Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Brig Hope

There was no captain's sworn statement with this list.

List of Passengers taken on board the Brig Hope, John Howland, Jr., master, burthen 186 & 20/95 tons, bound from Rotterdam to New Bedford.

Columns represent: name, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country of which they intend to become inhabitants. All the passengers intended to become inhabitants of the United States, so that column will be eliminated here. There was one death recorded.

    
   
  1 Ludwig Diederich             21  male    weaver          Bade          United States
  2 George Diederich             21  male    dyer            Bade
  3 Johan Adam Schwartz          42  male    lockmaker       Bavaria  
  4 Gertrude Schwartz            39  female                  Bavaria
  5 Paul Schwartz                18  male                    Bavaria
  6 Cathrina Schwartz            17  female                  Bavaria
  7 Elizabeth Schwartz           15  female                  Bavaria
  8 Anna Maria Schwartz          14  female                  Bavaria
  9 Johan Joseph Schwartz        10  male                    Bavaria
 10 Peter Schwartz                2  male                    Bavaria
 11 Margretha Schwartz            1  female                  Bavaria
 12 Eliza Schwartz              1mo  female                  Bavaria
 13 Jacob Smidth                 28  male    vintner         Wirtemberg
 14 Barbara Smidth               32  female                  Wirtemberg
 15 Frederika Smidth              8  female                  Wirtemberg
 16 Johan George Werner          66  male                    Wirtemberg  
 17 Daniel B?rnartz           *  32  male    vintner         Wirtemberg  
 18 Barbara B?rnartz             26  female                  Wirtemberg
 19 Barbara B?rnartz              2  female                  Wirtemberg
 20 Ludwig Heim                  36  male    vintner         Wirtemberg  
 21 Johanna Heim                 36  female                  Wirtemberg
 22 Gottlieb Heim                 8  male                    Wirtemberg
 23 Christian Heim                6  male                    Wirtemberg
 24 Johanna Heim                  4  female                  Wirtemberg
 25 Ludwig Heim               *   ?  male                    Wirtemberg  
 26 Carl H?ff                 *  30  male    gardiner        Bavaria  
 27 ?ula H?ff                    24  female                  Bavaria  
 28 Wilhelm Arnoud Piesler       25  male    blacksmith      Dusseldorf  
 29 Carolina Piesler             25  female                  Dusseldorf
 30 Maria Piesler                 3  female                  Dusseldorf
 31 Augusta Piesler             6mo  female                  Dusseldorf
 32 Michael Dreyfurz             23  male    sadler          Bavaria  
 33 Johan Schmidt                26  male    sadler          Bavaria
 34 Christian Me?erh          *  29  male    cooper          Wirtemberg  
 35 Frederica Me?erh             26  female                  Wirtemberg
 36 Philip Me?erh                21  male    sadler          Wirtemberg
 37 Christina Me?erh             24  female                  Wirtemberg
 38 Heinrick Spieff              26  male    carpenter       Wirtemberg
 39 Johan Heinrick Sacken        20  male    joiner          Wirtemberg
 40 George Adam Konlin           21  male    joiner          Bavaria
 41 Heinrick Zimmer              27  male    joiner          Bavaria
 42 George Jacob Mootz           29  male    weaver          Bavaria
 43 Theobald Lan?             *  27  male    weaver          Bavaria
 44 Leger Gisey               *  24  male    merchant        ?   
 45 Pierre F??rlinden         *  37  male    confectioner    ?           
 46 Agatha F??rlinden            26  female                  ?
 47 Agatha F??rlinden             5  female                  ?
 48 August F??rlinden             2  male                    ?  
 49 George Servi              *  25  male                    ?
 50 Marianne Jos              *  21  female                  ?  
 51 Andreas Froni?            *  27  male    butcher         Wirtemberg  
 52 Johan Jacob Bahe             26  male    joiner          Bavaria
 53 Anton ?ter                *  27  male    umbrellamaker   Prussia  
 54 Gertrude ?ter                27  female                  Prussia
 55 Fritz ?ter                    4  male                    Prussia
 56 Carl ?ter                     2  male                    Prussia
 57 Lisette ?ter                3mo  female                  Prussia
 58 Carl Brenninger              26  male    student         Wirtemberg
 59 Jacob F. Schwartz            26  male    book-keeper     Wirtemberg
 60 Heinrick Priersle            25  male    watchmaker      Prussia
 61 Maria Catherina Swartz        7  female                  Bavaria
 62 Gertrude Swartz               6  female                  Bavaria
 63 Johan Adam Swartz             5  male                    Bavaria
 64 Ferdinand ??ie??ck        *  25  male    farmer          Bavaria  
 65 Heinrick Bierstadt           45  male    cooper          Prussia
 66 Christiana Bierstadt         40  female                  Prussia
 67 Carl August Bierstadt        11  male                    Prussia
 68 Helena Bierstadt              8  female                  Prussia
 69 Edward Bierstadt              6  male                    Prussia
 70 Anna Bierstadt         *  3y6mo  female                  Prussia  
 71 Albert Bierstadt          1y6mo  male                    Prussia
 72 Wilhelm Peisler              50  male    blacksmith      Prussia
 73 Bernard Peisler             9mo  male                    Prussia
 74 Nicholas Vo?htty          *  34  male    shoemaker       United States 

New Bedford, August 2, 1832
(Signed) Jno. Howland, Jr.  
(Transcriber's Note: not a true signature, a copied list.)

Transcriber's Notes:
 #17-19 letter(s) in question could be e or ie.
 #25 age is possibly 1-1/2.
 #26-27 letter is a or o.
 #27 original folded on first name.
 #34-37 letter extends below the line.
 #43 letter is probably g.
 #44 his origin looked as if it began with Th or Fh, possibly 3 more letters, may be ern.
 #45-48 letters could be ie or u in surname.  Origin was same as for #44.
 #49 origin same as #44.
 #50 could not tell if surname was same as #49 or if it was Jos.  Her origin was same as #44.
 #51 letters could be ss or f.
 #53-57 possibly Joster or Jozter or Izter.  (From personal experience of the transcriber, 
     this may another variation of the surname Koster or Koester which is spelled differently 
     in just about every record!) 
 #64 possibly begins with Z.  Other letters do not extend above or below the line.
 #70 Anne Bierstadt died 11 July 1832.
 #74 letter could be c or e.  
  

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M575, Reel 5.

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