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Bark Olympia
Bremen, Germany to New York
30 June 1857
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK – PORT OF NEW YORK
I, J. H. Tooken, master of the Oldenburg Bark Olympia,
do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the following List or Manifest,
subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs of
the Collection District of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the
passengers taken on board of the said ship at Bremen from which port said
ship has now arrived; and that on the said list is truly designated the
age, the sex, and the occupation of each of said passengers, the part of the
vessel occupied by each during the passage, the country to which each
belongs, and also the country of which it is intended by each to become
an inhabitant; and that said List or Manifest truly sets forth the number
of said passengers who have died on said voyage, and the names and ages
of those who died. So help me God. (signed) J. H. Tooken.
Sworn to this 30th June 1857, Before me (signature cannot be read).
List or Manifest Of all the Passengers taken on board the Oldenburg
Bark Olympia whereof J. H. Tooken, is master, from Bremen burthen [no weight listed] tons.
Columns represent: Passenger number, Name, Age Years/Months, Sex,
Occupation, The Country to which they severally belong, The Country in
which they intend to become inhabitants, *Died on the voyage, *Part
of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.
First Cabin
1* Heinrich Busch 27 M Backelworker Hamburg Newyork
2 Clausine Busch 36 W Hamburg Newyork
3 Betty Schmidt 22 W Austria Newyork
4 Catherine Ittner 17 W Bavaria Newyork
5 Elisabeth Ittner 15 W Bavaria Newyork
6 Franz Schwieren 26 M Merchant Prussia Texas
7 Marius Goldschmidt 22 M Stud. Prussia Philadelphia
8 Johann Christ Heyerling 23 M Merchant Bavaria Newyork
9 Fried Aug Rah 33 M Manufacturer Saxony Newyork
10* Johann Conr Muller 35 M Backer Hessia Newyork
11* Satina Muller 25 W Hessia Newyork
12* Mina Muller 9m W Hessia Newyork
13* Amalia Muller 17 W Hessia Newyork
14 Elisabeth Enders 21 W Hessia Newyork
15 J A Kolditz 29 M Farmer Saxony Wisconsin
16 Johanne E Hoffmann 24 W Prussia Wisconsin
Second Cabin
17 Johann Conr Geiger 26 M Weaver Bavaria Newyork
18 Sophia Marg Geiger 18 W Bavaria Newyork
19 Johann Adolph Popp 34 M Weaver Bavaria Baritown
20 Beta Huskamp 23 W Oldenburgh Newyork
21 Meta Oetten 29 W Oldenburgh Newyork
22 Maria Olgas 17 W Oldenburgh Newyork
23 Adelheid Ricke 18 W Oldenburgh Newyork
24* August v Wolff 56 M Militair Saxony Newyork
25 Ernst Eberhard 17 M Merchant Hanover Newyork
26 Mathias Marawek 36 M farmer Bohemia Iowa
27 Christina Marawek 33 W Bohemia Iowa
28 Johann Marawek 9 M Bohemia Iowa
29 Franz Marawek 7 M Bohemia Iowa
30 Wenzel Marawek 5 M Bohemia Iowa
31 Joseph Marawek 3 M Bohemia Iowa
32 Helena Marawek 6m W Bohemia Iowa
33 Peter Mohr 26 M Smith Nassaw Illinois
34 Magdalena Mohr 21 W Nassaw Illinois
35* Carl Ochsenkuhn 23 M Brewer Bavaria Philadelphia
36* Babet Ochsenkuhn 21 W Bavaria Philadelphia
37 Joseph Preuschel 32 M farmer Bavaria Philadelphia
38 Maria Lilner 17 W Bavaria Philadelphia
39 Anna Maria Linker 26 W Hessia Philadelphia
40 Elisabeth Dechort 28 W Hessia Newyork
41 Johann Berletz 20 M Mill-wright Hessia Newyork
42* Justus Holscher 22 M Clothier Hessia Newyork
43 Ernst Strecker 22 M Clothier Hessia Newyork
44 Conrad Plocks 46 M farmer Hessia Illinois
45 Catharina Plocks 42 W Hessia Illinois
46 Anna Marg Plocks 58 W Hessia Illinois
47 Dorothea Plocks 20 W Hessia Illinois
48 Heinrich Plocks 14 M Hessia Illinois
49 Catharina Plocks 8 W Hessia Illinois
50 Carl Plocks 4 M Hessia Illinois
51 Catharina Plocks 20 W Hessia Illinois
52 Elise Zeger 16 W Hessia Newyork
53 Dorothea Bauer 17 W Hessia Newyork
54 Margaretha Ettling 22 W Hessia Newyork
55 Benedicht Speier 20 M Merchant Hessia Newyork
56 Conrad Schneider 33 M farmer Hessia Indiana
57 Maria Schneider 28 W Hessia Indiana
58 Catharina Schneider 2y6m W Hessia Indiana
59 Catharina Caspar 23 W Hessia New York
60 Catharina Hamel 22 W Hessia Boston
61 Anna Maria Fei 18 W Hessia Philadelphia
62 Martin Scherstuhl 18 M tailor Hessia New York
63 Catharina Schneider 15 W Hessia Indiana
64 Heinrich Werner 45 M Smith Hessia Newyork
65 Helena Werner 14 W Hessia Newyork
66 Conrad Vollmer 29 M farmer Wirtemberg Newyork
67 Johanne Sophie Seidel 54 W Reuss Sohlein Philadelphia
68 Christiana Becker 23 W Reuss Sohlein Newyork
69 Wilhelmine Kayser 43 W Wirtemberg Newyork
70 Eugen Kayser 17 M Gold Schmidt Wirtemberg Newyork
71* Peter ?ersch 33 M Printer Hessia Newyork
72* Louise ?ersch 15 W Hessia Newyork
73 Anton Baumann 20 M Painter Hanover Newyork
Between Decks
74 Ottilie Lieb 30 W Bavaria Erie
75 Anna Barbara Vogel 30 W Bavaria Newyork
76 Wilhelm Zietz 24 M tailor Preussen Philadelphia
77 Friedrich Riechel 23 M weaver Preussen Philadelphia
78 Heinrich Steinmann 23 M jeaner Preussen Chicago
79 August Hennicke 22 M Cooper Schwarzburgh Newyork
80 Johannes Weisshaupt 31 M mason Waldeck Newyork
81 Henriette Weisshaupt 28 W Waldeck Newyork
82 Carl Weisshaupt 4 M Waldeck Newyork
83 Marie Weisshaupt 10m W Waldeck Newyork
84 Julius Maehls 21 M tailor Saxony Newyork
85 Kriszencia Mayer 29 W Bavaria Newyork
86 Heinrich Chr Henning 53 M farmer Saxony Wisconsin
87 Caspar Ritzmann 58 M Merchant Hessia Ohio
88 August Brenner 19 M Soap-bauiler Bavaria Newyork
89 Johannes Franke 5O M farmer Waldeck Newyork
90 Christiana Franke 28 W Waldeck Newyork
91 Fritz Franke 4 M Waldeck Newyork
92 Gescha Margaretha Harmes 29 W Hanover Illinois
93 Catharina Wetzel 25 W Wirtemberg Indiana
94 Elise Braukmann 21 W Hanover Newyork
95 Catharina Geyer 20 W Hessia Newyork
96 Wilhelmine Bantje 47 W Prussia Newyork
97 Johann Heinrich Muttera 39 M Merchant Hanover Illinois
98 Antje Johanne Muttera 36 W Hanover Illinois
99 Friedrike Muttera 14 W Hanover Illinois
100 Christine Muttera 11 W Hanover Illinois
101 Gerhard Muttera 9 M Hanover Illinois
102 Hermann Muttera 7 M Hanover Illinois
103 Gesina Muttera 5 W Hanover Illinois
104 Wieard Muttera 3 M Hanover Illinois
105 Heinrich Muttera 10m M Hanover Illinois
106 Emilie Bantje 13 W Prussia Newyork
107 Ernst Bantje 4 M Prussia Newyork
108 B Barchfeld 25 M Schoemaker Hessia Newyork
109 Franz Schulz 21 M tailor Hessia Newyork
110 Magdalena Streckfuss 56 W Wirtemburg Cleveland
111 Christiana Frey 51 W Hessia Newyork
112 Franz Peimka 43 M farmer Bohemia Iowa
113 Anna Peimka 28 W Bohemia Iowa
114 Catharina Peimka 3 W Bohemia Iowa
115 Sophia Peimka 10m W Bohemia Iowa
116 Franz Bis 29 M tailor Bohemia Iowa
117 Anna Bis 25 W Bohemia Iowa
118 Anna Bis 3 W Bohemia Iowa
119 Franz Bis 2m M Bohemia Iowa
120 Joseph Tamann 43 M tailor Bohemia Iowa
121 Anna Tamann 30 W Bohemia Iowa
122 Catharina Tamann 9 W Bohemia Iowa
123 Carl Mundil 31 M rope-maker Bohemia Iowa
124 Carl Odwarkes 32 M farmer Bohemia Iowa
125 Theresia Odwarkes 34 W Bohemia Iowa
126 Joseph Odwarkes 13 M Bohemia Iowa
127 Joseph Mundil 28 M workman Bohemia Iowa
128 Anton Fuizeck 19 M butcher Bohemia Newyork
129 Carl Simon 35 M workman Prussia Pensilvanien
130 Maria Simon 44 W Prussia Pensilvanien
131 Christian Eltze 32 M farmer Hanover Newyork
132 Minna Eltze 29 W Hanover Newyork
133 Minna Eltze 5 W Hanover Newyork
134 Wilhelm Eltze 3 M Hanover Newyork
135 August Eltze 7m M Hanover Newyork
136 Heinrich Laue 26 M farmer Hanover Wisconsin
137 Ernst Oppermann 23 M weaver Hanover Newyork
138 Carolina Oppermann 22 W Hanover Newyork
139* Christian Goke 46 M farmer Hanover Wisconsin
140* Carolina Goke 44 W Hanover Wisconsin
141* Ferdinand Goke 19 M Hanover Wisconsin
142* Heinrich Goke 17 M Hanover Wisconsin
143* Wilhelm Goke 12 M Hanover Wisconsin
144 Catharina Jost 18 W Hessia Philadelphia
145 Elisabeth Jost 15 W Hessia Philadelphia
146 Heinrich Diehl 17 M Hessia Illinois
147 Elisabeth Fuchs 17 W Hessia Chikago
148 Catharina Fuchs 27 W Hessia Chikago
149* Caspar Knoss 17 M farmer Hessia Illinois
150 Caspar Seng 30 M farmer Hessia Illinois
151 Margaretha Loos 27 W Hessia Illinois
152 Heinrich Melcher 34 M Schoemaker Hessia Illinois
153 Catharina Melcher 29 W Hessia Illinois
154 Catharina Melcher 7 W Hessia Illinois
155 Johannes Melcher 5 M Hessia Illinois
156 Carl Melcher 2y6m M Hessia Illinois
157 Conrad Melcher 6m M Hessia Illinois
158 Martin Traum 45 M farmer Hessia Illinois
159 Barbara Traum 23 W Hessia Illinois
160 Conrad Traum 17 M Hessia Illinois
161 Catharina Traum 15 W Hessia Illinois
162 Maria Traum 6 W Hessia Illinois
163 Anna Traum 8m W Hessia Illinois
164* Georg Muller II 52 M mason Hessia Illinois
165* Margaretha Muller 43 W Hessia Illinois
166* Johannes Muller 22 M Hessia Illinois
167* Elisa Muller 17 W Hessia Illinois
168 Johannes Frey 25 M mason Hessia Illinois
169 Martin Frey 22 M mason Hessia Illinois
170 Catharina Frey 52 W Hessia Illinois
171 Catharina Frey 7 W Hessia Illinois
172 Nesta Funken 59 W Hessia Illinois
173 Sophia Topp 19 W Hessia Illinois
174 Conrad Strak 26 M tailor Hessia Illinois
175* Sussanna Muller 20 W Hessia Illinois
176* Catharina Muller 18 W Hessia Illinois
177* Elisabeth Knoss 17 W Hessia Illinois
178 Heinrich Burk 55 M weaver Hessia Illinois
179 Anna Maria Burk 44 W Hessia Illinois
180 Johannes Burk 22 M Hessia Illinois
181 August Burk 15 M Hessia Illinois
182 Heinrich Burk 7 M Hessia Illinois
183 Heinrich Appel III 58 M farmer Hessia Illinois
184 Catharina Appel 51 W Hessia Illinois
185 Johannes Appel 22 M Backer Hessia Illinois
186 Heinrich Appel 7 M Hessia Illinois
187* Catharina Heidt 25 W Hessia Illinois
188 Conrad Luch 24 M farmer Hessia Illinois
189* Catharina Schneidemuller 31 W Hessia Illinois
190 Georg Muller 30 M farmer Hessia Newyork
191 Heinrich Schlenning 22 M farmer Hessia Illinois
192 Adam Wagener 26 M schoemaker Hessia Newyork
193 Sebastian Rehberger 17 M farmer Hessia St Louis
194 Heinrich Schmidt 22 M backer Hessia Newyork
195 August Unverzagt 18 M schoemaker Hessia Newyork
196 Caspar Seng 22 M tailor Hessia Newyork
197 Maria Fischer 25 W Hessia Newyork
198 Juliane Faust 20 W Hessia Illinois
199 Elisabeth Burk 53 W Hessia Illinois
200 Conrad Burk 19 M weaver Hessia Illinois
201 Heinrich Faust 32 M weaver Hessen Illinois
202 Eva Faust 26 W Hessen Illinois
203 Juliane Faust 3 W Hessen Illinois
204 Conrad Faust 10m M Hessen Illinois
205 Margaretha Feige 20 W Hessen Illinois
206 Conrad Paul 21 M weaver Hessen Illinois
207 Georg Eckhardt 28 M miner Hessen Philadelphia
208 Caspar Pfannstiehl 46 M farmer Hessen Newyork
209 Johann Pfannstiehl 18 M backer Hessen Newyork
210 Christina Pfannstiehl 15 W Hessen Newyork
211 Catharina Pfannstiehl 7y10m W Hessen Newyork
212 Maria Pfannstiehl 6 W Hessen Newyork
213 Elisabeth Merbot 15 W Hessen Illinois
214 Conrad May 33 M farmer Hessen Illinois
215 Christian Wolger 38 M jeaner Hessen Illinois
216 Catharina Batholomaie 23 W Wirtemberg Pensilvanien
217* Gottlieb Rossler 20 M butcher Wirtemberg Newyork
218 Friedrich Noehrlinger 21 M shmit Wirtemberg Newyork
219 Heinrich Neusstel 30 M backer Wirtemberg Philadelphia
220 Wilhelm Mahle 15 M jeaner Wirtemberg Philadelphia
221 Caroline Hammel 16 W Wirtemberg Newyork
222* Elisabeth Muller 19 W Wirtemberg Philadelphia
223 Friedrich Wilhelm Loos 40 M goldschmidt Wirtemberg Philadelphia
224 Auguste Schmidt 22 W Reuss Sohlein Philadelphia
225 Heinrich W Wimmler 20 M butcher Reuss Sohlein Newyork
226 Johanna Nahr 18 W Reuss Sohlein Newyork
227 Carolina Johanne
Einsiedel 15 W Reuss Sohlein Newyork
228 Johann Christian Wolfram 24 M workman Reuss Sohlein Wisconsin
229 Johann Gottlieb Hoch 28 M miller Reuss Sohlein Wisconsin
230 Johann Christian Aug
Herzog 19 M slater Reuss Sohlein Pensilvanien
231 Johanne Christ Louise
Herzog 24 W Reuss Sohlein Pensilvanien
232 Louis Friedr Chr Banger 18 M jeaner Reuss Sohlein Newyork
233 Carl H August Henniger 19 M brewer Reuss Sohlein Milliwauke
234 Louis Heinr Leinenring 25 M surgeon Reuss Sohlein Newyork
235 Heinrich Carl Leinenring 26 M tailor Reuss Sohlein Newyork
236 Ant Emilie Schmidt 17 W Reuss Sohlein Newyork
237 Amalia Car Louise Hohne 19 W Reuss Sohlein Philadelphia
238 Friedrich Gunther 24 M workman Hanover Buffalo
239 Heinrich Siekmann 43 M workman Prussia Illinois
240 Anna Maria Siekmann 45 W Prussia Illinois
241 Heinrich Wilh Neuhaus 20 M tailor Prussia Illinois
242* Heinrich Konning 31 M litographer Oldenbourgh New York
243 Hermann Fest 20 M saddler Hanover Virginien
244 Andreas Arnold 28 M tawer Hessia Newyork
245 Johannes Barkhard 18 M student Hessia Newyork
246 Johannes Hahn 36 M workman Hessia Newyork
247 Johannes Metz 27 M workman Hessia Newyork
248* Joseph Voll M weaver Hanover
249 Heinrich Mayer 26 M farmer Prussia Millewauke
250 Heinrich Nennstiehl I 32 M farmer Hessia Newyork
251 Heinrich Nennstiehl II 27 M shmit Hessia Newyork
252 Caroline Wechseler 36 W Bavaria Cincinati
253 Heinrich Brill 32 M shoemaker Hessen Philadelphia
254 Martha Elisabeth Brill 25 W Hessen Philadelphia
255 Anna Elisabeth Summer 19 W Hessen Philadelphia
256 Anna Elisabeth Zimmermann 18 W Hessen Philadelphia
257 Heinrich Wallbruch 23 M backer Prussia Newyork
258 August Windan 21 M tailor Hessia Newyork
259 Wilhelm Hedrich 27 M farmer Hessia Newyork
260 Lorenz Lorengel 24 M farmer Hanover Cincinati
261 Georg Scheidemantel 26 M mill wright Hanover Cincinati
262 Carl Peine 44 M backer Hannover Pensilvanien
263 Wilhelmine Peine 40 W Hannover Pensilvanien
264 Caroline Peine 7 W Hannover Pensilvanien
265 Louise Peine 4 W Hannover Pensilvanien
266 Heinrich Meer 26 M farmer Hannover Michigan
267 Marianne Meer 29 W Hannover Michigan
268 Catharina Fischer 27 W Hessia Newyork
269 Balthasar Gussmann 53 M jeaner Hessia Kanecticut
270 Johan Gottlieb Katter 25 M shepherd Prussia Pensilvanien
271* Heinrich Muller 33 M workman Prussia Illinois
272* Dorothea Elisabeth Muller 29 W Prussia Illinois
273* Barbara Elisabeth Muller 9m W Prussia Illinois
274 Heinrich Koch 25 M merchant Saxony Maryland
Total Number*
a) Mans 126 cab 16
b) Woumens 106 2 cab 57
c) Childers from 8/10 4 Btwn Dk 201
d) ditto 1/8 23=14
e) Babys 0/1 11 - 274
________________
250 full Passengers and 11 Babys
(Signed) J. H. Tooken
Transcriber's Notes:
* None died on the voyage, therefore the column is omitted.
* Part of Vessel column originally appeared vertically along the right edge
on each page. Here the heading appears above each group.
* Names abbreviated as indicated.
* Occupations, places of origin, and destinations are transcribed as written.
* List is numbered by the transcriber.
? Denotes illegible character due to the quality of the original.
* Passenger 1, Sex was listed "Man", thereafter all were abbreviated M or W.
* Passengers 10-13, surname, umlaut on u.
* Passenger 24, surname is probably "von Wolff".
* Passengers 35-36, surname, umlaut on u.
* Passenger 42, surname,umlaut on o.
* Passenger 71-72, surname could be Bersch or Oersch.
* Passengers 139-143, surname, umlaut on o.
* Passenger 149, surname, umlaut on o.
* Passengers 164-167, surname, umlaut on u.
* Passengers 175-176, surname, umlaut on u.
* Passenger 177, surname, umlaut on o.
* Passenger 187, at the extreme right, after the destination, the number
"52" was written without further explanation.
* Passenger 189, surname, umlaut on u.
* Passenger 217, surname, umlaut on o.
* Passenger 222, surname, umlaut on u.
* Passenger 242, surname, umlaut on o.
* Passenger 248, neither age nor destination listed.
* Passengers 271-273, surname, umlaut on u.
* Passenger 274, at the extreme right, after the destination, the number
"22" was written without further explanation.
* Total number list: This list appears in the same handwriting as the
main manifest.
It does not add up to the 274 that are actually listed.
The items off to the right appear in the same handwriting as the
Captain's signature, and this gives the correct passenger count.
The transcriber, Don Schmalbeck, was pleased to
find his great-great grandfather on this ship. He is passenger number 43,
Ernst Strecker. Ernst was born in Alsfeld, Hesse, and after arriving
in the United States, he went to work on his maternal uncle's farm in
Monee, Will County, Illinois. He served in Company "C" of the 13th
Illinois Cavalry volunteers during the Civil War, and his records are
transcribed on Rootsweb in the Illinois Civil War Project.
After the war, Ernst was a farmer in Wisconsin and then a contractor
in Chicago. He died in 1906, and is buried at Montrose Cemetery in Chicago.
His picture taken during the Civil War Click here
and for one taken later Click here.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 175, List 739.
Contributed and Transcribed by Don
Schmalbeck, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
11 September 2000
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