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Ship Charles Crooker
Havre, France to New York
2 February 1855
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, J Moorhead, 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 Customs 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 Ship Charles Crooker, whereof I am Master, from Havre.
So help me God. (signed) John Moorhead
Sworn to this 2 February 1855, before me H Calhoun, DC
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Ship Charles Crooker, whereof Moorehead is Master from Havre, burthen 960 47/95 tons.
Columns represent: passenger name, age, sex, and country to which each passenger belonged. The occupation listed for all passengers is farmer; the United States is the destination listed for all passengers. These columns have been omitted. There was one undated death enroute and is noted in the transcriber notes.
1 Philipp Frohlich 31 m Bavaria
2 Michel Frohlich 17 m Bavaria
3 Madeleine Frohlich 26 f Bavaria
4 Catherine Frohlich 21 f Bavaria
5 Francois Vogel 27 m Bavaria
6 Georg Boisfast 25 m France
7 Jacob Boker 26 m Wurtemberg
8 Baptist Pellinger 19 m France
9 Friedrich Hoffmann 54 m Bavaria
10 Catherine Hoffmann 43 f Bavaria
11 Magdalene Hoffmann 18 f Bavaria
12 Margarethe Hoffmann 14 f Bavaria
13* Catherine Hoffmann 55 f Bavaria
14 Franz Kohler 20 m Bavaria
15 Georg Spery 54 m Bavaria
16 Rael Spery 44 f Bavaria
17 Friedrich Spery 17 m Bavaria
18 Caroline Spery 15 f Bavaria
19 Lisette Spery 9 f Bavaria
20 Jean Spery 8 m Bavaria
21 Friedricke Spery 6 f Bavaria
22 Jacob Spery 4 m Bavaria
23 Jacob Frossel 40 m Baden
24 Catherine Frossel 28 f Baden
25 Jacob Frossel 8 m Baden
26 Hermann Frossel 6 m Baden
27 Sophie Frossel 2 f Baden
28 Josephine Rommele 19 f Baden
29 Michel Egg 31 m Baden
30 Francois Helferich 21 m Baden
31 Jacob Fuchs 29 m Baden
32 Jacob Walker 20 m Baden
33 Peter Merkel 26 m Baden
34 Adam Medler 21 m Baden
35 Wilhelm Menninger 48 m Bavaria
36 Lisette Menninger 20 f Bavaria
37 Wilhelm Bayersdorfer 22 m Bavaria
38 Solomon Reinhard 42 m Bavaria
39 Kadich Reinhard 45 f Bavaria
40 Isidor Reinhard 15 m Bavaria
41 Ernestine Reinhard 10 f Bavaria
42 Louise Fuchs 25 f Baden
43 Leopold Gumpel 20 m Baden
44 Amalie Mores 49 f Bavaria
45 Conrad Jost 27 m Hesse
46 Peter Heintz 27 m Hesse
47 Baptist Pollin 35 m France
48 Jacob Hartmann 27 m Hesse
49 Marie Steinbach 58 f Hesse
50 Michel Steinbach 24 m Hesse
51 Johann Steinbach 23 m Hesse
52 Marie Steinbach 20 f Hesse
53 Jacob Moude 20 m Wurtemberg
54 Rosine Schweiker 19 f Wurtemberg
55 August Wiedmann 21 m Baden
56 Laurent Rugel 39 m Baden
57 Marie Rugel 40 f Baden
58 Ferdinand Rugel 10 m Baden
59 Rosine Rugel 8 f Baden
60 Margareth Rugel 7 f Baden
61 Laurent Rugel 5 m Baden
62 Gustav Burkhart 20 m Baden
63 Wilhelm Collnott 25 m Baden
64 Margareth Schwartz 22 f Baden
65 Christian Hoffmann 29 m Baden
66 Johann Louis 23 m Baden
67 Philipp Hartmann 19 m Hesse
68 Magdalene Hartmann 22 f Hesse
69 Philipp Frautwein 59 m Hesse
70 Helene Frautwein 56 f Hesse
71 Joseph Frautwein 32 m Hesse
72 Magdalene Frautwein 20 f Hesse
73 Jacob Heintz 40 m Hesse
74 Margareth Heintz 33 f Hesse
75 Christian Reinhardt 34 m Hesse
76 Apolina Reinhardt 25 f Hesse
77 Margareth Reinhardt 3 f Hesse
78 Wilhelm Besh 19 m Hesse
79 Mathias Frante 42 m Hesse
80 Elisabeth Frante 38 f Hesse
81 Mathias Frante 16 m Hesse
82 Georg Timmermann 25 m Hesse
83 Elisabeth Bookler 26 f Hesse
84 Georg Bentzel 32 m Hesse
85 Elisabeth Bentzel 32 f Hesse
86 Elisabeth Bentzel 25 f Hesse
87 Margareth Bentzel 18 f Hesse
88 Johann Schilling 21 m Hesse
89 Martin Dymes 36 m France
90 Rose Dymes 37 f France
91 Pierre Dymes 27 m France
92 Louis Dymes 12 m France
93 Agathe Dymes 4 f France
94 Christian Kiebert 27 m France
95 Jean Delestre 48 m France
96 Scholastique Delestre 49 f France
97 Estella Delestre 18 f France
98 Casimir Herment 27 m France
99 Clementine Herment 29 f France
100 Diogene Herment 15 m France
101 Ernest Herment 12 m France
102 Otthilie Herment 9 f France
103 Francois Lalive 27 m France
104 Martin Moremann 22 m Bavaria
105 Anton Kehl 22 m Bavaria
106 Lorenz Herker 49 m Bavaria
107 Louise Herker 6 f Bavaria
108 Johann Saile 17 m Wurtemberg
109 Johann Strossesker 44 m Wurtemberg
110 Mathias Wossner 45 m Wurtemberg
111 Anna Wossner 38 f Wurtemberg
112 Aron Neidensstein 33 m Baden
113 Andre Mayer 32 m Baden
114 Caspar Steinhard 22 m Baden
115 Carl Utzmann 17 m Hesse
116 Joseph Schell 24 m Baden
117 Margareth Messer 48 f Hesse
118 Barbara Messer 22 f Hesse
119 Andre Weigele 19 m Baden
120 Haver Schensstein 20 m Baden
121 Bernhard Fleck 16 m Baden
122 Wendolin Kopf 29 m Baden
123 Catharine Muller 23 f Baden
124 Christian Koch 27 m Baden
125 Marie Weiss 33 f Baden
126 Elisa Graeb 28 f Bavaria
127 Margareth Letselta 27 f Bavaria
128 Pierre Haffner 34 m Bavaria
129 Anna Haffner 56 f Bavaria
130 Nicolaus Weiss 51 m France
131 Benedict Weiss 18 m France
132 Jacob Feuersstein 24 m France
133 Margareth Wolff 18 f France
134 Jacob Welsh 25 m France
135 Etienne Conrad 19 m France
136 Theobald Gwingelsstein 25 m France
137 Anna Dimler 28 f Switzerland
138 Catharine Muller 26 f Switzerland
139* Johann Muller 20 f Switzerland
140 Ulerich Muller 30 m Switzerland
141 Elisabeth Simon 29 f Switzerland
142 Johann Kellerhals 24 m Switzerland
143 Johann Steklen 27 m Switzerland
144 Johann Prolst 27 m Switzerland
145 Catherine Wathly 32 f Switzerland
146 Jacob Magla 29 m Switzerland
147 Marie Magla 33 f Switzerland
148 Marianna Magla 3 f Switzerland
149 Marianna Muller 20 f Switzerland
150 Elisabeth Grabes 26 f Switzerland
151 Andre Geiser 26 m Switzerland
152 Joseph Grimm 56 m Switzerland
153 Hubert Schneider 27 m Wurtemberg
154 Theila Hoffmann 23 f Wurtemberg
155 Joseph Orchel 56 m France
156 Jacques Orchel 15 m France
157 Marcus Oppenheimer 20 m Bavaria
158 Nicolaus Heinzich 22 m Bavaria
159 Jacques Kunster 57 m Bavaria
160 Adam Kernberger 27 m Baden
161 Joseph Deidel 29 m France
162 Augustin Deidel 19 m France
163 Joseph Deidel 29 m France
164 Marianne Deidel 26 f France
165 Marianne Deidel 14 f France
166 Catherine Deidel 12 f France
167 Joseph Deidel 10 m France
168 Justine Deidel 8 f France
169 Antoine Deidel 3 m France
170 Michel Boush 36 m Bavaria
171 Margareth Boush 40 f Bavaria
172 Henry Muller 24 m Hesse
173 Joseph Lorch 27 m Baden
174 Catherine Rotzler 30 f Switzerland
175 Jean Careault 48 m France
176 Jean Grossmann 50 m America
177 Herrman Spohr 20 m Prussia
178 Ehrhard Ankele 42 m Wurtemberg
179 Johann Geigler 20 m Wurtemberg
180 Johann Schneider 20 m Wurtemberg
181 Anton Kuhmann 25 m Baden
182 Catherine Neureuther 25 f Baden
Transcriber Notes:
* Indicates additional information noted below
13 Passenger died on voyage; no date written
139 Passenger listed as female; male name
Correspondence added 8-30-2005
Arrival report, New York Times, February 2, 1855
Arrived New York February 1
Ship Charles Crooker, [captain] Moorehead, Havre 36ds., with mdse. and
181 passengers to [agents] C. C. Duncan & Co. Jan 1 lat 46 18 lon 11 58
spoke brig Carthagena from Gibraltar for London, short of provisions -
supplied her. The C.C. has been 8 ds. N of Natucket [sic] with strong
W winds, split sails. Had 1 death on the passage.
The ship was called Charles Crooker after a ship builder and
owner of Bath, Maine. From the 1857 New York Marine Register:
Charles Crooker, ship, 960 tons, [captain] Morehead, built 1849
Bath, Maine, owned Caldwell of Bath.
She apparently also carried immigrants to New Orleans.
A Google search returned CHARLES CROOKER: ship, lost
November 7, 1859, 40 miles north of Cape Florida (Key Biscayne).
Harry Dodsworth
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 150, List 72.
Transcribed by Janice Peterson
a member of
the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers
Guild
16 July 2005
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