Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild
Brig Herschel
Bremen, Germany to Galveston, Texas
24 January 1850
There is no Captain's Statement.
At the top of the sheet is this hand written notice:
"A list of Passengers arrived from foreign countries at
the Port of Galveston
during the quarter ending March 31, 1850."
Ships Columns are:
Date Arrived: January 24 1850
Name of Vessel: Brig Herschel
Name of Master: Hinrich Raschen
Where From: Bremen
Passengers Columns are: Names, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they
belong, Country of which they intend to become inhabitants
1 Catherine Riebel 53 female Germany Texas
2 Lucie Riebel 24 female
3 Lazarus Riebel 15 male
4* Caroline Baumann 9m female
5 John Sudenstop 48 male farmer
6 Wilhelmina Sudenstop 29 female
7* Gab. Daunhainer 25 male farmer
8* Rich^d Diedlitz 15 male
9 R. Tapkin 23 male farmer
10 Catherine Tapkin 11 female
11 Gisina Tapkin 43 female
12* August Hingst 24 female
13* Ch. Schibitz 43 male farmer
14 Jacob Schibitz 68 male
15 Jacob Schibitz 18 male
16 Johanna Schibitz 19 female
17 Catharine Schibitz 12 female
18* Phillip Schibitz 5 female
19* Frederick Schibitz 43 female
20 Magdelina Dischinger 19 female
21 Wilhelmina Dischinger 16 female
22 Frederick Ostlick 29 male
23* Freid. Walley 32 male
24 Catherine Tell 11 female
25* Johann Nohl 31 farmer
26* Adamie Nohl 56
27 Juliane Nohl 66 female
28 Christina Nohl 29 female
29 Maria Nohl 6 female
30 Catherine Nohl 5 female
31* Carl Nohl 4 female
32* Phillip Nohl 2y2m female
33 Sophie Nohl 1 female
34 Christoph Bauer 42 male farmer
35 Johanna Bauer 44 female
36* Johanna Bauer 17 male farmer
37 Jacob Bauer 14 male
38 Johannie Bauer 11 female
39 Christolph Bauer 10 male
40 Catherine Bauer 8 female
41 Wilhelm Bauer 5 male
42 Chrissene Bauer 2 female
43 Frederick Benghold 45 male farmer
44* Chrissene Benghold 26 male
45 Ludwig Benghold 18 male
46 Jacob Behring 28 male Baker
47 Johannes Rugner 19 male Bricklayer
48 Chrissiana Rugner 20 female
49 Chrissiana Gaugler 20 female
50 Elizabeth Gaugler 19 female
51* Chrissina Stubel 26 male farmer
52 J.E. Wichmann 35 male farmer
53 Joseph Schmitz 26 male Bricklayer
54 Anna Schmitz 28 female
55 Marie Schmitz 26 female
56 Adam Fischer 27 male Shoemaker
57* Johanna Kipling 26 male
58* F. Ramowsky male Carpenter
59* Aug. Berndt 23 male Tailor
60* Carl Koch male Bricklayer
61 Dorothea Koch 25 female
62* Ludwig Koch 9m male
63 Wilhelmine Knauth 42 female
64 Wilhelmine Knauth 12 female
65 August Adolph 42 male Farmer
66 Otto Meitzen 39 male
67 Franz Meitzen 31 male
68 Otto Meitzen 9 male
69 Ida Meitzen 2 female
70* J.E.W. Meitzen 3m male
71 Otto Staph 33 male
72 Mary Staph 33 female
73 Ernst Staph 2 male
74* George Staph 9m male
Transcriber's Notes:
? = Approximate number of letters that are unreadable due to fading, smears,
torn paper etc.
* = Attention to this Transcribers List.
^ = The following letter is superscripted
Numbering was added by Transcriber for ease in finding.
The first Passenger had 'Germany' as the Country to which they belong and 'Texas'
as Country they intend on becoming inhabitants. There are no ditto marks,
zigzag lines or anything on the other passengers.
The original transcriber had a very good handwriting but was very lax in using
ditto marks in the sex column. There are numerous obvious errors noted below.
Passengers:
4 Age is listed as 3/4 which is probably 9 months
7 Name is possibly Gabriel
8 Name is possibly Richard
12 Name is clearly August but sex is dittoed as female
13 Name is possibly Christian or Charles
18 Namis is clearly Phillip but sex is dittoed as female
19 Name is clearly Frederick but sex is dittoed as female
23 Name is possibly Friedrich
25 No sex listed. Obviously a male.
26 No sex listed. Uncertain if Adamie is a male or female.
31 Name is clearly Carl but sex is dittoed as female
32 Name is clearly Phillip but sex is listed as female. Age is 2 with a
superscripted 2. Guess is two years, two months.
36 Name is clearly Johanna but sex is written as male and a farmer
44 Name is clearly Chrissene but sex is dittoed as male
51 Name is clearly Chrissina but sex is dittoed as male and farmer
57 Name is clearly Johanna but sex is dittoed as male
58 Age is not listed
59 Name is possibly August or Augustus
60 Age is not listed
62 Age is listed as 3/4 which is probably 9 months
70 Age is listed as 1/4 which is probably 3 months
74 Age is listed as 3/4 which is probably 9 months
Correspondence 05/29/01 passengers #25-33 NOHL
Passengers 25-33 on the Brig Herschel Vol 3 1850 are my ancestors from
Germany. Sophie Nohl is my great-great grandmother. She is the link
with the Nohl family. Johann Nohl and Christina Nohl are my
great-great-great grandparents. Juliane Nohl is my great-great-great-great
grandmother. The family lived in Indianola, Texas and Johann (John)
was a stock keeper while Christina was a homemaker. Their children
were Maria, Catherine, Carl (Charles), Phillip (William), Sophie who
were born in Germany. Then Amelia, Dinah and Herman who were born
in Texas. Dianne Bluhm
The HERSCHEL, named after the discoverer of the planet Uranus, was a 2-masted,
square-rigged brig, built by Johann Lange, of Vegesack/Grohn, for his own
account, and launched on 18 November 1843.
209 tons register; 28,2 x 6,7 x 3,9 meters (length x breadth x depth of hold).
The HERSCHEL was intended for the Caribbean trade, and her maiden voyage,
under captain 'Johann Lamke', of Vegesack, was from Bremerhaven to Galveston.
In 1847, she was sold to the Bremen firm of Lange & Grave. Lamke was followed
as captain, in turn, by 'Hinrich Raschen', from Lesembrok, and 'Claus
Nordenholt', from Vegesack, who was in command of the brig when she went
missing in 1858.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M575, Reel 3.
Reviewed and transcribed by Royal A. Pritchard
a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
30 August 2000
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