Bark Robert
I, L. F. Paulsen Master of the Oldbg. Bark Robert do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs District of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board of the said Bark Robert at Bremen from which port said vessel 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 4th June 1856,
So help me God, L. F. Paulsen
Before me (port authority signature illegible)
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Oldbg. Bark Robert whereof L. F. Paulsen is Master, from Bremen burthen 515 tons.
Columns represent: passenger name, age, gender, and occupation, The columns for origin and destination have been omitted on this list because all were listed with Germany as their origin and the U. States as their destination.
Cabin I passengers:
1 Gerhard Lengen 59 man farmer
2 Agnes Lengen 56 female
3 Katharina Lengen 22 female
4 Johanne Lengen 9 female
5 Gerhard Lengen 7 boy
6 Agnes Lengen 6 female
7 Heinrich Lengen 33 man
8 Margaretha Lengen 23 female
9 Agnes Lengen 11m suckling
10* ? Lengen
11 Margarethe Krause 18 female laborer
12 Emma Szadetzky 22 miss
13 Sophie Klein 23 miss
II Cabin Passengers Hause on deck 2nd cabin
14 Johann Schnauer 25 man laborer
15 Heinrich Kimpel 20 man farmer
16 Gertrude Kimpel 58 female
17 Hermann Herrmanns 26 man
18* Hermann Borgards 26 man
19 Elisabeth Hausmann 2? female
20 Heinrich Schmidt ?5 man
21 Georg Gehrken 32 man
22 Gottfried Kamps 25 man laborer
23* Heinrich Schluter 25 man
24* Dorothea Schluter 23 female
25* Heinrich Schluter 2 boy
26 Louise Steinmeyer 35 female
27 Hugo Steinmeyer 4 boy
28 Emil Steinmeyer suckling 11m boy
29 Wilhelm Ficke 34 man merchant
30 Heinrich Breitharth 45 man laborer
31 Wilhelm Breitharth 46 man
32 Scharlotte Breitharth 23 female
33 Friedrick Schotte 29 man
34 Louise Tiettsch 21 female
35 Carl Karzholz 48 man
36* Johann Tageter 23 man
37* Sophie Tageter 27 female
38 Heinrich Kn??erisnen 27 man
39 Caroline Kn??erisnen 35 female
40 Carl Kn??erisnen 6 boy
41 Georg Rhedel 6 boy laborer
42 Dietrich Benning 29 man
43 Rudolph Siefken 27 man
44 Okke Tjaden 27 man
45 Harm Rhoden 24 man
46 Engelke Rhoden 19 man
47 Triedje Peil 27 female
48* Christoph Wilhelms 53 man farmer
49* Hempe Wilhelms 46 female
50* Gehske Wilhelms 21 female
51* Hempe Wilhelms 19 female
52* Wilhelm Wilhelms 17 man
53* Oltmann Wilhelms 15 man
54* Anna Wilhelms 13 female
55* Antje Wilhelms 11 female
56* Hilka Wilhelms 7 female
57* Habbe Wilhelms 6 female
58* Peter Wilhelms boy 9m suckling
59* Jantje Wilhelms 5 female
60* Jodokus Bohen 29 man laborer
61 Fritz Froning 32 man
62* Anna Bohen 23 female
63* Catharine Bohen 20 female
64 Antje van Deest 47 female farmer
65 Hilken van Deest 19 female
66 Adolph van Deest 22 man
67 Magdalena van Deest 18 female
68 Peterkedina van Deest 16 female
69 Hinderk van Deest 14 man
70 Jan van Deest 14 man
71* Me?el van Deest 10 man
72 Wilhelm van Deest 2 man
73* Kesher ?o?enstein 29 female laborer
74* Hilka ?o?enstein 17 female
75* Enna ?o?enstein 14 female
76* Thomas ?ussen 17 man
77 Gerhard Thebes 24 man
78* Jakob Muller 31 man
Betweendeck passengers:
79* Johannes Hikermann 30
80* A. Marthe Hikermann 28
81* M. Katharine Hikermann 3
82* Nicolaus Beier 35
83* Catharina Beier 37
84* Christine Wiegand 21
85* Friedrich Grons 39 farmer
86* Henriette Brandt 20
87* Auguste Brandt 4
88 Wilhelmine Schauer 32 female laborer
89 Edwine Schauer 8 female
90 Therese Schauer 5 female
91 Wilhelmine Schauer 5 female
92* Matthias Worstorfer 29 man farmer
93* Margarethe Worstorfer 28 female
94* Johannes Worstorfer 32 man
95* Johannes Worstorfer 3 man
96* Matthias Worstorfer 6 man
97 Georg Fasbender 18 man merchant
98 Jakob Quinnbach 22 man laborer
99 Heinrich Ernst 28 man farmer
100 Wilhelmine Ernst 29 female
101 Heinrich Ernst boy 11m suckling
102* Henriette Klockner 18 female
103 Johann Weigand 31 man
104 Joseph Toetznal 17 man
105 Johann Tark 18 man laborer
106 Georg Beier 33 man
107 Christian Beier 30 man
108* Franz Bohmer 22 man
109 Albert Eyth 16 man
110* Johann Toroens 20 man farmer
111* Heinrich H??lmann 19 man
112 Hermann Tribbe 20 man
113 Julius Henkes 16 man
114 Eduard Fiedler 18 man
115 Heinrich Kreitsch 25 man
116 Sophie Blecker 42 female
117 Wilhelm Blecker 18 man laborer
118 Karl Blecker 16 man
119 August Blecker 10 man
120 Theodor Tunnesch 32 man
121 William Paul 26 man
122 Johannes Becker 24 man
123 Markus Joseph 34 man
124* Katharina Weitzel 23 ?
125 Franz Leal 50 man
126 Margarethe Leal 43 female
127 Georg Leal 4 man
128 Sophie Leal suckling 11m female
129 Ernst Roth 28 man farmer
130 Wilhelm Voigt 19 man laborer
131 Heinrich Maikath 19 man
132 Wilhelm Maikath 17 man
133 Friedrich Kampf 34 man farmer
134 Friedr Niehage 30 man
135 Peter Doutheil 26 man laborer
136 Johann Schutte 26 man farmer
137 Louise Schutte 24 female
138 Conrad Wenzel 16 man laborer
139 Dorothea Krom 17 female laborer
140 Carl Kurzhalz 18 man laborer
141* Carl Halle 38 man laborer
142 Sophie Halle 37 female farmer
143 Carl Halle 9 boy farmer
144 Hermann Halle 7 boy farmer
145 Friedrich Halle 5 boy farmer
146 Franz Halle 3 boy farmer
147 August Halle 11m suckling farmer
148 Wilhelm Kurzhalz 20 man farmer
149 Friedrich Wittig 49 man laborer
150 Marie Wittig 38 female laborer
151 Friedrich Wittig 21 man laborer
152 Anton Wittig 17 man laborer
153 Friedrike Wittig 13 female laborer
154 Ernstine Wittig 11 female laborer
155 Karl Wittig 6 boy laborer
156 Franz Wittig 5 boy laborer
157 Therese Wittig 11m suckling laborer
158 August Kurzhalz 44 man laborer
159 Eva? Kurzhalz 42 female laborer
160 Pauline Kurzhalz 11 female laborer
161 Wilhelmine Kurzhalz 7 female laborer
162* Caroline Schafer 17 female laborer
163* August Thr??urt 17 man laborer
164 Carl Rischbeter 25 man laborer
165 Friedrich Tanser 23 man laborer
166 Gustav Scheffler 23 man laborer
167 Johann Steinbach 23 man farmer
168 Gesina Steinbach 27 female farmer
169 Therese Renner 20 female farmer
170* Xaver Asbeck 27 man farmer
171 Joseph Kellner 30 man farmer
172 Franziska Loher 20 female
173 Creszens Engel 22 female
174 Margarethe Hegreis 20 female
175 Michael Stein 46 man
176 Anna Els. Stein 18 female
177 Anna Sab. Stein 16 female
178 Christine Stein 28 female
179 Anna Stein 7 female
180 Christian Stein 10 man
181 Kaspar Stein boy 5y 6m suckling
182 Conrad Stein 60 man
183 Chatarine Stein 59 female
184 Johannes Stein 34 man laborer
185 Dorothea Stein 34 female
186 Gertrud Stein 8 female
187 Elise Stein 6 female
188 Conrad Stein 4 boy
189 Catharine Stein 3 female
190 Margarethe Stein girl 11m suckling
191 Simon Hildebrandt 28 man laborer
192 Anna Hildebrandt 29 female
193 Sophie Hildebrandt 5 female
194 Adam Hildebrandt 11m suckling
195 Heinrich Wassermann 15 man
196 Johann Sachs 33 man farmer
197 Anna Sachs 30 female
198 Margarethe Sachs girl 3m suckling
199 Johannes Willard 22 man
200 Caspar Heidrich 18 man
201 Johann Wagner 19 man
202* Elise Frohlich 20 female
203* Martin ?rischmann 28 man
204* Anna ?rischmann 31 female
205* Margarethe ?rischmann girl 11m female
206 Catharine Wenner 18 female
207 Nicolaus Hildebrandt 22 man farmer
208* Anna Muller 19 man
209 Carl Lichtenhan 17 female
210 Marie Schultze 17 man
211 Georg Lein 15 man
212* Corad Jager 15 man farmer
213 Marie Stoehr 38 female laborer
214 Friedrich Stoehr 9 man
215 Bertha Stoehr 3 female
216 Georg Ziegeler 38 man
217 Joseph Hemmer 29 man
218 Kunigunde Rischlaub 21 female
219 Friedrich Greger 33 man
220 Gottlieb Gippert 43 man farmer
221 Margarethe Gippert 32 female
222* Pauline 10 female
223* Caroline 7 female
224* Louise 5 female
225* Carl boy 9m suckling
226 Christoph Schmidt 33 man
227 Katharine Kessling 32 female
228* Meicy Ackermann 43 man laborer
229* Tobke Ackermann 39 female
230* Argea Ackermann 9 boy
231* Gauske Ackermann 5 girl
232* Elisabeth Ackermann 9m suckling
233 Ida Kathan 24 female
234 Hinnerk Kathan 9 boy
235 Wakabina Kathan 6 girl
236 Hilka Kathan 3 girl
237 Stephane Kathan 9m suckling
238? ? Hengst 20 man
239 Carl Arnold 32 man
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.
A number of entries on this list designate by "do" (ditto) females, children and babies
as laborers or farmers -- which seems unexplainable..
10 Note written here: a suckling born on the voyage April 27 1856 (no name or
gender listed)
18 Borgards (Börgards) has an umlauted o.
23-25 Schluter (Schlüter) has an umlauted u.
36-37 Surname may be Fageter.
38-40 Surname unclesr; may be Kniserisnen.
48-58 The Wilhelms all came from Terborg, Ostfriesland, and were headed for Freeport
Illinois. Given name for no. 48 should be Christoffer. See Ortssippenbuch Neermoor
entry no. 5044
50 Given name should be Geeske..
60 Headed for Baileyville IL.
60, 61-62 The Bohens were from Terborg, Ostfriesland. See Neermoor Ortssippenbuch entry 532
71 Given name seems to be Meyel.
73-75 Surname seems to be something like Bosenstein.
76 I believe the name is Kussen (Küssen)
78 Muller (Müller) has an umlauted u.
79-87 No gender listed for these passengers.
85 Grons (Gröns) has an umlauted o.
92-96 Worstorfer (Wörstörfer) both o's are umlauted.
102 Klockner (Klöckner) has an umlauted o.
108 Bohmer (Böhmer) has an umlauted o.
110 Toroenz (Töroenz) has an umlauted o.
111 Surname blurred--seems to be Hellmann.
124 Gender seems to be indicated as man, but given name suggests female.
141 Surname may be Kalle.
162 Schafer (Schäfer) has an umlauted a.
163 Surname seems to be something like Thriesurt.
170 The second letter of the surname is squeezed between the first and third; name may
be Abeck.
202 Frohlich (Fröhlich) has an umlaued o.
203-205 Surname is either Trischmann or Frischmann.
208 Muller (Müller) has an umlauted u.
212 Possibly the name should be Conrad Jager (Jäger).
222-225 No surname indicated for these entries; presumbably, it should be Gippert.
228-238 The surname should be spelled: Akkermann. Passenger number 228 should be Meeke
Akkermann, and the children shoujld be Egge, Geeske and Elisabeth. The family came
from Meermoor and was headed for Illinois. See Neermoor Ortssippenbuch, entries at
no. 46.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 162, List 424.
Transcribed by Gene Janssen a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
10 September 2009
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