Ophir
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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