Ship Achilles
I, Ch. Nordenholz Master of the Bremen Ship Achilles 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 of the Collection District of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board of the said ship at Bremen from which port said ship 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 beome 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 ? 11 of November 1857 So help me God C. Nordenholz
Before me, (signature of port authority illegible)
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Bremen Ship Achilles whereof C. Nordenholz is Master, from Bremen, burthen ______ tons.
Columns represent passenger name, age, gender, occupation, and origin. The destination column has been omitted on this list because it was the U. States for all passengers.
1 Mathilde v Lengelken 22 fem lady Hanover
2 Heinrich Kolmer 27 m farmer Oldenburg died on 7 November
3 Eva Kieseling 27 fm woman Bayern
4 Margarethe Kieseling 3 fem Bayern
5 Adam Hockrath 30 ma farmer Bayern
6 Magarethe Hockrath 37 fem farmer Bayern
7 Conrad Hockrath 18 ma farmer Bayern
8 Conrad Hockrath 15 ma farmer Bayern
9 Eva Hockrath 10 fem farmer Bayern
10 Nicolaus Hockrath 8 ma farmer Bayern
11 Catharine Hockrath 3 fem farmer Bayern
12 Catharina Hockrath 9m fem farmer Bayern
13 Johann Walter 23 ma butcher Bayern
14* Franz Schoffel 30 ma Bayern
15 Bernhard Oelges 60 ma farmer Hannover
16 Wolburg Oelges 60 fem farmer Hannover
17 Wilhelm Hottge 42 ma farmer Braunschweig
18 Minna Hottge 32 fem farmer Braunschweig
19 Maria Hottge 10 fem farmer Braunschweig
20 Wilhelm Hottge 8 ma farmer Braunschweig
21 Albert Hottge 6 ma farmer Braunschweig
22 Louis Hottge 3 ma farmer Braunschweig
23 Heinrich Bartels 26 ma farmer Hannover
24 Christine Bartels 56 fe farmer Hannover
25 Wilhelm Krummelberg 29 ma tailor Missouri
26 Margarethe Heldmann 42 fem woman Kurhessen
27 Elisabeth Heldmann 12 fem girl Kurhessen
28 Gertrude Heldmann 10 fem girl Kurhessen
29 Nicolaus Heldmann 5 ma boy Kurhessen
30* Gerd Gerdes 56 ma farmer Hannover
31* Tiete Gerdes 54 fem farmer Hannover
32* Gretchen Gerdes 28 fem farmer Hannover
33* Tiete Gerdes 6 fem farmer Hannover
34* Gerd Gerdes 2y6m ma farmer Hannover
35* Anna Gerdes 6m fem farmer Hannover
36* Albert Gerdes 30 ma farmer Hannover
37* Mericke Gerdes 30 fem farmer Hannover
38* Girde Gerdes 9m fem farmer Hannover
39* Cord Duerst 35 ma farmer Hannover
40* Frauke Duerst 32 fem farmer Hannover
41* Otto Harms 40 ma farmer Hannover
42* Folke Harms 40 fem farmer Hannover
43* Hermann Harms 18 ma farmer Hannover
44* Netta Harms 16 fem farmer Hannover
45* Ricke Harms 14 fem farmer Hannover
46* Wathge Harms 12 fem farmer Hannover
47* Fraucke Harms 8 fem farmer Hannover
48* Grethge Harms 6 fem farmer Hannover
49* Johann Harms 5 ma farmer Hannover
50* Claus Dreiling 45 ma farmer Hannover
51* Margarethe Dreiling 28 fem farmer Hannover
52* Johann Dreiling 8 me farmer Hannover
53* Heinrich Dreiling 5 me farmer Hannover
54 Maria Groen 29 fem woman Hannover
55 Carl Groen 29 ma boy Hannover
56 Diedrich Gohmann 26 ma farmer Hannover
57 Mariane Gohmann 26 fem farmer Hannover
58 Adelheid Middendorf 23 fem servant Hannover
59 Georg Meiners 34 ma farmer Hannover
60 Martin Gerhard 26 ma farmer Hannover
61 Heinrich Friesen 27 ma farmer Hannover
62* Elisabeth Ge??? 21 fem servant Hannover
63 Diedrich Ebbeler 25 me baker Hannover
64* Gerhard Detmers 23 me shoemaker Hannover
65* Claus Sathoff 78 me shoemaker Hannover
66* Grethge Sathof 62 fem shoemaker Hannover
67 Johann Gerdes 25 mal servant Hannover
68* Reinert Olvers 30 mal baker Hannover
69 Friederich v. Hagel 30 ma farmer St. Louis
70 Wilhelm Prior 31 ma farmer Hannover
71* Heinrich Finger 21 ma servant Hannover
72 Johann Bunenhagen 31 ma farmer Hannover
73 Dorothea Bunenhagen 24 fem farmer Hannover
74 Maria Gieske 20 fem farmer Hannover
75 Elisabeth Gieske 15 fem farmer Hannover
76 Maria Gieske 57 fem farmer Hannover
77 Catharina Wellmann 20 fem servant Hannover
78 Heinrich Besselmann 64 ma farmer Hannover
79 Margarethe Besselmann 64 fem farmer Hannover
80 Heinrich Besselmann 27 ma farmer Hannover
81 Gerhard Wiemeyer 47 ma farmer Hannover
82 Marie Wiemeyer 47 fem farmer Hannover
83 Engel Wiemeyer 14 ma farmer Hannover
84 Hermann Wiemeyer 12 ma farmer Hannover
85 Heinrich Wiemeyer 9 ma farmer Hannover
86 Fridericke Westerhausen 16 fem servant Wersche
87 Anna Westerhausen 13 fem servant Wersche
88 Anna Dusing 22 fem servant Vehrle
89* Maria Hopke 17 fem servant Vehrle
90 Hermann Wiemers 26 ma shoemaker Aurich
91 Clara Wiemers 26 fem shoemaker Aurich
92 Heinrich Sinzner 28 ma tinker Oldenburg
93 Jetchen Hinrichs 25 fem servant Aurich
94* Heinrich Hinrichs 28 ma joiner Aurich
95* Wilhelm Mayer 18 ma farmer Preusen
96* Carl Kramer 28 ma farmer Preuden
97* Henriette Ropke 23 fem servant Braunschweig
98* Heinrich Brinckama 28 ma farmer Braunschweig
99* Christine Brinckama 15 fem servant Braunschweig
100 Friederich Vasel 18 ma farmer Preusen
101 Friedericke Vasel 16 fem servant Preusen
102 Carl Vasel 14 ma servant Preusen
103 Louise Vasel 12 fem servant Preusen
104 Sophie Vasel 8 fem servant Preusen
105* Heinrich Mohlmann 73 ma farmer Preusen
106* Anna Mohlmann 55 fem farmer Preusen
107* Carl Mohlmann 21 ma farmer Preusen
108* Anton Mohlmann 19 ma farmer Preusen
109 Christian Mohlmann 17 ma farmer Preusen
110 Heinrich Wessel 18 ma farmer Preusen
111* Wilhelm Langenwolpott 28 ma farmer Preusen
112* Louise Langenwollpott 29 fem farmer Preusen
113 Wilhelmine Rahe 26 fem woman Preusen
114 Carl Rahe 5 ma boy Preusen
115* Gotlieb Wehmeyer 30 ma shoemaker Preusen
116 Dorothea Wehmeyer 25 fem shoemaker Preusen
117* Wilhelmine Wehmeyer 5 ma shoemaker Preusen
118* Dorothea Wehmeyer 3 ma shoemaker Preusen
119 Heinrich Barthmann 50 ma farmer Cincinati
120 Sophia Barthmann 46 fem farmer Preusen
121 Heinrich Barthmann 20 ma farmer Preusen
122 Carl Barthmann 17 ma farmer Preusen
123 Friederich Barthmann 14 ma boy Preusen
124 Sophie Barthmann 10 fem girl Preusen
125 Heinrich Barthmann 6 ma Preusen
126* Heinrich Schluter 22 ma farmer Preusen
127* Heinrich Kruger 40 ma farmer Preusen
128* Charlotte Kruger 40 fem farmer Preusen
129* Wilhelm Kruger 4y6m ma farmer Preusen
130 Carl Fazius 15 ma servant Preusen
131 Friedericke Lohmeyer 19 fem servant Preusen
132 Friederich Drallomeyer 24 ma farmer Preusen
133 Heinrich Meyer 33 ma farmer Preusen
134 Louise Meyer 30 fem farmer Preusen
135 Wilhelmine Meyer 9 fem farmer Preusen
136 Wilhelm Meyer 7 ma farmer Preusen
137 Louise Meyer 4 fem farmer Preusen
138 Heinrich Meyer 9m ma farmer Preusen
139 Dorothea Hasseldich 22 fem servant Preusen
140 Heinrich Strube 30 ma servant Braunschweig
141 Bernhard Stolte 22 ma smit Hannover
142 Gesina Bruns 31 fem servant Hannover
143 Helena Bruns 28 fem servant Hannover
144* Adelheit Schmetz 21 fem servant Hannover
145* Anton Gruter 32 ma farmer Hannover
146 Martin Schmit 26 ma ? Wirtenberg
147 Malvina Kramer 24 fem servant Wirtenberg
148 Carl Schulz 18 ma servant Preusen
149* Heinrich Bomer 22 ma servant Hannover
150 Carl Bindbeutel 23 ma shoemaker Kurhessen
151 Andemas Weineke 23 ma farmer Kurhessen
152 Marta Stuck ?4 fem servant Kurhessen
153 Georg Ravens 48 ma carpenter Hannover
154* Adelheit Ravens 53 fem carpenter Hannover
155* Adelheit Ravens 21 fem carpenter Hannover
156 Diedrich Eitemann 17 ma farmer Hannover
157* Friederich Schutte 23 ma farmer Braunschweig
158 Louise Voss 26 fem servant Braunschweig
159 Conrad Voss 3 ma boy Braunschweig
160 Elisabeth Gertenbach 28 fem servant Kurhessen
161 Catharine Gertenbach 9m fem girl Kurhessen died November 3 57
162 Heinrich Becker 65 ma farmer Hannover
163 Engel Becker 18 fem farmer Hannover
164* Johann Kausch 41 ma smit Payern
165 Elisabeth Kausch 35 fem smit Payern
166 Anna Kausch 3 fem smit Payern
167 Emilie Kausch 2 fem smit Payern
168 Elisabeth Kausch 6m fem smit Payern
169 Heinrich Kausch 20 ma smit Payern
170 Johann Dohar 58 ma farmer Payern
171 Friederich Strobel 31 ma farmer Payern
172 Anna Strobel 31 fem servant Payern
173 Eberhard Strobel 7 ma servant Payern
174 Elisabeth Strobel 3 fem servant Payern
175 Heinrich Strobel 6m ma servant Payern
176 Margaretha Braun 28 fem servant Payern
177 Georg Schneider 25 ma servant Bayern
178 Anna Schneider 20 fem servant Bayern
179 Catharine Pott 26 fem servant Bayern
180 Anna Treme 20 fem servant Bayern
181* Mariane Treme 44 fem servant Bayern
182* Johann Muller 34 ma farmer Bayern
183* Johanne Muller 28 fem farmer Bayern
184* Andreas Muller 1 ma farmer Bayern
185* Andreas Muller 23 ma farmer Bayern
186* Maria Schmith 26 fem servant Bayern
187 Margarethe Ruchdaschel 18 fem servant Bayern
188 Margarethe Bruchmer 25 fem servant Bayern
189 Heinrich Weisbrodt 36 ma tailor Bayern
190 Eva Weisbrodt 37 fem tailor Bayern
191 Carl Weisbrodt 9 ma tailor Bayern
192* Emielie Weisbrodt 6 fem tailor Bayern
193 Dorothea Weisbrodt 5 fem tailor Bayern
194 Friederich Rissner 27 ma farmer Bayern
195 Elisabeth Rissner 32 fem farmer Bayern
196 Catharine Rissner 9 fem farmer Bayern
197 Andreas Rissner 6 ma farmer Bayern
198 Friederich Rissner 2 ma farmer Bayern
199 Margaretha Hepp 23 fem servant Bayern
200 Wilhelm Dohlers 26 ma shoemaker Bayern
201* Heinrich Schutte 16 ma farmer Preusen
202* Charlotte Schutte 22 fem farmer Preusen
203* Sophie Schutte 20 fem farmer Preusen
204* Sophie Schutte 20 fem farmer Preusen
205 Christian Focke 43 ma farmer Preusen
206 Caroline Focke 48 fem farmer Preusen
207 Friederich Focke 30 ma farmer Preusen
208 Maria Focke 23 fem farmer Preusen
209 Sophie Focke 20 fem farmer Preusen
210 Carolien Focke 9m fem farmer Preusen
211 Ludwig Vogt 17 ma farmer Preusen
212 Christian Greimann 18 ma joiner Preusen
213 Charlotte Brosein 24 fem servant Preusen
214 Louise Brosein 20 fem servant Preusen
215 Sophie Dreckmeyer 24 fem servant Preusen
216 Friederich Steinmeyer 29 ma farmer Preusen
217 Louise Steinmeyer 30 fem farmer Preusen
218 Friederich Steinmeyer 5 ma farmer Preusen
219 Anna Steinmeyer 2 fem farmer Preusen died October 12
220 Ferdinand Kirchhoff 23 ma servant Preusen
221 Carl Busch 55 ma farmer Preusen
222 Caroliene Busch 24 fem farmer Preusen
223 Heinrich Busch 17 ma farmer Preusen
224 Heinrich Busch 17 ma farmer Preusen
225 Anna Horstmann 20 fem servant Preusen
226* Charlotte Holzmuller 20 fem servant Preusen
227 Friederich Baxmeyer 28 ma farmer Preusen
228 Christian Lante 26 ma farmer Preusen
229 Louise Lante 32 fem farmer Preusen
230 Carl Lante 5 ma farmer Preusen
231* Ferdinant Lante 3 ma farmer Preusen
232* Ilsabein Holzmuller 26 fem servant Preussen
233 Friederich Klute 42 ma farmer Preussen
234 Anna Klute 36 fem farmer Preussen
235 Louise Klute 18 fem farmer Preussen
236 Freiederich Klute 14 ma farmer Preussen
237 Maria Klute 9 fem farmer Preussen
238 Christian Klute 6 ma farmer Preussen
239 Heinrich Klute 9m ma farmer Preussen deit 9 October
Endnotes:
Died on Voyage
Heinrich Kolmer -27-years male farmer died on 7th November 57
Catharine Gertenbach -9-months female died 3rd November 57
Anna Steinmeyer -2-years female died 12 October 57
Heinrich Klute -9-months male died 9th October 57
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.
* The use of ditto marks in this list gives women and children/infants occupations.
* The mangling of names in this list makes it almost unusable. The writers use
Friederich (instead of Friedrich)--unusual spelling for every Friedrich. I have listed
corrections in the footnotes for those families that can be documented from other sources.
* There are two different handwritings for this list: Passengers 1-293 and 322-476 are recorded
in the first handwriting style and passengers 294-321 are recorded in another handwriting.
14 Schoffel (Schöffel) has an umlauted o.
30-35 The Gerdes family is documented in the Hesel, Ostfriesland, Ortssipenbuch, entry #1409.
Passengers #31 and 33 should read Tjede. Passenger #32 should read ?.
36-38 The family is documented in the Uplengen Ortsfamilienbücher, vol. 17, p. 145,235. Name
for passenger #37 should read Mareke; for passenger #38 Gerd Albers Gerdes.
39-40 I believe the surname should be Duis. The couple are documented Uplengen Ortsfamilienbücher,
vol. 17, p. 115 and in the Strackholt, Ostfriesland, Ortssippenbuch, entry #674. .
41-49 The couple is documented in the Detern, Ostfriesland, Ortssippenbuch, entry #1731.
Given name for passenger #42 should be Foelke.
#46-given name likely Watje. Because the names recorded on this list are so jumbled
it may be that this family is that found also in the Strackholt Ortssippenbuch:
Entry #1349 Harms, Jan Ocken 749, * 2.2.1816 Firrel oo I 26.8.1838 Strackholt Rademacher, Talke
Harms 2438 * 7.8.1817 Strackholt
Harm Janssen * 21.10.1838 Zwischenbergen
Metha Janssen * 5.11.1840 Zwischenbergen
Rixte Janssen * 28.2.1843 Zwischenbergen
Watje Janssen * 19.2.1846 Zwischenbergen
Frauke Janssen * 1.6.1848 Zwischenbergen
Gretje Janssen * 2.6.1853 Zwischenbergen
(The names of two children who died in Germany are omitted here)
Though the details are not a complete match for the family, the ages line up with the birth date.
50-53 The family is documented in the Strackholt, Ostfriesland, Ortssippenbuch, entry #668.
The surname should be Drieling. Margaretha Drieling née Weber is the second wife of
passenger #50. The two children are his from his first marriage. The childrens' names
ought to be: Jan and Hinrich.
62 Surname unclear; looks something like Geers.
64 Given name may be Gerd.
68 Surname likely something like Ulfers.
65-66 Surname likely Saathoff.
71 Surname likely something like Vinker.
89 Hopke (Höpke) has an umlauted o.
94 Given name more likely Hinrich.
95 Surname looks like it has an umlauted a.
96 Kramer (Krämer) has an umlauted a.
97 Ropke (Röpke) has an umlauted o.
98-99 Given name may be Brinckema.
105-109 Mohlmann (Möhlmann) has an umlauted o.
111-112 Langenwolpott (Langenwolpött) has an umlauted o.
115 Given name likely Gottlieb.
117 Either the given names or the gender are incorrect for this entry.
126 Schluter (Schlüter) has an umlauted u.
127-129 Kruger (Krüger) has an umlauted u.
144 Given name likely Adelheid.
145 Gruter (Grüter) has an umlauted u.
149 Bomer (Bömer) has an umlauted o.
154-155 Given name likely Adelheid.
157 Schutte (Schütte) has an umlauted u.
164 Origin should probably be Bayern (Bavaria).
181 Given name likely Marianne.
182-185 Muller (Müller) has an umlauted u.
186 Surname likely Schmidt.
192 Given name likely Emilie.
201-204 Schutte (Schütte) has an umlauted u.
226 Holzmuller (Holzmüller) has an umluated u.
231 Given name likely Ferdinand.
232 Holzmuller (Holzmüller) has an umluated u.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M259, Reel 45.
Transcribed by Gene Janssen a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
27 June 2011
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