Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Steamer Ohio


Bremen, Germany to Baltimore
31 July 1869

DISTRICT OF BALTIMORE - PORT OF BALTIMORE
I, C. Basse, Master of the N G Str. Ohio of Bremen do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the annexed list, subscribed with my name, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account or report of all the passengers who have been taken on board the said steamship at Bremen or any other Foreign Port, or at sea, and brought in the said vessel into any district of the United States since her departure from the said Port of Bremen.

Sworn to this 31st day of July 1869, G. Basse Before me ?? Wilson, (port authority signature indecipherable)
Columns represent: name of passenger, gender, age, country of birth or place of last residence, and occupation. (On the original list the gender of each passenger was entered in the margins)
Cabin:
  1  E. Dammann             m 42    Baltimore       merchant
  2  F. Dammann             m 23    Baltimore       merchant
  3  Geo F Bohnsen          m 55    North Carolina  p?dest
  4  M. Renz                m 50    North Carolina  p?dest
  5  Robert Daus            m 13    Galveston
  6  Sophie Lesbach         f 32    York
  7  F Goldman              m 40    New Orleans     capt.
  8  Chas. J. W. Gwinn      m 50    Baltimore       capt.
  9* A Hollander            m 36    Baltimore       merchant
 10  Miss Lina Vietor       f 22    Bayern
Steerage:
 11  Fritz Leisten          m 28    Hannover        farmer
 12  Wilhelmine Leisten     f 29    Hannover
 13  Auguste Leisten        f  3    Hannover
 14  Minna Leisten          f 11/12 Hannover
 15  Jacob King             m 48    Baltimore       merchant
 16  Rudolph Siebert        m 42    Cumberland      merchant
 17  Heinrich Jaacks        m 26    Holstein        workman
 18  Edmund Meyer           m 19    Erfurt          merchant
 19  Regine Katzmann        f 20    Bayern
 20* Auguste Krause         f 24    Hessen          bricklayer
 21* Anna ?auber            f 38    Bayern
 22* Joh. ?auber            m 15    Bayern
 23  Ad Mybbenoth           m 49    Baltimore       merchant
 24  Joh. Westphal          m 14    Preussen
 25* Bernts Burost ????     f 62    Oldenburg
 26  Christine Uphoff       f 25    Preussen
 27  Christine Uphoff       f  4    Preussen
 28  Heinrich Uphoff        m  3    Preussen
 29  Caroline Fischer       m 15    Berlin
 30* A Bruggemann           m 34    Preussen        gardner
 31  Cath. Beckmann         f 37    Darmstadt
 32  Marg. Beckmann         f  9    Darmstadt
 33  Johs. Beckmann         m  7    Darmstadt
 34  Eva Beckmann           f  4    Darmstadt
 35* ?? Walkemeyer          m 16    Preussen
 36  Friederike Kiel        f 17    Hamburg
 37  Wilh. Hestet           f 32    Preussen        satler
 38  Joh. Steiner           m 27    Preussen        satler
 39  ?d Deskowsky           m 42    Preussen        joiner
 40  Philippine Vollmer     f 34    Preussen
 41  Anton Kohl             m 46    Oldenburg       farmer
 42  Joh. Petermann         m 28    Preussen        farmer
 43  Peter Pfoertner        m 19    Bayern          smith
 44  Amalie Stuebe          f 50    Preussen
 45  Clara Stuebe           f 18    Preussen
 46  Carl Hoffmann          m 37    Preussen        smith
 47* Louis Forster          m 32    Preussen
 48  August Oehler          m 17    Preussen
 49  Dorothea Addicks       f 40    Oldenburg
 50  Wilhelmine Addicks     f 17    Oldenburg
 51  Christ. Addicks        m  9    Oldenburg
 52  Diedr. Addicks         m  6    Oldenburg
 53  Wilh. Addicks          m  4    Oldenburg
 54  August Addicks         m  6/12 Oldenburg
 55  Johanne Blomberg       f  45   Oldenburg
 56* Wilh. Wohler           m  22   Berlin          farmer
 57  Carl Krimmel           m  18   Würtemberg
 58  Emilie Becker          f  20   Westphalen
 59  Louise Hammerschlage   f  29   Hessen
 60  Christ. Lotthammer     m  35   Baltimore       farmer
 61  Caroline Wild          f  30   Baden
 62  Friederike Marsle      f  ?3   Würtemberg
 63  Wilh. Dupke            m  40   Pommern         farmer
 64  Friedr Dill            m  42   Baden           farmer
 65  Marie Huber            f  31   Baden
 66  Magd. Huber            f  9/12 Baden
 67  Emilie Huber           f  1/2  Baden
 68  Rosa Huber             f  ?/12 Baden
 69  Joh. Langenberger      m  34   Böhmen          farmer
 70  Philipp Lutz           m  37   Baden           farmer
 71  Henriette Lutz         f  37   Baden
 72  Otto Lutz              m   2   Baden
 73* Carl Bruckner          m  34   Berlin          joiner
 74  Joh. Lueken            m  58   Oldenburg       farmer
 75  Kath. Lueken           f  53   Oldenburg
 76  Friedr Lueken          m   9   Oldenburg
 77  Charlotte Lueken       f   8   Oldenburg
 78  Herm. Lueken           m  26   Oldenburg
 79  Cath. Lueken           f  26   Oldenburg
 80  baby Lueken            f 10/12 Oldenburg
 81  Cath. Wieke            f  22   Oldenburg
 82* Joh. Lutjeluschen      m  35   Oldenburg       farmer
 83* Anna Lutjeluschen      f  34   Oldenburg       *note*
 84* Joh. Lutjeluschen      m   9   Oldenburg
 85* Friedr Lutjeluschen    m   7   Oldenburg
 86* Georg Lutjeluschen     m   4   Oldenburg
 87* Joh. Lutjeluschen      m  59   Oldenburg
 88* Anna Lutjeluschen      f  56   Oldenburg
 89  Anna Wieke             f  20   Oldenburg
 90  Cath. Wieke            f  24   Oldenburg
 91  Cath. Zitterich        f  55   Oldenburg
 92  Franz Schomaker        m  17   Hannover        smith
 93* Just Blucher           m  17   Darmstadt       farmer
 94* Melosine Dohre         f  25   Hannover
 95* August Dohre           m  18   Hannover        farmer
 96  Wilhelmine Roloff      f  31   Hannover
 97  Joh. Strasek           m  22   Böhmen          farmer
 98  Joh. Sobil             m  59   Böhmen          farmer
 99  Magd. Sobil            f  50   Böhmen
100  Anna Kwapil            f  20   Böhmen
101  Joh. Salaschek         m  25   Böhmen          farmer
102  Joh. Langer            m  24   Böhmen          farmer
103* Anna Klo?elek          f  24   Böhmen
104* Franz Roders           m  29   Oesterreich     smith
105* Marie Roders           f  28   Oesterreich
106* Anna Roders            f   2   Oesterreich
107  Simon Wich             m  36   Baltimore
108  Adolph Koch            m  29   Philadelphia
109  Jul. Frankenstein      m  17   Westphalen      smith
110  Friedr. Pforr          m  31   Holstein        gardner
111  Joh. Guterowsky        m  24   Westphalen      farmer
112* Heinr. Stuwe           m  29   Hannover        shoemaker
113  August Braun           m  30   Pommern         farmer
114  Henriette Braun        f  29   Pommern
115  Bertha Braun           f   3   Pommern
116  baby Braun             m  3/12 Pommern
117  Gottfr. Balk           m  30   Pommern         farmer
118  Joh. Feldmann          m  37   Hannover        farmer
119  Cath. Feldmann         f  33   Hannover
120  baby Feldmann          m  6/12 Hannover
121  Eberh. Feldmann        m  12   Hannover
122  Wilh. Feldmann         m  10   Hannover
123  Anna Feldmann          f   5   Hannover
124  Marie Kormeyer         f  19   Hannover
125  Friedr. Willmann       m  33   Hannover         farmer
126  Marie Willmann         f  30   Hannover
127  Joh. Willmann          m   6   Hannover
128  Marie Willmann         f   2   Hannover
129  Herm. Burgard          m  19   Hannover
130  Friedr. Feuchter       m  33   Würtemberg       smith
131  CAroline Gayer         f  22   Würtemberg
132  Elis. Becker           f  45   Oldenburg
133  Maria Becker           f  20   Oldenburg
134  Anton Becker           m  18   Oldenburg        farmer
135  Heinr Vennemann        m  59   Oldenburg        farmer
136  Wilhelmine Vennemann   f  20   Oldenburg
137  Marie Deters           f  59   Oldenburg
138  Elis. Deters           f  26   Oldenburg

139  Marie Baalfeld         f  24   Oldenburg
140  Ebert Fasold           m  25   Oberfranken      farmer
141  Barb. Hofmann          f  24   Oberfranken
142  Dorothea Rehm          f  41   Hameln
143  Ellen Rehm             f 6-1/2 Hameln
144* Caroline Wu??brand     f  19   Westphalen
145  Lisette Middendorf     f  20   Oldenburg
146* Carl Ju?t              m  28   Preussen
147  Friedr. Simon          m  28   Pruessen         workman
148  Bernhardine Grote      f  18   Oldenburg
149  Marg. Einkemann        f  ?0   Preussen
150  Auguste Goetz          f  18   Gompertzhausen
151  Joh. Schrapper         m  36   Bayern           miller
152  Jos. Wondra            m  61   Böhmen           farmer
153  Regine Wondra          f  19   Böhmen
154  Elisb. Wondra          f  15   Böhmen
155  Eva Wondra             f  ??   Böhmen
156  Franz Wondra           m  28   Böhmen
157  Marie Wondra           f  24   Böhmen
158  Franz Wondra           m   3   Böhmen
159  Joh. Wondra            m  6/12 Böhmen
160  Matth. Mach            m  30   Böhmen           sadler
161  Marie Mach             f  30   Böhmen
162  Joh. Mach              m   3   Böhmen
163  Matth. Mach            m 11/12 Böhmen
164  Wenzl Wondra           m  34   Böhmen           farmer
165  Rosine Wondra          f  32   Böhmen
166  Wenzl Wondra           m   9   Böhmen
167  Anna Wondra            f   7   Böhmen
168  Marie Wondra           f   7   Böhmen
169  Cath. Wondra           f  ?/12 Böhmen
170  Matth. Schafrauck      m  32   Böhmen           shoemaker
171  Joh. Ryschen           m  18   Böhmen           joiner
172  Anton Brozek           m  53   Böhmen           farmer
173  Franziska Brozek       f  60   Böhmen
174  Marie Brozek           f  28   Böhmen
175  Anna Brozek            f  25   Böhmen
176  Antonia Brozek         f  20   Böhmen
177  Anton Brozek           m  17   Böhmen
178  Franz Bergdicuk        m  32   Böhmen           farmer
179  Josefa Nachtmann       f  33   Böhmen
180  Anna Nachtmann         f   9   Böhmen
181  Wenzl Nachtmann        m   7   Böhmen
182  Joh. Nachtmann         m   3   Böhmen
183  Barb. Nachtmann        f 11/12 Böhmen
184  Josef Kucera           m  40   Böhmen           farmer
185  Joh. Kucera            m   9   Böhmen
186  Josef Peter            m  48   Böhmen           carpenter
187  Cath. Peter            f  43   Böhmen
188  Cath. Peter            f  18   Böhmen
189  Andr. Peter            m  9/2  Böhmen
190  Josef Peter            m   7   Böhmen
191  Anna Sattler           f  46   Böhmen
192  Louis Frank            m  30   Böhmen           merchant
193  Adam Keidler           m  25   Böhmen
194  Josef Kat              m  20   Böhmen
195  Josef Weigand          m  49   Schwaben
196  Heinr. Dressel         m  36   *Reuss??         farmer
197  Friedericke Dressel    f  35   *Reuss??
198  Lina Dressel           f  10   *Reuss??
199  Amalie Dressel         f   8   *Reuss??
200  Pauline Dressel        f   6   *Reuss??
201  Caroline Dressel       f  20   *Reuss??
202  Christ. Dressel        m  17   *Reuss??
203  Mich. Neumeister       m  40   Nenndorf         farmer
204  Christine Neumeister   f  45   Nenndorf
205  Heinr. Neumeister      m  17   Nenndorf
206* Georg Wurzbacher       m  50   Nenndorf
207* Heinr. Wurzbacher      m  18   Nenndorf
208  Henriette Fischer      f  36   Nenndorf
209  ?? Riemann             m  75   Hannover
210  Christ Riemann         m  20   Hannover
211* Heinr Roper            m  15   Hannover
212  Louis Brinker          m  17   Hannover
213  Johs Koch              m  53   Hessen
214  Elisb. Koch            f  46   Hessen
215  Franziska Thierbes?    f  32   Baltimore
216  Marg. Thierbes?        f  8/12 Baltimore
217  Magd. Stadler          f  28   Baltimore
218  Joh. Stadler           m  8/12 Baltimore
219  Wm. Eckel              m  18   Hessen           tailor
220  Friedr Richter         m  16   Hannover
221* C. A. Bohmer           m  24   Preussen         baker
222  Sabine Schweizer       f  16   Hessen
223  Heinr Killmer          m  13   Spangenberg
224  Elisb. Killmer         f  15   Spangenberg
225  Veit Kubal             m  29   Böhmen           farmer
226  Cath. Kubal            f  30   Böhmen
227  Laurenz Kubal          m   3   Böhmen
228  Laurenz Kubal          m  38   Böhmen           farmer
229  Cath. Kubal            m  32   Böhmen
230  Franz Kubal            m  12   Böhmen
231  Joh. Kubal             m   6   Böhmen
232  Josef Kubal            m   3   Böhmen
233  Marie Kubal            f  9/12 Böhmen
234* Peter Berghauser       m  17   Oldenburg
235  Caspar Benesch         m  32   Böhmen           farmer
236  Anna Benesch           f  25   Böhmen
237  Wenzl Maruschka        m  17   Böhmen
238  Joh Kadecka            m  32   Böhmen
239  Anna Kadecka           f  27   Böhmen
240  Wenzl Kadecka          m 11/12 Böhmen
241  Eleonore Michal        f  27   Böhmen
242  Matth. Pyras           m  32   Böhmen           farmer
243  Cath. Pyras            f  29   Böhmen
244  Rosalie Pyras          f   4   Böhmen
245  Franz Korbel           m  40   Böhmen           farmer
246  Johanne Korbel         f  32   Böhmen
247  Franz Korbel           m  16   Böhmen
248  Cath Korbel            f   9   Böhmen
249  Marie Korbel           f   7   Böhmen
250  Elisb. Korbel          f   6   Böhmen
251  Matthias Korbel        m  6/12 Böhmen
252  Franz Bruha            m  54   Böhmen           farmer
253  Martha Bruha           f  38   Böhmen
254  Marie Bruha            f  17   Böhmen
255  Magd. Bruha            f  14   Böhmen
256  Cath. Bruha            f   9   Böhmen
257  Eleonore Bruha         f   3   Böhmen
258  Anna Bruha             f 11/12 Böhmen
259  Wenzl Bruha            m  34   Böhmen           farmer
260  Joh. Maresch           m  34   Böhmen           farmer
261  Joh. Kral              m  57   Böhmen           farmer
262  Anna Kral              f  57   Böhmen
263  Marie Kral             f  22   Böhmen
264  Wenzl Wandas           m  18   Böhmen           farmer
265  Marie Wacha            f  23   Böhmen
266  Franz Kubis            m  30   Böhmen           farmer
267  Johanne Kubis          f  27   Böhmen
268  Math. Houschka         m  67   Böhmen           farmer
269  Marie Houschka         f  58   Böhmen
270  Anna Houschka          f  16   Böhmen
271  Elisb Houschka         m   9   Böhmen
272  Franz Novotny          m  55   Böhmen           farmer
273  Cath Novotny           f  40   Böhmen
274  Cath Novotny           f  22   Böhmen
275  Franz Novotny          m  17   Böhmen
276  Math Novotny           m  14   Böhmen
277  Joseph Novotny         m   9   Böhmen
278  Elisb Novotny          f   8   Böhmen
279  Josefa Novotny         f   5   Böhmen
280  Theresia Novotny       f 11/12 Böhmen
281  Marie Novotny          f  19   Böhmen
282  Marie Cerny            f  23   Böhmen
283  Franz Eisner           m  40   Baltimore        merchant
284* Gotthelf Bulsch        m  31   Baltimore        baker
285  Herm. Krim             m  30   New York         merchant
286* Friedr Munz            m  29   Aichthal         merchant
287* Adolph Muller          m  23   Preussen         farmer
288  Ferd Riemann           m  18   Schönlinde       baker
289  C. Wallbracht          m  35   Chicago          merchant

Recapitulation
Cabin      10 Passengers
Steerage  279 Passengers    *a boy is born the 31st of July steerage no. 83
Total     289 Passengers
Baltimore, the 31st July 1869
C. Basse, Captain


Transcriber's Notes:

An asterisk indicates further information in these footnotes.
A question mark indicates material that was indecipherable.

Translations of some of the German terms used in this list:
Bayern = Bavaria
Hannover = a German kingdom
Holstein = an area or principality of Germany
Hessen = Hessia, former landgraviate of Germany
Preussen = Prussia
Oldenburg = a German duchy in northern Germany
Würtemberg = a German kingdom (Württemberg)now a German state.
Westphalen = Westphalia, a German area, formerly a duchy & a province of
  Prussia.
Baden = area of southwestern Germany, now a part of the state of
Baden-Württemberg.
Pommern = Pomerania, a German area on the Baltic Sea.
Böhmen = Bohemia
Oesterreich = Austria
Oberfranken = Upper Franconia, an area of south-central Germany
Hameln = city in Germany, Hamelin
Gompertzhausen = probably a town in Germany
Schwaben = Swabia, a medieval duchy of southern Germany covering most of
   today's German states of Baden-Württemberg and parts of Bavaria.


Passenger Notes:

9       Surname has an umlaut over the "a" so could be spelled Hollaender.
20      Something is incorrect here.  The given name is feminine as well
        as the designation for female in the gender column, but the
        occupation lists "her" as a bricklayer, not likely when most
        women didn't get an occupational designation in these lists!
21-22   Difficult to decipher the first letter of this surname.  It may
        be F or S thus Fauber or Sauber and there is probably an umlaut
        over the "a" so: Fäuber or Säuber.
25      surname is either Burost only or there are more letters to it, It is
        difficult to decipher the letters after the name.  It looks like a
        large H plus some small letters.  It could be an abbreviation in
        German for widow: Wtwe.
30      Surname has an umlaut over the "u" so could be spelled Brueggemann.
35      Given name is either 2 or 3 letters or an abbreviation of a name.
47      Surname has an umlaut over the "o" so could be spelled Foerster.
56      Surname has an umlaut over the "o" so could be spelled Woehler.
73      Surname has an umlaut over the "u" so could be spelled Brueckner.
82-88   Surname has an umlaut over both "u"s, so could be spelled
        Luetjelueschen.
83      There is a note in the right most column saying a boy was born
        to this passenger 31 July 1869.  The note is repeated at the end of
        the list in the captain's recapitulation figures.
93      Surname has an umlaut over the "u", so could be spelled Bluecher.
94-95   Surname has an umlaut over the "o", so could be spelled Doehre.
103     Name looks like it may be Klosselek or Klofsclek.
104-106 Surname has an umlaut over the "o" so could be spelled Roeders.
112     Surname has an umlaut over the "u" so could be spelled Stuewe.
144     Surname may be either Wuttbrand or Wullbrand.
146     Third letter of surname unclear; the name may be Just or Jurt.
196     Country may be Preussen, but the first letter looks like an "r" and
        there may be letters missing or faded after the double "ss"
206-207 Surname has an umlaut over the "u" so may be spelled Wuerzbacher.
211     Surname has an umlaut over the "o" so may be spelled Roeper.
221     Surname has an umlaut over the "o" so may be spelled Boehmer.
234     Surname has an umlaut over the "a" so may be spelled Berghaeuser.
284     Surname has an umlaut over the "u" so may be spelled Buelsch.
286     Surname has an umlaut over the "u" so may be spelled Muenz.
287     Surname has an umlaut over the "u" so may be spelled Mueller.


Correspondence added 9-9-2005 for passengers 164-169, WONDRA

After entering the US on the ‘Steamer Ohio’ at the Baltimore port on 7-31-1869, at some point the family continued on and ended up in Montgomery, Minnesota. The data that I have collected, thus far, details that they arrived on the ship called ‘Ohio’ on 7-31-1869, but that it docked in New York, so it has been a struggle to find this ship transcription because I was looking for the ship in the wrong place. My genealogy data shows that Wenzl/Wencel Wondra, Sr., the father, and Rosine/Rose (Papacek) Wondra, the mother, are buried in the Czech Bohemian National Cemetery in Montgomery, LeSueur County, MN USA. I have a copy of both death certificates and a photo of the marker for both of them. I have not been able to locate the son, Wenzl Wondra, Jr,, who was on the ship with them. On this transcription, there is not a notation that anyone died on board during the long excursion. In January of 1878, they had another son, Frank W. Wondra. He was born in MN USA. He is my great grandfather and he died in 1962. As a child, I went fishing with him, but was too young to realize that I would someday regret not having asked him about his family. I would be most happy to share information with someone else who is researching this family. Patricia (Wondra lineage)

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M255, Roll 17.
Donated and Transcribed by Gene Janssen a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
21 September, 2001



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