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Ship Elise


Bremen, Germany to Baltimore, Maryland
31 August 1846

I, John Koch, Master of the Ship Elise of Bremen, do solemnly, sincerely and truly Swear that the Annexed List or Manifest of Passengers, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just account of all the Passengers who have been taken on board the said Ship at Bremen or any other foreign port or at sea and brought in said vessel into any district of the United States.
Sworn to this 31 Aug 1846 (signed) John Koch
                                                        John ???????
List of Passengers on board the Ship Elise, John Koch, Master, from Bremen bound for Baltimore.
Columns represent: Names, last dwelling place, occupation, destination, age, baggage.
    
 
Cabin
  1  Claas Voecke                   Baltimore     Merchant           Baltimore    30
  2  Johanna Elisabeth Voecke       Einden                           Baltimore    23 
  3  Dorothea Bartels               Detmold                          Louisville   21
  4  Lisette Palgemegen             Oelnabruck                       Baltimore    19
  5  Hermann Hoppe                  Norden        Merchant           Baltimore    24
  6  Adolph Drost                   Bremen        Merchant           Baltimore    21
  7  Johannes Geistle               Offenbach     Tanner             St. Louis    27
  8  Sam'l Weber                    Offenbach     Tanner             St. Louis    24

Steerage
  9* Fritz von Egloffstein          Girliz        Particul???        Texas        22 10 cases
 10* Ernst von Riesenwetter         Bautzen       Particul???        Texas        24
 11  Heinrich Sienhardt             Offenbach     Butcher            St. Louis    29  1 chest
 12* Johanne Kla??                  Bremen                           Baltimore    20  ????
 13* Wilhelm Haimeyer               Clappenburg   Farmer             Baltimore    ??  ????
 14* Caroline Haimeyer              Clappenburg                      Baltimore    ??  ????
 15* Eve Blogg                      Hanover                          ??????       ??  ????
 16* Bertha Grunberg                Hanover                          ??????       ??  ????
 17* Thekla Grunberg                Hanover                          Baltimore     2
 18* Wilhelm van Hyngaarden         Schluder???t  Farmer             Ohio         30  5 trunks
 19* Gerhard van Hyngaarden         Schluder???t  Farmer             Ohio         31
 20* Leonhard van Hyngaarden        Schluder???t                     Ohio          8
 21* Jacobus van Hyngaarden         Schluder???t                     Ohio          6
 22* Bertha van Hyngaarden          Schluder???t                     Ohio          4
 23* Wilhelm van Hyngaarden         Schluder???t                     Ohio          4m
 24* Wilhelm Hassmann               Schluder???t  Farmer             Ohio         22 
 25  Anna Maria Falkenburg          Bremen                           Baltimore    25  1 trunk

Between Decks
 26  Christian August Brandt        Heidelstadt   Shoemaker          Cincinati    18  1 chest
 27* Aug. B?????                    Gehaus        Innkeeper          Louisville   35  1 trunk
 28  Peter Leibert                  Gehaus        Farmer             Louisville   26  1 trunk
 29  Catharine Steinecker           Gehaus                           Louisville   26  1 trunk
 30  Apolus Hey                     Gehaus        Farmer             Louisville   20  1 chest  
 31  John Adam Marz                 Gehaus        Farmer             Louisville   27  1 chest
 32  Heinrich Baker                 Burgheim      Butcher            Baltimore    33  2 chests
 33  Anna Maria Baker               Burgheim                         Baltimore    33
 34  Amalia Hart                    Burgheim                         Baltimore    13
 35  Carl Baker                     Burgheim                         Baltimore     2
 36* Heinrich Wortmann              Strauge       ?????              Cincinati    60  ?????
 37  Catharine Wortmann             Strauge                          Cincinati    42
 38* Georg Wachendorf               Strauge       ????               ???????      ??
 39* Dorothea Worthmann             Strauge                          ??????       ??
 40* ????? Klusmann                 Strauge                          Cincinati    20
 41* Heinrich Ludwig Klusmann       Strauge       ?????              Cincinati    21
 42  Lenore Sadmann                 Strauge                          Cincinati    30
 43* Friedrick Koster               Taue          Farmer             Cincinati    44  1 chest
 44  Wilhelm Diedrich               Wietinghausen Farmer             Cincinati    59  3 chests
 45  Margarethe Elisabeth Diedrich  Wietinghausen                    Cincinati    50
 46  Sophie Diedrich                Wietinghausen                    Cincinati    24
 47  Marie Diedrich                 Wietinghausen                    Cincinati    22
 48  Magdalena Diedrich             Wietinghausen                    Cincinati    20
 49  Friedrich Diedrich             Wietinghausen                    Cincinati    17
 50  Friederika Kayser              Wietinghausen                    Cincinati    17
 51  Friedrich Tackenbrock          Osnabruck     Farmer             Cincinati    28  1 chest
 52  Sophie Catharine Tackenbrock   Osnabruck                        Cincinati    24
 53  Heinrich Rudolph Hapkemeyer    Osnabruck     Farmer             Baltimore    29  1 chest
 54  Friedrich Anton Holthus        Osnabruck     Farmer             Baltimore    24  1 chest
 55  Johann Heinrich Kayser         Osnabruck     Farmer             Cincinati    23  1 chest
 56  Franz Heinrich Oberklein       Lorte         Miller             Cincinati    55  1 chest
 57  Agnes Sophie Oberklein         Lorte                            Cincinati    30 
 58  Rudolph Oberklein              Lorte                            Cincinati    12
 59  Fritz Oberklein                Lorte                            Cincinati     4
 60  Wilhelm Oberklein              Lorte                            Cincinati     2
 61  Elise Oberklein                Lorte                            Cincinati    10
 62  Heinrich Philipp Gerdemann     Lorte         Farmer             Cincinati    30  1 chest
 63  Josephine Bankel               Walkershafen                     St. Maria    31  2 chests
 64  Franziska Bankel               Waldershafen                     St. Maria     8
 65  Anton Schwarzer                Haunsbach     Farmer             St. Maria    29
 66  Anton Dieckmann                Dinklage      Taylor             Baltimore    26 
 67  Carl Friedrich Saupe           Schmolle      Saddler            Pittsburg    23
 68  Christian Hummann              Holle         Farmer             Baltimore    23  1 chest
 69  Henry Vondera                  Rhaden        Shoemaker          Baltimore    23
 70  Friedrich Schronk              Winnenberg    Papermanufacturer  Washington   25                                                   
 71  Michael Decker                 Tarsberg      Briklayer          Ohio         37  3 chests
 72  Barbara Decker                 Tarsberg                         Ohio         40
 73  Georg Decker                   Tarsberg                         Ohio          9
 74  Michael Decker                 Tarsberg                         Ohio          5
 75  Johann Hirl                    Hamayersmuhle Carpenter          Ohio         29  1 chest
 76  Georg Libel                    See           Carpenter          Ohio         39  3 chests
 77  Catharine Libel                See                              Ohio         30
 78  Franziska Libel                See                              Ohio         17
 79  Johann Libel                   See                              Ohio         12
 80  Therese Libel                  See                              Ohio          4
 81  Martin Libel                   See                              Ohio          3
 82  Johann Libel                   See                              Ohio         30
 83  Catharine Libel                See                              Ohio          1
 84* Johann Brundel                 Barschberg    Cooper             Ohio         34  2 chests
 85* Ursula Brundel                 Barschberg                       Ohio         36
 86* Johann Brundel                 Barschberg                       Ohio          7 
 87* Simon Brundel                  Barschberg                       Ohio          2
 88* Therese Brundel                Barschberg                       Ohio          2
 89* Joseph Brundel                 Barschberg                       Ohio         30
 90* Peter Brundel                  Barschberg                       Ohio          4
 91* Paulus Brundel                 Barschberg                       Ohio          3
 92  Johann Hine                    Dirklag       Farmer             Cincinnati   34  3 chests
 93  Anna Margaretha Hine           Dirklag                          Cincinnati   22
 94  Johann Hine                    Dirklag                          Cincinnati    2
 95  Anna Catharine Hine            Dirklag                          Cincinnati   36
 96  Bernhardine Wehry              Walfenau                         Cincinnati   22  2 chests
 97  Catharine Wehry                Walfenau                         Cincinnati   24
 98  Heinrich Mette                 Hohne         Farmer             Cincinnati   29  2 chests
 99  Anna Catharine Mette           Hohne                            Cincinnati   20
100  Heinrich Mette                 Hohne                            Cincinnati    1
101* Johann Heinrich Bals????       ?????                            Cincinnati   60 
102* Anna ?????? Schumacher         ?????                            Cincinnati   ??
103* Margarethe Schumacher          ?????                            Cincinnati   ??
104* Heinrich Schumacher            ?????                            Cincinnati    1
105* Diedrich Aumann                ?????         Farmer             Cincinnati   20  2 chests
106* Josephine Aumann               ?????                            Cincinnati   21
107* Elisabeth Aumann               ?????                            Cincinnati   16
108  Catharine Hilgeferth           Walfenau                         Baltimore    11
109* Franz Barnhorst                Dinklage      ?????              Cincinnati   22  1 chest
110  Conrad Lastner                 Betzfels      Shoemaker          Philadelphia 37  1 chest
111  Kunigunde Weilin               Betzfels                         Cincinnati   50  2 chests
112  Maria Weilin                   Betzfels                         Cincinnati   19
113  Conrad Weilin                  Betzfels                         Cincinnati   16
114  Johann Ruppels                 Gosberg       Briklayer          Baltimore    45  1 chest
115  Johann Loberlein               Betzfels      Farmer             Ohio         31  3 chests
116  Johann Loberlein               Betzfels                         Ohio         56
117  Georg Loberlein                Betzfels                         Ohio         22 
118  John  Loberlein                Betzfels                         Ohio         17
119  Georg Roppels                  Pinzberg      Farmer             Ohio         54  4 chests
120  Anna Roppels                   Pinzberg                         Ohio         53
121  Johann Roppels                 Pinzberg                         Ohio         25
122  Conrad Roppels                 Pinzberg                         Ohio         23
123  Anne Roppels                   Pinzberg                         Ohio         10
124  Johann Roppels                 Pinzberg                         Ohio         12
125  Catharine Loberlein            Putzfeld                         Ohio         30  1 chest
126  Joseph Loberlein               Putzfeld                         Ohio          4
127  Heinrich Braun                 Ferden        Farmer             Cincinnati   25  1 chest
128  Catharine Braun                Ferden                           Cincinnati   24
129  Margarethe Marie Hilker        Appela                           Cincinnati   20  1 chest
130  Anne Regine Landuchz           Appela                           Cincinnati   14  1 chest
131  Johann Franz Grethelrokweg     Appela        Farmer             Cincinnati   21  1 chest
132  Joh Heinr Diedr Grethelrokweg  Appela                           Cincinnati   18  1 chest
133* Catharine Musmann              Bieste                           Cumberland   50  2 chests
134* Heinrich Musmann               Bieste                           Cumberland   19
135* Catharine Musmann              Bieste                           Cumberland   14
136* Hermann Musmann                Bieste                           Cumberland   11
137* Johann Musmann                 Bieste                           Cumberland    8
138* Julius Heinrich Abensahr       Kirchbentzen  ?????              Baltimore    23  1 chest
139* Carl Heinrich Stockmann        O??kenbruck   Shoemaker          Cincinnati   42  4 chests
140* Catharine Stockmann            O??kenbruck                      Cincinnati   37
141* Bernhard Stockmann             O??kenbruck                      Cincinnati   12
142* Carl Stockmann                 O??kenbruck                      Cincinnati    8
143* Friedrich Stockmann            O??kenbruck                      Cincinnati   27
144  Johann Luigen Schapkave        Badbergen     Carpenter          Cincinnati   36  4 chests
145  Catharine Marie Schapkave      Badbergen                        Cincinnati   37
146* Catharine Marie Schapkave      Badbergen                        Cincinnati   ??
147* Anne Catharine Schapkave       Badbergen                        Cincinnati   ??
148  Johann Schapkave               Badbergen                        Cincinnati    8
149  Anne Marie Schapkave           Badbergen                        Cincinnati    2
150  Johann Hermann Schapkave       Badbergen                        Cincinnati    1
151  Lucie Adelheid Wernings        Ankum                            Baltimore    22  1 chest
152  Adelheid Meiners               Dinkhorn                         Baltimore    21  1 chest
153  Anna Marie Meiners             Dinkhorn                         Baltimore     1
154  Johann Schneider               Coppel        Carpenter          Baltimore    37  1 trunk
155  Charlotte Schneider            Coppel                           Baltimore    35  1 trunk
156  Elisabeth Schneider            Coppel                           Baltimore     2
157  Heinrich Brauer                Marburg       Butcher            Baltimore    20  1 trunk
158  Philipp Brauer                 Marburg       Tanner             Baltimore    17
159* Eduard Bothmann                Angers???     Furrier            Baltimore    17  1 chest
160* Louis Bothmann                 Angers???     Furrier            Baltimore    15
161* Johanne Korting                Lubecke                          Baltimore    37  2 chests
162* Friedrich Wilhelm Korting      Lubecke                          Baltimore     3
163* Johann Heinrich Korting        Lubecke                          Baltimore    12
164* ????ch Wilhelm Korting         Lubedke                          Baltimore     9
165* Ludwig Carl Korting            Lubedke                          Baltimore     4
166  Theresia Schulte               Mesum                            Baltimore    26  1 chest
167  Maria  Schulte                 Mesum                            Baltimore     2
168  Melchior Mehltreter            Krossletz     Taylor             Baltimore    29
169  Georg Kramer                   Katzdorf      Smith              Baltimore    32
170  Adam  Well                     Drauss        Briklayer          Baltimore    27
171  Gerhard Brau                   Ollen         Farmer             Baltimore    22  1 chest
172  Wilhelm Horn                   Bamme         Farmer             Baltimore    17  1 trunk
173* Friedrich Heinrich ??????      Dieppold      Farmer             Cincinnati   29  2 chests
174* ??rchen ??????                 Dieppold                         Cincinnati   25
175* Wilhelm ??????                 Dieppold                         Cincinnati    1

Together One Hundred & Seventy Seven Passengers & Two born on the passage.
(signed) Joh. Noelz

I have examined the passenger list, counted the number and find one more than the list calls
for. There being two births on the passage and one death leaving now on board one hundred and
seventy eight passengers.
(signed) Michael McDonald, Inspector and Acting Boarding Officer
Baltimore Augt 31 1846
    

Transcriber's Notes:

* An asterisk is used to call attention to additional information in the Transcriber's Notes.

? The ? marks indicate letters or words that cannot be read due to the quality of the
  original document or the handwriting of the recorder.

* Names were transcribed as written regardless of spelling.

* One death was recorded but not identified. Two births were recorded but not identified.

* Passengers were numbered by the transcriber.

* The number of passengers found on the list does not agree with the numbers mentioned
  at the end of the list.

9,10     Occupation illegible due to damaged manifest.
12-16    Illegible writing due to damaged manifest.
16,17    Umlaut u in surname.
18-24    Town name illegible due to damage. Umlaut u in town name.
27       Surname illegible due to handwriting.
36,38-40 Illegible words due to damaged manifest.
43       Umlaut o in surname.
84-91    Umlaut u in surname.
101-107  Illegible words due to damaged manifest.
109      Occupation illegible due to damaged manifest.
133-137  Umlaut u in surname.
138      Occupation illegible due to damaged manifest.
139-143  Town name illegible due to handwriting.
146,147  Age illegible due to damaged manifest.
159,160  Town name illegible due to handwriting.
161-165  Umlaut o in surname.
173-175  Illegible words due to damaged manifest.    

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M255, Reel 5, List 40
Contributed by Ralph Barhorst and transcribed by Robert W. Grose members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
26 May 2004



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