Ship Ernestine
List of all the Passengers taken on board the Ship Ernestine whereof Ed Frerichs is Master at the Port of Bremen, Germany and bound for New Orleans.
Coloumns represent: Names, 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.
Betweendeck Passengers
154 Herman Ballage 38 male joiner Hanover New Orleans
155 Louise Ballage 36 female Hanover New Orleans
156 Sophie Ballage 14 female Hanover New Orleans
157 Catharine Ballage 7 female Hanover New Orleans
158 Heinrich Ballage 3 male Hanover New Orleans
159 Ludewig Duwenick 56 male farmer Hanover New Orleans
160 Matthias Wessel 25 male farmer Hanover St. Louis
161 Sophie Wessel 25 female Hanover St. Louis
162 Hermann Klingemann 20 male joiner Hanover St. Louis
163 Friederike Kirchhoff 21 female Hanover St. Louis
164 Heinrich Lohmann 25 male farmer Prussia St. Louis
165 Traugott Lohmann 27 male stone cutter Prussia St. Louis
166* Conrad Wordehoff 45 male farmer Prussia St. Louis
167* Margaretha Wordehoff 36 female Prussia St. Louis
168* Elisabeth Wordehoff 6 female Prussia St. Louis
169* Maria Wordehoff 4 female Prussia St. Louis
170* Wilhelm Wordehoff 13 male Prussia St. Louis
171* Aloys Wordehoff 7 male Prussia St. Louis
172* Hermann Wordehoff 11 mos male Prussia St. Louis
173* Hermann Schutte 40 male farmer Prussia St. Louis
174 Anna Gerken 20 female Prussia St. Louis
175 Heinrich Wladermeyer 19 male farmer Lippe-Dettmold St. Louis
176 August Schnute 18 male farmer Prussia Evansville
177 Wilhelmine Schnute 20 female Prussia Evansville
178* Joseph Janowsky 39 male farmer Prussia Texas
179* Michael Janowsky 8 male Prussia Texas
180 Jacob Debus 45 male joiner Prussia Indiana
181 Hermann H^ch Bussdicker 30 male farmer Hanover St. Louis
182 Florentine Maria Bussdicker 27 female Hanover St. Louis
183 Maria Elisabeth Bussdicker 24 female Hanover St. Louis
184 Caroline Louise Bussdicker 11 mos female Hanover St. Louis
185 Franz Wilh^m Bussmann 24 male joiner Hanover St. Louis
186 Marie Elise Reimann 23 female Hanover St. Louis
187 Maria Catherina Dress 20 female Hanover New Orleans
188 Johann Friedrich Schumpe 24 male farmer Hanover St. Louis
189 Johann Heinrich Merker 17 male farmer Prussia Cincinati
190 Bernhard H^ch Weber 24 male farmer Prussia Cincinati
191 Anna Maria Haar 30 female Prussia Cincinati
192 Catharina Jung 22 female Hessia New Orleans
193 Maria Jung 2 female Hessia New Orleans
194 Paul Heussner 56 male farmer Hessia St. Louis
195 Conrad Heinrich Heussner 16 male farmer Hessia St. Louis
196 Paul Georg Heussner 14 male farmer Hessia St. Louis
197 Johann Heinrich Heussner 8 male Hessia St. Louis
198 Cathrina Elisabeth Pfitzing 15 female Hessia St. Louis
199 Christian Fischer 20 male farmer Brunswik Cincinati
200 Heinrich Kleimann 19 male wheelwright Brunswik Cincinati
201 Hermann Fr^ch Becker 54 male farmer Prussia St. Louis
202 Friederike Louise Becker 50 female Prussia St. Louis
203 Maria Elisabeth Becker 9 female Prussia St. Louis
204 Hermann Friedrich Becker 16 male farmer Prussia St. Louis
205 Wilhelm Berg 25 male farmer Prussia St. Louis
206* Carl Jager 35 male carpenter Prussia Cincinati
207 Anna Junker 40 female Prussia Cincinati
208 Franz Junker 28 male Prussia Cincinati
209 Heinrich Junker 9 male Prussia Cincinati
210 Catharina Junker 14 female Prussia Cincinati
211 Anna Junker 13 female Prussia Cincinati
212 Dora Junker 4 female Prussia Cincinati
213 Josephine Mondke 23 female Prussia Cincinati
214 Lisette Mondke 17 female Prussia Cincinati
215* Friedrich Jurgens 28 male gardener Prussia Cincinati
216* Catharina Jurgens 28 female Prussia Cincinati
217* Anna Jurgens 4 female Prussia Cincinati
218* Johanne Jurgens 11 mos female Prussia Cincinati
219 Ignatz Oswald 51 male wheelwright Hessia St. Louis
220 Anna Margaretha Oswald 45 female Hessia St. Louis
221 Maria Oswald 20 female Hessia St. Louis
222 Catharina Oswald 16 female Hessia St. Louis
223 Jacob Oswald 5 male Hessia St. Louis
224 Johann Prack 22 male joiner Hessia St. Louis
225 Andreas Prack 26 male shoemaker Hessia St. Louis
226 Franz H^ch von der Hake 20 male farmer Hanover St. Louis
227* Johann H^ch Schafer 33 male farmer Hessia St. Louis
228* Maria Elisabeth Schafer 28 female Hessia Texas
229* Auguste Schafer 6 female Hessia Texas
230* Bertha Schafer 2 female Hessia Texas
231* Leonhard Schafer 3 male Hessia Texas
232* Sigismund Schafer 6 mos male Hessia Texas
233 Herman Aneler 20 male Prussia Cincinati
234 Franz Thomas Schneider 30 male Hessia Cincinati
235 Catharina Schneider 25 male Hessia St. Louis
236 Adam von der Heyde 35 male farmer Prussia St. Louis
237 Lisette von der Heyde 49 male Prussia St. Louis
238 Carl Dropfe 34 male miller Hanover St. Louis
239 Christine Dropfe 20 female Hanover St. Louis
240 Johanne Dropfe 2 female Hanover St. Louis
241 Minna Dropfe 3 mos female Hanover St. Louis
242 Friedrich Wiesemann 25 male joiner Hessia St. Louis
243 Elisabeth Rinn 46 female Hessia Texas
244 Elisabeth Rinn 13 female Hessia Texas
245 Philipp Rinn 21 male cegarmaker Hessia Texas
246 Jacob Rinn 19 male cegarmaker Hessia Texas
247 Johannes Rinn 17 male cegarmaker Hessia Texas
248 Daniel Rinn 7 male Hessia Texas
249 Heinrich Voges 32 male carpenter Hanover St. Louis
250 Heinrich Meinzer 17 male carpenter Prussia St. Louis
251 Friedrich Knocke 24 male mason Hanover St. Louis
252 Michael Schmidt 31 male cooper Bavaria St. Louis
253 Johann Eichenseher 26 male blacksmith Bavaria St. Louis
254 Georg Enders 36 male farmer Baden St. Louis
255 Joseph Ahrens 22 male tailor Hanover St. Louis
256 Heinrich Ahrens 19 male farmer Hanover St. Louis
257 Gottfried Schrimpf 29 male tanner Saxonia St. Louis
258 Dorothea Vollmann 58 Saxonia St. Louis
259 Wilhelm Weissenborn 28 male miller Saxonia St. Louis
260 Friedrich Aug. Gossel 24 male blacksmith Saxonia St. Louis
261 August Gossel 17 male tinker Saxonia St. Louis
262* Heinrich Moller 29 male tailor Saxonia St. Louis
263 Louis Harting 24 male blacksmith Saxonia St. Louis
264 Johann August Link 28 male blacksmith Saxonia St. Louis
265 Johanne Link 19 female Saxonia St. Louis
266 Georg Holzinger 49 male farmer Wurtemberg Texas
267 Marianne Holzinger 38 female Wurtemberg Texas
268 Catharine Holzinger 9 female Wurtemberg Texas
269 Pauline Holzinger 7 female Wurtemberg Texas
270 Genoveva Holzinger 5 female Wurtemberg Texas
271 Marianne Holzinger 9 mos female Wurtemberg Texas
272 Otilia Traugott 19 female Wurtemberg Texas
273 Michael Traugott 17 male farmer Wurtemberg Texas
274 Margaretha Scheider 24 female Bayern St. Louis
275 Johann Maisel 25 male farmer Bayern St. Louis
276 Friedrich Bauerrichter 36 male farmer Prussia St. Louis
277 Henriette Bauerrichter 23 female Prussia St. Louis
278 Auguste Bauerrichter 11 mos female Prussia St. Louis
279 Hermann Bauerrichter 29 male farmer Prussia St. Louis
280 Carl Reuter 29 male tailor Prussia St. Louis
281* Maria Buttner 12 female Bavaria St. Louis
282* Friedrich Wockener 29 male gardener Hanover St. Louis
283 Theodor Schwenges 22 male butcher Hanover St. Louis
284 Conrad Bolm 28 male farmer Hanover St. Louis
285 Christian Kelpe 20 male cooper Hanover St. Louis
286 Adolph Becker 30 male farmer Prussia St. Louis
287 Friedericke Becker 29 female Prussia St. Louis
288 Johanne Becker 3 female Prussia St. Louis
289 Friederich Becker 11 mos male Prussia St. Louis
290 Heinrich Stickel 32 male tailor Hessia St. Louis
291 Catharina Stickel 31 female Hessia St. Louis
292 Elise Stickel 3 female Hessia St. Louis
293 Georg Ludewig Stickel 10 mos male Hessia St. Louis
294 Ludewig Ditz 39 male farmer Prussia St. Louis
295 Joseph Bunse 52 male farmer Prussia St. Louis
296* Anton Vonruden 32 male shoemaker Prussia St. Louis
297 Wilhelm Bunse 17 male farmer Prussia St. Louis
298 Elisabeth Bunse 14 female Prussia St. Louis
299 Heinrich Bunse 56 male farmer Prussia St. Louis
300 Elisabeth Bunse 56 female Prussia St. Louis
301 Conrad Bunse 18 male Hessia St. Louis
302 Jacob Bunse 14 male Hessia St. Louis
303 Matthias Stickel 26 male Hessia St. Louis
304 Daniel Stickel 21 male Hessia St. Louis
305 Wilhelm Langlitz 23 male tailor Hessia St. Louis
306 Balthasar Reifschneider 25 male tailor Hessia St. Louis
307 Catharina Reifschneider 21 female Hessia St. Louis
308 Elisabeth Eckert 28 female Hessia St. Louis
309 Anna Maria Eckert 7 female Hessia St. Louis
310 Johann Schuster 53 male cooper Hessia New Orleans
311 Friedrich Michelson 28 male saddler Prussia New Orleans
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.
* None died during the voyage, therefore this coloumn was eliminated.
166 - 172: the first o in Wordehoff is o Umlaut.
173: Schutte is spelled with u Umlaut.
178 & 179: the last name could be Jarowsky.
189 & 190: these 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 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.
206: Jager is spelled with a Umlaut.
215 - 218: Jurgens is spelled with u Umlaut.
227 - 232: Schafer is spelled with a Umlaut.
262: Moller is spelled with o Umlaut.
281: Buttner is spelled with u Umlaut.
282: Wockener is spelled with o Umlaut.
296: Vonruden is spelled with u Umlaut. The last name could be von Ruden with u Umlaut.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M259, Reel 44.
Transcribed by Harry Green and Ines Mannhardt, members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
24 November 2008
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