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Barque Westkeag


Amsterdam, Netherlands to New York
14 September 1846
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, Dennis Pillsbury do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the following List or Manifest of Passengers, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs of the Collection 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 Barque Westkeag whereof I am Master, at the time of her sailing from the Port of Amsterdam.
(signed) Dennis Pillsbury>
Sworn to before me this fourteenth day of September 1846
(signed) ???????????
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Westkeag of Thomastand whereof D. Pillsbury is Master, bound from Amsterdam for New York burthen 248 6/95 tons.
Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they severally belong, Country of which they they intend to become inhabitants. All passengers intend to become inhabitants of the United States so that column was eliminated.
  1  Johann              Reis        23    male   dealer     Hessia
  2  Andreas             Euler       20    male   mason      Hessia
  3  Valentin            Kunkel      20    male   joiner     Hessia
  4  Carl                Lohrum      20    male   baker      Hessia
  5* Peter               ?????mann   26    male   farmer     Hessia
  6* Anna Maria          ?????mann   26    female wife       Hessia
  7* Peter               ?????mann      8m male              Hessia
  8  Adam                Zanak       29    male   weaver     Hessia
  9  Anna Maria          Zanak       25    female wife       Hessia
 10  Peter               Zanak        2y6m male              Hessia
 11  Adam                Zanak          7m male              Hessia
 12  Johann              Beutel      36    male   farmer     Bavaria
 13  Catharina           Beutel      36    female wife       Bavaria
 14  Elisabetha          Beutel       9    female            Bavaria
 15  Margaretha          Beutel       8    female            Bavaria
 16  Margaretha          Beutel      66    female            Bavaria
 17  Franz               Bauer       36    male   baker      Bavaria
 18  Johann              Enekel      23    male   farmer     Bavaria
 19  Jacob               Ebenbach    36    male   farmer     Bavaria
 20  Catharina           Ebenbach    33    female wife       Bavaria
 21  Martin              Ebenbach    10    male              Bavaria
 22  Jacob               Ebenbach     8    male              Bavaria
 23  Valentin            Ebenbach     3    male              Bavaria
 24  Martin              Ohlinger    30    male   farmer     Bavaria
 25  Elisabetha          Ohlinger    30    female wife       Bavaria
 26  Johann              Ohlinger     4    male              Bavaria
 27  Jacob               Ohlinger     2y6m male              Bavaria
 28  Georg               Ohlinger       2m male              Bavaria
 29  Martin              Ohlinger    23    male   farmer     Bavaria
 30  Jacob               Fischer     23    male   farmer     Bavaria
 31  Elisabetha          Fischer     23    female wife       Bavaria
 32  Heinrich            Fischer      2y6m male              Bavaria
 33  Jacob               Fischer        6m male              Bavaria
 34  Rosina              Fischer     60    female            Bavaria
 35  Georg               Ohlinger    27    male   farmer     Bavaria
 36  Widow Jacob         Bocklin     50    male   farmer     Bavaria
 37  Maria               Bocklin     19    female            Bavaria
 38  Jacob               Bocklin     15    male              Bavaria
 39  Catharina           Bocklin     12    female            Bavaria
 40  Stephan             Ohlinger    55    male   farmer     Bavaria
 41  Elisabetha          Ohlinger    25    female            Bavaria
 42  Anna Maria          Ohlinger    16    female            Bavaria
 43  Christina           Ohlinger     2    female            Bavaria
 44* Elisabetha          E?kee       25    female            Bavaria
 45  Martin              Ohlinger    26    male   farmer     Bavaria
 46  Margaretha          Ohlinger    27    female            Bavaria
 47  Georg               Ohlinger     7    male              Bavaria
 48  Elisabetha          Ohlinger     5    female            Bavaria
 49  Anna Maria          Ohlinger     3    female            Bavaria
 50  Conrad              Ohlinger     1    male              Bavaria
 51  H. Louis            Jahrling    28    male   shoemaker  Hessia
 52  Catharine           Jahrling    22    female wife       Hessia
 53  Carl                Fessler     34    male   locksmith  Bavaria
 54  Caroline            Gerke       20    female            Bavaria
 55  Louisa              Gerke       22    female            Bavaria
 56  Rosa                Fessler      8    female            Bavaria
 57  Nicolas             Wagner      45    male   shoemaker  Baden
 58  Anna Maria          Wagner      40    female            Baden
 59  Anna Maria          Wagner      15    female            Baden
 60  Georg P.            Bauer       54    male   miller     Baden
 61  Georg               Wagner      19    male   smith      Hessia
 62  Caspar              Burg        39    male   smith      Hessia
 63  Anna Catharina      Burg        33    female            Hessia
 64  Peter               Burg         5    male              Hessia
 65  Margaretha          Burg         3    female            Hessia
 66  Johannes            Roeder      39    male   weaver     Hessia
 67  Johannes            Leidner     38    male   pedlar     Hessia
 68  Margaretha          Leidner     33    female wife       Hessia
 69  Heinrich            Leidner     11    male              Hessia
 70  Wilhelm             Leidner      9    male              Hessia
 71  Phillip             Leidner      8    male              Hessia
 72  Christiana          Leidner      6    female            Hessia
 73  Margaretha          Leidner      4    female            Hessia
 74  Widow Elisa         Stark       77    female            Hessia
 75  Heinrich            Brecher     45    male   shoemaker  Hessia
 76  Johannes            Reining     25    male   weaver     Hessia
 77  Georg               Altheor     45    male   weaver     Hessia
 78  Juliana             Altheor     35    female wife       Hessia
 79  Heinrich            Altheor     11    male              Hessia
 80  Elisabeth           Altheor     10    female            Hessia
 81  Johannes            Altheor      3    male              Hessia
 82  Johannes            Gonnert III 45    male   farmer     Hessia
 83  Elisabetha          Gonnert     38    female wife       Hessia
 84  Elisabetha          Gonnert     10y6m female            Hessia
 85  Margaretha          Gonnert      9    female            Hessia
 86  Catharina Elisabeth Gonnert      6    female            Hessia
 87  Georg               Gonnert      4    male              Hessia
 88  Catharina           Gonnert       11m female            Hessia
 89* Heinrich            Reuschling  43    male   carpenter  Hessia   (died August 17)
 90* Catharina           Reuschling  43    female wife       Hessia
 91* Margaretha          Reuschling  16    female            Hessia
 92* Johannes            Reuschling   9    male              Hessia
 93* Elisabetha          Reuschling   3    female            Hessia
 94  Heinrich            Schmitz     23    male   musician   Prussia
 95  Mina                Schmitz     18    female            Prussia
 96  Joseph              Bocker      25    male   watchmaker Prussia
 97  Anton               Schmitz     30    male   musician   Prussia
 98  Bernhard            Schmitz     29    male   musician   Prussia
 99  Christopher         Schmitz     20    male   musician   Prussia


Transcriber's Notes:

* An asterisk is used to call attention to additional information in the
  Transcriber's Notes.

? The ? marks indicate letters or words that cannot be read due to the
  quality of the original document or the handwriting of the recorder.

* Names were transcribed as written regardless of spelling.

* One birth and one death were recorded.
  #89 Heinrich Reuschling died on August 17, 1846.
  A male child was born on 8 September 1846. No other
  information was recorded.


5-7   Surname illegible due to damaged manifest.
44    Surname illegible due to handwriting.
89-93 Umlaut u in surname.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 64, List 840.
Transcribed by Robert W. Grose a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
4 June 2004



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