Ship Magdalene
I, J. F. von Hagen do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the following List or Manifest of Passengers, 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 Magdalene at Bremen from which port said Magdalene 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 31^st July 1857 J. F von Hagen Before me (port authority signature illegible)
List, or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Bremen Ship Magdalene whereof J. F. von Hagen is Master, from Bremen burthen 1274? tons.
Columns represent passenger name, age (yr/mo), gender, occupation, origin, and destination.
Second Cabin: 1 Diedrich Wilhelm Bruggemann 21y6m m Painter Bremen New York 2 Johann Wilhelm Berends 23y6m m segarmaker Bilshausen Hannover New York 3 Carl Wunder 30 m merchant Wagenfeld Cincinnati 4 Hermann Rosenthal 27 m butcher Osterholz New York 5 Minna Rosenthal 34 f Osterholz New York 6 Friedrich Lulof 41 m carpenter Sachsa, Prussia St. Louis 7 Carl Spiecher 18 m carpenter Sachsa, Prussia St. Louis 8 Friedrich Wilhelm Ehlers 31 m Painter Hamburg New York 9 Rebecca Trugott Ehlers 28 f Bremer Lehe Hannov New York 10 Betty Ehlers 3y6m f Bremer Lehe Hannov New York 11 Wilhelmine Ehlers infant Bremer Lehe Hannov New York 12* Johanne Muller 17 f Bremer Lehe Hannov New York 13 Betty Harms 19 f Land Hadeln Hannov New York 14 Salomon Rosenthal 24 m merchant Bruchhausen Hannov New York 15 Wilhelm Hertwig 27 m locksmith Waldenburg Prussia Postwille 16 Dorette Kroneberg 23 f Rodenberg Cur Hessia Postwille 17 Elisabeth Bartels 22 f Hoya Hannover New York 18* Fritz Vollmahn 32 m shoemaker Hoya Hannover Milwaukee 19 Elisabeth Vollmahn 34 f Hoya Hannover Milwaukee 20 Fritz Vollmahn infant m Hoya Hannover Milwaukee 21 Helene Vollmahn 18 f Hoya Hannover Postwille 22* Minna Wohlke 19 f Bruchhausen Postwille 23 Georg Kramer 2? m farmer Linse D^dm Brunswig Cleveland 24 Caroline Kramer 20 f Linse D^dm Brunswig Cleveland 25 Johann Philip Siller 25 m farmer Neuenkirchen Bavaria Amlit 26 Wilhelm Hartung 34 m workmen Nordhausen Prussia Detroy 27 Auguste Hartung 33 f Nordhausen Prussia Detroy 28 Henriette Hartung 6 f Nordhausen Prussia Detroy 29 Carl Hartung 2 m Nordhausen Prussia Detroy 30 Heinrich Hartung infant Nordhausen Prussia Detroy 31 Friedrich Carl Gottlob Traeger 38 m milwright Calbe Galene 32 Henriette Traeger 35 f Calbe Galene 33 Emilie Traeger 18 f Calbe Galene 34 Friedrich Traeger 3 m Calbe Galene 35 Maria Lotz 32 f dressmaker Rumpenheim C Hessia St. Louis 36 Regina Hexter 24 f Homberg a d. Ohm C Hessia New York 37 Friedericke Hexter 19 f Homberg a d. Ohm C Hessia New York 38 Anna Herzog 21 f Bremen New York 39 Johannes Beyer 45 m farmer Frankenberg Savannah 40 Christina Beyer 37 f Frankenberg Savannah 41 Friedrich Conrad Beyer 12 m Frankenberg Savannah 42 Susanneh Marie Beyer 10 f Frankenberg C. Hessia Savannah 43 Anna Catharina Beyer 2 f Frankenberg C. Hessia Savannah 44 Friedrich Schwaner 58 m saddler Frankenberg C Hessia New York 45 Catharine Elisabeth Schwaner 55 f Frankenberg C Hessia New York 46 Conrad Schwaner 30 m saddler Frankenberg C Hessia New York 47 Johannes Wilhelm Schwaner 24 m saddler Frankenberg C Hessia New York 48 Anna Catharina Schwaner 21 f Frankenberg C Hessia New York 49 Georg Mann 32 m shoemaker Andernich Prussia St. Charles 50 Margaretha Mann 20 f Andernich Prussia St. Charles 51 Anna Maria Merchel 43 f Andernich Prussia St. Charles 52 Therese Merchel 15 f Andernich Prussia St. Charles 53 Carl Merchel 13 m Andernich Prussia St. Charles 54 Margarethe Merchel 6 f Andernich Prussia St. Charles 55* Friedrich Gunther 22 m Joiner Landolfshausen Hannover New York 56* Caroline Gunther 20 f Landolfshausen Hannover New York 57 Wilhelm Spannagel 16 m merchant Minden Prussia New York 58 Heinrich Goebel 18 m farmer Holzhausen Hannover Chester 59 Friedrich Lisser 26 m farmer Schloben D^chy Altenburg Buffalo 60* Amalia Kuhn 22 f Grafenrode D^dchy Gothe Detroy 61 Lisette Schmidt 52 f Minden Prussia New York 62 Friedrich August Sendel 20 m merchant Eisleben Prussia Philadelphia 63 Johann Friedrich Dehne 40 m Joiner Ankum Hannover New York 64 Marie Dehne 50 f Ankum Hannover New York 65 Friedrich Eibermann 22 m farmer Ankum Hannover New York 66 Lucie Schrader 32 f Ankum Hannover New York 67 Jost Wilhelm Cloudt 34 m farmer Uchte Philadelphia 68* Emil van H?mburg 19 m merchant Jever G^Dchy Oldenburg New York 69 Adolph Holzhorn 27 m farmer Duderstadt Hannover New York 70 Hermann Holzhorn 22 m merchant Duderstadt Hannover New York 71* Elisabeth Grosse 21 f Schrenfa Cur Hessia New York 72* Marie Schwan? 17 f Freudenberg Cur Hessia New York 73 Marie Solden 19 f Freudenberg Cur Hessia New York 74* Gustav Schonwald 24 m grocer New York New York 75* Heinrich Schonwald 20 m butcher Frankenberg Cur Hessia New York 76* Justus Schonwald 17 m merchant Frankenberg Cur Hessia New York 77 Helfer Schwann 14 m Frankenberg Cur Hessia New York 78 Andreas Schramm 36 m farmer Herreth Bavaria Roxburgh 79 Bernhart Hellenberg 22 m turner Schmalkalden C Hessia Roxburgh 80 Ludwig Friedrich Kunz 26 m tinsmith Duiderhausen Würtem Chicago 81 Carl Tuschhoff 32 m mason Rhoden F. Waldeck New York 82 Andreas Hartung 44 m workmen Dietenborn Prussia Detroy 83 Christine Hartung 52 f Dietenborn Prussia Detroy 84 Wilhelm Benseler 29 m leather manufact Minden New York 85 Friedericke Benseler 45 f Minden New York 86 Wilhelm Benseler 3 m Minden New York 87 Johann Loeffelmacher 54 m farmer Grunau Prussia Henderson 88 Christine Loeffelmacher 40 f Grunau Prussia Henderson 89 Franz Loeffelmacher 15 m Grunau Prussia Henderson 90 Hanne Loeffelmacher 10 f Grunau Prussia Henderson 91 Louise Loeffelmacher 6 f Grunau Prussia Henderson 92 Wilhelm Loeffelmacher 2 m Grunau Prussia Henderson 93* Carl Bu???an 25 m farmer Grunau Prussia Henderson 94* Carl August Klunder 39 m leather manufact Minden Prussia New York 95 Joseph Bukirch 40 m farmer Hausen Mathison 96 Florentine Bukirch 24 f Hausen Mathison 97 Heinrich Bartels 30 m butcher Harburg Hannover New York 98* August Cornelius 17y6m m saddler Imshausen Hannover Buffalo 99 Georg Friedr^ch Defelder 22 m brewer Grossburga Bavaria Columbus 100 Johann Friedr^ch Hackmann 25 m farmer Hasbergen Hannover Cincinnati 101 Wilhelmine Hackmann 28 f Hasbergen Hannover Cincinnati 102 Gotthard Heinrich Domsch 46 m farmer Bantzen Saxonia Philadelphia 103 Rosette Ferme 25 f Nordhausen Hannover Philadelphia 104 Friederich Hoppe 50 m Nordhausen Hannover Cincinnati 105 Rosalie Bienemann 15 f Annröchte Prussia New York 106 Benjamin Bienemann ?? m Annröchte Prussia New York 107* Johann Heinrich Hauptfuhrer 22? m farmer Ernsthausen Cur Hessia New York Between deck Passengers: 108 Joseph Blumenthal ?2 m taylor Zinke Prussia New York 109 Gerhard Hinrich Teppe 29 m farmer Engter Hannover Buffalo 110 Anne Marie Teppe 40 f Engter Hannover Buffalo 111 Louise Teppe 10 f Engter Hannover Buffalo 112 Johann Heinrich Teppe infant Engter Hannover Buffalo 113 Friedrich Salge 55 m farmer Windheim Prussia Forte Wien 114 August Brandfuss 19 m farmer Heinbeck Cur Hessia Welingen 115 Ursula Klaussner ?? f Guttenberg Cur Hessia New York 116 Sophie Schumann 37 f Lobenstein F. Reuta? Deadham 117 Emilie Schneider 15 f Battenhausen C. Hessia New York 118 Catharine Langefeld 32 f Battenhausen C. Hessia New York 119 Heinrich Hagerich 19 m farmer Niederstein C. Hessia Handley 120 Marie Hagerich 17 f Niederstein C. Hessia Handley 121 Elisabeth Dais 20 f Grüssen Prussia Williamsburgh 122 Carl Gleichmann 17y6m m saddler Schleusingen Prussia New York 123 Johannes Faust 15 m Elsode Cur Hessia New York 124 Heinrich Blumenstein 42 m farmer Wittenbach Cur Hessia Louistoun 125 Catharine Elisabeth Blumenstein 42 f Wittenbach Cur Hessia Louistoun 126 Georg Blumentstein 14 m Wittenbach Cur Hessia Louistoun 127 Friedrich Blumenstein 10 m Wittenbach Cur Hessia Louistoun 128 August Blumenstein 3 m Wittenbach Cur Hessia Louistoun 129 Anna Catharina Lotzgesell 17 f Wittenbach Cur Hessia Louistoun 130 Anna Martha Grebe 21 f Wittenbach Cur Hessia Louistoun 131 Jacob Schaefer 20 m farmer Volmershausen Cur Hessia New York 132 Catharine Naumann 25 f Münchhausen C. Hessia Philadelphia 133 Philip Krieg 10 m farmer Münchhausen C. Hessia Philadelphia 134 Marie Mannfeld 50 f Walldorf F. Walldorf Norwich 135 Heinrich Mannfeld 12 m Walldorf F. Walldorf Norwich 136 Wilhelm Mannfeld 10y6m m Walldorf F. Walldorf Norwich 137 Georg Utestadt 28 m farmer Walldorf F. Walldorf New York 138 Emilie Utestadt 27 f Walldorf F. Walldorf New York 139 Georg Heinrich Utestadt infant Walldorf F. Walldorf New York 140 Marie Elise Peter 18 f Walldorf F. Walldorf Norwich 141 Heinrich Rennebaum 38 m Joiner Sieber Hannover Philadelphia 142 Auguste Rennebaum 29 f Sieber Hannover Philadelphia 143 Adolph Rennebaum 4 m Sieber Hannover Philadelphia 144* Johanne Rennebaum 2 f Sieber Hannover Philadelphia 145 ? Rennebaum infant 146 Christian Tratt 17 m Joiner Bansen Prussia New York 147 Georg Tratt 19 m saddler Bansen Prussia New York 148 Ferdinand Hoffmann 15 m Wiedersbach Prussia Philadelphia 149 Georg Hoffmann 18 m butcher Waldau Prussia New York 150 Dorothea Ruck 30 f Meiningen Prussia New York 151 Maria Paul 24 f Veckerhagen Prussia New York 152 Heinrich Ockermann 28 m locksmith Veckerhagen Prussia New York 153 Johann Neumeister 41 m weaver Wien Austria Newerk 154* Johann Gottlieb Hammermuller 54 m masen Colditz Saxoni Chicago 155* Anna Christine Hammermuller 54 f Colditz Saxoni Chicago 156* August Moritz Hammermuller 27 m masen Colditz Saxoni Chicago 157* Hanna Veronika Hammermuller 27 f Colditz Saxoni Chicago 158 Johann Casper Mauer 30 m shoemaker Gleicherwiesen S. Meining New York 159 Ambrosio Anton Cohn 17 m shoemaker Collitz Saxoni Chicago 160 Johanne Sophie Vollmann 43 f Drexten Saxoni Detroy 161 Emilie Vollmann 17 f Drexten Saxoni Detroy 162 Elisabeth Seibel 22 f Rohde C. Hessia New York 163 Salomon Schumann 30 m potter Hellingen D^chy Meiningen Philadelphia 164 Friedricke Seeber 27 f Suhl Prussia Philadelphia 165 Johann Wasmuth 22 m wilwright Rohde C. Hessia Philadelphia 166 Johannes Wallenhaupt 20 m farmer Wiekersrode C. Hessia New York 167 Heinrich Langefeld 25 m shoemaker Battenhausen Prussia New York 168 Jacob Meyer 20 m farmer Wallau Prussia Detroy 169 Catharine Meyer 22 f Walllau Prussia Detroy 170 Catharine Fuchs 25 f Schenksalz C. Hessia Rochester 171 Georg Bock 22 m farmer Hilmes C. Hessia Dorchester 172 Jacob Pfeiff 22 m farmer Odenhausen Darmst? New York 173 Peter Peter 25 m stonemason Odenhausen Darmst? New York 174 Caroline Peter 22 f Odenhausen Darmst? New York 175 Catharine Peter infant Odenhausen Darmst? New York 176 Ludwig Wagener 25 m miner Bieber Cur Hessia Philadelphia 177 Catharine Wagner 20 f Bieber Cur Hessia Philadelphia 178 Catharine Spuck 59 f Rödchen Cur Hessia Chicago 179 Wilhelm Spuck 23 m mason Rödchen Cur Hessia Chicago 180 Ludwig Spuck 22 m mason Rödchen Cur Hessia Chicago 181 Catharine Spuck 25 f Rödchen Cur Hessia Chicago 182 Heinrich Spuck 5 m Rödchen Cur Hessia Chicago 183 Wilhelm Spuck 1y6m m Rödchen Cur Hessia Chicago 184 Heinrich Spuck 30 m farmer Rödchen Cur Hessia Chicago 185 Elise Spuck 28 f Rödchen Cur Hessia Chicago 186 Ludwig Spuck 6 m Rödchen Cur Hessia Chicago 187 Dorothea Spuck 4 f Rödchen Cur Hessia Chicago 188 Margarethe Schmidt 25 f Bieber Hessia Darmst Chicago 189 Conrad Hebener 54 m basket maker Daubr?gen Hessia Darmst New York 190 Margarethe Hebener 50 f Daubr?gen Hessia Darmst New York 191 Catharine Hebener 26 f Daubr?gen Hessia Darmst New York 192 Heinrich Tell Hebener 4 m Daubr?gen Hessia Darmst New York 193 Johannes Seipp 52 m workmen Leihgestern Hessia Darmst New York 194 Johann Eif II 50 m farmer Leihgestern Hessia Darmst New York 195 Carl Schaum 20 m blacksmith Gleiberg Prussia New York 196 Elisa Schaum 24 f Gleiberg Prussia New York 197 Andreas Fehd 29 m miller Walgermer Hessia Darmst Philadelphia 198 Christine Mathern 24 f Frelingen Hessia Darmst Rochester 199 Heinrich Stieler 15 m shoemaker Frelingen Hessia Darmst Williamsburgh 200 Johann Adam Munch 26 m saddler Messelhausen Hess Darmst New York 201* Gottlob Hummel 29 m weaver Stuttgard Würtenbg New York 202 Pauline Berner 25 f Stuttgard Würtenbg New York 203 Heinrich Toench 34 m farmer Ober Hilsen C Hessia Tennse 204 Hermann Friedrich 29 m taylor Mainz Tennse 205 Heinrich Wilhelm Alberts 38 m farmer Wester Cappeln Prussia Tennse 206 Catharine Schnapp 18 f Horb Bavaria Tennse 207 Christine Graf 15 f Münster H. Darm^st Chicago 208 Gustav Rechtebach 20 m Joiner Meiningen D^chy Meiningen New York 209 Wolfgang Gruber 25 m farmer Löwenberg Bavaria New York 210 Wilhelm Conrad 21 m Instrumentmaker Langensalze Prussia New York 211 Michel Kramschuster 42 m Joiner Raitenbuch Bavaria Wisconsin 212 Anne Marie Kramschuster 35 f Raitenbuch Bavaria Wisconsin 213 Waldburga Kramschuster 10 f Raitenbuch Bavaria Wisconsin 214 Anne Marie Kramschuster infant f Raitenbuch Bavaria Wisconsin 215 Christian Rabe 26 m brewer Freienhagen F Waldeck New York 216 Georg Carl Wackesser 27 m brewer Möckmühl Würtemberg New York 217 Friedrich Gailing 45 m farmer Abstadt Würtemberg New York 218 Caroline Gailing 34 f Abstadt Würtemberg New York 219 Otto Wolfers 20 m teacher Ebberfeld Prussia New York 220 Christian Paul 51 m farmer Schmalkalden Hessia Albany 221 Catharine Elisabeth Paul 48 f Schmalkalden Hessia Albany 222 Ernestine Paul 20 f Schmalkalden Hessia Albany 223 Georg Friedrich Paul 18 m Schmalkalden Hessia Albany 224 Catharine Marie Paul 16 f Schmalkalden Hessia Albany 225 Louise Paul 14 f Schmalkalden Hessia Albany 226 Reinhold Paul 10 m Schmalkalden Hessia Albany 227 Leo Paul 6 m Schmalkalden Hessia Albany 228 Jacob Ihle 28 m farmer Lennach Würtemberg Philadelphia 229 Wilhelmine Ihle 24 f Lennach Würtemberg Philadelphia 230 Friedericke Ihle infant Lennach Würtemberg Philadelphia 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. * This list has the village of origin listed as well as the province, realm or country of origin, such as Cur Hessia, Hannover, and Prussia. F.Walldorf and F.Waldeck most likely mean Fürstentum (Principality) of Walldorf and Waldeck and G^Dchy or D^chy mean Grand Duchy or Duchy. 1 Bruggemann (Brüggemann) has an umlauted u. 12 Muller (Müller) has an umlauted u. 18-21 Should Vollmahn be Vollmann? 22 Wohlke (Wöhlke) has an umlauted o. 55-56 Gunther, (Günther) has an umlauted u, 60 Kuhn (Kühn) has an umlauted u. 68 Surname either Hiemburg or Humburg (Hümburg). 71 Grosse (Grösse or Größe) has an umlauted o. 72 Surname looks like it may be Schwanus. 74-76 Schonwald (Schönwald) has an umlauted o. 93 Names looks something like Busiahn. 94 Klunder (Klünder) has an umlauted u. 98 Origin may be Imbshausen. 107 Hauptfuhrer (Hauptführer) has an umlauted u. 144 Between entry no. 144 and and the next one there is a note: Rennebaum infant--no further information given. 154-157 Hammermuller (Hammermüller) has an umlauted u. 201 Note entered beneath this entry: ditto marks (i.e. for the name) and then infant. (Perhaps this couple had a baby born enroute.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 177, List 924.
Transcribed by Gene Janssen a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
11 June 2010
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