Immigrant Ships
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Ophir

Havre, France to New York
16 February 1855

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, O T Baker, 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 the Ophir whereof I am Master, from Havre. So help me God. (signed) O T Baker
Sworn to this 16th February 1855, before me (name illegible), Collector.
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Ophir whereof Baker is Master from Havre, burthen 438 80/98 tons.
Columns represent: passenger name, age, sex, and country to which each passenger belonged. The United States is the country each passenger intended to become inhabitant; each passenger occupation is listed as farmer; these columns have been omitted. There are no listed deaths on this voyage.
 1* Jean Gautherot         33      m France
 2  Francois Gautherot     16      m France
 3  Christian Schutmann    20      m Hesse
 4  Carl Mimot             17      m Hesse
 5  Johann Stausmagel      52      m Hesse
 6  Lorenz Ramftatter      33      m Hesse
 7  Sophie Ramftatter      59      f Hesse
 8  Catherine Ramftatter   27      f Hesse
 9  Elisabeth Ramftatter   24      f Hesse
10  Apolonia Ramftatter    22      f Hesse
11  Maria Ramftatter       20      f Hesse
12  Elisabeth Ramftatter       9mo f Hesse
13  Adam Forchener         21      m Hesse
14  Balthasar Ramftatter   58      m Hesse
15  Georg Mai              39      m Baden
16  Daniel Bender          24      m Baden
17  Max Buchert            17      m Baden
18  Bernhard Belschner     40      m Baden
19  Agatha Kaiser          32      f Baden
20  Joseph Kaiser          27      m Baden
21  Louise Kaiser          26      f Baden
22  Anna Kaiser            22      f Baden
23  Clementine Kaiser      58      f Baden
24  Sophie Kaiser          15      f Baden
25  Johann Schmidt         32      m Baden
26  Caroline Schosandemann 20      f Baden
27  Barbara Schosandemann  18      f Baden
28  Emil Rehfus            46      m Baden
29  Martin Gramfelder      43      m Baden
30  Johann Gramfelder       5      m Baden
31  Peter Maurer           27      m Baden
32  Johann Maurer          23      m Baden
33  Jean Korb              31      m Bavaria
34  Philippe Wagner        23      m Bavaria
35  Magdalene Volmer       22      f Bavaria
36  Friedrich Maus         24      m Bavaria
37  Joseph Helfrich        19      m Bavaria
38  Catherine Gab          38      f Bavaria
39  Lisbeth Gab             9      f Bavaria
40  Jacob Gab               6      m Bavaria
41  Caroline Gab            4      f Bavaria
42  Catherine Gab             11mo f Bavaria
43  Maria Krackenberg      20      f Bavaria
44  Jean Robinet           28      m France
45  Margareth Robinet      24      f France
46  Emil Robinet            1      m France
47  Louis Robinet              3mo m France
48  Josephine Reuter       33      f Prussia
49  Brigette Korrmann      30      f France
50  Ferdinand Korrmann      6      m France
51  Michel Korrmann         4      m France
52  Ignace Korrmann           11mo f France
53  Elisabeth Doll         21      f France
54  Rufine Rummel          30      f France
55  Jean Korrmann          50      m France
56  Jean Korrmann          16      m France
57  Joseph Helfrich        29      m France
58  Barbara Elrenbach      30      f Hesse
59  Catherine Kreiss       24      f Hesse
60  Barbara Eckhart        24      f Hesse
61  Peter Fuhr             36      m Hesse
62  Jean Laurer            24      m Hesse
63  Victor Georges         30      m Hesse
64  Marie Georges          25      f Hesse
65  Christoph Georges      40      m Hesse
66  Jacob Vimland          34      m Bavaria
67  Jean Schneider         44      m Bavaria
68  Maria Wagner           26      f Bavaria
69  Jacob Wagner            4      m Bavaria
70  Maria Wagner              10mo f Bavaria
71  Alois Schlentiel       31      m Bavaria
72  Maria Kappinete        52      f Bavaria
73  Adam Kappinete          9      m Bavaria
74  Jacob Klumb            18      m Bavaria
75  Joseph Feller          17      m Bavaria
76  Friedrich Steirk       25      m Bavaria
77  Peter Pabst            24      m Bavaria
78  Caspar Dook            30      m Bavaria
79  Barbara Gress          24      f Bavaria
80  Friedrich Scherer      22      m Bavaria
81* Bernhard Enta          24      f Bavaria


Transcriber Notes:

 * Indicates additional information noted below

 1  Passenger age could be 23
81  Passenger listed as female, but seems to have male first name
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 150, List 105.
Transcribed by Janice Peterson a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
13 July 2005


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