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Bark Dorette
Bremen, Germany to New York
1 July 1861
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I C. Gustavus, Master of the Bark Dorette do solemnly, sincerely,
and truly affirm that the following List or Manifest subscribed by me, and now
delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs of the Collection District of
New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board of
the said Vessel at Bremen from which port said Vessel has now arrived;
and that on said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and the
occupation of each of said passengers, the part of the vessel occupied by
each during the passage, the country to which each belongs, and also the
country of which it is intended by each to become an inhabitant; and that
said List or Manifest truly sets forth the Number of said passengers who have
died on said voyage, and the names and ages of those who died.
So help me God. Sworn to me this 1st July, 1861 (illegible signature).
Before me C. Gustavus.
List or Manifest of all the passengers taken on board the Bremen
Bark Dorette whereof C. Gustavus is Master,
from Bremen burthen about 490 tons.
Columns represent: passenger number, name, age in years, months,
sex, occupation, country to which they severally belong, country
in which they intend to become inhabitants*, Died on the Voyage,
and part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.
First Cabin
1* Fried. Tubel 24 4 M Conditor Bayern New York
2* Franz Ehrmann 26 2 M Doct. Wurtemburg New York
3* Lina Erhmann 19 6 F Doct. Wurtemburg New York
4* Christ. Brusing 25 F Dressmk. Hannover New York
5 Elis. Kampe 24 F Unknown Hannover New York
2d Cabin
6* Maria El. Feldmann 50 F Oeconom Hannover Iowa
7 Maria El. Feldmann 24 F Oeconom Hannover Iowa
8 Margr R. Lohse 19 2 F Oeconom Hannover Iowa
9 Fritz Kahnemann 16 5 M Farmer Hannover New York
10* Christ. Finke 18 5 M Farmer Hannover New York
11 H. W. Steffens 15 M Farmer Hannover New York
12 A. H. Landrock 53 M Oeconom Hessen Indiana
13 Maria Landrock 30 F Oeconom Hessen Indiana
14 Cath. Elis. Landrock 22 F Oeconom Hessen Indiana
15 Joh. Hilgand 28 M Techniker Bayern Ohio
16 Ansal " 32 F Techniker Bayern Ohio
17 Margr. Weinkauf 50 F Widow Bayern New York
18 Fr. Weinkauf 15 M Barber Bayern New York
19* Pal. Kuhner 25 F Sarfis Wurtemburg New York
20 Fr. Kuhner 18 F Sarfis Wurtemburg New York
21 Chrs Kuhner 26 M Oeconom Wurtemburg New York
22 Fr. Hegelen 22 M Merchant Oldenburg New York
23 Fr. Appel 19 M Merchant Frankfurt New York
24* Maria Singer 16 F Dresstmk Bayern New York
25* Marg. Funk 24 F Dresstmk Bayern New York
26* Anna Wiegert 29 F Kook Hannover New York
27* Georg Muller 28 M Unknown Bayern Buffalo
28* Franz Muller 36 F Unknown Bayern Buffalo
29* Georg Hitzler 26 M Butscher Bayern Missican
30* Maria Hitzler 27 F Butscher Bayern Missican
31* Fr. Sass. Hitzler 11 M Infant Bayern Missican
32* Wilh. Lemkan 16 M Longschur Hannover New York
33* Chr. Hartmann 16 M Longschur Prussia Wilmington
34 Meta Halenbeck 27 F Drestmkr Hannover New York
35 Joh. G. Bebhau 34 M Miller Bayern Pennsylvania
36 H. Otto Ruckelshausen 29 M Unknown Hessen New York
37* Paul Pehlein 29 M Smith Bayern New York
38 Joh. Hupfer 31 M Tailor Bayern New York
39 Kunig. Hupfer 25 F Tailor Bayern New York
40* Pun? Hupfer 0 09 F Tailor Bayern New York
41 Cath. Diehl 24 F Unknown Hessen New York
42 Carl Zimmer 31 M Baker Hessen New York
43 Marg. Zimmer 22 F Baker Hessen New York
44 Barb. Bellinger 19 F Sarfis Hessen Indiana
45 Eng. Smidt 16 M Baker Hessen Indiana
46 Anna Bachus 24 F Sarfis Hessen New York
47 Maria Ganz 17 F Sarfis Hessen New York
48 Lucie Normann 23 F Sarfis Hannover New York
49* Joh. Schnelkersifer 37 F Drestm Prussia Missuri
50* Helen Brandt 38 F Eierner Prussia Missuri
51* Joh. Matthews 41 M Oeconom Prussia Missuri
52* Juliane Matthews 26 F Oeconom Prussia Missuri
53* Rudolf F. Matthews 7 M Oeconom Prussia Missuri
54* August A. Matthews 5 M Oeconom Prussia Missuri
55* Julius A. Matthews 2 M Oeconom Prussia Missuri
56* Wilh. Matthews 26 M Oeconom Prussia Missuri
57 Aug. Wendland 25 M Oeconom Prussia Wisconsin
58 Chr. Maulick 27 M Oeconom Prussia Wisconsin
59 Joh. Aug. Ruda 27 M Oeconom Prussia Wisconsin
60 Joh. Timm 20 M Carpenter Hessen New York
61 Anton Schwarzer 19 M Merchant Prussia New York
62 Peter Zibull 43 M Farmer Prussia Wisconsin
63 Anna Datzler 23 F Sarfis Bayern York Town
64 Magd. Krempler 33 F Sarfis Bayern New York
65 Mar. K. Alt 26 F Sarfis Bayern Ohio
66 Reinh. Bey 23 05 M Farmer Prussia Wisconsin
Steerage Passengers
67 Joh. Gottl. Danin 18 09 M Koumaker Bayern New York
68 F. W. Rieber 28 M Longschor. Prussia Madison
69 Louise Rieber 21 F Longschor. Prussia Madison
70 Joh. Berret 29 M Longschor. Bayer Ohio
71 Mart. Lange 21 M Techniker Prussia Wisconsin
72 Josefa Lange 33 F Techniker Prussia Wisconsin
73 Victoria Lange 18 F Techniker Prussia Wisconsin
74 Josepf Gottschalk 23 M Farmer Bayern Louisville
75 Justine Leyham 34 F Farmer Bayern Louisville
76 Joh. Schusterbauer 27 M Farmer Bayern New York
77 Theres. Leyham 26 F Farmer Bayern New York
78 Marg. Funk 37 F Widdow Bayern Wisconsin
79* Anna Funk 16 F Widdow Bayern Wisconsin
80* Adam Funk 14 M Widdow Bayern Wisconsin
81* Maria Funk 7 F Widdow Bayern Wisconsin
82 Heinr. Iffland 16 M widdow Hessen New York
83 An. Cath. Iffland 18 F widdow Hessen New York
84 Theod. Wagner 24 M Glasswork Prussian New York
85* T. L. Hendel 21 M Oeconom Boehmen Philadelphia
86 Peter Falk 40 M Oeconom Hessen Canada
87 Georg Falk 17 M Oeconom Hessen Canada
88 Bath. Falk 15 M Oeconom Hessen Canada
89 Cathr Falk 7 F Oeconom Hessen Canada
90 Heinr. Falk 2 M Oeconom Hessen Canada
91* Josepf Gunter 30 M Stewart Prussia Wisconsin
92 Josepf Claus 24 M Longschorm. Prussia Wisconsin
93* Carl Smitng 33 M Tailor Boehmen Wisconsin
94* Maria Smitng 24 F Tailor Boehmen Wisconsin
95* Wincius Smitng 1 10 M Tailor Boehmen Wisconsin
96* Theod. Smitng 2 M Tailor Boehmen Wisconsin
97 Joh. Beckler 28 M Butscher Bayern New York
98 Val. Webenbauer 29 M Farmer Bayern New York
99 Aug. Kleese 27 M Baker Hessen Penselvania
100 Ca. Becker 25 M Baker Bayern Penselvania
101 Joh. Fuss 27 M Keffer Bayern New York
102 Adelh. Etcken 20 F Kook Oldenburg New York
103 Heinr. Sprick 45 M Farmer Hannover Wisconsin
104 Marg. Sprick 41 F Farmer Hannover Wisconsin
105 Wilh. Sprick 16 M Farmer Hannover Wisconsin
106 Heinr. Sprick 14 M Farmer Hannover Wisconsin
107 Friedr. Sprick 4 M Farmer Hannover Wisconsin
108 Heinr. Struss 17 M Wesste Hannover Ohio
109 Cond. Ditmer 22 M Longschor. Hannover New York
110 Claus Waker 18 M Longschor. Hannover New York
111 Fr. Rammelkam 30 M Longschor. Bayern New York
112 Barb. Rammelkam 42 F Longschor. Bayern New York
113* Joh. M. Hakl 27 M Unknown Bayern New York
114 Anna Stubenvoh 22 F Sarfis Bayern New York
115 Cresz. Holwein 20 F Sarfis Bayern New York
116 Joh. Eberlein 28 M Farmer Bayern Canada
117 Ernst. Eberlein 28 F Farmer Bayern Canada
118 Justine Eberlein 4 M Farmer Bayern Canada
119 An. Marg. Eberlein 3 F Farmer Bayern Canada
120 Aug. Wilh. Eberlein 10 M Farmer Bayern Canada
121 Joh. Werthmann 24 M Joyner Bayern Illinois
122 Cath. Wolf 18 F Sarfis Hessen Illinois
123* Barb. Franhafer 26 F Kock Bayern Pittsburgh
124* Barb. Rosen 56 F Widdow Bayern Pittsburgh
125* Thom. Lutz 25 M Schumacher Bayern Maryland
126* Achnes Rehberger 22 F Kock Bayern New York
127 Carol Zirkebach 17 F Sarfis Bayern Canada
128* Adam Muller 24 M farmer Bayern New York
129 Georg Keller 23 M Techniker Bayern Rochester
130 Elis. Ullrich 20 F Drestm Bayern New York
131 Heinr. Rabe 46 M Longschor. Hessen New York
132 Magd. Rabe 43 F Longschor. Hessen New York
133 Maria Rabe 14 F Longschor. Hessen New York
134 Martha Rabe 7 F Longschor. Hessen New York
135 An. Martha Rabe 6 F Longschor. Hessen New York
136 Elisab. Rabe 11 F Longschor. Hessen New York
137 Chr. Schott 35 M Kuper Hessen New York
138 An. Elis. Schott 33 6 F Kuper Hessen New York
139 Peter Schott 7 M Kuper Hessen New York
140 Gottl. Schott 5 M Kuper Hessen New York
141 Heinr. Schott 3 6 M Kuper Hessen New York
142 Elisab. Schott 0 10 F Kuper Hessen New York
143 Ida Seibe 21 F Sarfis Sachsen Newark
144* Henriet. Kramer 20 F Sarfis Sachsen New York
145 Carl Reicheneder 24 M Goldworker Bayern New York
146 Franz Auer 21 M Garber Bayern New York
147 Barb. Schweinfert 22 F Drestm. Bayern New York
148* Em. Car. Horlein 20 F Drestm. Sachsen New York
149 Joh. Eberhardt 23 F Drestm. Sachsen New York
150 Amal. Tresselt 21 F Sarfis Sachsen New York
151 Ferd. Kirsch 15 M Tailor Sachsen New York
152* Gottl. Muller 23 M Tapcier Sachsen New York
153* Carl Nagler 32 M Musicus Prussian New York
154 Wilh. Puschinzka 27 M Smidt Prussian Canada
155 Carl Buchner 16 M Butscher Prussian Wisconsin
156* Wilh. Borner 16 M Butscher Prussian Rochester
157 V. H. Kluge 19 M Schumacher Prussian New York
158 Jos. W. Lange 32 M Butscher Prussian Wisconsin
159 Elis. Lange 28 F Butscher Prussian Wisconsin
160 Elenora Lange 9 F Butscher Prussian Wisconsin
161 Franz Lange 7 M Butscher Prussian Wisconsin
162 Cath. Lange 6 F Butscher Prussian Wisconsin
163 Heinr. Lange 4 M Butscher Prussian Wisconsin
164 Theres. Lange 11 F Butscher Prussian Wisconsin
165 Rosine Bertsch 20 F Sarfis Bayern New York
166 Gottl. Pruck 35 M Oeconom Wurtemburg Pennsylvania
167 Michael Pruck 30 M Oeconom Wurtemburg Pennsylvania
168 An. Mar. Heerth 54 F Oeconom Hessen New York
169 Gerth. Wilhelm 23 F Sarfis Hessen New York
170 Lorenz Kratzer 36 M Longshor. Bayern New York
171 Marg. Kratzer 15 F Longshor. Bayern New York
172 Franz Kratzer 12 F Longshor. Bayern New York
173 Andreas Kratzer 10 M Longshor. Bayern New York
174 Jacob Kratzer 7 M Longshor. Bayern New York
175 Jacob Schuster 28 M Smidt Bayern New York
176 Cunig Grunthaler 30 F Smidt Bayern New York
177 Andreas Gernert 28 M Tailor Bayern New York
178 Cath Gernert 20 F Tailor Bayern New York
179 Carl Jos. Klein 34 M Oeconom Prussian Wisconsin
180 Ant. Berich 46 M Oeconom Prussian Wisconsin
181 Jacob Doscher 19 M Farmer Hannover New York
182 Nicol Timm 18 M Farmer Hannover New York
183* Georg Sturken 17 M Farmer Hannover New York
184 Claus Winkelmann 18 M Farmer Hannover New York
185 Joh. Chr. Heins 17 M Farmer Hannover New York
186* Joh. ??Pilng 29 M Tailor Bohmen New York
187* Ludan Kanter 31 F Kirchner Bohmen New York
188* Michael Kanter 32 M Kirchner Bohmen New York
189* Berh. Kanter 3 M Kirchner Bohmen New York
190* Carl Kanter 0 10 M Kirchner Bohmen New York
191* Elisab Reinisch 21 F Sarfis Bohmen New York
192 M. Nihls Heins 58 M Farmer Oldenburg Illinois
193 Marg. Heins 48 F Farmer Oldenburg Illinois
194 Joh. Marg. Heins 13 F Farmer Oldenburg Illinois
195 Amalia Heins 7 9 F Farmer Oldenburg Illinois
196 Min. Nel. Heins 6 F Farmer Oldenburg Illinois
197 Adelh. Seltmann 23 F Sarfis Hannover New York
198 Rebec. Tiemann 18 F Sarfis Hannover New York
199 Heinr. Silvester 18 M Merchant Hannover New York
200 Louise Grubel 18 F Sarfis Prussian Michigan
201 J. G. Fischer 53 M Oeconom Prussian Michigan
202 Cath. Friedr. Fischer 53 F Oeconom Prussian Michigan
203 Heinr. Ad. Fischer 21 M Oeconom Prussian Michigan
204 Auguste Fischer 16 F Oeconom Prussian Michigan
205 Carl. F. E. Fischer 9 F Oeconom Prussian Michigan
206 Anz. Krack 18 M Oeconom Hessen Indianna
207 Fr. Hofer 24 F Sarfis Sachsen New York
Dekhaus
208 Wilh. Meyer 30 M Sailor Hannover New York
209 Gerh. Grasing 26 M Sailor Oldenburg New York
Transcriber's Notes:
* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not
the transcriber, or is used to call your attention to additional information
in the transcriber's notes.
? Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined due to the
condition of the manifest or handwriting of the original recorder.
Note that every passenger with the same last name, which follows another passenger with
the same last name, always is listed with the same occupation. This is true even for the
very young infants. The infants and young children should probably have been listed as such.
However, they are listed on this passenger list with the same occupation as the apparent
bread winner of each family or group with same last name.
Handwriting through out PAX Manifest is very hard to read.
1 Has u umlaut 2nd letter last name.
2 Has u umlaut 2nd letter of country.
3 Has u umlaut 2nd letter of country.
4 Has u umlaut in last name.
6 Occupation of this passenger, and many below him, is Oeconom. This is the
German word for small farmer.
10 first name appears to be Christ.
19 First name appears to be Pal. Occupation for this passenger, and many other
single female passengers, appears to be Sarfis. Their actual occupation may have
been Servant or Service. The German pronounciation for the letter "v" in English
sounds like "f".
24 & 25 occupation appears to be dressmaker but its just misspelled.
26 Written as Kook probably meant cook.
27 & 28 Has u umlaut 2nd letter last name.
29-30 Occupation written as Butscher but probably meant butcher.
29-31 Destination written as Missican, however, assume he meant Michigan.
32 & 33 Probably meant Longshoreman as occupation.
37 Last name hard to read; appears to be Pehlein
40 First name hard to read; occupation column has ditto, however, she's an infant.
49 Last name hard to read; Missouri was spelled incorrectly.
50-56 Missouri was spelled incorrectly.
79-81 Steerage passengers, all listed as widdows - they were probably
the children of steerage passenger 78.
85 & 93-96 Has u umlaut in second position of country they came from; they
were from Bohemia.
91 Has u umlaut in second letter of last name.
113 Has an a umlaut in second letter of last name. Occupation is unknown/not clear.
123 Second letter a in last name is a umlaut. Occupation is probably cook.
124 Second letter last name is o umlaut.
125 Occupation appears to be Schumacher.
126 Occupation is probably cook.
128 Last name has u umlaut second letter.
144 Last name has an a umlaut at third letter.
148 Last name has an o umlaut at second letter.
152 Last name has an u umlaut at second letter.
153 Last name has an a umlaut at second letter.
156 Last name has an o umlaut at second letter.
183 Last name has an u umlaut at third letter.
186-191 Has u umlaut in second position of country they came from; they
were from Bohemia.
No. 157
Transcriber's Family:
V.H., or Victor Hermann, Kluge
According to a New York Times article from July 1, 1861 the Bark Dorette sailed from
Bremen on May 20, 1861 and arrived in New York harbor on Sunday June 30, 1861. She
offloaded her passengers on Monday July first.
My great grandfather V. H. Kluge was born in Breitenbach, today called Grossbreitenbach,
in the current German State of Thueringen, (pronounced Touring). In 1861, Breitenbach
was located in a Saxon principality called Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.
In America he was known as Hermann Kluge. He was born on January 2nd 1842. His father
Jacob, his Kluge grandfather and an Uncle, Johann Georg Nicolaus Kluge, were all
Schumachermeisters, or Master Shoemakers. Besides his birth record I recently acquired
a German newspaper announcement from February 21, 1861 concerning his voluntary
departure from his hometown of Breitenbach. The announcement is at the link Der Deutsche
Sonderhauser Zeitung (the name of the newspaper). Click on Zeitung. It mentions that
the Shoemaker journeyman, Victor Beatus Hermann Kluge from Breitenbach, was going to
depart to America soon.
He was my Mother's paternal grandfather. Prior to his marriage to Clara Meinigmann in
Brooklyn, New York in August 1874 Hermann Kluge was living on 21st Street in Brooklyn.
By June 1875 he moved to the town of New Utrecht, King's County New York with wife Clara
and three step children from her first marriage. It later became part of Brooklyn, N.Y.
in 1894. Hermann Kluge's shoemaker shop was attached to his house at 8710 Fifth Ave.
now in the Bay Ridge area, near Ft. Hamilton, of Brooklyn. In the early 1900's his house
was the first in the area to have electricity installed.
My grandfather Harry Kluge and his sister Elisabeth were her only children out of nine
that survived the longest. Three other children by her first husband Frantz or Frank
Kloppenborg died in their twenties in the 1890's. Her first husband died in March 1874.
My great grandmother Clara Meinigmann Kluge emigrated from Germany around 1866. She was
born in Schoeppingen, Westphalia in December 1840. I do not know what ship she traveled
to the U.S. on.
My great grandfather Hermann Kluge died on August 13th 1901 in Brooklyn at the age of 59.
My great grandmother Clara passed away on December 29th 1914 at the age of 74. They are
both buried with her first three children in Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.
Their names were Ann, Josephine and William.
The photo with the picture of only a woman was my great grandmother Clara Meinigmann Kluge.
I estimate that this photo was taken in the years 1860-1865. Click here for photo of Clara.
The photo of the woman with the young children is the daughter of Clara and Hermann Kluge,
who is Elisabeth Kluge Davren. The two children are two sons from her first marriage,
Ellsworth and Harold Springer. Her first husband Harry Springer died in March 1911 and she
remarried Michael Davren. Click here for photo of Elisabeth and two children.
In the last photo my grandfather Harry Kluge is standing with son-in-law George Fischer
and the rest of the Kluge family on vacation in Equinunk, PA. September 1938. Missing
from the photo is his oldest daughter Anna Clara Kluge Fischer. She must have been taking
the picture. Positioned in the photo from left to right George Fischer far left; daughter
Marie Kluge; my grandfather Harry Kluge; daughter Elizabeth Kluge; Elizabeth has her arms
around my mother Harriet Kluge, youngest daughter of the Kluge's in the foreground; my
grandmother Mary Mulholland Kluge; daughter Katharine Kluge on the far right. In this
photo my mother Harriet was almost nine years old. Click here for photo of Family.
My grandfather moved his family from Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1924 to suburban Westfield, N.J.
My mother Harriet Kluge was born in the family home in Westfield in October 1928. I'm
researching the Kluge, Kloppenborg, Meinigmann, Springer, Davren, and Smith ancestors
and descendants of mine. For any feedback please EMAIL Jack Smith.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 212, List 609.
Contributed and Transcribed by Jack Smith
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Reviewed by Gary DeWees
29 March 2004
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