Barque Columbus
I, W. Gerdes, Master of the Bremen Barque Columbus, do solemnly, sincerely and truly ________ 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 Barque Columbus at Bremen from which port said Bremen Barque Columbus 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^nd November 1865
So help me God,
(signed) W. Gerdes
REPORT OR MANIFEST of all the Passengers taken on board the Barque Columbus whereof W. Gerdes is Master from Bremen, burthen 624 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.
First Cabin Passenger
1 Franz Schenurt 43 male merchant Cincinnati Cincinnati
2 Marrie Schenurt 42 female merchant Cincinnati Cincinnati
3 John Schenurt 13 male Cincinnati Cincinnati
4 Anna Schenurt 7y 6m female Cincinnati Cincinnati
5 August Meyerdirks 22 male merchant Bremen New York
6 Henriette Westermann 18 female Hannover New York
7* Johan Grafer 18 male merchant Hannover Charlestown
Second Cabin and Steerage Passengers
8* Johanne Catharine Muller 15 female Hannover Charlestown
9* Wilhelm Muller 7 male Hannover Charlestown
10 Andreas brauer 33 male shoemaker Bremen New York
11 Heinrich Rennebohm 31 male smith Bremen New York
12 Dorothea Rennebohm 48 female Bremen New York
13 Phillipine Rennebohm 16 female Bremen New York
14 Antoinette Rennebohm 13 female Bremen New York
15 Dorette Rennebohm 11 female Bremen New York
16 Gesine Rennebohm 7y11m female Bremen New York
17 Heinrich Rennebohm 4 male Bremen New York
18 Theophil Rennebohm 9m male Bremen New York
19* Martin Kuhl 24 male smith Hollstein New York
20 Ferdinand Dorries 21 male smith braunschweig New York
21* Ludwig Laumann 18 male farmer Preussen New York
22 Gottfried Werner 22 male farmer Preussen New York
23 Wilhelm Wesemann 22 male farmer Lippe St. Louis
24 Johanne Jost 25 female Wurtemberg New York
25 Bernhard Reinken 33 male merchant Hannover Wisconsin
26 Catharine Reinken 23 female Hannover Wisconsin
27 Hinrich Reinken 1y 8m male Hannover Wisconsin
28* Luder Reinken 3m male Hannover Wisconsin
29 Joh. Bernh^d Heidotting 18 male merchant Wurtemberg Cincinnati
30 Joh. Heinr. Schmidt 18 male smith Hannover Cincinnati
31* Therese Jansing 24 female Hannover Cincinnati
32 Gerh^d Hein^ch brinkel 27 male taylor Hannover St. Louis
33 Marie Gesine brinkel 21 female Hannover St. Louis
34* Margarethe Muller 23 female Hannover Cincinnati
35 Euphemia Margarethe Schumacher 27 female Hannover Cincinnati
36 Catharina brinkel 26 female Hannover St. Louis
37 Joh. Heinr. Lippers 26 male farmer Hannover Cincinnati
38 Anna Margaretha Heltel 20 female Hannover Cincinnati
39 Maria Gilbers 19 female Hannover St. Louis
40 Adelheid brinkel 27 female Hannover Cincinnati
41 Ernst Meyer 57 male farmer Preussen Antinopolis
42 Marie Meyer 59 female Preussen Antinopolis
43 Sophie Meyer 14 female Preussen Antinopolis
44 Christian Meyer 45 male taylor Preussen Antinopolis
45 Christine Meyer 50 female Preussen Antinopolis
46 Christine Meyer 23 female Preussen Antinopolis
47 Anton Meyer 21 male farmer Preussen Antinopolis
48 Christian Gieseking 26 male carpenter Preussen Indiana
49 Auguste Aumann 23 female Preussen Indiana
50 Carl Lohmeyer 22 male farmer Lippe Indianapolis
51 Christine Blohmberg 19 female Lippe Indianapolis
52 Ludwig Meyer 48 male farmer Lippe Indianapolis
53 Eleonore Meyer 44 female Lippe Indianapolis
54 Christine Meyer 18 female Lippe Indianapolis
55 Heinrich Meyer 15 male Lippe Indianapolis
56 Marie Meyer 12 female Lippe Indianapolis
57 Louise Meyer 10 female Lippe Indianapolis
58 Christian Meyer 8 male Lippe Indianapolis
59 Sophie Meyer 5 female Lippe Indianapolis
60 Caroline Meyer 3y 6m female Lippe Indianapolis
61 Anton Meyer 1y 6m male Lippe Indianapolis
62 Minna Meyer 3m female Lippe Indianapolis
63 Friedrich Koch 55 male farmer Indianapolis Indianapolis
64 Christine Koch 33 female Indianapolis Indianapolis
65 Anton Koch 7y 8m male Indianapolis Indianapolis
66 Hinrich Koch 9m male Indianapolis Indianapolis
67 Maria Haupt 20 female Hessen New York
68 Joh. Heinr. Schilkens 24 male farmer Hannover Cincinnati
69 Christian Behrens 46 male farmer braunschweig Illinios
70 Joseph Wachsmuth 20 male farmer Preussen Missiouri
71 Christina Gerdes 24 female Hannover Kentucky
72 Josephine Rohling 28 female Hannover Kentucky
73 Caroline Janssen 27 female Hannover Illinios
74 Maria Burke 24 female Hannover Luisville
75 Anna Maria Schulte 28 female Hannover Cincinati
76 Jacob Schomber 25 male farmer Hessen New York
77 Bernhard bruner 53 male farmer New York St. Louis
78 Ludwig bruner 49 male farmer New York St. Louis
79 Johann Hartmann 23 male carpenter Hannover Newyork
80 Siebert Klesemann 33 male farmer Hannover Illinios
81 Minne Helene Klesemann 25 female Hannover Illinios
82 Jabe Helene Klesemann 11m female Hannover Illinios
83 Karl Heinrich Bartels 32 male shipper Oldenburg Newyork
84 Joh^e Susanne Cath^e Bartels 35 female Oldenburg Newyork
85 Bernhardine Bartels 3y 6m female Oldenburg Newyork
86 Heinrich Bartels 2y 6m male Oldenburg Newyork
87 Catharine Bartels 6m female Oldenburg Newyork
88 Christian Nolte 41 male farmer Preussen Nashville
89 Margarethe Nolte 36 female Preussen Nashville
90 Caroline Nolte 23 female Preussen Nashville
91 Joh. Bernh^d Kleinbricker 21 male farmer Hannover Cincinati
92 Hermann Talken 31 male farmer Hessen Cincinati
93 Johann Talken 19 male farmer Hessen Cincinati
94* Heinrich Hitten 29 male shoemaker Cincinati Cincinati
95* Christian Bose 53 male carpenter Schaumburg Lippe Antinopolis
96* Christine Bose 45 female Schaumburg Lippe Antinopolis
97* Heinrich Bose 16 male Schaumburg Lippe Antinopolis
98* Eleonore Bose 13 female Schaumburg Lippe Antinopolis
99* Sophie Bose 10 female Schaumburg Lippe Antinopolis
100* Marie Bose 7y10m female Schaumburg Lippe Antinopolis
101* Anton Bose 4 male Schaumburg Lippe Antinopolis
102* Louise Bose 10m female Schaumburg Lippe Antinopolis
103 Friedr. Winterberg 25 male farmer Preussen Antinopolis
104* Christian Watermann 18 male farmer Preussen Antinopolis
105 Wilhelm Kleine 20 male farmer Preussen Antinopolis
106 Karl Rienke 16 male farmer Lippe Antinopolis
107 Christine Rienke 18 female Lippe Antinopolis
108* Helmut Prohler 72 male farmer Lippe Antinopolis
109* Eleonore Prohler 18 female Lippe Antinopolis
110 Karl Wilhahn 22 male farmer Lippe Antinopolis
111* Christian Kramer 57 male shoemaker Preussen Antinopolis
112* Marie Kramer 24 female Preussen Antinopolis
113* Heinrich Kramer 13 female Preussen Antinopolis
114 Heinrich Kleist 26 male farmer Lippe Antinopolis
115 Eleonore Blume 19 female Preussen Antinopolis
116 Maria Cardinal 20 female Preussen Antinopolis
117 Hinrich Marowski 41 male farmer Preussen Antinopolis
118 Louise Marowski 38 female Preussen Antinopolis
119 Christian Marowski 11 male Preussen Antinopolis
120 Carl Marowski 10 male Preussen Antinopolis
121 Heinrich Marowski 7 male Preussen Antinopolis
122 Anton Marowski 5 male Preussen Antinopolis
123* Friedr. Treudelsmann 44 male farmer Lippe Antinopolis
124* Engel Treudelsmann 44 female Lippe Antinopolis
125* Sophie Treudelsmann 7 female Lippe Antinopolis
126* Louise Treudelsmann 5 female Lippe Antinopolis
127 Heinrich Kruse 27 male farmer Lippe Antinopolis
128 Marie Kruse 27 female Lippe Antinopolis
129 Christian Kruse 6m male Lippe Antinopolis
130 Wilhelm Lause 21 male farmer Preussen Antinopolis
131 Gerhard Keck 22 male farmer Hannover St. Louis
132 Elisabeth Keck 19 female Hannover St. Louis
133 Benedict Rietmann 43 male farmer Hannover Illinios
134 Theresia Rietmann 36 female Hannover Illinios
135 Christine Rietmann 7 female Hannover Illinios
136 Theresia Rietmann 5 female Hannover Illinios
137 Maria Rietmann 3 female Hannover Illinios
138 Carolina Rietmann 1y 7m female Hannover Illinios
139 Joseph Rietmann 11m male Hannover Illinios
140 Theresia Collmann 23 female Hannover Illinios
141 Catharine Heveler 20 female Hannover St. Louis
142* Theodor Schluter 15 male Hannover St. Louis
143 Bernh^d Heinr^ch Ficker 50 male farmer Hannover St. Louis
144 Margaretha Ficker 53 female Hannover St. Louis
145 Joh. Heinr^ch Ficker 25 male Hannover St. Louis
146 Joh. Bernh^d Ficker 18 male Hannover St. Louis
147 Theodor Heinrich Ficker 16 male Hannover St. Louis
148 Anton Ficker 11 male Hannover St. Louis
149 Helen Fehe 44 female Hannover St. Louis
150 Gerhard Heinrich Feld 52 male Hannover Illinios
151 Maria Feld 42 female Hannover Illinios
152 Gerhard Heinrich Feld 7y11m male Hannover Illinios
153 Gerhard Hermann Flinker 42 male farmer Hannover Kentucky
154 Marianne Flinker 25 female Hannover Kentucky
155 Gerh^d Hermann Flinker 62 male farmer Hannover Kentucky
156 Carolina Flinker 5 female Hannover Kentucky
157 Joh. Herm. Flinker 3 male farmer Hannover Kentucky
158 Margarethe Louise Flinker 11m female Hannover Kentucky
159 Joh. Friedr. Thielmann 30 male farmer Hannover Cincinati
160 Gesina Thielmann 27 female Hannover Cincinati
161 Friedrich Thielmann 6m male Hannover Cincinati
162 Wilhelm Lake 58 male farmer Hannover Illinios
163 Adelheid Lake 46 female Hannover Illinios
164 Joh. Gerd. Evers 70 male Hannover Cincinati
165 Maria Adelheid Evers 60 female Hannover Cincinati
166 Caroline Evers 22 female Hannover Cincinati
167 Anne Maria Evers 18 female Hannover Cincinati
168 Marianne Evers 17 female Hannover Cincinati
169 Clemens Liebker 23 male farmer Hannover Illinios
170 Joh. Bernh^d Dresing 60 male farmer Hannover Cincinati
171 Adelheid Dresing 50 female Hannover Cincinati
172 Bernhard Dresing 14 male Hannover Cincinati
173 Leon Dresing 7 male Hannover Cincinati
174 Bernhard brinker 28 male farmer Hannover Cincinati
175 Adeline brinker 22 female Hannover Cincinati
176 Bernhard brinker 6m male Hannover Cincinati
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.
1 - 4: the last name could be Schenuit.
7: a Umlaut in last name.
8 & 9: u Umlaut in last name.
19: u Umlaut in last name.
21: the first name should be Hermann Ludwig.
This passenger is 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 or Borghorst. 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 or
Borghors, please contact Ines.
28: u Umlaut in first name.
31: the last name could be Lansing.
34: u Umlaut in last name.
94: the last name could be Mitten.
104: the original last name could have been Wassermann.
108 & 109: o Umlaut in last name.
111 - 113: a Umlaut in last name.
123 - 126: the last name could be Trendelsmann.
142: u Umlaut in last name.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 258, List 1063
Transcribed by Harry Green and Ines Mannhardt members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
3 October 2009
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