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Ship Auguste


Bremen, Germany to Baltimore, Maryland
5 August 1861

DISTRICT OF BALTIMORE - PORT OF BALTIMORE
I, H Erichs do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear, that the within list, subscribed with my name, contains to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account or report of all passengers, who have been taken on board the Ship Auguste at Bremen or at any other foreign port, or at sea, and brought in said Ship into any district of the United States, since the departure from said port of Bremen. (signature) H Erichs
List of all the passengers taken on board of the Bremen Ship "Auguste" whereof H. Erichs is Master at the port of Bremen and bound for Baltimore.
Columns represent: Passenger number, Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country (or Region) to which they belong, *City (or State) where they intend to become inhabitants, Died on the Passage, *Boxes $
First Cabin Passenger
  1  August Henkel          27    M  Apothecary   Saxe-Cobourg       Baltimore                2

Second Cabin Passengers
  2  Maria Melchior         33    F  Seamstress   Hessia, Darmstadt  Baltimore
  3  Louise Melchior         5    F               Hessia, Darmstadt  Baltimore       )      ( 4
  4  Johanne Hamel          25    F  Seamstress   Wirtemberg         Cleveland, Ohio
  5  Heinrich Hamel          2    M               Wirtemberg         Cleveland, Ohio )      ( 1
  6* Nicol Gunther          28    M  Farmer       Bavaria            Baltimore                1
  7  Nicol Knoll            40    M  Farmer       Bavaria            Indiana                  1
  8  Dietrich Trensch       49    M  Farmer       Bavaria            Baltimore
  9  Marie Trensch          40    F  Farmer       Bavaria            Baltimore       )      ( 1
 10  Margar. Hahn           24    F  Workwoman    Bavaria            Cincinnati
 11  Elisabeth Hahn          2    F               Bavaria            Cincinnati      )      ( 1
 12  Carl Reuter            38    M  Mason        Prussia            Minnesota
 13  Caroline Reuter        36    F               Prussia            Minnesota       )      (
 14  August Reuter           8    M               Prussia            Minnesota       )      (
 15  Robert Reuter           6    M               Prussia            Minnesota       )      (
 16  Hermann Reuter          2    M               Prussia            Minnesota       )      (
 17  Ignaz Reuter           66    M  Carpenter    Prussia            Minnesota       )      (
 18  Mar. Ros. Reuter       64    F               Prussia            Minnesota       )      (
 19  Ernestine Asch         24    F  Seamstress   Prussia            Minnesota       )      ( 3
 20  Joh. Klier             39    M  Soap-boiler  Bavaria            Baltimore                1
 21  Joh. Hahn              31    M  Weaver       Bavaria            Baltimore                1
 22  Anna Vollers           25    F  Seamstress   Hannover           Baltimore                2
 23  Wilhelmine Borgman     30    F  Seamstress   Hannover           Cincinnati      )      (
 24  Marie Borgman           5    F               Hannover           Cincinnati      )      ( 2
 25* August Borgman          1    M               Hannover           Cincinnati      ) Died (
 26  Anna Marg. Gerber      33    F  Seamstress   Bavaria            Philadelphia             1
 27  Johann Pfingst         25    M  Joiner       Hessia             Baltimore                1

Between Deck Passengers
 28  Kunigunda Maner        36    F  Workwoman    Baltimore          Baltimore       )      (
 29  Caroline Maner          1    F               Baltimore          Baltimore       )      ( 1
 30  Hermann Blume          21    M  Workman      Saxe-Altenbourg    Baltimore
 31  Abraham Rudolf         21    M  Workman      Saxe-Altenbourg    Baltimore 
 32* J. B. Stewering        29    M  Tailor       Prussia            Cincinnati        Died
 33  Bernhardine Stewering  27    F               Prussia            Cincinnati      )      (
 34  Christine Stewering      6mo F               Prussia            Cincinnati      )      (
 35  T. B. Hohnerborn       32    M  Weaver       Prussia            Cincinnati      )      ( 1
 36* Sebastian Vogel        37    M  Workman      Bavaria            St. Lewis
 37  Johann Grethlein       24    M  Farmer       Bavaria            Jefferson City  
 38  Caspar Schultheiss     24    M  Farmer       Bavaria            Jefferson City
 39* Johanne Kohler         50    F  Workwoman    Saxe-Altenbourg    Baltimore                1
 40  Friedr. Seiler         52    M  Potter       Bavaria            Baltimore
 41* Anton Schuttert        31    M  Cooper       Prussia            Indiana
 42* Gertrude Schuttert     23    F               Prussia            Indiana         )      ( 2
 43  Kathar. Stampfer       21    F  Seamstress   Bavaria            Baltimore                1
 44  Marie Lier             24    F  Seamstress   Hannover           Pittsbourg               1
 45  Friedr. Quant          30    M  Farmer       Prussia            Baltimore       )      (    
 46  Dorette Quant          30    F               Prussia            Baltimore       )      (
 47  Friedrich Quant         7    M               Prussia            Baltimore       )      (
 48  Carl Quant              6    M               Prussia            Baltimore       )      (
 49  Dorette Quant           4    F               Prussia            Baltimore       )      (
 50  Anna Quant              1    F               Prussia            Baltimore       )      ( 3
 51  Andreas Schmidt        16    M  Farmer       Hessia-Darmstadt   Baltimore                1
 52  Johann Weber           21    M  Joiner       Hessia-Darmstadt   Baltimore                1
 53  Helene Klosterman      26    F  Seamstress   Hannover           Cincinnati               1
 54  Gesine Klosterman      24    F  Seamstress   Hannover           Cincinnati               1
 55  Louise Lembruck        24    F  Seamstress   Hannover           Cincinnati               2
 56  Margar. Niemann        40    F  Workwoman    Hannover           Cincinnati      )      (
 57  Charlotte Niemann      76    F  Workwoman    Hannover           Cincinnati      )      ( 2
 58  Ludwig Niemann         17    M  Shoemaker    Hannover           Cincinnati      )      (
 59  Heinrich Ahlers        38    M  Farmer       Hannover           Ohio            )      (
 60* Wilhelm^e Ahlers       40    F               Hannover           Ohio            )      (
 61  Louise Ahlers          11    F               Hannover           Ohio            )      (
 62  Heinrich Ahlers         9    M               Hannover           Ohio            )      (
 63  Wilhelmine Ahlers       7    M               Hannover           Ohio            )      (
 64  Caroline Ahlers         4    F               Hannover           Ohio            )      (
 65  Dietrich Ahlers         1    M               Hannover           Ohio            )      ( 2
 66  Valentin Schubert      27    M  Tailor       Saxe-Weimar        Pittsbourg               1
 67  Johann Hartman         28    M  Grinder      Saxe-Weimar        Pittsbourg      )      (
 68  Barbara Hartman        30    F               Saxe-Weimar        Pittsbourg      )      (
 69  Egbert Hartman          6    M               Saxe-Weimar        Pittsbourg      )      (
 70  Eduard Hartman          4    M               Saxe-Weimar        Pittsbourg      )      (
 71  Carl Hartman            1    M               Saxe-Weimar        Pittsbourg      )      ( 2
 72* Kathar. ?isengart      32    F  Seamstress   Saxe-Weimar        Pittsbourg
 73  Philipp Roth           24    M  Shoemaker    Saxe-Weimar        Pittsbourg
 74  Friedr. Ziegenbein     24    M  Farmer       Prussia            Ohio                     1
 75  Peter Gronewald        20    M  Workman      Hessia             Baltimore                1
 76  Georg Koehler          36    M  Brewer       Bavaria            Baltimore                1
 77  Paul Kronacher         32    M  Baker        Bavaria            Baltimore                1
 78  Johann Mueller         26    M  Tailor       Hessia             Baltimore       )      (
 79  Rosa Strauss           22    F  Seamstress   Hessia             Baltimore       )      ( 1
 80* Antonie Gockel         18    F  Seamstress   Bavaria            Baltimore                1
 81  Ruphine Krebs          15    F  Seamstress   Bavaria            Washington               1
 82  Louise Leyer           28    F  Seamstress   Bavaria            Baltimore       )      (
 83  Titus Leyer             8    M               Bavaria            Baltimore       )      ( 1
 84  Johann Mueller         30    M  Butcher      Bavaria            Baltimore                1
 85  Joh. L. Gess           29    M  Farmer       Bavaria            Richmond        )      (
 86  Kath. Schirmer         30    F               Bavaria            Richmond        )      ( 2
 87  Eva Hufnagel           43    F  Workwoman    Bavaria            Richmond                 1
 88  Andr. Mueller          30    M  Farmer       Bavaria            Pennsylvania    )      (
 89  Margar. Markardt       32    F               Bavaria            Pennsylvania    )      (      
 90  Johann Markardt        12    M               Bavaria            Pennsylvania    )      (
 91  Adam Markardt           8    M               Bavaria            Pennsylvania    )      (
 92  Magdalena Markardt      5    F               Bavaria            Pennsylvania    )      (
 93  Georg Markardt          3    M               Bavaria            Pennsylvania    )      (
 94  Barbara Markardt        1    F               Bavaria            Pennsylvania    )      ( 2
 95* Eva Schroek            37    F  Seamstress   Hessia             Michigan
 96* Elisabeth Schroek       9    F               Hessia             Michigan        )      ( 2
 97  Joh. Herzinger         32    M  Potter       Hessia             Baltimore                1
 98  Katharine Haas         28    F  Workwoman    Hessia             Baltimore                1
 99  Johann Betz            20    M  Cartwright   Hessia             Pittsbourg               1
100  Margar. Weber          46    F  Seamstress   Hessia             Iowa            )      (
101  Marie Schmidt          23    F  Seamstress   Hessia             Iowa            )      (
102  Ferdin. Weber          24    M  Shoemaker    Hessia             Iowa            )      (
103  Johann Weber           19    M  Baker        Hessia             Iowa            )      (
104  Catharina Weber        20    F               Hessia             Iowa            )      ( 4
105  Kathar. Altvater       25    F  Seamstress   Hessia             Baltimore
106  Karl Altvater           1    M               Hessia             Baltimore       )      (
107  Margarethe Altvater    19    F  Seamstress   Hessia             Baltimore       )      ( 2 
108  W. Carl Farr           17    M  Mason        Hessia             Baltimore                1
109  Elisabeth Katz         22    F  Seamstress   Hessia             Baltimore                1
110  August Preusch         23    M  Tailor       Hessia, Darmstadt  Baltimore                1
111  Adolf Michel           17    M  Farmer       Prussia            Baltimore                1
112  F. H. Klenke           21    M  Workman      Hannover           Cincinnati               1
113  M. Rosenberger         30    M  Workman      Bavaria            Baltimore                1
114  Therese Debes          25    F  Seamstress   Bavaria            Baltimore                1
115  Emilie Sonenberg       24    F  Seamstress   Prussia            Baltimore       )      (
116  Amalie Riotan          19    F  Seamstress   Prussia            Baltimore       )      (
117* Wilhelmine Bonor       44    F  Seamstress   Prussia            Baltimore       )      ( 3
118  J. Hanekamp            24    M  Workman      Oldenbourg         Cincinnati
119  Marie Hanekamp         24    F               Oldenbourg         Cincinnati      )      ( 1
120  C. W. Grafe            52    M  Farmer       Hannover           Cincinnati
121  Cath. Marie Grafe      52    F               Hannover           Cincinnati      )      (
122  Ferdinand Grafe        14    M               Hannover           Cincinnati      )      (
123  Friedrich Grafe        12    M               Hannover           Cincinnati      )      ( 3
124  Christ. Schwarz        33    M  Farmer       Hessia             Baltimore
125  Kathar. Vaupel         32    F               Hessia             Baltimore       )      (
126  Dorothea Vaupel         9    F               Hessia             Baltimore       )      (
127  Sophie Vaupel           2    F               Hessia             Baltimore       )      (
128  Johannes Vaupel        15    M               Hessia             Baltimore       )      ( 1
129  Christ. Raberding      59    F  Seamstress   Prussia            Cincinnati               2
130* Elisabeth Schwenker    22    F  Seamstress   Prussia            Cincinnati               2
131  Johann Hopf            24    M  Tin-man      Prussia            Cincinnati               1
132  Hinr. Wening           70    M  Workman      Prussia            Cincinnati
133  Johanne Wening         68    F               Prussia            Cincinnati      )      ( 2
134  Fanny Goldschmidt      28    F  Seamstress   Hessia             Baltimore                2
135  Caroline Meister       31    F  Seamstress   Reuss-Greitz       New York
136  Louis Gustav Meister    9    M               Reuss-Greitz       New York        )      (
137  Louise Meister          7    F               Reuss-Greitz       New York        )      (
138  Paul Meister            4    M               Reuss-Greitz       New York        )      (
139  Hermann Meister         2    M               Reuss-Greitz       New York        )      (
140* One Baby                 7wk M               Reuss-Greitz       New York        )      ( 2
141  Lorenz Weber           36    M  Shoemaker    Bavaria            Baltimore
142  Josef Weber             9    M               Bavaria            Baltimore       )      (
143* Anna Marie ??ff        46    F               Bavaria            Baltimore       )      (
144* Kathar. Bathan         19    F  Seamstress   Bavaria            Baltimore       )      ( 3
145  Barbara Haupt          31    F  Seamstress   Bavaria            Baltimore
146  Barbara Haupt           3    F               Bavaria            Baltimore       )      ( 1
147  Joachim Schad          50    M  Shoemaker    Bavaria            Pennsylvania
148  Sabine Schad           48    F               Bavaria            Pennsylvania    )      (
149  Philipp Schad          13    M               Bavaria            Pennsylvania    )      (
150  Anna Marie Schad        9    F               Bavaria            Pennsylvania    )      (
151  Margarethe Schad        8    F               Bavaria            Pennsylvania    )      (
152  Joh. Bapt. Schad        2    M               Bavaria            Pennsylvania    )      ( 2

    *(Summary) Total number of all Passengers on board the "Auguste": One hundred and fifty-two/152,
whereof: One hundred and twelf fullgrown persons; Thirty-one children; and nine babies. One of the 
Between-Deck passengers died during the passage, also one baby of the second-cabin passengers. One of 
them is citizen of Unit. States. 1st Aug. was born a little boy.


Transcriber's Notes:

An asterisk (*) indicates the original recorder made an omission or error, or is used by the transcriber 
to call your attention to additional information below in the transcriber's notes or passenger notes.

A question mark (?) indicates a letter or number that could not be read due to condition of the manifest 
or handwriting of the original recorder. 

Information has been transcribed as seen, regardless of the spelling, abbreviations, capitalization or 
punctuation used by the recorder on the manifest. For example: "St. Lewis" and "Pittsbourg" were written 
on the manifest.

Passenger numbers: The transcriber has numbered 152 passengers consecutively in the order they appeared on 
the manifest. The recorder numbered the passengers on the manifest as follows: 1 (First Cabin passenger), 
1-26 (Second Cabin passengers), 1-125 (Between Deck passengers). 

*City (State) where passengers intend to become inhabitants: On the manifest form the word "Country" is 
printed in the destination column heading, but instead of writing "U.S." for all passengers as many 
recorders did for other ships, the recorder of this ship entered the city and state, which is actually 
more helpful for researchers.

*Boxes column: This column heading was not on the manifest form, but was handwritten by the recorder. It 
is unknown what the dollar sign ($) means after the word Boxes. The transcriber assumes the numbers 
entered for various individuals or families refer to the number of boxes and not to the dollar value of 
the boxes. It is also assumed that the brackets on the right of the manifest (actually on both sides of 
the "Died" column, were used to indicate that the boxes belonged to bracketed families or groups of 
passengers traveling together. 

*The Summary (above, shown after passenger #152) was attached to the passenger list. The summary was 
handwritten but not signed; it may have been written by the Ship's Master who was obligated to report such 
things. Note that the summary said one of the passengers who died was a citizen of the United States, but 
the recorded entries for the two passengers who "Died" said they were from elsewhere: #25 August Borgman 
was from Hannover and #32 J. B. Stewering was from Prussia.


   6: in surname the u is umlaut.
  22: age could be 28. 
  25: in the "Died" column the full entry reads: "Died during the passage." See the Summary at the end of 
      the passenger list above. August Borgman was the "baby of the second-cabin passengers."
  32: in the "Died" column, the full entry reads: "Died on the passage." See the Summary at the end of the 
      passenger list above. J.B. Stewering was the Between-Decks passenger. 
  36: destination was spelled St. Lewis.
  39: in surname the o is umlaut.
  41-42: in surname the u is umlaut. 
  60: caret (^) in given name means the last letter was superscripted and underlined. Superscripting was 
      used in writing  for abbreviating words and names. In this case, since the passenger is female, the 
      name is probably Wilhilmine.
  72: questionable leading letter of surname is difficult to read because the recorder sometimes, but not 
      always, used extra loops and flourishes on upper case letters and specific upper case letters 
      appeared different in different names on this manifest. Possibly "E" or "P" thus: Eisengart or 
      Pisengart.
  80: in surname the o is umlaut.
  95-96: the handwriting is clear, the surname ends with "ek" but if the recorder spelled the name wrong 
      it might be Schroeck or Schrock which are more common.
  117: in surname the 2nd o is umlaut; this is probably a mistake as one might expect the 1st o to be 
       umlaut in this name.
  130: in surname the 7th letter is partially obstructed by a letter in previous row. It is either k or d 
       so name could be Schwender.
  140: The written entry for this passenger states: "One Baby, aged 7 weeks, M" then ditto marks were 
       entered in two columns meaning same as previous passenger for Country of origin (Reuss-Greitz) and 
       Destination (New York). The baby's given name and surname are not written and his age is not 
       certain. As to his name: although not stated, the transcriber believes the baby is the child of 
       Caroline Meister (thus baby boy Meister) because he is listed immediately after the youngest-named 
       Meister child and also because the Meister family members were the only passengers from Reuss-
       Greitz who were going to New York. His age is more problematic. The ship arrived August 5th; if 
       this baby is 7 weeks old as shown by the recorder, then he is not the baby referred to in the 
       Summary at the end of the passenger list: "1st Aug. was born a little boy." But if he is the baby 
       referred to in the Summary then he is four days old (not 7 weeks); either the Summary got his birth 
       date wrong or the recorder erred when listing "7 weeks" as the age. If the information for this 
       little boy is correct on the manifest, and the information in the Summary is also correct, then 
       this little boy is not the baby referred to in the Summary, which means there was another baby on 
       the ship who was not identified on the passenger list.
  143: the questionable leading letter of surname is difficult to read because the recorder was not 
       consistent in forming upper case letters. Top of the letter looks like an upside down pitchfork 
       with two tines, then the long handle drops down to the left in long loop extending around the name 
       in next row. Educated guess because of its size, shape and other letters written by the recorder: 
       "J" or "Z". 2nd letter (a vowel) is squished but looks most like "a" - thus Jaff or Zaff? 
       Apparently this passenger was traveling with passengers 141-142 (the Webers) and 144 (Kathar. 
       Bathan) because 3 boxes of luggage were bracketed as belonging to passengers 141-144, who were all 
       from Bavaria and intending to reside in Baltimore.
  144: surname could be Bathon.

National Archives and Records Administration, M255, Reel 13.
Transcribed byJudy Smith a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
20 September 2010



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