Schooner Leo
Another transcription of this ship can be found in Volume 1
Schooner Leo ? from Bremen to Galveston - Continued. Name of captain not known from this list. The ship sailing from Bremen, Germany, arrived at Galveston TX on 25 June 1846.
Columns represent: passenger name, age, gender, occupation, last dwelling place. The destination for all on this page is listed as Texas U.S.
1* G. Herwicks 44 male Farmer Germany
2* Marie Herwick 45 female
3* Five Herwick children
4* S. T. Saathoff 37 male
5* E.? ? 38 female
6 G. F. Schmidt 27 male
7* A. ?, Schmidt 25 female
8* Their children
9* T. Schellers 29 male Farmer Germany
10* Peter Echhorn 33 male Farmer Germany
11* Four children
12* Ernst Planker 39 male Farmer Germany
Recapitulation: Males over 30 years 22*
Males under 30 years 3 25
Females over 18 years 12 12
Females under 18 years -
Children 33 33
70 (total)
Transcriber's Notes:
This is the final page of 39 pages. Pages 1-38 are missing; hence, this is a partial list.
The ship sailing from Bremen, Germany, arrived at Galveston TX on 25 June 1846.
Notice the "Recapitulation" note and tally which indicate that there were
more passengers on this ship. Males over 30 years: number 22 is not clear.
? A question mark indicates unclear or indecipherable material.
* An asterisk indicates a footnote.
1 Name is Herwicks on this list but may have been Herwigs.
2 Ancestry website lists this person as Vercie Glemick--not a likely German name and more
likely the wife of G. Herwicks as listed just above her entry. Besides, the G of entry
number 1 is not the first letter for the given name of entry number 2.
3 Names of the children are not listed.
4 Ancestry website lists this person as S. J. Saathoff and the est. age as 27.
5 Ancestry website lists here E. with children and age as 28. Presumably E. Saathoff. The
number of children is unclear.
7 Ancestry website lists second initial as O; I believe it is U
8 Names or number of the children are not listed.
9 Ancestry website lists surname as J. Schellas.
10 Ancestry website lists name as Peter Eichhorn.
11 Names of the children are not listed--probably children of Peter Echhorn/Eichhorn.
12 Ancestry website lists age as 29. Ancestry lists given name as Ernest--it is clearly
the German form: Ernst
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M575, Reel 3.
Transcribed by Gene Janssen a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
3 May 2008
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