferdinand Felber            9  male                Saxonia      Maryland
111  Luise Felber                     5  female              Saxonia      Maryland
112  Gottlieb Hopff                  42  male   Millwright   Saxonia      Maryland
113  Catharina Hopff                 39  female              Saxonia      Maryland
114  Magaretha Hopff                  3  female              Saxonia      Maryland
115  Jacob Fernauer                  22  male   Segarsmaker  Saxonia      Maryland
116* Sophie Grun                     27  female              Maryland     Maryland
117  Henry Ludwig                    36  male   Pianist      Maryland     Maryland
118  John Bellman                    33  male   Labourer     D.C.         District of Columbia
119  Henry Erb                       27  male   Merchant     Illinois     Illinois
120  Maria Erb                       22  female              Illinois     Illinois
121  Magaretha Betz                  32  female              Illinois     Illinois

Endnote:
Babes               4
American subjects   6
foreign           111
Passengers total: 121
[signed} Herm. H. Meke.
    

Transcriber's Notes:     

A question mark indicates material that was indecipherable; an asterisk indicates further 
information in the Passenger Notes; a caret (^) indicates superscript text.

2        Presumably the surname for this entry should also be Auf der Brinke, but
         the ditto marks are obliterated by damage to the orginal list. Name may
         also appear as Auf Der Brinke, or Aufderbrinke.
3        Damaged original has obliterated part of the name--name may be Weisshuhn.
11       Damaged original has obliterated most of the name; first letter may be K or R.
17       Damaged original has obliterated most of the name--given name may be Franzisca.
22-23    Surname may be Du??mann, possibly Dunkmann.
25       Surname has an umlauted "u" so may be Tuetmann.
32       Surname has an umlauted "u" so may be Kneemueller.
55       Surname has an umlauted "o" so may be Meyerhoefer.
103      Name may be Sakzeh, Sakgeh, Sakzch, or Sakgch.
116      Surname has an umlauted "u" so may be Gruen.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film 255, Roll 13.
Transcribed by Gene Janssen a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
5 October 2002



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