Immigrant Ships
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Ship Fortuna

Ship Fortuna
Dewers, Master

(There is no sworn statement for this manifest)

Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they severally belong, Country of which they they intend to become inhabitants. All passengers belonged to Germany and intended to become inhabitants of the United States so those columns were eliminated.

 1  Gustav      Clausewitz    55      m
 2  Elise       Clausewitz    50      f
 3  Elise       Clausewitz    23      f
 4  Fritz       Clausewitz    20      m
 5  Elisabeth   Henny         20      f
 6  Geo.        Regenbrecht   23      m
 7* Hermine     ??????        33      f
 8* Lina        ??????         4      f
 9  Emile       Scheneimer    32      f
10  August      Meirean       22      m  merchant
11  Rudolph     Hegewaldt     25      m  copper smith
12  C.          Kysella       28      m  taylor
13  W.          Kampe         24      m
14  H.          Schultze      28      m  merchant
15  A.          Hahnel        20      m  butcher
16  E.          Hoffman       47      m  farmer
17  Ernestine   Hoffman       40      f
18  Auguste     Hoffman        7      f
19  Ernestine   Hoffman        8      f
20  Minna       Hoffman        4      f
21  F.          Muller        37      m  teacher
22  L.          Mobes         19      m  taylor
23  W.          Fischer       43      m  weiner
24  Hermine     Fischer       38      f
25  Wilhelmine  Fischer        7      f
26  Albert      Fischer        5      m
27  Franz       Fischer        3      m
28  Max         Fischer           6m  m
29  W.          Dechansing    33      m
30  Wilhelmine  Dechansing    27      f
31  Wilhelmine  Dechansing     7      f
32  Elise       Dechansing     6      f
33  Henriett    Dechansing     4      f
34  Marie       Dechansing        6m  f
35  Franz       Schmidt       22      m  miller
36  A.          Sommerlate    30      m
37  Caroline    Sommerlate    23      f
38  Friedrich   Sommerlate     5      m
39  August      Sommerlate     2      m
40  Friedrike   Sommerlate    20      f
41  August      Sommerlate    57      m
42  Leopoldine  Sommerlate    50      f
43  Friedrike   Sommerlate    20      f
44  Wilhelmine  Hense         39      f
45  C.          Hense         35      m  gardener
46  Wilhelmine  Hense          7      f
47  Louise      Hense          5      f
48  Marie       Hense          2      f
49  F.          Neumann       25      m  weiner
50  F. F.       Bischoff      25      m  smith
51  F.          Phillip       17      m
52  F.          Wilhelm       14      m
53  A.          Branke        34      m  farmer
54  Mariann     Branke        25      f
55  Julius      Branke           11m  m
56  H.          Blanke        37      m
57  H.          Forsteman     25      m
58  A.          Lagershausen  21      m
59  F.          Borkhand      32      m
60  Dorothie    Borkhand      32      f
61  O.          Finger        32      m
62  F.          Richardz      33      m
63  D.          Krauss        32      m
64  Wilhelmine  Krauss        24      f
65  Julius      Krauss         1y 3m  m
66  Doris       Wehmeier      30      f
67  Elisabeth   Wehmeier       2      f
68  F.          Meier         21      m

(the following was at the end of the manifest)
District of Texas-Port of Galveston
June 30th 1858
(signed) H. St????d   Coll.

Transcriber's Notes:

* An asterisk is used to call attention to additional information in the
  Transcriber's Notes.

? The ? marks indicate letters or words that cannot be read due to the quality
  of the original document or the handwriting of the recorder.

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

* Names were transcribed as written without regard for spelling. 

* No births or deaths were recorded during the voyage.

7,8  Surname illegible due to handwriting.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M575, Reel 3.

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