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Ship Clementine
I, J. H. Gatjen, do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear, that the annexed list, subscribed with my name, contains to the best of my knowlege and belief, a just and true account or report, of all passengers, who have been taken on board the said Ship at Bremen, or at any other foreign port, or at sea, and brought in said vessel into any district of the United States, since her departure from the said port of (not filled in). (Signed) Joh. H. Gatjen. Sworn to this 1 December 1835, before me (unsigned).
List of Passengers on board the Bremen Ship Clementine, J. H. Gatjen, Master, bound from Bremen to Baltimore.
Columns represent: name, last dwelling-place, occupation, number of passengers in each group, baggage. According to the notes on the original list, there were 198 passengers aboard this ship. Only the head of each group was named.
1 Gerh. Eichmann Westercappeln peasant 1 man 1 box
2 John Henry Rotert Ueffeln peasant 1 man, 1 woman 2 boxes
3 Cathar. Schaberg * Westercappeln 1 woman 2 boxes
4 Mary Schaberg Westercappeln 1 woman
5 Henry A. Voderhase Wehsen peasant 3 men, 3 women, 1 child 5 to 12 4 boxes
6 John Henry Freese Westercappeln peasant 1 man, 1 woman, 2 children under 5 3 boxes
7 Henry Wulfekamp Westercappeln peasant 1 man, 1 woman, 1 child 5 to 12 2 boxes
8 Gerh. Henry Beumer * A??e peasant 1 man, 1 woman, 1 child 5 to 12, 1 child under 5 2 boxes
9 Cha. Henry Handelman * A??e peasant 1 man 1 box
10 John Henry Brokmeyer Holte joiner 2 men, 2 women, 1 child under 5 3 boxes
11 Bernh. Kramer Glandorf peasant 1 man, 1 woman, 2 children 5 to 12, 1 child under 5 2 boxes
12 Wm. Gulker Glandorf peasant 1 man, 1 woman, 1 child 5 to 12, 2 children under 5 3 boxes
13 Bernh. Lehmkuhl Glandorf peasant 1 man, 1 woman 2 boxes
14 Herm. Ellerbrock Glandorf peasant 2 men, 2 women, 3 children under 5 4 boxes
15 John Henry Hoffmann Glandorf peasant 2 men, 1 woman, 2 children under 5 2 boxes
16 Casp. Henry Heuer Glandorf peasant 2 men, 1 woman 4 boxes
17 Died. Wiemann Glandorf peasant 2 men, 2 women, 3 children 5 to 12, 1 child under 5 2 boxes
18 Henry Hyste Glandorf peasant 3 men, 1 woman, 1 child 5 to 12, 2 children under 5 3 boxes
19 Elisabeth Scheckelhoff Glandorf 1 woman, 1 child under 5 1 box
20 Henry Heginer Glandorf shoemaker 1 man, 1 woman 2 boxes
21 Bernh. Henry Inkrott Glandorf peasant 1 man, 1 woman, 3 children 5 to 12, 3 children under 5 3 boxes
22 Casp. Link Glandorf shoemaker 1 man, 1 woman, 1 child under 5 2 boxes
23 Melch. Hildebrandt Stockhausen peasant 1 man a portmanteau
24 Adam Neumann Alsenau miller 1 man a sack
25 Adam Fath Michelbach peasant 1 man a portmanteau
26 Bernh. Wissel Rabach peasant 1 man a portmanteau
27 John Koch Hohl cartwright 1 man a portmanteau
28 Lorenz Sommer Michelbach peasant 2 men, 1 woman, 1 child 5 to 12 3 boxes, a basket
29 ? W???er Michelbach taylor 1 man, 1 woman 1 child 5 to 12, ? child(ren) under 5 2 boxes, a b?
30 Peter Seipel Michelbach peasant 2 men, 2 women, 2 children 5 to 12, 1 child under 5 2 boxes
31 Andr. Simon * Rabach peasant ? m?n, 2 women, 2 children 5 to 12, 1 child under 5 2 boxes, a trunk
32 Andr. Stadtmuller * H?msbach taylor 1 man, 2 women, 2 children under 5 2 boxes
33 John Geo. Hofmann * Mucheldorf taylor 1 man a trunk and 1 b?
34 Fredk. Schafsberger * York, Pa. peasant 1 man a trunk and 1 b?
35 Fredk. Schwarz Winnerden cooper 1 man a portmanteau
36 Henry Schafer Altenstetten peasant 1 man, 1 woman 2 boxes
37 Anton Bruning Neuenkirchen merchant 1 man a portmanteau
38 Robert Breite * Schmiedeberg musici?? 1 man 1 box
39 Gerh. Furste Gehrde dyer 1 man a box
40 Herm. Henry Rotert Gehrde peasant 1 man a trunk
41 Anna Vehslage Badbergen 1 woman a trunk
42 Joseph Temme Harsewinkel peasant 1 man, 2 women, 1 child 5 to 12, 2 children under 5 5 boxes, a trunk
43 Gerh. Hucht Hanewinkel * Herzebrock peasant 3 men, 3 women 2 boxes, a trunk
44 Joh. Jutze Wolkersdorf peasant 4 men, 3 women, 2 children 5 to 12 1 trunk, 9 boxes
45 Fredk. Schottler Siegelbach peasant 1 man, 2 women, 2 children 5 to 12, 1 child under 5 10 boxes, a trunk
46 George Uhrlaub Alfeld basketmaker 1 man 1 trunk
47 Chr. Fred. Ruhrup Lubbecke peasant 1 man, 1 woman, 1 child 5 to 12 1 box
48 Herm. Henry ??tsman * Rodinghausen peasant 1 man 1 trunk
49 ? ? * ?ft peasant 1 man 1 trunk
50 Ferd. Emme Grossenschneen joiner 1 man a portmanteau
51 Fredk. Poll Buckeburg peasant 1 man a trunk
52 Fredke. Schwaneken Stadthagen 1 woman
53 Wdw. Bruns Dortmund 1 man, 2 women, 1 child 5 to 12, 1 child under 5 4 boxes, a basket
54 Ed. Nieds Neustadt peasant 1 man 2 boxes
55 Fredk. Rehling Haldem peasant 1 man 1 trunk
56 Fredk. Henry Schmidt Haldem peasant 1 man a portmanteau
57 Cha. Hodtkamp Oberbauerschaft peasant 1 man 1 box
58 Wm. Blase Oberbauerschaft peasant 1 man 1 box
59 Franz Casten Haldem peasant 2 men, 1 woman, 1 child 5 to 12, 2 children under 5 1 trunk, 1 box
60 Jobst H. Stuver * Spad?o? peasant 1 man, 2 women, 2 children 5 to 12, 1 child under 5 2 boxes
61 Louis Emme Reifenhausen peasant 1 man, 2 women, 1 child 5 to 12, 1 child under 5 1 trunk, a basket
62 M. L. Mohnkern Kleinschnee peasant 1 man 1 box, a portmanteau
63 Fredk. Schoer Schlagern carpenter 1 man a trunk
64 Mary Kasting Haldem 1 woman a box
65 John Dehn Kitzingen coppersmith 1 man a trunk
Together One Hundred Ninety Eight Steerage Passengers
Bremen, the 30th Septbr. 1835
(Signed) Joh. H. Gatjen
Commutation - Money is to be paid
for 79 Men
55 Women
30 Children of 5 to 12 years of age
164 Passengers at 1-1/2 dollars .........$246
34 Children under 5 years, free
198 Persons .........$246
Transcriber's Notes:
Manifest was marked a City List.
#3-4 baggage bracketed together.
#8-9 town name looks like Atte.
#29 damage on this line but first name could begin with J.
Surname W??ker or W??her perhaps.
#31 probably 1 man in group, but perhaps 4; some damage.
#32 town name could be Hemsbach.
#33-34 page of copy cut off at baggage area.
#38 occupation probably musician, but damage on end of word.
#43 uncertain if surname is Hucht Hanewinkel, or if Hanewinkel is part of
the town. Could be surname of Hucht Hanewinkel, or town of Hanewinkel,
Herzebrock.
#48 surname could be Peetsman or Ritsman or Bitsman.
#49 entire line has been torn and damaged; unable to get passenger name or
town. This passenger was not even counted when the list was numbered at
a later date; was missed entirely.
#51-52 baggage bracketed together.
#60 town name looks like Spadrou.
Correspondence - 3/00
#8 Gerh. Henry Beumer and his family were from Reine, Westphalia, Prussia.
The family first settled in Jasper, Indiana and then moved to Lawrence County,
Tennessee in time for the 1880 US Census. Gerh. Henry Beumer was born in 1775,
probably in Reine, and his wife was named Anna Maria Adheid Richter.
The child recorded as under 5-years-old with this group was John Gerhard
Beumer who was born 27 October 1832 in Reine. The name of the older child
traveling with this family is unknown. John Gerhard Beumer's son John
Bernard Beumer was born at Jasper, Indiana, 8 January 1866.
Marie Eck Rockhold [drockhol@neo.lrun.com]
Correspondence 06/17/01 passenger #33 HOFMANN
#33 Johan Georg Hofmann was born in 1817, as he was 18 when the Clementine
arrived in Baltimore from Bremen, Germany in 1835. We do not know where he
was born. He is registered on the ship's log as coming from Mucheldorf. At
that time in Germany, there were two Micheldorf's, and we think that he came
from the one in North Bavaria. This region is called the Oberpfalz, and the
major town is Weiden. Weiden is famous for its porcelain factories.
Micheldorf is located under a great "burg" that belonged to the Counts
of Leuchtenberg. Sometime in the 16th or 17th century, the family had no
offspring, and the castle was abandoned. Those who were employed at the
castle and owned no land fell on hard times. They were forced to become
"steinbrechers", i.e. quarrymen, and the work was so hard that alcoholism
became common. With alcoholism came gambling, and many families emigrated
to escape being jailed (so says the local priest).
At any rate, Johann Georg Hofmann came to the US as a tailor (Schneider).
He is said to have worked for many years at a large men's clothing factory
called Sonneborn. Johan Georg Hofmann became a US citizen in 1852,
when he "gave up his allegiance to the King of Bavaria". Johan married
a German woman, Barbara Hein (or Hoehn) about whom nothing is known. There
was brother named Adolf Hofmann.
Johann Georg Hofmann brought a large trunk with him when he came to
this country. Nothing is known of its contents. Probably all of his
possessions were destroyed in the great Baltimore fire of 1904. It is not
known where he is buried.
He had one son, George Washington Hofmann, who was born in 1863 and
became a skilled upholsterer. He married a Swiss (French Swiss) immigrant,
Elvina duBois (or Zwald) who, after the death of her mother, and the
remarriage of her father, decided to emigrate to America and work as a
governess. (Information on Elvina Hofmann can be found in the Maryland
Historical Society.)
George and Elvina had a number of sons and one daughter, all of whom
contributed to Baltimore in various ways. The longevity of the family was
unusual: Elvina lived to 92, son Paul lived to 101, son Tim to 104, and the
last two children, Joseph Enoch Hofmann and Priscilla Hofmann died in 2000
and 2001, 96 and 98, respectively. Priscilla was a beloved teacher of French
and Spanish at Eastern High school.
Timothy worked for Fidelity trust, rising in the ranks from runner to
comptroller; Phillip was in charge of office furniture maintenance at the
Baltimore Gas and Electric company; Paul became vice president of Towson
nurseries and planned the landscaping of many of Baltimore's estates; and
John was a crabber on the Eastern shore.
Additional details can be obtained from the middle son of Joseph,
Alan F. Hofmann, M.D.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M255, Reel 1.
Contributed and Transcribed by Mary Koelzer a member of
the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild4 December 1999
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