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Columbia


Bremen, Germany to Baltimore, MD
15 May 1860

REPORT OR MANIFEST of all the Passengers taken on board the Columbia whereof H. Semcke is Master from Bremen, burthen four hundred & seventy five tons, and owned by A. C Lombard and others of Boston and bound to Philadelphia.
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, part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.

  1  Leopold Pfenesthein     39      male     farmer        Hanover            Wisconsin                                                                    
  2* Bernhard Haseler        23      male     merchant      Brunswick          Baltimore                                                                    
  
Second Cabin passengers
  3* Wilhelmine Schroder     19      female                 Prussia            Mainsville                                         
  4* Christine Schroder      16      female                 Prussia            Mainsville                                                                   
  5  Heinrich Zimmermann     16      male     farmer        Prussia            Pensilvania                                                                  
  6  Heinrich Heyse          18      male     labourer      Oldenburg          Cincinnati                                                                   
  7  Friederich Brormann     23      male     farmer        Oldenburg          Cincinnati                                                                   
  8  Joseph Bechine          58      male     hat maker     Bohemia            Cincinnati                                                                   
  9  Catharina Bechine       56      female                 Bohemia            Cincinnati                                                                   
 10  Catharina Bechine       20      female                 Bohemia            Cincinnati                                                                   
 11  Marie Bechine           16      female                 Bohemia            Cincinnati                                                                   
 12* Joseph .......           9      male                   Bohemia            Cincinnati                                                                   
 13  Johann Schlepicka       26      male     labourer      Bohemia            Chicago                                                                      
 14  Rosalie Schlepicka      28      female                 Bohemia            Chicago                                                                      
 15  Joseph Schulte          28      male                   Hanover            Cincinnati                                                                   
 16  Gerhard Schulte         26      male                   Hanover            Cincinnati                                                                   
 17  Johann G Kopp           25      male     carpenter     Wurttenberg         Baltimore                                                                    
 18  Ludwig Heim             28      male     silk weaver   Wurttenberg         Baltimore                                                                    
 19  Elisabette Stolle       27      female                 Hanover            Cincinnati                                                                   
 20  Elisabeth Hulefedl      22      female                 Hanover            Cincinnati                                                                   

Between Decks passengers  
 21  Heinrich Ahrens         40      male     farmer        Cincinnati         Cincinnati                                          
 22  Friedrich Fangmann      15      male     farmer        Oldenburg          Cincinnati                                                                   
 23  Anna Koharke            26      female                 Oldenburg          Cincinnati                                                                   
 24* ........ Bra......      15      ......                 Oldenburg          Cincinnati       
 25  Christophe Borgeding    57      male     farmer        Oldenburg          Cincinnati                                                                   
 26  Elisabeth Borgeding     59      female                 Oldenburg          Cincinnati                                                                   
 27  Anna M. Bushe           26      female                 Oldenburg          Cincinnati                                                                   
 28  Caroline Gessing        20      female                 Oldenburg          Cincinnati                                                                   
 29  Agnes Gessing            7      female                 Oldenburg          Cincinnati                                                                   
 30* Heinrich Schonhoft      59      male     farmer        Oldenburg          Cincinnati                                                                   
 31* Elisabette Schonhoft    26      female                 Oldenburg          Cincinnati                                                                   
 32* Gertrude Schonhoft      22      female                 Oldenburg          Cincinnati                                                                   
 33  Heinrich Wiethof        26      male     farmer        Oldenburg          Cincinnati                                                                   
 34  Bernhard Grimm          16      male     farmer        Oldenburg          Cincinnati                                                                   
 35  Theresia Bochmann       25      female                 Oldenburg          Cincinnati                                                                   
 36  Catharine Willmann      20      female                 Oldenburg          Cincinnati                                                                   
 37  Heinrich Meyer          21      male     tailor        Oldenburg          Cincinnati                                                                   
 38  Marianne Meyer          54      female                 Oldenburg          Cincinnati                                                                   
 39  Anna M. Otten           23      female                 Hanover            Cincinnati                                                                   
 40  Jacob Niggmeyer         55      male     tailor        Prussia            Wheeling                                                                     
 41  Gertrude Niggmeyer      46      female                 Prussia            Wheeling                                                                     
 42  Johann Niggmeyer        16      male                   Prussia            Wheeling                                                                     
 43  Friedericke Niggmeyer   14      female                 Prussia            Wheeling                                                                     
 44  Theodor Niggmeyer       11      male                   Prussia            Wheeling                                                                     
 45  Heinrich Niggmeyer       7      male                   Prussia            Wheeling                                                                     
 46  August Niggmeyer         5      male                   Prussia            Wheeling         
 47* ..... Jung              58      male     weaver        Prussia            Baltimore                                                                    
 48  Maria Jung              50      female                 Prussia            Baltimore                                                                    
 49  Elisabeth Jung          29      female                 Prussia            Baltimore                                                                    
 50  Christina Jung          27      female                 Prussia            Baltimore                                                                    
 51  Johannes Jung           26      male                   Prussia            Baltimore                                                                    
 52  Maria Jung              23      female                 Prussia            Baltimore                                                                    
 53  Catharine Jung          14      female                 Prussia            Baltimore                                                                    
 54  Friedrich Jung           7      male                   Prussia            Baltimore                                                                    
 55  Georg Schnathbaum       59      male     farmer        Prussia            Cincinnati                                                                   
 56  Anna Schnathbaum        57      female                 Prussia            Cincinnati                                                                   
 57  Anna C. Schnathbaum     20      female                 Prussia            Cincinnati                                                                   
 58  Hermann Brockhoff       21      male     shoemaker     Hanover            Cincinnati                                                                   
 59  Pankranz Raabe          28      male     labourer      Prussia            Baltimore                                                                    
 60  Barbara Raabe           26      female                 Prussia            Baltimore                                                                    
 61  Pankranz Raabe           2      male                   Prussia            Baltimore                                                                    
 62* ....... Raabe           15      female                 Prussia            Baltimore                                         
 63* Catharine ....olte      28      female                 Oldenburg          Cincinnati                                                                   
 64  Johann Wagner           29      male     farmer        Bavaria            Baltimore                                                                    
 65  Barbara Wagner          23      female                 Bavaria            Baltimore                                                                    
 66  Margarethe Deinlein     23      female                 Bavaria            Baltimore                                                                    
 67  Johann Nagenrost        25      male     labourer      Bavaria            Baltimore                                                                    
 68  Catharina Martin        37      female                 Hessia             Baltimore                                                                    
 69  Alma Martin             10      female                 Hessia             Baltimore                                                                    
 70  Bernhard Schane         19      male     cooper        Hanover            Fortwine Ind^a                                                               
 71  Gerhard Gessens         24      male     farmer        Hanover            Cincinnati                                                                   
 72  Carl Feisel             15      male     farmer        Hessen Darnstadt   Baltimore                                                                    
 73  Carl Gosepohl           24      male     segarmaker    Oldenburg          Baltimore                                                                    
 74  Gertrude Braue          31      female                 Oldenburg          Baltimore                                                                    
 75  Martin Clausing         17      male     farmer        Oldenburg          Baltimore                                                                    
 76  Bernhard Clausing       30      male     farmer        Oldenburg          Cincinnati                                                                   
 77  Bernhard Kemphues       50      male     farmer        Oldenburg          Cincinnati                                                                   
 78  Marianne Kemphues       47      female                 Oldenburg          Cincinnati                                                                   
 79  Marianne Kemphues       47      female                 Oldenburg          Cincinnati                                                                   
 80  Bernhard Kemphues       23      male     farmer        Oldenburg          Cincinnati                                                                   
 81  Alexander Kemphues      18      male     farmer        Oldenburg          Cincinnati                                                                   
 82  Agnes Kemphues          15      female                 Oldenburg          Cincinnati                                                                   
 83  Georg Krieg             41      male     baker         Hessia             Baltimore                                                                    
 84  Joseph Kemphues         26      male     farmer        Oldenburg          Cincinnati                                                                   
 85  Elisabeth Kemphues      21      female                 Oldenburg          Cincinnati                                                                   
 86  Agnes Kemphues              5m  female                 Oldenburg          Cincinnati                                                                   
 87  Bernhard auf den Kamp   18      male     farmer        Oldenburg          Cincinnati                                                                   
 88* Anna Maria Mache        18      female                 Oldenburg          Cincinnati                                                                   
 89  Maria Raabe             23      female                 Oldenburg          Cincinnati                                                                   
 90* Maria Oevelgonne        26      female                 Oldenburg          Cincinnati                                                                   
 91  Joseph Forbeche         23      male     tailor        Oldenburg          Cincinnati                                                                   
 92  Hermann Berth           19      male     farmer        Oldenburg          Cincinnati                                                                   
 93* Heinrich Bohmer         24      male     joiner        Prussia            Baltimore                                                                    
 94  Conrad Nagel            21      male     butcher       Hessia             Baltimore                                                                    
 95  Elisabeth Krumpelmann   20      female                 Oldenburg          Cincinnati                                                                   
 96  Elisabeth Wabeler       26      female                 Oldenburg          Cincinnati                                                                   
 97  Diedrich Gohmann        32      male     farmer        Hanover            Cincinnati                                                                   
 98  Maria Gohmann           34      female                 Hanover            Cincinnati                                                                   
 99  Theodor Gohmann          4y 6m  male                   Hanover            Cincinnati                                                                   
100  Elisabeth Gohmann        2y 6m  female                 Hanover            Cincinnati                                                                   
101  Catharine Gohmann           4m  female                 Hanover            Cincinnati                                                                   
102  Gottlieb Schnaidt       50      male     farmer        Wurttenberg         Baltimore                                                                    
103  Friederika Schnaidt     30      female                 Wurttenberg         Baltimore                                                                    
104  Christian Schnaidt       7      male                   Wurttenberg         Baltimore                                                                    
105  Maria Schnaidt           4      female                 Wurttenberg         Baltimore                                                                    
106  Christian Wallmann      22      male     baker         Wurttenberg         Baltimore                                                                    
107  Heinrich Hoge           21      male     farmer        Prussia            Cincinnati                                                                   
108  Gerhard Muller          20      male     joiner        Prussia            Cincinnati                                                                   
109  Hermann Stenacker       23      male     farmer        Prussia            Cincinnati                                                                   
110  Everhard Stratmann      21      male     farmer        Prussia            Cincinnati                                                                   
111  Christian Hurzmann      40      male     labourer      Wurtemberg         Cincinnati                                                                   
    

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.
*  There is no sworn statement.


 2:      Haseler is spelled with a Umlaut.
 3 & 4:  Schroder is spelled with o Umlaut.
12:      surname can't be read due to a tear in the manifest, could be Bechine as well.
30 - 32: the 2nd o in Schonhoft is o Umlaut.
47:      Ink blot obliterate given name.
62:      tape covered up given name.
63:      ink blot covered part of surname.
88:      the last name could be Macke.
90:      Oevelgonne is spelled with o Umlaut to read Oevelgönne.
93:      Bohmer is spelled with o Umlaut to read Böhmer.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M252, Reel 12, List 33.
Transcribed by Harry Green and Ines Mannhardt members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
6 October 2009



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