Immigrant Ships
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Ship Romulus

I Olney Lovett 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 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 Ship Romulus whereof I am Master from Havre. [signed] Olney Lovett

Sworn to, the 15 May 1828 Before me, M????????? DC

LIST OR MANIFEST of all the Passengers taken on board the Ship Romulus whereof O. Lovett is Master, from Havre Burthen 232 3/4 Tons.

Columns represent: The following pertains to the first five passengers: NAMES; AGE - Years, Months; SEX; OCCUPATION; The Country to which they severally belong; The Country in which they intend to become inhabitants; the last column "Baggage" has been written over the original printed "Died on the Voyage". Since there were no entries in the column "SEX", this column has been omitted.

Columns for the remainder, the "Steerage Passengers", are handwritten: Names, Age, Occupation, Country, Country in which they Intend to inhabit., Baggage

Scroll to right for additional information.

 1* Mr. Richard Falkner   31  11   Banker        England        traveling      2 trunks & 2 baggs
 2* Mr. E. Harry Deas     24  11   Physician     America /U.S./ South Carolina 2 trunks & 1 bag.
 3* Mr. J. Szchiki        34       Colonel       Poland         Traveling      4 trunks & portmants.
 4* Mr. J.X. Cherasse     24       Merchant      France         New York       2 trunks & 1 portmanteau
 5* Mr. J. Garcia del ??? 34   2   Proprietor    Columbia       Traveling      4 trunks & portms.

Steerage Passengers

 6* Chs. Ferat            35 ys    Confectioner  American       America        two trunks  ?? one Box
 7* John N. Goulet        31       Confectioner  French         America        three trunks
 8  John Fay              44       Varnish maker French         America        two trunks and two Boxes.
 9* Julia Agar            25       Milliner      French         America        two ?? trunks and two Boxes
10* Henry Miller          30       Farmer        German         America        one Chest
11  Sophia Miller         27       Farmer        German         America
12  Harry Miller           3       Farmer        German         America
13  Sophia Miller          4       Farmer        German         America
14  Romulus Miller        30 days  Farmer        Born at Sea    America
15* Frederic Miller       27                     German         America        one Chest
16* Catherine Miller      27       Farmer        German         America 
17* Frederic Miller        3       Farmer        German         America
18* Baptist Folmer        58       Farmer        German         America        two Chests
19* Magdalin Folmer       47       Farmer        German         America
20* Sharlott. Folmer      10       Farmer        German         America
21* George Folmer         18       Farmer        German         America
22* Jacob Folmer           5       Farmer        German         America
[Signed] Olney Lovett


Transcriber's notes:

*  The use of an * indicates an omission or error made by the
   original recorder; or a clarification by the transcriber.

?  The use of a ? indicates a letter that could not be read,
   due to the quality of the original document.

*  Collector of Customs: (in the sworn statement) Name is
   essentially undecipherable. It may begin with an "M" and
   may end with the subscripted abbreviation: DC which 
   probably stands for Deputy Collector.

Passenger # 1 -  5 - all have the title Mr., which is written with
                     the capital "M" and superscripted "r" followed
                     by a period.
Passenger # 2 -      While the second letter looks more like an "o",
                     this name is very similar to passenger #12;
                     and I think it most likely is Harry. The last
                     name may be Dear.
Passenger # 3 -      The surname may be Szeliski.
Passenger # 4 -      The first initial may be F. and the surname
                     may be Chevasse, Chevassu, Chevashu, Cherashu,
                     or Cherassu.
Passenger # 5 -      The given name may be J. Garcia, with a surname
                     of del Rio, del Nio, or del ???; or the surname
                     may be Garcia del Rio, Garcia del Nio, Garcia del
                     ???. 
Passenger # 6 -      Chs. has the superscript "s" followed by a
                     period. I believe this is an abbreviation of
                     Charles.
Passenger # 6 & 9 -  Under Baggage, there is a distinct mark indicated
                     above by ??; which may simply be an erasure.
Passenger # 7 -      The middle initial is probably "N"; however, it
                     may be an ornate "P."
Passenger #10 -      I believe Henry Miller and Frederic Miller (#15)
                     are related, probably brothers.
Passenger #15 -      While all other passengers following #10 have
                     ditto marks indicating repetition of "farmer" 
                     as occupation, Frederic Miller (age 27) has no
                     ditto marks; the space is empty.
Passenger #18 - 22 - The surname may be Falmes, Folmes, Falmer.

Correspondence 4/8/02 Captain Lovett
Olney Lovett was Captain of the "Romulus"  Havre to NYC , 15 May 1823.   
He was also Captain of the "Huntress"  Hamburg to NYC Jul 12, 1843.  
Olney was married to Emily Whalen and had three children,  James C, 
Caroline G and Isabelle.  He died in 1872.  
ADDITIONAL information 02/22/2003
Olney Lovett was the son of Benjamin Lovett and Polly Carpenter Lovett 
of West Glenville, NY. He was the grandson of James Lovett (1734-1800) 
and Ruth Whipple Lovett of Providence, RI.  His twin brothers were 
James Lovett of Penfield, NY and Jotham Lovett of West Glenville, NY.  
Other brothers were Jabez Lovett who was in Pavilion NY in the 1850 
census and Lebbeous Lovett of Newport, NY.  Dr David Lovett Jordan

Personal Notes of transcriber:
Passengers #15-17
I believe these are my Miller 3rd great-grandparents and their first child.
Frederic and Catherine Miller may be my 3-greats grandparents, immigrating to New York with their son Frederic, age 3. If so, here is information on these passengers, the rest of the Müller/Miller family, and their connection to my HEYDs.
#15: Frederic Miller=Friedrich MILLER, b. 1801 Elsass; d. 21 May 1849 New
Albany IN*
#16: Catherine Miller=Maria Catherina WILD MILLER, b. 1801, Germany/France;
d. 21 May 1866, age 64 yrs. 9 mo. 12 days, New Albany IN*
#17: Frederic Miller=Friedrich MILLER, b. ca 1825, Germany**

This may be the family, taken from 1850 federal census of New Albany**, Floyd Co. IN:
Mary Miller, 46 b. Germany Page 433, Fam. 740 [b. ca 1801 Germany/France (Alsace?)]
Fredrick Miller, 25, b. Germany 425, 606 [b. ca 1825 Germany (Alsace?)]
Henry Miller, 20, b. New York 425 606 [b. ca 1830 New York]
Caroline Miller, 18, b. New York 425 605 [b. ca 1832 New York]
Charles Miller, 15, b. New York 433 740 [b. ca 1835 New York]
Mary Miller, 12, b. Indiana 433 740 [b. ca 1839 Indiana]
Jacob Miller, 8, b. Indiana 433 740 [b. ca 1842 Indiana]
Philip Miller, 6, b. Indiana 433 740 [b. ca 1844 Indiana]
According to the census, the family emi/immigrated from Europe to New York State between 1825 (15 May 1828?) and 1830; they migrated NY to Indiana between 1835 and 1839. The church record below shows that the father, Frederick Miller died in 1849. Note that his 2nd son carries the same name as passenger #10, who I believe may be Frederick's brother.

In the 1860 census, Mary Miller (age 56 b. France) is living with daughter Caroline (age 26 b. New York) and Carolineıs family: New Albany IN**. Jacob HEYD and Caroline MILLER HEYD (m. 15 Sep 1851 New Albany, Floyd Co. IN) ARE the transcriberıs great-great-grandparents. Before Caroline died on 21 December 1861, aged 29 years, 3 months, 27 days) she and Jacob had six children: Maria Magdalena (b/d. 19 Aug 1852), Laura Caroline (1853-1932), Sarra Francis ³Fannie² (1855-1928), George (1857-1922),Jacob (transcriberıs great-grandfather 1 Apr 1859-25 Jun 1918), and Emma (1861-1940).***

The records of St. Markıs German United Church of Christ, New Albany, IN show births (w/baptism) for Mary (Maria Müller, b. 4 Aug 1839, d/o Friedrich Müller and wife Marie Catharina, born WILD); Jacob (Jakob Müller, b. 9 Apr 1841, s/o Friedrich Müller and wife Marie Catharina, born WILD); and Philip (Philipp Müller, b. 17 Dec 1843 near New Albany, s/o Friedrich Müller and wife Maria, born WILD.)*
The same records show the confirmation class of 3 December 1847 includes Heinr: Müller, 17 3/4 yrs old; Friedr: Müller, 22 3/4 years old, and Caroline Müller 15 years old.*
These deaths are recorded in the St. Markıs records:
Friedrich Miller, died 2 p.m. 21 May 1849; age: ³geb. in Elsass 1801²; wife: Maria, geb. WILD.
Maria Miller, died 21 May 1866, aged 64 years, 9 months, 28 days.
Jacob HEYD (jr.), d. 25 Jun 1918
George HEYD, d. 1922*

Sources:
*LDS FHL film #1415742: St. Markıs German United Church of Christ, New Albany IN
**: 1850 & 1860 Federal Census, New Albany, Floyd Co. IN
***: Heyd Family Bible‹43 birth, marriage, and death records, 1851-1932.

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