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Bark Kosmos

I, Gottfried Wenke, 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 passengers received on board the Bark Kosmos whereof I am Master, from Bremen, so help me God, sworn to the 29 January 1855 G. Wenke before me (port authority signature)

List, or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Bremen Bark Kosmos whereof G. Wenne (sic) is Master, from Bremen burthen three hundred and sixty tons.

Columns represent: Passenger names, age, gender, place of origination and destination.

    
Cabin Passengers:
  1  Wilhelm Trobitius             27   male    farmer       Hannover        Newyork
  2  Ottlie Hesse                  19   female               Hannover        Newyork
  3  Wilhelm Wippern               17   male    merchant     Hannover        Newyork
  4  Fr. Carl Rudolph              50   male    clergyman    Hesse-Darmstadt Newyork
  5  Fr. Barteldes                 26   male    builder      Hannover        Newyork
  6  Charles Nathan                36   male    merchant     Prussia         Newyork

Steerage Passengers:
  7  Joh. Heinr. von der Haaske    47   male    shoemaker    Hannover        Missouri
  8  Anna Maria von der Haaske     43   female
  9  Ludwig von der Haaske         16   male
 10  Joh. Heinrich von der Haaske  13   male
 11  Anna Maria von der Haaske      9   female
 12  Herman von der Haaske          8   male
 13  Louise von der Haaske          6   female
 14  Wilhelm von der Haaske         5   male
 15* Kosmosine von der Haaske       *   female
 16  Helene Nicodem                32   female  tailor       Austria         Chicago-Illinois
 17  Georg Nicodem                 10   male
 18  Marie Nicodem                  8   female
 19  Anna Nicodem                   6   female
 20  Wenzel Nicodem                 2   male
 21  Heinr. Gerh. Tappe            40   male    farmer       Hannover        Missouri
 22  Marie Tappe                   54   female
 23  Andreas Zahn                  36   male    farmer       Hesse           Pensilvanie
 24  Catharine Zahn                32   female
 25  Anna Margarete Zahn            8   female
 26  Georg Zahn                     5   male
 27  Elisabeth Zahn                 8m  female
 28  Henriette Endebruck           20   servant              Hesse           Missouri
 29  Georg Bott                    35   male    bricklayer   Hesse           Pensilvania
 30  Marie Margarete Bott          30   female
 31  Marie Margarete Bott           4   female
 32  Elisabeth Bott                 9m  female
 33  Christoph Lamm                31   male    farmer       Hesse           Pensilvania
 34  Sebastian Bott                21   male    labourer     Hesse           Pensilvania
 35  Elisabeth Beist               21   female  servant      Hesse           Pensilvania
 36  Johannes Loeffert             19   male    tailor       Hesse           Pensilvania
 37  Peter Spielmann               20   male    labourer     Hesse           Pensilvania
 38* ?                             ??   male    farmer       Hesse           Pensilvania
 39  Johann Hopf                   18   male                 Hesse           Pensilvania
 40  Luder Fr. Stolzenburg         20   male    tailor       Hesse           Pensilvania
 41  Joh. Graetz                   25   male    bricklayer   Prussia         Newyork
 42  Louise Graetz                 30   female               Lippe Detmold 
 43  Lisette Graetz                 6   female
 44  Herman Graetz                  2   male
 45  Franz Kleinschrot             45   male    bricklayer   Bavaria         Indiana
 46  Michael Fischer               30   male    farmer       Bavaria         Ohio
 47  Margareta Fischer             27   female
 48  Lorenz Fischer                 5   male
 49  Richard Kotthaus              17   male    merchant     Prussia         Newyork
 50  Fritz Beyer                   23   male    baker        Bavaria         Newyork
 51  Barbara Loeffler              22   female  servant      Bavaria         Newyork
 52  Jacob Boehm                   28   male    carpenter    Bavaria         Pensilvania
 53  Magdalena Boehm               28   female
 54  Barbara Boehm                 16   female
 55  Heinr. Eigenbrod              28   male    farmer       Hesse           Vermont
 56  Heinr. Ries                   30   male    farmer       Hesse           Newyork
 57  Christina Schaefer            21   female  servant      Nassau          Indiana
 58  Maria Hess                    18   female  servant      Hesse           Vermont
 59  Wilhelm Dietz                 20   male    merchant     Naussau         Indiana
 60  Ph. Aug. Klepping             37   male    tailor       Lippe Detmold   Newyork
 61  Jacob Schlidt                 43   male    miner        Nassau          Newyork
 62  Margareta Schlidt             38   female
 63  Anna Schlidt                   8   female
 64  Margareta Schlidt              7   female
 65  Jacob Schlidt                  4   male
 66* Philipp Schlidt               2y6m male
 67* Barbara Schlidt               2y6m female
 68  Johannes Schlidt               6m  male
 69  Joseph Herand                 39   male    paper maker  Prussia         Newyork
 70  Aug. Redemann                 53   male    merchant     Rudolstadt      Newyork
 71  Longin Redemann               16   male
 72  Fr. Kater                     19   male    farmer       Hannover        Newyork
 73  Victor Schoch                 32   male    merchant     Prussia         Lusiana
 74* Ehrenfried Rucker             35   male    farmer       Prussia         Indiana
 75  Caroline Bayer                20   female  milliner     Austria         Indiana
 76* Heinr. Schutze                26   male    tailor       Prussia         Indiana
 77  Paul Schreck                  20   male    carpenter    Bavaria         Ohio
 78  Johann Pollacks               54   male    farmer       Prussia         Wisconsin
 79  Anna Dorothea Pollacks        50   female
 80  Justine Pollacks              15   female
 81  Friedrich Pollacks            17   male
 82  Agnes Pollacks                25   female
 83  Claus Pollacks                 7   male
 84  Franz Pollacks                 6m  male
 85  C. P. Vollertsen              22   male    merchant     Schleswig       Newyork
 86  Heinr. Repenack               34   male    labourer     Brunswick       Newyork
 87  Joseph Stransky               36   male    weaver       Bochmen         Newyork
 88* Anton Nowotny                 28   male    curr??       Bochmen         Newyork
 89  Catharina Nowotny             26   female
 90  Aloise Nowotny                 3   female
 91  Eduard Nowotny                10m  male
 92  Johann Bondi                  44   male    farmer       Bochmen         Newyork
 93  Anna Bondi                    33   female
 94  Johann Bondi                  12   male
 95  Joseph Bondi                   8   male
 96  Edmund Bondi                   4   male
 97  Alois Bondi                    9m  male
 98  Georg Langgut                 53   male    lawyer       Sax Meiningen   Pensilvanie
 99  Louis Langgut                 15   male
100  Margaretha Matheuser          25   female  servant      Bochmen         Newyork
101  Georg Grenz                   21   male    weaver       Bavaria         Pensilvania
102  Philipp Schaefer              25   male    farmer       Nassau          Pensilvania
103  Margareta Schaefer            30   female
104  Rosine Schaefer                5   female
105  Balthasar Schaefer            30   male    miller       Hesse           North Carolina
106  Maria Schaefer                29   female
107* Wilhelm Schaefer               9m  male
108  Wilhelmine Roethlich          30   female  servant      Saxony          Newyork
109  Margareta Erdhall             30   female  servant      Baden           Newyork
110  Johann Reuter                 27   male    farmer       Bavaria         Newyork
111  Mathias Gengele               26   male    shoemaker    Bavaria         Newyork
112  Barbara Gengele               25   female
113  Barbara Gengele                4   female
114  Michael Wendel                28   male    servant      Bavaria         Newyork
115* Catharina Strenger            30   female  servant      Wurtemberg      Newyork
116  Johanna Lutterkord            27   female  servant      Bremen          Missouri
117  Franz Rampelmann              30   male    shoemaker    Prussia         Cincinati
118  Wilhelm Eichel                20   male    whealright   Sax Meiningen   Wisconsin
119  Louise Diedrichs              20   female  servant      Hannover        Newyork
120  Joh. Heinr. Hollensteiner     37   male    carpenter    Prussia         Newyork
121  Louise Hollensteiner          38   female
122  Catharina Hollensteiner       17   female
123  Louise Hollensteiner          14   female
124  Pauline Hollensteiner         12   female
125  Marie Hollensteiner            7   female
126  Georg Hollensteiner            4   male
127  Josepha Kotteck               48   female               Bochmen         Newyork
128  Franz Wels                    48   male    farmer       Prussia         Pensilvania
129* Johann Hulsenbeck             33   male    weaver       Bavaria         Newyork
130  Johann Wonn                   29   male    founder      Prussia         Pensilvania
131  Henriette Wonn                27   female
132  Gottfr. Millbratt             50   male    carpenter    Prussia         Newyork
133  Anna Christine Millbratt      41   female
134  Carl Aug. Schendel            32   male    farmer       Prussia         Newyork
135  Beata Schendel                24   female  servant
136  Pauline Schendel              16   female  servant
137  Anna Maria Weber              19   female  servant      Baden           Newyork
138  Fr. Wilh. Schirmer            47   male    shoemaker    Prussia         Newyork
139  Heinr. Kannengiesser          50   male    merchant     Prussia         Newyork
140  Christoph Peter               24   male    farmer       Bavaria         Ohio
141  August Peter                  14   male    farmer       Bavaria         Ohio
142  Catharine Hein                31   female               Bavaria         Ohio
143  Rosine Bahn                   34   female               Bavaria         Ohio
144  Christian Kiesel              29   male    weaver       Prussia         Ohio
145  Heinr. Buseck                 19   male    tinman       Prussia         Newyork
146  Joh. Fr. Bender               34   male    joiner       Prussia         Cininaty
147  Joh. Heinr. Karges            23   male    shoemaker    Brunswick       Indiana
148  Friedrich Karges              19   male
149  Louise Karges                 16   female
150  Wilhelm Karges                12   male
151  Ferdinand Weinberg            27   male    joiner       Brunswick       Indiana
152  Heinrich Uhde                 19   male    farmer       Brunswick       Indiana
153  Wilhelm Lerche                20   male    bricklayer   Brunswick       Indiana
154  Wilhelm Lehmann               20   male    shoemaker    Brunswick       Indiana
155  Auguste Lehmann               23   female  servant      Brunswick       Indiana
156  Johanne Gossler               21   female  milliner     Hannover        Newyork
157  Louise Hinze                  26   female  servant      Hannover        Newyork
158  Louise Hinze                  25   female  millliner    Brunswick       Newyork
159  Wilhelm Overbeck              31   male    tailor       Brunswick       Indiana
160  Auguste Overbeck              27   female
161  Wilhelm Overbeck               3   male
162  August Overbeck               10m  male
163* Wilhelmine Muller             20   female  servant      Brunswick       Indiana
164  Wilhelm Kreibke               38   male    turner       Hannover        Indiana
165  Friedrich Ohse                27   male    farmer       Hannover        Indiana
166  Wilhelmine Ohse               17   female
167* Caroline Schunemann           23   female  milliner
168  Amalie Brauns                 21   female  servant      Hannover        Indiana
169  Wilhelm Kreibke               25   male    deyer        Hannover        Indiana
170  Heinrich Fischer              26   male    bricklayer   Brunswick       Indiana
171  Robert Sauerteig              26   male    shoemaker    Prussia         Newyork
172* Adam Muller                   21   male    shoemaker    Nassau          Newyork
173  Carl Mende                    35   male    clothmaker   Prussia         Indiana
174  Heinrich Wolff                32   male    shoemaker    Saxony          Newyork
175  Julchen Wolff                  9   female
176  Ernst Stelmachowsky           16   male    carpenter    Prussia         Newyork
177  Martin Ever                   20   male    waiter       Hesse           Newyork
178  Adolph Wolff                   6   male

Endnote:    6 Cabin passengers
          163 Steerage passengers
            9 Infants under 12 months
    

Transcriber's Notes: 
    
A question mark indicates material that was indecipherable. 
An asterisk indicates further information may be found in the Passenger Notes.
A caret indicates superscript.

The writer of this list lists the place of origin and the destination only for 
the first person in a (family) group seemingly travelling together.  There are 
no ditto marks either.

 15     Note says:  born on the voyage.
 39     Name and age obliterated by damage to original list.
 66-67  Bracket after names says:  twins.
 74     Rucker has an umlauted "u" so may be Ruecker.
 76     Schutze has an umlauted "u" so may be Schuetze.
 88     Occupation blurred but may be currier.
107     Note in far right column says:  died on the voyage
115     Wurtemberg has an umlauted "u."
129     Hulsenbeck has an umlauted "u" so may be Huelsenbeck.
163     Muller has an umlauted "u" so may be Mueller.
167     Schunemann has an umlauted "u" so may be Schuenemann.
172     Muller has an umlauted "u" so may be Mueller.
178     Note says: belongs to no. 174.

Correspondence 04/21/2005 passengers #29-32 Bott
My husband's Great, Great Grandfather George Bott, 35, bricklayer 
and his wife Margarete Zahn Bott and two of their children were on 
this passenger list.  George and his family settled in New Sewickley Twp., 
Beaver County, Pa. on a farm near where many of his descendants still 
live.  He had 8 children, one of whom was George Jr., also a bricklayer, 
who had 5 children, son Walter,my husband John's Grandfather was also a 
bricklayer.  Walter Bott had three children, Wilmer, Dolores and Zelma.  
His daughter Zelma Marie was my husband John Mohrbacher's mother.
Notice they traveled with many of their Zahn relatives and settled near 
them also in New Sewickley Twp.Beaver County, Pa. Bonnie Mohrbacher

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 150, List 58.

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