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Brig Antoinette
List of Passengers Arrived from foreign ports in the port of Galveston in the Second Quarter 1848. Vessel: Brig Antoinette whereof Wessels is Master, from Bremen.
Columns represent: Name, Country to which they formerly belong, Country to which they intend to belong, Occupation, Age.
1 Francis Trever Lagrange,Texas Texas Merchant 36
2* Louise Trevor Damme Texas 24
3 Otto Schlomer Berlin Texas Merchant 27
4 Albert Urbahn Barmen Texas Architect 28
5 Robert Fanssen Berlin Texas Merchant 26
6 Fredeni Schlecht Bunzlan Texas Coppersmith 32
7 Lena Sluve Dechta Texas Seamstress 25
8 Wilh^ma Reden Machenbrach Texas without 30
9 George Markmann Hamburg Texas Merchant 32
10* Frne Markmann Hamburg Texas 27
11 Anna Markmann Hamburg Texas 5
12 George Markmann Hamburg Texas 4
13 William Hune Hamburg Texas Merchant 24
14* Aug Stacke Frees Town Texas Merchant 23
15* John Donnhofer Feudingen Texas Farmer 27
16* Henry Sassmann hausen Laasphenhutte Texas Smith 51
17 John Henry Marbergen Laasphenhutte Texas Weaver 27
18* Christine Marbergen Laasphenhutte Texas 45
19 John Peter Gobel Grossbach Texas Tailor 26
20* Fredeni Donnhofer Feudingen Texas Farmer 31
21* Mary Donnhofer Feudingen Texas 26
22* Elisa Donnhofer Feudingen Texas 1
23* Fast Wunderlich Feudingen Texas 37
24* Mary Elisa Wunderlich Feudingen Texas 37
25 Elisa Wunderlich Feudingen Texas 11
26 Fredeni Wunderlich Feudingen Texas 10
27 Henry Wunderlich Feudingen Texas 3
28 John Kruger Springberg Texas Farmer 38
29 John Gambel Wesdorf Texas Carpenter 57
30* Cly Gambel Wesdorf Texas 45
31 Jacob Gambel Wesdorf Texas 24
32 John Gambel Wesdorf Texas 15
33 Fredeni Gambel Wesdorf Texas 11
34 Catharine Gambel Wesdorf Texas 18
35* William Greis Wesdorf Texas Sadler 45
36* Fredeni Gross Wesdorf Texas Waggonmaster 33
37* Marguerite Gross Wesdorf Texas 29
38 Wilhine Gross Wesdorf Texas 2
39 Fredeni Carl Gross born on board Texas
40 Jacob Martin Hammenn Texas Farmer 24
41 Peter Martin Hammenn Texas Farmer 59
42 Barbara Scheler Hammenn Texas without 21
43* Rnd Charles Engelke Meagoberg Texas Machinist 25
44* John Henry Stenberg Bicken Texas Meason 56
45* Wilh^me Stenberg Bicken Texas 50
46 John George Stenberg Bicken Texas 21
47 Henry Charles Stenberg Bicken Texas 19
48 Henry Stenberg Bicken Texas without 16
49 Wilh^me Stenberg Bicken Texas without 13
50 William Stenberg Bicken Texas without 10
51 Lewis Kuntz Dresbach Texas Smith 55
52* Mary Kuntz Dresbach Texas 50
53 Elizabeth Kuntz Dresbach Texas 25
54 Henry Kuntz Dresbach Texas 21
55 William Henry Kuntz Dresbach Texas 18
56 Fredeni Kuntz Dresbach Texas 12
57* Lorchen Kuntz Dresbach Texas 10
58* Conrad Kuntz Dresbach Texas 4
59 John George Herold Hammenn Texas Farmer 39
60* Marguerite Herold Hammenn Texas 54
61 Barbara Roth Hammenn Texas without 16
62 Henry F Wiemann Engler Texas Farmer 24
63 John Henry Voskamp Engler Texas Farmer 32
64 Elise Obermann Engler Texas without 29
65 Charlotte Keyser Engler Texas without 26
66 F Aug Waumann Chemnitz Texas Weaver 27
67 Daniel Kuhn Kul Golla Texas Shoemaker 30
68 Auguste Waumann Dresden Texas 27
69 John Samuel Richter Dresden Texas Joiner 55
70* Christian Richter Dresden Texas 50
71 John Dredeni Richter Dresden Texas Joiner 26
72 Auguste Richter Dresden Texas Joiner 25
73 Wilh^me Richter Dresden Texas without 19
74 Henriette Richter Dresden Texas without 18
75 Auguste Richter Dresden Texas without 15
76 Hermann Richter Dresden Texas without 13
77 Fredeni Kayser Headen Texas Farmer 57
78* Gesina Kayser Headen Texas 55
79 Gesina Kayser Headen Texas 16
80* Ferd W^m Meyer Ehlentrich Texas Farmer 21
81 Eliz Rotinghaus Damme Texas Servant 22
82* Amalie Schroder Damme Texas Servant 23
Transcriber's Notes:
* The use of an * indicates an omission or error made by the original
recorder.
? The use of an ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read, due to
quality of original document.
* The first four columns on the manifest were: Date: June 13th; Name of Vessel:
Brig Antoinette Master's Name: Wessels; Where From: Bremen.
* Annotation at end of list reads: "In all 83 Passengers", but total count was
82; unsure if writer of list was including the Ship's Master as a passenger
or not.
* Annotation at botton of list reads: "District of Texas Port of Galveston" ..
in pencil was written: "Collectors Office, June 30 1848 James Hayden, D.
Coll".
Passenger Notes:
# 1 - "/citizen/" written after name.
# 2 - "born Eilans" written after name.
#10 - First name appears to be "Frne" or "Frue". had "born Hund" written after
name.
#14 - First name appears to be "Aug" or "Ang".
#15 - could be Dornhofer or Dornhoefer
#16 - Last name hausen was not Capitalized.
#18 - "born Bote" written after name. Surname could be Marberger / Marburger
#20-22 could be Dornhofer or Dornhoefer (#20 first name likely Friedrich)
#21 - "born Gerhard" written after name.
#23 - First name appears to be "Fast" or "Fust".
#24 - "born Wied" written after name.
#30 - First name appears to be "Cly" or "Ay".
#35 - Believe occupation should be spelt "Saddler".
#36 - Believe occupation should be spelt "Wagon Master".
#37 - "born Gambel" written after name.
#43 - First name appears to be "Rnd" or "Rud".
#44 - Believe occupation should be spelt "Mason".
#45 - "born Bove" written after name.
#52 - "born Stoffen" written after name.
#57 - First name appears to be "Lorchen" or "Loschen".
#58 - Age was written as "4 1/2" 4y6m
#60 - "born Buchmain" written after name.
#70 - "born Wagner" written after name.
#78 - "born Kanning" written after name.
#80 - First name appears to be "Ferd" or "Fend".
#82 - First name appears to be "Amalie" or "Amalue".
Correspondence 3/2/02 passenger #6 Schlecht
from the book by passenger Friedrich Schlecht:
"Mein Ausflug nach Texas" 1851, which I translated into English under
the title: "On To Texas!" 1998. Friedrich Schlecht was a passenger
onboard the ship Antoinette that sailed from Bremerhaven, Germany to
Galveston, Texas in the spring of 1848.
Charles Patrick
P.O. Box 711
Manor, TX 78653
On To Texas
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M575, Reel 3.
Transcribed by Robert L. Claggett a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
6 June 2001
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