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Ship Orpheus
I, J. H. Wessels Master of the Pruss. Ship "Orpheus" 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 Distsrict of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board of the said vessel at Bremen from which port said Ship has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and the and the occupation of each of 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 7 October 1864, So help me God. J. H. Wessels
Before me, (port authority signature unclear)
List or Manifest of All the Passengers taken on board the Prussian Ship "Orpheus" whereof J. H. Wessels is Master, from *St Petersburg burthen 646-1/2 tons.
Columns represent: passenger name, age, gender, occupation, and destination. The column for country of origin has been omitted in this list because all passengers (except three, #'s 195, 196, & 281,which are footnoted) were listed as being from Germany.
First Cabin Passengers:
1 Maria Hermann 33 f New York
2 Edwin Hermann 9 m New York
3 Wilhelm Hermann 1 m New York
4 Anna Grah 60 f New York
5 Emilie Grah 30 f New York
6 Ferdinand Albrecht 25 m brewer Cincinati
7 Heinrich Meyer 16 m merchant New York
Second Cabin Passengers:
8* Wilhelm Francke 18 m merchant Cincinnati
9* Wilhelm Wahler 55 m farmer New Orleans
10 Auguste Meyer 16 f New Orleans
11* Hermann Schlopke 37 m farmer New York
12 Friedrich Assmann 31 m tailor New York
13* Wilhelm Schutte 38 m farmer Ohio
14 Wilhelm Kloer 30 m farmer Ohio
15 Heinrich Engelmann 26 m carpenter New York
16 Otto Valkland 22 m sattler Pensylvania
17 Josepf Melchert 32 m shoemaker New York
18* Josephine Backer 25 f Cincinnati
19 Hermann Forstmeier 30 m cabinetmaker Cincinnati
20 August Hessmann 17 m weaver Cincinnati
21 Josephine Kordt 18 f Ohio
22* Gerhard Buss 34 m farmer Cincinnati
23 Heinrich Jasper 55 m farmer New York
24 Friedrich Sommer 32 m farmer Cincinnati
25 Wilhelmine Breyer 18 f
26 Ferdinand Kerl 24 m farmer Cincinnati
27* Louise Deichgraber 19 f St Louis
28* Heinrich Muller 25 m farmer St Louis
29* Wilhelm Wust 19 m bookbinder New York
30 Wilhelm Mechau 26 m merchant New York
31 Friedrich Schaper 18 m farmer St Louis
32 Eduard Schrader 24 m miller St Louis
33* Georg Lange 27 m tailor Ohio
34* Catharine Lange 25 f Ohio
35* Elisabeth Lange 24 f Ohio
36 Carl Weber 28 m farmer New York
37 Carl Rose 16 m merchant New York
38 Rudolf Raethel 22 m baker New York
39 Samson Steinbach 21 m merchant New York
40* Jacob Lowy 13 m merchant New York
41* Lobel Lowith 15 m merchant New York
42 Paul Diebietsch 24 m merchant New York
43 Josepf Strasskraba 36 m merchant New York
44 Anton Strasskraba 40 m baker New York
45 Maria Hopf 21 f New York
46* Hermann Schroder 29 m smith Cincinnati
47* Heinrich Muller 47 m sattler Cincinnati
48* Auguste Muller 20 f Cincinnati
49* Johanne Janssen 22 f Ohio
50* Mathilde Loscher 24 f New York
51* Emma Holzer 24 f New York
52 Amalia Dietrich 17 f New York
53 Christiane Bochnitz 25 f New York
54 Auguste Ling 17 f Chicago
55 Ottilie Ling 19 f Chicago
56 August Thiemer 18 m farmer New York
57 Albertine Spangenberg 25 f New York
58 Georg Eicke 40 m deyer St Louis
59* Dorette Eicke 40 f deyer St Louis
60* Alwine Eicke 12 f deyer St Louis
61* Anna Eicke 10 f deyer St Louis
62* Rudolf Eicke 8 m deyer St Louis
63* Pauline Eicke f deyer St Louis
64* Adolf Eicke m deyer St Louis
65 Ernst Baumbach 26 m farmer New York
66 Albert Riebe 24 m farmer Wisconsin
67 Hinriette Riebe 24 f farmer Wisconsin
68 Dorette Bilstein 28 f farmer New York
69* Georg v. Zastrow 17 m officier New York
70* Ernst Huhnerberg 17 m merchant New York
71 Georg Todts 54 m merchant New York
72 Anna Todts 58 f merchant New York
73 Christine Todts 23 f merchant New York
74 Wilhelmine Todts 19 f merchant New York
75 Hermann Todts 16 m merchant New York
76 Maria Todts 15 f merchant New York
77 Philipp Grote 30 m merchant New York
78 August Amend 23 m merchant New York
Steerage Passengers:
79 Friedrich Bothe 37 m cigarmaker Missuri
80 Maria Bothe 4 f cigarmaker Missuri
81* Friedrich Bothe m Missuri
82 Christine Bothe 60 f cigarmaker Missuri
83 Auguste Bothe 24 m cigarmaker Missuri
84 Caroline Bothe 7 f cigarmaker Missuri
85* Carl Ruhl 31 m cooper New York
86 Conrad Langohr 18 m farmer Chicago
87 Johann Penneburch 19 m miller New York
88 Friedrich Kern 18 m farmer New Jersey
89 August Fricke 40 m farmer New York
90 Johann Ziegler 40 m farmer New York
91 Heinrich Frese 30 m cigarmaker New York
92* Heinrich Sudhof 17 m farmer New York
93* Friedrich Schanfler 44 m farmer New York
94 Gretchen Schanfler 55 f farmer New York
95* Mathias Patcker 52 m farmer Ohio
96* Magarethe Patcker 59 f farmer Ohio
97* Friedrich Patcker 19 m cabinetmaker Ohio
98* Magarethe Patcker 17 f cabinetmaker Ohio
99* Ernst Buscher 25 m farmer Cleveland
100* Maria Buscher 23 f farmer Cleveland
101 Clara Jaspering 22 f farmer Cleveland
102 Wilhelm Fienup 31 m farmer Ohio
103 Maria Fienup 25 f farmer Ohio
104* Louise Fienup f
105 Louise Fienup 31 f farmer Ohio
106* Heinrich Lubbert 49 m farmer Ohio
107* Louise Lubbert 18 f farmer Ohio
108* Lewise Lubbert 10 f farmer Ohio
109* Heinrich Patcker 28 m farmer Ohio
110* Caroline Patcker 26 f farmer Ohio
111 Friedrich Spefurt 31 m weaver New York
112 Adam Schmidt 26 m weaver Indiana
113 Elisabeth Schmidt 22 f weaver Indiana
114* Elisabeth Schmidt
115 Jacob Pein 20 m baker New York
116 Diedrich Rodenbarg 20 m farmer New York
117 Caroline Siche 21 f New YOrk
118 Mathias Scheuble 32 m farmer Ohio
119 Sebastion Scheuble 26 m farmer Ohio
120 Wilhelm Bringmann 36 m farmer New York
121 Caspar Horst 22 m farmer Missuri
122 Heinrich Bothe 45 m brickner Missuri
123 Conradine Bothe 46 f brickner Missuri
124 Wilhelm Bothe 15 m brickner Missuri
125 Anna Bothe 10 f brickner Missuri
126 Robert Lange 19 m stationer Broklyn
127 Klamor Hofener 18 m cigarmaker New York
128 Friedrich Krug 24 m weaver New York
129 August Becker 27 m farmer New York
130* Anton Wa???es 33 m farmer Ohio
131 Heinrich Honermann 56 m farmer Iowa
132 Magarethe Honermann 55 f farmer Iowa
133 Catharina Honermann 24 f farmer Iowa
134 Heinrich Honermann 20 m farmer Iowa
135 Bernh. Honermann 17 m farmer Iowa
136 Gertrude Honermann 15 f farmer Iowa
137 Diedrich Wencke 48 m carpenter New York
138 Bernhard Luckhardt 18 m cabinetmaker New York
139* Martin Jos? 17 m butcher Connecticut
140 Georg Kuhn 58 m weaver Masseschusetts
141 Rosalia Kuhn 34 f weaver Masseschusetts
142 Tobias Kuhn 6 m weaver Masseschusetts
143 Maria Kuhn 2 f weaver Masseschusetts
144* Conrad Kuhn
145 Christopf Kehr 42 m farmer New York
146 Catharine Kehr 39 f farmer New York
147* Anna Kehr
148 Heinrich Krug 40 m farmer Chicago
149 Elisabeth Krug 36 f farmer Chicago
150 Wilhelm Krug 12 m farmer Chicago
151 Adam Krug 8 m farmer Chicago
152 Sebastian Krug 6 m farmer Chicago
153 Elise Krug 4 f farmer Chicago
154 Julius Krug 3 m farmer Chicago
155* Heinrich Krug
156 Hermann Schrader 17 m smith Illinois
157 Georg Eben 50 m farmer Ohio
158 Andreas Eben 18 m farmer Ohio
159 Georg Eben 15 m farmer Ohio
160 Christian Eben 13 m farmer Ohio
161 Catharine Eben 7 f farmer Ohio
162 Christiane Eben 4 f farmer Ohio
163 Alexander Schrodt 27 m shoemaker Cincinnati
164 Adelheid Buss 32 f shoemaker Cincinnati
165 Carl Neuberger 21 m farmer Cincinnati
166 Michael Neuberger 15 m farmer Cincinnati
167 Franzisca Schmidt 15 f farmer Cincinnati
168 Carl Repp 15 m farmer New York
169 Philipp Gimbel 35 m farmer New York
170 Helena Gimbel 30 f farmer New York
171 Jacob Gimbel 30 m farmer New York
172* Maria Gimbel
173 Christopf Raith 17 m brewer New York
174 Philipp Kern 41 m farmer Pensylvania
175 Johannes von Alt 59 m farmer New York
176* Catharina v. Alt 43 f farmer New York
177 Johannes v. Alt 24 m farmer New York
178 Maria v. Alt 15 f farmer New York
179 Heinrich v. Alt 12 m farmer New York
180 Friedrich Pfaff 27 m farmer Connecticut
181 Amalia Pfaff 22 f farmer Connecticut
182 Lina Pfaff 2 f farmer Connecticut
183* Richard Pfaff
184 Carl Schnur 24 m farmer Illinois
185 Dorothea Kemp 44 f farmer New York
186 Pauline Kemp 7 f farmer New York
187 Wilhelm Kemp 5 m farmer New York
188 Christine Schulz 60 f farmer New York
189* Heinrich Grunkemeyer 30 m farmer St Louis
190* Johanne Grunkemeyer 32 f farmer St Louis
191 Leonhard Walther 23 m tenner Pensylvania
192 Magarethe Wannes 50 f tenner Ohio
193 Philippine Wannes 17 f tenner Ohio
194 Georg Wendthold 34 m farmer Iowa
195* David Davids 26 m merchant St Louis
196* Magarethe Davids 21 f merchant St Louis
197 Heinrich Lehnhoff 28 m farmer St Louis
198 Friedrich Lehnhoff 23 m farmer St Louis
199 Friedrich Hamfeld 16 m farmer St Louis
200 Heinrich Diefenbach 50 m tailor Pensylvania
201 Elisabeth Diefenbach 46 f tailor Pensylvania
202 Heinrich Diefenbach 21 m tailor Pensylvania
203 Magarethe Diefenbach 19 f tailor Pensylvania
204 Babara Diefenbach 11 f tailor Pensylvania
205 Heinrich Otto 22 m cabinetmaker St Louis
206 Franz Schnittler 30 m smith New York
207 Josepf Schnittler 24 m carpenter New York
208 Wilhelm Elster 21 m barber New York
209 Maria Lederer 19 f barber New York
210 Lorenz Diebel 28 m cabinetmaker Michigan
211 Anna Diebel 28 f cabinetmaker Michigan
212 Lorenz Diebel 4 m cabinetmaker Michigan
213 Wilhelm Diebel 2 m cabinetmaker Michigan
214* Elise Diebel
215 Franz Zitka 42 m deyer New York
216 Josepha Zitka 15 f deyer New York
217 Martin Korineck 49 m farmer Chicago
218 Maria Korineck 44 f farmer Chicago
219 Anna Korineck 23 f farmer Chicago
220 Maria Korineck 20 f farmer Chicago
221 Franz Korineck 17 f farmer Chicago
222 Petrona Korineck 15 f farmer Chicago
223 Rosalia Korineck 13 f farmer Chicago
224 Catharina Korineck 9 f farmer Chicago
225 Antonia Korineck 7 f farmer Chicago
226 Josepf Korineck 3 m farmer Chicago
227* Josepfa Korieck
228 Johann Marsicek 20 m farmer Chicago
229 Franz Marsicek 15 m farmer New York
230 Carl Asmus 29 m baker Pensylvania
231 Maria Asmus 29 f baker Pensylvania
232* August J?hnk 27 m farmer Wisconsin
233 Lina Soll 21 f farmer Iowa
234* Johann J?hnk 22 m miller Wisconsin
235 Heinrich Harm 26 m farmer Wisconsin
236 Elisabeth Harm 21 f farmer Wisconsin
237 Epfraim Marcus 26 m tailor Newyork
238* Ernst Moller 36 m cooper Illinois
239* Caroline Moller 36 f cooper Illinois
240* Lina Moller 7 f cooper Illinois
241* Maria Moller 4 f cooper Illinois
242* Fritz Moller
243* Conrad Bruning 37 m tailor Illinois
244* Louise Bruning 32 f tailor Illinois
245* Elise Bruning 4 f tailor Illinois
246* Friedrich Bruning
247* Conrad Moller 25 m smith Illinois
248* Conard Kohlberg 46 m weaver Illinois
249 Sophie Kohlberg 43 f weaver Illinois
250 Dorothea Kohlberg 17 f weaver Illinois
251 Heinrich Kohlberg 14 m farmer Illinois
252 Wilhelm Kohlberg 6 m farmer Illinois
253 Johann Fischer 27 m farmer New York
254 Anna Fischer 26 f farmer New York
255 Babara Fischer 7 f farmer New York
256 Nicolaus Fischer 2 m farmer New York
257 Lisette Fuhrmeister 33 f farmer New York
258 August Fuhrmeister 5 m farmer New York
259* Friedericke Fuhrmeister
260 Friedericke Fuhrmeister 23 f farmer New York
261 Christine Fuhrmeister 25 f farmer New York
262 Johannes Buch 16 m tailor Connecticut
263 Catharine Schleicher 18 f tailor Connecticut
264 Georg Hess 15 m tailor Connecticut
265 Anna Hess 20 f tailor Connecticut
266 Sophie Hintje 24 f tailor New York
267 Magarethe Seekamp 22 f tailor New York
268 August Heuser 28 m farmer Missuri
269 Theresa Heuser 25 f Missuri
270* Heinrich Forschbach 28 m sattler New York
271* Christian Muller 25 m farmer New York
272 Heinrich Mahnken 21 m carpenter New York
273 Sebastian Moor 51 m farmer New York
274 Sybilla Maier 31 f farmer New York
275 Johann Maier 6 m farmer New York
276 Albert Fiedler 22 m cabinetmaker Pensylvania
277 Fritz Freudenthal 22 m carpenter New York
278 Georg Reinhold 24 m clark New York
279* Christian Luttmer 40 m cigarmaker New York
280 Bernhard Reichers 19 m cigarmaker New York
281* Auguste Wodeck 37 f United States
282* Gustav Wodeck 17 m New York
283 Ludwig Bauer 17 m New York
Transcriber's Notes:
A question mark indicates material that was indecipherable.
An asterisk indicates further information found in the passenger notes.
Spellings of place names have been transcribed as found in the manuscript, i.e. Pensylvania.
The original contains ditto marks which seem incorrect, especially when indicating occupations being the same
as the head of household for the wife and all children.
8 Surname may be Franck.
9 Surname has an umlauted "a" so may also be Waehler.
11 Surname has an umlauted "o" so may also be Schloepke
13 Surname has an umlauted "u" so may also be Schuette.
18 Surname has an umlauted "a" so may also be Baecker.
22 Note in far right column says: landed at Baltimore in the year
1849 in the ship Isabel (Amerie) from Havre.
27 Surname has an umlauted "a" so may also be Deichgraeber.
28 Surname has an umlauted "u" so may also be Mueller.
29 Surname has an umlauted "u" so may also be Wuest.
33-35 Surname has an umlauted "a" so may also be Laenge.
40 There seems to be an umlaut over the "o" in which case the name may
also be spelled Loewy.
41 Given name has an umlauted "o."
46 Surname has an umlauted "o" so may also be Schroeder.
47-48 Surname has an umlauted "u" so may also be Mueller.
49 I believe this is my great-grandmother's sister. She went to Perrysburg,
Ohio and her marriage record in June of 1865 to a Joh. B. Ricklefs can be found
in the records of Zoar Lutheran Church there.
50 Surname has an umlauted "o" so may also be Loescher. Also, note in far
right column says: landed in New York in the Brem. Ship Helene in the year 1852.
51 Surname has an umlauted "o" so may also be Hoelzer.
59-64 These entries have ditto marks indicating an occupation. Since most
women were not listed with an occupation, and its unlikely the children
had an occupation, this is perhaps a sribe's error or may indicate that these
passengers belong together.
63-64 No age given for these two entries. Only the word "Suckling" (nursing
child) is written across the columns.
69 The "v." in the name indicates "von" so name is von Zastrow.
70 Surname has an umlauted "u" so may also be Huehnerberg.
81 No age given for this entry. Only the word "Suckling" (nursing child)
is written across the columns.
85 Surname has an umlauted "u" so may also be Ruehl.
92 Surname has an umlauted "u" so may also be Suedhof.
93-94 Surname has an umlauted "a" so may also be Schaenfler.
95-98 Surname has an umlauted "a" so may also be Paetcker.
99-100 Surname has an umlauted "u" so may also be Buescher.
104 No age given for this entry. Only the word "Suckling" (nursing child)
is written across the columns.
106-108 Surname has an umlauted "u" so may also be Luebbert.
109-110 Surname has an umlauted "a" so may also be Paetcker.
114 No age given for this entry. Only the word "Suckling" (nursing child)
is written across the columns.
130 Surname difficult to decipher because it looks like three "n's" in a row; thus,
it looks like Wannnes, which is unlikely. It may be an error, and perhaps the
name ought to be Warnnes or Wannes as for entries 192 & 193 later on the list.
139 Surname seems to be Jost.
144 No age given for this entry. Only the word "Suckling" (nursing child)
is written across the columns.
147 No age given for this entry. Only the word "Suckling" (nursing child)
is written across the columns.
155 No age given for this entry. Only the word "Suckling" (nursing child)
is written across the columns.
172 No age given for this entry. Only the word "Suckling" (nursing child)
is written across the columns.
176-179 Surname wrtten as v. Alt; however, for entry #175 it is written out in full,
i.e. von Alt.
183 No age given for this entry. Only the word "Suckling" (nursing child)
is written across the columns.
189-190 Surname has an umlauted "u" so may also be Gruenkemeyer.
195 Note in far right column says: landed in New York in the year 1853 from
London in the american Ship London.
195-196 See above footnote also. Both passengers are listed as being from the
United States.
214 No age given for this entry. Only the word "Suckling" (nursing child)
is written across the columns.
227 No age given for this entry. Only the word "Suckling" (nursing child)
is written across the columns.
232/234 Second letter of surname may be an umlauted "a" or "o," Thus, the name
may be Johnk, Jahnk, or alternatively: Joehnk, Jaehnk.
238-242 Surname has an umlauted "o" so may also be Moeller.
242 No age given for this entry. Only the word "Suckling" (nursing child)
is written across the columns.
243-246 Surname has an umlauted "u" so may also be Bruening.
246 No age given for this entry. Only the word "Suckling" (nursing child)
is written across the columns.
247 Surname has an umlauted "o" so may also be Moeller.
248 It seems that the given name ought to be Conrad.
259 No age given for this entry. Only the word "Suckling" (nursing child)
is written across the columns.
270 Surname has an umlauted "o" so may also be Foerschbach.
271 Surname has an umlauted "u" so may also be Mueller.
279 Surname has an umlauted "u" so may also be Luettmer.
281 Passenger listed as from New York with destination as United States.
281-282 Surname has an umlauted "o" so may also be Woedeck.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 246.
Transcribed by Gene Janssen a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
8 November 2005
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