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Bark Cedar
There was no captain's sworn statement with this list.
List of Passengers on board the Bark Cedar, G. ?. Rohlfs, Master, from Bremen, bound to Honolulu.
Columns represent: name, age, country of origin. Most of the passengers were from Germany, until the last few passengers who were from Norway and Sweden. The destinations of the last ones are each marked on this transcription; the passengers at the beginning of the list are not all marked here, but were from Germany, according to the original.
1 Hermann Langer 35 Germany
2* August? Langer 29
3 Gustav Langer 1
4 Otto Rhien 31
5 Fritz Kohler 24
6 Heinrich Lannewehr 49
7 Dorothea Lannewehr 52
8 Wilhelm Lannewehr 18
9 Hermann Lannewehr 16
10 Doris Lannewehr 13
11 Louise Lannewehr 11
12 Georg Kobbe 38
13 Marie Kobbe 40
14 Alwine Kobbe 10
15 Marie Kobbe 4
16* Georg Kobbe ?
17 Elise Kobbe 1
18* Ludwig Ack?in 38
19 Marie Ack?in 33
20 Marie Ack?in 11
21 Louis Ack?in 7
22 Sophie Ack?in 4
23 Heinrich Ack?in 1
24 Carl Magnusson 28
25 Sophie Magnusson 30
26 Anna Magnusson 3
27 Wilhelm Borchardt 44
28 Anna Borchardt 32
29 Anna Borchardt 10
30 Carl Borchardt 8
31 Wilhelm Borchardt 7
32 Heinrich Hibbe 28
33 Caroline Hibbe 33
34 Julius Hibbe 12
35 August Stark 41
36 Johanne Stark 39
37 Ernestine Stark 17
38 Bertha Stark 13
39 Franz Stark 11
40 Hermann Stark 9
41 Wilhelm Stark 7
42 Carl Stark 4
43 Ludwig Kaus 34
44 Johanne Kaus 34
45 Heinrich Kaus 4
46* Auguste Kaus 1
47* Friedrich Muller ?
48 Margarethe Muller 40
49 Friedrich Muller 14
50 Heinrich Muller 11
51 Marie Muller 7
52 Wilhelm Muller 1
53* Friedrich Lupkemann 28
54 Sophie Lupkemann 32
55 Marie Lupkemann 2
56 Heinrich Meyer 70
57 Friedrich Meyer 42
58 Doris Meyer 43
59 Louise Meyer 14
60 Wilhelmine Meyer 12
61 Lina Meyer 5
62 Heinrich Rabe 46
63 Sophie Rabe 49
64 Minna Rabe 18
65 August Niemeyer 37
66 Marie Niemeier 38
67 Heinrich Niemeier 14
68 Marie Niemeier 8
69 August Niemeier 6
70 Minna Niemeier 3
71 Friedrich Niemeier 1
72 Heinrich Ehlers 42
73 Marie Ehlers 47
74 Heinrich Ehlers 9
75 Marie Ehlers 5
76 Friedrich Behling 37
77 Caroline Behling 35
78 Dorothea Behling 12
79 Friedrich Behling 8
80 Anna Behling 3
81 Eberhard Behling 1
82 Friedrich Harries 31
83 Anna Harries 43
84 Louise Harries 11
85 Heinrich Andermann 36
86 Anna Andermann 21
87 Heinrich Andermann 1
88 Doris Brandt 17
89 Dorette Kraas 18
90* Gustav Manthe? 28
91 Sophie Manthe? 32
92 Wilhelm Manthe? 3
93 Anna Manthe? 1
94 Robert Manthe? 26
95 Carl Kiesel 41
96 Auguste Kiesel 41
97 Emil Kiesel 12
98 Gustav Kiesel 11
99* Theodor Kiesel ?
100* Johannes Kiesel ?
101 Friedrich Kiesel 7mo
102 Johann Bomke 36
103 Marie Bomke 30
104 Johanne Bomke 7
105 Marie Bomke 7
106 Dora Bomke 5
107 Carl Bomke 1
108 Michael Kobicky 34
109 Carl Willing 28
110 Emil Schallock 23
111 Christian Brandt 23
112* Heinrich Gollner 34
113 Wilhelm Muller 21
114 Friedrich Andersson 29 Sweden
115* Bernhard Berg??sen 25 Norway
116 Carl Olsen 25 Sweden
117 Ole Finster 21 Norway
118 Ludwig Christensen 26 Norway
119 Hans Ellefsen 18 Norway
120 Jenssen Blackstedt 27 Norway
121 Marie Blackstedt 28 Norway
122 Theodor Blackstedt 6 Norway
123 Anna Blackstedt 2 Norway
124 Edward Larssen 27 Norway
125 Carl Christensen 17 Norway
126 Lars Fredriksen 36 Sweden
127 Ida Fredriksen 24 Sweden
128 Betti Andermann born on board
(Signed) Rohlfs, Master of Ceder
June 18th, 1881
74 paid by H. Hackfeld, $148.
Transcriber's Notes:
The ship's name was spelled both Ceder and Cedar on the original,
but was spelled Cedar more often.
These passengers on the Cedar were being transported to Hawaii to
work on the sugar plantations. Other ships carrying workers
from Germany and Norway for the sugar fields were the Musca,
the Beta, the Ehrenfels, and the Iolani, and probably some others.
More can be read on-line on the subject of Germans immigrating
to Hawaii in Hawaii Guide and in Islander Magazine. According to
the article in the Islander, about half of the immigrants on the
Cedar remained in Hawaii after their work contracts had expired.
The immigrants on the Musca and the Beta were from the Scandinavian
countries, though there were a few on the Cedar, with its mostly
German passengers.
There is also information on the subject of these Germans in an
article entitled "To Hawaii First" written by Mary Van Epps, from
information by Joan Buhler. The article was published in
"The German Connection" Vol. 22, No. 2, page 23.
According to that article, about 1200 Germans had gone to Hawaii by
the late 1890's and most went to work on the island of Kaua'i. One of
the main developers of the sugar industry in Hawaii was Claus Spreckels
who was born in Lamstedt, Germany, in 1828. He has been spotted on several
of the other lists, not yet transcribed, with his wife and family,
traveling to Hawaii from San Francisco in the 1880's. Spreckels was
eventually a major landholder on the island of Maui, as well as a
sugar refiner.
Captain's middle initial not legible.
Passenger Notes:
#2 first name possibly Auguste, but very dark copy.
#16 this child was crossed off, probably died on the voyage.
Age could be 2 or 3.
#18-23 surname something like Ackzin or Ackain or Ackrin.
#46 Auguste was written in above the line, and a name was crossed off,
looks like Mary, but not sure. Also cannot be certain if the one
crossed off was a mistake or died. Not a good copy.
#47 very faded area, cannot read his age.
#47-52 surname spelled with umlaut u.
#53-55 surname spelled with umlaut u.
#90-94 surname could be Manther or Manthes or Manthei perhaps.
#99-100 very dark area, ages not legible.
#112 surname spelled with umlaut o.
#115 surname could be Bergessen or Bergersen or Bergesen.
Correspondence 4/15/02 passenger #62-64 & #109 Rabe, Willing
My Great-grandmother came over with her parents on the Ceder in 1881. They
were passengers #62-64, the RABE family. Minna RABE was an only child and after
the ship landed in Lihue, Kauai, she married Carl WILLING, a passenger on the
same ship (#109). They settled in Hawaii after the contract was finished and
they had 12 children. Carl Willing was a forester and served as the Minister of
Forestry for King Kalakaua and for the Republic of Hawaii.
All the sons in this family became tradesmen in Honolulu. One was a jeweler,
another an engineer on the RR, another a type setter for the Honolulu Star
Bulletin.
I am trying to find all the descendants of these 12 children. I found one
daughter who married and settled in Maine. Most stayed in Hawaii and I just
need to connect with their children and grandchildren. I would love to
communicate with anyone connecting with this couple and their children. I am
especially interested in taking the family back to Germany and discovering
the parents of Carl Willing. Noelani Willing Phillips
Correspondence 07/19/02 passengers Niemeyer
My great-great grandparents, August and Marie NIEMEYER, travelled to
Hawaii aboard the Ceder with their five children. They settled in Kauai
and worked on the sugar plantations. Two more children were born to the
Niemeyers while they lived in Hawaii: my great-grandmother, Anna Sophie
Minna Niemeyer (b. 5 August 1882 in Lihue, Kauai) and her younger brother,
Carl Christian Fritz Heinrich Niemeyer (b. 1 June 1886 also in Lihue, Kauai).
In 1887, the family left Hawaii and travelled to Washington State where
they settled permanently in the area around Tacoma, WA.
None of the Niemeyer sons married, so this line is carried on only by the
descendants of the three daughters, Marie (#68), Minna (#70), and my
great-grandmother, Anna.
The eldest daughter, Marie (#68), married fellow passenger, Gustav KIESEL
(#98). They lived in Tacoma and Seattle, WA and I believe they had three
children. Minna (#70) married John BENTHIEN. They also had three children
and lived in Tacoma.
Passengers #62-63, Heinrich and Sophie Rabe, were the godparents of the
Niemeyer children Anna and Carl who were born in Lihue.
I would love to compare and exchange information with anyone
researching these families. If anyone is researching these families, please
email Sarah Haude
Correspondence 03/31/2003 passengers #95-97 Keisel
I'm the gggrand-daughter of Carl Friedrich and Frieda Augusta Kiesel
through their son Emil Augusta Franz Kiesel (b 2 Sep 1868 Breman, Ger ,
d. 19 Jan 1943 Tacoma, WA) who marries Emma Rosalia Schock. Emma
Schock's father was Gustave Fred Michael Schock who had also emigrated
to Kauai, Hawaii on an unknown vessel from Germany.
We have a very descriptive letter of the voyage on our web site written
by Jensen Blackstad/Blackstedt from Norway. His family has generously
allowed this very vivid chronical of the beginnings to the end of the
voyage to be published on our web site.
http://www.next1000.com/family/GRUBB/kiesel.KF.html
http://www.next1000.com/family/GRUBB/kauai.blackstad.html
We would love to correspond with others with information on the families
above or on the life on Kauai. Cheryl Christenson
Note on passenger #120 Jenssen Blackstedt
See note above for journal of voyage by Jensen Blackstad/Blackstedt.
List found in the Hawaiian Archives, filmed by the Latter Day Saints, film #1009627.
Contributed and Transcribed by Mary Koelzer a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
28 March 2001
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