Bark Argonaut
I, H. Peengrafe, Master of the Bark Argonaut do solemnly, sincerely, and truly affirm 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 Bark Argonaut at Bremen from which port said Bark has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, sex, calling or occupation of all passengers Sworn to this June 24, 1865 before me ? (name of port authority indecipherable).
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Bremen Bark Argonaut whereof H. Peengrafe, is master, from Bremen, burthen (no tonnage given) tons. Manifest of the Bremen Bark Argonaut
Columns represent: name, surname, age, sex, occupation, country of origin, country which they intend to inhabit, accommodation, born or died on voyage.
1 Julius Koch 31 m officer Germany 1st cabin 2 Emil Köhler 28 m officer 3 Wilhelm Rubenkamp 22 m engineer 4 Johanne Rubenkamp 25 f 5 Minna Segibarth 25 f 6 Emmy Segibarth 7 f 7 Albert Baerenklau 24 m merchant 8 Baruch Kleinberger 39 m merchant 9 Friedrich Hasemann 35 m furrier 2nd cabin 10 Bertha Hasemann 26 f 11 Ella Hasemann 5 f 12 Meta Hasemann 3 f 13 Wilhelm Hasemann 11 mo m 14 Wilhelm Habemeier 26 m farmer 15 Elise Habemeier 20 f 16 Heinrich Ellmers 20 m farmer 17 Meta Gulls 15 f 18 Hedwig Siedenberg 22 f 19 Franz Kuthmann 22 m joiner 20 Jette Kuthmann 26 f 21 Heinrich Weber 31 m shoemaker 22 Friederieke Weber 30 f 23 Herm: Jacob 24 m merchant 24 Wilh. Heidacker 23 m baker 25 Marcus Liebermann 31 m painter 26 Mathilde Liebermann 22 f 27 Jette Liebermann 24 f 28 Laura Bernhauer 18 f 29 Friedrich Buhrmeister 27 m farmer 30 Friedrich Grube 26 m farmer 31 Heinrich Gutau 19 m farmer 32 Johann Meyer 20 m farmer 33 Claus Fiegen 18 m farmer 34 Martin Benksen 22 m farmer 35 Martin Sundermann 16 m farmer 36 Heinrich Sundermann 14 m farmer 37 Herm. Busch 16 m farmer 38 Johann Potthof 56 m farmer 39 Ant? Potthoff 43 f 40 Annette Potthof 19 f 41 Engelhardt Huismann 24 m farmer 42 Herm. Huismann 30 m farmer 43 Georg Schrettenbrunner 42 m carpenter 44 Victoria Schrettenbrunner 28 f 45 Bertha Jungblut 29 f 46 Johann Eifhardt 32 m farmer 47 Anna Eifhardt 28 f 48 Friederike Schroeder 26 f 49 Christian Meyer 30 m farmer 50 Wilhelm Nicolai 25 m farmer 51 Henriette Nicolai 23 f 52 Julie Geske 22 f 53 Julius Geske 23 m farmer 54 Albertine Geske 3 f 55 Wilhelmine Kathmeier 44 f 56 Hedwig Kathmeier 12 f 57 Bernhard Kathmeier 7 m 58 Christine Borger 21 f 59 Johannes Weiss 29 m brikner 60 Maria Weiss 51 f 61 Jacob Weiss 16 m 62 Catharine Weiss 14 f 63 Eva Weiss 7 f 64 Heinrich Bermann 26 m farmer 65 Hinrich Bermann 24 m farmer 66 Fritz Kruse 24 m farmer 67 Wilhelm Meyer 29 m farmer 68 Louise Stelling 23 f 69 L ouis Wundrahm 27 m farmer 70 Justine Wundrahm 31 f 71 Sophie Schaefer 52 f 72 Henny Schaefer 12 mo f 73 Wilhelm Schaefer 3 mo m 74 Carl Fanne 21 m merchant 75 Ferdinand Alber 21 m merchant 76 Claus Schlohbohm 19 m farmer 77 Joh. Bahrenburg 19 m farmer 78 Otto Lichtenberger 19 m farmer 79 Carl Fessmer 38 m joiner 80 Dorothea Fessmer 33 f 81 Emilia Fessmer 13 f 82 Louise Fessmer 6 f 83 Auguste Fessmer 3 f 84 Maria Fessmer 10 mo f 85 Ferdinand Hinzmann 26 m farmer 86 Dorothea Hinzmann 25 f 87 August Hinzmann 3 m 88 Friederike Hinzmann 6 mo f 89 Johann Osterloh 46 m smith between decks 90 Birte Osterloh 44 f 91 Adelheid Osterloh 18 f 92 Hermann Osterloh 16 m 93 Franziska Osterloh 13 f 94 Bertha Osterloh 11 f 95 Eldea Osterloh 7 f 96 Dortje Osterloh 5 f 97 Georg Osterloh 3 m 98 Gerd Osterloh 5 m died during the voyage 99 Dirk Harberts 48 m carpenter 100 Gerche Harberts 50 f 101 Wilhelm Harberts 19 m 102 Meres Harberts 16 m 103 Hebe Harberts 11 f 104 Trienje Koch 44 f 105 Wilhelm Bornemann 58 m farmer 106 Johann v. der Minde 22 m smith 107 Catherine Wiedel 30 f 108 Carsten Steffens 18 m farmer 109 Theodor Schroeder 16 m farmer 110 Conrad Brinkmann 26 m farmer 111 Diedrich Alpers 23 m farmer 112 Wilhelm Herth 27 m taylor (sic) 113 Julius Wunderlich 22 m weaver 114 Trine Doscher 22 f 115 Heinrich Raupach 34 m smith 116 Georg Joest 51 m farmer 117 Gertrude Joest 30 f 118 Margarete Joest 27 f 119 Christian Bescin 40 m farmer 120 Christine Roessel 40 f 121 Johann Roessel 17 m 122 Hermann Roessel 11 m 123 Caroline Roessel 6 f 124 Werth Roessel 2 m 125 Bertha Roessel 9 mo f 126 Conrad Roessel 25 m farmer 127 Sophie Boescel 28 f 128 Willem Plaun 18 m farmer 129 Friedrich Kraegel 39 m farmer 130 Charlotte Kraegel 39 f 131 Christine Kraegel 13 f 132 Louise Kraegel 10 f 133 August Heilke 18 m farmer (#133 was inserted in the space between #s 132/134 134 Eduard Kraegel 6 m 135 Fritz Kraegel 3 m 136 Caroline Kraegel 3 f 137 Heinrich Nuhring 69 m 138 Maria Bergmann 46 f 139 Friedrich Nuhring 33 m 140 Sophie Nuhring 40 f died during the voyage 141 Wilhelmine Nuhring 19 f 142 Fritz Nuhring 6 m 143 Heinrich Nuhring 4 m 144 Friedrich Gerberding 28 m farmer 145 Wilhelm Mund 28 m farmer 146 Caroline Muller 25 f 147 Heinrich Warnung 45 m farmer 148 Wilhelm Schierbaum 35 m farmer 149 Wilhelm Schierbaum 27 m farmer 150 Rudolph Kolsch 42 m miner 151 Franz Wagener 20 m weaver 152 Heinrich Kuhlmann 50 m carpenter 153 Charlotte Kuhlmann 45 f 154 Wilhelm Kuhlmann 25 m 155 Charlotte Kuhlmann 22 f 156 Henriette Kuhlmann 20 f 157 Heinrich Kuhlmann 18 m 158 Gottlieb Kuhlmann 15 m 159 Friederike Kuhlmann 10 f 160 Wilhelmine Kuhlmann 7 f 161 Caroline Kuhlmann 6 f 162 Hanna Kuhlmann 5 f 163 Mathilde Kuhlmann 11 mo f 164 Sophia Sostmann 20 f 165 Wilhelm Kuhlmann 40 m weaver 166 Caroline Kuhlmann 39 f 167 Charlotte Kuhlmann 17 f 168 Wilhelmine Kuhlmann 14 f 169 Mathilde Kuhlmann 7 f 170 Wilhelm Kuhlmann 7 m 171 Friedrich Kuhlmann 5 m 172 Heinrich Kuhlmann 3 m 173 Jette Kuhlmann 10 m f 174 Heinrich Bunte 34 m farmer 175 Charlotte Bunte 30 f 176 Sophie Bunte 5 f 177 Friederike Bunte 4 f 178 August Bunte 9 mo m 179 Conrad Büte 54 m farmer 180 Wilhelmine Büte 59 f 181 Wilhelmine Uhl 20 f 182 Wilhelmine Buschmeier 20 f 183 Philipp Evert 32 m farmer 184 Michael Goll 25 m farmer 185 Magdalene Hauf 23 f 186 Chatarine Reif 32 f 187 Chatarine Walther 45 f 188 Emilie Ulmer 16 f 189 Friederike Eberle 18 f 190 Johannes Burkle 39 m taylor 191 Auguste Burkle 43 f 192 Louise Burkle 5 f 193 Friedrich Benzing 34 m farmer 194 Marie Benzing 25 f 195 Marie Benzing 9 mo f 196 Gottlieb Wahl 30 m farmer 197 August Warker 18 m farmer 198 Gustav Blessing 17 m merchant 199 Anton Singer 27 m weaver 200 Marie Singer 27 f 201 Gustav Vetter 23 m juwilier 202 Martin Helbert 30 m kutscher 203 Louis Uber 29 m brerer 204 Conrad Lais 31 m farmer 205 Gottlieb Wutherer 23 m farmer 206 Philipp Pallmer 24 m farmer 207 Ludwig Heun 30 m barber 208 Henriette Heun 26 f 209 Mari Heun 11 mo f 210 Adolph Heun 3 mo m 211 Carl Kleinschmidt 24 m farmer 212 Chatarine Schneider 53 f 213 Elisabeth Schneider 22 f 214 Heinrich Stoll 28 m weaver 215 Chatarine Kircher 21 f 216 Philipp Fernau 39 m farmer 217 Heinrich v. Bohlen (Bohsen) 28 m shoemaker 218 Emil Liebscher 21 m schmit 219 Johann Aswege 20 m schmit 220 Samuel Macke 25 m soldier 221 Friedrich Borg 38 m smith 222 Eduard Rueder 30 m farmer 223 Wilhelm Oetker 44 m farmer 224 Ernestine Oetker 38 f 225 Wilhelm Oetker 17 m 226 Rudolph Oetker 13 m 227 Leupold Oetker 11 m 228 Ottilie Oetker 7 f 229 Mathilde Oetker 6 f 230 Emma Oetker 4 f 231 Emil Oetker 10 mo m 232 Gottlieb Wilmert 20 m farmer 233 Wilhelm Ziser 49 m farmer 234 Wilhelmine Ziser 35 f 235 Auguste Ziser 13 f 236 Juliane Ziser 9 f 237 Friederich Ziser 5 m 238 Wilhelm Ziser 2 m 239 Johannes Patzwald 54 m 240 Rose Patzwald 42 f 241 Friderike Patzwald 25 f 242 Theodor Patzwald 24 m 243 Mathilde Patzwald 21 f 244 Wilhelmine Patzwald 18 f 245 Julius Patzwald 7 m 246 Auguste Patzwald 10 mo f died on voyage 247 Gottlieb Lange 51 m farmer 248 Louise Lange 49 f 249 Ernestine Lange 20 f 250 Henriette Lange 17 f 251 August Lange 14 m 252 Gottlieb Lange 12 m 253 Herrmann Lange 7 m 254 Wilhelm Zarbarth 38 m smith 255 Caroline Zarbarth 33 f 256 Ernest Zarbarth 6 m 257 Marie Zarbarth 5 f 258 Ida Zarbarth 2 f 259 Caroline Zarbarth 4 mo f 260 Wilhelmine Ratzmann 15 f 261 Carl Lemke 44 m farmer 262 Hanna Lemke 36 f 263 Ferdinand Schaefer 30 m brickner 264 Auguste Schaefer 22 f 265 Julius Schaefer 6 m 266 Julius Krüger 23 m baker 267 August Krüger 19 m farmer 268 Carl Fieges 23 m farmer 269 Johannes Schwarzkopf 37 m smith 270 Eduard Klabunde 35 m shoemaker 271 Bera Klabunde 35 f 272 Eduard Klabunde 14 m 273 Alvine Klabunde 12 f 274 Friedrich Münchow 48 m farmer 275 Wilhelmine Münchow 45 f 276 Caroline Münchow 24 f 277 Heinrich Schmidt 45 m painter 278 Johanne Schmidt 37 f 279 Clara Schmidt 7 f 280 Anna Schmidt 5 f 281 Franz Schmidt 11 mo m 282 August Lorenz 42 m carpenter 283 Auguste Lorenz 38 f 284 Bertha Lorenz 18 f 285 Rebecca Kramichfeld 24 f 286 Johannes Tesch 35 m farmer 287 Christine Tesch 40 f 288 Carl Tesch 15 m 289 Wilhelm Tesch 10 m 290 Herrmann Tesch 7 m 291 Wilhelm Tesch 66 m 292 Gottlieb Mattick 49 m farmer 293 Charlotte Mattick 47 f 294 August Mattick 20 m 295 Hanna Mattick 17 f 296 Albert Mattick 11 m 297 Minna Mattick 7 f 298 Johannes Klawunde 37 m farmer 299 Henriette Klawunde 25 f 300 Heinrich Meier 33 m baker 301 Henrietta Meier 40 f 302 Auguste Meier 4 f 303 Franziska Meier 11 mo f 304 Jacob Clobes 28 m cooper 305 Casper Weirsberg 33 m taylor 306 Burchardt Bott 26 m farmer 307 Carl Aschenbach 35 m taylor 308 Friederike Aschenbach 32 f 309 Elise Aschenbach 5 f 310 Argonautia Aschenbach 1 mo f born on the voyage, named after the ship! 311 Josephine Böhm 19 f 312 Elisabeth Fenner 48 f 313 Jacob Fenner 18 m 314 Ernst Fenner 10 m 315 Heinrich Hermann 21 m joiner 316 Moritz Fuchs 50 m musician 317 Margarethe Fuchs 33 f 318 Elisabeth Mangold 16 f 319 Friedrich Timm 24 m 320 Carl Langkahn 33 m farmer 321 Ferdinand Blankenburg 26 m farmer 322 Carl Dickhaut 21 m farmer 323 Simon Hermann 23 m brikner 324 Catharine Hermann 23 f 325 Anna Hermann 9 mo f 326 Mathias Abt 18 m farmer 327 Friedrich Leicht 34 m marriner 328 Peterke Leicht 34 f 329 Anna Leicht 11 f 330 Johann Leicht 7 m 331 Andreas Leicht 6 m 332 Friedrich Leicht 5 m 333 Harm Leicht 2 m 334 Peterke Leicht 3 mo f 335 Allmuth Bollmann 30 f 336 Andreas Lucht 56 m 337 Moses Levi 23 m shoemaker 338 Conrad Bremhorst 30 m physician 339 Friedrich Schroeder 22 m taylor 340 Gefert Schriefer 19 m farmer 341 Friederike Schmidt 18 f 342 Jacob Rademann 23 m merchant 343 Bernd Jansen 57 m farmer 344 Wupke Jansen 56 f 345 Grete Jansen 22 f 346 Mant Jansen 19 m 347 Anna Jansen 14 f 348 Heinrich Jansen 7 m 349 Heinrich Eilts 27 m farmer 350 Claudius Spurts 47 m joiner 351 Adelheid Spurts 37 f 352 Garrdt Spurts 15 m 353 Rudolph Spurts 7 m 354 Jodorus Spurts 6 m 355 Elise Spurts 4 f 356 Adelheid Spurts 2 f 357 Enno Spurts 2 mo m 358 Johann Fankhaust 38 m shoemaker 359 Ludwig Gerhardt 24 m carpenter 360 Johannes Gulde 22 m shoemaker 361 Carl Jürgens 27 m saddler 362 Alexander Reuss 30 m saddler 363 Anton Himmelsbach 37 m postillion 364 Franz Himmelsbach 21 m jointer 365 Anastasia Himmelsbach 21 f 366 Heinrich Moritz 27 m brewer 367 Heinrich Spochnemann 34 m farmer 368 Sophie Spochnemann 37 f 369 Louise Spochnemann 7 f 370 Wilhelmine Spochnemann 11 mo f 371 Wilhelm Zucker 18 m saddler 372 Ernst Hohmann 34 m cooper 373 August Schuster 24 m 374 Georg Lichtenborger 54 m joiner 375 Johann Burkle 28 m taylor 376 Friedrich Hartung 22 m farmer 377 Hinrich Abt 43 m joiner 378 Heinrich Schmidt 31 m shoemaker 379 Carl Heilke 20 m smith 380 August Heilke 18 m farmer 380 Anna Ksensch ½ mo f born on the voyage 381 Martin Ehmann 24 m seaman Transcriber’s notes: * The name of the port authority is indecipherable. * All the passengers were from Germany and intended to become U.S. citizens, consequently those columns have been omitted from this list. * Passengers numbered 1-8 travelled in the 1st cabin. * Passengers numbered 9-88 travelled in the 2nd cabin. * Passengers numbered 89-381 travelled between decks, i.e. steerage * The following passengers had notes regarding a previous arrival in Newyork (sic): * #5 & 6 Minna & Emmy Sigbarth: landed at Newyork in the (name of ship illegible) 1857 * #26 Mathilde Liebermann: landed at Newyork in the Dorette 1862 * #38-40 The Potthof family landed at Newyork in the Anna Delius 1845 * #44 landed at Newyork in the steamer Cooper 1852 * #147 Heinrich Warning landed at Newyork in the steamer Amerika 1862 * #277 Heinrich Schmidt landed at Newyork 1852 * Further notes refer to the number of various passengers: * This list has been compared against the listing in volume 16, pp. 182-184 of Germans to America and the note as found in GtoA, vol. 16, indicates a point of comparison or a difference in reading of the information. * Passenger #s: * #3,4 Rubenkamp there is an umlaut over the "u" in the surname * #17 There is an umlaut over the "u" in the surname * #19-20 There is an umlaut over the "u" in the surname * #23 Herm: Jacob the given name is followed by a colon, perhaps abbreviation for Hermann. * #39 Given name Anja or Anya? GtoA lists it as Antz * #59 occupation - brikner, probably brick layer * #99 occupation- carpenter * #119 surname could be Bescin, Rescin, or Mescin * #126 surname could be Moessel * #127 surname is difficult to decipher, * #137,139 occupation is indecipherable * #146 Umlaut over the "u" in the surname * #201 occupation: jeweler * #202 occupation: coachman/coach driver (comparable to "trucker") * #203 occupation: brewer * #218, 219 occupation: smith * #263 occupation: brick layer * #303 occupation: tailor * #307 occupation: tailor * #310 born on the voyage and named after the ship! * #323 occupation: brick layer * #363 occupation: postillion = either mail carrier, usual on a horse, or a horseman accompanying a coach. * #375 occupation: tailor * #380 passenger’s name and information is crossed through with a line; no explanation why, but same name, age, etc. are entered as #133 * #380 infant born during the voyage, surname is illegible, written over once or twice. Could be Olsebach or Asebach. The name doesn’t match with any other passenger surname. Could be a duplicate listing of #310, the infant born on the ship and named after it. SPECIAL NOTE: #343/344 Bernd and Wupke Jansen/Janssen are great-great grandparents of the transcriber of this list; their daughter, transcriber’s great-grandmother, Grete, married passenger #349, Heinrich Eilts, at Zoar Lutheran Church, Perrysburg OH 8 September 1865. The Janssens and the Eilts homesteaded in Carroll County IA in 1868/70. In all other documents, the surname is spelled as "Janssen". The single "s" version is found only on this passenger list. The double "ss" is more common in the Ostfriesland area of Germany from where the Janssens came. #349 Passenger, Heinrich Eilts is the great-grandfather of Gene Janssen, transcriber of this list. Correspondence 11/27/2000 passengers 152-163 Thank you for your wonderful contribution in transcribing the manifest for the Argonaut on her trip brim Bremen to New York, arriving 24 Jun 1865. I also had family aboard this ship. Heinrich and Charlotte Kuhlmann and their 10 children. Our family history says that their youngest daughter, Mathilda, died on the voyage. As the story goes," there was an outbreak of measles onboard. Mathilda had a severe case. One day the hogs broke out of their pen aboard the ship and frightened Mathilda. She went into convulsions and soon died. She had to be buried at sea." I counted a total of 6 deaths on that voyage. The microfilm copy of the manifest at the National Archives shows Jesse (or Jette) Kuhlmann as dying, but makes no note about Mathilda. As the girls were only one month different in ages according to the manifest, it's probably an administrative error that was made at the time. The Kuhlmans settled in Barrington IL near Chicago. Charlotte was a midwife. My Kuhlmanns were from little towns known as Westenderfer-Landwehr and Deckbergen, Germany near the current town of Rinteln. The Schaumburg Auswander lists their date of departure from home as 18 Mar 1865. Joyce Thompson
Correspondence 07/18/02 passengers 152-163 Kohlmann I am also descended from the Kuhlmann's aboard ship. Please check out my website at Family Tree Thanks, Angie Bergman Correspondence added 4 August 2011 re: passengers #99-103 HARBERTS This is a short story about Dirk Harberts, Geeske Harberts, Wilhelm Harberts, Meeves Harberts, and Hebe Harberts, identified as passengers #99, #100, #101, #102, and #103, respectively. The Harberts family of five left Larrelt, Germany, for Bremen where they stepped aboard the Bark Argonaut. Upon reaching New York on June 24, 1865, the family traveled to Illinois, making their home in Ogle County. During their time in Illinois, passenger #101, Wilhelm Harberts, passed away in January, 1868. Shortly after the 1870 census was enumerated, the Harberts family left Illinois and settled near Hampton, Iowa. While in Iowa, Hebe Harberts (#103) married Meeves Groepel. And later, Meeves Harberts (#102) met and married Stina Heetland. The Harberts and Groepel families eventually moved from the Hampton area to Ackley, Iowa. Then the family slowly trickled off to Marion, South Dakota. First it was Meeves and Stina Harberts that left Ackley, settling in that small southeastern South Dakota community of Marion. While in Marion, Meeves Harberts became the proprietor of a hardware business, a business he owned and operated for 20 years. It was after Meeves and Stina Harberts’ departure to Marion that Geeske Okkels Harberts (#100) passed away. She met her maker on July 26, 1891, and was buried in Oak Wood Cemetery, Ackley. After Geeske Harberts’ death, Meeves and Hebe Harberts Groepel, along with Dirk Harberts (#99), sold their farm implements and moved to Marion where they joined Meeves and Stina Harberts. In Marion, Meeves and Hebe Groepel purchased a farm. The farm bordered on the southern city limits of Marion. Dirk Harberts passed away on September 24, 1900, and was laid to rest in Greenwood Cemetery, Marion. He was 83. Eventually, Meeves Harberts sold his hardware store and moved to Sibley, Iowa, where he owned and operated a furniture business. In 1909, Meeves and Hebe Groepel sold their farm and purchased a general merchandise store, a business which was eventually operated in Marion by three Groepel generations. In 1918, Meeves Groepel was called home, passing away on November 27. He was also buried in Greenwood Cemetery. Twenty years later, Hebe Harberts Groepel passed away. She died on July 3, 1938, and was laid to rest along side her husband in Greenwood Cemetery. Stina Harberts, Meeves Harberts’ wife, passed away on September 6, 1940. Her interment was in Holman Cemetery, Sibley, Iowa. The last of the five original Harberts clan, Meeves Harberts, passed away on April 1, 1953, at the age of 103 years. Meeves was laid to rest along side his wife, Stina, in Holman Cemetery, Sibley, Iowa. Anyone interested in this family can contact this contributor at Gregg Gropel
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 253.
Transcribed by Gene Janssen for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
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