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Ship Potomac
I, Wm. H. Clagett, Master or Commander of the Ship Potomac do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the within list, signed by me and now delivered to the Collector of this District, contains the names of all the passengers, taken on board the said ship at the Port of Havre, or at any time since, and that all matters therein set forth are according to the best of my knowledge and belief, just and true, I do further swear that ___ of the said Passengers have died on the voyage.
Sworn before me this 31st day of July, 1846 (signature cannot be read)
List of passengers taken on board the Ship Potomac whereof Clagett is Master, at the Port of Havre and bound for Baltimore
Columns represent: names of passengers and age.
1 Franz Martin 34 2 Jacob Weber 28 3 Samuel Bonzli 23 4 Benedic Girardet 24 5 Antoine Valler 22 6 Ambroise Koch 29 7 Francois Leis 44 8 Christian Fey 25 9 Christine Fey 26 10 Christian Fey 4 11 Marie Fey 1 12 Mathis Lethner 24 13* Lorenz Birf 45 14* Joseph Birf 14 15* Madeleine Birf 8 16* Barbara Birf 53 17 Louis Stoelzel 24 18 Michel Bohner 21 19* Xavier Kraenzle 30 20* Anton Hausketter 26 21* Louis Hausketter 19 22 Jacob Heryen 21 23 Catherine Heryen 21 24* Elisabeth Heryen 6 mo. 25* Joseph Ehrm??? ? 26* Marg Ehrm??? ? 27* Johann Ehrm??? 23 28* Michel Ehrm??? 21 29* Joseph Ehrm??? 20 30* Sophie Ehrm??? 18 31 Marguarite Britmien??in 40 32 Lorenz Fleckenstein 28 33 Elisabeth Fleckenstein 25 34 Johann Fleckenstein 2 35 Michel Fleckenstein 1 36 Anne Flittner 24 37* Elisabeth Brepp 23 38 Casper Metzger 38 39 Anton Berninger 27 40 Leonard Dull 40 41 Henry Lippold 22 42 Caroline Lippold 20 43 Catherine List 1 44 Christian Bender 24 45* Christine ???? 26 46 Charles Bender 2 47 Hermann Berchel 19 48 Henry Bunner 22 49 Henry Vollmer 23 50 Charles Olbinger 24 51 Marie Betton 23 52 Marie Betton 1 53 Charles Schranch 22 54 Joseph Schranch 23 55* Adam Augusdorf 24 56 Catherine Weiss 22 57 Marguerite Grob 22 58 Jacob Fraemelberger 36 59 Anne Fraemelberger 27 60 Amalie Fraemelberger 6 61 Johann Fraemelberger 4 62 Marguerite Eck 34 63 Barbara Eck 8 64 Franz Eck 4 65 Adam Maryer 26 66 Caspar Beck 27 67 Adam Sauer 41 68 Sabine Gerber 33 69 Theresia Gall 25 70 Michel Gramdsbacher 35 71 Martin Schneider 24 72 Franz Felser 29 73 Anne Held 22 74 Henry Eck 24 75 George Walter 21 76 Jean Staubach 32 77 Christine Staubach 45 78 Christine Staubach 15 79 Elisabeth Ruhl 13 80 Marie Ruhl 23 81 Michel Heindl 27 82 Leonard Veith 27 83* Christian ????? 27 84* Christian Thranz 27 85 Jacob Lorch?????? 27 86 Henry Immel 22 87 Mathis Munk 40 88 Gottlieb Topp 29 89 Barbara Topp 25 90 Johann Topp 16 91 Catherine Schott 27 92 Barbara Schott 22 93 Marie Schott 20 94* Barbara Dietrick 24 95 Barbara Ha??cz 26 96 Christian Ha??cz 4 97 Marguerite Klink 24 98* Rosina Deis 68 99 Boniface Durr 25 100 Wilhelm Loanen????? 24 101 Johann Schaeffer 30 102 Philippe Hinkel 20 103 Louise Hinkel 25 104 Johann Marz 24 105* Christopher Hott 23 106 Rosa Kaufmann 26 107 Lara Kaufmann 24 108 Samuel Wassermann 50 109 Sara Schwab 26 110 Franz Wassermann 18 111 Rebecca Wassermann 16 112 Phipippe Wassing 46 113 Marguerite Wassing 47 114 Philippe Wassing 12 115 Wilhelm Wassing 10 116 Leonard Wassing 8 117 Adam Wassing 6 118 Frederica Wassing 4 119 Francois Lang 52 120 Pierre Klein 34 121 Henry Lang 42 122 Catherine Lang 28 123 Jacob Lang 16 124 Catherine Lang 9 125 Marie Lang 6 126 Jacob Lang 3 127 Herny Silber 42 128 Philippe Grauzmann 25 129 Elisabeth Grauzmann 22 130 Joseph Baer 29 131 Fanny Baer 32 132 Marie Baer 9 133 Jacob Baer 8 134 Simon Baer 7 135 Bertha Baer 6 136 Babette Baer 4 137 Emma Baer 3 138 Jules Baer 2 139 Christian Munch 20 140 Caroline Richeimmer 24 141 Mathilde Richeimmer 19 142 David Munzesheimer 22 143 Rosa Munzesheimer 20 144 Auguste Dinkelspul 20 145 Fanny Eisemann 22 146 Bernard Weit 28 147 Jacob Shaub 64 148 Catherine Shaub 38 149 Therese Shaub 26 150 Josephine Shaub 23 151 Michel Shaub 23 152 Jacob Shaub 17 153 Lob Hambourger 31 154 Mina Scherer 22 155 Herz Blum 26 156 Michel Roth 28 157 Michel Nunn 38 158 Philippe Nunn 28 159 Andre Nunn 25 160 Wendelin Schucher 27 161 Marie Albers 25 162 Simon Kaufmann 22 163 Andre Brunn 55 164 Barbara Brunn 33 165 Suzanna Ortman 27 166 Wilhelm Gross 16 167 Valentin Bauer 19 168 Johann Ziemer 27 169 Henthel Ignace 43 170* Thumerle Johann 21 Transcriber's Notes: This passenger list did not include the Gender of the passengers. It indicated that all of the passengers came from Germany and were going to Ohio. The use of a * indicates an omission or error made by the original recorder. The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read, due to quality of original document. 13-16 Surname may have been Berf. 19 Surname may have been Kraengle. 20,21 Surname may have been Kausktter. 24 Age on manifest was listed as 1/2, changed by formatter. 25-30 Surname may have been Ehrmann. 37 Surname may have been Bopp 45 Surname was not Bender. It may have been Unvergant. 55 Surname may have been Augustdorf. 83 Surname was at a fold in the paper. It may have been the same as 84. 84 Surname may have been Dranz. 94 Surname may have been Dietrich. 98 Surname may have been Reis 105 Surname may have been Ott. 170 Given name and Surname may have been reversed.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M255, Reel 5, List 19.
Transcribed by Ralph Barhorst a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
30 December 2003
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