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Ship Magdalene


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Bremen, Germany to New Orleans
5 November 1859

DISTRICT OF NEW ORLEANS - PORT OF NEW ORLEANS*
I, H. Henke, Master of the Bremen Ship Magdalene, 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 Orleans, 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 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) H. Henke
Sworn to this 5th day of Nov. 1859 Before me (signed) Thomas Shields, Coltr.
List or Manifest Of all the Passengers taken on board the Bremen Ship Magdalene whereof Henke is Master, from Bremen burthen 1274 tons.
Columns represent: Passenger number*, Names, Age (years and 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 they occupied* .
			Cabin Passengers

  1  Ph. Preetorius               38y 2m Male   Tanner      Germany      Indiana
  2  Anna Bart                    32     Female             Germany      Indiana
  3  Anna Preetorius              12     Female             Germany      Indiana
  4  Wilhelm Preetorius            9y 6m Male               Germany      Indiana
  5  Louise Preetorius             7y 6m Female             Germany      Indiana
  6  Marie Preetorius             66     Female             Germany      Indiana
  7  Elise Preetorius              5     Female             Germany      Indiana
  8  Phillip Preetorius            3     Male               Germany      Indiana
  9  Auguste Preetorius            2     Female             Germany      Indiana
 10  Alvin Grimmer                19y 6m Male   Merchant    Germany      Louisiana
 11  L. Heldman                   23y 6m Male   Merchant    New Orleans  New Orleans
 12  Anna Kuchler                 21     Female             New Orleans  New Orleans

			Steerage Passengers

 13  Catharine Tanners            35     Female             Alabama      Alabama
 14  Heinrich Tanners              9y 6m Male               Germany      Alabama
 15  Rebecca Tanners               8     Female             Germany      Alabama
 16  Margaretha Freymuth          68     Female             Germany      Alabama
 17  Joh. Died^ch Tanners          0y 6m Male               Alabama      Alabama
 18  Claus Stockmann              32     Male   Blacksmith  Germany      Alabama
 19  Hinrich Strocker             22     Male   Laborer     Germany      Alabama
 20  Rebecca Muller               22     Female Servant     Germany      Alabama
 21  Gerh^d H^ch Lammert          46     Male   Farmer      Germany      Missouri
 22  Cath. Elise Ellinghaus       52     Female             Germany      Missouri
 23  Joh. Math. Lammert           16     Male               Germany      Missouri
 24  Margarethe Elisabeth Lammert 13     Female             Germany      Missouri
 25  Eber. H^ch Kamper            52     Male   Farmer      Germany      Indiana
 26  Marie Elisabeth Kamper       22     Female Servant     Germany      Indiana
 27  Berradine Kamper             17     Female             Germany      Indiana
 28  Adam Heinrich Kamper         15     Male               Germany      Indiana
 29  Gerhard H^ch Kamper           9     Male               Germany      Indiana
 30  Christoph H^ch Fosskuhler    41     Male   Engineer    Germany      Missouri
 31  Juliane Allendorf            31     Female             Germany      Missouri
 32  Elise Fosskuhler              8     Female             Germany      Missouri
 33  Marie Fosskuhler              5     Female             Germany      Missouri
 34  Anna Fosskuhler               3     Female             Germany      Missouri
 35  Maria Pohler                 23     Female             Germany      Missouri
 36  Catharine Elisabeth Beckmann 17     Female Servant     Germany      Missouri
 37  Helene Abel                  78     Female             Germany      Missouri
 38* Heinrich Kater               33     Male   ??????      Missouri     Missouri
 39  Anna Marie Kater             23     Female Servant     Germany      Missouri
 40  Mathaus Slepper              22     Male   Farmer      Germany      Missouri
 41  Hermann Slepper              27     Male   Carpenter   Kentucky     Kentucky
 42  Anna Slepper                 24     Female Servant     Germany      Kentucky
 43  Catharine Heinritz           26     Female             Germany      Louisiana
 44  Wilhelmine Burghard          23     Female             Germany      Kentucky
 45  Johanne Lutner               23     Female             Germany      Louisiana
 46  Rebecca Vorwerks             24     Female             Germany      Mississippi
 47  Johannes Hermes              42     Male   Farmer      Germany      Texas
 48  Elisabeth Schulte            36     Female             Germany      Texas
 49  Johannes Hermes              18     Male               Germany      Texas
 50  Caspar Hermes                15     Male               Germany      Texas
 51  Heinrich Hermes              14     Male               Germany      Texas
 52  Elisabeth Hermes             13     Female             Germany      Texas
 53  Joseph Hermes                10     Male               Germany      Texas
 54  Franz Hermes                  9     Male               Germany      Texas
 55  Peter Hermes                  2     Male               Germany      Texas
 56  Ferdinand Hermes              0y 6m Male               Germany      Texas
 57  Engelbert Bohmer             26     Male   Farmer      Germany      Texas
 58  Joseph Schulte               28     Male   Mason       Germany      Texas
 59  Franziska Tuch               29     Female             Germany      Texas
 60  Franziska Schulte             0y 6m Female             Germany      Texas
 61  Marie Schulte                21     Female Servant     Germany      Texas
 62  Georg Degen                  36     Male   Wheelwright Missouri     Missouri
 63  Carl Johann Gohrig           20     Male   Laborer     Germany      Missouri
 64* ????? Schulze                27     Male   Shoemaker   Louisiana    Louisiana
 65  Anna Junke                   21     Female             Germany      Louisiana
 66  Christian Tulke              42     Male   Joiner      Germany      Louisiana
 67  Theodore Junger              25     Male   Farmer      Missouri     Missouri
 68  Marie Lemon                  28     Female             Missouri     Missouri
 69  Joh^n. Melodine Tuhke        19     Female Servant     Germany      Louisiana
 70  Heinrich Moller              24     Male   Merchant    Missouri     Missouri
 71  Josephine Nolting            15     Female Servant     Germany      Missouri
 72  Phillip Nolting              15     Male   Student     Germany      Missouri
 73  Michel Kisshauer             49     Male   Farmer      Louisiana    Louisiana
 74  Josephine Wunderlich         33     Female             Louisiana    Louisiana
 75  Auguste Kisshauer             7     Female             Louisiana    Louisiana
 76  Pauline Brautigam            19     Female             Germany      Louisiana
 77  Gottfried Pfau               34     Male   Farmer      Germany      Louisiana
 78  Amalie Trummann              31     Female             Germany      Louisiana
 79  Emil Pfau                     7     Male               Germany      Louisiana
 80  Emilie Pfau                   5     Female             Germany      Louisiana
 81  Pauline Pfau                  3     Female             Germany      Louisiana
 82  Wilhelm Rekate               18     Male   Merchant    Germany      Missouri
 83  Friedrich Noth               20     Male   Joiner      Germany      Wisconsin
 84  Heinrich Wolters             31     Male   Merchant    New Orleans  New Orleans
 85  Anna Wolters                 26     Female Servant     Germany      Kentucky
 86  Meta Wolters                 21     Female             Germany      Kentucky
 87  Catharine Block              17     Female             Germany      Kentucky
 88  Anna Hogemann                22     Female             Germany      New Orleans
 89  Meta Hogemann                24     Female             Germany      New Orleans
 90  Johann Becker                60     Male   Shoemaker   Germany      Missouri
 91* Wopke Schroeder              58     Female             Germany      Missouri
 92  Claus Becker                 25     Male   Shoemaker   Germany      Missouri
 93  Anna Becker                  21     Female Servant     Germany      Missouri
 94  Adelheid Becker              19     Female Servant     Germany      Missouri
 95  Claus Renken                 21     Male   Laborer     Germany      New Orleans
 96  Margaretha Adelheid Renken   25     Female             Germany      New Orleans
 97  Heinrich Bohling             47     Male   Farmer      Germany      Missouri
 98* Adelheid Brunings            39     Female             Germany      Missouri
 99  Meta Bohling                 14     Female             Germany      Missouri
100  Henrich Bohling              10     Male               Germany      Missouri
101  Johann Bohling                8     Male               Germany      Missouri
102* Friedrich Bohling             6     Male               Germany      Missouri
103  Herrmann Bohling              4     Male               Germany      Missouri
104  Diedrich Stelling            22     Male   Laborer     Germany      Missouri
105* Margarethe Trenzel           19     Female Servant     Germany      Missouri
106  Johann Diedrich Bellmann     22     Male   Laborer     Germany      Missouri
107  Marie Muller                 40     Female             New Orleans  New Orleans
108  Marie Borger                 58     Female             Germany      Kentucky
109  Louise Borger                17     Female             Germany      Kentucky
110  Wilhelm Borger               24     Male               Germany      Kentucky
111  Joseph Kumming               14     Male               Germany      Kentucky
112  Marie Catharine Westholdtz   56     Female Servant     Germany      Missouri
113  Catharine Westholdtz         23     Female             Germany      Missouri
114  Heinrich Westholdtz          15     Male               Germany      Missouri
115  Franz Doze                   25     Male   Farmer      Missouri     Missouri
116  Charlotte Doze               22     Female             Germany      Missouri
117  Wilhelmine Doze              17     Female             Germany      Missouri
118  Bernhard Hamers              23     Male   Slater      Germany      Missouri
119  Heinrich Voss                30     Male               Germany      Missouri
120  Friedrich Fricke             57     Male   Carpenter   Germany      Missouri
121  Catherine Marie Meiers       47     Female             Germany      Missouri
122  Friedrich Fricke             14     Male               Germany      Missouri
123  Christoph Wilhelm Langhorst  46     Male   Shoemaker   Missouri     Missouri
124  Wilhelmine Riesmaier         56     Female             Germany      Missouri
125  Johanne Schutter             18     Female Servant     Germany      Missouri
126  Charlotte Kruse              30     Female             Germany      Missouri
127  Harm Blanke                  56     Male   Farmer      Germany      Missouri
128  Adelheid Moller              47     Female             Germany      Missouri
129  Metta Blanke                 19     Female             Germany      Missouri
130  Anna Blanke                  17     Female             Germany      Missouri
131  Adelheid Blanke              14     Female             Germany      Missouri
132  Stephen Blanke               12     Male               Germany      Missouri
133  Harm Blanke                   9     Male               Germany      Missouri
134  Martin Blanke                 7     Male               Germany      Missouri
135  Ferdinand Brekner            35     Male   Farmer      Germany      Missouri
136  Marie Anna Winter            39     Female             Germany      Missouri
137  Marie Bremer                  7     Female             Germany      Missouri
138  Elisabeth Bremer              0y 6m Female             Germany      Missouri
139  Anna Marie Kuntze            65     Female             Germany      Missouri
140  Alexander Wolf               59     Male   Merchant    Germany      New Orleans
141  Samuel Wolf                  14     Male               Germany      New Orleans
142  Friedrich Marten             24     Male   Farmer      Germany      Missouri
143  Wilhelm Lubbert              19     Male               Germany      Missouri
144  Friedrich Lutkemeier         17     Male   Joiner      Germany      Missouri
145  Carl Hesse                   24     Male   Laborer     Germany      Illinois
146  Friedrich Hagemann           20     Male   Laborer     Germany      Ohio
147  Friedrich Henke              20     Male               Germany      Ohio
148  Ferdinand Kroger             17     Male               Germany      Missouri
149  Friedrich Kroger             26     Male               Germany      Missouri
150  Friedrich Bremeier           21     Male   Laborer     Germany      Ohio
151  Christian Kreft              25     Male   Farmer      Germany      Ohio
152  Wilhelm Luttermann           18     Male               Germany      Ohio
153  Wilhelm Franke               21     Male   Wheelwright Germany      Ohio
154  Friedrich Spreen             21     Male   Farmer      Germany      Missouri
155  Wilhelm Steinkamp            23     Male   Laborer     Germany      Missouri
156  Wilhelm Kroger               26     Male   Farmer      Germany      Missouri
157  Wilhelm Kampelmann           16     Male   Farmer      Germany      Missouri
158  Elisabeth Metten             18     Female Servant     Germany      Kentucky
159  Conrad Bruning               21     Male   Farmer      Germany      Missouri
160  Wilhelm Borgmaier            18     Male   Slater      Germany      Kentucky
161  Caspar Poppe                 33     Male   Laborer     Germany      Kentucky
162  Catharine Marie Konig        21     Female Servant     Germany      Kentucky
163  Wilhelm Wagner               28     Male   Joiner      Germany      Missouri
164  Magdalene Gran               30     Female             Germany      New Orleans
165  Amalie Gran                   7y 6m Female             Germany      New Orleans
166  Gerhard Kolthoff             20     Male   Farmer      Germany      Missouri
167  Joh. Berning                 21     Male               Germany      Missouri
168  Catharine Berning            19     Female             Germany      Missouri
			  Correct surname is BEHRNING - See correspondence below
 
169  Hermann Schroeder            25     Male   Baker       Louisiana    New Orleans
170  Joh. Georg Mittendorf        51     Male   Farmer      Germany      Missouri
171  Marie Stumburg               52     Female             Germany      Missouri
172  Heinrich Mittendorf          10     Male               Germany      Missouri
173  Elise Mittendorf              8     Female             Germany      Missouri
174  Margaretha Kamphaus          21     Female Servant     Germany      Missouri
175  Marie Vording                20     Female             Germany      Missouri
176  Christoph H^ch Duvendack     32     Male   Farmer      Germany      Missouri
177  Marie Elisabeth Rogemeier    30     Female             Germany      Missouri
178  Marie Elisabeth Duvendack     7     Female             Germany      Missouri
179  Marie Engel Duvendack         5     Female             Germany      Missouri
180  Catharine Engel Duvendack     3     Female             Germany      Missouri
181  Catharine Marie Duvendack     0y 6m Female             Germany      Missouri
182  Gerh^d H^ch Mesche           22     Male   Farmer      Germany      Missouri
183  Catharine Marie Hogemeier    28     Female             Germany      Missouri
184  Gerhard Victor Kanke         32     Male   Blacksmith  Germany      Missouri
185  Catharine Marie Gronefeld    30     Female             Germany      Missouri
186  Marie Engel Kanke             9     Female             Germany      Missouri
187  Johann Heinrich Kanke         7     Male               Germany      Missouri
188  Adam Ludwig Kanke             6     Male               Germany      Missouri
189  Anna Marie Kanke              4     Female             Germany      Missouri
190  Gerhard Heinrich Kanke        3     Male               Germany      Missouri
191  Joh. Friedrich Kanke          0y 6m Male               Germany      Missouri
192  Joh. Heinrich Kanke          60     Male               Germany      Missouri
193  Joh. Adam Beckmann           28     Male               Germany      Missouri
194  Catharine Ellinghaus         33     Female Servant     Germany      Missouri
195  Jurgen Hch. Ruhl              7     Male               Germany      Missouri
196  Cord H^ch Ruckemann          36     Male   Farmer      Germany      Iowa
197  Caroline Waltke              28     Female             Germany      Iowa
198  Christian Ruckemann           6     Male               Germany      Iowa
199  Heinrich Ruckemann            2     Male               Germany      Iowa
200  August Grannemann            19     Male   Farmer      Germany      Iowa
201  Hch. Meyer                   22     Male               Germany      Iowa
202  Marie Waltgen                56     Female             Germany      Missouri
203  Heinrich Waltgen             19     Male               Germany      Missouri
204  Louise Waltgen               16     Female             Germany      Missouri
205  Ludwig von Behrend           15     Male   Joiner      Germany      Missouri
206  Fried^ch Wilh^m Meybohm      53     Male   Joiner      Germany      Missouri
207  Marie Elisabeth Horstmann    46     Female             Germany      Missouri
208  Fried^ch Christian Meybohm   18     Male               Germany      Missouri
209  Marie Louise Meybohm         14     Female             Germany      Missouri
210  Fried^ch Wilh^m Chr. Meybohm  9     Male               Germany      Missouri
211  Joh^n Gerh^d Abel            17     Male   Farmer      Germany      Missouri
212  Caroline Borgmann            18     Female             Germany      Missouri
213  Christine Tielking           18     Female             Germany      Ohio
214* Wilhelm Tuting               14     Male               Germany      Missouri
215  Sophie Tielemann             23     Female             Germany      Missouri
216  Catharine Niemann            24     Female             Germany      Ohio
217  Margaretha Tonjes            36     Female             Germany      Missouri
218  Catharine Feldhaus           23     Female             Germany      Missouri
219  Gerd Wilhelm Stunken         24     Male   Tailor      Germany      Missouri
220  John. H^ch Heckert           22     Male   Tailor      Germany      Missouri
221  John. Wm. Bruns              22     Male   Farmer      Germany      Missouri
222  Anna Kreye                   26     Female Servant     Germany      Missouri
223  Auguste Baumeyer             20     Female             Germany      Missouri
224  Joh^n H^ch Tolken            59     Male   Farmer      Germany      Missouri
225  Adelheid Tolken              26     Female             Germany      Missouri
226  Joh^n Rolfes                 22     Male   Joiner      Germany      Missouri
227  Joh^n Wm. Hemmen             26     Male   Farmer      Germany      Missouri
228  Adelheid Hemmen              23     Female             Germany      Missouri
229  Marie Gesine Geifler         25     Female Servant     Germany      Missouri
230  Bernard Hapster              28     Male   Farmer      Germany      Missouri
231  Eber^d Hapster               24     Male               Germany      Missouri
232  Helena Hapster               60     Female             Germany      Missouri
233  Gesine Moller                25     Female Servant     Germany      Missouri
234  Anna Marie Becker            18     Female             Germany      Missouri
235  Tekla Becker                 21     Female             Germany      Missouri
236  Bernhard Becker              27     Male   Farmer      Germany      Missouri
237  Marie Schmidt                19     Female Servant     Germany      Missouri
238  Gesine Cossen                26     Female             Germany      Missouri
239  Caroline Kruger              26     Female             Germany      Ohio
240  Marie Kloster                27     Female             Germany      Ohio
241  Johann Wester                18     Male   Farmer      Germany      Missouri
242  Gerhard Herrmann Bruns       32     Male   Farmer      Germany      Missouri
243  Elisabeth Lammers            27     Female             Germany      Missouri
244  Joh. Bernard Ostermann       26     Male   Carpenter   Germany      Missouri
245  Alexander Schuhmacher        19     Male   Carpenter   Germany      Ohio
246  Marie Herbes                 26     Female Servant     Germany      Missouri
247  Christine Pieper             18     Female             Germany      Ohio
248  Herrmann Feye                28     Male   Blacksmith  Germany      Missouri

249  Tekla Behrensen              29     Female             Germany      Missouri
250  Helena Behrensen             20     Female             Germany      Missouri
251  Heinrich Stellbring          15     Male   Farmer      Germany      New Orleans
252  Helene Stellbring            17     Female             Germany      New Orleans
253  Anna Meyer                   26     Female Servant     Germany      Missouri
254  Bernard H^ch Haake           31     Male   Farmer      Germany      Missouri
255  Anna Marie Eilers            22     Female             Germany      Missouri
256  Anna Marie Haake              0y 6m Female             Germany      Missouri
257  Theodor Bitter               18     Male   Carpenter   Germany      Ohio
258  Margarethe Heggert           24     Female Servant     Germany      Missouri
259  Gesine Hindrichs             35     Female Servant     Germany      Missouri
260  Joh. Nicolas Janssen         18     Male   Baker       Germany      Ohio
261  Maria Scheligh               45     Female Servant     Germany      Missouri
262  August Scheligh              17     Male   Tailor      Germany      Missouri
263  Marie Scheligh               12     Female             Germany      Missouri
264  Albert Scheligh               8     Male               Germany      Missouri
265  Anna Scheligh                 7     Female             Germany      Missouri
266  Henriette Held               19     Female Servant     Germany      Missouri


Transcriber's Notes:

*  Asterisks indicate transcriber's notes.

?  Question marks indicate illegible letters.

^  Carets indicate missing letters followed by a superscripted letter or
   letters.

*  Passenger numbers did not appear on original, but have been added for
   reference.

*  This was a Port of New York form, with New York references changed to New
   Orleans.

*  The last two columns were eliminated from this transcription:
   The two passengers who died are listed in the footnotes.
   The part of ship occupied column was blank.

*  Most wives on this manifest were listed by their maiden names.

*  Occupations have been listed only where spelled out or "do" written. Many
   others of all ages and sex have "squiggle" marks, which may or may not
   indicate ditto marks.


Passenger Notes:

*  Surnames of the following passengers contained an umlaut:

       Umlaut over a: 76.
       Umlaut over o: 19, 35, 57, 63, 88-89, 108-110, 128, 148-149, 156, 162,
                      175, 217, 224-225, 233.
       Umlaut over u: 12, 20, 30, 32-34, 65-67, 98, 107, 125, 143-144, 159, 196,
                      198-199, 214, 239.

*  Given names of the following passengers contained an umlaut:

       Umlaut over o: 91.
       Umlaut over u: 195.

*  Many passengers are enclosed by brackets, to indicate travel as a family or
   group.  Following are those so-marked:
       47-56, 57-61, 64-65, 67-68, 72-76, 77-82, 84-86, 90-94, 95-96, 97-103,
       108-111, 112-114, 115-117, 120-122, 127-134, 135-139, 166-168, 170-175,
       176-183, 184-193, 194-195, 196-205, 224-225, 227-228, 230-232, 248-250,
       261-265.

# 38 - Can't read occupation; area too dark.
# 64 - Dark area that appears to have been taped; first name not legible.
# 91 - Given name later spelled Wübke.
# 98 - Surname should be Brüning (no s).
#102 - Correct given name is known to have been Diedrich.
#105 - Correct surname believed to be Krenzel.
#214 - First name Friedrich crossed out and changed to Wilhelm.


		Personal Notes

Several families and individuals from the Kingdom of Hanover settled in the
Cole Camp area of Benton County, Missouri and adjoining parts of Morgan and
Pettis Counties (see German Immigrants):

# 90-# 94 - John Becker family:  John's wife Wübke (Schroeder) Becker may have
       been a sister of  Claus Schroeder #400, as the Becker's were in the
       Schroeder household 1860.  John and Wübke both died in Benton County
       1880.
# 93 - was Claus Becker's wife Anna (Renken) Becker, born Ostersode, Hanover.
       Claus was killed 1861 in the Battle of Cole Camp, and Anna married Henry
       Heimsoth 1863, died 1913.
# 94 - Adelheid Becker was in H. D. Heimsoth household Benton County 1860 and
       married John Henry Clausen of Pettis County in 1863.

# 95 - Claus Renken, brother of # 93 Anna (Renken) Becker, died in Benton
       County 1908.

# 96 - Margaretha Adelheid Renken, wife of Claus Renken #95 (maiden name also
       Renken).  Married shortly before voyage in Gnarrenburg, Hanover.

# 97-#103 - Henry Bohling family, from Wörpedorf, Hanover. Henry died in Benton
       County about 1890.

#104 - Casper Diedrich Stelling from Seehausen, Hanover. Married Catherine
       Traugott in Benton County 1866, died 1914.

#105 - Believed to be Margaret Krenzel. In Henry Harms household Benton County
       1860, married Christoph Brandt in Morgan County 1862.

#106 - John Diedrich Bellman. In John Hucker household Benton County 1860,
       later fate unknown.

	Correspondence March 8, 2002 passengers #251 & 252 Stellbring/Spellbring
The spelling of the name should be Spellbring instead of Stellbring.
Henrich Spellbring, settled in Cincinnati, Ohio and married Mary Centner.
Inquries can be made to Mary McDonald

Correspondence January 9, 2003 passengers #235 Becker
There are several Becker's on that ship but this Tekla Becker was born in
Breddenberg, Germany. This area is now called "Emsland" (also see www.emslanders.com) .
After she arrived in New Orleans she travelled to St. Louis, MO and on June 19, 1860
married Johann Hermanus Gebken (John H.) at the St. Peter & Paul's church in the
same city. They had 5 children with the names Anna, Helena, Henry A., John H. jr., Mary

Anna Thekla Becker was born on July 28, 1838, she died on June 12, 1893 in
St. Louis, MO. I have a copy of the obit in a newspaper ("Die Westliche Post",
page 4, Wed. 14 June 1893).

Information on John H. Gebken:
His mother's name was: Toebe (Tabitha) Stricker, born in 1789 in Lorup, died
on Oct. 22, 1874 in Breddenberg, she was buried in Boerger.
His father's name was: Johann Gebken, born in 1788 in Breddenberg, died on
Jan. 18, 1865 in Breddenberg, he was buried in Boerger.

In 1886 he founded the Livery & Boarding Stables at 2230 Gravois Ave.,
St. Louis, MO. In 1892 a second business was established at 2842 Meramec Street.

Today this business is still at 2842 Meramec Street and meanwhile in the fifth
generation:

Gebken-Benz Mortuary
2842 Meramec Street
St. Louis, MO 63118
phone: 314-752-9300

John H. died on Dec. 23, 1911 when a street car hit him and threw him out of his
buggy, just in front of his home. Ulrike Toebben
Ulrike's home page is located at Homepage

http://immigrantships.net/v4/1800v4/magdalene18591105_01.html
Passengers 168 - 168 need to be linked to the note.
Passengers 167 & 168: the last name should be Behrning.


	Correspondence added July 24, 2009 Passengers #167 & 168 BEHRNING

 	**167 & 168:       The surname is Behrning.
 	

** These passengers are part of a big group of people who emigrated from the Munsterland (u Umlaut) area in Germany to the United States. They came from Burgsteinfurt. More information can be found at Auswanderungen im 19. Jahrhundert, Emigration in the 19th Century. (Click on the link in the top left corner, Auswanderungen im 19. Jahrhundert. This will take you to the index for Borghorst and Burgsteinfurt). Permission to publish this information has been granted by Wilhelm Alff, one of the authors of the website. Currently the website is in German only, the translation is work in progress. For information on passengers from Burgsteinfurt, please contact Ines

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National Archives and Records Administration, Film M259, Reel 48.
Transcribed and Contributed by Homer R. Ficken for the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
28 February 2001

Formatted by Sharon Krisko a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild




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