Immigrant Ships
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Barque Columbia
Bremen, Germany to Baltimore, MD
6 December 1847
I, S. Goerken, Master of the Barq Columbia of Bremen, do solemnly swear that
the annexed list contains to the best of my knowledge and belief a just and true account
or report of all passengers who have been taken on board the said Barque at Bremen or any
other foreign port or at sea and brought in the said vessel into any District of the United
States since her departure from the said Port of Bremen.
Sworn this 6th day of December 1847, before me (name illegible), Collector
(signed) Siefert Goerken
Columns represent: passenger name, age, sex, occupation, place of birth, and
where passenger is bound.
1* Julie Boiker 64 Mother Bremen Richmond
2* Anna Boiker 27 Daughter Bremen Richmond
3* Prosper Scheiching 19 Young Man Student Munster Washington
4 Philipp Muller 41 Father Weaver Redjes Pittsburg
5 Elisabeth Muller 35 Mother Redjes Pittsburg
6 Philipp Muller 10 Son Redjes Pittsburg
7 Ernestine Muller 8 Daughter Redjes Pittsburg
8 Dorothea Muller 4 Daughter Redjes Pittsburg
9 Christoph Fischer 49 Young Man Basket Maker Hessen-Cassel Baltimore
10 Maria Fischer 32 Mother Hessen-Cassel Baltimore
11 Hermine Fischer 7 Daughter Hessen-Cassel Baltimore
12 Joseph Full 30 Young Man Mason Geldersheim Baltimore
13 Barbara Stefahn 30 Single Geldersheim Baltimore
14 Magneta Kraft 35 Mother Sterttdorf Harrisburg
15 Abraham Levy 19 Young Man Book Binder Himmes mar Hessen-Cassel Baltimore
16 Carl Clesker 56 Old Man Peasant Township Libke Baltimore
17 Albert Hermann Landwehr 22 Young Man Peasant Township Feklenburg Cincinnati
18 Johann Georg Schietler 22 Young Man Work Man Wiesenbach Philadelphia
19 Wilhelm Brinkmeier 46 Young Man Tailor Libbe Baltimore
20 Johann Christian Schad 20 Young Man Carpenter Wiesenbach Philadelphia
21 Hermann Heinrich Bohne 49 Father Peasant Mehnen Baltimore
22* Friedr^ Anton Volklare 31 Young Man Butcher Grosebringen Baltimore
23* Friedr^ Hermann Kruse 20 Young Man Work Man Lienen Cincinnati
24 Sophie Klilagen 24 Single Lienen Cincinnati
25 Heinrich Borchens 30 Young Man Joiner Quakenbrieck Baltimore
26 Wilhelm Schafer 30 Young Man Joiner Istein Baltimore
27 Wilhelm Teckenbrock 43 Young Man Peasant Lienen Cincinnati
28 Carl Herald 47 Young Man Cooper Gera Lachsen Baltimore
29 Bernhard Brackemeier 24 Young Man Wheel Wright Feklenburg Cincinnati
30 Arnold Brackemeier 20 Young Man Peasant Feklenburg Cincinnati
31 Rudolph Heitlager 42 Father Work Man Bramsche Cincinnati
32 Regina Heitlager 39 Mother Bramsche Cincinnati
33 Chatrina Heitlager 9 Daughter Bramsche Cincinnati
34 Hermann Heinrich Heitlager 6 Son Bramsche Cincinnati
35 Cathrina Buckstiger 20 Single Bramsche Cincinnati
36* Johann Carl Schulz 38 Father Furrier Hil?? Baltimore
37* Anna Schulz 27 Mother Hil?? Baltimore
38* Adelaid Schulz 7 Daughter Hil?? Baltimore
39* Carl Schulz 5 Son Hil?? Baltimore
40* Louis Schulz 3 Son Hil?? Baltimore
41* Franz Bernhard Kammann 46 Father Peasant Hil?? Cincinnati
42* Maria Sophie Kammann 46 Mother Hil?? Cincinnati
43* Maria Catherine Kammann 17 Daughter Hil?? Cincinnati
44* Anna Maria Kammann 15 Daughter Hil?? Cincinnati
45* Franz Heinrich Kammann 13 Son Hil?? Cincinnati
46* Wilhelmine Kammann 10 Daughter Hil?? Cincinnati
47* Turgen Heinrich Kammann 3 Son Hil?? Cincinnati
48* Cathrina Maria Kammann 5 Daughter Hil?? Cincinnati
49* Cathrina Charlotte Kammann 2 Daughter Hil?? Cincinnati
50 Ilsebe Roth 47 Widow Furstenau Dayton
51 Hermann Bernhard Roth 26 Son Peasant Furstenau Cincinnati
52 Johann Bernhard Roth 19 Son Peasant Furstenau Cincinnati
53 Johann Hermann Roth 17 Son Peasant Furstenau Cincinnati
54 Ilsebe Roth 13 Daughter Furstenau Cincinnati
55 Johann Bernard Upmann 18 Single Peasant Furstenau Baltimore
56 Hermann Heinrich Salthaus 49 Father Peasant Furstenau Cincinnati
57* Elisabeth Salthaus Mother Furstenau Cincinnati
58 Grethe Adelhaid Salthaus 18 Daughter Furstenau Cincinnati
59 Johann Heinrich Salthaus 17 Son Furstenau Cincinnati
60 Johann Gerhard Salthaus 16 Son Furstenau Cincinnati
61 Johann Heinrich Mess 24 Single Tailor Furstenau Dayton
62 Conrad Neuhaus 60 Father Peasant Diepenau St Louis
63 Cathrina Neuhaus 58 Mother Diepenau St Louis
64 Ludwig Neuhaus 17 Son Diepenau St Louis
65 Minna Neuhaus 14 Daughter Diepenau St Louis
66 Friedrich Engel 34 Young Man Peasant Diepenau St Louis
67 Cathrina Dameier 24 Single Peasant Diepenau St Louis
68 Johann Hejemann 43 Father Seaman Dinklage Baltimore
69 Marie Elisabeth Hejemann 50 Mother Dinklage Baltimore
70 Dina Bocklage 20 Single Dinklage Baltimore
71 Anna Margaretha Brinkmann 24 Single Dinklage Baltimore
72 Hermann Heinrich Bornharn 29 Young Man Joiner Steinfeld Baltimore
73 Maria Cathrina Bornharn 29 Single Steinfeld Baltimore
74 Margaretha Bunger 29 Single Steinfeld Baltimore
75 Franz Heinrich Bocklage 19 Young Man Seaman Steinfeld Baltimore
76 Elisabeth Bohlmann 23 Single Steinfeld Baltimore
77* Maria Krampf 60 Old Man Martinsburg Milwaukee
78* Fresa Hasselbech 36 Mother Martinsburg Milwaukee
79 Georg Hasselbech 11 Son Martinsburg Milwaukee
80 Waldburger Hasselbech 4 Daughter Martinsburg Milwaukee
81 Joseph Krampf 33 Father Shoemaker Schwinbach Milwaukee
82 Magdalene Krampf 28 Mother Schwinbach Milwaukee
83 Magdalene Krampf 4 Daughter Schwinbach Milwaukee
84 Jochem Krampf 9 Son Schwinbach Milwaukee
85 Betty Schildesheim 36 Mother Herford Baltimore
86 Ricka Schildesheim 12 Daughter Herford Baltimore
87 Ida Schildesheim 10 Daughter Herford Baltimore
88 Emilia Schildesheim 6 Daughter Herford Baltimore
89 Auguste Schildesheim 4 Daughter Herford Baltimore
90 Johanna Schildesheim 2 Daughter Herford Baltimore
91 Cathrina Gerding 37 Mother Lohne Township Baltimore
92 Elisabeth Gerding 10 Daughter Lohne Feklenburg Baltimore
93 Franzisca Gerding 2 Daughter Lohne Feklenburg Baltimore
94 Elisabeth Schmidt 25 Single Lohne Feklenburg Baltimore
95 Franz Heinrich Meyer 51 Father Peasant Lohne Feklenburg Baltimore
96 Cathrina Meyer 52 Mother Lohne Feklenburg Baltimore
97 Lena Meyer 11 Daughter Lohne Feklenburg Baltimore
98 Elisabeth Barklage 54 Single Lohne Feklenburg Baltimore
99 Johann Friedrich Vogthennichs 52 Father Peasant Lohne Feklenburg Cincinnati
100 Anna Cathrina Vogthennichs 52 Mother Lohne Feklenburg Cincinnati
101 Elisabeth Vogthennichs 18 Daughter Lohne Feklenburg Cincinnati
102 Anton Vogthennichs 14 Son Lohne Feklenburg Cincinnati
103 Heinrich Vogthennichs 11 Son Lohne Feklenburg Cincinnati
104 Heinrich Witig 26 Young Man Shoemaker Darno Baltimore
105 Maria Barklage 49 Mother Darno Baltimore
106* Cathrina Elisabeth Kruger 46 Single Lohne Lenga
107* Bernhard Barklage 14 Single Shoemaker Lohne Lenga
108* Hermann Heinrich Barklage 8 Single Shoemaker Lohne Lenga
109 Friedrich Schror 27 Young Man Tailor Feklenburg Pittsburg
110 Bernard Krekeler 25 Young Man Joiner Lohne Baltimore
111 Marie Cathrine Krekeler 55 Mother Lohne Baltimore
112 Georg Rudolph Bulge 24 Young Man Peasant Osnabruck Cincinnati
113* Ludwig Friedrich Meyer 47 Father Peasant Osnabruck Dayton
114 Maria Elise Meyer 45 Mother Osnabruck Dayton
115 Carl Gerhard Meyer 15 Son Osnabruck Dayton
116 Sophie Elise Meyer 18 Daughter Osnabruck Dayton
117* Anna Wilkens 48 Mother War??burg Cincinnati
118* Johann Dietrich Wilkens 22 Son War??burg Cincinnati
119* Ernst Friedrich Wilkens 17 Son War??burg Cincinnati
120 Elise Brunstruk 36 Single Peasant Feklenburg Cincinnati
121 Hermann Heinrich Wieneken 46 Father Peasant Feklenburg Cincinnati
122 Bernardine Wieneken 44 Mother Feklenburg Cincinnati
123 Henriette Wieneken 20 Daughter Feklenburg Cincinnati
124 Wilhelm Wieneken 11 Son Feklenburg Cincinnati
125 Auguste Wieneken 5 Daughter Feklenburg Cincinnati
126 Cathrina Sophie Suhr 21 Single Lienen Cincinnati
127 Sophie Cathrine Lindemann 20 Single Lienen Cincinnati
128* Gerhard Heinrich Hindersmann Father Shoemaker ?? Cincinnati
129* Wilhelm Hindersmann 19 Son ?? Cincinnati
130* Heinrich Hindersmann 15 Son ?? Cincinnati
131 Gerhard Friedrich Korte 46 Single Peasant Feklenburg Baltimore
132 Heinrich Rover 21 Young Man Smith Osnabruck Cincinnati
133 Friedrich Rover 12 Young Man Osnabruck Cincinnati
134 Christine Rover 15 Single Osnabruck Cincinnati
135 Friedrich Eversmeier 20 Young Man Peasant Osnabruck Baltimore
136 Anna Margaretha Lagemans 61 Mother Osnabruck Cincinnati
137 Marie Wilhelmine Lagemans 18 Daughter Osnabruck Cincinnati
138 Heinrich Suttermann 29 Father Peasant Feklenburg St Louis
139 Wilhelmine Suttermann 29 Mother Feklenburg St Louis
140 Wilhelm Watke 20 Young Man Feklenburg Cincinnati
141 Gerhard Schulte 29 Father Wheelwright Osnabruck Cincinnati
142 Johanna Wilhelmine Schulte 26 Mother Osnabruck Cincinnati
143 Heinrich Schulte 21 Young Man Peasant Osnabruck Baltimore
144 Friedrich Wilhelm Schulte 24 Father Peasant Osnabruck Baltimore
145 Maria Elise Schulte 23 Mother Peasant Osnabruck Baltimore
146* Johann Christian Schulte 9m Son Osnabruck Baltimore
147 Heinrich Kurelmeyer 19 Young Man Wheelwright Osnabruck Cincinnati
148 Heinrich Adolph Bremer 21 Young Man Peasant Feklenburg Pittsburg
149 Friedrich Rietgen 25 Young Man Peasant Feklenburg Pittsburg
150* Franz Luft 40 Father Nail Smith ?? New Bremen
151* ?? Luft 30 Mother ?? New Bremen
152* Christina Luft 2y6m Daughter ?? New Bremen
153* Elise Luft 3m Daughter ?? New Bremen
154* Christian Heuermann 14 Young Man Tailor ?? New Bremen
155* Christian Klarke 65 Old Man Wheelwright ?? New Bremen
156* Heinrich Klarke 22 Son ?? New Bremen
157* Elise Klarke 19 Daughter ?? New Bremen
158* Wilhelmine Klarke 9 Daughter ?? New Bremen
159 Heinrich Wessels 26 Young Man Peasant Kloppenburg St Louis
160 Marianne Deben 18 Single Kloppenburg St Louis
161 Engel Koper 17 Single Kloppenburg Cincinnati
162 Theodor Mohrmann 21 Young Man Peasant Thiele St Louis
163 Marie Elisabeth Hysing 33 Single Kloppenburg Cincinnati
164* Anton Bernhard Rolfes 25 Father Merchant Ma??hausen Baltimore
165* Maria Elisabeth Rolfes 25 Mother Ma??hausen Baltimore
166* Engel Schluter 36 Mother Kloppenburg Baltimore
167 Georg Heinrich Schluter 14 Son Kloppenburg Baltimore
168 Marianne Schluter 14 Daughter Kloppenburg Baltimore
169 Johann Friedrich Neuhaus 23 Young Man Peasant Kloppenburg Cincinnati
(signed) Siefert Goerken
Transcriber's Notes:
* Indicates additional information noted in following paragraph
^ Indicates letters missing in abbreviated names
? Indicates letters/words missing or illegible
Passengers 1, 2, 3 are the only passengers listed in cabin class.
1,2 Last name could be Bocker, with umlat over the letter 'o'
22,23 First name may be Friedrich
36 through 49 Originating place is illegible due to ink blot/damage to copy
57 Passenger age is illegible due to ink blot/damage to copy
77 Listed as Old Man, but name seems to be female
78 Passenger has died during voyage
106,107,108 Destination is unknown to transcriber and could be Cenga
113 Passenger has died during voyage
117 Passenger has died during voyage
117,118,119 Originating place is illegible due to ink blot/damage to copy
128 Passenger age is illegible due to ink blot/damage to copy
128,129,130 Originating place is illegible due to ink blot/damage to copy
146 Age was listed as a fraction, changed per ISTG rules to months.
152 Age was listed as a fraction, changed per ISTG rules to months.
153 Age was listed as a fraction, changed per ISTG rules to months.
150-158 Originating place is illegible due to ink blot/damage to copy
151 First name could be Christina
164,165 Originating place is illegible due to ink blot/damage to copy
166 Passenger has died during voyage
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M255, Reel 6, List 155.
Transcribed by Janice Peterson
a member of
the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers
Guild
14 June 2005
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