Ship O. Thyen*
I, C. H. Addicks do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the following List or Manifest of Passengers, subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of 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 O. Thyen, whereof I am Master, from --------, to the 23 June 1854.
before me, (signed) J. A. O?????
So help me God, (signed) C. H. Addicks
LIST or MANIFEST of all PASSENGERS taken on board the O. Thyen whereof C. H. Addicks is Master, from Bremen burthen 800 tons.
The columns are labelled as follows: "Names", "Age", "Sex", "Occupation", "The country to which they severally belong", "The country to which they intend to become inhabitants", and "Died on the voyage". For all passengers the country to which they belong is Germany and the country to which they intend to become inhabitants is United States. Therefore these two columns were omitted from the transcription.
Infants are listed to the right of the mother's entry just as they were listed on the manifest.
Refer to the transcribers notes for individuals marked with a star or asterisk "*" character.
Steerage Passengers
1 Hermann Muller 25 male Farmer
2 Anton Proppe 27 male Joiner
3 August Winkermeyer 31 male Clerk
4 Heinrich Ahrens 51 male Wever
5 Caroline Ahrens 40 female
6 Caroline Ahrens 19 female
7 Wilhelmine Ahrens 17 female
8 Friderike Ahrens 14 female
9 Heinrich Ahrens 11 male
10 Louise Ahrens 6 female
11 Melorine Ahrens 3 female
12 Doris Ahrens 2 female
13 Fritz Groterjahn 46 male Schoemaker
14 Wilhelmine Groterjahn 43 his wife
15 Friederike Groterjahn 17 his daughter
16 Carl Groterjahn 15 his son
17 August Groterjahn 12 his son
18 Wilhelmina Groterjahn 10 his daughter
19 Wilhelm Groterjahn 6 his son
20 Friederike Groterjahn 2 his daughter
21 Christian Schafer 28 male Smith
22 Christian Albrecht 40 male Carpenter
23 Justine Albrecht 35 female
24 August Albrecht 9 male one baby
25 August Siegmann 27 male Taylor
26 Heinr. Schortenberg 23 male Farmer
27 Georg Hentze 45 male Shoemaker
28 Wilhelmine Hentze 40 female one baby
29 Carl Hentze 16 male Shoemaker
30 Wilhelmine Hentze 9 female
31 Hanchen Hentze 6 female
32 Heinrich Hentze 3
33* Fritz Prott 25 male Masson
34 Heinrich Schafer 51 male Wever
35 Friederieke Schafer 50 his wife
36 Caroline Schafer 21 his daughter
37 Christian Schafer 19 his son
38 Wilhelmine Schafer 10 his daughter
39 Heinr. Behrmann 24 male Farmer
40 Christine Behrmann 24 his wife
41 Friederich Behrmann 2 his son
42 Carl Schomburg 26 male Taylor
43 Fritz Behrmann 53 male Farmer
44 Christine Behrmann 37 his wife one baby
45* Wilhelmine Behrmann ?? his daughter
46 Justine Behrmann 14 his daughter
47 Caroline Behrmann 11 his daughter
48 Christiana Behrmann 9 his daughter
49 Friedericke Behrmann 7 his daughter
50 Friederich Behrmann 3 his son
51 August Sievers 15 male Farmer
52 Minna Sontag 18 female Servant
53 Wilh. Schwarz 13 male Servant
54 Louise Paulmann 14 female Servant
55* Line Dreves 23 female Servant
56* August Dreves 15 male her brother
57 August Kuster 19 male Farmer
58 Wilhelmine Heynemeyer 21 female Servant
59 Fritz Heynemeyer 54 male Taylor
60 Auguste Heynemeyer 49 his wife
61 Amalie Heynemeyer 18 his daughter
62 Barbara Mayer 22 female Semstress
63 Christiana Mayer 19 female
64 Johann Miele 27 male Carpenter
65 Barbara Wirth 27 female Servant
66 Michel Schultheis 52 male Farmer
67 Anna Maria Schultheis 36 his wife
68 Elisebeth Schultheis 11 his daughter
69 Joseph Schultheis 2 his son
70 Margarete Frickel 30 female Servant
71 Bruno Guck 48 male Servant
72 Heinr. Jung 47 male Wever
73 Elise Jung 42 his wife
74 Conrad Jung 13 his son
75 Chatarine Jung 9 his daughter
76 Conrad Jung 57 his father
77* Conrad Metsger ? male Farmer
78 Anna Mag. Metsger 42 his wife
79 Georg Metsger 19 his son
80 Jacob Metsger 17 his son
81 Conrad Metsger 14 his son
82 Philip Metsger 7 his son
83 Anna Gerlach 15 female Servant
84 Elisabeth Schlunk 19 female Servant
85 Casper Boller 60 male Carpenter
86 Margaretha Boller 50 his wife
87 Johannes Boller 9 his son
88 Johannes Hartmann 27 male Farmer
89 Dorothea Hartmann 23 his wife
90 Martin Kratz 28 male Wever
91 Heinr. Lander 25 male Farmer
92* Tobias Hoock 22 male Masson
93 Philip Weenjand 32 male Laborer
94 Anna Maria Weenjand 30 his wife one baby
95 Elisabeth Weenjand 2 1/2 his daughter
96 Eberhard Balzer 58 male Farmer
97 Elisabeth Balzer 59 his wife
98 Johannes Boller 60 male Farmer
99 Johannetta Boller 59 his wife
100 Christian Boller 28 his son Farmer
101 Caroline Boller 8 his daughter
102 Margaretha Hrafsheim 23 female Servant
103 Marie Bertling 21 female Servant
104 Friedr. Mohr 54 male Carpenter
105 Anna Maria Mohr 50 his wife
106 Elisa Mohr 17 his daughter
107 Joh. Georg Mohr 15 his son
108* Casper Hoch 43 male Carpenter
109* Elisa Hoch 43 his wife
110* Heinrich Hoch 19 his son
111* Christina Hoch 13 his daughter
112* Tobias Hoch 6 his son
113 Conrad Buss 49 male Laborer
114 Elisabeth Buss 50 his wife
115 Annetta Buss 17 his daughter
116 Conrad Buss 11 his son
117 Friedericke Beck 25 female Semestress
118 Martin Eller 24 male Wever
119 John Georg Grieb 28 male Laborer
120 Wilhelm Walter 25 male Taylor
121 Johannes Hoba 22 male Brewer
122 Heinrich Weil 23 male Schoemaker
123* John Georg Weissel 49 male Farmer
124* Chatarina Weissel 36 his wife one baby
125* Jacob Weissel 15 his son
126* Tobias Weissel 7 his son
127* Heinrich Weissel 4 his son
128 Elisabeth Ohly 16 female Servant
129 Heinrich Jungk 15 male Masson
130* Heinrich Gorr 40 male Farmer
131 Conrad Schwab 28 male Joiner
132 Conrad Metzger 40 male Farmer
133 Margaretha Metzger 39 his wife
134 Chatarine Metzger 13 his daughter
135 Margaretha Metzger 9 1/2 his daughter
136 Elise Metzger 8 his daughter
137 Margaretha Metzger 5 his daughter
138 Maria Metzger 2 his daughter
139 Anna Giebeler 20 female Servant
140 Heinrich Weimar 30 male Lithograph
141 Carl Fask 54 male Gilder
142 Emilie Fask 21 female Servant
143 Heinrich Fask 18 his son Schoemaker
144 Ludwig Spicht 19 male Schoemaker
145 Philipp Kuhn 21 male Joiner
146 Nannette Schnitzler 25 female Servant
147 Gottlieb Winkler 25 male Joiner
148 Johannes Schnetz 25 male Farmer
149 Mathias Butsch 25 male Farmer
150 Martin Jessler 25 male Farmer
151 Mga. Wader 21 male Farmer
152 Friedrich Wiessmann 19 male Joiner
153 Barbara Kleintz 26 female Semestress
154 Georg Bricer 22 male Joiner
155 Joseph Bleig 19 male Shmith
156 Christine Deischling 26 female Semestress
157 Jacob Ruff 49 male Farmer
158 Christian Langeres 18 male Backer
159 Johanna Schwab 40 female Servant
160 Johann Knedler 26 male Joiner
161 Johann Murther 28 male Backer
162 Georg Huttelmeyer 29 male Taylor
163 Anna Maria Huttelmeyer 30 his wife
164 Wilhelm Scheleber 17 male Laborer
165 Chatarina Murther 26 female Servant one Baby
166 John Georg Meyer 27 male Farmer
167 Maria Munz 24 female Servant
168 Moritz Hofensheim 33 male Schoemaker
169* Johannes Hofensheim ? ? ?
170 Carl Schonenger 54 male Deyer
171 Chaterine Ebert 23 female Servant
172 Georg Dann 39 male Taylor
173 Barbara Binner 24 female Servant
174 Johann Kahler 23 male Farmer
175 Margareta Kahler 21 his wife
176 Georg Strobbel 20 male Schoemaker
177 Michel Lange 18 male Farmer
178 Christine Hohl 22 female Servant
179 Johann Pfeifer 27 male Shmith
180 Friedrich Veit 30 male Schoemaker
181 Luise Veit 20 his sister Servant
182 Chatarine Oeicht 33 female Servant
183 Carl Friedrich Eberle 25 male Schoemaker
184 Philipp Buchoink 41 male Smith
185 Maria Buchoink 48 his wife
186 Gottlieb Stroh 27 male Buscher
187 Christiane Phitzenmeyer 25 female Semstress
188 Caroline Phitzenmeyer 23 her sister Semstress
189 Wilheml Wahl 16 male Backer
190 Christian Mahle 20 male Deyer
191 Jacob Bichler 26 male Taylor
192 Georg Muller 26 male Backer
193 Friedrich Bihler 21 male Schoemaker
194 Joh. Gunter 20 male Schoemaker
195 Christian Tingler 17 male Taylor
196 Christian Haberer 16 male Laborer
197 Jacob Glas 16 male Backbinder
198 Friedr. Tible 14 male Servant
199 Johann Gackenheimer 40 male Farm W.
200 Elisabeth Gackenheimer 37 his wife
201 Jacob Gackenheimer 14 his son
202 Elisabeth Gackenheimer 11 his daughter
203 Johan Georg Gackenheimer 9 his son
204 Anton Gackenheimer 4 his son
205 Johann Rentahles 14 male Farmer
206 Anna Waltz 24 female Servant
207 Michel Mulfinger 26 male Farmer
208 Johanne Mulfinger 28 his sister Servant
209 Daniel Bay 29 male Taylor
210 Chatarine Trinkle 21 female Servant
211 Christiane Trinkle 23 female Servant
212 Adam Kuchenbacher 30 male Wever
213 Carl Trieke 39 male Farmer
214 Philippine Trieke 31 his wife one Baby and
one born on the passage
215 Georg Trieke 9 his son
216 Wilhelm Trieke 7 his son
217 Eduard Trieke 5 his son
218 Martin Trieke 3 his son
219 Theadon Pfeibetucker 20 male Wever
220 Wilhelm Holdegel 50 male Wever
221 Christine Holdegel 50 his wife
222 Auguste Holdegel 17 his daughter
223 Ferdinand Holdegel 14 his son
224 Heinrich Holdegel 9 his son
225 Georg Mattchmann 19 male Joiner
226 Johannes Wiegand 30 male Laborer
227 Elisabeth Wiegand 26 his wife one Baby
228 Georg Fried. Kuhn 11 male Deyer
229 Christian Pies 17 male Joiner
230 Georg Hohl 25 male Laborer
231* ???? A???er 29 male Baker
232 Sophie A???er 28 his wife
233 Simon Schneider 43 male Farmer
234 Caroline Hofin 28 female Servant
235 Heinrich Koch 29 male Farmer
236 Ernst Lilse 18 male Fabricant
Second Cabin Passengers
237 Carl Friedrich Werner 41 male Fabricant
238 Babette Werner 20 his daughter
239 Georg Brubach 28 male Farmer
240 Elisabeth Brubach 30 his sister
245 Marie Appel 27 female Servant
246 Anna Margaretha Schnaph 40 female Servant
247 Andreas Zinn 18 male Sattler
248 Johannes Butser 17 male Farmer
249 Martin Seifert 40 male Deyer
250 Dorothea Seifert 30 his wife
251 Chatarine Seifert 9 his daughter
252 Wilhelm Seifert 8 his son
253 Caroline Seifert 6 his daughter
254 Maria Seifert 4 his son
255 Louise Hess 21 female Semstress
256 Heinrich Nieking 55 male Farmer
257 Louise Nieking 48 his wife
258 Auguste Nieking 18 his daughter
259 Heinrich Nieking 16 his son
260 Johann Volk 41 male Farmer
261 Chatarine Volk 41 his wife
262 Casper Volk 14 his son
263 Johann Volk 9 his son
264 Chatarine Volk 7 his daughter
265 Michel Volk 5 his son
266 Anna Volk 2 1/2 his daughter
267 Casper Kiesner 42 male
268 Wilhelm Stolte 32 male Farmer
269 Doris Stolte 30 his wife one Baby
270 Pauline Stolte 21 a sister
271 August Bode 39 male
272 Pauline Bode 36 his wife
273 Pauline Bode 9 his daughter
274 Friederieke Bode 6 his daughter
275 August Bode 4 his son
276 Sophie Bode 1 1/2 his daughter
277 Heinrich Bode 34 male Baker
278 Sophie Bode 28 his wife
279 Heinrich Bode 2 his son
280 Wilhelm Bode 29 male Sailor
281 Louise Arneke 24 Farmer
282 Wilhelm Freiberg 26 male Wever
283 Christian Brookmann 51 male Farmer
284 Wilhelmine Brookmann 46 his wife
285 Friederieke Brookmann 16 his daughter
286 Heinrich Brookmann 13 his son
287 Friederieke Schelon 22 female Servant
288* Louise M??ge 2? female Servant
289 Henriette M??ge 57 her mother
290* A? H? ? female ?
291 August Hollmann 23 male Schoemaker
292 Johanne Tolgern 17 female Servant
293 Wilhelm Fleigel 29 male Joiner
294 Louise Fleigel 25 his wife one child born on the passage
295 Fritz Lucke 26 male Gardener
296 Fritz Sinram 29 male Farmer
297 Louise Sinram 17 his sister Servant
298 Wilhelm Sinram 14 his brother
299 Heinrich Sinram 31 his brother Farmer
300 Gustav Metzerath 46 male Farmer
301 Marie Metzerath 46 his wife
302 Robert Metzerath 17 his son
303 Carl Metzerath 15 his son
304 Louise Metzerath 3 his daughter
305 Wilhelm Tobschall 50 male Farmer
306 Stephen Heimendenger 29 male Candidas
307 Caroline Brauns 50 female
308 Louise Brauns 21 her daughter
309 Carl Engelhofer 25 male Layer
310 August Jannat 21 male
311 Chatarine Jannat 16 his sister
312 Johan Prager 16 male
313 Ludwig Walker 33 male
314 Heinrich Humfelt 43 male Farmer
315 Louise Humfelt 39 his wife one Baby
316 Wilhelmine Humfelt 10 1/2 his daughter
317 Wilhelm Humfelt 9 his son
318 Hinrietse Humfelt 7 his daughter
319 Friederich Humfelt 4 his son
320 Wilhelmine Humfelt 28 her sister
321 Johannes Sommer 52 male Joiner
322 Wilhelmine Sommer 18 his daughter
323 Johann Hess 20 male Clerk
324 Johannes Binder 25 male *Wever
325 Johann Bochstein 57 male Doctor
326 Louise Bochstein 54 his wife
327 Carl Bochstein 2? his son
328 Maria Bochstein 23 blank one Baby
329 Louise Bochstein 2 blank
330 Franz Bochstein 20 male Farmer
331 Therese Bochstein 23 his wife
332 Eduard Bochstein 17 his brother Schoemaker
First Cabin Passengers
333 Johann Georg Huntzen 64 male Merchant
334 Marie Huntzen 60 his wife
335 Jacobus Huntzen 19 his son Merchant
336 Fried. Wilhelm Delorum 29 male Merchant
337 Dorothea Delorum 23 his wife
338 Georg Heinr. Walther 24 Officier
339 Rudolph Lessing 22 male Doctor
340 Adelheid Meyer 24 female
341 Emma Meyer 23 female
342 Christian Jericho 16 male
343 Carl Herbst 26 male Brewer
344 Carl Schuh 19 male Brewer
345 Maria Schwedes 18 female
346 Heinr. Siefert 18 male Merchant
347 Adolph Quentin 21 male Merchant
348 Adolph Heinemann 20 male Merchant
349 Eugene Brumann 19 male Merchant
*Transcriber's Notes:
- The women's names in the manifest "Chatarina" and "Chatarine"
are alternate spellings for Catherina and Catherine.
- The first and second cabin passengers were numbered separately. The numbers
have been made continuous with the steerage passengers for ease of reference.
- No deaths were listed for this voyage. Two babies were born on this voyage.
- *The name of this ship could be O. Thijen.
Passenger Notes:
33 or Pratt
45 age unreadable
55 or Dreoes
56 or Dreoes
77 surname difficult to read, age is unreadable
92 or Hooch, Haach, Haack
108 or Hock
109 or Hock
110 or Hock
111 or Hock
112 or Hock
123 Weissel - This surname spelled as Weisel by the immigrants
and their descendents in the US
124 Weissel - This surname spelled as Weisel by the immigrants
and their descendents in the US
125 Weissel - This surname spelled as Weisel by the immigrants
and their descendents in the US
126 Weissel - This surname spelled as Weisel by the immigrants
and their descendents in the US
127 Weissel - This surname spelled as Weisel by the immigrants
and their descendents in the US
130 or Garr or Gerr
169 age and sex/relationship is unreadable
231 name and surname difficult to read, first 3 letters of occupation
is Bac
288 difficult to read, looks like Matge
290 difficult to read, first name looks like Amalie, last name begins
with H and is about 8 char
in length with perhaps a "d" in the middle. age unreadable, occupation
possibly servant.
Weisel Family (Passengers 123-127)
For more information on the Weisel family contact Bonnie Weisel at
bonnie@psl.wisc.edu.
Additional information on the Weisel family and Weisel surname is available at
Weisel Ancestors of Hesse-Darmstadt
#123 Johann Georg Weisel was born Nov. 27, 1805 in Muschenheim, Hesse-Darmstadt,
Germany. His parents were Johann Heinrich Weisel (1757-1841) and Anna Elisabetha
Becker (1766-1843). Johann Georg Weisel first lived near Plover, Portage Co., WI.
By 1860 he had joined the "German Settlement" and was living in Kingston Township,
Green Lake Co. WI. Johann Georg died on Dec. 16, 1893 and is buried in Pleasant
Hill Cemetery, Inglehart Church, Scott Township, Columbia Co., WI.
#124 Katharina Elisabetha Grieb was born Dec. 21, 1817 in Gambach, Hesse-Darmstadt,
Germany. Her parents were Conrad Grieb (1788-1843) and Anna Maria Klein (1788-1839).
She died on Feb. 19, 1891 and is buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Inglehart Church,
Scott Township, Columbia Co., WI.
* "one baby" - Conrad Weisel was born Oct. 10, 1852 in Gambach, Hesse-Darmstadt.
He died Jan 17, 1937 in Randolph, Dodge, Co., WI. He was married to Maria Miller
(Mueller). They had no children.
#125 Jacob Weisel was the son of Johann Georg Weisel and his first wife Maria
Elisabetha Ohly. He was born Jun. 23, 1839 in Gambach. He settled in Austin, Mower
Co., MN and died there Apr. 17, 1917.
#126 Tobias (William) Weisel was born Apr 25, 1847 in Gambach, Hesse-Darmstadt.
He left WI about 1890 and had a farm at Lowry, Pope Co., MN. He died May 7, 1923
and is buried at the St. Pauli Cemetery, Lowry, Pope Co., MN.
#127 Heinrich Weisel was born Mar. 9, 1850 in Gambach, Hesse-Darmstadt. He died
Oct 24, 1887 in Stillwater, MN. He left a widow Josephine Rapp and 4 young boys
George, Arthur, Raymond, and Paul.
Correspondence added 12 March 2007, passengers 271-280, BODE FAMILY
August (#271) and Wilhelm (#280) Bode were brothers. August was my great-great grandfather,
born in 1815. They were from the small town of Hajen-on-the-Wesser-River near Hameln, Hanover
and sailed from Bremen on the Ship O. Thyen (an Oldenburgh Ship) to New York arriving on 23 June 1854.
They left an elder brother (Freidrich) to look after the parents who remained behind. According
to the Application for Naturalization Records of Allen County, Indiana, 1844-1906 (Book 2, page 82),
they arrived in New York on 15 June 1854 (an obvious error) and August declared for citizenship on
10 July 1854. From New York they traveled on the inland water route via the Great Lakes to the Maumee
River and finally disembarked in Fort Wayne, IN. From there they traveled overland a short distance
to a northern "suburb" of Fort Wayne, St. Joseph Township, IN where they participated in land grants,
homesteaded and began farming. They were founding members of St. Peter Lutheran Church which was
begun the following year.
I have only recently become acquainted with the German descendants of the brother who stayed behimd.
Some family members still reside in the town of Hajen, even in the same house wherein the above emigrants
were born. They have shared with me an actual copy of a letter written in 1874 by my g-g-grandfather to
the remaining brother. I would be pleased to provide anything further to interested persons.Donn E. Bohde
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 141, Number 758.
Transcribed and contributed by Bonnie Weisel for the
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