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Ship Carack
District of New Orleans - Port of New Orleans
I, Norris do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the following list or manifest of passengers subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs for the Duties of New Orleans contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the Passengers received on board the ship Carack whereof I am Master, from Havre and that none of the passengers died on the voyage.
(signed) Joseph Norris
Sworn to the 28 Oct. 1854 before me
(signed) J.M. Hunt jr
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Ship Carack whereof Norris is Master, from Havre burthen (no entry) tons.
Columns represent names, age, sex, country to which they severally belong, country in which they intend to become inhabitants, occupation, and died on the voyage.
1 Kauser George 24 M Baviere New Orleans fermier United States
2 Marz Francois 24 M Baviere fermier
3 Marz Barbara 26 F Baviere fermier
4 Reinhardt Jacob 24 M Baviere fermier
5 Reinhardt Barbara 21 M Baviere fermier
6 Zimmermann Jacques 29 M Baviere fermier
7 Betz Simon 54 M Baviere fermier
8 Betz Barbara 54 F Baviere fermier
9 Betz Elisabeth 24 F Baviere fermier
10 Betz Johann 18 M Baviere fermier
11 Betz Madelaine 11 F Baviere fermier
12 Heid Joseph 20 M Baviere fermier
13 Bermann Anton 21 M Baviere fermier
14 Schneider Valentin 28 M Baviere fermier
15 Schneider George 16 M Baviere fermier
16 Schneider Pierre 22 M Baviere fermier
17 Balser Jacques 57 M Baviere fermier
18 Balser Catharine 44 F Baviere fermier
19 Balser Bernhard 22 M Baviere fermier
20 Balser A Maria 11 F Baviere fermier
21 Balser Daniel 8 M Baviere fermier
22 Pferrmann Conrad 60 M Baviere fermier
23 Pferrmann Elisabeth 60 F Baviere fermier
24 Pferrmann Anna Marie 31 F Baviere fermier
25 Pferrmann Bernhard 18 M Baviere fermier
26 Pferrmann George 16 M Baviere fermier
27 Pferrmann Bernhard 3 M Baviere fermier
28 Pferrmann Valentin 1/2 M Baviere fermier
29 Weissenburger Catharine 18 F Baviere fermier
30 Helb Aa Maria 18 F Baviere fermier
31 Helb Catharine 18 F Baviere fermier
32* Volmer George 45 M Baviere fermier
33 Volmer Aa Maria 43 F Baviere fermier
34 Volmer George 18 M Baviere fermier
35 Volmer Valentin 16 M Baviere fermier
36 Vollmer Bernhard 13 M Baviere fermier
37 Vollmer Anna Maria 6 1/2 F Baviere fermier
38 Vollmer Daniel 4 M Baviere fermier
39 Vollmer Louis 11/12 M Baviere fermier
40 Zoller Valentin 28 M Baviere fermier
41 Zoller Elisabeth 21 F Baviere fermier
42 Erdel Elisabeth 21 F Baviere fermier
43 Erdel Valentin 28 M Baviere fermier
44 Volmer Daniel 27 M Baviere fermier
45 Volmer Jacques 15 M Baviere fermier
46 Volmer Catherine 17 F Baviere fermier
47 Zoller Georg 58 M Baviere fermier
48 Zoller Margarethe 60 F Baviere fermier
49 Degitz Bernhard 15 M Baviere fermeir
50 Degitz Anna Maria 17 F Baviere fermier
51 Stahle Johann 26 M Bade fermier
52 Stocker Therese 26 F Bade fermier
53 Garnier Fs Charles 31 M France fermier
54 Garnier Jos. Auguste 29 M France fermier
55 Beurdel Eugine 31 F France fermier
56 Blondeau Pauline 46 F France fermier
57 Baum Johann 52 M Wurtemburg fermier
58 Baum Franz 18 M Wurtemburg fermier
59 Baum Carl 15 M Wurtemburg fermier
60 Baum Victoria 10 F Wurtemburg fermier
61 Schreieck Aloise 23 M France fermier
62 Salomon Babette 40 F France fermier
63 Salomon Henri 8 M France fermier
64 Salomon Samuel 7 M France fermier
65 Salomon Emil 6 M France fermier
66 Salomon Simon 3 M France fermier
67 Fruhauf Joseph 20 M France fermier
68 Schaeffer Joseph 22 M France fermier
69 Reiss Babette 23 F France fermier
70* Cahn Sarn 23 M Baviere fermier
71 Cahn Lazare 30 M Baviere fermier
72* Cahn Barbe 24 M Baviere fermier
73 Cahn Sara 3 F Baviere fermier
74 Huber Francisca 50 F Bade fermier
75 Huber Francisca 17 F Bade fermier
76 Huber Madelaine 15 F Bade fermier
77 Huber Marianne 9 1/2 F Bade fermier
78 Schnurr Gertrude 33 F Bade fermier
79 Schuster Gottlieb 39 M Wurtemberg fermier
80* Richmann Johann 39 M Baviere fermier
81 Richmann Margarite 30 F Baviere fermier
82 Richmann Suzanne 4 F Baviere fermier
83 Richmann Johann 2 M Baviere fermier
84 Schaeffer Elisabeth 54 F Baviere fermier
85 Mohn Henri 37 M Baviere fermier
86 Mohn Elisabeth 38 F Baviere fermier
87 Mohn Catherine 9 1/2 F Baviere fermier
88 Mohn Henri 7 1/2 F Baviere fermier
89 Mohn Pierre 16 M Baviere fermier
90 Mohn Barbara 4 F Baviere fermier
91 Mohn Elisabeth 11/12 F Baviere fermier
92 Reville Charles 29 M Stats unis fermier
93 Reville Francoise 45 F France fermier
94 Gaupp Friedrich 29 M Stats unis fermier
95 Drach Charles 19 M France fermier
96 Lallemand Therese 20 F France fermier
97 Gust Hubert 42 M France mineur
98 Gust Margarite 36 F France mineur
99 Gust Joseph 9 M France mineur
100 Gust Octavia 8 F France mineur
101 Gust Clement 6 M France mineur
102 Gust Jules 11/12 M France mineur
103 Thomas Armand 21 M France boucher
104 Lang Friedrich 34 M Baviere fermier
105 Berger Bernhard 23 M Baviere fermier
106 Werner Madelaine 24 F Baviere fermier
107 Habich Annton 18 M Baviere fermier
108 Lorenz Pius 19 M Baviere fermier
109 Faller Fr. Carl 22 M Baviere fermier
110 Faller Therese 26 F Baviere fermier
111 Rath J. Georg 23 M Baviere cordonnier
112 van Weerden Gerard 52 M Hollande fermier
113 van Weerden Catherine 38 F Hollande fermier
114 van Weerden Catherine 16 F Hollande fermier
115 van Weerden Johanna 10 F Hollande fermier
116 van Weerden Helene 5 F Hollande fermier
117 van Weerden Gerard Ch. 3 M Hollande fermier
118 Reide Rudolph 29 M Hollande fermier
119 Lotz Catherine 22 F Hesse fermier
120 Lotz Nicolas 11/12 M Hesse fermier
121 Thore Philippine 22 F Hesse fermier
122 Eigler Anton 28 M Hesse fermier
123 Herstel Philippe 32 M Hesse fermier
124 Gustello Christopher 32 M Hesse fermier
125 Strasburger Babette 28 F Hesse fermier
126 Colerius Johann 30 M Hesse fermier
127 Sigmund Paul 25 M Hesse fermier
128 Hundersdorf Franz 26 M Prusse fermier
129 Funk A a Maria 23 F Prusse fermier
130 Heidersdorf Barbara 25 M Prusse fermier
131 Brand Henri 24 M Prusse fermier
132 Streckfus Catherine 23 F Prusse fermier
133 Beyer Wilhelm 17 M Prusse fermier
134 Burkert Peter 69 M Prusse fermier
135 Burkert Maria 62 F Prusse fermier
136 Burkert Marianne 23 F Prusse fermier
137 Muller George 28 M Prusse fermier
138 Keppler Marianne 26 F Prusse fermier
139 Schirmer M Aa 19 F Prusse fermier
140 Muths Michel 26 M Prusse fermier
141 Stendlein Franz 46 M Prusse fermier
142 Stendlein Gertrude 43 F Prusse fermier
143 Stendlein Joseph 14 M Prusse fermier
144 Stendlein Constantin 11 M Prusse fermier
145 Stendlein Augustin 9 M Prusse fermier
146 Stendlein Dominique 7 M Prusse fermier
147 Stendlein Andre 2 M Prusse fermier
148 Stendlein Melchior 48 M Prusse fermier
149 Bronner Jacobine 22 F Bade fermier
150 Wiedenmayer Andre 20 M Bade fermier
151 Maurer Crecencia 24 F Bade fermier
152 Benz Gottlieb 28 M Wurtemberg fermier
153 Benz Friedrich 27 M Wurtemberg fermier
154 Benz Gottlieb 5 M Wurtemberg fermier
155 Benz Jacobine 3 F Wurtemberg fermier
156 Benz Catherine 11/12 F Wurtemberg fermier
157 Wagner Margrethe 21 F Wurtemberg fermier
158 Hausch J. Michel 45 M Wurtemberg fermier
159 Hausch Ch. Friedr. 50 M Wurtemberg fermier
160 Hausch Johann 13 M Wurtemberg fermier
161 Hausch Jn Michel 11 M Wurtemberg fermier
162 Hausch Jac. Henri 14 M Wurtemberg fermier
163 Scherer Wilhelm 18 M Baviere fermier
164 Schneider Barbara 18 F Baviere fermier
165 Buchler Nicolas 40 M Baviere fermier
166 Buchler Elisabeth 30 F Baviere fermier
167 Buchler Daniel 4 M Baviere fermier
168 Buchler Albert 2 M Baviere fermier
169 Weingartner Simon 25 M Bade fermier
170 Schlager Jacob 21 M Bade fermier
171 Hurle Franz 27 M Bade fermier
172 Redinger Walburga 27 F Bade fermier
172 (line blank or erased)
173 Wunsch Elias 28 M Bade fermier
174 Lang Ferdinand 40 M Bade fermier
175 Walz Lorenz 29 M Bade fermier
176 Walz Theodore 27 M Bade fermier
177 Walz Caroline 19 M Bade fermier
178 Kolb Georg 28 M Bade fermier
179 Hess Leopold 24 M Bade fermier
180 Grisinger Clara 22 F Bade fermier
181 Grisinger Francisca 20 F Bade fermier
182 Grisinger Fs Carl 15 M Bade fermier
183 Grisinger Stephania 13 F Bade fermier
184 Voltz Bernhard 29 M Bade fermier
185 Voltz Regine 29 F Bade fermier
186 Sten J. Baptiste 18 M Bade fermier
187 Vogel Margarete 60 F Bade fermier
188 Rebenal Catherine 23 F Baviere fermier
189 Nagele Barbara 23 F Baviere fermier
190 Stengel Marie 23 F Baviere fermier
191 Mohr Peter 28 M Baviere fermier
192 Mohr Christine 26 F Baviere fermier
193 Wittmer Peter Adam 36 M Baviere fermier
194 Zoller Johann 37 M Baviere fermier
195 Zoller Barbara 29 F Baviere fermier
196 Schwenk Catherine 27 F Baviere fermier
197 Fischlein Apolonia 27 F Baviere fermier
198 Ledeur Francois 20 M Baviere fermier
199 Besancon Felix 18 M Baviere fermier
200 Colson Alexandre 20 M Baviere fermier
201 Marz Johann 30 M Suisse fermier
202 Hersbrunner Jacob 27 M Suisse fermier
203 Hersbrunner Gottlieb 26 M Suisse fermier
204 Strassler Johann 27 M Suisse fermier
205 Strassler Casper 2? M Suisse fermier
206 Willy Joseph 28 M Suisse fermier
207 Brunner Martin 27 M Suisse fermier
208 Kubler Wilhelm 28 M Suisse fermier
209 Siebenmann Herrmann 29 M Suisse fermier
210 Siebenmann Rosa 24 M Suisse fermier
211 Neggle Carl 20 M Suisse fermier
212 Neggle Herrmann 21 M Suisse fermier
213 Huber Joseph 27 M Suisse fermier
214 Meugler Louise 29 F Suisse fermier
215 Meugler Marie 2? F Siusse fermier
216 Meugler Hedwig 24 F Suisse fermier
217 Ritter Hans Jacob 37 M Suisse fermier
218 Baunberger Hans 33 M Suisse fermier
219 Redinger Amalia 18 F Bade fermier
213 passengers, adults & children (incl. 2 americans)
6 infants
Transcriber's Notes:
French translations:
Countries: Occupations:
Baviere = Bavaria fermier = farmer
Bade = Baden cordonnier = shoemaker
Prusse = Prussia boucher = butcher
Stats unis = United States mineur = miner
Suisse = Switzerland
The name of ship is spelled Carick in Captain's statement.
32-39 Vol(l)mer - this appears to be one family, but the surname was spelled
first Volmer, then Vollmer when the captain went from one page to the next.
70 Cahn - given name Sarn may be female
72 Cahn - given name Barbe is female
80 Richmann - given name of Johann appears to have been written over the
name George
Correspondence on passengers 17-21 Balser/Balzer
The Bals(z)er family - written and contributed by Mary Ann Balzer-Sharp
You may contact her at IRMaryAnn@aol.com
Jacques Balser (French version), or Jakob Balzer (German version), and
Jacob Balzer, English spelling.
Jakob was born in Neuburg am Rhein, Germany, 25 March 1797. While Neuberg was
under French control, Jakob, at the age of 15, had to serve in Napoleon's army
which attacked Russia. When they reached Moscow, the city was in flames, and
the shelter they had counted on was gone. The retreat was one of the great
disasters of military history. Of the nearly 500,000 men who had set out in
June, fewer than 20,000 ragged, freezing, starving men staggered back across
the Russian frontier in December of 1812. Jakob survived, but it took him 10
years to get home. At one point he had to kill his horse for meat to stay
alive.
Upon returning, he married Margaretha Vollmer and they had 2 children who
lived: Valentin born in 1826 and Jacob, Jr. born in 1828. Margaretha died at
29 as a result of childbirth. (Valentin is my great-grandfather). Both sons
came to America at different times and they lived to be old and have many
descendants.
Jacques (Jacob) Balzer's second marriage was to Catharina Balser (no relation)
in 1810. Three of their children lived and are listed on the Carack's ship
list. Bernhard "Barney" (1834-1864) before emigrating, joined a group to
overthrow the Emperor of Germany. The uprising failed, and he came home in
the night begging his father to hide him. His father (Jakob) dug a dungeon
under where he fed the pigs, covered it with boards then straw. They took him
food in the night. The Emperor's soldiers came looking for him and poked
their long spears in the hay and would have killed him had they found him.
When his father got enought money together, he put him under a load of manure
so the border guards wouldn't see him, and took him to France. Barney and his
family emigrated to America, but Barney died in the Battle of Chickamauga in
the Civil War at the age of 30.
Anna Maria "Mary" married first George William Vollmer, who died, and second
Jacob Wulz. She had many children and died at the age of 93 near Quincy,
Illinois.
Daniel Jakob (1846-1938) wrote many stories in his Family Bible. On Sundays,
he would have his children, then grandchildren sit on the porch swing of the
house he built and listen to Bible stories--and stories of his youth. He used
to laugh and tell how his father (Jacob) drove his team past the wonderful
prairie grassland in Adams County, IL, as he was a cooper by trade. They were
so proud to cut down trees, plane the wood, and make barrels, haul them to
Quincy, IL where they were used to pack meat to put on boats that would go
down the Mississippi River to St. Louis and points south.
When they lived in Germany, the only firewood they could have was on Saturday.
Everyone would go to the forest and pick up (under guard) the sticks and dead
limbs that fell. Dan told of driving a team with barrels loaded and of them
rolling off the hill and his father scolding him for going so fast.
Dan also told them about the astronomical clock inside the Cathedral in
Strasbourg that he loved to visit often as a little boy. The clock still
works well and is as awe-inspiring as it was in the 1800s.
Dan was very faithful in the Brethren church and had many offices and duties.
He lived to be 92 and left innumerable descendants. This is copied from
Daniel's Bible and the information given to several descendants, including
Florence Muder-Grimmer, Maxine Vollmer-Prather and Mary Ann Balzer-Sharp.
The notes regarding their voyage:
The family went by boat from Neuburg am Rhein, Germany, to Strasbourg, then
rail to Paris and then Le Havre, France. They stayed in Le Havre 8 days,
then boarded the ship Carack for New Orleans. The trip took 42 days to get
to New Orleans, and they encountered a great storm and a large mast on the
ship broke. The father tied them, mother, daughter, sons, and father to their
chairs and great waves of water would wash over the ship, but it finally was
calm and they fixed the mast and landed in New Orleans. They were there 8
days before they headed up to Quincy on the Mississippi River by steamboat.
They landed in Quincy, IL on 10 November 1854. Total days was 68. They
settled in McKee Township.
Neuburg am Rhein citizens on this passenger list:
According to an Emigration Book found in Germany, in addition to the Balzer
family, the following passengers were citizens of Neuburg am Rhein, Bavaria.
(Neuburg am Rhein is now located in Rheinland-Pfalz)
4,5 Rheinhardt
6 Zimmerman
17-21 Bals(z)er (see footnote above)
22-28 Pferrmann (spelled Pfirmann in Germany)
29 Weissenberger ('ss' is actually 'ess-tzet' in Germany)
32-39,44-46 Vol(l)mer (spelled Vollmer in America)
40,41,47,48,194,195 Zoller
42,43 Erdel (spelled Ertel in Germany, often spelled Ertle in America)
49,50 Degitz
Correspondence added May 28, 2008; passenger #69 REISS Babette
I think that passenger #69 Babette Reiss was my great-great mother.
She married in New-Orleans Leman Meyer from France (Elsass). Due to Mississipi
River floods which ruined their small shop, yellow fever and Civil War,
they decided to go back to France. Babette died in Paris in 1911. Her
daughter Nanette was my great mother. I knew her as a little child. She died in
1934. She married Nathan Widrich from Lemberg Austria and had two
children. One was killed in French army in 1916. The other, my mother born in
1898 died 10 years ago in Paris. Best regards.
You may contact me at Marcel-Francis KAHN M.D. Paris France
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M259, Reel 40
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