Immigrant Ships
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Ship Helene

I, Frederick Volckmann 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 Bremen Ship Helene whereof I am Master, from Bremen
Sworn to this 15 July 1850                 So help me God, Fr Volckmann
Before me, (port authority signature unclear)

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Bremen Ship Helene whereof Fr Volckmann is Master, from Bremen burthen 773 tons.

Columns represent passenger name, age, gender, and occupation. The column for destination has been omitted in this list because all passengers are listed as destined for the United States. The original list recorded only "Germany" as the place of origin for all passengers; however, (see Transcriber's Notes) I have added specific villages as found in the Smith monograph because of the value that this would have for researchers trying to connect their ancestral lines to a specific place in Germany.

Cabin Passengers:
  1  Mr. Heinr. Mengert      36    male    Minister      Bremen
  2* Mrs. B Mengert          35    female                Bremen
  3  Mrs M Mengert           62    female                Bremen
  4  Mr. C. W. Veit          35    male    Merchant      Schweinfurt
  5  Mr J. D. Noltenius      25    male    Merchant      Bremen
  6* Mrs E Schmidt           48    female                Klagenfurt
  7* Miss C Dauble           31    female                Stuttgart
  8  Miss C. Rall            37    female                Basel
  9  Miss B Arnoldi          28    female                No place listed
 10* Mrs. A Rathjen          29    female                No place listed
 11  Heinr Rathjen            6    male
 12  Johann Rathjen           4    male
 13  Marie Rathjen            2    female
 14  Berthold Rathjen         1    male
 15* Mr. L. Murtfeldt        20    male    Merchant      Bremen
 16  Mr A C Wilhelms         31    male    Merchant      Oldenburg
 17  Mr H. L. Kropp          20    male    Merchant      Varel
 18* Mr. A. Bandel           17    male    Merchant      Hannover

Steerage Passengers:
 19* Heinr Weissenborn       30    male    Butcher       Ragelstedt
 20* Simon Schlegemilk       24    male    Miller        Ragelstedt
 21  Fried. Pfeiffer         24    male    Shoemaker     Ragelstedt
 22* Jacob Furtmiller        69    male    Weaver        Stammheim
 23* Gottlieb Schumacher     21    male    Shoemaker     Stammheim
 24* Johann Marst            18    male    Joiner        Altbuhlach
 25* Catharine Marst         17    female                Altbuhlach
 26* Dorette Ploger          21    female                Polle
 27* Gefert Wetjen           30    male                  New York
 28* Charlotte Wetjen        25    female                New York
 29* Marie Wetjen             3    female                New York
 30* Heinr Wetjen             2    male                  New York
 31* Diederich Wendelken     16    male    Farmer        Ahrensfeld
 32* Johann Steljes          18    male    Farmer        Ahrensfeld
 33* Heinr Lurssen           19    male    Shoemaker     Scharmbeck
 34* Diederich Oeters        21    male    Smith         Scharmbeck
 35* Heinrich Finke          22    male    Farmer
 36* Magnus Finke            13    male    Farmer        Westerbeck
 37* Anna Dehn               20    female                Westerbeck
 38  Cord Lillienthal        30    male    Farmer
 39  Christian Kornel        19    male    Weaver
 40  Johann Lemmer           25    male    Baker         Sichertshausen
 41  Ludwig Weisbrodt        24    male    Shoemaker     Wolfshausen
 42* Philip Cramer           30    male    Tailor        Volkmarsen
 43* Heinr Gothmann          25    male    Farmer        Volkmarsen
 44* Georg Seitz             24    male    Butcher       Gross Almerode
 45* Johannes Deichmann      38    male    Potter        Gross Almerode
 46  Bernhard Behrens        25    male    Dyer          Volkmarsen
 47  Johanns Resing          25    male    Smith         Gieselberg
 48  Jan Schriever           19    male    Farmer        Utherslande
 49  Gerhard Buschkemper     39    male    Farmer        Diestedde
 50* Friederick Judiesch     30    male    Gardener      Schmarsow
 51* Carl Volker             25    male    Weaver        Schmarsow
 52* Louise Judiesch         30    female                Schmarsow
 53* Emile Judiesch           6    female                Schmarsow
 54* August Judiesch          2    male                  Schmarsow
 55* Bertha Judiesch          3m   female                Schmarsow
 56* Jacob Malek             24    male    Farmer        Meiningen
 57* Barbara Schoor          25    female                Meiningen
 58* Ludewig Zollner         16    male                  Meiningen
 59  Margaret Abner          21    female                Walbach
 60  Casper Mogk             41    male    Farmer        Grebenau
 61  Elisabeth Mogk          38    female                Grebenau
 62  Margaret Mogk           15    female                Grebenau
 63  Otto Friederich         24    male    Joiner        Appenrod
 64* Anna Friederich         22    female                Appenrod
 65* Christoph Friederich     6m   male                  Appenrod
 66* Franz Kerling           34    male    Tailor        Berching
 67* Elisabeth Kerling       38    female                Berching
 68* Barbara Kerling          9    female                Berching
 69* Waldburg Kerling         7    female                Berching
 70* Marie Kerling            3    female                Berching
 71* Joseph Kerling           1    male                  Berching
 72* Franz Kerling            3m   male                  Berching
 73  Margaret Guttenberger   44    female                Berching
 74* Willebald Phahler       35    male    Maisen        Berching
 75* Christiane Phahler      43    female                Berching
 76* Joseph Phahler           9    male                  Berching
 77* Johann Phahler           2    male                  Berching
 78  Joh. Dengler            42    male    Maisen        Berching
 79  Anna Dengler            45    female                Berching
 80* August Kluge            30    male    Smith         Buttstedt
 81* Carl Hahn               20    male    Ropemaker     Buttstedt
 82* Oscar Fochtmann         30    male    Merchant      Buttstedt
 83* Carl Fr. Urban          33    male    Mason         Buttstedt
 84* Fried. W. Wehrmann      31    male    Farmer        Gross Dohrenberg
 85* Caroline Bohran         32    female                Gross Dohrenberg
 86  Fritz Botjer            23    male                  Osterholz
 87  Michael Cohn            21    male                  Ritterhude
 88  Rosette Weinberg        20    female                Scharmbeck
 89  Charlotte Bromma        42    female                Emden
 90  Jacob. Bromma           13    female                Emden
 91  Charlotte Bromma        10    female                Emden
 92  Meyer Silber            22    male    Merchant      Hildesheim
 93  Johann Holzner          32    male    Watchmaker    Wuerzburg
 94  Jacob Deutlinger        32    male    Farmer        Seedorf
 95  Friederich Werner       32    male    Farmer        Wehrda
 96  Caroline Lindemann      36    female                Grambke
 97  Wilhelmine Lindemann     2    female                Grambke
 98  Johann Lindemann         3m   male                  Grambke
 99  Heinrich Baer           26    male                  Colberg
100* Carl Bruggemann         17    male    Farmer        Wagenfeld
101* Christian Volter        17    male    Farmer        Portenhagen
102* Louis Kroling           28    male    Shoemaker     Muenden
103* Christiane Kroling      28    female                Muenden
104* Gottlieb Debeling       18    male                  Muenden
105* Christian Schoppe       24    male    Tailor        Leidhorst
106  Wilhelm Regenthal       31    male    Weaver        Batzhausen
107* August Fischer          21    male    Weaver        Leidhorst
108* Christian Bartels       24    male    Weaver        Leidhorst
109* Willhelm Reessing       16    male    Weaver        Diepholz
110* Caroline Durkop         34    female                Seiboldhausen
111* Minna Durkop            38    female                Seiboldhausen
112  Friederich Klinge       31    male                  Einbeck
113* Heinrich Mackenroth     44    male    Farmer        Reusees (Reusen?)
114* Margarethe Mackenroth   31    female                Reusees (Reusen?)
115* Christoph Mackenroth     7    male                  Reusees (Reusen?)
116* Wilhelmine Mackenroth    5    female                Reusees (Reusen?)
117* Louise Mackenroth        2    female                Reusees (Reusen?)
118* Jacob Strecker          27    male    Farmer        Reusees (Reusen?)
119  Friederich Heinze       44    male    Farmer        Bottendorf
120  Caroline Heinze         39    female                Bottendorf
121  Theodor Heinze          16    male                  Bottendorf
122  Robert Heinze           14    male                  Bottendorf
123  Carl Heinze             12    male                  Bottendorf
124  Pauline Heinze          10    female                Bottendorf
125  Fritz Heinze             8    male                  Bottendorf
126  Herman Heinze            6    male                  Bottendorf
127  Alevine Heinze           4    female                Bottendorf
128  Ferdinand Heinze         2    male                  Bottendorf
129* Johann Sieling          20    male                  Bottendorf
130  Johannes Reich          23    male    Farmer        Kuehndorf
131* Margareth Stricker      24    female                Reesees (Reusen?)
132* Johann Wuhrmann         16    male    Farmer        Beusen
133* Ludewig Guttich         29    male    Merchant      Landsbergen
134* Willhelm Stubner        25    male                  Gera
135* Christiane Stubner      60    female                Gera
136* Johanne Stubner         18    female                Gera
137* Henriette Stubner       26    female                Gera
138* Carl Stubner            23    male                  Gera
139* Heinrich Stubner        21    male                  Gera
140* Louise Stubner           2    female                Gera
141* Anna Stubner             6m   female                Gera
142* Johann Voelkel          19    male    Weaver        Gera
143  Georg Ries              19    male    Farmer        Hilmes
144* Dorothea Voigtlander    27    male                  Lindstedt
145* Heinrich Kielmeyer      24    male    Farmer        Winzlar
146* Marie Kielmeyer         40    female                Winzlar
147* Heinrich Kielmeyer      16    male                  Winzlar
148* Caroline Kielmeyer      11    female                Winzlar
149* Heinrich Grote          38    male    Farmer        Winzlar
150* Friederieka Grote       36    female                Winzlar
151* Friederich Homeyer      46    male    Farmer        Winzlar
152* Sophie Homeyer          44    female                Winzlar
153* Willhelm Homeyer        20    male                  Winzlar
154* Heinrich Homeyer        17    male                  Winzlar
155* Friederich Homeyer      16    male                  Winzlar
156* Caroline Homeyer        12    female                Winzlar
157* Friederike Homeyer       9    female                Winzlar
158* Diederich Homeyer        8    male                  Winzlar
159* Carl Schutz             26    male    Farmer        Herrnhausen
160  Emma Reinfelder         25    female                Nuernberg
161  Julie Reinfelder        18    female                Nuernberg
162  Henriette Tauscher      32    female                Glauchau
163  Mathilde Tauscher        7    female                Glauchau
164  Hedewig Tauscher         4    female                Glauchau
165* August Borchert         17    male    Farmer        Rehren
166* Friederike Goertz       52    female                Rehren
167* Willhelmine Goertz      14    female                Rehren
168* Ludwig Goertz           14    male                  Rehren
169* Heinrich Goertz         12    male                  Rehren
170  Gottfried Hoppe         44    male    Farmer        Hamm
171  Sophie Hoppe            4?    female                Hamm
172  Wilhelmine Hoppe        13    female                Hamm
173  Henriette Hoppe         11    female                Hamm
174  Valentin Klotzbach      21    male    Weaver        Mansfeld
175  Johannes Klotzbach      15    male    Weaver        Mansfeld
176  Heinrich Bock           19    male    Tailor        Dallhausen
177* Huge Beulet             28    male    Farmer        Bamberg
178  Georg Saffer            42    male    Farmer        Kauernhofen
179  Anna Saffer             32    female                Kauernhofen
180  Joseph Saffer           26    female                Kauernhofen
181* Georg Eismann           30    male    Butcher       Binsberg
182* Anna Eckstein           36    female                Binsberg
183* Catharina Stahr         30    female                Binsberg
184  Johann Holtzmann        48    male    Farmer        Kauernhofen
185  Margaretha Holtzmann    45    female                Kauernhofen
186  Eva Holtzmann           20    female                Kauernhofen
187  Friederich Holtzmann    18    male                  Kauernhofen
188  Elisabeth Holtzmann     16    female                Kauernhofen
189  Margaretha Holtzmann    10    female                Kauernhofen
190  Johann Holtzmann         9    male                  Kauernhofen
191  Georg Holtzmann          6    male                  Kauernhofen
192  Johann Georg Holtzmann   9m   male                  Kauernhofen
193  Theodor Hauff           22    male    Merchant      Waldbusch
194* Adam Jos. Ai            36    male    Farmer        Huenfeld
195* Anna Bornet             31    female                Huenfeld
196* Philip Klepp            26    male    Potter        Niederurf(Niederdorf?)
197* Anna Klepp              26    female                Niederurf(Niederdorf?)
198* Conrad Weiss            28    male    Shoemaker     Niederurf(Niederdorf?)
199* Marie Kaufler           29    female                Niederurf(Niederdorf?)
200  Heinrich Wilkens        20    male    Tailor        Achim
201  Willhelm Hartje         17    male    Farmer        Hallstedt
202  Heinrich Hartje         15    male    Farmer        Hallstedt
203* Christian Hebeler       20    male    Farmer        Schledehausen
204* Anna Niemann            20    female                Schledehausen
205  Willhelm Hillmann       20    male                  Leese
206  Auguste Hillmann        30    female                Leese
207  Carl Ebeling            22    male    Farmer        Leese
208  Conrad Ebeling          21    male    Farmer        Leese
209  Margarethe Bredehorst   56    female                Bremen
210  Anna Bredehorst         22    female                Bremen
211  Albert Wohlen           21    male    Farmer        Neubruechhausen
212  Hinrich Cordes          17    male    Farmer        Uterlande
213  Gerhard Mehrtens        60    male    Farmer        Lorstedt
214  Beta Fischer            15    female                Uterlande
215  Claus Luhrs             18    male    Farmer        Lorstedt
216  Martin Wreden           25    male    Farmer        Neuenfeld
217  Anna Alfken             24    female                Rottenfelde
218* Luder Halenbeck         18    male                  Rottenfelde
219  Heinrich Isensee        17    male                  Rottenfelde
220  Matheias Brunjes        18    male                  Rottenfelde
221  Herman Wulf             11    male                  Rottenfelde
222  Anna Sitjen             17    female
223* Claus Fischer           17    male    Farmer        ?
224  Georg Jonas             33    male    Farmer        Redershausen
225  Henriette Gadesmann     21    female                Eldagsen
226  Theodor Kraes           2?    male    Farmer
227* Adolphoon Santen        20    male    Farmer        Emden
228* Friederich von Henning  36    male    Farmer        Verden or Berden?
229  Helene Nachtigal        21    female                Hildesheim
230  Heinrich Frieling       17    male    Farmer        Rottenfelde
231  Heinrich Springmeyer    16    male    Farmer        Rottenfelde
232  Fritz Rodefeld          20    male    Farmer        Rottenfelde
233  Dine Rodefeld           17    female                Rottenfelde


Transcriber's Notes:

An asterisk indicates further information in the Passenger Notes.
A question mark indicates indecipherable material.

This list from the National Archives and Records Administration (Microfilm 237/768)
has been compared to a list found in a monograph which can be found in the Ostfriesen
Genealogical Society of America library at Forest Lake MN.  The monograph titled "From
Bremen to America in 1850: Fourteen Rare Emigrant Ship Lists" by Clifford Neal Smith,
Monograph No. 22 in the German-American Genalogical Research Series (ISSN 0094-7806,
published by Westland Publications, McNeal, Arizona, 1987.  In the preface to the
monograph, Mr. Smith states that the information comes from an . . . obscure weekly
newspaper from Rudolstadt, Thuringia (Germany)entitled the "Allgemeine Auswanderungs-
Zeitung", devoted to news about ship sailings ...  The newspaper can be found in the
Beinecke Rare Book Collection of the Yale University Library.

Discrepancies between the NARA list and the monograph list are mentioned in
the Passenger Notes.  I cannot explain why some names included in the monograph
are not on the NARA passenger list or why some on the NARA list are not on the
monograph list. The monograph states that the ship left Bremen on 29 May 1850.
The writer of this list often (but not always) omits the surname for passengers
that most likely are members of a family unit.  After comparing the two lists, I
have added the family name for those instances where the NARA list omitted it.
Spelling of names (esp. given names) seems to be unusual. The writer usually
spells Wilhelm as Willhelm; Wilhelmine as Willhelmine; Ludwig as Ludewig, etc.
A large number of names have a small cross or plus sign before them.  There
is no explanation for the meaning of this in this list.


2       The monograph lists her given name as Beta.
6       Given name in monograph:  Elise.
7       Surname has an umlauted "a" thus may be Daeuble.
10      Given name in monograph: either Madeline or Magdalena.
15      Given name in monograph: Louis.
18      Given name in monograph: Arn. (Arnhold?) also, monograph lists
        the surname as Von Bandel.
19-20   Monograph states that these two passengers were travelling together.
20      Surname in monograph: Schlegemilch.
22-23   No. 22: surname Furtmueller (i.e. umlauted "u" in Furtmuller). Also,
        these two passengers are listed as travelling together.
24-25   Monograph states that these two passengers were travelling together.
26      Surname has an umlauted "o" thus may be Ploeger.
27-30   According to the monograph these people were from New York--so not
        all passengers listed were from Germany; however, they may have been
        returning Germans.
31-32   Monograph states that these two passengers were travelling together.
33      Surname has an umlauted "u" thus may be Luerssen.
33-34   Monograph states that these two passengers were travelling together.
35-36   Surname may be Fenke.
36-37   Monograph states that these two passengers were travelling together.
42-43   Monograph states that these two passengers were travelling together.
44-45   Monograph states that these two passengers were travelling together.
51      Surname spelled Voelker in monograph, perhaps to indicate an umlauted
        "o" in Volker.
56      Surname may be Malck.
56-58   Monograph states that these three passengers were travelling together.
57      Monograph spells her surname: Schorr.
64-65   Surname spelled Friedrich in monograph.
66-72   Surname listed as Berling in monograph.
74-77   Surname listed as Pfahler in monograph.
80-83   Monograph states that these four passengers were travelling together.
84-85   Monograph states that these two passengers were travelling together.
100     Surname spelled Brueggemann in monograph, perhaps to indicate an umlauted
        "u" in Bruggemann.
101     Surname listed as Walter in monograph.
102-103 Surname listed in monograph as Kroeling (i.e. Kroling with an umlauted "o").
102-104 Monograph states that these three passengers were travelling together.
104     Surname listed in monograph as Doebeling (i.e. Dobeling with an umlauted "o").
105, &
107-108 Monograph states that these three passengers were travelling together.
109     Surname listed in monograph as Reising.
110-111 Surname listed in monograph as Duerkop.
113-117 Surname listed as Mackeroth in monograph.
113-118 Monograph states that these passengers were travelling together.
129     Monograph states that he was travelling with the Heinze family listed
        just ahead of him.
131     Surname spelled Strecker in monograph.  Also states that she is travelling
        with Johann Strecker and the Mackeroths.
132     Surname listed in monograph as Wuehrmann (i.e. Wuhrmann with an umlauted "o").
133     Surname listed in monograph as Guettich (i.e. Guttich with an umlauted "u").
134-141 Surname has an umlauted "u" thus may be Stuebner.
142     Listed in monograph as travellling with the Stuebner family.
144     Surname has an umlauted "a' thus may be Voigtlaender.
145-158 Monograph says thess families are travelling together.
159     Surname in monograph listed as Schuetz, i.e. an umlauted "u" in Schutz.
165     Monograph lists name as Borchelt.
165-169 All travelling together.
177     Name listed as Hugo Barlet in monograph.
181-183 Monograph states all three are travelling together.
183     Surname is Stahr with an umlauted "a" thus possibly Staehr.
194-195 Passengers listed in monograph as travelling together.
195     Name listed as Wiena Bonert in monograph.
196-197 Surname found as Klipp in monograph.
196-199 Passengers listed in monograph as travelling together.
199     Surname has an umlauted "a" thus may be Kaeufler.
203     Surname given as Hebbeler in monograph.
203-204 Passengers listed in monograph as travelling together.
205-208 Passengers listed in monograph as travelling together.
218     Given name has an umlauted "u" thus may be Lueder.
223     Possibly from Ransbach. Monograph lists only the initial of the given
        name as a G.
227     Surname listed as Senten or Von Senten, Van Senten in monograph.
228     Surname may be von Hennings, but the final "s" is squeezed into the space
        after and below the final "g."  Surname listed simly as Hennings in monograph.


Correspondence added November 10, 2005, passengers 102-103 Kroling (Krohling)
My great-grandparents, Louis and Christiane Krohling (Kroling) were
passengers 102 and 103 in your listing for the Ship Helene which docked
in New York harbor July 15, 1850.  Louis was born in Muenden, Christiane
in Einbeck, Germany.  Traveling with them was Christiane's brother,
Gottlieb Doebeling (Debeling), passenger #103.  He returned to Germany
before 1866.

The Krohlings settled in Galena, Illinois, where they had 8 children:
Herman Louis b. 1854, Henry John b. 1856, Augusta b. 1858, Louisa b. 1860,
twins Johann and Kasper b 1863 and Sophia Wilmenia b. 1865. Three of the
children, Augusta and the twins Johann and Kasper died in infancy. Louis
and Christiane also lost two other children in infancy in Muenden prior
to immigrating.

Louis enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War where he his
wounds resulted in his being disabled.  Christiane died in January
1878 and Louis remarried a Maria Tiel, widow of Franz Tiel.  This
couple immigrated from the port of Hamburg sometime in the late 1860s.

Louis died in September 1893 in Galena.

Bill Chaddock  

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