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SS Hermann
Bremen, Germany to New York
June 7, 1852
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK – PORT OF NEW YORK
I, E. Higgins do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the following List or Manifest of Passengers, subscribed with my name, and now delivered to me to the Collector of Customs for the District of New York, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the Passengers received on board the Steamer Hermann whereof I am Master from Bremen. Sworn to the June 7, 1852 So Help Me God. Before me Wm C Musel* E. Higgins (signature)
List or Manifest of all the passengers taken on board the Steam Ship Hermann whereof Edwd Higgins is Master from Bremen & Southampton burthen Seventeen Hundred and thirty four 45/95 tons.
Columns represent: First Name Surname, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they belong, Country intend to inhabit. No deaths were recorded. An * indicates a transcribers note.
1 H. H. Sengstath 52 Male Merchant Germany U.S.A. 2 F. Mebiss 30 Male Merchant U.S.A U.S.A. 3 Jose Borrell 32 Male Planter U.S.A. U.S.A. 4 J. L. Lock 38 Male Editor U.S.A. U.S.A. 5 Emily Strawbe 30 Female Lady Germany U.S.A. 6 Marie Selig 3 Female Child Germany U.S.A. 7 Geo. Holzhausen 5 Male Child Germany U.S.A. 8 Anna Selig 9m Female Child Germany U.S.A. 9 Theo Meyer 30 Male Merchant U.S.A. U.S.A. 10 Dorette Warlich 32 Female Lady Germany U.S.A. 11 M. Fivey 27 Female Lady Germany U.S.A. 12 Carl Scherzen 31 Male Doctor Austria Austria 13 Moritz Wagner 39 Male Doctor U.S.A. U.S.A. 14 H. Derkheim 29 Male Merchant U.S.A. U.S.A. 15 R. Strassin 34 Male Merchant Germany U.S.A. 16 James Wilson 20 Male Student U.S.A. U.S.A. 17 Mrs. L. Saunders 30 Female Lady U.S.A. U.S.A. 18 J. Saunders 14 Male Child U.S.A. U.S.A. 19 J. W. Mercer 30 Male Gentleman U.S.A. U.S.A. 20 Mrs. J. W. Mercer 35 Female Lady U.S.A. U.S.A. 21 H. Fejerray 38 Male Gentleman France U.S.A. 22 Mrs. H. Fejerray 30 Female Lady France U.S.A. 23 Nicholas Fejerray 6 Male Child France U.S.A. 24 Celestine Fejerray 2y5m Female Child France U.S.A. 25 Eva Szentkeresti 50 Female Servant France U.S.A. 26 Wm. Campbell 28 Male Gentleman England U.S.A. 27 Robt. Campbell 26 Male Gentleman England U.S.A. 28 R. Cushman 30 Male Gentleman U.S.A. U.S.A. 29 S. Parsons 32 Male Merchant U.S.A. U.S.A. 30 Louis Foinguinss 30 Male Gentleman France U.S.A. 31 Mrs. L. Foinguinss 25 Female Lady France U.S.A. 32 D. Healey 58 Male Physician U.S.A. U.S.A. 33 E. Schmidt 40 Male Merchant U.S.A. U.S.A. 34 Mrs. E. Schmidt 35 Female Lady U.S.A. U.S.A. 35 Mariette Alboni 30 Female Artiste Italy U.S.A. 36 Candido Verier 28 Female Lady Italy U.S.A. 37 Elizabeth Vray 26 Female Servant Italy U.S.A. 38 Achille Pepoli 30 Male Gentleman Italy U.S.A. 39 Augustine Bovere 27 Male Artiste Italy U.S.A. 40 Babett Bovere 25 Female Artiste Italy U.S.A. 41 Celestino Verrier 24 Male Gentleman Italy U.S.A. 42 Antonio Sangiovanni 26 Male Artist Italy U.S.A. 43 Mary Schmidt 9 Female Child U.S.A. U.S.A. 44 Ellen Saunders 4 Female Child U.S.A. U.S.A. 45 Edwd Stainer 48 Male Merchant U.S.A. U.S.A. 46 R.D. Chatterton 50 Male Merchant England U.S.A. 47 R. Graumann 35 Female Lady Germany U.S.A. 48 H. Anschutz 59 Male Manufacturer U.S.A. U.S.A. 49 D. Bayrhoffer 45 Male Professor Germany U.S.A. 50 Julia Bayrhoffer 38 Female Lady Germany U.S.A. 51 Louise Bayrhoffer 10y6m Female Child Germany U.S.A. 52 Mrs. E. Higgins 20 Female Lady U.S.A. U.S.A. 53 Alfred Higgins 21 Male Gentleman U.S.A. U.S.A. 54 Karl Bayrhoffer 9 Male Child Germany U.S.A. 55 Auguste Bayrhoffer 7 Female Child Germany U.S.A. 56 Gustav Bayrhoffer 4 Male Child Germany U.S.A. 57 Victor Bayrhoffer 1y9m Male Child Germany U.S.A. 58 Nettchen Lies 14 Female Servant Germany U.S.A. 59 D. Boehme 35 Male Physician U.S.A. U.S.A. 60 Herman Harms 24 Male Merchant Prussia U.S.A. 61 A. Daucker 26 Male Merchant U.S.A. U.S.A. 62 Johanna Raick 25 Female Lady Prussia U.S.A. 63 Charlotte Pollack 22 Female Lady Prussia U.S.A. 64 Mrs. H. Asch 55 Female Lady Prussia U.S.A. 65 Mrs. B. Koblanck 33 Female Lady Prussia U.S.A. 66 Albert Koblanck 9 Male Child Prussia U.S.A. 67 Henry Lebold 38 Male Merchant Germany U.S.A. 68 Mrs. H. Lebold 19 Female Lady Germany U.S.A. 69 Therese Hassel 18 Female Lady Germany U.S.A. 70 Samuel Beck 19 Male Merchant Germany U.S.A. 71 Babette Levino 23 Female Lady Germany U.S.A. 72 Fanny Winklene 18 Female Lady Germany U.S.A. 73 H. Fraeger 48 Male Tailor Prussia U.S.A. 74 Mrs. H. Fraeger 40 Female Lady Prussia U.S.A. 75 H. Fraeger Jr. 18 Male Merchant Prussia U.S.A. 76 H. Kamena 28 Male Merchant Germany U.S.A. 77 Anna Fritch 45 Female Lady Prussia U.S.A. 78 Anna Fritch 4 Female Child Prussia U.S.A. 79 Cath Lohn 26 Female Lady Prussia U.S.A. 80 Robt Graf 30 Male Farmer Prussia U.S.A. 81 Carl Dretze 25 Male Farmer Prussia U.S.A. 82 A. Kielblock 32 Male Music Teacher Prussia U.S.A. 83 H. Kutzock 32 Male Engineer Prussia U.S.A. 84 Andreas Knauer 34 Male Butcher U.S.A. U.S.A. 85 H. Reineke 30 Male Merchant U.S.A. U.S.A. 86 C. H. Meyer 25 Male Merchant Germany U.S.A. 87 Fr. Schulze 65 Male Farmer Germany U.S.A. 88 M. Gunderman 26 Female Lady Germany U.S.A. 89 Fr. Bues 38 Male Merchant U.S.A. U.S.A. 90 Dora Bues 10y6m Female Child U.S.A. U.S.A. 91 Fanny Bues 9 Female Child U.S.A. U.S.A. 92 W. Bues 8 Male Child U.S.A. U.S.A. 93 H. Kindervatter 51 Male Farmer Germany U.S.A. 94 Mrs. H. Kindervatter 38 Female Lady Germany U.S.A. 95 Hermann Kindervatter 16 Male Farmer Germany U.S.A. 96 Heinrick Kindervatter 14 Male Child Germany U.S.A. 97 Rudolph Kindervatter 9 Male Child Germany U.S.A. 98 Auguste Kindervatter 5 Female Child Germany U.S.A. 99 Sophie Schmidt 10 Female Child Germany U.S.A. 100 H. Niebelung 29 Male Farmer Germany U.S.A. 101 Mrs. H. Niebelung 27 Female Lady Germany U.S.A. 102 Wm. Niebelung 3 Male Child Germany U.S.A. 103 Fred. Niebelung 6m Male Child Germany U.S.A. 104 S. Gortatbroski 22 Male Secretary Prussia U.S.A. 105 Moritz Moller 29 Male Merchant U.S.A. U.S.A. 106 H. Meissner 22 Male Merchant Prussia U.S.A. 107 Fanny Faelk 28 Female Lady Prussia U.S.A. 108 Clara Faelk 9m Female Child Prussia U.S.A. 109 A. Bluhm 29 Male Merchant Germany U.S.A. 110 Regina Mahler 23 Female Lady Germany U.S.A. 111 S.W. Angel 27 Male Merchant Germany U.S.A. 112 Francisco Bacarissa 30 Male Merchant U.S.A. U.S.A. 113 J. Schmidt 40 Male Merchant U.S.A. U.S.A. 114 Mrs. J. Schmidt 35 Female Lady U.S.A. U.S.A. 115 Eliza Schmidt 4 Female Child U.S.A. U.S.A. 116 Albert Schmidt 2y6m Male Child U.S.A. U.S.A. 117 Madelene Schmidt 9m Female Child U.S.A. U.S.A. 118 P. Abbott 32 Male Merchant U.S.A. U.S.A. 119 Mrs. P. Abbott 29 Female Lady U.S.A. U.S.A. 120 O. Zimmermann 31 Male Merchan U.S.A. U.S.A. 121 John Rossi 32 Male Merchant U.S.A. U.S.A. 122 Matilda Dewley 27 Female Lady England U.S.A. 123 Sarah Phillips 30 Female Lady England U.S.A. 124 Mrs. W. Churton 25 Female Lady England U.S.A. 125 May Churton 4 Female Child England U.S.A. 126 Mrs. J. Beechy 25 Female Lady England U.S.A. 127 John E. Beechy 1 Male Child England U.S.A. 128 Wm. Paine 29 Male Merchant England U.S.A. 129 Marion W. Wilkin 26 Female Lady England U.S.A. 130 Elizabeth Wilkin 8 Female Child England U.S.A. 131 Geo. W. Wilkin 5 Male Child England U.S.A. 132 Margaret M.Wilkin 3 Female Child England U.S.A. 133 Thos J. Wilkin 8m Male Child England U.S.A. 134 Mary Cato 19 Female Lady England U.S.A. 135 Jennette Tod 25 Female Lady England U.S.A. Correspondence: 1/00 Passengers #93-98 Kindervatter A history of the Henry Kindervatter family in the USA was compiled by my cousin, William Henry Kindervater, some years before his death in 1994. The version that follows has been substantially condensed from that history. "The Kindervatter family lived in the town of Nordhausen, Germany, and farmed land outside of town. They were coopers by trade but also farmed. Due to high taxes and military conscription they decided to come to the United States of America. Great grandfather Kindervatter filled his pockets with money to pay his taxes and didn't have enough to pay them so he said that was it and they were going to America. They left Bremen, Germany on May 10, 1852 and arrived in New York City on June 6, 1852. The ship on which they crossed the ocean was a side-wheeler steam boat named the S.S. Herman. They were headed for Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After landing in New York City, they took a boat to Albany, New York. From there they took a train to Dunkirk, New York. From Dunkirk they took passage on a boat to Toledo, Ohio. They were going to take a train to Chicago from Toledo and then go by boat from Chicago to Milwaukee. They arrived in Toledo on a Saturday and there were no trains running, so they had to stay over until the following Monday. The hotel keeper told them that they did not want to go to Milwaukee because it was too wild a country up there. He said that it was wild enough in Toledo. He was also a real estate dealer and had several farms for sale around the Toledo area. He showed them some of the farms and they liked the area between Maumee and Toledo.They bought a farm of several hundred acres for $3,200.00 and settled there. There was a log house on the property. The family consisted of Henry (John Henry ?) and Augusta Kindervater (note the spelling change) with four children; Henry, Herman, Rudolph and Augusta. Also, the elder Augusta's father whose name was Schultze. My grandfather, by adoption, Frederick R., was one of this family but he was born four years after they came to this country. The Kindervater family brought with them such things as clothing, boots and shoes, pewter dishes which they had packed in wooden boxes and some large iron kettles." The marriages of the children introduced lines with the Wiltse family from Sterling, N.Y. (this family can be traced back to Fourcoin, Luxembourg to 1580/81), the Bourdeau family that can be traced back to Quebec to 1659 and the Stauffer family that came from Germany in the 1830 -1850 period. So far, my research of Henry Stauffer has not been very productive. My wife and I moved to Seneca, SC from Perrysburg, OH in 1989. Be glad to help anyway I can. Sincerely, Bill Kindervater For further information on the Kindervatter family, please contact Bill Kindevater at khome@mindspring.com Transcriber's Notes: * Wm C. Musel - This name was written more as a scrawl. I write it as it appeared to me. The remainder of the Manifest is written in a very clear hand.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 114 .
Transcribed by Margaret Busteed a member of the
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