Immigrant Ships
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Bark Stella


Bremen, Germany to New York
14 August 1860

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -- PORT OF NEW YORK
I, H. Wulf Master of the Bremen Bark Stella do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the following List or Manifest,subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs of the Collection District of New York,is a full and complete list of all the Passengers taken on board of the said Bark Stella at Bremen from which port said Stella has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each said passengers, the part of the vessel occupied by each during the passage, the country to which each belongs, and also the country of which it is intended by each to become an inhabitant; and that said List or Manifest truly sets forth the number of said passengers who have died on said voyage, and the names and ages of those who died.
Sworn to this 14 Aug 1860 Before me, (port authority signature indecipherable)
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Bremen Bark Stella whereof H. Wulf is Master, from Bremen burthen __ tons.

First Cabin:
 1   Miss Therese Auer             21    female  visit         United-States     New York
 2   Miss Elisabeth Wlecke         14    female  visit         Prussia           New York
 3   Ferdinand Theilkuhl           36    male    physician     Prussia           Washington  
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Second Cabin:
 4   Friedrich August Nicolay      29    male    weaver        Saxony            New York
 5*  Franz Fasch                   35    male    merchant      Austria           New York
 6   Heinrich Lorenz               21    male    merchant      Prussia           New York
 7*  Heinrich Muller               18    male    bookseller    Baden             New York
 8   Albert Hammer                 16    male    bookseller    Baden             New York
 9*  Hermann Hurche                38    male    peascent      Prussia           Buffalo
 10  Elisabeth Huber               50    female  labourer      Bavaria           Milwaukee
 11  Elisabeth Huber               20    female  servant       Bavaria           Milwaukee
 12  Anna Huber                    19    female  servant       Bavaria           Milwaukee
 13* Bernhard Mollmann             24    male    peasant       Hannover          New York
 14* Anna Mollmann                 23    female  wife          Hannover          New York
 15  Adolph Fahrenbach             22    male    baker         Bavaria           New York
 16  Ferdinand Nitzsche            29    male    optician      Saxony            New York
 17  Antoinette Nitzsche           23    female  wife          Saxony            New York
 18  Gustav Waldschmidt            23    male    farmer        Waldeck           St. Louis
 19  August Kieslich               22    male    watchmaker    Prussia           New York
 20  Julius Grub                   20    male    engraver      Baden             New York
 21  Henrich Seegers               59    male    gardener      Hannover          Chicago
 22  Charles Gustav Staps          23    male    farmer        Weimar            Cincinnati
 23  Christian Entrep              27    male    factoryman    Hannover          New York
 24  Minna Kemper                  25    female  visit         Hannover          Cincinnati
 25  Conrad Heym                   27    male    waiter        Hessen            New York
 26  Friederike Heym               29    female  wife          Hessen            New York
 27  Elise Heym                     2    female  daughter      Hessen            New York
 28  Heinrich Campe                25    male    Doctor in 
                                                  philosophy   Bernburg          Philadelphia
 29  Jacob Martin                  23    male    bookbinder    Bavaria           Milwaukee
 30  Eduard Block                  22    male    baker         Hessen            St. Louis
 31  Wilhelmine Block              20    female  visit         Hessen            St. Louis
 32  Oscar Adelberg                15    male    visit         Sondershausen     Williamsbourg
 33  Christian Kaeding             19    male    divine        Prussia           Iova
 34  Johann Himmler                25    male    divine        Bavaria           Iova
 35  Sabina Hartmann               20    female  visit         Bavaria           Michigan
 36  Helene Hartmann               17    female  visit         Bavaria           Michigan
 37  Johann Haecke                 25    male    divine        Bavaria           Iova
 38  Wilhelm Arndt                 21    male    miller        Prussia           Wisconsin
 39  August Fleischfresser         19    male    cartwright    Prussia           Wisconsin
 40  August Kallmeyer              47    male    butcher       Hannover          Wisconsin
 41  Christiane Kallmeyer          45    female  wife          Hannover          Wisconsin
 42  Minna Kallmeyer               14    female  daughter      Hannover          Wisconsin 
 43  August Kallmeyer               7    male    son           Hannover          Wisconsin
 44  Sophie Rumpf                  22    female  visit         Hessen            New York
 45  Bernhard Kaiser               22    male    waiter        Hessen            St. Louis
 46  William Heinrich              28    male    farmer        Hessen            New York
 47  Joseph Hollmann               20    male    labourer      Hannover          St. Louis
 48  Joseph Knapmeyer              26    male    blacksmith    United States     New York
 49  Anton Hollmann                26    male    workman       Hannover          St. Louis
 50  Trina Tons                    17    female  visit         Hannover          New York
 51  Johann Tons                   14    male    visit         Hannover          New York
 52  Meta Mertens                  16    female  visit         Hannover          New York
 53  Charlotte Bellet              25    female  visit         Bavaria           Cincinnati
 54  Lorenz Bellet                  9mo  male    visit         Bavaria           Cincinnati
 55  Heinrich Sain                 42    male    tailor        Prussia           New York
 56  Antoinette Sain               25    female  wife          Prussia           New York
 57  Johannes Schweickhardt        20    male    brewer        Wurtenberg        New York
 58  Mathias Pleffert              23    male    peasant       Prussia           New York
 59  Maria Pleffert                20    female  sister        Prussia           New York
 60* Georg Muller                  33    male    bricklayer    Bavaria           Williamsbourg
 61* Kunigunde Muller              37    female                Bavaria           Williamsbourg 

Between Decks:  
 62  Johann Wagner                 24    male    miller        Bavaria           New York
 63  Peter Dunker                  27    male    miller        Hannover          New York
 64  Wibke Dunker                  30    female  wife          Hannover          New York
 65  Johanna Dunker                 7    female  daugher       Hannover          New York
 66  Wilhelm Dunker                 6mo  male    son           Hannover          New York
 67  Kunigunde Habewack            22    female  vist          Bavaria           New York
 68  Johann Seelig                 18    male    baker         Hessen            New York
 69  Wilhelm Lein                  17    male    shoemaker     Hessen            New York
 70  Philippine Lein               18    female  sister        Hessen            New York
 71  Johann Evangelist Ritzinger   33    male    labourer      Bavaria           New York
 72  Heinrich Fuchs                20    male    tailor        Hessen            New York
 73  Heinrich Otto                 20    male    tailor        Hessen            New York
 74  Marie Otto                    17    female  sister        Hessen            New York
 75  August Menschnig              19    male    labourer      Hessen            New York
 76  Heinrich Menschnig            14    male    visit         Hessen            New York
 77* Minna Kutemeyer               15    female  visit         Hessen            New York
 78  Anna Bortroff                 49    female  dressmaker    Hannover          New York
 79  Barbara Bortroff              24    female  daughter      Hannover          New York
 80  Philipp Ulbrich               30    male    dyer          Hessen            New York
 81  Adolph Luck                   30    male    labourer      Weimar            Brooklin
 82  Andreas Dollendorf            22    male    gilder        Prussia           New York
 83  Joseph Friedrich Keller       18    male    gardener      Wurtenberg        New York
 84  Friederike Kupper             21    female  visit         Baden             New York
 85  Johann Rieger                 25    male    peasant       Wurtenberg        New York
 86  Hildegard Walter              16    female  visit         Bavaria           New York
 87  Sophie Oehrig                 22    female  dressmaker    Bavaria           New York
 88  Adam Hermann                  40    male    barber        Bavaria           New York
 89  Louise Kolb                   18    female  visit         Bavaria           New York
 90  Carl Jung                     18    male    workman       Wurtenberg        Michigan
 91  Christine Lang                17    female  visit         Wurtenberg        Michigan
 92  Louise Schad                  22    female  visit         Wurtenberg        Pennsylvania
 93  Heinrich Pfeiffer             14    male    visit         Hessen            New York
 94  Johan Heinrich                23    male    farmer        Hessen            Delaware
 95  Wilhelmine Heinrich           15    female  sister        Hessen            Delaware
 96  Adam Eckhard                  39    male    tailor        Hessen            New York
 97  Susanne Eckhard               13    female  daughter      Hessen            New York
 98  Georg Eckhard                  7    male    son           Hessen            New York
 99  Johann Leber                  28    male    bricklayer    Baden             New York
100  Ludwig Ganser                 53    male    machine-maker Baden             Ohio
101  Joseph Schlager               45    male    tinman        Baden             Philadelphia
102  Juliane Korn                  23    female  servant       Prussia           St. Louis
103* Juliane Pohlkotter            30    female  servant       Prussia           St. Louis
104  Adam Witte                    29    male    labourer      Weimar            New York
105* Elisabeth Trubel              14    female  servant       Weimar            New York
106* Andreas Taubert               48    male    butcher       Weimar            Schmidfield
107  Nehemias Schwarz              26    male    butcher       Austria           New York
108  Charlotte Schwarz             20    female  sister        Austria           New York
109  Friedrich Sauer               39    male    carpenter     Frankfurt/Main    Pennsylvania
110  Franzisca Sauer               36    female  wife          Frankfurt         Pennsylvania
111  Anton Sauer                   10    male    son           Frankfurt         Pennsylvania
112  Elise Sauer                    6    female  daughter      Frankfurt         Pennsylvania
113  Georg Sauer                    4    male    son           Frankfurt         Pennsylvania
114  Johann Sauer                   6mo  male    son           Frankfurt         Pennsylvania
115  Gottfried Bachmann            23    male    farmer        Bavaria           New York
116  Regina Bachmann               15    female  sister        Bavaria           New York
117  Magdalena Allgeyer            27    female  visit         Bavaria           Toledo
118  Johann Ranck                  38    male    brewer        Bavaria           Michigan
119  Eduard Stark                  22    male    baker         Bavaria           Rochester
120  Marie Schmidt                 23    female  visit         Bavaria           Rochester
121  Johann Loose                  27    male    shoemaker     Bavaria           Pennsylvania
122  Kunigunde Loose               22    female  wife          Bavaria           Pennsylvania
123  Johann Georg Loose             3    male    son           Bavaria           Pennsylvania
124  Georg Blendinger              25    male    peasant       Bavaria           Pennsylvania
125  Anna Blendinger               25    female  wife          Bavaria           Pennsylvania
126  Friedrich Blendinger          11mo  male    son           Bavaria           Pennsylvania
127  Rosalie Schwartzkopf          44    female  visit         Austria           New York
128  Anna Schwartzkopf             15    female  daughter      Austria           New York
129  Adolph Schwartzkopf            8    male    son           Austria           New York
130  Georg Sommer                  56    male    miller        Hannover          Iova
131  Johann Hondorf                28    male    weaver        Meiningen         New York
132* Johann Cluver                 34    male    coachman      Hessen            Pennsylvania
133* Marie Cluver                  34    female  wife          Hessen            Pennsylvania
134* Wilhelmine Cluver             10    female  daughter      Hessen            Pennsylvania
135  Elisabeth Lerch               17    female  visit         Hessen            New York
136  Elisabeth Dietrich            16    female  visit         Hessen            New York
137  Margaretha Dietrich           18    female  visit         Hessen            New York
138  Jacob Lander                  59    male    visit         Hessen            Buffalo
139  Clemens Wivers                23    male    weaver        Prussia           Boston
140  Thomas Pratsch                39    male    musician      Bavaria           New York
141  Catharine Pratsch             28    female  wife          Bavaria           New York
142  Kunigunde Pratsch             11mo  female  daughter      Bavaria           New York
143  Peter Beltz                   33    male    visit         Bavaria           New York
144  Samuel Quittmann              10    male    visit         Prussia           Chicago
145  Barbara Reckelein             25    female  visit         Bavaria           New York
146  Philipp Quittmann             12    male    visit         Prussia           Chicago
147  Manasse Quittmann              9    male    visit         Prussia           Chicago
148  Julius Vocke                  15    male    visit         Prussia           New York
149* Bruno von Prutte              17    male    labourer      Prussia           New York
150* Fritz Rosenbruch              17    male    shoemaker     Brunswick         New York
151  Ernst Schaper                 33    male    peasant       Brunswick         New York
152  Hermann Herth                 27    male    tailor        Brunswick         New York
153  Heinrich Hentge               20    male    baker         Brunswick         New York
154  Friedrich Schuholz            25    male    labourer      Brunswick         New York
155  Johanne Beck                  30    female  dress=maker   Brunswick         New York
156  Wilhelmine Fessel             26    female  dressmaker    Brunswick         New York
157  Caroline Schinmeyer           19    female  servant       Brunswick         New York
158  Wilhelm Fust                  20    male    tinman        Brunswick         Albany
159  Christiana Burckhardt         18    female  visit         Weimar            Chicago
160  Barbara Burckhardt            16    female  visit         Weimar            Chicago
161* JOhann Buchler                47    male    labourer      Baden             New York
162  Carl Albert Schraner          30    male    bricklayer    Baden             New York
163  Baptist Baumgratz             48    male    potter        Baden             Philadelphia
164* Franz Schuler                 28    male    painter       Baden             New York
165  Ernst Kretzschmar             20    male    clothmaker    Saxony            Michigan
166  Johanne Kretzschmar           58    female  mother        Saxony            Michigan
167  Caroline Kretzschmar          30    female  sister        Saxony            Michigan
168  Emilie Kretzschmar            16    female  sister        Saxony            Michigan
169  August Kretzschmar            22    male    clothmaker    Saxony            Michigan
170  Conrad Fincke                 33    male    peasant       Hannover          Brooklin
171  Adelheid Finke                30    female  wife          Hannover          Brooklin
172  Adelaine Fincke                5    female  daughter      Hannover          Brooklin
173  Mathilde Fincke                5mo  female  daughter      Hannover          Brooklin
174  Michael Leucht                34    male    farmer        Bavaria           New York
175  Johannes Harte                34    male    farmer        Bavaria           New York
176  Peter Guttler                 26    male    farmer        Bavaria           New York
177  Nicolaus Beyerlein            35    male    farmer        Bavaria           New York
178  Margaretha Beyerlein          29    female  wife          Bavaria           New York
179  Anna Marie Beyerlein           6    female  daughter      Bavaria           New York
180  Carl Willert                  28    male    joiner        Nassau            New York
181  Christian Fischer             26    male    labourer      Weimar            New York
182  Auguste Therese Fischer       26    female  wife          Weimar            New York
183  Hermann Fischer                4    male    son           Weimar            New York
184  Christiane Fischer            11mo  female  daughter      Weimar            New York
185  Friedrich Brethauer           16    male    labourer      Hessen            Pittsburg
186* Johann Schorr                 ??    male    brewer        Bavaria           Pittsburg
187  Elisabeth Schorr              45    female  wife          Bavaria           Pittsburg
188  Dorothea Schorr               23    female  daughter      Bavaria           Pittsburg
189  Anna Elisabeth Schorr         19    female  daughter      Bavaria           Pittsburg
190  Andreas Schorr                15    male    son           Bavaria           Pittsburg
191  Johann Christian Schorr       34    male    peasant       Holland           New York
192  Johannes Nienhaus             34    male    peasant       Holland           New York
193  Johann Henrick Gleis          24    male    peasant       Holland           New York
194  Jacob Hermann                 16    male    labourer      Prussia           New York
195  Heinrich Brandt               49    male    miller        Detmold           Chicago
196  Wilhelmine Brandt             55    female  wife          Detmold           Chicago
197  Heinrich Reitz                18    male    glazier       Hessen            Chicago
198  Elise Reitz                   24    female  sister        Hessen            Chicago
199  Julius Fell                   18    male    glazier       Prussia           New York
200  Samujel Striem                27    male    tailor        Prussia           New York
201  Johann Winterkorn             22    male    brewer        Bavaria           New York
202* Dorothea Hausinger            19    female  dressmaker    Bavaria           New York
203* Eva Huppler                   26    female  servant       Bavaria           New York
204  Jacob Halbing                 28    male    bricklayer    Bavaria           New York
205  Daniel Ritter                 37    male    schoemaker    Hessen            Ohio
206  Christina Ritter              55    female  wife          Hessen            Ohio
207* August Muller                 25    male    peasant       Prussia           Cincinnati
208  Heinrich Meyer                26    male    miller        Prussia           St. Louis 
209  Christian Schulz              26    male    workman       Prussia           Cincinnati
210  Otto Sander                   18    male    merchant      Hannover          New York
211  Jacob Kohler                  18    male    goldsmith     Wurtenberg        Philadelphia
212  Johann Georg Kohler           15    male    tailor        Wurtenberg        Philadelphia
213  J. Friedrich Both             43    male    cooper        Altenburg         New York
214  Georg Erhard                  14    male    visit         Bavaria           New York
215  Elisabeth Laubmeister         48    female  visit         Bavaria           New York
216  Elisabeth Laubmeister         10    female  daughter      Bavaria           New York
217  Leopold Laubmeister           27    male    labourer      Bavaria           New York
218  Christoph Fahner              59    male    visit         Weimar            New York
219  Peter Walter                  41    male    weaver        Darmstadt         New York
220  Johannes Heinlein             24    male    farmer        Bavaria           New York
221  Ottilie Heinlein              28    female  wife          Bavaria           New York
222  Margaretha Heinlein           46    female  mother        Bavaria           New York
223* Auguste Hubner                14    female  sister        Bavaria           New York
224  Adam Schmidt                  20    male    labourer      Bavaria           Buffalo
225  Caroline Schmidt              25    female  wife          Bavaria           Buffalo
226  Georg Beer                    32    male    factoryman    Bavaria           Wisconsin
227  Friedrich Schwarz             39    male    peasant       Weimar            New York
228  Andreas Kastner               33    male    miller        Bavaria           Buffalo
229  Margaretha Kastner            27    female  wife          Bavaria           Buffalo
230  Joseph Koerner                34    male    shoemaker     Bavaria           New York
231  Benno Pirkel                  27    male    miller        Bavaria           New York
232  Carl Rosenthal                27    male    waiter        Prussia           New York
233  Gustav Pfeiffer               29    male    furrier       Saxony            New York
234  Johann Beck                   25    male    labourer      Bavaria           New York
235  Johann Heinrich Corell        44    male    labourer      Hessen            New York
236* Catharine ?engelaub           18    female  maid          Hessen            New York 
237  Anna Catharina Hoos           19    female  maid          Hessen            New York
238* Heinrich Gullsmar             29    male    labourer      Schwarzburg       New York
239  Catharina Rollberg            33    female  maid          Prussia           New York
240  Andreas Renneberg             23    male    schoemaker    Prussia           Hamilton
241  Wilhelmine Bickel             23    female  visit         Prussia           Hamilton
242  Amalie Bickel                 16    female  visit         Prussia           Hamilton
243  Catharina Brand               50    female  visit         Bavaria           Albany
244  Anna Brand                    30    female  daughter      Bavaria           Albany
245  Adam Albrecht                 49    male    farmer        Bavaria           Albany
246  Catharina Elisabeth Eberling  24    female  maid          Hessen            Gibson 
247  Johann Goebel                 50    male    coachman      Hessen            New York
248  Elisabeth Goebel              57    female  wife          Hessen            New York
249  Sophie Goebel                 18    female  daughter      Hessen            New York
250  Helene Goebel                 14    female  daughter      Hessen            New York
251  Heinrich Bopp                 51    male    farmer        Hessen            Indiana
252  Margaretha Bopp               52    female  wife          Hessen            Indiana
253  Heinrich Bopp                 13    male    son           Hessen            Indiana
254  Conrad Hensel                 19    male    painter       Hessen            Indiana
255  Elisabeth Hensel              22    female  sister        Hessen            Indiana
256  Ludwig Haeuser                16    male    turner        Hessen            New York
257  Adam Klapp                    26    male    peasant       Waldeck           New York
258  Maria Geissel                 20    female  visit         Hessen            New York
259  Georg Geissel                  3    male    son           Hessen            New York
260  Heinrich Geissel               2    male    son           Hessen            New York
261  Jacobine Geissel               3mo  female  daughter      Hessen            New York
262  Catharina Meyer               50    female  labourer      Hessen            New York 
263  Conrad Iser                   30    male    joiner        United State      Sacramento
264  Wilhelm Frerking              58    male    carpenter     Hannover          Illinois
265  Dorothea Frerking             56    female  wife          Hannover          Illinois
266  Louise Frerking               19    female  daughter      Hannover          Illinois
267  Heinrich Frerking             19    male    son           Hannover          Illinois
268  Louis Behrmann                29    male    farmer        Hannover          Chicago
269  Elise Conrades                23    female  dressmaker    Hannover          Chicago
270  Johann Weissenborn            18    male    labourer      Hessen            New York
271  Joseph Steverding             33    male    merchant      Oldenburg         New York
272  Catharina Steverding          22    female  wife          Oldenburg         New York
273  Herrmann Heen                 18    male    tailor        Reuss Lobenstein  Brooklin
274  Georg Meyer                   23    male    peasant       Hannover          New York
275* Veronica Taubert              51    female  wife          Weimar            New York
276  Johannes Taubert              17    male    son           Weimar            New York
277  Elisabeth Taubert             20    female  daughter      Weimar            New York
278  Christian Giessel             20    male    cloth-maker   Prussia           New York 


Transcriber's Notes:

An asterisk indicates further information in the Passenger Notes.  
A question mark indicates indecipherable material.  
A caret (^) indicates letters written in superscript.
Spellings have been transcribed as found in the original (i.e. Iova for Iowa etc.).


  5     Surname has an umlauted "a" so may be Faesch.
  7     Surname has an umlauted "u" so may be Mueller.
  9     Surname has an umlauted "u" so may be Huerche.
 13-14  Surname has an umlauted "o" so may be Moellmann.
 60-61  Surname has an umlauted "u" so may be Mueller.
 77     Surname has an umlauted "u" so may be Kuetemeyer.
103     Surname has an umlauted "o" so may be Pohlkoetter.
105     Surname has an umlauted "u" so may be Truebel.
106     Husband of No. 275, Veronica Taubert.
132-134 Surname has an umlauted "u" so may be Cluever.
149     Surname has an umlauted "u" so may be von Pruette.
150     Surname has an umlauted "u" so may be Rosenbruech.
161     Surname has an umlauted "u" so may be Buechler.
164     Surname has an umlauted "u" so may be Schueler.
170-173 Origination column for these four passengers has a bracket
        connecting "Hannover" with a note saying "in the United States."  
171     the name is spelled Finke, not Fincke.
186     Age is written over and is unclear.
202     Surname has an umlauted "a" so may be Haeusinger.
203     Surname has an umlauted "u" so may be Hueppler.
207     Surname has an umlauted "u" so may be Mueller.
223     Surname has an umlauted "u" so may be Huebner.
236     Difficult to determine the first letter of the surname.  
        Name may be either Sengelaub or Lengelaub.
238     Surname has an umlauted "u" so may be Guellsmar.
275     Note in occupation/family relationship column says:  wife of Andreas
        Taubert No. 106.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 751.
Transcribed by Gene Janssen a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
3 September 2004



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