Immigrant Ships
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Bark Columbia*
Bremen, Germany to New York
4 June 1855
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, H. Lemcke, do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the follwoing 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 Brem Ship Columbia whereof I am Master, from Bremen.
Sworn to this 4th of June 1855 So help me God, H. Lemcke
Before me ?
List or manifest of All the Passengers taken on board the Brem Bark Columbia
whereof H Lemcke is Master, from Bremen burth 495 tons.
Columns represent: passenger names, ages, gender, occupation, nationality,
and destination.
This list has been renumbered for the website with the Cabin Passengers (of
which there
are 10) being listed at the end of the list instead of at the beginning in
the original.
Steerage Passengers:
1 Henry Meissner 48 m Bricklayer Hessia Cincinatti
2 Mary Elisa Meissner 38 f Hessia Cincinatti
3 Michael Meissner 20 m Labourer Hessia Cincinatti
4* ? 17 f Hessia Cincinatti
5 Elisabeth Meissner 9 f Hessia Cincinatti
6 Henry Marth 24 m Labourer Hessia Cincinatti
7 Martha Elisa Marth 26 f Hessia Cincinatti
8 Adam Marth 10m m Hessia Cincinatti
9 Sophia Schellhaus 24 f Hessia Cincinatti
10 Mary Cath. Pfeffer 17 f Hessia N. York
11 Frederic Sonnemann 20 m Joiner Hanover Wisconsin
12 August Sonnemann 18 m Tailor Hanover Wisconsin
13 Mary Agathe Beisinger 14 f Baden Louisville
14 Henry Vizedum 21 m Black-smith Bohemia Ohio
15 William Gruner 27 m Bricklayer Reuss Wisconsin
16 Johanna Sachs 28 f Reuss Wisconsin
17 Elisabeth Ringler 19 f Bavaria Ohio
18 Margarethe Deinzer 26 f Bavaria Ohio
19 Ernst Daut 29 m Farmer Bavaria Ohio
20 Elisa Hallenberger 18 f Prussia Philadelphia
21 Conrad Arnold 48 m Farmer Bavaria Rochester
22 Kunigunde Arnold 49 f Bavaria Rochester
23 Barbara Arnold 9 f Bavaria Rochester
24* John Thumler 18 m Farmer Bavaria Rochester
25 William Wehrman 30 m Joiner Hanover Wisconsin
26 Johanna Wehrman 26 f Hanover Wisconsin
27 William Wehrman 7 m Hanover Wisconsin
28 Minna Wehrman 5 f Hanover Wisconsin
29 Frederic Wehrman 2 m Hanover Wisconsin
30 Magdalene Behle 29 f Hessia N. York
31* John Gotz 18 m Basketmaker Bavaria Chicago
32* Margarethe Gotz 36 f Bavaria Chicago
33* Conrad Gotz 15 m Basketmaker Bavaria Chicago
34* Niclas Gotz 13 m Bavaria Chicago
35* Sebastian Gotz 7 m Bavaria Chicago
36 Elisa Schulz 32 f Hessia N. York
37 Christian Schulz 10m m Hessia N. York
38 Georg Henry Kuhl 21 m Farmer Prussia Chicago
39 Georg Bendroth 27 m Weaver Hanover Chicago
40 Sophia Bendroth 27 f Hanover Chicago
41 William Bendroth 2 m Hanover Chicago
42 Lewis Vogt 56 m Wheelright Hanover Chicago
43 Wilhelmina Vogt 18 f Hanover Chicago
44 Christian Busse 35 m Weaver Hanover Chicago
45 Sophia Borman 26 f Hanover Chicago
46 William Hobein 36 m Farmer Hanover Chicago
47 John Henry Ehlers 22 m Farmer Hanover N. York
48 Frederk Ehlers 21 m Farmer Hanover Chicago
49 Anna Klein 38 f Nassau Pensylvania
50 John Schoenleben 28 m Farmer Bavaria Wisconsin
51 Martin Thaler 24 m Labourer Bavaria Wisconsin
52 William Thaler 22 m Labourer Bavaria Wisconsin
53* Henry ??oeth 24 m Dier Prussia Canada
54* Elisabeth ??oeth 28 f Prussia Canada
55 Georg Peuser 24 m Farmer Nassau Williamsburg
56 Charlotte Peuser 18 f Nassau Williamsburg
57 Carolina Peuser 16 f Nassau Williamsburg
58 Charles Appel 20 m Farmer Nassau Illinois
59 Joseph Huth 14 m Nassau Cincinatti
60 Christiana Trump 24 f Wurtemberg Kentucki
61 Michael Daeubler 31 m Farmer Bavaria Michigan
62 Crescentia Daeubler 26 f Bavaria Michigan
63 Victoria Leidt 21 f Bavaria Syracuse
64 Joseph Schneider 22 m Tin-man Bavaria N. York
65 Anna Linsemeyer 21 f Bavaria N. York
66 Joseph Streicher 30 m Glover Bavaria Kentucki
67 Georg Kragl 31 m Farmer Bavaria Syracuse
68 Mary Therese Lorber 33 f Bavaria Syracuse
69 Adam Diefeld 24 m Tanner Bavaria Williamsburg
70 John Schultge 31 m Citizen Cincinatti
71 Mary Schultge 28 f Citizen Cincinatti
72 Ellen Schultge 15 f Citizen Cincinatti
73 Mary Schultge 10 f Citizen Cincinatti
74 John Even 25 m Shoemaker Prussia N. York
75* Henry Muller 30 m Farmer Prussia Wisconsin
76* Lina Muller 30 f Prussia Wisconsin
77 Henry Heinemann 33 m Farmer Prussia Wisconsin
78 John Trollmann 30 m Farmer Bavaria Wisconsin
79 Christian Schnee 36 m Weaver Nassau Pensylvania
80 Clara Schnee 34 f Nassau Pensylvania
81 Peter Schnee ? m Nassau Pensylvania
82 Catharina Schnee 11m f Nassau Pensylvania
83 John Klein 38 m Farmer Nassau Pensylvania
84 Anna Mary Klein 36 f Nassau Pensylvania
85 Catharina Klein 11m f Nassau Pensylvania
86 Peter Klein 8 m Nassau Pensylvania
87 Fredric Reichwein 47 m Weaver Nassau Pensylvania
88 Anna Reichwein 40 f Nassau Pensylvania
89 Peter Reichwein 15 m Nassau Pensylvania
90* James Muller 16 m Labourer Nassau Pensylvania
91 Peter Schnee 17 m Nassau Pensylvania
92 Mary Heffrich 21 f Nassau Pensylvania
93* John Grosgen 25 m Labourer Nassau Pensylvania
94 William Klein 16 m Labourer Nassau Pensylvania
95 John Stahl 18 m Labourer Nassau Pensylvania
96 John Jung 28 m Labourer Nassau Pensylvania
97 Peter Jung 17 m Labourer Nassau Pensylvania
98 Peter Schnee 22 m Labourer Nassau Pensylvania
99* John Henry Stuve 20 m Farmer Hanover Ohio
100 Ernst Schloesser 23 m Miller Hanover N. York
101 Werner Poppe 20 m Merchant Bremen N. York
102 Christ. Meiercamp 23 m Blacksmith Lippe N. York
103 Max Burlage 32 m Forester Prussia Indiana
104 Anna Mary Heinemann 20 f Prussia Indiana
105 Gertrude Harmann 22 f Prussia Indiana
106 Henry Lamann 21 m Carpenter Prussia Cincinatti
107 Hermann Niehaus 20 m Wheelright Prussia Ohio
108 Henry Sickmann 20 m Farmer Prussia Indiana
109 Catharina Paulis 20 f Prussia Chicago
110 Mary Paulis 18 f Prussia Chicago
111 Wilhelmina Leupoldt 23 f Wurtemberg Ohio
112 Anna Mary Preginer 25 f Wurtemberg N. York
113 Carolina Tonsing 26 f Hanover Fort Vienna
114 Frederic Tonsing 3 m Hanover Fort Vienna
115 Julius Peyser 33 m Merchant Schwarzburg N. York
116 Julia Peyser 29 f Schwarzburg N. York
117 Hildegard Peyser 3 f Schwarzburg N. York
118 Minna Peyser 10m f Schwarzburg N. York
119 Gerson Peyser 22 m Merchant Schwarzburg N. York
120 Adelhaid Peyser 24 f Schwarzburg N. York
121 Sara Peyser 23 f Schwarzburg N. York
122* John G. Monch 26 m Miller Coburg N. York
123* Kunigunda Monch 20 f Coburg N. York
124 Andreas Hellmuth 28 m Stone-cutter Bavaria N. York
125 Margarethe Hellmuth 21 f Bavaria N. York
126 John Gottl. Prange 34 m Brick-maker Prussia Wisconsin
127 Johann Prange 30 f Prussia Wisconsin
128 Charles Prange 6 m Prussia Wisconsin
129 Augusta Prange 4 f Prussia Wisconsin
130 Frederic Voss 26 m Brick-maker Prussia Wisconsin
131 Henrietta Voss 23 f Prussia Wisconsin
132 Robert Voss 2 m Prussia Wisconsin
133 Alexander Voss 9m m Prussia Wisconsin
134 Paul Schuelter 33 m Farmer Hungaria Illinois
135 Anna Mary Schuelter 30 f Hungaria Illinois
136 Therese Schuelter 3 f Hungaria Illinois
137 Francis Schwarz 38 m Black-smith Hungaria Illinois
138* Gerhard Henry Giro?d 23 m Lace-maker Bremen N. York
139 Joseph Gocke 19 m Farmer Prussia N. York
140 Adelhaid Brening 32 f Prussia N. York
141* Georg Schafer 34 m Miner Bavaria Pensylvania
142* Mary Schafer 50 f Bavaria Pensylvania
143 Theodor Ritzentoff 54 m Cloth-dresser Prussia Williamsburg
144 Christiane Ritzentoff 45 f Prussia Williamsburg
145 Justina Ritzentoff 13 f Prussia Williamsburg
146* Clara Smith 30 f Prussia Williamsburg
147* William Smith 6 m Prussia Williamsburg
148 Christine Scheweling 31 f Prussia Indiana
149 Ernst Scheweling 3 m Prussia Indiana
150 Mary Scheweling 10m f Prussia Indiana
151 Charles Quade 32 m Brick-layer Prussia Lancaster
152* August Boncker 17 m Gardener Prussia Lancaster
153* Louisa Luttkemeyer 21 f Prussia Lancaster
154 Wilhelmine Stornemeyer 17 f Prussia Lancaster
155 Dorothea Goldmann 50 f Citizen N. York
156 August Goldmann 14 m Citizen N. York
157 Mary Grimm 26 f Bremen N. York
158 Paul Huber 40 m Farmer Hungaria Wisconsin
159 Eva Huber 36 f Hungaria Wisconsin
160 Johanna Huber 17 f Hungaria Wisconsin
161 John Huber 16 m Hungaria Wisconsin
162 Elisabeth Huber 11 f Hungaria Wisconsin
163 Mary Huber 8 f Hungaria Wisconsin
164 Paul Huber 6 m Hungaria Wisconsin
165 Rosana Huber 4 f Hungaria Wisconsin
166 Joseph Huber 11m m Hungaria Wisconsin
167 Stephan Sandhofer 44 m Farmer Hungaria Wisconsin
168 Johann Sandhofer 41 f Hungaria Wisconsin
169 Paul Sandhofer 19 m Farmer Hungaria Wisconsin
170 Francis Sandhofer 4 m Hungaria Wisconsin
171 Anna Mary Sandhofer 9m f Hungaria Wisconsin
172 John Keif 30 m Brewer Bavaria N. York
173 H. Menkemeyer 30 m Baker Brunswic N. York
174* Anna Gotz 29 f Bavaria Rochester
175* Barbara Gotz 53 f Bavaria Rochester
176* Conrad Gotz 9 m Bavaria Rochester
177* Barbara Gotz 6 f Bavaria Rochester
Cabin Passengers:
178* Fredericka Schwedler 60 fem Saxony N. York
179 Lina Schwedler 35 fem N. York
180 Theodora Schwedler 34 fem N. York
181 Edward Schwedler 32 male Physician Saxony N. York
182 Amelie Schwedler 28 fem Saxony N. York
183 Mathilde Schwedler 4 fem Saxony N. York
184 Mary Schwedler 3 fem Saxony N. York
185 Ellen Schwedler 2 fem Saxony N. York
186 Fanny Schwedler 9m fem Saxony N. York
187 Mary Schade 16 fem Hessia N. York
Endnote: Cab 10
Inf 9 -177
Transcriber's Notes:
A question mark indicates material that was indecipherable.
An asterisk indicates further information found in the passenger notes.
A caret ^ indicates letters written in superscript, usually the ending of an
abbreviated name.
The names on this list must have been anglicized (perhaps by the writer), i.e.
Mary, Henry, John, Frederic,William, Lewis instead of Marie, Heinrich, Johann,
Friedrich, Wilhelm, Ludwig etc. and in also, one name, Smith, was most likely
Schmidt originally.
The Columbia is referred to in the Captain's Statement as both a Ship and a Bark.
4 Damage to original has obliterated the name; however the other information
is present, and, most likely, it is a Meissner family member.
24 Surname has an umlauted "u" so may be Thuemler.
53-54 Cannot determine surname with certainty. It seems to be Rseth.
31-35 Surname has an umlauted "o" so may be Goetz.
75-76 Surname has an umlauted "u" so may be Mueller.
90 Surname has an umlauted "u" so may be Mueller.
93 Surname may have an umlauted "o" so may be Groesgen.
99 Surname has an umlauted "u" so may be Stueve.
122-123 Surname has an umlauted "o" so may be Moench.
138 Not sure if surname is Giroud or Girond.
141-142 Surname has an umlauted "a" so may be Schaefer.
146-147 Surname should probably be Schmidt.
152 Surname has an umlauted "o" so may be Boencker.
153 Surname has an umlauted "u" so may be Luettkemeyer.
174-177 Surname has an umlauted "o" so may be Goetz.
178 Country of origin is listed as Saxony but the word "citizen" is written after
that and then crossed out.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 153, List 454.
Transcribed by Gene Janssen
a member of
the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers
Guild
11 April 2005
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