Bark Copernicus
I, J. Rolufs, 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 Hamburg Bark "Copernicus" whereof I am Master, from Hamburg.
Sworn to, this 6th day of Sept 1851 C J Rolufs So help me God.
Before me W ? (port authority signature indecipherable)
List or Manifest Of All the Pasengers taken on board the Hamburg Bark "Copernicus" whereof J. Rolufs is Master from Hamburg burthen (no number listed) tons.
Columns represent: passenger name, age(yrs and months)*, gender, occupation, country of origin, and destination.
First Cabin Passengers: 1 Gustav Schmidt 26y4m m saddler Meklenburg New York 2 Josefine Schmidt 24 f Meklenburg New York 3* Carl Johann Fogh 26y3m m cand. mineralog Danemark New York 4 Bertha Rombauer 41 f Ungarn Iowa 5 Bertha Rombauer 22y4m f Ungarn Iowa 6 Robert Rombauer 21y3m m Ungarn Iowa 7 Broderick Rombauer 18y7m m Ungarn Iowa 8 Ida Rombauer 16 f Ungarn Iowa 9 Roland Rombauer 14y6m m Ungarn Iowa 10 Guido Rombauer 13 m Ungarn Iowa 11 Emma Rombauer 10y5m f Ungarn Iowa 12 Franz von Bichowsky 24y3m m merchant Preussen Indiana 13 Babet Engelmann 22y8m f Baiern Louisiana 14 Therese Herz 29y4m f Preussen New York 15 Pauline Herz 7y3m f Preussen New York 16 Theodor Olshausen 49y2m m lawyer Holstein Missouri 17 Ottilie Olshausen 38y2m f Holstein Missouri Seckond (sic)Cabin Passengers: 18 Hannchen Saamenfeld 30y9m f Hamburg Indeterm. 19 Betty Saamenfeld 28y5m f Hamburg Indeterm. 20 Victor Zagrodzki 27y3m m baker Preussen Indeterm. 21 Pauline Zagrodzki 21y4m f Preussen Indeterm. 22 Heinrich Schmidt 28y5m m silver smith Preussen Indeterm. 23 Arnold Haake 29y7m m merchant Holstein Indeterm. 24 Mathilde Haake 23y6m f Holstein Indeterm. 25 Hermann Eckhorst 34y4m m merchant Hamburg Indeterm. 26 Heinrich Rex 35y6m m confectioner Preussen Indeterm. 27* Alwina Schafer 27y5m f Hannover St Louis/Missouri/ 28* Johanna Schafer 5y3m f Hannover St Louis/Missouri/ 29 Gustav Levinsohn 22y2m m tailor Preussen Indeterm. 30 Rosalie Levinsohn 23y4m f Preussen Indeterm. 31 Philipp Herz 5y3m m Preussen New York 32 Gustav Herz 3y5m m Preussen New York 33 Sophie Poppe 34y8m f Meklenburg New York 34 Hermann Ruppin 29y9m m farmer Meklenburg Iowa 35* Malwina Melber 28y3m f Wurtemberg Ohio 36 Ludwig Ferdinand Eschner 22y5m m farmer Gotha Indeterm. 37 Eduard Pieck 29y10m m joiner Preussen Ohio 38 Michael Marsthall 42y2m m farmer Preussen Indeterm. 39* Ludwig Leonhard 27y5m m backer Preussen New York 40 Berthold Cantorowitz 16y5m m merchant Preussen Indeterm. 41 Hermann Munzel 25y7m m merchant Preussen Jersey 42 Johann Schneider 26y2m m backer Meklenburg Indeterm. 43* Johann Heinrich Rammler 32y9m m girder Preuss Ohio/Cincinati 44* Dorothea Rammler 20y4m f Preuss Ohio/Cincinati 45 Louise Wilhelmine Rammler 1y3m f Preuss Ohio/Cincinati 46 Christian Marohn 44y6m m joiner Preussen Ohio/Cincinati 47 Hermann Golina 25y9m m tailor Preussen Ohio/Cincinati 48 Wilhelm Samlowski 34y2m m joiner Preussen North Carlina 49 Carl Simon 24y3m m sailor Preussen New York 50 Friederike Simon 24y3m f Preussen New York 51 Hodes Simon 50y2m f Preussen New York 52 Friederike Simon 25y1m f Preussen New York 53 Jette Dasch 24y3m f Preussen New York 54 Hanna Levy 21y2m f Preussen New York 55* Hermann Furstenheim 19y3m m merchant Cothen Indeterm. 56 Conrad Kropf 28y7m m butscher Baiern Indeterm. 57 Jette Bloch 16y3m f Baiern Alabama 58 Samuel Liebstein 15y2m m Baiern Kentucky 59 Anna Sailer 25y3m f Baiern New York 60 Casimir Danzer 36y7m m dier Baiern New York 61 Heinrich Mummbrauer 32y5m m tailor Hannover New York 62 Jacob Sailer 12y2m m Baiern New York 63 Friederike Mummbrauer 30y7m f Hannover New York 64 August Ludwig ?0y2m m tailor Preussen Indeterm. 65 Johann Friedrich Schmidt 23y5m m tailor Lubeck New York 66 Friederike Meuser 29y7m f Waldeck New York 67 Friedrich August Diderich 27y1m m tailor Sachsen New York 68 Wilhelm Engert 27y4m m butcher Sachsen Maryland 69 Heinrich Bader 26y10m m mason Sachsen Indeterm. 70 Saul Alexander 25y4m m merchant Preussen Indeterm. 71 Salomon Alexander 23y4m m merchant Preussen Indeterm. 72 Jacob Struck 23y7m m merchant Preussen Indeterm. 73 Johann Eggert 30y3m m wheel-wright Preussen New York 74 Elise Eggert 27y5m f Preussen New York 75 Carl Riekhoff 27y2m m wheel-wright Meklenburg Ohio/Cincinnati 76 Johann Thedorff 45y2m m shoe-maker Meklenburg Jersey 77 Louise Thedorff 15y3m f Meklenburg Jersey 78 Gottlob Hartwig 60y7m m tinker Preussen Indeterm. 79 Christiane Hartwig 53y6m f Preussen Indeterm. 80 Carl Hartwig 7y2m m Preussen Indeterm. 81 Friedrich Gassmann 35y4m m joiner Meklenburg Wisconsin 82 Lisette Freude 27y3m f Meklenburg Wisconsin 83 Johann Struck 22y5m m merchant Schleswig Indeterm. 84 Jeanette Berkheim 20y2m f Preussen New York 85 Salusch Herz 16y3m m tailor Preussen New York 86 Heinrich Bohm 18y2m m joiner Meklenburg Wisconsin 87 Elisabeth Bohm 19y3m f Meklenburg Wisconsin 88 August Nieland 24y1m m wheel-wright Meklenburg Wisconsin 89 August Geiger 29y7m m butcher Preuseen Indeterm. 90 Heinrich Geiger 25y5m m merchant Preussen Indeterm. 91 Heinrich Conrad 30y2m m miller Meklenburg Wisconsin 92 Johann Schlott 28y7m m farmer Meklenburg Wisconsin 93 Friederike Schlott 30y3m f Meklenburg Wisconsin 94 Hirsch Heine 48y9m m merchant Meklenburg Wisconsin 95 Johanne Heine 48y5m f Meklenburg Wisconsin 96 Friederike Heine 6y6m f Meklenburg Wisconsin 97 Christian Sandberg 45y3m m farmer Meklenburg Wisconsin 98 Sophie Sandberg 40y5m f Meklenburg Wisconsin 99 Christian Sandberg 22y6m m Meklenburg Wisconsin 100 Maria Sandberg 18y4m f Meklenburg Wisconsin 101 Joachim Sandberg 10y5m m Meklenburg Wisconsin 102 Heinrich August Thonner 22y7m m merchant Holstein Indeterm. 103 Johann Thonner 20y3m m merchant Holstein Indeterm. 104 Heinrich Christian Bergmann 35y2m m tailor Meklenburg Indeterm. 105 Friedrich Jancke 28y5m m farmer Meklenburg Indeterm. 106 Johan Hoffmann 35y2m m joiner Hessen Maryland 107 Hermann W. Michael 28y3m m furrier Preussen Indeterm. 108 Sarchen Kuhn 36y7m f Hamburg Indeterm. 109 Johan Poppe 34y4m m joiner Schleswig Indeterm. 110 Sophie Poppe 34y2m f Schleswig Indeterm. 111 Christian Poppe 26y3m m joiner Schleswig Indeterm. 112 Friedrich Oppermann 23y7m m musician Meklenburg Wisconsin 113 Johann Oppermann 28y2m m musician Meklenburg Wisconsin 114 Friederike Oppermann 25y5m f Meklenburg Wisconsin 115 Carl Behn 21y3m m weaver Meklenburg Wisconsin 116 Caroline Schulz 51y6m f Meklenburg Wisconsin 117 Sophie Gentow 33y2m f Meklenburg Wisconsin 118 Heinrich Hamann 35y7m m wheel-wright Meklenburg New York/Buffalo/ 119 Anna Hamann 27y4m f Meklenburg New York/Buffalo/ 120 Caroline Hamann 5y6m f Meklenburg New York/Buffalo/ 121 Friedrich Ehrich 21y m wheel-wright Meklenburg Wisconsin 122 Georg Meyer 27y3m m gold-smith Hannover Indeterm. 123 Volkmar Kaempf 32y5m m joiner Preussen Indeterm. 124 Amanda Kaempf 25y6m f Preussen Indeterm. 125* Ludwig Wilhelm Kampf 2y3m m Preussen Indeterm. 126 Conrad Kott 48y7m m farmer Gotha Wisconsin 127 Friederike Kott 50y2m f Gotha Wisconsin 128 Ernestine Kott 15y3m f Gotha Wisconsin 129 Antonie Kott 13y6m f Gotha Wisconsin 130 Friedrich Hillmann 30y5m m tailor Meklenburg Indeterm. 131 Sophia Hillmann 25y3m f Meklenburg Indeterm. 132 Hellmuth Hevernick 31y3m m tailor Meklenburg Indeterm. 133 Friedrich Schmarbeck 28y4m m wheel wright Meklenburg Ohio/Cincinnati/ 134 Marie Schmarbeck 25y2m f Meklenburg Ohio/Cincinnati/ 135 Friedrich Michel Breitag 28y6m m farmer Preussen Wisconsin 136 Malwina Levin 20y8m f Preussen New York 137 Franzisca Kirchhoeffer 48y5m f Sachsen New York 138 August Schwiedop 41y3m m musicien Meklenberg Wisconsin 139 Friederike Schwiedop 32y9m f Meklenburg Wisconsin 140 Maria Schwiedop 12y6m f Meklenburg Wisconsin 141 Ottilie Schwiedop 11y4m f Meklenburg Wisconsin 142 Caroline Schwiedop 10y3m f Meklenburg Wisconsin 143 Leopoldine Schwiedop 2y7m f Meklenburg Wisconsin 144 Carl Schwiedop 0y3m m Meklenburg Wisconsin 145 Robert Lefevre 22y3m m farmer Frankreich New York 146 Carl Schnurstein 24y5m m joiner Meklenburg Indeterm. 147 Magdalene Schnurstein 25y6m f Meklenburg Indeterm. 148 Heinrich Stein 20y3m m gardener Meklenburg Indeterm. 149* Ludwig Luders 32y6m m wheelwright Meklenburg Indeterm. 150* Sophie Luders 27y2m f Meklenburg Indeterm. 151* Carl Luders 4y4m m Meklenburg Indeterm. 152 Christian Henkhorst 25y4m m blacksmith Meklenburg Wisconsin 153 Friedrich Burmeister 38y4m m tailor Meklenburg Wisconsin 154 Bernhardine Burmeister 33y5m f Meklenburg Wisconsin 155 Wilhelm Burmeister 4y2m m Meklenburg Wisconsin 156 Heinrich Burmeister 8y4m m Meklenburg Wisconsin 157 Ernst Burmeister 6y6m m Meklenburg Wisconsin 158 Robert Burmeister 4y3m m Meklenburg Wisconsin 159 Wilhelmine Burmeister 1y9m f Meklenburg Wisconsin 160 Carl Gust 41y6m m farmer Preussen Wisconsin 161 Helene Gust 36y3m f Preussen Wisconsin 162 Julius Gust 15y4m m Preussen Wisconsin 163 Ferdinand Gust 13y6m m Preussen Wisconsin 164 Friedrich Gust 11y4m m Preussen Wisconsin 165 Wilhelm Gust 8y9m m Preussen Wisconsin 166 Robert Gust 4y3m m Preussen Wisconsin 167 Amalie Gust 2y5m f Preussen Wisconsin 168 Martin Lindemann 29y3m m shoe-maker Preussen Wisconsin 169* Wilhelm Schlosser 26y3m m farmer Preussen Wisconsin 170 Johann Zimmermann 20y7m m farmer Preussen Indeterm. 171 Carl Friedrich Reisener 32y6m m joiner Preussen Indeterm. 172 Wilhelmine Reisener 36y2m f Preussen Indeterm. 173 Louise Reisener 5y3m f Preussen Indeterm. 174 Auguste Reisener 3y6m f Preussen Indeterm. 175 Friedrich Metzler 30y3m m mason Sachsen New York/Buffalo/ 176 Lisette Metzler 29y6m f Sachsen New York/Buffalo/ 177 Heinrich Metzler 0y4m m Sachsen New York/Buffalo/ 178 Heinrich Pagel 37y3m m farmer Meklenburg New York/Buffalo/ 179 Charlotte Pagel 35y5m f Meklenburg New York/Buffalo/ 180 Wilhelm Strauch 30y3m m tailor Hannover Indeterm. 181 Christian Meyer 43y6m m farmer Meklenburg Indeterm. 182 Sophie Meyer 40y3m f Meklenburg Indeterm. 183 Louise Meyer 16y3m f Meklenburg Indeterm. 184 Sophie Meyer 14y5m f Meklenburg Indeterm. 185 Johann Meyer 12y6m m Meklenburg Indeterm. 186 Christof Meyer 7y6m m Meklenburg Indeterm. 187 Minna Meyer 7y6m f Meklenburg Indeterm. 188 Carl Meyer 6y3m m Meklenburg Indeterm. 189 Rudolf Meyer 27y5m m carpenter Meklenburg Indeterm. 190 Ernestine Lining 29y4m f Meklenburg New York/Buffalo/ 191 Carl Liese 29y6m m miller Meklenburg Ohio/Cincinnati/ 192 Ludwig Klatte 45y4m m farmer Meklenburg Wisconsin 193 Henriette Klatte 37y5m f Meklenburg Wisconsin 194 Carl August Klatte 19y8m m Meklenburg Wisconsin 195 Carl Rudolf Klatte 17y4m m Meklenburg Wisconsin 196 Friedrich Wilhelm Klatte 15y6m m Meklenburg Wisconsin 197 Martha Klatte 11y3m f Meklenburg Wisconsin 198 Maria Klatte 9y6m f Meklenburg Wisconsin 199 Louise Klatte 7y3m f Meklenburg Wisconsin 200 Hulda Klatte 5y4m f Meklenburg Wisconsin 201 Caroline Klatte 21y4m f Meklenburg Wisconsin 202 Rudolf Kuhnert 19y2m m brewer Meklenburg Wisconsin 203 Caroline Schultzer 27y3m f Meklenburg Wisconsin 204 August Jaeck 27y6m m farmer Meklenburg Wisconsin 205 Joachim Hans 63y2m m farmer Meklenburg Wisconsin 206 Dorothea Hans 63y8m f Meklenburg Wisconsin 207 Julius Hans 24 m farmer Meklenburg Wisconsin 208 Wilhelmine Hans 22y3m f Meklenburg Wisconsin 209 Ernst Hans 18y7m m Meklenburg Wisconsin 210 Amalie Hans 16y4m f Meklenburg Wisconsin 211 Ferdinand Hans 14y2m m Meklenburg Wisconsin 212 Julius Witte 33y6m m farmer Meklenburg Wisconsin 213 Ernestine Witte 26y3m f Meklenburg Wisconsin 214 Emilie Witte 20y4m f Meklenburg Wisconsin 215* Ferdinand Plath 27y3m m farmer Meklenburg Wisconsin 216 Ferdinand Wagener 23y6m m farmer Meklenburg Wisconsin 217 August Busch 28y2m m gardener Meklenburg Wisconsin 218 August Preuss 25y8m m turner Meklenburg Wisconsin 219 Daniel Friedrich Strehlow 42y4m m farmer Meklenburg Wisconsin 220 Dorothea Strehlow 20y3m f Meklenburg Wisconsin 221 Friedrich Strehlow 16y6m m Meklenburg Wisconsin 222 August Strehlow 14y5m m Meklenburg Wisconsin 223 Wilhelmine Strehlow 12y2m f Meklenburg Wisconsin 224 Louise Strehlow 9y3m f Meklenburg Wisconsin 225 Wilhelm Strehlow 7y4m m Meklenburg Wisconsin 226 Julius Strehlow 5y8m m Meklenburg Wisconsin 227 Bertha Strehlow 0y6m f Meklenburg Wisconsin 228 Emil Witte 1y6m m Meklenburg Wisconsin 229* Stein some days f Born on board the 26th of August 230* Signed: C J Roluffs
Transcriber's Notes: ? A question mark indicates material which is indecipherable. * An asterisk indicates further information in the passenger notes. ^ A caret indicates that the following letters were written in superscript. * Ages were listed by the original transcriber as 26/4, 41/4, etc. These have been changed to 26y4m, 41y4m, etc. to comply with guild guidelines. * The writer of this list used ditto marks in the occupation column. I don't think that children (or females) have those occupations--it looks like the ditto marks are an indication that there is no entry for the column because where the writer does indicate a repeat of an entry he uses "do" an abbreviation for ditto. * The term "Indeterm." is used in the destination column apparently indicating there was no determined destination for that passenger. * Spellings are reproduced as found in the original, i.e. North Carlina (North Carolina), seckond, etc. English versions of some of the European terms: Baiern = Bavaria Danemark = Denmark Frankreich = France Hessen = Hessia Meklenburg = Mecklenburg Preussen, Preuss = Prussia, Prussian Sachsen = Saxony Ungarn = Hungary 3 Danemark has an umlauted "a." 27-28 Surname has an umlauted "a" so may be Schaefer. 35 List number is actually 35a and then the name August Saamenfeld is inserted. See also Passenger 230. 39 Occupation: baker. 42 Occupation: baker. 43-44 Country of origin looks like Peuss, Reuss, or Beuss. I believe it should be Preuss, i.e., an abbreviation for Preussen. 55 Surname has an umlauted "u" so may be Fuerstenheim, and Cothen has an umlauted "o." 86-87 Surname has an umlauted "o" so may be Boehm. 125 Surname has an umlauted "a" so may be Kaempf--which is how it is written for the two preceding entries, presumably the parents of this child. 149-151 Surname has an umlauted "u" so may be Lueders. 169 Surname ahs an umlauted "o" so may be Schloesser. 215 Surname may be Flath. 229 Only the surname is listed and then the note in the age column: some days and further note beginning in the occupation column: born on board the 26th of August. 230 Note says see 35b, where the name August Saamenfeld is inserted as a passenger in the second cabin class. Correspondence added 11-02-2006, Passengers 73 & 74, EGGERT Dear Sirs! I am sure I found my great-great-grandmother together with her husband on the list of passengers on bark Copernicus from Hamburg to New York on 6th of September 1851. Her maiden name was Tonagel, in the list their names are: Johann Eggert and Elise Eggert. Elise had three children, two with another man, the third, a girl, together with Johann Eggert. The first child, a boy, was my great-grandfather. That time Elise lived in Schwerin, Mecklenburg.Later my great-grandfather lived and worked in Schwerin. Some years he was responsable for the gardens of Schwerin castle. At least the third child, the girl, Elise could have taken with her on the long travel to New York, but I couldn‘t find any children going with them. Very interesting would be for me, to find out, when they arrived and where Elise and Johann Eggert stayed after the arrivel at New York. Do you have any idea how to find out? Your database was a great help for me. Thank you very much! Yours sincerely, Gudrun v. Einem
COPERNICUS (1)
The Hamburg bark COPERNICUS (not to be confused with the Bremen bark of the same name, which sailed in the emigrant trade between Bremen and the United States in the 1830's-1840's) was built by Heinrich Otto Becker, of Pillau, East Prussia (now Baltjsk, in the Russian territory of Kaliningrad), for the merchant Eduard Ganswindt; Bielbrief [certificate of registry] Konigsberg 3 October 1850; sold the same day to the Hamburg merchant and shipowner Robert Miles Sloman. 163 Commerzlasten; other measurements not given. Master: 1851-1853 - C. J. O. Roluffs; 1853-1856 - H. Meyer; 1856-1857 - H. C. Johannes; 1857-1859 - T. A. Dahl. Voyages: 1850 - from Pillau/London; 1851-1852 - New York; 1852/53 - New Orleans; 1853-1856 - New York; 1856/1857 - New Orleans; 1857 - Quebec; 1857/1858 - New Orleans; 1858 - Quebec/Glasgow. 1859, sold Norwegian and renamed SANDEFJORD (Gronwold, master) [Ernst Hieke, Rob. M. Sloman Jr., errichtet 1793, Veroffentlichungen der Wirtschaftsgeschichtlichen Forschungsstelle e.V., Band 30 (Hamburg: Verlag Hanseatischer Merkur, 1968), p. 372; Walter Kresse, ed., Seeschiffs-Verzeichnis der Hamburger Reedereien, 1824-1888, Mitteilungen aus dem Museum fur Hamburgische Geschichte, N. F., Bd. 5. (Hamburg: Museum fur Hamburgische Geschichte, 1969), vol. 2, p. 209]. - [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Michael Palmer - 10 February 1998]
Masters:
1851-1853 - C. J. O. Roluffs
1853-1856 - H. Meyer
1856-1857 - H. C. Johannes
1857-1859 - T. A. Dahl
Voyages:
1850 - from Pillau/London
1851-1852 - New York
1852/53 - New Orleans
1853-1856 - New York
1856/1857 - New Orleans
1857 - Quebec
1857/1858 - New Orleans
1858 - Quebec/Glasgow
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 104, List 1307.
Transcribed by Gene Janssen a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
28 March 2005
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