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Bark Freihandel

I, Karl Hargesheimer, Master of the Bark Freihandel, 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 perfect List of all the Passengers taken on board the said Vessel at Bremen from which Port the said Vessel has now arrived; and that on said List is truly designated the age, the sex, 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.
So help me God. (Signature) Karl Hargesheimer

Sworn to, this March 22nd 1867,
Before me. (Signature) ???????, D.C.

List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Bark Freihandel whereof Karl Hargesheimer is Master, from Bremen burthen 776 3/4 tons.

Columns represent: given name and surname, age, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country of which they intend to become inhabitants, and the part of the ship occupied during the voyage.

              
  1* Ernst Moller           23     M   Farmer      Gotha         St. Louis     1st Cabin
  2* Franz von Wunth        26     M   Merchant    Austria       New York      1st Cabin
  3* Carl Wagenfehr         20y3m  M   Engraver    Bremen        New York      1st Cabin
  4* Louis Schode           24y3m  M   Joiner      Dessau        New York      2nd Cabin
  5  Conrad Grasser         36y5m  M   Nailsmith   Bavaria       New York      2nd Cabin
  6  Catharine Dorn         33y2m  F               Bavaria       New York      2nd Cabin
  7* Friedrich Buchert      29y9m  M   Butcher     Anhalt        New York      2nd Cabin
  8* Henriette Buchert      27y1m  F               Anhalt        New York      2nd Cabin
  9* Wilhelm Dursch         30y4m  M   Joiner      Prussia       New York      2nd Cabin
 10  Philip Singer          28y4m  M   Brewer      Wurtemberg    New York      2nd Cabin
 11  Ballina Singer         20     F               Wurtemberg    New York      2nd Cabin
 12* Wilhelmina L????       45y1m  F               Prussia       New York      2nd Cabin
 13  Johann Machowsky       27y11m M   Taylor      Prussia       Chicago       2nd Cabin
 14  Augusta Machowsky      24y7m  F               Prussia       Chicago       2nd Cabin
 15  Johann Vogel           30y4m  M   Cooper      Weimar        New York      2nd Cabin
 16* Anton Stohr            25y9m  M   Watchmaker  Austria       New York      2nd Cabin
 17* Georg Dorfel           27y1m  M   Miner       Austria       New York      2nd Cabin
 18* Franz Schroder         22y3m  M   Laborer     Prussia       New York      2nd Cabin
 19* Josef Forster          28     M   Clerk       Bohemia       New York      2nd Cabin
 20* Alois Forster          21y2m  M   Saddler     Bohemia       New York      2nd Cabin
 21* Adolph Forster         16y2m  M   Baker       Bohemia       New York      2nd Cabin
 22* August Ahrens          18     M   Laborer     Lippe Detmold Iowa          2nd Cabin
 23* Sophie Ahrens          59y9m  F               Lippe Detmold Iowa          2nd Cabin
 24  Wilhelm Keitel         30y2m  M   Farmer      Prussia       Iowa          2nd Cabin
 25  Carl Beseler           22y3m  M   Taylor      Bohemia       St. Louis     2nd Cabin
 26  Mathias Zimmer         24y7m  M   Farmer      Prussia       Michigan      2nd Cabin
 27  Conrad Uhrich          44     M   Shoemaker   Bade          New York      2nd Cabin
 28  Johannes Schneider     31     M   Farmer      Hesse         Lancaster Pa  2nd Cabin
 29  Thomas Wietmer         52y3m  M   Mason       Prussia       New York      2nd Cabin
 30  Franz Mater            50     M   Laborer     Bohemia       St. Louis     2nd Cabin
 31* Herm. Lindimann        19y7m  M   Taylor      Prussia       Brooklyn      2nd Cabin
 32* Catharine Lindimann    19     F               Prussia       Brooklyn      2nd Cabin
 33  Ludwig Hosch           27y6m  M   Butcher     Bade          Cincinnati    2nd cabin
 34  Catharine Hosch        28y2m  F               Bade          Cincinnati    2nd cabin
 35  Friedrich Seeger       26y3m  M   Taylor      Wurtemberg    Cleveland     2nd Cabin
 36* Johannes Zungling      26y3m  M   Taylor      Wurtemberg    Cleveland     2nd Cabin
 37* David Hahn             24y6m  M   Taylor      Wurtemberg    Cleveland     2nd Cabin
 38* Gottlieb Hoderle       25y1m  M   Baker       Wurtemberg    Cleveland     2nd Cabin
 39  Ferdinand Jacoby       37y3m  M   Shoemaker   Prussia       New Haven     2nd Cabin
 40  Friedrich Becker       35y7m  M   Clerk       Prussia       New Haven     2nd Cabin
 41  Wilhelm Wessel         50     M   Shoemaker   Prussia       Missouri      2nd Cabin
 42  Carl Heil              26y2m  M   Laborer     Prussia       New York      2nd Cabin
 43  Fritz Schneider        23y7m  M   Bookbinder  Prussia       Cincinnati    2nd Cabin
 44  Hermann Dierks         21y10m M   Baker       Prussia       New York      2nd Cabin
 45  Wilhelm Jordena        18     M   Clerk       Prussia       New York      2nd Cabin
 46  Johann Petrold         40     M   Farmer      Bavaria       Cleveland     2nd Cabin
 47  Arndt Junker           22y9m  M   Farmer      Bremen        Jena Lidy     2nd Cabin
 48  Samuel Wiesmer         31y1m  M   Bookmaker   New Jersey    New Jersey    2nd Cabin
 49  Gottlieb Wiesmer       40     M   Bookmaker   Prussia       New Jersey    2nd cabin


Transcriber's Notes:

  A question mark (?) indicates a letter or a number that can not be transcribed 
  definitely.  

  An asterisk (*) indicates either difficulty in deciphering the handwriting of the 
  manifest or something in the Transcriber's Notes to which the reader should refer.

  A caret (^) indicates that the following letter in a word or name is superscripted.
 

  1      There is an umlaut above the "o" in "Moller" or the "u" in surname "Muller".
  2      There is an umlaut above the "u" in surname "von Wunth".
  3      There is an umlaut above the "a", "e" or "o" in the last vowel in 
         surname "Wagenfe?h".
  4      Surname is either "Schode" or "Schade".
  7-8    There is an umlaut above the "u" in surname "Buchart".
  9      There is an umlaut above the "u" in surname "Durrch".
 12      Last part of surname is obscured by damage to the manifest and cannot be deciphered.
 16      There is an umlaut above the "o" in surname "Stohr".
 17      There is an umlaut above the "o" in surname "Dorfel".
 18      There is an umlaut above the "o" in surname "Schroder".
 19-21   There is an umlaut above the "o" in surname "Forster".
 22-23   Surname appears to be either "Ahrens" or "Ahrans".
 31-32   Surname appears to be recorded as "Lindimann", but might possibly be "Lindemann".
 36      There is an umlaut above the "u" in surname "Zungling", "Jungling" or "Tungling".
 37      Surname appears to be written as "Halm", but might possibly be "Hahn".
 38      There is an umlaut above the first vowel in surname "Hoderle", Haderle" 
         or "Huderle".

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 277, List 209.

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