Ship Adler
I, *C. Hoborst, Master of the Ship Adler, 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 Bremen ship Adler at Bremen from which port said Bremen ship Adler 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.
Sworn to this 2 Oct 18??So help me God,
before me ________________(illegible signature)
(signed) *C. Hoborst
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Ship Adler whereof *C. Hoborst, is master, from Bremen, burthen 306 tons.
Coloumns represent: Names, relationship (added by transcribers), age in years and months, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country of which they intend to become inhabitants, *died on voyage (this was used for baggage).
1 Joh Witzhold 30 m doctor juris Magdeburg one trunk clothing
2 Theod. Heinr. Keller 31 m doctor medicine Weissenfeld one trunk, one box clothing
3* Helmouth Evers 25 m carpenter Lubeck one box, one bag clothing
4 Carl Deecke 36 m merchant Celle one box, one trunk clothing
Steerage
5 Heinr. Schrumpf 40 m joiner Eichelsheim {one box clothing
6 Johannes Schrumpf 15 m joiner Eichelsheim {two box clothing
7 August Schatz 28 m baker Artrof {
8 Friedr. Hoffmann 29 m potter Artrof {
9 Theod. Hoffmann 24 m farmer Artrof {
10* Carl Gotting 21 m saddler Braunschweig two coffer clothing
11 Gustav Heltjer 35 m saddler Peine one box & th???d^? clothing
12 Hermann Meyer 25 m furrier Bodenfelde one box clothing
13 Johann Feldmann 20 m farmer Bodberger {three boxes clothing
14 Catha. Adele Feldmann 60 f farmer Bodberger {
15 Catharine Elise Feldmann 20 f farmer Bodberger {
16 Hermann Gerhard Feldmann 22 m farmer Bodberger {
17* Jurg Bubert 45 m farmer Bodberger {four boxes clothing
18 Cath. Adeth. Bubert wife 40 f farmer Bodberger {
19 Cath. Marie Bubert daughter 19 f farmer Bodberger {
20 Cath. Adelheit Bubert daughter 16 f farmer Bodberger {
21 Heinrich Bubert son 13 m farmer Bodberger {
22 Gerhardt Bubert son 10 m farmer Bodberger {
23 Hermann Bubert son 4 m farmer Bodberger {
24 Diedrich Bubert son 1y 6m m farmer Bodberger {
25 Joh. Herm. Widdelkump 51 m farmer Bodberger {four boxes clothing
26 Cath. Marie Widdelkump wife 56 f farmer Bodberger {
27 Johann Widdelkump son 20 f farmer Bodberger {
28 Cathar. Marie Widdelkump daughter 16 f farmer Bodberger {
29 Heinr. Moellmann 15 m farmer Bodberger one box clothing
30* Soph. Ofrenius 20 f Quakenbruck {two boxes clothing
31* Bernhard Ofrenius son 9m m Quakenbruck {
32 Helene Meesen 28 f farmer Badbergen {one trunk clothing
33 Cath. Marie Meesen 4 f Badbergen {
34* Cath. Timmermann 25 f farmer Quakenbruck
35 Frid. Pauling 58 m farmer Drebben {four boxes clothing
36 Marie Pauling wife 61 f farmer Drebben {
37 Diedrick Pauling son 27 m farmer Drebben {
38 Dorethea Pauling daughter 25 f farmer Drebben {
39 Marie Pauling daughter 22 f farmer Drebben {
40 Anna Pauling 19 f farmer Drebben {
41 Friedr. Pauling 32 m shoemaker Drebben three boxes clothing
42 Christ Pauling wife 21 f Drebben
43 Sophie Pauling daughter 2 f Drebben
44 Sophie Rodewald 33 f Drebben {two boxes clothing
45 Heinr. Pauling 6 m Drebben {
46 Heinr. Wedekind 44 m farmer Gilden {two boxes clothing
47 Marie Wedekind wife 45 f Gilden {
48 Heinrich Wedekind son 17 m Gilden {
49 Louise Wedekind daughter 14 f Gilden {
50 Sophie Wedekind daughter 12 f Gilden {
51 Friedrich Wedekind son 6y 6m m Gilden {
52 Marie Wedekind daughter 8 f Gilden {
53 Wilhelm Wedekind son 3 s Gilden {
54 Marie Wedekind 56 f Gilden {2 boxes
55 Heinr. Wedekind son 22 m farmer Gilden {
56 Louis Wedekind son 16 m farmer Gilden {
57 Ernst Wedekind son 13 m farmer Gilden {
58 Georg Brockmann 33 m farmer Gilden {two boxes clothing
59 Sophie Brockmann wife 28 f Gilden {
60 Friedrich Brockmann son 8 m Gilden {
61 Sophie Brockmann daughter 4 f Gilden {
62 Adolph Fritz 22 m miller Fasbach two boxes clothing
63 Sophie Enghaussen 27 f Gilden {two boxes clothing
64 Elise Mettenhausen 23 f Gilden {
65 Wilhelm Garms 28 m farmer Gilden {two trunks clothing, one box clothing
66 Catharine Garms wife 28 f Gilden {
67 Marie Garms daughter 9m f Gilden {
68 Heinr. Schmidt 31 m farmer Gilden {one trunk, three boxes clothing
69 Heinr. Koehler 27 m shoemaker Osterhagen {
70 Marie Koehler wife 36 f Osterhagen {
71 Philipp Koehler 27 m joiner Wohlenhagen one trunk, one box clothing
72 Carl Andree 26 m tanner Lanzenberg on trunk clothing
73 Bernhard Petri 22 m basket maker Eisenach two trunks, one box clothing
74 Heinrich Habich 22 m turner Bokenem {one box clothing
75 Charl. Zeuner 20 f Bokenem {four trunks clothing
76 Ehler Hapelmann 32 m farmer Hoya one box clothing
77 August Sievers 51 m farmer Dielmissen {three boxes clothing
78 Wilhelmine Sievers wife 52 f Dielmissen {
79 Wilhelmine Sievers daughter 24 f Dielmissen {
80 Johanne Sievers daughter 22 f Dielmissen {
81 Louise Sievers daughter 17 f Dielmissen {
82 Caroline Sievers daughter 9 f Dielmissen {
83 Heinr. Sievers grandson 4 f Dielmissen {
84 Wilhelm Sievers son 14 m Dielmissen {
85 Louise Meyer 24 f Dielmissen {
86 Carl Lange 26 m farmer Daspe one trunk clothing
87 Christ Ringe 26 m farmer Daspe one trunk clothing
88* Wilh. Brumann 21 m smith Daspe one bag clothing
89* Catharine Muller 20 f Daspe one box clothing
90 Heinr. Linnemann 35 m farmer Riepen {five boxes clothing
91 Anna Linnemann wife 35 f Riepen {
92 Heinrich Linnemann son 4 m Riepen {
93 Christian Linnemann son 9m m Riepen {
94 Johann Hattendorf 20 m farmer Riepen
95* Heinr. Buhr 17 m farmer Riepen
96 Anna Hermening 15 f Riepen {three boxes clothing
97 Heinr. Hermening 43 m farmer Riepen {
98 Catharine Hermening wife 42 f Riepen {
99 Engel Marie Hermening daughter 12 f Riepen {
100 Dore Hermening daughter 9 f Riepen {
101 Heinr. Hermening son 7 m Riepen {
102 Hans Heinrich Hermening son 4 m Riepen {
103 Conrad Wilkening 28 m farmer Sohldorf one box clothing
104 Heinr. Tatje 26 m farmer Riepen {four boxes clothing
105 Engel Marie Tatje wife 31 f Riepen {
106 Charlotte Tatje 15 f Riepen {
107 Anna Sophie Stege 18 f Riepen {
108* Engel Buhre 31 f Riepen {1 box
109* Conrad Buhre 7 m Riepen {
110 Heinr. Rehse 26 m farmer Riepen one box clothing
111 Heinr. Muhlke 20 m farmer Riepen two boxes clothing
112* Christ. Springnisguth 27 m farmer Riepen two boxes clothing
113 Conrad Bogen 19 m farmer Riepen two boxes clothing
114 Sophie Kruse 18 f farmer Riepen three boxes clothing
115 Johann Kruse 50 m farmer Riepen one box clothing
116 Johann Heinr. Reese 30 m farmer Riepen two boxes clothing
117 Wilh. Matthias 19 m farmer Riepen one box clothing
118* Johann Heinr. Huning 48 m carpenter Kirchtimke {two boxes clothing
119* Christine Huning 48 f Kirchtimke {
120 Betti Finkel 24 f Zeven one box clothing
121 Anna Trischmann 48 f Zeven {one box, two bags clothing
122 Andreas Trischmann son 20 m smith Zimmernoth {
123 Elias Trischmann daughter 15 f Zimmernoth {
124 Catharina Trischmann daughter 10 f Zimmernoth {
125 Martha Trischmann daughter 4 f Zimmernoth {
126 Wilh. Dierking 45 m farmer Essel {three boxes clothing, one trunk clothing
127 Marie Dierking wife 45 f Essel {
128 Doris Dierking daughter 17 f Essel {
129 Heinrich Dierking son 15 m Essel {
130 Sophie Dierking daughter 12 f Essel {
131 Carolina Dierking daughter 9 f Essel {
132 Emma Dierking daughter 6 f Essel {
133* Johann Diebrock 21 m farmer Zeeven one trunk clothing
134 Ignatz Litschauer 24 m sieve maker Wien one portmanteau clothing
135 Louis Reinhard 20 m merchant Steinfurth {three trunks clothing
136 Carl Reinhard 19 m merchant Steinfurth {
137 Heinr. Erdmann 25 m smith Arbieke {two boxes clothing
138 Bernh. Erdmann 22 m smith Arbieke {
139 Lebrecht Kloss 32 m gardener Friedeberg {two boxes clothing
140 Marie Kloss wife 33 f Friedeberg {
141 Bertha Kloss daughter 9 f Friedeberg {
142 Cathr. Watter 34 f Wien one trunk clothing
143 Franz Troll 38 f officer Wien {one trunk clothing
144 Barbara Troll wife 38 f Wien {
145 Salomon Salberg 19 m basket maker Bracke two boxes clothing
146* Heinr. Schilling 27 m joiner Lunzenau {seven boxes, tool
147* Ernestine Schilling wife 28 f Lunzenau {
148* Louise Schilling daughter 3m f Lunzenau {
149* Johanne Nitzke 36 f joiner Lunzenau {
150* Ludwig Nitzke son 7 m Lunzenau {
151* Julius Nitzke son 5 m Lunzenau {
152 Marie Nitzke daughter 2 f Lunzenau {
153 Gottlieb Popp 17 m farmer Birkenfeld one box clothing
154 Henriette Kirchoff 21 f farmer Hildburghausen one box clothing
155 Christ. Meininger 55 m farmer Schleisingen {three boxes clothing
156 Fried. Meininger 32 m farmer Schleisingen {
157 Johanne Meininger wife 22 f Schleisingen {
158 August Fritz 28 m tailor Schleisingen {
159 August Lapp 26 m weaver Schleisingen two boxes clothing
160 Barbara Kell 63 f Schleisingen two boxes, two trunks clothing
161* Fried. Thupfer 15 m farmer Molsdorf one trunk clothing
162 Heinr. Niemeyer 19 m dier Braunschweig
163 Gottfried Bernhardt 39 m farmer Saree {two trunks clothing
164 Christine Bernhardt wife 37 f Saree {
165 Sophie Bernhardt daughter 17 f Saree {
166 Johann Bernhardt son 13 m Saree {
167 Hermann Bernhardt son 10 m Saree {
168 Ernestine Bernhardt daughter 8y 6m f Saree {
169 Gottlieb Funke 42 m farmer Mitschwitz one trunk clothing
170 Aug. Heinke 24 m carpenter Altenburg one trunk clothing
171* Ernst Zwicker 42 m joiner Lutzenau one trunk clothing
172 Carl Rast 32 m turner Worlitz {three trunks clothing
173 Sophie Rast 24 f Worlitz {
174 Wilh. Meyer 29 m cooper Achim {two boxes, one cask clothing
175 Marie Meyer wife 31 f Achim {
176 Louise Meyer daughter 6m f Achim {
177 Gertrude Gohsen 20 f Kroppe
178 Heinrich Brockmann 28 m miller Gitten one trunk clothing
Transcriber's Notes:
* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not the
transcriber, or is used to call your attention to additional information in the
transcriber's notes.
? Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined due to the condition
of the manifest or handwriting of the original recorder.
^ A ^ followed by a letter indicates that the letter was superscripted.
* Names were transcribed as seen regardless of spelling.
* Passengers where numbered by the transcribers for ease of referencing.
* None died during the voyage, therefore this coloumn was eliminated.
Captain: the captain's last name could be Hobarth.
3: Lubeck is spelled with u Umlaut.
10: Gotting is spelled with o Umlaut.
17: Jurg, probably short for Jurgen, is spelled with u Umlaut.
30 & 31: Quakenbruck us spelled with u Umlaut on the last u.
34: Quakenbruck is spelled with u Umlaut on the last u.
88: Brumann is spelled with u Umlaut.
89: Muller is spelled with u Umlaut.
95: Buhr is spelled with u Umlaut.
108 & 109: Buhre is spelled with u Umlaut.
111: Muhlke is spelled with u Umlaut.
112: the last name could be Springinsguth.
118 & 119: Huning is spelled with u Umlaut.
133: the last name could be Viebrock.
135 & 136: these 2 passengers are part of a big group of people
who emigrated from the Munsterland (u Umlaut) area in Germany to the United
States. They came from Burgsteinfurt. More information can be found at
Auswanderungen im 19. Jahrhundert, Emigration in the 19th Century.
Click on the link in the top left corner, Auswanderungen im 19. Jahrhundert.
This will take you to the index for Borghorst and Burgsteinfurt. Permission to
publish this information has been granted by Wilhelm Alff, one of the authors
of this website. Currently the website is in German only, the translation is
work in progress.
If you have any information on passengers from Burgsteinfurt, please contact Ines
146 - 152: the first u in Lunzenau is u Umlaut.
161: the last name could be Hupfer.
171: the first u of Lutzenau is u Umlaut.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 93, List 1132.
Transcribed by Harry Green and Ines Mannhardt, members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
25 November 2008