I, Diedr. Müller Master or Commander of the Ship Goethe, do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear, that the within list, signed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of this District, contains the names of all the Passengers, taken on board the said ship at the Port of Bremen or at any time since, and that all matters therein set forth, are, according to the best of my knowledge and belief, just and true. I do further swear, that none of the said Passengers have died on the voyage. (signed) Diedr. Müller Sworn before me this, nineteenth day of Jany 1855 (signed) J M Hunt Collector
List of all passengers taken on board the Bremen ship Goethe whereof Diedr. Muller is Master, at the port of Bremerhaven * and bound for New-Orleans.
Columns represent: Names, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they belong, Country of which they intend to become inhabitants, and Number that have died on the passage.
1 Rud. Kück 20 M Merchant Bremen Neworleans
2 Carl Franke 21 M Merchant Bremen Neworleans
3 Friedr. Schriever 26 M Merchant Harmenhausen Neworleans
4 W^m Hildenbrock 25 M Shipper Bremen Galveston
5 Heinr. Lehfolz 19 M Farmer Prussia St Louis
6 Carl Fr Nauck 20 M Sailor Prussia Memphis
7 Friedr. Lange 25 M Locksmith Prussia Neworleans
8 Conr^d Wagner 15 M Farmer Hessen Neworleans
9 Heinr. Knott 21 M Farmer Hessen Neworleans
10 Barb. Elis. Blumenauer 27 W Hessen Neworleans
11 Elisabeth Sohl 20 W Hessen Neworleans
12 Dirk Hammen 30 M Farmer Hannoveria St Louis
13 Adelheid Hammen 36 W Hannoveria St Louis
14 Maria Hammen 11 W Hannoveria St Louis
15 Johann Hammen 9 M Hannoveria St Louis
16 Gesine Hammen 4 W Hannoveria St Louis
17 Henriette Dehls 15 W Vegesack St Louis
18 Marie Linzen 23 W Prussia Cincinnati
19 Adam von der Heyde 30 M Farmer Prussia Neworleans
20 Fried. Moller 24 M Farmer Prussia St Louis
21 W^m Damm 44 M Weaver Prussia Neworleans
22 Nic. Damm 20 M Weaver Prussia Neworleans
23 Maria Damm 17 W Prussia Neworleans
24 H. Eicke 23 M Glazier Holstein Iowa
25 Fried. Voigt 44 M Weaver Hannoveria Memphis
26 H Voigt 48 M Weaver Hannoveria Memphis
27 Marcia Borchers 22 W Hannoveria Memphis
28 H^ch Koch 44 M Farmer Hessen Neworleans
29 Gertrud Koch 15 W Hessen Neworleans
30 Louise Koch 12 W Hessen Neworleans
31 Andreas Koch 8 M Hessen Neworleans
* 32 Joh. C W?hl 25 M Brewer Saxony Neworleans
33 F Schmidt 59 M Farmer Suisse St Louis
34 A Schmidt 21 W Suisse St Louis
35 Joh. Riedemann 34 M Farmer Bavaria Sollid
36 Marie Wülper 50 W Hannoveria Neworleans
37 Ludw^g Wülper 22 M Farmer Hannoveria Neworleans
38 Marie Bohnefeldt 33 W Prussia Neworleans
39 Ida Bohnefeldt 10 W Prussia Neworleans
40 Richard Bohnefeldt 9 M Prussia Neworleans
41 Carl Bohnefeldt 7 M Prussia Neworleans
42 Hermann Bohnefeldt 5 M Prussia Neworleans
43 Elise Bohnefeldt 3 W Prussia Neworleans
44 Georg Fr Tohn 25 M Cooper Prussia Neworleans
45 Antoinette Schungel 18 W Prussia Neworleans
46 Amalie Schungel 15 W Prussia Neworleans
47 Carl Ahrens 15 M Farmer Prussia Neworleans
48 Magdalene Wahl 32 W Oldenbourg Neworleans
49 Meta Lehne 21 W Oldenbourg Neworleans
50 Fried. Loht 27 M Shoemaker Brunswick Neworleans
51 Joh. Geiss 35 M Baker Hessen Illinois
52 Maria Geiss 20 W Hessen Illinois
53 Christine Geiss 17 W Hessen Illinois
54 Conrad Geiss 12 M Hessen Illinois
55 Heinr. Fritsch 30 M Shoemaker Hannoveria Neworleans
56 Ant. Schneider 20 M Shoemaker Nassau Indiana
57 H^ch Legensecker 21 M Farmer Nassau Indiana
58 Joh. Christian 29 M Farmer Nassau Neworleans
59 G^g Reiss 52 W Hessen St Louis
60 Georg Reiss 20 M Tailor Hessen St Louis
61 Maria Reiss 17 W Hessen St Louis
62 Conr^d Crause 21 M Weavier Prussia Neworleans
63 Cresc^a Klauss 54 W Wurtemberg St Louis
64 Therese Klauss 11 W Wurtemberg St Louis
65 Jos. Jungwirth 35 M Forester Bohemia St Louis
66 Veronica Jungwirth 27 W Bohemia St Louis
67 Heinr. Burchgraf 22 M Tailor Nassau Neworleans
68 Math. Schlosser 27 M Farmer Nassau St Louis
69 Cath. Schlosser 35 Nassau St Louis
70 Anna M Schlitt 20 W Nassau St Louis
71 Dorothea Hein 34 W Nassau St Louis
72 Lubens Muth 27 M Miner Nassau St Louis
73 Heinr. Trompetter 51 M Farmer Prussia Illinois
74 Maria Trompetter 44 W Prussia Illinois
75 Franz Trompetter 19 M Prussia Illinois
76 Joh. Peter Trompetter 11 M Prussia Illinois
77 Catharine Trompetter 9 F Prussia Illinois
78 Wilh. Trompetter 5 M Prussia Illinois
* 79 Joh. Heinr. Lautz ?8 M Bricklayer Hessen Missouri
80 Marg. Lautz 39 W Hessen Missouri
81 Heinr. Lautz 9 M Hessen Missouri
82 Joh. Lautz 7 M Hessen Missouri
83 Anna M. Lautz 4 W Hessen Missouri
84 Benjamin Degen 35 M Wheelwright Prussia St Louis
85 Caroline Degen 32 F Prussia St Louis
86 Albert Degen 10 M Prussia St Louis
87 Gustav Degen 3 M Prussia St Louis
88 Wilhelm Degen 7 M Prussia St Louis
89 Fried Schenke 32 M Farmer Prussia St Louis
90 Alb^t Wildebrandt 17 M Wheelwright Prussia St Louis
91 Anna Cath. Feld 34 W Prussia St Louis
92 Wilhelmine Feld 13 W Prussia St Louis
93 Elisabeth Feld 5 W Prussia St Louis
94 Anna M Hausard 44 W Prussia St Louis
95 Caspar H Hausard 16 M Farmer Prussia St Louis
* 96 Herm H Hausard 10 M Prussia St Louis
* 97 Herm H Hausard 5 M Prussia St Louis
98 W^m Wandrey 17 M Merchant Polonia St Louis
99 Joh. Münch 28 M Farmer Bavaria Neworleans
100 Joh. Münch 25 M Farmer Bavaria Neworleans
101 Kunig. Maerlein 28 W Bavaria Missouri
102 Peter Maerlein 22 M Farmer Bavaria Missouri
103 Peter Lang 54 M Forster Bavaria Missouri
104 Barb. Lang 52 W Bavaria Missouri
105 Heinr. Lang 20 M Bavaria Missouri
106 Christianne Lang 15 W Bavaria Missouri
107 Heinr. Gade 54 M Farmer Brunswick Neworleans
108 Caroline Gade 38 W Brunswick Neworleans
109 August Gade 14 M Brunswick Neworleans
110 Friedr. Böger 30 M Bricklayer Lippe Detmold Illinois
111 Joh. Ronne 33 M Farmer Prussia Neworleans
112 Susanne Ronne 46 W Prussia Neworleans
113 Mich. Runkel 24 M Brewer Prussia Neworleans
114 Helene Runkel 20 W Prussia Neworleans
115 Ursula Runkel 18 W Prussia Neworleans
116 Conr. Jos. Niedere 28 M Shoemaker Prussia Neworleans
117 Emil Koch 21 M Joiner Prussia Neworleans
118 Minna Weistenfeld 21 W Prussia Neworleans
119 Fr. Aug. Bernhard 22 M Musician Saxony Iowa
120 Joh Fr. Zange 18 M Musician Saxony Neworleans
121 H Wilh^e Gronemeyer 46 W Prussia St Louis
122 Joh Phil. Gronemeyer 10 M Prussia St Louis
123 Carl Ludw Gronemeyer 6 M Prussia St Louis
124 Heinr. Märtens 28 M Miller Brunswick Neworleans
125 Christ. Lang 48 M Weavier Bavaria Illinois
126 Maria Lang 52 W Bavaria Illinois
127 Louise Lang 9 W Bavaria Illinois
128 Louis Ernst 27 M Farmer Prussia St Louis
129 Edward Mallitz 32 M Glazier Prussia St Louis
130 Mart. Griffmann 29 M Workman Hannoveria Neworleans
Written at the end of the list:
130 say One hundred and thirty Passengers and six Babies
General notes:
The statement at the beginning of the manifests gives the departure
port as Bremerhaven, while other statements give the port as Bremen.
Based on the following information, it is possible that the ship
actually departed from Bremerhaven, Bremen's outer port.
Bremerhaven is a part of the state of the "Free Hanseatic City of
Bremen", Germany's only two-city state consisting of the cities of
Bremen and Bremerhaven. Two cities, one state, which, however, are not
united geographically. A distance of 60 kilometres lies between the two
cities. This is the result of a history that began just 170 years ago
for Bremerhaven. In 1827, Bremen founded the new town as an outer port
on water that was deep enough for ocean-going ships.
Passenger notes:
32 W?hl - could be Wahl or Wohl
79 Lautz - age overwritten. Looks like 38 written over 48.
96,97 Hausard - both childrens' give names written as Herm. H.
A few given names are abbreviated by omitting several letters in
the middle of the name, then superscripting the last letter or two. On
the list above, the '^' symbol indicates that the following letters are
superscripted.
The following information concerning the Ship Goethe was posted on the
emigration ships mailing list by Michale Palmer:
The vessel in question is the Bremen sailing ship GOETHE, built at
Vegesack/Grohn, on the Weser River, by the shipwright Johann Lange,
and launched on 3 November 1842. 225 Commerzlasten/506 tons
register; 35,4 x 9 x 5,8 meters (length x beam x depth of hold);
cost, 31,000 Taler.
The GOETHE was built for the Bremen firm of D. H. Wätjen, which was
especially active in the emigrant and tobacco trade with the United
States. From 1842 to 1853 her master was Johann Hinrich Homann,
formerly master of the Bremen ship EUROPA, about whom an interesting
account written by the Schreiber siblings in 1852 was published by
U. Feldkamp in the periodical _Deutsches Schiffahrtsarchiv_, 14
(1991); Homann was succeeded as master by Diedrich Müller.
In 1855, after 12 years in the emigrant and tobacco trade, the
GOETHE was converted into a whaler, and in April 1856, left
Bremerhaven under the command of the American Samuel Henry Austin
for the Pacific whaling grounds; she returned in August 1859 with
2,200 barrels of whale oil and 8,000 pounds of whalebone.
In January 1860, the GOETHE was sold for 9,000 Taler to Hinrich
Wehmann, of Vegesack, who in May of the same year sold the vessel to
Capt. C. Westergaard, of Arendal, Norway. From 1863, her port of
registry was Fredriksstad, her owner A. P. Andersen, her master
Capt. Johanssen.
In January 1888, the GOETHE, bound from Torrevieja to Moss, sprang a
leak, and a few days later was abandoned in lat 45 N, lon 12 W. The
crew was picked up by the steamship NIGER, bound from Africa, and
was landed at Liverpool on 30 January 1888.
Source: Peter-Michael Pawlik, _Von der Weser in die Welt; Die
Geschichte der Segelschiffe von Weser und Lesum und ihrer Bauwerften
1770 bis 1893_, Schriften des Deutschen Schiffahrtsmuseums, Bd. 33
(Hamburg: Kabel, c1993), p. 204, no. 173.
Michael Palmer
Transcription copyright © Mary Ross