Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Barque Bachus

I, William C. Statesburg 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 Custom 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 Bachus whereof I am Master, from Hamburg. So help me God.
(signed) W. C. Statesburg

Sworn to this 12th September 1843
Before me M. L. Davy DC

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Barque Bachus whereof William C. Statesburg is Master, from Hamburg burthen 200 22/95 tons.

Columns represent: Passenger names, age, sex, occupation. The country to which they severally belong is Prussia and the country in which they intend to become inhabitants is Milwaukie for all passengers so these columns were eliminated.

 
  1  Carl        Pelsch       43  male     tailor
  2  Maria       Pelsch       46  female
  3  Carl        Pelsch       18  male     tailor
  4  Henriette   Pelsch       14  female
  5  Fredrick    Heuer        42  male     smith
  6  Anna        Heuer        43  female
  7  Fredrick    Heuer        19  male     farmer
  8  William     Heuer        11  male
  9  Anna        Heuer         8  female
 10  Godfry      Kopeline     43  male     weaver
 11  Dorothea    Kopeline     38  female
 12  Fredrick    Kopeline     13  male
 13  Emiline     Kopeline     14  female
 14  Caroline    Kopeline     10  female
 15  Marie       Kopeline      6  female
 16  Henriette   Kopeline      3  female
 17  William     Kopeline      1  male
 18* Christine   Dornfeldt    44  female   farmer
 19  Dorothea    Dornfeldt    40  female
 20  Fredrick    Dornfeldt    18  male
 21  William     Dornfeldt    16  male
 22  Albert      Dornfeldt    12  male
 23  Ferdinand   Dornfeldt    10  male
 24  Michael     Dornfeldt    63  male     storekeeper
 25  Marie       Dornfeldt    42  female
 26  Frederic    Dornfeldt    21  male
 27  Ulrica      Dornfeldt    18  female
 28  Henriette   Dornfeldt     9  female
 29  Fredrick    Mallis       49  male     farmer
 30  Sophie      Mallis       49  female
 31  Ernestine   Mallis       26  female
 32  Amelia      Mallis       23  female
 33  Albert      Mallis       18  male
 34  Henriette   Mallis        9  female
 35* Maria       Went         56  female
 36* Martin      Went         23  male     farmer
 37* William     Went         18  male 
 38* Fredrick    Went         15  male
 39* Louise      Went         13  female
 40  Fredrick    Seleslinz    43  male     smith
 41  Sophia      Seleslinz    37  female
 42  Augusta     Seleslinz    13  female
 43  Louisa      Seleslinz     7  female
 44  William     Seleslinz     4  male
 45  Sophia      Seleslinz     3  female
 46  Ernest      Schendel     41  male     farmer
 47  Sophia      Schendel     36  female
 48  Michael     Schendel     18  male
 49  Fredrick    Schendel     14  male
 50  Maria       Schendel     11  female
 51  Ernestine   Schendel     10  female
 52  William     Schendel      8  male
 53  Wilhelmine  Schendel      5  female
 54  Augusta     Schendel      1  female
 55  William     Schower      33  male     farmer
 56  Otto        Berger       29  male     sailor
 57  Christian   Dornfeldt    47  male     farmer
 58  Willhelmine Dornfeldt    22  female
 59  Christian   Dornfeldt    20  male 
 60  Fredrick    Dornfeldt    18  male
 61  Michael     Dornfeldt    17  male
 62  Ernestine   Dornfeldt    12  female
 63  Maria       Dornfeldt     9  female
 64  Auguste     Dornfeldt     7  female
 65  Fred        Melcher      40  male     fisherman
 66  Elizabeth   Melcher      40  female
 67  Fredrick    Melcher      19  male
 68  August      Melcher      13  male
 69  Fredrika    Melcher      10  female
 70  Jetta       Melcher       8  female
 71  Augusta     Melcher       1  female
 72  Fredrick    Schultse     42  male     farmer
 73  Sophia      Schultse     39  female
 74  Fredrick    Schultse     10  male
 75  William     Schultse      8  male
 76  Marie       Schultse      6  female
 77  Ludovia     Schultse      4  female
 78  August      Schultse      1  male
 79  August      Leonard      43  male     farmer
 80  August      Speiler      37  male     smith


Transcriber's Notes:

* An asterisk indicate additional information in the Transcriber's 
  Notes.

* Most of the passengers went to Wisconsin but some settled in 
  Niagara County, New York.

* The passengers were numbered by the transcriber.

* Names were transcribed as written without regard to spelling.

* No births or deaths were recorded during this voyage.

18     Given name was recorded as Christine and sex as female but should be 
       Christian and sex as male.
35-39  Surname may be Wendt.

Correspondence 08/07/2003 passengers #65-71 Melcher 
Fred Melcher - Husband
Elizabeth - Wife
Fredrick - son
August - Son
Fredrika - daughter
Jetta - daughter
Augusta - daughter

The Fred Melcher family settled in Up-State New York (Randolph) and 
stayed for 12 Years before  moving to Watertown, Wisconsin - Jefferson 
County.

Augusta Melcher married Julius Knispel - also from the Watertown area 
and a German Immigrant - My wife would be the Great/Great Grandaughter 
of Julius and Augusta. DRovinski@foth.com

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 53, List 669.

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