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Ship Johannes


Bremen, Germany to Baltimore, Maryland
5 May 1854

DISTRICT OF BALTIMORE - PORT OF BALTIMORE
I, D von Fritzen, Master of the Ship Johannes of Bremen do solemnly,sincerely and truly swear that the annexed List subscribed with my name, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account or report 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 the said vessel into any District of the United States since her departure from the said Port of Bremen
Sworn to this 5th day of May 1854
Before me John C Van ?? (signature of port authority indecipherable
Signed: (captain's signature)D. von Fritzen
Columns represent: passenger name, country/city of origin (Wherefrom), destination (Whither), gender, occupation,and age.
Cabin Passengers:

  1  Auguste Pertzch          Querfurt         Baltimore     f               28
  2  Marie Pertzch            Querfurt         Baltimore     f                5
  3  Margaretha Pertzch       Querfurt         Baltimore     f                2
  4  Bertha Kroppenstedt      Halle/S          Baltimore     f               26
  5  Margaretha Meyer         Pardewisch       Baltimore     f               20
  6* Carl Nolle               Hille            Baltimore     m  Apothecary   47
  7* Jenny Nolle              Hille            Baltimore     f               37
  8* Christoph Botticher      Mühlhausen       St. Louis     m  Merchant     20

Second Cabin on Deck Passengers:

  9  Bernhard Budicke         Cincinati        Cincinati     m  Smith        31
 10  Joseph Pohlmeyer         Cincinati        Cincinati     m  merchant     33
 11* Bertha Nolle             Hille            Baltimore     f               17
 12* Emma Nolle               Hille            Baltimore     f               15
 13* Carl Nolle               Hille            Baltimore     m               13
 14* Adelheid Nolle           Hille            Baltimore     f               11
 15* Ottilie Nolle            Hille            Baltimore     f                9
 16* Ida Nolle                Hille            Baltimore     f                9
 17* Georg Hosch              Grossen Hül      Pittsburg     m  farmer       22
 18  Valentin Pfaendner       Klein Hül        Pittsburg     m  famrmer      34
 19  Bernhard Kohlmeyer       Damme            Cincinati     m  farmer       28
 20  Heinrich Strathmann      Fichtop          Cincinati     m  farmer       24
 21  Johann Strathmann        Fichtop          Cincinati     m  farmer       20
 22  Johann Rose              Heldritt         Baltimore     m  bookbinder   36
 23  Conrad Pop               Freitenstaf      Baltimore     m  farmer       43
 24  Gottlieb Wegener         Suhl             Baltimore     m  Shoemaker    28
 25  Caroline Wegener         Suhl             Baltimore     f               28
 26  Heinrich Friedrich       Mingersdorf      Baltimore     m  bookbinder   ??
 27  Lorenz Herbst            Bretsfeld        Baltimore     m  farmer       40
 28  Theodor Meinike          Sophienthal      Baltimore     m  Shoemaker    20
 29  Johannes Helsinger       Mittelgrimm      Cincinati     m  farmer       39
 30  Regine Kluth             Bickenriede      Galena        f               24
 31  Wilhelm Bordner          Bunde            Cincinati     m  farmer       18
 32  Friedrich Nehos          Bunde            Cincinati     m  Smith        17
 33  Heinrich Nehos           Bunde            Cincinati     m               15
 
Between Decks Passengers:
 
 34  Bernhard Ahrens          Vordlage         Cincinati     m  farmer       25
 35  Joseph Suerkamp          Vordlage         Cincinati     m  farmer       18
 36  Heinrich Suerkamp        Vordlage         Cincinati     m  farmer       18
 37  Dietrich Losekamp        Vordlage         Cincinati     m  farmer       18
 38* Ferdinand Kammer         Glandorf         Cincinati     m  farmer       25
 39* Franz Rosskamp           Senden           Cincinati     m  farmer       30
 40  Wilhelm Beckman          Senden           Cincinati     m  farmer       27
 41* Hermann Hulsmann         Vordlage         Cincinati     m  farmer       22
 42  Bernhardt Debe           Vordlage         Cincinati     m  tailor       25
 43  Ignatz Debe              Vordlage         Cincinati     m  Smith        19
 44* Heinrich Osterhagen      Vordlage         Cincinati     m  farmer       17
 45  Johann Larbers           Vordlage         Cincinati     m  farmer       58
 46  Anna Maria Larbers       Vordlage         Cincinati     f               58
 47  Joseph Larbers           Vordlage         Cincinati     m  farmer       22
 48  Bernhardt Larbers        Vordlage         Cincinati     m  farmer       19
 49  Mariane Schwierjohann    Vordlage         Cincinati     f               20
 50  Elisabeth Hadtke         Vordlage         Cincinati     f               25
 51  Tina Grote               Halferde         Cincinati     f               21
 52  Louise Grote             Halferde         Cincinati     f               23
 53  August Grote             Halferde         Cincinati     m  farmer       18
 54  Gerhardt Hagemeyer       Recke            Cincinati     m  farmer       21
 55* Eugenius Rucke           Halferde         Cincinati     m  farmer       24
 56  Joseph Wigmann           Recke            Cincinati     m  farmer       20
 57  Joseph Kleingers         Vordlage         Cincinati     m  farmer       24
 58  Joseph Kleingers         Vordlage         Cincinati     m  farmer       38
 59  Johann Hadtke            Vordlage         Cincinati     m  farmer       28
 60  August Winkeljohann      Vordlage         Cincinati     m  farmer       18
 61  Theresa Langefels        Senden           Cincinati     f               27
 62  Anna Langefels           Senden           Cincinati     f               24
 63  Anna Ortmanns            Metzen           Cincinati     f               25
 64  Anna Keller              Glandorf         Cincinati     f               18
 65  Bernhardt Lindemann      Anterfenne       Cincinati     m  farmer       20
 66  Herrmann Meindersee      Anterfenne       Cincinati     m  farmer       17
 67  Egbert Hadtke            Besten           Cincinati     m  farmer       31
 68  Heinrich Lindemann       Anterfenne       Cincinati     m  farmer       22
 69  Johann Effing            Ahaus            Baltimore     m  Weaver       24
 70  Katharina Effing         Ahaus            Baltimore     f               34
 71  Katharina Weske          Ahaus            Baltimore     f               51
 72  Mariane Brink            Barwinkel        Cincinati     f               26
 73  Bernhardt Ruhkamp        Oktrup           Louisville    m  Weaver       25
 74  Herrmann Dirks           Oktrup           Louisville    m  farmer       26
 75  Bernhard Stadirk         Oktrup           Louisville    m  Farmer       24
 76  Johann Wienefurt         Oktrup           Cincinati     m  Farmer       20
 77  Wilhelm Brecker          Oktrup           Cincinati     m  Farmer       31
 78  Anna Brecker             Oktrup           Cincinati     f               28
 79  Mariane Wilp             Oktrup           Cincinati     f               32
 80  Anna Eiling              Oktrup           Louisville    f               19
 81  Joseph Ruhske            Damme            Cincinati     m  Tailor       20
 82  Joseph Herzog            Damme            Cincinati     m  Farmer       20
 83  Bernhardine Rodinghaus   Rodinghausen     Cincinati     f               19
 84  Franz Maker              Damme            Cincinati     m                6
 85  Heinrich Wilp            Oktrup           Cincinati     m  Farmer       26
 86  Heinrich Wolte           Oktrup           Cincinati     m  Farmer       28
 87  Heinrich Delke           Oktrup           Cincinati     m  Farmer       28
 88  Heinrich Gelenbeck       Oktrup           Cincinati     m  Farmer       21
 89  Bernhardt Maker          Damme            Cincinati     m  Farmer       36
 90  Elisabeth Maker          Damme            Cincinati     f               29
 91  Agnes Maker              Damme            Cincinati     f                5
 92  Bernhardine Maker        Damme            Cincinati     f                3
 93  Anna Herzog              Damme            Cincinati     f               16
 94  Tina Behrens             Damme            Cincinati     f               24
 95* Anna Huhnighake          Damme            Cincinati     f               17
 96* Johann Muller            Blumberg         Baltimore     m  Joiner       43
 97* Josepha Muller           Blumberg         Baltimore     f               42
 98* Bernhardine Muller       Blumberg         Baltimore     f               15
 99* Fidel Muller             Blumberg         Baltimore     m                6
100* Friedrich Muller         Blumberg         Baltimore     m                4
101* Ferdinand Muller         Blumberg         Baltimore     m                3
102* Eleonore Muller          Blumberg         Baltimore     f                9
103  Maria Memhelsler         Blumberg         Philadelphia  f               29
104  Phillipine Memhelsler    Blumberg         Philadelphia  f                2
105  Friedrich Blaschte       Bückeburg        Baltimore     m  Tailor       27
106  Georg Baulig             Mühlheim         Baltimore     m  Tailor       24
107  Nicolaus Hupmann         Bretsfeld        Baltimore     m  Tailor       25
108  Georg Herold             Bretsfeld        Baltimore     m  Cart-wright  23
109  Anna Meisel              Trupach          Baltimore     f               21
110  Heinrich Kruse           Bolsele          Cincinati     m  Shoemaker    24
111* Wilhelm Nohring          Gross Valing     Cincinati     m  Farmer       24
112  Georg Schlenk            Blumberg         Baltimore     m  Farmer       31
113  Nothburga Schlenk        Blumberg         Baltimore     f               ??
114  Maria Lehmann            Blumberg         Baltimore     f               ??
115  Maria Schmidt            Blumberg         Baltimore     f               ??
116  Johann Schmidt           Blumberg         Baltimore     m  Farmer       ??
117  Maria Schmidt            Blumberg         Baltimore     f               ??
118  Barbara Schmidt          Blumberg         Baltimore     f               22
119  Gabriel Schmidt          Blumberg         Baltimore     m               16
120  Katharina Schmidt        Blumberg         Baltimore     f               14
121  Jacob Frenkle            Blumberg         Baltimore     m  farmer       44
122  Marthe Frenkle           Blumberg         Baltimore     f               44
123  Johann Frenkle           Blumberg         Baltimore     m               18
124  Katharina Frenkle        Blumberg         Baltimore     f               12
125  Maria Frenkle            Blumberg         Baltimore     f               10
126  Juliane Frenkle          Blumberg         Baltimore     f                5
127  Michael Frenkle          Blumberg         Baltimore     m  farmer       33
128  Georg Hahn               Blumberg         Baltimore     m  farmer       58
129  Maria Hahn               Blumberg         Baltimore     f               55
130  Georg Hahn               Blumberg         Baltimore     m               17
131  Fidel Hahn               Blumberg         Baltimore     m               15
132  Anastasia Hahn           Blumberg         Baltimore     f               24
133  Valentine Hahn           Blumberg         Baltimore     f               22
134  Crescenzia Hahn          Blumberg         Baltimore     f               20
135  Josephe Hahn             Blumberg         Baltimore     f                5
136  Peter Moritz             Blumberg         Baltimore     m  Musician     37
137  Agathe Moritz            Blumberg         Baltimore     f               35
138  Maximiliane Moritz       Blumberg         Baltimore     f                3
139  Johann Schmidt           Blumberg         Baltimore     m  brikler      46
140  Elisabeth Schmidt        Blumberg         Baltimore     f               36
141  Valentin Schmidt         Blumberg         Baltimore     m               10
142  Dorethea Schmidt         Blumberg         Baltimore     f               14
143  Clara Schmidt            Blumberg         Baltimore     f               12
144  Maria Schmidt            Blumberg         Baltimore     f               10
145  Fridolin Schmidt         Blumberg         Baltimore     m                9
146  Anton Schmidt            Blumberg         Baltimore     m                3
147  Genovesa Schmidt         Blumberg         Baltimore     f               34
148  Christine Schmidt        Blumberg         Baltimore     f                7
149  Marthe Schmidt           Blumberg         Baltimore     f                4
150  Agathe Schmidt           Blumberg         Baltimore     f                2
151  Maria Schmidt            Blumberg         Baltimore     f               53
152* Agathe Schmidt           Blumberg         Baltimore     f               21
153  Ludwige Schmidt          Blumberg         Baltimore     f                3
154  Conrad Schmidt           Blumberg         Baltimore     m  farmer       32
155  Johannes Schmelz         Blumberg         Baltimore     m  Shoemaker    24
156  Friederike Bornmann      Rauhsdorf        Baltimore     f               31
157  Therese Bornmann         Rauhsdorf        Baltimore     f                9
158  Benedict Grimm           Blumberg         Baltimore     m               35
159  Scholastica Grimm        Blumberg         Baltimore     f               35
160  Jacob Grimm              Blumberg         Baltimore     f                2-1/2
161  Johann Schroeter         Damme            Cincinati     m  tailor       22
162  Bernhardt Burdek         Hute             Cincinati     m  tailor       22
163  Heinrich Ruske           Damme            Cincinati     m  turner       17
164* Barthol. Kunzle          Blumberg         Baltimore     m  farmer       44
165* Ottilia Kunzle           Blumberg         Baltimore     f               43
166  Thomas Kunzle            Blumberg         Baltimore     m               12
167  Joseph Kunzle            Blumberg         Baltimore     m               10
168  Franziska Kunzle         Blumberg         Baltimore     f                5
169  Johann Jacob             Gladenbach       Baltimore     m  tailor       28
170  Wilhelmine Hunsche       Lette            Baltimore     f               26
171  Katharina Herold         Dingelstedt      Baltimore     f               16
172  Leonore Adam             Dingelstedt      Baltimore     f               24
173* Sebastian D?ssel         Blumberg         Baltimore     m  farmer       50
174* Maria D?ssel             Blumberg         Baltimore     f               40
175* Mariane D?ssel           Blumberg         Baltimore     f               15
176* Susanne D?ssel           Blumberg         Baltimore     f                9
177* Gertrud D?ssel           Blumberg         Baltimore     f                6
178* Joseph D?ssel            Blumberg         Baltimore     f                3
179  Heinrich Plagmann        Hopsen           Cincinati     m  farmer       24
180  Heinrich Brinkmann       Oepenburen       Cincinati     m  stonecutter  22
181* Theodor Wiemeler         Oepenburen       Cincinati     m  tailor       21
182* Joseph Dokmeyer          Mettingen        Cincinati     m  farmer       23
183  Heinrich Kramer          Hopsen           Cincinati     m  farmer       28
184  Marian Kramer            Hopsen           Cincinati     f               24
185  Caroline Lagemann        Mettingen        Cincinati     f               26
186* Caroline Depentene?      Mettingen        Philadelphia  f               21
187  Bernhardt STallmeyer     Bruckterbeck     Boston        m  Musician     23
188  Heinrich Wiemeler        Grefen           Boston        m  Miller       22
189  Theod. Wiemeler          Grefen           Boston        m  Farmer       19
190  Christian Wiemer         Wester Kuppel    Baltimore     m  Farmer       24
191  Elisabeth Siek           Altenbach        Baltimore     f               33
192  Maria Siek               Altenbach        Baltimore     f                6
193  Leonore Kunkel           Husede           Baltimore     f               21
194  Ernst Bange              Langensabja      Baltimore     m  Stonecutter  37
195  Sophie Bange             Langensabja      Baltimore     f               42
196  Ernst Schroeter          Langensabja      Baltimore     m  Farmer       52
197  Friedrich Schroeter      Langensabja      Baltimore     m  Farmer       22
198  Heinrich Sieck           Altenbach        Baltimore     m  Dier         37
199  Heinrich Sieck           Altenbach        Baltimore     m                3-1/2
200  Leonore Sieck            Altenbach        Baltimore     f                1-1/2
201  Peter Schneider          Oberdreissbach   Baltimore     m               24
202  Martha Lieb              Memlingen        Baltimore     f               18
203  Christine Sohn           Kelbe            Baltimore     f               18
204  Caroline Frautschie      Winterburg       Baltimore     f               18
205  Katharine Gato           Sulzbach         Baltimore     f               17
206  Caroline Heider          Schlüsselburg    Washington    f               29
207  Caroline Rieckeweg       Stolzenau        Washington    f               20
208  Leonore Hinderskirk      Blumberg         Baltimore     f               33
209  Sara Hinderskirk         Blumberg         Baltimore     f               10
210  Firene Hinderskirk       Blumberg         Baltimore     f                4
211  Magdalene Herr           Memlingen        Baltimore     f               22
212* Rudolph Frohlich         Liobschütz       Baltimore     m  Turner       22
213* Franz Rossmann           Liobschütz       Baltimore     m  Shoemaker    29
214  Johannes Klanke          Grimmelshein     York          m  Tailor       24
215  Peter Gaillon            Schwitzingen     Baltimore     m  Weaver       37
216  Bernhardt Meyer          Augustendorf     Cincinati     m  Farmer       20
217* Lisette Grober           Klopenburg       Cincinati     f               24
218  Maria Driebe             Klopenburg       Cincinati     f                7
219  Auguste Driebe           Klopenburg       Cincinati     f                5
220  Theodor Hohkamp          Klopenburg       Baltimore     m  Turner       25
221  Carl Schreiber           Naumburg         Baltimore     m  Butcher      31
222  Henriette Schreiber      Naumburg         Baltimore     f               30
223  Herrmann Schreiber       Naumburg         Baltimore     m                4
224  Johanne Fuchs            Ratelsdorf       Baltimore     f               30
225  Christian Fuchs          Ratelsdorf       Baltimore     m                9
226  Franz Fuchs              Ratelsdorf       Baltimore     m                5
227* Christiane Nurnbergern   Weissbach        Baltimore     f               22
228  Ludwig Schmeldikopf      Hude             Cincinati     m  Joiner       18
229  Heinrich Hoppmann        Golnstadt        Cincinati     m  Farmer       22
230  Veronica Fischer         Hohengeren       Baltimore     f               58
231* Margaretha Gunther       Keferhausen      Gelena        f               24
232* Johannes Gunther         Keferhausen      Gelena        m  Weaver       30
233* Nicolaus Gunther         Keferhausen      Cincinati     m  Farmer       18
234  Christian Huppe          Keferhausen      Cincinati     m  Weaver       24
235  Caroline Austing         Damme            Cincinati     f               19
236  Maria Diebel             Glunteburg       Cincinati     f               20
237* Maria Engel in Siek      Damme            Cincinati     f               14
238* Maria Engel in Siek      Damme            Cincinati     f               42
239  Gottlieb Diehle          Esslingen        Pittsburg     m  Tailor       24
240  Herrmann Hempe           Bunde            Cincinati     m  Farmer       19
241  Wilhelm Galle            Bunde            Cincinati     m  Farmer       16
242  Anna Mornigs             Bunde            Cincinati     f               18
243  Margaretha Moritz        Blumberg         Baltimore     f               15
244  Johann Moritz            Blumberg         Baltimore     m               13
245  Reinhardt Moritz         Blumberg         Baltimore     m               12
246  Anton Moritz             Blumberg         Baltimore     m                9
247  Carl Friedrich Holbring  Bunde            Cincinati     m  Farmer       25
248  Anna Holbring            Bunde            Cincinati     f               26
249  Herrmann Holbring        Bunde            Cincinati     m                5
250  Maria Wilmensmann        Bunde            Cincinati     f               23
251  Heinrich Suernbruk       Bunde            Cincinati     m  Farmer       22

Endnote:  Together two Hundred fiftyone Persons, Bremen 15th March 1854.
Fr. Wm. Bodecker jr  Ships Brooker


Transcriber's Notes:

?  A question mark indicates unclear or indecipherable material.
*  An asterisk indicates further explanation in the passenger notes. Spellings
   (see Cincinati) are reproduced here as found in the original.

  6-7   Surname may have an umlauted "o" thus also Noelle.
  8     Surname has an umlauted "o" thus Boetticher.
 11-16  Surname has an umlauted "o" thus Noelle.
 17     Surname has an umlauted "o" thus Hoesch.
 38     Surname has an umlauted "a" thus Kaemmer.
 39     Surname has an umlauted "o" thus Roesskamp.
 41     Surname has an umlauted "u" thus Huelsmann.
 44     An "x" is written after the surname--no explanation for this.
 55     Surname has an umlauted "u" thus Ruecke.
 95     Surname has an umlauted "u" thus Huehnighake.
 96-102 Surname may have an umlauted "u" thus Mueller.
111     Surname has an umlauted "o" thus Noehring.
152     Two Greek crosses (one following the ditto marks for the surname and one
        before the age probably indicate a death enroute of this person.
164-168 Surname has an umlauted "u" thus Kuenzle.
173-178 Second letter of surname unclear: name may be Dessel, Dassel, or Dissel;
        furthermore the surname may be Deshel, Dashel, or Dishel.
181     Surname may be Wumeler (Wuemeler) with an umlauted "u"
182     Surname may be Dohmeyer.
186     There may be another letter at the end of the surname; thus possibly
        Depentenes or Depentener.
212     Surname has an umlauted "o" thus Froehlich.
213     Surname has an umlauted "o" thus Roessmann.
217     Surname has an umlauted "o" thus Groeber.
227     Surname has an umlauted "u" thus Nuernbergern.
231-233 Surname has an umlauted "u" thus Guenther.
237-238 Name given here is unclear: is surname Engel? Or is it a middle name
        Engelin or Engelein or is the surname "in Siek"?
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M255, Reel 21.
Transcribed by Gene Janssen a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
30 August 2004



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