Ship Fama
I, Gerhard Payeken do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear and declare that the following List of Manifest of Passengers, subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs for the District of New Orleans contains to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the Passengers received on board the Bremen Ship Fama whereof I am Master from Bremen
Sworn to this 12 May 1849 (port of authority signature unclear) So help me God, G. Payeken
List or Manifest of All the Passengers taken on baord the Bremen Ship Fama whereof G. Payeken is Master, from Bremen, burthen four hundred sixty six tons.
Columns represent: passenger name, age, gender, occupation, country of origin, and destination.
1 Joseph Pietsch 18 male merchant Bohemia Missosuri
2 Henry Quandel 20 male merchant Westphalia Louisiana
3 Adalbert Werther 24 male Doctor Prussia Louisiana
4 Emilie Werther 22 female Prussia Louisiana
5 Malwine Werther 2 female Prussia Louisiana
6 Ferdinand Seidel 27 male joiner Krakau Louisiana
7 Anna Seidel 26 female Krakau Louisiana
8 Franciska Seidel 18 female Krakau Louisiana
9 John Horn 32 male farmer Bavaria Louisiana
10 Ursula Horn 39 female Bavaria Louisiana
11 Elisabeth Horn 4y 6m female Bavaria Louisiana
12 Wolfgang Horn 1y 6m male Bavaria Louisiana
13* Osswald Lummer 28 male mason Bavaria Louisiana
14* Katherine Muller 23 female Bavaria Louisiana
15 Andreas Wirth 20 male baker Bavaria Louisiana
16 Franz Blume 23 male farmer Westphalia Texas
17 Theodor Blume 21 male engeneer Westphalia Louisiana
18 Henry Helling 41 male stonecutter Westphalia Ohio
19 Sophie Helling 50 female Westphalia Ohio
20 Henry Helling 16 male Westphalia Ohio
21 Mathilde Helling 14 female Westphalia Ohio
22 Maria Witteborg 34 female Westphalia Ohio
23 Wilhelm Witteborg 7 male Westphalia Ohio
24* Dorothea Bucher 28 female Westphalia Ohio
25 Charles Stiegler 38 male mason Würtenberg Texas
26 Rosine Laier 37 female Würtenberg Texas
27 Gottlieb Stiegler 9m male Würtenberg Texas
28 Friederich Rohlfink 25 male farmer Prussia Missouri
29 John Bernh. Gerdes 21 male farmer Hanover Missouri
30* Gerhard H. Bunnings 31 male carpenter Hanover Ohio
31* Teckla Bunnings 28 female Hanover Ohio
32* Stephan Bunnings 4 male Hanover Ohio
33* Hermann Bunnings 10m male Hanover Ohio
34* Catherine Strubing 48 female Oldenburg Ohio
35* Joseph Strubing 19 male Oldenburg Ohio
36* Louis Strubing 7 male Oldenburg Ohio
37* Anna Strubing 4 female Oldenburg Ohio
38 Hermann Freer 23 male taylor Oldenburg Ohio
39 Gerhard Fatmann 28 male taylor Oldenburg Louisiana
40 Mariane Fatmann 25 female Oldenburg Louisiana
41 Hermann Niehaus 28 male farmer Hanover Missouri
42* John Kosters 23 male farmer Hanover Missouri
43* Gerhard Lunemann 22 male taylor Hanover Missouri
44 Wilhelm Sannemann 20 male painter Hanover Missouri
45 Anna Haenel 26 female Hanover Louisiana
46* Anna Hurtkamp 26 female Hanover Louisville
47* Gerhard Hurkamp 15 male Hanover Louisville
48* Helene Hurkamp 10 female Hanover Louisville
49* Hermann Hurkamp 7 male Hanover Louisville
50 Karl W. Mocker 22 male butcher Saxonia Louisina
51 Maria Wonning 23 female Hanover Missouri
52 Henry Giebel 44 male farmer Waldeck Missouri
53 Caroline Giebel 38 female Waldeck Missouri
54 Caroline Giebel 14 female Waldeck Missouri
55 Dorothea Kuckuck 26 female Waldeck Missouri
56 John H. Huchtims 25 male farmer Prussia Louisville
57 Hermann Ciliax 21 male merchant Weimar Texas
58* Christine Muller 24 female
59 Gottlieb Roscher 27 male farmer Saxonia Missouri
60 Karl Fr. Uhlich 37 male weaver Saxonia Missouri
61 Johanne Chr. Uhlich 32 female Saxonia Missouri
62 Karl Gottlieb Uhlich 30 male Saxonia Missouri
63 Maria Therese Uhlich 13 female Saxonia Missouri
64 Amalie Klara Uhlich 12 female Saxonia Missouri
65 Christine Wilhelmine Uhlich 7 female Saxonia Missouri
66 Auguste Bertha Uhlich 5 female Saxonia Missouri
67 John Gottlieb Mathes 38 male carpenter Saxonia Missouri
68 Gustav Spazier 24 male satler Saxonia Missouri
69 Gottlieb Mahn 25 male shepherd Saxonia Louisiana
70 Joseph Seitz 22 male merchant Hessen Missouri
71 John Georg Biedermann 33 male farmer Prussia Missouri
72 Caroline Biedermann 32 female Prussia Missouri
73 Hermine Biedermann 5 female Prussia Missouri
74 Alma Biedermann 4 female Prussia Missouri
75 Louis Schmidt 34 male carpenter Brunswick Missouri
76 Henriette Oertel 28 female Prussia Missouri
77* Henry Burmann 22 male baker Westphalia Louisiana
78 Henry Kuhlmann 28 male farmer Prussia Texas
79 Ludwig Kuhlmann 18 male farmer Prussia Texas
80 Henriette Schott 19 female Saxonia Missouri
81 Georg Block 22 male bookbinder Hanover Missouri
82* August Reepschlager 23 male painter Prussia Missouri
83* Mathias Holscher 33 male joiner Hanover Ohio
84* Gertrude Kruger 20 female Hanover Ohio
85* Maria Kruger 16 female Hanover Ohio
86* Klara Maria Kruger 12 female Hanover Ohio
87* Katherine Kruger 9 female Hanover Ohio
88 Katherine Loeger 28 female Hanover Ohio
89 John Henry Overbeck 24 male farmer Hanover Iowa
90* John Henry Strube 29 male farmer Hanover Iowa
91 Maria Elise Kreiner 25 female Hanover Iowa
92* Ferdinand Allmeyer 26 male farmer Prussia Illinois
93 John Nicol. Schmidt 60 male sawsmith Prussia Missouri
94 Gerhard Lubbel 26 male farmer Hanover Ohio
95* John Hulsmeyer 22 male musician Hanover Ohio
96 Gerhard Winters 21 male farmer Hanover Ohio
97 Gerhard Schmieders 22 male farmer Hanover Ohio
98 Gerrick Kerperin 24 male farmer Hanover Ohio
99 Bernhard Polingen 27 male farmer Hanover Ohio
100* Gerhard Lubbel 18 male farmer Hanover Ohio
101 Gerhard Leierhoff 22 male farmer Hanover Ohio
102 Henry Theising 20 male farmer Hanover Louisiana
103* John H. Thauger 28 male farmer Hanover Ohio
104* Herm Hofker 25 male farmer Hanover Ohio
105 John D. Kressler 26 male farmer Hanover Ohio
106 Bernhard Thieler 25 male farmer Hanover Ohio
107* Hermann Muller 24 male farmer Hanover Ohio
108 Christoff Leibold 28 male farmer Bavaria Kentucky
109 Margarethe Leibold 23 female Bavaria Kentucky
110 Friederich Leibold 3 male Bavaria Kentucky
111 Thomas Leibold 10m male Bavaria Kentucky
112 Henry Voges 25 male joiner Hanover Missouri
113 Joseph Tielemann 21 male farmer Westphalen Missouri
114 Georg Wilde 27 male gunsmith Prussia Ohio
115* Gerhard Hemkemuller 21 male farmer Prussia Ohio
116 Moritz Meinhardt 19 male merchant Prussia Missisippi
117 Christoff Rollwage 27 male taylor Hanover Ohio
118 Ernestine Kieker 25 female Hanover Ohio
119 Henry Schumann 17 male ingeneer Saxonia Missouri
120 Karl Daxel 18 male locksmith Saxonia Missouri
121 Karl Hagestorf 26 male joiner Hanover Missouri
122 Henry Beck 25 male joiner Hanover Missouri
123 Ferdinand Triebel 22 male joiner Hanover Missouri
124 Jonathan Dahl 36 male smith Prussia Missouri
125 Amalie Dahl 30 female Prussia Missouri
126 Bertha Dahl 6 female Prussia Missouri
127 Ida Dahl 9m female Prussia Missouri
128 Abraham Dahl 30 male baker Prussia Missouri
129 Christoff Weck 21 male grinder Prussia Missouri
130 Karl Lautergung 28 male locksmith Prussia Missouri
131 Julie Klarenberg 34 female Prussia Missouri
132 Gustav Dahl 25 male baker Prussia Missouri
133 Maria Dahl 31 female Prussia Missouri
134 Eduard Dahl 5 male Prussia Missouri
135 Daniel Dahl 3 male Prussia Missouri
136 John Henry Hartmann 30 male miner Prussia Missouri
137* Gerhard Bocking 26 male miner Prussia Missouri
138* Henry Ruther 25 male farmer Prussia Missouri
139 John Niemann 26 male joiner Prussia Ohio
140 Melchior Westerhoff 26 male joiner Prussia Ohio
141 Karl Roffmann 44 male joiner Hanover Missouri
142 Johanne Roffmann 45 female Hanover Missouri
143 Julie Roffmann 17 female Hanover Missouri
144 Johanne Roffmann 15 female Hanover Missouri
145 Dina Roffmann 12 female Hanover Missouri
146 Fritz Roffmann 10 male Hanover Missouri
147 Auguste Roffmann 8 female Hanover Missouri
148 Minna Roffmann 6 female Hanover Missouri
149 Heinrich Roffmann 2 male Hanover Missouri
150 Anton Behrens 23 male joiner Hanover Missouri
151* John Helmer Duselder 42 male farmer Hanover Illinois
152* Gebke Duselder 36 female Hanover Illinois
153* Heinrich Duselder 13 male Hanover Illinois
154* Antje Duselder 8 female Hanover Illinois
155* Helmer Duselder 4 male Hanover Illinois
156 Hermann Buss 47 male farmer Hanover Illinois
157 Tetje Buss 33 female Hanover Illinois
158* Herde Buss 9 male Hanover Illinois
159 Anna Buss 6 female Hanover Illinois
160 Diederich Buss 3 male Hanover Illinois
161 Wessel Wessels 18 male farmer Hanover Illinois
162 Klara Nannen 17 female Hanover Illinois
163 Daniel van Osterlohe 55 male farmer Hanover Illinois
164 Antje van Osterlohe 55 female Hanover Illinois
165 Lorentz van Osterlohe 32 male Hanover Illinois
166 Michel van Osterlohe 30 male Hanover Illinois
167 Trintje van Osterlohe 19 female Hanover Illinois
168 Antina van Osterlohe 4 female Hanover Illinois
169 Heinrich van Osterlohe 2 male Hanover Illinois
170 Antje van Osterlohe 2 female Hanover Illinois
171 Ilke van Osterlohe 33 female Hanover Illinois
172 Margarethe van Lohe 25 famale Hanover Illinois
173* John Bagger 49 male farmer Hanover Illionis
174* Frauke Bagger 45 female Hanover Illinois
175* Reinste Bagger 16 female Hanover Illinois
176* Brecke Bagger 14 female Hanover Illinois
177 Etje Bagger 12 female Hanover Illinois
178 Reina Bagger 7 female Hanover Illinois
179* Folke Bagger 4 female Hanover Illinois
180* Friedercke Strassburger 19 female Bavaria Louisiana
181 Gerhard Muller 23 male farmer Hanover Illinois
182 Helene Meier 24 female Hanover Illinois
183* Yelde Focken Brunken 30 male farmer Hanover Indiana
184 Hermann Arendt 23 male farmer Hanover Indiana
185 Julius Upmann 35 male farmer Hanover Ohio
186 Ernst Saalkamp 24 male farmer Prussia Ohio
187 Friederich Martens 21 male farmer Prussia Indiana
188 Heinrich Karff 21 male farmer Prussia Indiana
189 Friederich Karff 20 male farmer Prussia Indiana
190 Heinrich Reckemeyer 24 male farmer Prussia Indiana
191 Friederich Reichert 24 male farmer Prussia Indiana
192 Justine Reichert 24 female Prussia Indiana
193 Friederike Reichert 6m female Prussia Indiana
194 Karl Ellerbusch 24 male farmer Prussia Indiana
195 Louise Ellerbusch 19 female Prussia Indiana
196 Elisabeth Karsten 30 female Prussia Indiana
197 Friederich Karsten 14 male Prussia Indiana
198 Louise Karsten 10 female Prussia Indiana
199 Karoline Karsten 9 female Prussia Indiana
200 Elisabeth Karsten 4 female Prussia Indiana
201 Christoff Karsten 19 male Prussia Indiana
202 Ernst Koch 19 male farmer Prussia Indiana
203 Gottlieb Harmuth 23 male farmer Prussia Missouri
204 Gustav Eichhorn 21 male tinner Saxonia Missouri
205 Karl Richard Hess 24 male tinner Saxonia Missouri
206 Gerhard Dierks 28 male farmer Hanover Missouri
207 Gesine Dierks 25 female Hanover Missouri
208 Friederich Dierks 9m male Hanover Missouri
209 Wilhelm Baggers 24 male farmer Hanover Missouri
210 Gustav Vogeler 26 male satler Prussia Missouri
211 Bernhard Ackermann 33 male farmer Hanover Illinois
Endnote: Summa 211 Alien including six children under age
(signature) G. Payeken (?jun)
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.
13 Lummer (Lümmer) has an umlauted u.
14 Muller (Müller) has an umlauted u.
24 Bucher (Bücher) has an umlauted u.
30-33 Bunnings (Bünnings) has an umlauted u.
34-37 Strubing (Strübing) has an umlauted u.
42 Kosters (Kösters) has an umlauted o.
43 Lunemann (Lünemann) has an umlauted u.
46 Hurtkamp/Hurkamp (Hürtkamp/Hürkamp) has an umlauted u. The t in Hurtkamp
may be crossed off.
47-49 Hurkamp (Hürkamp) has an umlauted u.
58 Muller (Müller) has an umlauted u.
77 Burmann (Bürmann) has an umlauted u.
82 Reepschlager (Reepschläger) has an umlauted a.
83 Holscher (Hölscher) has an umlauted o.
84-87 Kruger (Krüger) has an umlauted u.
90 Strube (Strübe) has an umlauted u.
92 Surname may be Altmeyer.
95 Hulsmeyer (Hülsmeyer) has an umlauted u.
100 Lubbel (Lübbel) has an umlauted u.
103 Thauger (Thäuger) has an umlauted a.
104 Hofker (Höfker) has an umlauted o.
107 Muller (Müller) has an umlauted u.
115 Hemkemuller (Hemkemüller) has an umlauted u.
137 Bocking (Böcking) has an umlauted o.
138 Ruther (Rüther) has an umlauted u.
151-155 Duselder (Düselder) has an umlauted u.
159 Gender is listed as female with male written above it.
173 Name should be Jan Hinderks Bagger. The family was from Neermoor, Ostfriesland.
174 Maiden name: Frauke Janssen Arends.
175 Name should be Reenste Bagger.
176 Name should be Bregtje Bagger
179 Name should be Foelke Bagger.
180 There is a dot over the c which may indicate the should be Friedericke Strassburger.
183 Given name should probably be Jelde.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M259, Reel 30.
Transcribed by Gene Janssen a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
1 September 2009
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