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Barque Montpelier


Rotterdam, Netherlands to New York
20 July 1846

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, James Stackpole do solemnly, sincerely and truly [left blank] that the following List or Manifest of Passengers, subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs for the District of New-York, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the Passengers received on board the American Barque Montpellier* whereof I am Master, from [left blank] So help me God. (Signed by James Stackpole). Sworn to this 20 July 1846 Before me (signature illegible).
List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the American Barque Montpellier* of Camden whereof James Stackpole is Master, from Rotterdam, burthen Two Hundred Sixty Four 45/95 tons.
Columns represent: Names, Age years/months, Sex, Occupation and The country to which they severally belong. Two columns have been omitted. One column listed the "United States of America" as The country in which they intend to become inhabitants. Under the column labeled Died on the Voyage, there were two notations. These will be addressed in the Passenger Notes following the manifest.
    
  1  F A Kolb                 44       Male    Farmer        Hessen Darmstadt
  2  Elisabeth Kolb           55       Female  None          Hessen Darmstadt
  3  Clara Kolb               21       Female  Daughter      Hessen Darmstadt
  4  Eva Kindling             26       Female  None          Hessen Darmstadt
  5  F Roedel                 32       Male    Farmer        Hessen Darmstadt
  6  Elisabeth Roedel         24       Female  None          Hessen Darmstadt
  7  Theresia Roedel              10m  Female  Daughter      Hessen Darmstadt
  8  Elisabeth Roedel          4       Female  Daughter      Hessen Darmstadt
  9* Georg We??er             44       Male    Cooper        Hessen Darmstadt
 10* Catharina We??er         37       Female  None          Hessen Darmstadt
 11  A Schachner              30       Male    Labourer      Hessen Darmstadt
 12  Anna Maria Schachner     29       Female  None          Hessen Darmstadt
 13  Johann Schachner             10m  Male    Son           Hessen Darmstadt
 14  Eva Schachner             5       Female  Daughter      Hessen Darmstadt
 15  Georg Schachner           3       Male    Son           Hessen Darmstadt
 16  Eva Schachner            24       Female  None          Hessen Darmstadt
 17  Anna Maria Odenheimer    60       Female  None          Hessen Darmstadt
 18* F ? Heeb                 40       Male    Labourer      Hessen Darmstadt
 19  Clara Heeb               40       Female  None          Hessen Darmstadt
 20  Catharina Heeb                9m  Female  Daughter      Hessen Darmstadt
 21  Anna Maria Heeb           7       Female  Daughter      Hessen Darmstadt
 22* Adam He?b                 5       Male    Son           Hessen Darmstadt
 23* Catharina He?b            2y  6m  Female  Daughter      Hessen Darmstadt
 24  F Eichhorn               22       Male    Cabinetmaker  Hessen Darmstadt
 25* ? Herd                   35       Male    Farmer        Hessen Darmstadt
 26* Barbara Herd             28       Female  None          Hessen Darmstadt
 27  Johann Herd               6       Male    Son           Hessen Darmstadt
 28  Catharina Herd            4       Female  Daughter      Hessen Darmstadt
 29  Appolonia Herd            1y  6m  Female  Daughter      Hessen Darmstadt
 30* Margareta Herd                8m  Female  Daughter      Hessen Darmstadt
 31  Anna Maria Hains         20       Female  None          Hessen Darmstadt
 32* ? Koster                 42       Male    Lockmaker     Paderborn
 33  Christina Koster         45       Female  None          Paderborn
 34  B Koster                 45       Male    Blacksmith    Paderborn
 35  Anton Koster              9       Male    Son           Paderborn
 36  Dina Koster               7       Female  Daughter      Paderborn
 37* Roba??? Koster            5       Male    Son           Paderborn
 38  Wilhelm Koster            5       Male    Son           Paderborn
 39  Agatha Koster                 6m  Female  Daughter      Paderborn
 40  F M Schaub               40       Male    Cartwright    Baveria
 41  F Loester                38       Male    Farmer        Baveria
 42  C Haslinger              28       Male    Carpenter     Camden
 43  Catharina Algar          24       Female  None          Camden
 44* A Loschinger             46       Male    Shoemaker     Hessen Darmstadt
 45* Barbara Loschinger       45       Female  None          Hessen Darmstadt
 46* Michel Loschinger        10       Male    Son           Hessen Damstaadt
 47  G Marx                   21       Male    Lockmaker     Hessen Darmstadt
 48  Anna Jacobi              26       Female  None          Baden
 49  Johann Schmitt           38       Male    Cabinetmaker  Baveria
 50* ? Mayer                  28       Male    Farmer        Baveria
 51* ? Jorn                   24       Male    Farmer        Baveria
 52  C Schleifer              32       Male    Blaksmith     Baveria
 53* ? A Reisacher            30       Male    Farmer        Baveria
 54  Victoria Mayer           36       Female  None          Baveria
 55  Marianne Paitzer         24       Female  None          Baveria
 56  C Jungstetter            21       Male    Taylor        Wurtenburg
 57  G M Braun                30       Male    Farmer        Wurtenburg
 58  Henriette Dietz          31       Female  None          Wurtenburg
 59* C Zoller                 28       Male    Shoemaker     Wurtenburg
 60  C Walzer                 35       Male    Farmer        Francfort a/m
 61  Maria Christina Walzer   38       Female  None          Francfort a/m
 62  Margaretha Walzer         8       Female  Daughter      Francfort a/m
 63  Maria Walzer              5       Female  Daughter      Francfort a/m
 64* ? M Krantz               35       Male    Shoemaker     Baveria
 65  Johanna Krantz           35       Female  None          Baveria
 66  F Ludwig Vogel            2y  6m  Male    Son           Baveria
 67  Georg Holischon          38       Male    Shoemaker     Baveria
 68  Georg Beckler            36       Male    Cartwright    Baveria
 69  M Vollmar                32       Male    Cabinetmaker  Rheinpfaltz
 70* ? B Wicklein             28       Male    Cabinetmaker  Baveria
 71* ? Kni?per                53       Male    Miller        Netherlands
 72  Christoph Emmert         44       Male    Farmer        Baveria
 73  Anna Elisabeth Emmert    43       Female  None          Baveria
 74* Catharina Elisabeth      19       Female  Daughter      Baveria
 75  Peter Emmert             17       Male    Son           Baveria
 76  Johannes Emmert          15       Male    Son           Baveria
 77* Catharina Barbara        15       Female  Daughter      Baveria
 78  Friedrich Emmert          9       Male    Son           Baveria
 79  Jacob Emmert              7       Male    Son           Baveria
 80  Philip Jac Emmert         4       Male    Son           Baveria
 81  Wilhelm Kopp             45       Male    Taylor        Baveria
 82* Maria Cath^a              7       Female  Daughter      Baveria
 83  Margareta Kopp           35       Female  None          Baveria
 84  Friedrich Kopp           19       Male    Cooper        Baveria
 85* Anna Elisabeth           17       Female  Daughter      Baveria
 86  Wilhelm Kopp             10       Male    Son           Baveria
 87  Johannes Kopp             4       Male    Son           Baveria
 88  Jacob Kopp                    9m  Male    Son           Baveria
 89  G A Ritzman              24       Male    Weaver        Baveria
 90  Albertina Ritzman        21       Female  None          Baveria
 91  Ludwig Deibel            24       Male    Weaver        Baveria
 92  Johannes Muth            19       Male    Butcher       Baveria
 93  P F Velcker              41       Male    Cooper        Baveria
 94  Catharina Velcker        22       Female  Daughter      Baveria
 95* Elisabeth Velker         17       Female  Daughter      Baveria
 96  T Tantor                 55       Male    Farmer        Baveria
 97  Marianne Tantor          22       Female  Daughter      Baveria

CABIN PASSENGERS

 98  Tieleman Weil            44       Male    Farmer        Kuhr Hessen
 99  Margaretha Weil          41       Female  None          Kuhr Hessen
100  Margaretha Weil          19       Female  Daughter      Kuhr Hessen
101  Catharina Weil           18       Female  Daughter      Kuhr Hessen
102  Johannes Weil            14       Male    Son           Kuhr Hessen
103* Dorothea Margar^a Weil   11       Female  Daughter      Kuhr Hessen
104  Johannes Kohler          24       Male    Farmer        Hessia
105  Jetta Kahn               24       Female  None          Hessia


Transcriber's Notes:

The name of this ship was Montpelier on the NARA Microfilm title page, but the 
spellings of the ship within the manifest were Montpellier.  Officially it 
shall remain named as Montpelier for purposes of this transcription.

The misspellings of occupations are as shown on the manifest.


Passenger Notes:

#9-10.   Surname could be Wemer or Wenner.
#18.     Middle initial could be an H or perhaps an L.
#22-23.  Surname written as Helb, but most likely Heeb.
#25.     First initial may be I or J.
#26.     There was a notation in the Died on the Voyage column of "one 
         daughter July 1st".
#30.     There was a notation in the Died on the Voyage column of "Died 
         June 18th M Herd".
#32.     First initial might be I or J.
#37.     Can't make out last letters of first name.
#44-46.  There is an umlaut over the O.
#50.     First initial could be N or V.
#51.     First initial may be I or J.
#53.     First initial could be I or J.
#59.     Last name has an umlaut over the O.
#64.     First initial might be I or J.
#70.     First initial may be I or J.
#71.     First initial could be an H, or it could be two initials of T. 
         (or I. or J.) and C.  Last name looks most like Knijper.
#74M. Listed within the Emmert family and presumed to have the same last 
         name, although it wasn't given.
#82U. Listed within the Kopp family and presumed to have the same last name,
         although none was given.  Cath^a could be short for Catharina.
#95.     This individual appears to be part of the Velcker family, but last
         name was spelled as Velker.
#103.    Margar^a could be short for Margareta or Margaretha.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 63, List 627.
Contributed and transcribed by Pam O'Day a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
15 July 2001



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