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Bark Union


Bremen, Germany to Baltimore, Maryland, USA
22 April 1861

DISTRICT OF BALTIMORE - PORT OF BALTIMORE
Name of Vessel,      Union
Nation of do,        Hannover
Name of Master,      J H Schütte
Port Sailed from,    Bremen
Number of Aliens,    97
Number of Citizens,  6
Consignees,          Katz Leupold
Owners,              H. Spanhoofe of Lehe
Alien Passengers landed at the Port of Baltimore from the Hannov. Bark Union, J H Schütte, is Master, on (22 April) 1861 from Bremen.
Columns represent: passenger name, age, place of origin, last legal residence, destination and occupation.
1 Cajüte:
 1  Adolph Lauenstein         27  Griessen       Griessen      Baltimore     Oeconom
 2  Carl Lauenstein           25  Griessen       Griessen      Baltimore     Oeconom

2ten Cajüte:
 3  Friedrich ?r               ?  Darmstadt      Darmstadt     Baltimore     Schumacher
 4* Ludwig Backer             28  Preusse        Preusse       Cincinaty     Küpper
 5  Heinrich Holtgers         36  Hannr.         Hannr.        Cincinaty     Landmann
 6  Anton Lindemann           25  Cincinaty      Cincinaty     Cincinaty     Tischler
 7* Johann Stoffer            27  Badenhausen    Badenhausen   Cincinaty     Schneider
 8* Luise Stoffer  (Frau)     26  Badenhausen    Badenhausen   Cincinaty     Schneider
 9* Emma Stoffer (Kind)        3  Badenhausen    Badenhausen   Cincinaty     Schneider
10* Tochter Stoffer
11  Friederich Noll           18  Griessen       Griessen      Baltimore     Arbeiter
12  Luise Reese               18  Griessen       Griessen      Baltimore     Arbeiter
13  Karoline Meyer            23  Griessen       Griessen      Baltimore     Arbeiter
14  Friederich Schutte        23  Hann           Hann          Cincinaty     Landmann
15  Bernh Westerdorf          59  Hann           Hann          Cincinaty     Landmann
16  Cathrine Westerdorf       25  Hann           Hann          Cincinaty     Landmann
17  Elise Wenstrup            21  Hann           Hann          Cincinaty     Landmann
18* Heinr. Tolk?              17  Ankum          Ankum         Cincinaty     Landmann
19  Heinr Rolfs               20  Ankum          Ankum         Cincinaty     Landmann
20  Bernhardine Rolfs         20  Ankum          Ankum         Cincinaty
21  Carl Witte                36  Bremen         Bremen        Washington    Cigarenmacher
22  Antonette Witte (Frau)    27  Bremen         Bremen        Washington
23  Heinr. Torg               19  Schlitz        Schlitz       Baltimore     Weber
24  Phi Mohn                  16  Schlitz        Schlitz       Baltimore     Schumacher
25  Vinzin Hagemann           20  Maberzell      Maberzell     Baltimore     Lehrer
26* Franz Rohr                35  Cassel         Cassel        Baltimore     Schneder
27* Aneta ?ago                20  Holzminden     Holzminden    Baltimore
28  Stannius Pfeffermann      25  Thalau         Thalau        Pitsburg      Schneder
29  Josep Preller             26  Kur. Hessen    Kur. Hessen   Weeling       Landmann
30  August Bunhage            24  Heinwade       Heinwade      Baltimore     Schneder
31  Luise Bunhage             24  Heinwade       Heinwade      Baltimore
32* Ferdinand Backer          22  Holzminden     Holzminden    Baltimore
33  Friederich Zschage        23  Saxe           Holzminden    Chicago       Landmann
34  Carl Moritz Volkmann      20  Saxe           Einestock     Baltimore     ?omes
35  Fried. Atzel              22  Hamberg        Homberg       Baltimore     Schumacher
36* Georg Bosing              24  Westhofen      Darmstadt     Baltimore     Barbier
37  Phi Hamscher              20  Westhofen      Darmstadt     Baltimore     Küpper
38* Elisabet Bosing           24  Westhofen      Darmstadt     Philadelphia  Schneider
39  Phil Gesner               21  Darmstadt      Darmstadt     Baltimore     Küpper
40  Heinr. Hagmann            20  Lengrich       Lengrich      Cincinaty     Zimmermann
41  Marta Schmidt             23  Kur. Hessen    Obersell      Weeling
42  Johann Schmidt            18  Kur. Hessen    Obersell      Weeling       Schndeider
43  Georg Strang              25  Oberstadt      Oberstadt     Baltimore     Bauer
44  Gerhard Hoffmann          24  Oberstadt      Oberstadt     Baltimore     Bauer
45  Adolph Hufenheuser        26  Ascherleben    Ascherleben   Chicago       Metzcher
46  Josef Werkmeister         26  Dingelstadt    Preussen      Cincinati     Landmann
47  Wilhelm Hegemann          23  Opendorf       Opendorf      Cincinati     Landmann
48  Dorottea Hegemann (Frau)  23  Opendorf       Opendorf      Cincinati
49  Fried Kiehlmann           16  Bremen         Bremen        Ohio          Kaufmann
50* Lui Schroder              19  Bremen         Bremen        Baltimore     Cemmis
51  Jacob Paulus              20  Steinbach      Steinbach     Baltimore     A?
52  Johann Wals               22  Romersdorf     Beiern        Baltimore     Oeconom
53* Magar. Her?e?             25  Kreinberg      Hannover      Cincinaty     Oeconom
54* H. H. Her?e?              14  Kreinberg      Hannover      Cincinaty     Arbeiter
55  Heinr Lentz               32  Schlitz        Ilianois      Iliniois      Landmann
56  Dorette Lentz (Frau)      21  Schlitz        Sletzos       Ilineois      Zwischendeck:
57  Herm Rhyal                20  Anderwende     Hannr.        Cincinaty     Econom
58  J. H. Bulscher            22  Hollenstadt    Hollenstadt   Cincinaty     Schumacher
59  Marie Bulscher (Frau)     20  Hollenstadt    Hollenstadt   Cincinaty
60  Christ. Helwig            21  Melzungen      Melzungen     Baltimore     Backer
61  Elisab Schulzenbach       23  Homberg        Homberg       Baltimore
62  Elisab Sch??k             24  Homberg        Homberg       Baltimore
63  Helene Klein              23  Prag           Prag          Baltimore
64  Elise Klein               25  Prag           Prag          Baltimore
65  Eduard Ri?land            22  Deutzberg      Deutzberg     Baltimore     Backer
66  Johann Wiermer            23  Schlodheim     Schlodheim    Baltimore     Landmann
67  Magdalene Wiermer (Frau)  33  Schlodheim     Schlodheim    Baltimore
68  Johann Wiermer (Kind)      4  Schlodheim     Schlodheim    Baltimore
69  Heinr Reinhand            39  Levern         Levern        Cincinaty     Landmann
70  Georg Octo                36  Beiern         Beiern        Baltimore     Landmann
71* Sebastian Gunter          26  Beiern         Beiern        Baltimore     Landmann
72* Johann Bak                36  Darmstadt      Darmstadt     Chicago       Weber
73* Elisabet Bak (Frau)       37  Darmstadt      Darmstadt     Chicago
74  Magar. Meissel            23  Beiern         Beiern        Chicago
75  Magart. Moll              19  Beiern         Beiern        Chicago
76  Christine Hoffmeister     22  Hasselbach     Hessen        Chicago
77  Johannes Offenbach        40  Hessen         Hessen        Baltimore     Weber
78  Heinr Knies               54  Hessen         Hessen        Baltimore     Maurer
79  Vallentien Grosz          18  Hessen         Hessen        Philadelphia  Maurer
80* Fried. Gunter             33  Beier          Ohio          Ohio          Weber
81* Magdalene Gunter (Frau)   30  Beier          Ohio          Ohio          Weber
82* Dorette Gunter  (Kind)     4  Beier          Ohio          Ohio
83* Anna Gunter  (Kind)        2  Beier          Ohio          Ohio
84  Johann Frey               25  Hesse          Hesse         Wheeling      Arbeiter
85  Franziske Scholl          26  Oberfeld       Hesse         Wheeling
86* Magar. Burger             27  Beiern         Beiern        Baltimore
87* Magr Gogelein             26  Horshausen     Würtenberg    Russelvell
88* Babara Gogelein           24  Horshausen     Würtenberg    Russelvell
89* Maria Gogelein            22  Horshausen     Würtenberg    Russelvell
90* Johann Backer             24  Carlstadt      Carlstadt     Baltimore     Maurer
91  Phil Backer               21  Carlstadt      Carlstadt     Baltimore     Schumacher
92  Luwig Reisner             31  München        München       Baltimore     Bäcker
93  H. Ostendorf              21  Hannr.         Hannr.        Baltimore     Arbeiter
94* Jacob Gernhand            21  Coburg         Coburg        Baltimore     Tischler
95  Anna Gernhand (Frau)      28  Coburg         Coburg        Baltimore
96  Catharina Gernhand (Kind)  1  Coburg         Coburg        Baltimore
97*   


Transcriber's Notes:  

A question mark indicates material that was indecipherable.
An asterisk indicates further information in the Passenger Notes. 
A caret (^) indicates superscript text.

The writer of this list uses the abbrevation for a place name:  Hannr or
Hann.  I believe he means Hannover (the Kingdom of Hannover).

4      Surname has an umlauted "a" so may be Baecker.
7-10   Surname has an umlauted "o" so may be Stoeffer. Brackets between the number
       and the name entries indicate a group travelling together. Note for #10 says:
       Tochter geboren den 22 März (daughter born the 22nd March).
18     Surname may be Tölkamp, i.e. Tolkamp, Toelkamp.
26     Surname has an umlauted "o" so may be Roehr.
27     Surname may be Jago or Iago.
32     Surname has an umlauted "a" so may be Baecker.
36     Surname has an umlauted "o" so may be Boesing.
38     Surname has an umlauted "o" so may be Boesing.
50     Surname has an umlauted "o" so may be Schroeder.
53-54  Surname may be Herzer, Herger, Hergen, or Herzen.
71     Surname has an umlauted "u" so may be Guenter.
72-73  Surname could be either Bak or Bok.
80-83  Surname has an umlauted "u" so may be Guenter.
86     Surname has an umlauted "u" so may be Buerger.
87-89  Surname has an umlauted "o" so may be Goegelein.
90     Surname has an umlauted "a" so may be Baecker.
94     Surname may be Gernhard.
97     Note for entry says:  Ein Sohn der Babara Gögelein vier Tage alt.
       (A son {born to} Babara Gögelein four days old.  See passenger #88.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M255, Reel 13.
Transcribed by Gene Janssen a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
10 October 2002



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