Ship President Smidt
I, H. Hilken*, Master of the Ship President Smidt of Bremen, do solemnly swear, that the annexed list contains to the best of my knowlege and belief, a just and true account or report, of all passengers, who have been taken on board the said ship at Bremen, or any other foreign port, or at sea, and brought in said vessel into any district of the United States, since her departure from the said Port of Bremen. (Signed) H. Hilcken. 5th day of Aug. 1847, (signed) M. Gill?.
List of Passengers on board of the Bremen Ship President Smith*, Capt. H. Hilcken, taken on board at Bremen, for Baltimore.
Columns represent: name, age, sex, native place, whither they go, profession, dead.
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Cabin Passengers
1* ? Poole male Newbedford Newbedford capitain
2* Jared Poole male Newbedford Newbedford seaman
3* James C. Brown male Tanton Newbedford seaman
4 Stephan P. Walker male Boston Newbedford seaman
5 N. Alexander male Boston Newbedford seaman
6* Joh. Con. L. Pagenst??her 21 male Ostercappeln, Hannover Dayton, Ohio merchant
7* J. H. von Dohlen 22 male Emden, Hannover United States merchant
8* Jacob Muller 20 male Ober Muhle United States joiner
9* Marth. El. ?inkelde? 18 female Frankenberg ? joiner
10 Johann ?inkelde? 22 male Frankenberg ? baker
11 Heinrich ?inkelde? 20 male Frankenberg ? baker
12* Caspar Himmelmann 24 male Frankenberg ? clothier
13 Joh. Schneider 32 male Frankenberg ? butcher
14* Friedr. Wendel 26 male Ei?henboth Pittsburg master smith
15* Joh. W??ener 24 male Reuth Pittsburg farmer
16* Heinr. J?n? 25 male B??keim Pittsburg baker
Tweendeck Passengers
17* Andras Lui 47 male Altenmitta?, Chur Hessen United States mason
18 Margarethe 46 female Altenmitta?, Chur Hessen United States mason
19 Peter 16 male Altenmitta?, Chur Hessen United States mason
20 Louise 12 female Altenmitta?, Chur Hessen United States mason
21 Friederich 9 male Altenmitta?, Chur Hessen United States mason
22 Margarethe 7 female Altenmitta?, Chur Hessen United States mason
23 Antoinie 3 female Altenmitta?, Chur Hessen United States mason
24* Elisabeth 87 female Altenmitta?, Chur Hessen United States mason
25* Heinr Heisl?? 40 male Chur Hessen Pittsburg farmer
26 Anne Marie 41 female Chur Hessen Pittsburg farmer
27 Anne Marie 15 female Chur Hessen Pittsburg farmer
28 Eva 12 female Chur Hessen Pittsburg farmer
29 Elisabeth 9 female Chur Hessen Pittsburg farmer
30 Heinrich 6 male Chur Hessen Pittsburg farmer
31 Michael 2 male Chur Hessen Pittsburg farmer
32 Christ. Lui 37 male Chur Hessen Pittsburg farmer
33 Henriette 28 female Chur Hessen Pittsburg farmer
34 Heinrich 10 male Chur Hessen Pittsburg farmer
35 Andreas 7 male Chur Hessen Pittsburg farmer
36 Antoinie 4 female Chur Hessen Pittsburg farmer
37 Johann 2 male Chur Hessen Pittsburg farmer
38 Kilian Franz 36 male Chur Hessen Pittsburg farmer
39 Catharina 32 female Chur Hessen Pittsburg farmer
40 Catharina 7 female Chur Hessen Pittsburg farmer
41 Franz 5 male Chur Hessen Pittsburg farmer
42 Andreas 2 male Chur Hessen Pittsburg farmer
43 Christian Franz 40 male Chur Hessen Pittsburg weaver
44 Margarethe 26 female Chur Hessen Pittsburg weaver
45 Margarethe 11 female Chur Hessen Pittsburg weaver
46 Christopf 8 male Chur Hessen Pittsburg weaver
47 Margarethe 8 female Chur Hessen Pittsburg weaver
48 Conrad 2 male Chur Hessen Pittsburg weaver
49* Conrad Ra?k 32 male Chur Hessen Cincinnati mason
50 Margarethe 26 female Chur Hessen Cincinnati mason
51 Sibille 4 female Chur Hessen Cincinnati mason
52* E?lka 14 female Chur Hessen Cincinnati mason
53 Peter 2 male Chur Hessen Cincinnati mason
54 Friedrich Hufnagel 27 male Chur Hessen Philadelphia tailor
55 Eva 28 female Chur Hessen Philadelphia tailor
56 Lorenz 3 male Chur Hessen Philadelphia tailor
57* Adam Ra?k 33 male Chur Hessen Cincinnati weaver
58 Anne Marie 36 female Chur Hessen Cincinnati weaver
59 Anne Marie 2 female Chur Hessen Cincinnati weaver
60* Johann Lui 41 male Altenmitta?, Chur Hessen Pittsburg farmer
61 Anne Dorothea 37 female Altenmitta?, Chur Hessen Pittsburg farmer
62 Johann 7 male Altenmitta?, Chur Hessen Pittsburg farmer
63* Conrad Ra?k 62 male Altenmitta?, Chur Hessen Cincinnati weaver
64 Elisabeth 64 female Altenmitta?, Chur Hessen Cincinnati weaver
65 Magdalena 36 female Altenmitta?, Chur Hessen Cincinnati weaver
66 Gertrud 29 female Altenmitta?, Chur Hessen Cincinnati weaver
67 Lorenz 27 male Altenmitta?, Chur Hessen Cincinnati weaver
68 G. Meerbach 31 male Gebelstadt Philadelphia mason
69 Magdalena Meerbach 26 female Gebelstadt Philadelphia mason
70* Heinrich Fischer 29 male Gebelstadt Philadelphia shoemaker
71* Marie Fischer 39 female Nuttingen shoemaker
72 Christ. Besenfelder 32 male Nuttingen shoemaker
73 Margarethe 28 female Kingdom of Wurtemberg shoemaker
74 Christian 3 male Kingdom of Wurtemberg shoemaker
75 Georg Heinzerling 30 male Hessen Baltimore actor
76* Louise R?cken 17 female Engelade, Braunschweig H?a
77 Adam Frank 36 male Rehrta Dioneste farmer
78 Eva 30 female Chur Hessen Dioneste farmer
79 Heinrich 11 male Chur Hessen Dioneste farmer
80 Christ. 8 male Chur Hessen Dioneste farmer
81 Wilhelm 5 male Chur Hessen Dioneste farmer
82 Heinrich 1y6m male Chur Hessen Dioneste farmer
83 Anne Cathr. Koeberig 70 female Chur Hessen Dioneste farmer
84* Ferd. S?hmerbach 36 male Chur Hessen Dioneste carpenter
85 Dorette 27 female Chur Hessen Dioneste carpenter
86* Wilhelm 9m male Chur Hessen Dioneste carpenter died
87 Georg 60 male Chur Hessen Dioneste carpenter
88 Christian 34 male Chur Hessen Dioneste carpenter
89 Seb. Blum 34 male Rehrta Dioneste tailor
90 Anne Catharine 2y6m female Rehrta Dioneste tailor
91* Ferdinand 9m male Rehrta Dioneste tailor died
92 Chr. Glesener 55 male Rehrta Dioneste shoemaker
93 Dorette 54 female Rehrta Dioneste shoemaker
94 Heinrich 5 male Rehrta Dioneste shoemaker
95 Friedrich 4 male Rehrta Dioneste shoemaker
96 Dor. Elis. Wenk 30 female Rehrta Dioneste shoemaker
97 Dorette 8 female Rehrta Dioneste shoemaker
98 Johann 4 male Rehrta Dioneste shoemaker
99 Elise 9m female Rehrta Dioneste shoemaker
100 Anne Marie Methe 67 female Rehrta Dioneste shoemaker
101 Herm. Blum 50 male Rehrta Dioneste shoemaker
102 Elisabeth 56 female Rehrta Dioneste shoemaker
103 Elisabeth 16 female Rehrta Dioneste shoemaker
104 Elise 32 female Rehrta Dioneste shoemaker
105 Chr. Sauer 48 male Rehrta Dioneste miller
106 Elise 30 female Rehrta Dioneste miller
107* Wilhelm 8 male Rehrta Dioneste miller
108* H. Schellhase 27 male ? ? weaver
109* Ludwig Lipprose 26 male ?ukerhagen Baltimore master smith
110 Betti Stern 25 female Netra, Chur Hessen Baltimore dressmaker
111* Selmer Lan??ker 4 male ? ?
112 Betti Heilbroun 36 female Netra, Chur Hessen Richmond dressmaker
113* Ma??as Heilbroun 10 male Netra, Chur Hessen Richmond her child
114* Diedrich Wiegand 20 male Volkmarschen, Chur Hessen Dioneste joiner
115* Silvus Kroll 48 male Volkmarschen, Chur Hessen Virginia farmer
116 Anne Marie 46 female Volkmarschen, Chur Hessen Virginia farmer
117* Catharine 11 female Volkmarschen, Chur Hessen Virginia farmer
118* Catharine 11 female Volkmarschen, Chur Hessen Virginia farmer
119 Elnard 9 male Volkmarschen, Chur Hessen Virginia farmer
120* Therese ? 7 female Volkmarschen, Chur Hessen Virginia farmer
121 Marie Sophie 5 female Volkmarschen, Chur Hessen Virginia farmer
122 Bernhard Behrens 29 male Volkmarschen, Chur Hessen Virginia joiner
123 Therese 27 female Volkmarschen, Chur Hessen Virginia joiner
124 Theoka 2y6m female Volkmarschen, Chur Hessen Virginia joiner
125 Auguste 6m female Volkmarschen, Chur Hessen Virginia joiner
126 August Ohle 24 male Volkmarschen, Chur Hessen Virginia miller
127 Wilhelmine 24 female Volkmarschen, Chur Hessen Virginia miller
128 Hermann 3 male Volkmarschen, Chur Hessen Virginia miller
129 Juliane 1y6m female Volkmarschen, Chur Hessen Virginia miller
130* Carl Heinrich De??? 26 male Volkmarschen, Chur Hessen Virginia brewer of beer
131 Fr. Rohr 46 male Volkmarschen, Chur Hessen Virginia shoemaker
132 Anne Marie 40 female Volkmarschen, Chur Hessen Virginia shoemaker
133 Elisabeth 16 female Volkmarschen, Chur Hessen Virginia shoemaker
134 Veronica 8 female Volkmarschen, Chur Hessen Virginia shoemaker
135 Leonhard 3 male Volkmarschen, Chur Hessen Virginia shoemaker
136* Johann ?othe 53 male Volkmarschen, Chur Hessen Virginia mason
137 Therese 55 female Volkmarschen, Chur Hessen Virginia mason
138 Xavier 26 male Volkmarschen, Chur Hessen Virginia mason
139 Anne Marie 24 female Volkmarschen, Chur Hessen Virginia mason
140* Joseph Gustav 21 male Volkmarschen, Chur Hessen Virginia clerk
141 Gustav 20 male Volkmarschen, Chur Hessen Virginia tailor
142* Therese ?6 female Volkmarschen, Chur Hessen Virginia tailor
143 Heinrich Joseph 14 male Volkmarschen, Chur Hessen Virginia tailor
144 Victor 29 male Volkmarschen, Chur Hessen Virginia tailor
145* Franz Anton Flor 33 male Volkmarschen, Chur Hessen Ren?an farmer
146* Franziska 2? female Volkmarschen, Chur Hessen Ren?an farmer
147 Marie Therese 1y6m female Volkmarschen, Chur Hessen Ren?an farmer
148 Joseph Fisohn 36 male Volkmarschen, Chur Hessen Baltimore shoemaker
149 Joseph Hake 20 male Neuen Hune, Prussen Baltimore joiner
150 Theodor Flor 26 male Volkmarschen, Chur Hessen Baltimore shoemaker
151 Franz Rist 32 male Volkmarschen, Chur Hessen Baltimore shoemaker
152 Wilhelm Deppe 48 male Volkmarschen, Chur Hessen Virginia shoemaker
153 Heinrich Becker 32 male Volkmarschen, Chur Hessen Virginia farmer
154 Johann Bamff 29 male Ernsthausen, Chur Hessen Washington farmer
155 Johann Engel 22 male Ernsthausen, Chur Hessen Washington farmer
156 Thielemann Engel 26 male Ernsthausen, Chur Hessen Washington farmer
157 Cathr. Hoffmann 19 female Rehrta Baltimore cook-woman
158 Carl Presohn 43 male Aldenda, Braunschweig Baltimore master of smith
159 Charlotte 39 female Aldenda, Braunschweig Baltimore master of smith
160 Heinrich 19 male Aldenda, Braunschweig Baltimore shoemaker
161 Ludwig Vollmer 36 male Aldenda, Braunschweig United States shoemaker
162 Amalie 34 female Aldenda, Braunschweig United States shoemaker
163 Caroline 5 female Aldenda, Braunschweig United States shoemaker
164 Berta 3 female Aldenda, Braunschweig United States shoemaker
165 Carl Koss 25 male Aldenda, Braunschweig Richmond
166 Ludwig Reddehase 22 male Aldenda, Braunschweig Baltimore weaver
167 Gustav Niemeyer 27 male Aldenda, Braunschweig New York miller
168 Carl Retemeyer 26 male Lienenkamp, Braunschweig Cincinnati miller
169* Chr. ???esnhn 20 male Wengelstedt, Braunschweig Cincinnati miller
170* Wilhelm Go?hmann 24 male Aldenda, Braunschweig Cincinnati miller
171 Wilhelm Marten 27 male Aldenda, Braunschweig Cincinnati miller
172 Juliane Stein 22 female Aldenda, Braunschweig Baltimore cook-woman
173 Fr. Niemeyer 23 male Aldenda, Braunschweig New York miller
174 Ludwig Schomburg 24 male Wengelstedt, Braunschweig United States farmer
175* Friederike Naumn?h 22 female Aldenda, Braunschweig United States farmer
176 Friedr. Schomburg 30 male Wengelstedt, Braunschweig United States farmer
177 Chr. Wegener 21 male Wengelstedt, Braunschweig United States farmer
178 Johanna Samson 25 female Goldenbach, Braunschweig Litzenfall farmer
179* Heinr. Hesse 28 male ?einade, Braunschweig United States farmer
180* Aug. ?einicke 22 male Aldenda, Braunschweig United States baker
181 Hr. Ohrmann 24 male Lienenkampf, Braunschweig Cincinnati mason
182 Andreas Hasper 26 male Lienenkampf, Braunschweig Cincinnati mason
183 Joh. Hr. Hurkamp 25 male Quakenbruck, Hannover Virginien dier
184 Joh. Bernh. Stukforth 21 male Quakenbruck, Hannover Virginien farmer
185 Seb. Schmidtbauer 19 male Bayern Texas miller
186 Johann Urban 40 male Bayern Pittsburg farmer
187* Catharine ? 36 female Bayern Pittsburg farmer
188* Michaelis ? 6 male Bayern Pittsburg farmer
189 Michel Schratz 24 male Bayern Pittsburg shoemaker
190* Theresa Fukenscha? 26 female Bayern Pittsburg shoemaker
191 Michel Fukenscha? 4 male Bayern Pittsburg shoemaker
192 Georg Senft 26 male Bayern Pittsburg tailor
193 Joseph Spitzer 23 male Bayern Pittsburg weaver
194* Jacob Gr??el 19 male Bayern Pittsburg farmer
195 Barb. Holz 21 female Bayern Pittsburg farmer
196 Michel Holz 36 male Bayern Pittsburg farmer
197* Joh. A?elhook 2? male Bayern Pittsburg farmer
198* Cathr. Griesbach 2? female Bayern Pittsburg farmer
199 Johann Geisler 26 male Bayern Pittsburg farmer
200 Johann Baumer 32 male Bayern Pittsburg farmer
201* Xavier Sch?adeler 17 male Bayern Pittsburg miller
202 Cathr. Fenker 24 female Bayern Pittsburg cook-woman
203 Cathr. Senft 31 female Bayern Pittsburg cook-woman
204 Lorenz Wirth 23 male Bayern Pittsburg shoemaker
205* Therese ? 24 female Bayern Pittsburg shoemaker
206* Friedr. Go?hmann 22 male Aldenda, Braunschweig Cincinnati tailor
207* Xav. Wirth 2 male Bayern Pittsburg child
208* Jos. Gigler 27 male ? ? joiner
209* Johanna Gigler 22 female ? ? cook-woman
210* Joh. Hr. Meyer 26 male Kirchwe?, Hannover Baltimore cook-woman
211 Joseph Rothschilds 25 male Volksmarschen, Hessen Baltimore joiner
212 Cathr. Axinger 38 female Bayern Pittsburg joiner
213* ?ouis Axinger 11 male Bayern Pittsburg joiner
214 Johann Stoeber 25 male Ellingerode, Hessen Baltimore farmer
215* Fr. Funk 19 male ??l?ckeshauss, Hessen Baltimore farmer
216* Cathr. Funk 19 female ??l?ckeshauss, Hessen Baltimore farmer
217 Ludwig Arnold 28 male Sachsen New York farmer
Tweendecks Passengers 201, were of five children, dead
four of born, one dead
Cabin Passengers 16
Together 217 Passengers
(Signed) H. Hilcken
August 5, 1847, I hereby certify there were none cases of pox or variolois
onboard of vessel (then damage, no more is visible, including signature for this
part; wording as found).
Transcriber's Notes:
Ship's name sometimes written Schmidt on other lists. On this list was spelled
Smidt and Smith.
The captain's name was written Hilken once, but not by him.
The surnames were not dittoed for all the passengers. The surname column will
be blank here, for some passengers, though they were bracketed on the original
at times.
Passenger Notes:
#1-5 the first five passengers were all marked American.
#1 no first name recorded; perhaps this Capt. Poole was the one who
was mentioned in an email to me from John Henneken regarding another
ship, the Gustav, during one of its voyages. He informed me that a
Capt. Norton who was master of a whaling expedition from 6 April 1843
to 3 April 1847, on the Gustav to Honolulu, fell overboard, and drowned.
Then a Capt. Poole took over for the rest of that voyage of the Gustav.
(John Henneken email with information from Cimorelli.)
#2 no first name for this passenger, but probably a relative of Capt. Poole.
#3 Tanton as found, perhaps it is Taunton.
#6 surname looks like Pagensteiher or Pagenstuker or variation.
#7-8 destination was written as United States, but uncertain if that meant Dayton,
or if the United States was written under Dayton, Ohio, dittoed from #6.
#9-11 surname could be Finkeldey or Finkeldeg; destination was written as
United States, but uncertain if that meant Dayton, or if the United States
was written under Dayton, Ohio, dittoed from #6.
#12-13 see #9 for destination.
#14 town could be Eichenboth or Eivhenboth.
#15 surname could be Wowener or Wodener or something similar, but has some
writing over it.
#16 surname Janf or Junf; doesn't really look like Jung; town Beikeim or Bukeim.
#17-24 town Altenmittan or Altenmittau.
#24 one of the oldest passengers found on one of my lists.
#25-31 surname possibly Heislar, though Heislos was written in at a later date,
but does not look correct.
#25-59 unclear whether they were all from Altenmitta? or what was intended.
Chur Hessen was written in the line for #25 then dittoed for the rest.
#49-53 surname Raik or Rack.
#52 some damage but first name Eilka or Erlka or similar.
#57-59 see #49 for surname.
#63-67 see #49 for surname.
#60-67 see #25 for town.
#70-71 uncertain if this was written correctly on original; perhaps they were
going to the same place and were from the same place.
#71-74 no destination dittoed for them.
#76 surname could be Ruken or Ricken; destination looks like Hoa or Hva.
#84 surname Schmerbach or Sohmerbach.
#86 lined out, marked "died".
#91 lined out, marked "died".
#107-109 some of these were lined out, and written in following lines, looks like
just some mistakes by the original writer. Because of that confusion, cannot
be certain of towns of origin for these. The town ?ukerhagen could be Tukerhagen
or Fukerhagen perhaps, or Jukerhagen.
#111 surname area has some damage, and origin and destination could be dittoed
from previous line.
#113 first name looks like Marvas.
#114-115 destination for #114 just says Dioneste; then Virginia is written in next
line, and dittoed for all till #144. Not certain if Dioneste is in Virginia,
or what was intended by the original writer.
#117-118 these two had same first name and age, could be twins, or else a mistake.
#120 middle name could be written Aug., for Augustina.
#130 someone wrote on the list Degge, at a later time, but Degge does not look
like the original. It looks more like #152, which is Deppe.
#136 surname could be Sothe or Gothe or Lothe.
#140 surname is probably the same as the previous, beginning with #126, as
his age falls within the ages for what are probably the children of this
older couple. Or else the surname is Gustav for him and the following few.
#142 at first thought her age was 46, but now it also looks as if it could be 16.
#145-147 town name could be spelled Rendan.
#146 her age could be 24 or 27.
#169 surname looks like Presnhn or Rresnhn or Tresnhn; perhaps it is the same as #158.
#170 surname looks like Goehmann perhaps.
#175 surname looks like Naumnth or Naumnsh.
#179 town could be spelled Heinade.
#180 surname could be Peinicke or Teinicke.
#187-188 surname probably Urban, though not indicated, but #187 has "woman"
written by her first name, so probably wife of #186.
#190-191 surname could be Fukenschaer or Fukenschau.
#194 surname possibly Grumel or Gramel or Gruwel.
#197 some damage, could be Adelhook; age could be 23.
#198 age possibly 21.
#201 surname could be Schwadeler or Schmadeler or Schunadeler.
#205 just says "woman" by her first name, probably wife of #204.
#206 probably Goehmann again.
#207 as this is probably a child of #204-205, his origin was written incorrectly.
#208-209 origin dittoed from #207, so probably Bayern, even though #207 is
probably not Bayern.
#210 town could be Kirchweg or Kirchwey.
#213 first name looks like Alouis.
#215-216 town could be written Tillckeshauss or Rillckeshauss or Blukeshauss, though
looks like Bllckeshauss.
Correspondence 05/05/02 passenger #100 Methe
I am interested in the following people on your list, #77-107 who are
relatives and ancestors of my husband Clifford Matha. They all settled
in Tionesta (Dioneste), Forest County, PA, which is the site I host on
the PA Gen Web. If anyone is researching these passengers, please contact
Christine Matha
Correspondence 07/19/02 passengers #89-91, 101-104, 108 Blum
My GGG Grandfather Johann Herman Blum is passenger #101 arriving from
Bremen, Germany in Baltimore, Maryland on 05 Aug 1847. He is listed
with his wife, Dorothea Elizabeth Lauer; his daughter, Elizabeth Blum,
#103 who married John Shellhouse (possibly the person
listed at #108).
Also, at #89 is my GG Grandfather, Sebastian Blum; his wife, Anne
Catharine Methe (?) and their son Ferdinand. The age listed for Anne
Catharine Blum is 2y6m but am wondering if this is in error. Anne
Catharine Methe would have been approximately 34 years old. We have
no record of them having a daughter Anna until after their arrival
in Pennsylvania in 1853.
I would love to share information with any descendants of these
families who settled in Tionesta, Forest County, PA.
If anyone is researching these passengers, please contact
Linda Blum-Barton and visit
Blum-Barton Genealogy Research Project
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M255, Reel 6.
Contributed and Transcribed by Mary Koelzer a member of the
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1 February 2001
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