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Johann Georg
Report of Hundred and thirty eight* Passengers on board the Johann Georg of which Herrmann Hohurst is Master, arrived at the Port of New Orleans, in the State of New Orleans, on the 5th day of January 1839.
Columns represent: Name, Age, Place of Nativity, Their Occupation.
Cabin Passengers
1 Gerard W^m Keyle 35 Frohna preacher
2 Amalia Ernestine Keyle his wife 22 Frohna
3 Stephenus Keyle their child 3m Frohna
4 Ferdinand Walther 27 Langenchursdorf preacher
5 Charles Lewis Geyer 26 Zwickau candidate
6 Natalie Geyer 23 Zwickau
7* Ferdinand Bohlan 35 Leipsick merchant
8* Henrietta Niedner 49 Braunsdorf
9* Laura Niedner her daughter 21 Braunsdorf
10* Agnes Koch 24 Braunsdorf
11 Dorothy Zink 37 Leipsick
Steerage Passengers
12* Frederick Koch 25 Braunsdorf teacher
13 Lena Schubert 23 Frohna
14* Alice Niedner 23 Braunsdorf
15* Emma Niedner 17 Braunsdorf
16 Christiana Walther 26 Frohna
17 John Davy Hanschen 36 Leipsick printer
18 Freder^ca W^ma Hanschen his wife 38 Leipsick
19 Jane Henriette Hanschen his child 15 Leipsick
20 Gilian W^ma Hanschen his child 14 Leipsick
21 Sophia Charlot Hanschen his child 6 Leipsick
22 Mary Louisa Hanschen his child 4 Leipsick
23 Gustav Traugolt Hanschen his child 2 Leipsick
24 Samuel Lindner 34 Frohna weaver
25 Gottlieb Lindner 24 Frohna weaver
26 Lovagod Helbig 40 Frohna weaver
27 Jane Helbig his wife 37 Frohna
28 Godfrey Heinig 37 Frohna weaver
29 Traugolt Naumann 24 Frohna weaver
30 Henry Hoffmann 25 Frankenberg weaver
31 Samuel Hoffmann 30 Frankenberg weaver
32 Benjamin Hoffmann 34 Frankenberg weaver
33 Christiana Hoffmann 30 Frankenberg
34 Frederick Hoffmann 42 Frankenberg weaver
35 Eleonor Hoffmann his wife 36 Frankenberg
36 Agnes Hoffmann daughter 18 Frankenberg
37 Gilian Hoffmann daughter 11 Frankenberg
38 Amely Hoffmann daughter 9 Frankenberg
39 Augusta Hoffmann daughter 5 Frankenburg
40 Emily Hoffmann daughter 2 Frankenburg
41 Charles Aug. Hoffmann 34 Frankenburg weaver
42 Jane Ros. Hoffmann widow 68 Frankenburg
43 Gilian Christ^a Hoffmann 27 Frankenburg
44 Frederick Richter 63 Frankenburg weaver
45 Rachel Rose Richter his wife 63 Frankenburg
46 Frederick Richter his son 29 Frankenburg weaver
47 Rachel Richter his daughter 34 Frankenburg
48 Charles Fred^k Arnd 36 Frankenburg weaver
49 Jane Dorothy Arnd his wife 36 Frankenburg
50 Char^s Fred Arnd 15 Frankenburg
51 Wilhelmine Arnd daughter 7 Frankenburg
52* ???? L??god B?????l 43 Frankenburg weaver
53 Jane Gilian B?????l his wife 35 Frankenburg
54 Amelia Augusta B?????l daughter 13 Frankenburg
55 Frederick Ralph B?????l son 9 Frankenburg
56* Freder^ka Augusta B?????l daughter 6m Frankenburg
57* Char^s Gottl. Bohme 51 Dresden wagonmaster
58 Jane Christ^a Sophia Bohme his wife 42 Dresden
59 Caroline Bohme his daughter 24 Dresden
60 Emma Bohme his daughter 19 Dresden
61 Amelie Bohme his daughter 17 Dresden
62 Mary Bohme his daughter 10 Dresden
63* Ma???? Bohme hi son 9 Dresden
64 John Gottl. Palisch 33 Loblau farmer
65 Jane Christ^a Palisch his wife 32 Loblau
66 Char^s Lovegod Palisch his son 11 Loblau
67* Ernest Adolphus Palisch daughter 10 Loblau
68 Amelia Wilhelm^a Palisch daughter 8 Loblau
69 Ernestine Palisch daughter 6 Loblau
70 Emma Mary Palisch daughter 5 Loblau
71 Augusta Theresa Palisch daughter 3 Loblau
72 John Samuel Kampf 28 Pestitz farmer
73 Jane Christ^a Kampf his wife 22 Pestitz
74 Samuel Kampf child 4 Pestitz
75* John Gottl. Hohle 26 Pestitz wine presser
76* John Gottl. Fahlitzsch 22 Pestitz farmer
77 Jane Gillian Fahlitzsch sister 20 Pestitz
78* John Traugott Poltz 25 Lutzen furrier
79* John Frd^k Scheel 37 Lubeck shoe maker
80 Jane Freder^ka Scheel his daughter 9 Lubeck
81* Jane Christ^a Frohlich 40 Leipsick
82 Christiane Grosse 52 Leisnig
83 Ferdinand Grosse her son 31 Leisnig shoe maker
84 Maurice Grosse her son 25 Leisnig shoe maker
85 Frederick Grosse her son 22 Leisnig shoe maker
86 John Fred Schmidt 29 Alteschayn shoe maker
87 Andrew Kusiad 40 Oelsa carpenter
88 John Paul 50 Pestitz working man
89 Frederike Paul his wife 40 Pestitz
90 Ferdinand Schubert 24 Frohna weaver
91 Henry Weinhold 21 Frohna farmer
92 Christ^n Fred^k Landgraf 34 Frohna weaver
93 Jane Christliebe Landgraf his wife 24 Frohna
94 Godfrey Burkhardt 28 Frohna weaver
95 Christ^na Cancor Burkhardt his wife 27 Frohna
96 Aug. German Burkhardt child 1 Frohna
97 Christ^n Gottl. Burkhardt 56 Frohna weaver
98 Marg Rosine Burkhardt his wife 50 Frohna
99 Gottlieb Burkhardt son 16 Frohna
100 Jane Steanas Burkhardt child 7 Frohna
101 Charlot Frederika Burkhardt child 5 Frohna
102 Jane Christ^a Harzdorf 27 Frohna
103 Frederick Gottl. Harzdorf her child 6 Frohna
104 Mary Theresa Harzdorf her child 4 Frohna
105* John George ?iegler 28 Langenchursdorf cooper
106* Jane Sophia ?iegler his wife 37 Langenchursdorf
107* John Traugott ?iegler son 12 Langenchursdorf
108* John Lovegod ?iegler son 4 Langenchursdorf
109* Rose Sittner 23 Braunsdorf maid servant
110 August Klolasch 38 Leipsick baker
111 Jane Freder^ca Klolasch his wife 30 Leipsick
112 Charles Edward Raschze 23 Ronnaburg tailor
113 John Martin Quast 28 Baireit shoe maker
114 John Godfrey Heinig 47 Frohna
115 Jane Christ^na Heinig his wife 37 Frohna
116 Eleanor Heinig child 10 Frohna
117 Frederick Heinig child 4 Frohna
118 Augustus Graf 30 Dresden outrider
119 Wilhelmina Graf his wife 26 Dresden
120 Gilian Graf child 12 Dresden
121 Rosamond Graf child 9 Dresden
122 Anne Graf child 7 Dresden
123 John Praisegod Fritzsche 36 Dresden
124 Eve Rose Fritzsche his wife 30 Dresden
125 William Fritzsche child 7 Dresden
126 Augustus Fritzsche child 5 Dresden
127 Rosa Fritzsche child 13 Dresden
128* Charl^s Aug. Niedner 30 Braunsdorf mason
129* Charl^s Praisgod Nagel 32 Braunsdorf stocking manufacturer
130 Charles Zintz 37 Leipsick tailor
131 Anne Zintz child 5 Leipsick
132 Emily Gilian Zintz child 3 Leipsick
133 Albert Zeising stepson 9 Leipsick
134* Jane Sophia Fischer 49 Zollnitz midwife
135* Caroline Sophia Fischer child 3 Zollnitz
136* John Ehregod Fischer child 3m Zollnitz
137 Jane Sophia Kretzsch 50 Kallkau
Transcriber's Notes:
* An asterisk is used to call attention to additional information in the Passenger Notes.
? A question mark is used to indicate illegible letters or words.
^ Indicates that superscript was used for the subsequent letter or letters.
* Names were transcribed as written regardless of spelling.
* No births were recorded during the passage.
* Though the captain's report states 138 passengers were aboard, only 137 were listed in
this manifest. However there is a damaged area on the manifest which may have contained
the name of the missing passenger. The name cannot be read but the person's age is 11
years and birthplace is Frankenburg.
On one sheet of the manifest the following list was found:
Together Hundred and Seventy chestes.
1/4 ???? French wine
3/8 ???? Rum
1/16 ???? Rum
3/16 ???? Geniver
1/8 ???? Madeira
1/8 ???? St. Estiphe
1/8 ???? Vinegar
7 Umlaut o in surname.
8-10 Umlaut a in place name.
12 Umlaut a in place name.
14,15 Umlaut a in place name.
52-56 Name illegible due to damaged manifest. Surname may be Barthal.
56 Passenger Freder^ka Augusta B????l. (Barthal?), age 6 months, died during
the passage.
57 Umlaut o in surname.
67 Passenger labelled daughter but the given names are masculine.
75 Umlaut o in surname.
76,77 Umlaut a in surname.
78 Umlaut u in place name.
79 Umlaut u in place name.
81 Umlaut o in surname.
105-108 Surname letter illegible. May be Kiegler.
109 Umlaut a in place name.
128,129 Umlaut a in place name.
134-136 Umlaut o in place name.
Historic Notes
Passenger #4, C. Ferdinand W. Walther, was a Lutheran pastor who eventually became
the first president of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. Passenger #2 was his youngest
sister who married Lutheran pastor E. G. W. Keyle, Passenger #1. Stephenus Keyle,
Passenger #3, later married Magdalene Walther, Ferdinand's daughter and was a Lutheran
pastor in New York.
Walther was born 25 October 1811 in Langenchursdorf, Saxony and was first educated by his
father who was a pastor. He attended the University of Leipzig where he studied the works
of Martin Luther and was ordained in Braunsdorf in 1837. Walther experienced difficulties
with the rationalistic Saxon government and felt he could not carry out his duties in
accord with his ordination vows. In November 1838 Walther left Saxony on the ship Johann
Georg, one of five ships led by Pastor Martin Stephan, to sail for America. The 800
immigrants went north from New Orleans where the ships docked and settled in St. Louis and
Perry County, Missouri. They settled the towns of Altenburg, Wittenburg, Dresden, Seelitz,
and Frohna in Perry County. The first Evangelical Lutheran Seminary west of the Mississippi
River, Concordia, was founded near Altenburg in 1839.
The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod was formed on 26 April 1847, and Walther served as its
president from 1847 to 1850 and again from 1864 to 1878. Walther was also the first president
of Concordia Seminary which had moved to St. Louis. He served from 1850 to his death in 1887.
While holding these two positions he was also the head pastor of the four Saxon Lutheran
congregations in St. Louis, Trinity, Holy Cross, Immanuel, and Zion. He is buried in Concordia
Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri.
In late 1838, the group of Saxon Lutherans under the leadership of Martin Stephan, chartered
five ships to take them to New Orleans. According to the Concordia Historical Institute,
the ships were as follows (click on links for those transcribed
in ISTG):
Ship Copernicus, departed Bremen 3 Nov 1838 and arrived in New Orleans 31 Dec 1838
(the manifest is dated 2 Jan 1839)
Ship Johann Georg, departed Bremen 3 Nov 1838 and arrived in New Orleans 5 Jan 1839
(the manifest is dated 7 Jan 1839)
Ship Republik departed 2 Nov 1838 and arrived in New Orleans 12 Jan 1839
(the manifest is dated 14 Jan 1839)
Ship Olbers, departed 18 Nov 1838 and arrived in New Orleans 20 Jan 1839
(the manifest is dated 21 Jan 1839)
Ship Amalia, departed Bremen 18 Nov 1838 but sadly, sank in the Atlantic with all hands.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M259, Reel 17, List 14.
Contributed by Don Schmalbeck,
transcribed by Robert W. Grose , members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
27 November 2002
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