Ship Bessel
Another transcription of this ship can be found in Volume 6
List of Passengers on board the Bremen Ship Bessel, H. Haesloop Master, bound from Bremen for Baltimore
Columns represent: passenger name, age, gender, occupation, origination, destination, and number of pieces of baggage
Cabin:
1 Hinrich Erdmann 25 male Merchant Bremen Baltimore 1 trunk 4 chests
2* ? v. ? female Bremen Wasthington 1 trunk 1 chest 1 sac
3 Louise Dellwig 18 female Bücken Washington ?
4* Johann Eduard Keingling 40 male Merchant Lebanon, Ohio Lebanon, Ohio 6 trunks and 2 sacs
5* Anna Maria Keingling 42 female Lebanon, Ohio Lebanon, Ohio
Steerage:
6 Johann Gottlieb Boenik 59 male Weaver Thamsbrück Baltimore 3 chests
7 Martha Maria Boenik 48 female Thamsbrück Baltimore
8 Ernestine Maria Boenik 22 female Thamsbrück Baltimore
9 Friederich Boenik 21 female Thamsbrück Baltimore
10 Martha Boenik 20 female Thamsbrück Baltimore
11 Heinrich Boenik 20 male Thamsbrück Baltimore
12 Friederich Boenik 14 male Thamsbrück Baltimore
13 Henriette Boenik 12 female Thamsbrück Baltimore
14 Rebecca Boenik 11 female Thamsbrück Baltimore
15 Eva Boenik 8 female Thamsbrück Baltimore
16* Wilhelm Kruse 40 male Farmer Stemme Baltimore
17* Georg Braiding 17 male Farmer Ebersberg Baltimore
18* Peter Braiding 26 male Farmer Ebersberg Baltimore
19 Jacob Engel 29 male Farmer Oberseitentroth Pittsburg 1 chest
20 Maria Geiss 18 female Ulrichstein Pittsburg 1 chest
21 Elise Dietz 18 female Ulrichstein Pittsburg 1 chest
22 Heinrich Jost I 26 male Farmer Ulrichstein Pittsburg 1 chest
23 Heinrich Jost II 24 male Shoe maker Ulrichstein Pittsburg 1 chest
24* ? Frohling 22 male Coacman Ulrichstein Pittsburg 1 chest
25 Philipp Kraft 23 male Farmer Ulrichstein Pittsburg 1 chest
26 Heinrich Schneider 25 male Dier Köddingen Philadelphia 1 chest
27 Heinrich Prinz 23 male Tailor Köddingen Philadelphia 1 chest
28 Valentin Baitz 21 male Tailor Maicher Pittsburg 1 bag
29 Caspar Hamann 22 male Cooper Bobenhausen Baltimore 1 chest
30 Maria Stein 17 female Bobenhausen Baltimore 1 chest
31 Conrad Becker 30 male Weaver Riecksfeld Baltimore 1 bag
32 Johannes Eichenauer 23 male Farmer Riecksfeld Baltimore 1 bag
33 Elisabeth Repp 21 female Ulrichstein Pittsburg 1 chest
34 Carl Wilhelm Reinhard 19 male Grammarien Celle Maryland 8 chests
35 Carl Ferdinand Reinhard 21 male Celle Maryland
36 Carl Wilhelm Reinhard 56 male Celle Maryland
37 Julie Reinhard 44 female Celle Maryland
38 Julie Reinhard 5 female Celle Maryland
39 Louise Riebe 28 female Fredelsloh Baltimore 1 chest
40* ? ?ter 34 male Tailor Borg??ch Missouri 1 chest
41* Florenz ?ter 20 male Shoe maker Borg??ch Missouri
42 Wilhelm Cramer 23 male Butcher Arolsen Baltimore 1 chest & 1 bag
43 Carl Seibel 29 male Tailor Wetterburg Baltimore 1 chest
44 Anton Repking 20 male Farmer Oythe Cincinnati 1 chest
45 Johann Hinrich Haske 18 male Farmer Emsteek Missouri 1 chest
46 Johann Hinrich Vocke 17 male Farmer Holkinghausen Missouri 1 chest
47 Harm Hinrich Frass 23 male Farmer Entel Missouri 1 chest
48 Johann Diedrich Wegmann 28 male Farmer Emstek Cumberland 1 chest
49 Franz Heinrich Lampe 28 male Farmer Emstek New Orleans 3 chests
50 Anna Maria Lampe 23 female Emstek New Orleans
51* Elisabeth Hessenfeldt 27 female Emstek New Orleans
52 Johann Heinrich Ahlers 28 male Farmer Varenholz Missouri 1 chest
53 Johann Bernhard Ellert 25 male Joiner Lutten Cincinnati 1 chest
54 Engel Schutte 37 female Mörsen Cincinnati 2 chests
55 Johann Wilhelm Feldmann 26 male Farmer Stelle Cincinnati 2 chests
56 Margaretha Elisabeth Stubbe 23 female Stotinghausen Cincinnati 1 trunk
57 Rebecca Margaretha Spilz 29 female Stelle Cincinnati 1 trunk
58 Hermann Sander 20 male Farmer Altenmarhorst Cincinnati 1 chest
59 Rebecca Maria Siemers 34 female Marsen Missouri 1 trunk 1 chest
60 Johann Christian Hartjen 22 male Farmer Twistringen Missouri 1 chest
61* Johann Diedrick B???ndieck 28 male Farmer Twistringen Cincinnati 1 chest
62 Anna Margretha Stover 28 female Neuenmarhorst Cincinnati 1 trunk & 1 chest
63 Margretha Cathrina Horstmann 20 female Altenmarhorst Cincinnati 1 trunk
64 Friedrich Heinrich Hofschneider 34 male Farmer Brokum Baltimore 1 sac
65* Clemens Lubbehausen 27 male Farmer Kalfslage Maryland 1 chest
66* Margretha Robe 20 female Kalfslage Maryland
67 Margretha Frage 28 female Kalfslage Maryland 1 chest
68 Friedrich Grimme 44 male Shoe maker Gierswalde Missouri 2 chests
69 Hanne Grimme 43 female Gierswalde Missouri
70 Friederich Grimme 11 male Gierswalde Missouri
71 Georg Grimme 9 male Gierswalde Missouri
72 Caroline Grimme 5 female Gierswalde Missouri
73* ?rich Mohle 52 male Farmer Gierswalde Missouri 4 chests
74* ?helmine Mohle 29 female Gierswalde Missouri
75* ?guste Mohle 8 female Gierswalde Missouri
76* ? Mohle 5 ? Gierswalde Missouri
77* Christiane Mohle 8m female Gierswalde Missouri
78* ?ierich Ludeckum 23 male Farmer Bathrode Missouri
79* ?uise Kassau 16 female Bathrode Missouri
80 Christian Fischer 50 male Shoe maker Mackensen Cincinnati 11 chests
81 Margretha Fischer 42 female Mackensen Cincinnati
82 Christiane Fischer 22 female Mackensen Cincinnati
83 Heinrich Fischer 20 male Mackensen Cincinnati
84 Ludwig Fischer 18 male Mackensen Cincinnati
85 Caroline Fischer 16 female Mackensen Cincinnati
86 Louise Fischer 13 female Mackensen Cincinnati
87 Robert Fischer 3 male Mackensen Cincinnati
88 August Geerken 32 male Shoe maker Markoldendorf Cincinnati
89 Christiane Geerken 30 female Markoldendorf Cincinnati
90 Friedrich Fischer 30 male Shoe maker Markoldendorf Cincinnati
91 Heinrich Heilexius 28 male Shoe maker Holzminden Cincinnati
92 Heinrich Rolf 41 male Farmer Bodenfelde Missouri 2 trunks and 3 chests
93 Christiane Rolf 32 female Bodenfelde Missouri
94 Christian Rolf 12 male Bodenfelde Missouri
95 Wilhelmine Hilken 34 female Ballensen Missouri
96 Caroline Freter 28 female Ballensen Missouri
97 Carl Schulk 29 male Ballensen Missouri
98 Heinrich Flotho 28 male Segar-maker Mackensen Pensylvania 4 chests
99 Wilhelmine Flotho 28 female Mackensen Pensylvania
100 Friedrich Flotho 7 male Mackensen Pensylvania
101 Louise Flotho 4 female Mackensen Pensylvania
102 Justine Metje 49 female Kuffenthal Pensylvania
103 Ferdinand Specht 26 male Mason Mackensen Pensylvania 4 chests
104 Johanne Specht 23 female Mackensen Pensylvania
105 Wilhelmine Specht 3 female Mackensen Pensylvania
106 Charlotte Specht 8m female Mackensen Pensylvania
107 Caroline Haupt 22 female Mackensen Pensylvania 3 chests
108 Friedrich Schormann 31 male Farmer Dellichausen Missouri
109 Caroline Schormann 25 female Dellichausen Missouri
110 Wilhelmine Schormann 4 female Dellichausen Missouri
111 Jette Schormann 18m female Dellichausen Missouri
112 Wilhelmine Kempe 21 female Dellichausen Missouri
113* Christian Ellermeyer 44 male Farmer ? Missouri 4 chests
114* ? ? female ? Missouri
115* Wilhelm Ellermeyer 17 male ? Missouri
116* Caroline Ellermeyer 14 female ? Missouri
117* Wilhelmine Ellermeyer 7 female ? Missouri
118* Friedrich Ellermeyer 4 male ? Missouri
119* Carl Ellermeyer 3 male ? Missouri
120* Hanne Ellermeyer 1 female ? Missouri
121 Christian Friederich Loneke 19 male Farmer Dellichausen Missouri
122 Wilhelmine Hartmann 19 female Schlarpe Missouri
123 Johann Wittler 34 male Farmer Dellichausen Missouri 2 chests and 1 trunk
124 Christiane Wittler 28 female Dellichausen Missouri
125 Carl Wittler 8 male Dellichausen Missouri
126 Chorsine Wittler 3 female Dellichausen Missouri
127 Christian Freinhagen 60 male Farmer Dellichausen Missouri
128 August Hildebrandt 25 male Dellichausen Missouri
129 Friederich Wittler 50 male Farmer Dellichausen Baltimore 2 chests
130 Hanne Wittler 39 female Dellichausen Baltimore
131 Carl Wittler 16 male Dellichausen Baltimore
132 Friederich Wittler 13 male Dellichausen Baltimore
133 Heinrich Wittler 3 male Dellichausen Baltimore
134 Christian Bertram 40 male Shepherd Fredelsloh Pittsburg 2 chests
135 Friederike Bertram 42 female Fredelsloh Pittsburg
136 Caroline Bertram 11 female Fredelsloh Pittsburg
137* Christian Kuster 33 male Joiner Fredelsloh Missouri 4 chests
138* Charlotte Kuster 30 female Fredelsloh Missouri
139* August Muller 25 male Joiner Fredelsloh Missouri
140 Friederike Tederding 18 female Fredelsloh Missouri
141 Wilhelmine Brethauer 27 female Meinesholzen Missouri 1 chest
142* Heinrich Junke 42 male Musician Norwohle Missouri 1 chest
143* Charlotte Junke 36 female Norwohle Missouri
144* Julie Junke 11 female Norwohle Missouri
145 Friederich Klages 36 male Tailor Eschershausen Baltimore 2 chests
146 Christiane Klages 34 female Eschershausen Baltimore
147 Auguste Klages 8 female Eschershausen Baltimore
148 August Klages 8m male Eschershausen Baltimore
149* Carl Jager 41 male Joiner Hohlenberg Baltimore 2 chests
150* Louise Jager 38 female Hohlenberg Baltimore
151* Hanne Jager 9 female Hohlenberg Baltimore
152 Christiane Pape 25 female Hohlenberg Baltimore
153 Heinrich Schmidt 32 male Weaver Hohlenberg Missouri 2 chests
154 Caroline Schmidt 32 female Hohlenberg Missouri
155* ?nne Schmidt 4 female Hohlenberg Missouri
156* ?erich Schmidt 30m male Hohlenberg Missouri
157* ?z Schmidt 24 male Weaver Hohlenberg Missouri
158* ?and Zorier 19 male Weaver Hohlenberg Missouri
159* ?ich Rehsen 48 male Farmer Luthorst Baltimore 2 chests
160* ?rike Rehsen 45 female Luthorst Baltimore
161* ?fe Rehsen 23 female Luthorst Baltimore
162 Heinrich Rehsen 20 male Luthorst Baltimore
163 Wilhelmine Rehsen 18 female Luthorst Baltimore
164 Christian Rehsen 15 male Luthorst Baltimore
165 Wilhelm Rehsen 12 male Luthorst Baltimore
166 Friedrike Rehsen 9 female Luthorst Baltimore
167 Christiane Rehsen 6 female Luthorst Baltimore
168 Caroline Rehsen 3 female Luthorst Baltimore
169 Hanne Rehsen 1 female Luthorst Baltimore
170 Christian Rosenberg 26 male Musician Dörrigsen Baltimore 1 chest
171 Heinrich Rosenberg 28 male Shoe maker Dörrigsen Baltimore
172 Sophie Hackstedt 25 female Wildeshausen Baltimore 1 chest
173* ?ottlieb Knoth 30 male Farmer Grub Baltimore 1 chest and 1 barrel
174 Margretha Elisabeth Knoth 30 female Grub Baltimore
175 Friedrich August Knoth 10 male Grub Baltimore
176 Friedrike Auguste Knoth 7 female Grub Baltimore
177 Johann Gottlieb Knoth 4 male Grub Baltimore
178 Anna Elisabeth Knoth 18m female Grub Baltimore
179 Linette Knoth 18m female Grub Baltimore
180* Margretha Cathrina Mahlmann 26 female Astsrup Baltimore 1 chest
181 Bernhard ?teholz 42 male Farmer Warendorf Missouri 1 chest
182 Heinrich Niermann 40 male Joiner Warendorf Missouri 1 chest
183 Joseph Litgeholtrup 25 male Joiner Westkirchen Missouri 1 chest
184 August Riemenschneider 27 male Carpenter Eimen Baltimore 1 chest
185 Wilhelm Baie 22 male Mason Batzhausen Baltimore
186 Wilhelm Palane 24 male Potter Fredesloh Baltimore 2 chests
187 Wilhelmine Weber 24 female Fredesloh Baltimore
188* Carl Wilke 36 male Bookseller Sachsen??len Cincinnati 1 chest & 1 sac
189* ?ke Wilke 27 female Sachsen??len Cincinnati
190 Friedrich Oeltze 30 male Weaver Holtensen Missouri 1 chest
191 Johann Bernhard Wiedler 28 male Farmer Warendorf Missouri 1 chest
192 Wilhelm Stock 30 male Farmer Heidelbeck St. Louis 1 chest
193 Carl Schmidt 44 male Joiner Mackensen Indiana 4 trunks & 3 chests
194 Eleonore Schmidt 39 female Mackensen Indiana
195 Milsine Schmidt 17 female Mackensen Indiana
196 Friedrich Schmidt 14 male Mackensen Indiana
197 Hanne Schmidt 7 female Mackensen Indiana
198 Louise Schmidt 4 female Mackensen Indiana
199 Amalie Schmidt 8m female Mackensen Indiana
200 Georg Mestmacher 67 male Miller Grossenmarp St. Louis 9 chests
201* ? Mestmacher 68 female Grossenmarp St. Louis
202 August Mestmacher 39 male Grossenmarp St. Louis
203 Georg Mestmacher 30 male Grossenmarp St. Louis
204 Sophie Mestmacher 27 female Grossenmarp St. Louis
205 Wilhelm Mestmacher 27 male Grossenmarp St. Louis
206 Friedrich Mestmacher 35 male Grossenmarp St. Louis
207 Sophie Mestmacher 36 female Grossenmarp St. Louis
208 Amalie Mestmacher 3 female Grossenmarp St. Louis
209 Friedrich Mestmacher 18m male Grossenmarp St. Louis
210 Caroline Mestmacher 3m female Grossenmarp St. Louis
211 Bernhard Brinkmann 30 male Farmer Warendorf Missouri 1 chest
212* E??st Raumann 15 male Farmer Oberstadt Baltimore
213 Theodor Burmann 27 male Farmer Greffen Missouri 1 chest
214* Friedrich Klostermann 28 male Cooper Philadelphia Philadelphia 4 chests
215 Hermann Klostermann 23 male Farmer Goldenstedt Philadelphia
216 Therese Klostermann 22 female Goldenstedt Philadelphia
217 Sophie Klostermann 22 female Goldenstedt Philadelphia
218 Franz Tiedeken 18 male Cart-wright Twistringen Philadelphia 2 charts
219 Heinrich Tiedeken 22 male Smith Twistringen Philadelphia
220 Friedrich Wulf 24 male Joiner Goldenstedt Philadelphia 1 chest
221 Heinrich Schoster 18 male Farmer Goldenstedt Missouri
222 Hermann Gerdes 30 male Farmer Goldenstedt Missouri 1 chest
223 Diedrich Gerdes 23 male Farmer Goldenstedt Missouri
224 Heinrich Wessel 16 male Farmer Goldenstedt Missouri 1 chest
225* Maria Elisabeth Gatjen 23 female Goldenstedt Baltimore 1 chest
226 Johann Martin Kuhlmann 28 male Shoe maker Goldenstedt Missouri 2 chests
227 Margretha Elisabeth Kuhlmann 23 female Goldenstedt Missouri
228 Arnold Gelhaus 24 male Farmer Goldenstedt Missouri 1 chest
229 ? ? 24 male Joiner Hadstedt Philadelphia 1 chest
230 Johann Hermann Wiggermann 25 male Farmer Handorf Missouri 1 chest
231* Diedrich Heinrich Dallmoller 28 male Mason Glandorf Baltimore 1 chest
232 Johann Wilhelm Grossekracht 28 male Farmer Glandorf Missouri 1 chest
233 Heinrich Wilhelm Beckmann 32 male Baker R?emsloh Missouri 1 chest
234* Johann Bernhard Lamper 28 male Joiner Glandorf Missouri 1 chest
235* Maria Lamper 30 female Glandorf Missouri
236 Johann Wilhelm Scheckelhof 28 male Farmer Glandorf Missouri 1 chest
237* Wilhelm Mitenkoter 35 male Farmer Glandorf Missouri 1 chest
238 Heinrich Kraus 23 male Tailor Lobenstein Missouri 1 chest
239 Heinrich Meiners 41 male Joiner Glandorf Cincinnati 1 trunk
240 Maria Cathrina Meiners 22 female Glandorf Cincinnati
241* Bernhard Brockmann W^we 56 male Glandorf Cincinnati
242 Enna Cathrina Brockmann 16 female Glandorf Cincinnati
243 Franz Brockmann 11 male Glandorf Cincinnati
244 Georg Jansen 25 male Joiner Kempten Baltimore 1 chest
245 Louise Emde 28 female Schmillinghausen Missouri 1 chest
246 Friedrich Troll 28 male Joiner Schmillinghausen Baltimore 1 chest
247 Ludwig Busch 29 male Waggon maker Wetterburg Baltimore 3 chests
248 Dina Busch 30 female Wetterburg Baltimore
249 Caroline Busch 4 female Wetterburg Baltimore
250 Franz Busch 2 male Wetterburg Baltimore
251 Georg Eichhorn 23 male Joiner Landau Baltimore 1 chest
252 Heinrich Hesselbein 23 male Farmer Landau Baltimore 1 chest
253 Heinrich Menkel 22 male Joiner Landau Baltimore 1 chest
254* Johann ? 24 male Waggon maker Dietelheim Baltimore 1 chest
255 Margretha Kettler 44 female Frankfkurt a/M Ohio 3 chests
256* Heinrich Krug 33 male Baker St. Louis M^o St. Louis 1 bag
257 Louis Grotien 22 male Osnabrück St. Louis 3 chests
258 Caroline Wigmann 18 female Osnabrück St. Louis
259* Otto Kohlfer 25 male Osnabrück St. Louis
Signed: H. Haesloop (captain)
Transcriber's Notes:
* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not the transcriber,
or is used to call attention to additional information in the passenger notes.
? Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined due to the condition of the
manifest or handwriting of the original recorder.
^ Indicates letters are omitted and the following letter is superscripted.
2 Name and age obliterated by damage to original list.
4-5 Identified as American citizens in a note in the name column.
16-18 Brackets for the baggage indicate these three were travelling together.
24 Given name may be Casper. Frohling (Fröhling) has an umlauted o so may also be
Froehling.
40-41 Name obliterated by damaged original. Possibly the surname is Richter and passenger
no. 40 may be Heinrich.
51 Bracket for baggage indicates she was travelling with passengers #49 and 50.
61 Surname unclear because of damaged original; looks like it may be Barendieck.
65 Lubbehausen (Lübbehausen) has an umlauted u so may also be Luebbehausen Bracket for
baggage indicates he was travelling with passenger #66..
66 Robe (Röbe) has an umlauted o so may also be Roebe. Brackets for baggage indicate
she was travelling with passenger #65.
73-77 Mohle (Möhle) has an umlauted o so may also be Moehle. Damaged original list has
obliterated much of the information for these names. I've recorded what is readable.
Possible given names: passenger #74-Wilhelmine; passenger #75-Auguste.
78 Ludeckum (Lüdekum) has an umlauted u so may also be Luedeckum. Given name may be
Dierich.
78-79 Brackets for baggage indicate these passengers were travelling with passengers before
them.
79 Given name may be Louise.
113-120 Place of origin seems to start with an "N" and may have 5 or 6 letters.
114 Name obliterated by damage to original list. Probably the wife of passenger #113
because the gender is female and ditto marks indicate she was from the same place
and had the same destination.
137-138 Kuster (Küster) has an umlauted u so may also be Kuester.
Note in far right column: one child dead born.
139 Muller (Müller) has an umlauted u so may also be Mueller.
142-144 Junke (Jünke) has an umlauted u so may also be Juenke.
149-151 Jager (Jäger) has an umlauted a so may also be Jaeger.
155-161 Given names are almost obliviated by damage to the original list.
173 First letter of given name is missing--most likely name is Gottlieb.
180 Mahlmann (Mählmann) has an umlauted a so may also be Maehlmann.
188 Note in far right column: one child born.
189 Given name almost obliterated but ditto marks indicate surname is Wilke.
201 Given name is almost obliterated; looks like it may be Charlotte.
212 Given name may be Ernst.
214 Identified as American citizens in a note in the name column.
225 Gatjen (Gätjen) has an umlauted a so may also be Gaetjen.
231 Dallmoller (Dallmöller) has an umlauted o so mah also be Dallmoeller.
234-235 Lamper (Lämper) has an umlauted a so may also be Laemper.
237 Mitenkoter (Mitenköter) has an umlauted o so may also be Mitenkoeter.
241 W^we means widower.
254 Surname almost obliterated; looks something like Glusse.
256 Identified as American citizens in a note in the name column.
259 Kohlfer (Köhlfer) has an umlauted o so may also be Koehlfer.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M255, Reel 5, List 24.
Transcribed by Gene Janssen a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
5 November 2008
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