Bark Eberhard
I, C. F. Wiegmeyer Master of the Brem Bark "Eberhard" do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare 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 vessel 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. So help me God (Signature) C. F. Wiegmeyer
Sworn to this 18 June 1861, before me (Signature) By EW Embree DC
List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Brem Bark "Eberhard" of which C. F. Wiegmeyer is Master, from Bremen via New Orleans burthen 625 tons.
Columns represent: Name, Age (years/months), *Sex, Occupation, *The country to which they severally belong (Origin), *The country of which they intend to become inhabitants (Destination), *Died on the voyage, *Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.
1* W. Ruter 26 F Texas Ist Cabin
2* Catharine Gunter 25 F St Louis II Cabin
3 Robert Lampl 17 M merchant Jackson II Cabin
4 Edward Kuhloge 19 M waiter St Louis II Cabin
5* Joseph Kuhland 52 M tailor St Louis II Cabin
6 Gottlieb Leiger 40 M Carpenter Quincy II Cabin
7 Louise Leiger 36 F Quincy II Cabin
8 Carl Leiger 7 M Quincy II Cabin
9 Johanna Leiger 4 F Quincy II Cabin
10 Gustav Leiger 2 M Quincy II Cabin
11* Cath Ruhland 21 F St Louis II Cabin
12 Friedericke Krecht 22 F St Louis II Cabin
13 F Hartwig 30 M Carpenter St Louis II Cabin
14* Peter Johanne 34 M farmer St Louis II Cabin
15 Carl Sander 30 M farmer St Louis II Cabin
16 Joh. Hecksder 19 M farmer St Louis II Cabin
17 Marie Wiermann 30 F St Louis Between Decks
18 Marie Wiermann 20 F St Louis Between Decks
19 Elisabeth Wiermann 9 mos F St Louis Between Decks
20 B. Freidhof 22 M farmer Vicksburg Between Decks
21* Joh Hansep 40 M farmer Jeffersonville Between Decks
22 Anna Klager 35 F Jeffersonville Between Decks
23 Joseph Bunne 58 M farmer Vicksburg Between Decks
24 Joseph Bunne 48 M farmer Vicksburg Between Decks
25 Marie Bunne 21 F Vicksburg Between Decks
26 Ottilie Bunne 16 F Vicksburg Between Decks
27 Clara Bunne 12 F Vicksburg Between Decks
28 Gustav Wattenberg 25 M Musician St Louis Between Decks
29 F. Freisleben 43 M farmer Texas Between Decks
30 Louise Freisleben 31 F Texas Between Decks
31 Theodor Freisleben 11 M Texas Between Decks
32 Louise Freisleben 9 F Texas Between Decks
33 Clara Freisleben 8 F Texas Between Decks
34 Anna Freisleben 6 F Texas Between Decks
35 Otto Ruhlow 25 M Smith St Louis Between Decks
36 Minna Ruhlow 27 F St Louis Between Decks
37 Joh Buskers 27 M farmer Carrolton Between Decks
38 Joh Thielmann 66 M farmer Evansville Between Decks
39 Sophie Thielmann 59 F Evansville Between Decks
40 Anna Weber 26 F Louisville Between Decks
41 Ernst Leimann 54 M farmer St Louis Between Decks
42 Mariam Leimann 46 F St Louis Between Decks
43 Catherine Leimann 18 F St Louis Between Decks
44 Christian Leimann 16 M St Louis Between Decks
45 Bernhard Leimann 11 M St Louis Between Decks
46 Hermann Leimann 9 M St Louis Between Decks
47 Mariane Leimann 6 F St Louis Between Decks
48 Marie Leimann 4 F St Louis Between Decks
49 Elisabeth Leimann 10 mos F St Louis Between Decks
50 Anton Vonderon 28 M farmer St Louis
51* Conrad Moller 17 M farmer Louisville
52* Adam Moller 20 M farmer Louisville
53 Conrad Schmidt 18 M Joiner St Louis
54 H. Baumhoger 18 F farmer Minnesota
55 Emil Eggert 23 M Merchant St Louis
56 Wilhelmine Risch 20 F New Orleans
57 Ludwig Dickmann 50 M farmer St Louis
58 Anna Dickmann 22 F St Louis
59* Luise Hutten 21 F St Louis
60 Anna Kleinemeyer 22 F St Louis
61 Christ Schmidt 22 M farmer St Louis
62 Lorenz Pohle 19 M farmer St Louis
63 Michael Lapf 22 M Weaver Jackson
64 Christ. Knocke 24 M farmer Evansville
65* Daniel Schoneweiss 26 M farmer St Louis
66* J. Bucksenshutz 52 M farmer St Louis
67* Elis. Bucksenshutz 48 F St Louis
68* Joh. Bucksenshutz 20 M farmer St Louis
69 Ernst Uhland 27 M farmer St Louis
70 Fried. Uhland 26 M farmer St Louis
71* Joh Gareiss ?0 M tailor Memphis
72 F. Schmidt 26 M musician Memphis
73 Joseph Roth 27 M farmer State Indiana
74 Anna Roth 24 F State Indiana
75 Elisabeth Roth 9 mos F State Indiana
76* Joh. Hildenbrand 2? M farmer New Orleans
77 Gertrud Forster 22 F New Orleans
78 Christine Forster 18 F New Orleans
79 Carl Leber 29 M farmer Kansas
80* J. Schonefelder 34 M farmer St Louis
81 G. Tonnies 16 M farmer St Louis
82 F. Kruse 30 M Miller St Louis
83 Friede. Kruse 25 F St Louis
84 Auguste Kruse 11 mos F St Louis
85 Georg Ellersick 23 M joiner St Louis
86* F. Bunne 30 M farmer Mount Vernon
87* Sophie Bunne 31 F Mount Vernon
88* Elisabeth Bunne 2 F Mount Vernon
89* Joseph Bunne 10 mos M Mount Vernon
90 Joh Gehrig 50 M farmer St Louis
91 Marie Putfarbe 37 F New Orleans
92 Carl Rudolph 39 M huntsman Sonora
93 Elise Rudolph 41 F Sonora
94 Carl Rudolph 17 M Sonora
95* Wilh Sorge 26 M mason St Louis
96 Dorothea Kohl 48 F Cincinnati
97 Cath Kohl 23 F Cincinnati Between Decks
98 Albert Kohl 10 M Cincinnati Between Decks
99 August Kohl 9 mos M Cincinnati Between Decks
100 Joseph Wilson 25 M brewer Jackson Between Decks
101 Georg. Gangel 24 M tailor Carlville Between Decks
102* Hein Leimann 22 M farmer St Louis Between Decks
103* Andr Schramm 28 M tailor New Orleans Between Decks
104 Carl Knoche 17 M Carpenter Edwardsville Between Decks
105 D. Lindessit 36 M cooper New Orleans Between Decks
106 Conrad Heim 16 M farmer Cincinnati Between Decks
107 Nicholas Jost 18 M joiner Evansville Between Decks
108 Margaret Liener 20 F Evansville Between Decks
109 Elisabeth Rieff 55 F St Louis Between Decks
110 Marie Rieff 18 F St Louis Between Decks
111* Elisabeth Sauerwein 27 F Bryton Between Decks
112 Helene Kollmeyer 23 F St Louis Between Decks
113 Louise Kollmeyer 11 mos F St Louis Between Decks
114 Christina Mehlenbrock 22 F St Louis Between Decks
115 Hermann Kollmeyer 44 M farmer St Louis Between Decks
116 H. Bergmann 20 M farmer Cincinnati Between Decks
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 in these transcriber's notes.
A question mark (?) indicates a word or letters the transcriber could not read due to quality of original document or
handwriting of the recorder.
Passengers were not numbered on the manifest; the transcriber has numbered the passengers consecutively in the order
they were recorded on the manifest.
In the sex column the recorder wrote female or male or used a ditto mark. The transcriber has used M or F throughout
this transcription for formatting purposes.
Country where passengers severally belong (Origin): All passengers except one were from Germany, so that column has been
omitted from this transcription. See the note below for passenger #14 who was from St. Louis.
Country where passengers intend to become inhabitants (Destination): The recorder listed the city or state and this
information is actually more helpful to researchers than "USA" which was often used on manifests.
No deaths were recorded on the voyage, so the "Died" column has been omitted from this transcription.
Part of vessel occupied: There was no entry in this column for passengers #50 through 96.
Information has been transcribed as seen, regardless of the spelling, abbreviation, punctuation or capitalization used
on the manifest by the recorder. Any exceptions are explained in these Notes.
1 The entry for this female passenger was crossed out, which probably means she was not on board when the vessel
arrived in New York. Perhaps she disembarked in New Orleans, or maybe she did board the vessel in Bremen.
2 In surname the "u" is umlaut.
5, 11 Is it possible these passengers were traveling together? Their surnames are very close, and a "K" may look like
an "R." Surname of passenger #5 starts with "K" and surname of passenger #11 clearly starts with "R." The recorder
who wrote this manifest had good handwriting but if he made a spelling error based on a document he was reading,
then #5 could be Joseph Ruhland or #11 could be Cath Kuhland.
14 Peter Johanne is the only passenger not from Germany. His listed "country" of origin was St Louis.
21 What looks like a large "p" at the end of surname could be "ss" that was written like "fs" thus: Hansess.
51-52 In surname the "o" is umlaut.
59 In surname the "u" is umlaut.
65 In surname the "o" is umlaut.
66-68 In surname the "u" is umlaut in both places it appears in the name.
71 The first digit of the age is covered by a scribble and it cannot be read.
76 The second digit of age is not clear, could be 1 or 7, thus age is either 21 or 27.
80 In surname the "o" is umlaut.
86-89 In surname the "u" is umlaut.
95 Given name abbreviation for Wilhelm?
102 Given name abbreviation for Heinrich?
103 Given name abbreviation for Andrew?
111 Is destination a phonetic spelling for Brighton?
Correspondence added 03 May 2012 Passengers #66-68 BUESCHSENSCHUETZ, #64 KNOCKE, #65 SCHOENWEISS.
Passengers #66, 67,and 68 were my great great grandparents, Elizabeth and Johannes Buechsenschuetz
and their only child, listed as John, but his name was actually Leonard.
The small family came from a very small village in Vohl by the name of Harbshausen (on the Eder
River), Germany. The family settled in Prairietown, IL.T he parents are buried in St. John's
cemetery there. Leonard married Rosina Schmitter (exact birthplace unknown but probably
Switzerland) in 1863 and they later moved to the community of Nokomis, Il where they are buried.
My grandfather, William Daniel Edward Buechsenschuetz was born in 1874 and also lived in Nokomis.
He married Anna Adden whose family was from the Remels area. That Adden family is recorded in
the records of the church in Remels.
Passengers #64, Christian Knocke and #65, Daniel Schoenweiss
also lived in the Prairietown area so I am assuming they were acquainted with the
Buechsenschuetzes but I do not know for certain. They definitely knew each other well in
Prairietown as the families served as baptism sponsors and later, all intermarried.
Dick and Lyn Beuchsenschuetz
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 212, List 564.
Transcribed by Judy Smith a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
3 January 2011
We strive to make your search productive. If you don't find the passenger list you are looking for on our site, please consider a subscription to Ancestry.com. There, you can locate your ancestors ship, passenger list, view and save a copy of the original list. You can also access census data and death records to help you in your search. Census records, and in particular the 1930 census, is one of the most easily used tools for beginners and seasoned genealogists alike. Ancestry.com is the only place where all census years are easily searchable.
ISTG™ NOTICE: Copyright 1998-2012 applies on this material if intended for for-profit or fee-charging uses, and permission from Patricia MacFarlane, Founder of Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, must be obtained. Otherwise, this material and information is given in perpetuity as a gift to the public domain by the the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild and may be freely used for personal not for profit purposes. Please do source it, however, as part of good research practices, and please do credit the contributor for bringing this information to us all.