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Bark Elizabeth Hall of Dighton


Bremen, Germany to Baltimore, Maryland
1 September 1842

Report and List of the Passengers taken on board the Bark Elizabeth Hall of Dighton whereof Geo W Cobb is Master, burthen three Hundred twenty tons and 14/100ths of a ton, bound from the Port of Bremen for Baltimore.
Columns indicate: passenger name, age, gender, occupation. The columns for origin and destination have been omitted in this list because (except where otherwise indicated) all were from Germany destined for the United States.
  1* ?elt Do??                32   Male    Waggoner 
  2  Pauline Waldman          30   FMale
  3  Joh Gg Reider            40   Male    Mason
  4  Peter Gerhard            25   Male    Locksmith
  5  Bonifaz Link             32   Male    Farmer
  6  Therese Link             24   FMale
  7  Peter Millenberger       24   Male
  8  Christine Bischoff       32   FMale
  9  Franz Meyer              62   Male
 10  Balt Meyer               23   Male
 11  Gerte Meyer              26   FMale
 12  Ursula Meyer             33   FMale
 13  Joh Hellmuth             33   Male
 14  Melch Behr               35   Male    Coachman
 15  Joh Nicol                30   Male    Farmer
 16  Daniel Bauer             38   Male
 17  Marg Bauer               32   FMale
 18  Joh Bauer                11   Male
 19  Marg Bauer                9   FMale
 20  Jacob Bauer               8   Male
 21  Marg Bauer                6   FMale
 22* Ursula Buttner           21   Male
 23  Wilh Otterkamp           17   Male
 24  Heine Keck               27   Male
 25  Marie Keck               26   FMale
 26  Joh. Chr. Brachmann      26   Male
 27  Anna Christ^e Welp       24   FMale
 28  Elisb Honrath            49   FMale
 29  Christine Honrath        16   FMale
 30  Cath Honrath             15   FMale
 31  Christine Aufderhaar     29   FMale
 32  Soph Knapheide           17   Male
 33  Heinr Suethkamp          27   Male 
 34  Elisb Suethkamp          24   FMale
 35  Wilh Suethkamp            3   Male
 36  Christ Elise Suethkamp    3mo FMale
 37  Georg Pistel             21   Male    Shoemaker
 38  Andr Pistel              26   Male    Baker
 39  Jacob Scheuring          25   Male    Shoemaker
 40  Joh. Gg. Kunkel          31   Male    Farmer   
 41  Anna Mar. Kunkel         27   FMale
 42  Adam Kunkel               7   Male
 43  Thomas Kunkel             5   Male
 44  Gg Edw Kunkel             1   Male
 45  Andr Kunkel              37   Male
 46  Gertrud Kunkel           37   FMale
 47  Anna Mar Kunkel           5   FMale
 48  Andreas Kunkel            4   Male
 49  Adam Kunkel              18mo Male
 50  Ottilia Schnallin        38   FMale
 51  Marg Schnallin            7   FMale
 52  Martin Schnallin          5   Male
 53* Eva G?ebener             41   FMale
 54* Anna Mar G?ebener         5   FMale
 55* Cath G?ebener             3   FMale
 56  Maria Kress              37   FMale
 57* Anton Fath               28   Male
 58* Marg Fath                24   FMale
 59* Joh Fath                  9mo Male
 60  Heinr Bach               48   Male
 61  Juliane Bach             47   FMale
 62  Maria Bach               20   FMale
 63  Jacob Bach               23   Male
 64  Heinr Bach               21   Male
 65  Elisb Bach               17   FMale
 66  Sebast Bach              15   Male
 67  Joh Fr Bomann            27   Male
 68* Adam Semler              31   Male    Bookbinder
 69  Elisb Bergmann           20   FMale
 70* Jh? Leiss                32   FMale   Shoemaker
 71  Samuel Schmidt           28   Male
 72  Christine Wagner         22   FMale
 73  Jost Herm Klein          19   Male    Shoemaker
 74* Jost Herm ?              27   Male    Farmer
 75  Anna Elisb Beckmann      27   FMale
 76  Anna Elisb Wagner        20   FMale
 77  Joh^s Wickmann           33   Male
 78  Joh Just Sinning         24   Male
 79  Matth^s Elisb Sinning    24   FMale
 80  Joh^s Sinning             3mo Male
 81* Anna Barb Muller         16   FMale
 82* Andr Muller              12   Male
 83* Elisab Muller            38   FMale
 84* B??ch Muller              9   Male
 85  Joh^s Klein              55   Male
 86  Georg Wentzel            30   Male
 87  Anna Marg Wentzel        3?   FMale
 88  Cath Elisb Wentzel        5   FMale
 89  Anna Cath Wentzel         3   FMale
 90  Maria Gernhardt          23   FMale
 91  Wilh Kummel              22   Male
 92  Joh^s Nadler             3?   Male
 93  Anna Elisb Nadler        31   FMale
 94* Gertrude Nadler           9   Male
 95  Marg Elsab Dreesing      43   FMale
 96  Marg Dreesing            22   FMale
 97  Cath Dreesing            18   FMale
 98  Man Elsab Dreesing       15   FMale
 99  Aug Heinr Dreesing        8   Male
100  Fr Wilh Dreesing          3   Male
101  Conr Schmidt             23   Male    Mason
102  Heinr Rosenbach          28   Male    Glazier
103  Teist Ullmann            27   Male    Butcher
104  Ascher Arncricaner       48   Male    Merchant
105  Jette Arncricaner        46   FMale
106  Heyum Arncricaner        26   Male 
107  Gette Arncricaner        13   FMale
108  Sara Hohenthal           26   FMale
109  Emilie Sutro             19   FMale
110  Georg Potzner            42   Male    Tailor
111  Cath Meyer               33   FMale
112  Heinr Engelbrecht        28   Male    Baker
113  Elisab Bender            48   FMale
114  Christ^n Bender          22   Male
115  Joh^s Bender             18   Male
116  Jacob Bender             14   Male
117  Michael Bender           12   Male
118* Christ Durward           22   Male    locksmith
119  Mich Datzauer            48   Male    Farmer
120  Marg Datzauer            39   FMale
121* ? Mich Datzauer          20   Male
122  Paulus Datzauer          16   male
123  Elisab Datzauer          11   FMale
124  Georg Datzauer            8   Male
125  Bart Datzauer             4   Male
126  Marg Datzauer             1   FMale
127  Mich Lederer             27   Male    Shoemaker
128  Georg Meyer               4   Male
129* Diederich Eilermann      29   Male    Mariner
130  Caroline Eilermann            FMale

                                 116
Endnote:  116 pay passengers      58
           14 under five        $174
          Sept 1st 1842          


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.


  1      Name unclear.  Given name may be Belt.  Surname may be Dott or Dost.
 22      Buttner (Büttner) has an umlauted u so may also be Buettner.  Gender is probably
         incorrect for this entry.
 32      I believe the gender is incorrect for this entry.
 53-55   Second letter of surname unclear; the name may be Grebener.
 57-59   Fath (Fäth) has an umlauted a so may also be Faeth.  Gvien name may be Anson.
 68      Listed as from the United States and destination of Philadelphia Pa
 70      Listed as from United States and destination of Newark N.J. Gender may be incorrect
         for this entry.
 74      Surname is overwritten.  Writer seems to have written Klein and then overwritten it
         with something like Adler.
 81-84   Muller (Müller) has an umlauted u so may also be Mueller.
 94      Gender most likely incorrect for this entry.
118      Durward (Dürward) has an umlauted u so may also be Duerward.
121      Damage to original but someone has written G as the first initial and possibly Gerhard.
129      Listed as from the United States and destination of Boston Mass.
130      No age listed  

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M255, Reel 3.
Transcribed by Gene Janssen a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
24 October 2008



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