Wend/Sorb Surnames in Shipping lists

 

These lists have been compiled from the existing German shipping lists and reports of Arrivals in South Australian newspapers. Unfortunately, these lists are sometimes incomplete and inaccurate, but we have tried to improve the accuracy by consulting other sources, like family histories and church records.

 

People are listed if they came from the Wendish areas of Upper Lusatia (Bautzen district in Saxony (Sachsen)) and Lower Lusatia (Cottbus district in Brandenburg, Prussia (Preußen/Preussen)). Those from Upper Lusatia were known as Saxon Wends; those from Lower Lusatia were known as Prussian Wends. As well, some are listed if they came from Saxony, despite not knowing which village they came from. It is possible that some are not Wends.

 

A few are listed from Priebus, Silesia. This is in Middle Lusatia, on the east bank of the River Neisse. [Priebus is now Przewóz in Poland. It is about 50km NE of Bautzen.] Some of these were born and lived in Lower Lusatia and they possibly booked their passage through the agent at Priebus at the time of departure, but probably did not live there. The passengers from other German states are not listed, as they were unlikely to be Wends.

 

Occupations are recorded as listed. Landmann and Ackerbauer have been translated as Farmer, which could mean a farm worker. Agriculturalist probably means someone who works on a farm. Tischler has been translated as Joiner. Zimmermann has been translated as Carpenter. Maurer has been translated as Bricklayer or Mason.

 

The website for Meyers Gazetteer (meyersgaz.org) is helpful for finding the location of the villages.

 

Victoria

Departed Hamburg 15 June 1848

Arrived Port Adelaide 6 Nov 1848

[compiled from migration agent Delius’s two lists and from family histories (Borgas, Dutschke, Lehmann)]

 

Bartsch, Adam, & Maria Dorothea & 3 children, cabinetmaker, from Särka, Saxony  [Särka = 15 km E of Bautzen]

Benkert, Antony, agriculturalist, from Saxony

Bibrach, August, & Augusta, tailor, from Bautzen, Saxony

Borgas, Heinrich, agriculturalist, Saxony  [Delius has Borjes] [Borgas came from Hildesheim, Hannover, and wasn’t Wendish, but he must have been working in Saxony and emigrated from there. In South Australia he married Anna Groch, a Wend. Thus all his descendants have Wendish ancestry.]

Dimke (Dymke), Johann Gottlieb, agriculturalist, from Saxony

Duschke (Dutschke), J Carl F, & Marie, agriculturalist, from Walddorf, Saxony  [Walddorf = 25 km SE of Bautzen]

Erfurt (Erfurth), Carl (or George), & wife & 3 children, agriculturalist, from Priebus, Silesia  [Priebus = 50 km NE of Bautzen]

Ginzel, Andreas, agriculturalist, from Saxony

Grieschwitz, Gustav, & wife & 1 child & mother/sister (?), soap boiler, from Bautzen [leader of a group]

Groch, Martin, shoemaker, from Prussia [Delius has Grog]

Grossmann, J Christoph, & Christina & 4 children, agriculturalist, from Priebus, Silesia

Gruhl, Gustav, carpenter, from Bautzen, Saxony

Heinzel, Johann, agriculturalist, from Bautzen, Saxony

Hoffmann, G, agriculturalist, from Saxony

Jähne, Traugott, & wife & 2 children, agriculturalist, from Bautzen, Saxony

Kappler, A, & Henriette Wilhelmine & 6 children, pastor, from Weissenberg, Saxony  [Weissenberg = 16 km E of Bautzen]

Kockrich (Kockrick), Elizabeth, from Burg, Prussia  [Burg = 20 km NW of Cottbus]

Krodel, August, carpenter, from Saxony

Krüger, J Carl A, & Maria & 4 children, organist & organ builder, from Priebus, Silesia

Lehmann, Ann, maiden, from Saxony

Lehmann, Martin, & Elisabeth & 4 children, agriculturalist, from Priebus, Silesia

Miatke, George, & Maria & 4 children, agriculturalist, from Priebus, Silesia

Ortell, John, & Christina & 6 children, agriculturalist, from Saxony

Pole, Sigismund, agriculturalist, from Saxony

Proposch, Georg (or Traugott), & sister Anna, schoolmaster, from Priebus, Silesia

Resener, August, agriculturalist, from Saxony 

Richter, Martin, shepherd, from Prussia

Schulze, Andreas, agriculturalist, from Saxony

Seiler, M Ernst, & Agnes & 1 child, agriculturalist, from Salzenforst, Saxony  [Salzenforst = 2 km W of Bautzen]

Teschner, Martin, & Elisabeth & 2 children, agriculturalist, from Priebus, Silesia

Tinzman, A, agriculturalist, from Priebus, Silesia

 

Alfred

Departed Hamburg 15 Aug 1848

Arrived Port Adelaide 6 Dec 1848

[from Darragh, Emigrants on the Alfred, 1848, migration agent Delius’s list, and Deutscher family history]

[Deutscher says there were 46 Saxon Wends]

 

Albert, Andreas, day-labourer, from Rachlau, Saxony  [Rachlau = 8 km SE of Bautzen]

Deutscher, Michael, & Christiana & 5 children, miller, from Zschorna [leader of group] [Zschorna = 15 km E of Bautzen]

Deutscher, Peter, & Agneta, miller, from Sollschwitz, Saxony [Sollschwitz = 10 km NW of Bautzen]

Fleischer, Johann, & Maria & 4 children, mason, from Gröditz, Saxony [Gröditz = 15 km E of Bautzen]

Gude, Johanna, single woman (38 years), from Hochkirch, Saxony [sister of Maria Fleischer] [Hochkirch = 12 km E of Bautzen]

Heinze, Agneta, from Wartha, Saxony [Wartha = 15 km NE of Bautzen] [later married Andreas Albert]

Hittmann, Peter (or Carl Friedrich Gustav), & wife, agriculturalist, from Saxony

Holtzsch, Sophia Caroline, & 1 child (Lehmann)

Kaulvers, Johann Ernst, blacksmith, from Göda, Saxony [Göda = 7 km W of Bautzen] [1853 returned to Germany]

Liebe, Johann Gottfried, & Magdalena & 3 Herrmann children (from Magdalena’s first marriage to JC Herrmann), miller, from Ebersdorf, Saxony [Ebersdorf = 2 km S of Löbau]

Petschel, Christian Gotthilf, & Anna Rosina & 3 children, agriculturalist, from Neukirch, Saxony [Neukirch = 15 km SW of Bautzen]

Petschel, Karl Christian, day labourer, from Neukirch, Saxony

Petschel, Christian Gustav Wilhelm, day labourer, from Neukirch, Saxony

Preusker, Andreas, & Anna & 1 child, mason, from Blösa, Saxony [Blösa = 6 km SE of Bautzen]

Preusker, Ernst Traugott, mason, from Blösa, Saxony

Preusker, Johanna (22 years) & Maria (19 years), from Blösa, Saxony

Preusker, Peter, & Wilhelmine & 2 adult children

Pursche, Johann Traugott, miller, from near Löbau, Saxony [Löbau = 20 km SE of Bautzen]

Winkelmann, Heinrich Julius Gustav, shoemaker, from Reichenbach, Saxony [Reichenbach = 30 km E of Bautzen]

 

Unknown ship

Wenken, Michael, from Rachlau, Saxony  [Michael Deutscher in letter 2 Feb 1849 states he arrived after them (6 Dec 1848) with a letter from home]

 

Godeffroy

Departed Hamburg 13 Oct 1848

Arrived Port Adelaide 1 March 1849

Noack (?), Johann   [Register has Neack]

 

Louise

Departed

Arrived Port Adelaide 26 March 1849

Wenke, Michael, from Rachlau, Saxony [according to John Keynes – see newsletter March 2004]

 [listed as C Wenk in   ?]

 

Australia                  [Deutsche Post list, 13/9/1849, & SA Register list 12 /9/1849]

Departed Hamburg 2 May 1849

Arrived Port Adelaide 10 Sept 1849

Beyer, W, from Saxony

Eckert, I, from Wollstein, Prussia

Hentschell, C.W., from Saxony

Hentschell, M.L., from Saxony

Jerkel [Jekert], A, from Cottbus, Prussia

Kallank, from Jaenschwalde, Prussia

Krause, C.T., & wife & 3 adults, from Cottbus, Prussia

Lecher, M, from Cottbus, Prussia

Lehmann, C.H., from Saxony

Lobeck, L.R., from Saxony

Müller, J.S., from Saxony

Noack, A

Rodig, C, from Cottbus, Prussia

Schlupp, B, from Saxony

Sienapius, T, from Saxony

Winsker, G, from Cottbus, Prussia

 

Pribislaw

Departed 23 Aug 1849

Arrived Port Melbourne, Victoria 2 Feb 1850

[from Robert Wuchatsch’s list on Wendish Heritage Society’s website, and the passenger list in the Public Record Office, Laverton, Victoria]

[50 Saxon Wends]

 

Emmy

Depart Hamburg 5 Sept 1849

Arrive Melbourne 20 Dec 1849

Arrive Port Adelaide 16 Jan 1850

Kruger, Carl, & 2 children

 

Sophie

Depart Hamburg 25 April 1850

Arrive Port Adelaide 2 Aug 1850

Bisse, Georg, & 5, from Gernschwald,

Gassan, J.G., & wife & 2 children & mother, farmer, from Turnow, Prussia

Groch, Elise, from Preilack, Prussia

Petatz, Martin, & wife, farmer, from Tauer, Prussia

 

San Francisco

Departed Hamburg 15 June 1850

Arrived Port Adelaide 14 Oct 1850

[from German shipping list and family histories (Huppatz, Noack-Hondow-Schmidt)]

 

Gassan, J, & Maria & 1 child, farmer, from Turnow, Prussia [Turnow = 17 km N of Cottbus]

Gomalla, Mattes, farmer, from Guhrow, Prussia [Guhrow = 10 km NW of Cottbus]

Gormann, Johann, & Anna & 3 children, farmer, from Turnow, Prussia

Hondow, Martin, farmer, from Tauer, Prussia [mother was Anna, wife of Johann Noack]

Huppatz, Johann, & Maria & 4 children, shoemaker, from Tauer, Prussia [Tauer = 20 km N of Cottbus]

Kilian, Christian, & Maria & 4 children, farmer, from Tauer, Prussia

Noack, Anna & Anna, from Ruben, Prussia [Ruben = 10 km NW of Cottbus]

Noack, Johann, & Anna & Maria Nowsch, farmer, from Tauer, Prussia [Maria Nowsch was Anna’s daughter from an earlier marriage]

Noack, Elisabeth, & 1 child, from Tauer, Prussia

Noack, Gottfried, & Gottlieb & 1 child, from Tauer, Prussia

Richter, E.G., shepherd, from Cottbus, Prussia

 

Australia

Depart Hamburg 7 Sept 1850

Arrive Port Adelaide 15 Dec 1850

Eckert, E

Mickan, A, & family

Mickan, Johann (child, died on voyage)

Pech, J, & family

 

Dockenhuden

Depart Hamburg 20 Oct 1850

Arrive Port Adelaide 11 Feb 1851

Krüger, Matthias, & wife & 7 children farmer, from Cottbus, Prussia

Rietzschler, Carl O, miner, from Bautzen, Saxony

Schultz, Johann, farmer, from Cottbus, Prussia

 

Helene [or Helena]

Departed Hamburg 19 Aug 1851

Arrived Port Adelaide 24 Dec 1851

[from Dr HFW Proeve’s list on Wendish Heritage Society website, and family histories (Burger, Doecke, Lieschke, Mattner, Mickan, Mirtschin, Rentsch, Zwar)]

[98 Wends, 128 emigrants]

 

Bobach, Johann George, carpenter, from Dauban, Saxony [Dauban = 20 km NE of Bautzen] [1865 returned to Germany]

Burger (Bürger), Peter, & Agnes & 3 children, tailor, from Hochkirch, Saxony [Hochkirch = 12 km E of Bautzen]

Dallwitz, Johann, & Maria & 5 children from Cortnitz, Saxony [Cortnitz = 15 km E of Bautzen]

Doecke, Andreas, & Auguste Amelia & 3 children, farmer, from Niederkaina, Saxony [Niederkaina = 5km NE of Bautzen]

Doecke, Peter, & Maria & 1 child, wheelwright, from Niederkaina, Saxony

Doecke, Peter, farmer, from Groß Brösern, Saxony [Groß Brösern = 5 km NW of Bautzen]

Eichel, Andrew, shepherd, from Spittel, Saxony [Spittel = 16 km E of Bautzen]

Gude, Anna (22 years), from Döhlen, Saxony [Döhlen = 8 km SE of Bautzen] [some records have Gudin, the female version of the name Gude]

Gude, Johann, joiner, from Baschütz, Saxony [Baschütz = 5 km E of Bautzen]

Haupt, Agnes (62 years), farmer (Landmännin), from Wuischke, Saxony [Wuischke = 12 km SE of Bautzen]

Hundrack, Johann, & Anna & 9 children, farmer, from Rodewitz, Saxony [Rodewitz = 11 km E of Bautzen; also 9 km S of Bautzen]

Kleinig, Andreas, from Cortnitz, Saxony

Kleinig, Johann, & Magdalena & 2 children, farmer, from Cortnitz, Saxony

Lehmann Johann Christian Gottlieb, & wife & family, from Seidau, Saxony [Seidau = 1 km W of Bautzen]

Lieschke, Johann Andreas, & Maria & 3 children, from Rascha, Saxony [Rascha = 5 km S of Bautzen]

Lowke, Peter, & Magdalena & 3 children, from Kotitz, Saxony [Kotitz = 14 km E of Bautzen]

Mickan, Johann, & daughter Maria (26 years), from Cortnitz, Saxony

Mickan, Johann, & Christiane & 2 children, farmer, from Cortnitz, Saxony

Mirtschin, Johann, & Maria & 5 children, farmer, from Döhlen, Saxony

Pannach, Andreas, & Maria, farmer, from Rachlau, Saxony [Rachlau = 8 km SE of Bautzen]

Pannach, Agnes (21 years), from Rachlau, Saxony

Potsch, Carl, & Emilie, shepherd, from Hartmannsdorf, Saxony

Pötschke, Johann Traugott, tailor, from Kuppritz, Saxony [Kuppritz = 12 km E of Bautzen]

Rentsch, Johann, & Maria & 4 children, gardener, from Kuppritz, Saxony

Schmidt, Michael, farmer, from Hochkirch, Saxony [Hochkirch = 12 km E of Bautzen]

Schneider, Andreas, & Maria & 1 child, from Kumschütz, Saxony [Kumschütz = 8 km E of Bautzen]

Stephan, Maria (23 years) & Anna (17 years), from Döhlen, Saxony

Urban, Andreas, & Christiane, shoemaker, from Weigersdorf, Prussia [Weigersdorf = 18 km NE of Bautzen]

Urban, Johann, & Maria, bricklayer, from Weissenberg, Saxony [Weissenberg = 16 km E of Bautzen]

Wenke, Adam, tailor, from Rachlau, Saxony

Zwar, Johann, & Magdalena & 2 children, farmer, from Drehsa, Saxony [Drehsa = 10 km E of Bautzen]

 

Alfred

Depart Hamburg 5 June 1852

Arrive Port Adelaide 9 Oct 1852

Duschka, Christian, & wife & 4 children, farmer, from Werben, Prussia

Eitz, Anna, from Werben, Prussia

 

Steinwaerder  [shipping list missing – 130 passengers]

Depart 31 May 1853

Arrive Port Adelaide 16 Sept 1853

Kleinig, G, & wife

 

Cesar Godeffroy

Depart Hamburg 25 Sept 1853

Arrive Port Adelaide 2 Jan 1854

Domaschenz, Christian, & wife & 6 children, farmer, from Werben, Prussia

Domaschenz, Friedrich, & wife & sister, farmer, from Melkersdorf, Mecklenburg [Milkersdorf, Prussia?]

Dietrich, Johann David, & wife & 2 children, farmer, from Werben, Prussia

Konzag. August, & wife, farmer, from Werben, Prussia

Michalk, Otto, & wife, painter, from Neukirch, Prussia

Möschke, Martin, & wife & 1 adult son Friedrich, farmer, from Brahmon, Prussia

Wotzko, Christian, from Milkersdorf, Prussia   [Hamburg list has Hotzko, Adelaide Times has Hotzke]

 

John R. Moller

Depart

Arrive Port Adelaide 7 Feb 1854

Schippan, 4 persons [Register says 4 persons, Adelaide Times says 5 persons]

 

Malvina Vidal

Departed Hamburg 10 June 1854

Arrived Port Melbourne, Victoria 5 Oct 1854

[from Wendish/Sorbian Information Sheet No. 18;

Robert Wuchatsch’s list on Wendish Heritage Society’s website;

the passenger list in the Public Record Office, Laverton, Victoria (PROV);

Margaret Gork’s list of Wends;

Graeme Moad’s shipping list;

Dr Nielsen’s book In Search of a Home;

Eric Kopittke’s book Emigrants from Hamburg to Australia: 1854 (using Hamburg shipping list);

and family histories (Kollosche, Marschall, Modra)]

 

[Some disembarked at Melbourne, but on 12 Oct 1854 many sailed on the Havilah to Port Adelaide, SA, arriving 16 Oct 1854. The Adelaide Times of 17 Oct 1854 records that the Havilah had 43 emigrants from Prussian Poland.]

 

Baschzisch, Anna (71 years) [accompanied son-in-law Christian Jarick, according to Dr Nielsen] [PROV list has Basgish; not on Kopittke’s Hamburg list]

Baum, Christian, & wife & 3 children, & father, farmer, from Drachhausen, Prussia [Drachhausen = 18 km N of Cottbus]

Borrack, Matthes, & Elisabeth & 3 daughters, carpenter, from Werben, Prussia [Werben = 15 km NW of Cottbus] [PROV & Kopittke lists have Borack] [leader of the Wendish group from Lower Lusatia]

Bramke, Christian, farmer, from Ruben, Prussia [Ruben = 10 km NW of Cottbus]

Fladrich, Christian, & Maria & 1 daughter, tailor, from Milkersdorf, Prussia [Milkersdorf = 14 km W of Cottbus]

Gniel, Christian, & Christiane & 1 daughter, farmer, from Papitz, Prussia [Papitz = 12 km W of Cottbus] [PROV list has Kniell; Kopittke has Kniel]

Grozeschka, C & Elise, farmer, from Werben, Prussia [PROV list has Grazischer] [Is this Greschke?]

Jarick, Christian & Maria, farmer, from Werben, Prussia

Kihlo, Johann, farmer, from Drachhausen, Prussia [PROV & Kopittke lists have Kilo]

Knowsch, M, & wife & 1 son [on PROV list; not on Kopittke’s Hamburg list]

Kolosche, Georg, farmer, from Werben, Prussia

Lehmann, Friedrich, & Christiane & 7 children, shopkeeper, from Milkersdorf, Prussia

Lehmann, FA, locksmith, from Klein Welka, Saxony

Lewitzka, Martin, & Elisabeth & 1 son (born on voyage), from Briesen, Prussia [Briesen = 10 km NW of Cottbus] [PROV list has Lawitzker; Kopittke has Lawitzka]

Marscha, Christian, & Elise & 7 children, farmer, from Babow, Prussia [Babow = 15 km W of Cottbus] [changed name to Marschall in Australia]

Modra, Matthes, & Christiane & 8 children, farmer, from Werben, Prussia [Kopittke has 7 children]

Noack, Lise, unmarried, from Werben, Prussia [PROV list has Noack, single male]

Poesch, Christian, & Anna & 1 son, farmer, from Milkersdorf, Prussia

Proposch, Georg, & Anna & 8 children, farmer, from Babow, Prussia [Kopittke has 7 children]

Schultz, Louise, unmarried, from Werben, Prussia [PROV list has Schick]

Strogo, Christiane, unmarried, from Werben, Prussia [PROV list has Skroge, single male]

Tietz, Dorothe, unmarried, from Drachhausen, Prussia [PROV list has Tietz, single male]

Unger, Marie, unmarried, from Drachhausen, Prussia

 

Steinwärder [or Steinwaerder]

Departed Hamburg 11 July 1854

Arrived Port Adelaide 5 Nov 1854

[from Hamburg shipping list and family histories (Doecke, Jenke, Noack-Hondow-Schmidt)]

 

Biar, Andreas, farmer, from Gröditz, Saxony [Gröditz = 15 km E of Bautzen] [Shipping list has Biach]

Brühl, Johann Georg, tailor, from Bautzen, Saxony

Doecke, Anna, from Buchwalde, Saxony [Buchwalde = 13 km NE of Bautzen]

Doecke, Michael, miller, from Nechern, Saxony [Nechern = 13 km E of Bautzen]

Freund, Andreas, & Magdalena & 4 children, tailor, from Rackel, Saxony [Rackel = 12 km E of Bautzen]

Gersch [Görsch], Johann, & Gertrude Hertha & 3 children, joiner, from Buchwalde, Saxony 

Heinke, Johann, bricklayer, from Obergurig, Saxony [Obergurig = 7 km S of Bautzen]

Heischke, Agnes, from Rackel, Saxony

Hennersdorf, Peter, farmer, from Rackel, Saxony

Jenke, Johann, & Maria & 2 children, farmer, from Rackel, Saxony [child Anna Miersch was Maria’s daughter from an earlier marriage]

Jenke, Johann (senior) & wife Magdalena (who died on voyage)

Kleinig, Georg, & Magdalena, farmer, from Cortnitz, Saxony [Cortnitz = 15 km E of Bautzen]

Kleinig, Johann, & Magdalena, farmer, from Cortnitz, Saxony

Mickel, Andreas, & Magdalena & 3 children, farmer, from Purschwitz, Saxony [Purschwitz = 8 km NE of Bautzen]  [Andreas died on voyage]

Niemz, Anna, & 1 child, from Gebelzig, Prussia [Gebelzig = 18 km E of Bautzen]  [Anna died on voyage. Her son Johann Friedrich Niemz (8 years) was brought up by his uncle George Kleinig at St Kitts.]

Noack, Anna Maria, from Oelsa, Saxony  [Oelsa = 3 km W of Löbau]

Schmidt, Andreas, & Magdalena & 3 children, farmer, from Cortnitz, Saxony [wife and 1 child died on voyage]

Schneider, Andreas, farmer, from Drehsa, Saxony [Drehsa = 10 km E of Bautzen]

Seiler, Fr. August, & Gertrud, joiner, from Salzenforst, Saxony  [Salzenforst = 2 km W of Bautzen]

Stephan, Georg, & wife & 1 adult daughter, bricklayer, from Rascha, Saxony  [Rascha = 5 km S of Bautzen]

Stephan, Maria & 1 child, from Soculahora, Saxony  [Soculahora = 4 km SE of Bautzen]

Zschech, Andreas, & Maria Magdalena, farmer, from Rascha, Saxony

Zschech, Johann, & Anna Christina & 5 children, farmer, from Rackel, Saxony

Zschech, Peter, farmer, from Rackel, Saxony

Zwar, Peter, & Magdalena, carpenter, from Drehsa, Saxony

 

Australia

Depart 1 Nov 1854

Arrive Port Adelaide 4 March 1855

Behla, Matthias, & wife, farmer, from Zahsow, Prussia

Budarick, Christian, & wife & 6 children, farmer, from Burg, Prussia

Budarick, Georg, farmer, from Burg, Prussia

Breeck [Breech], Marie Elisabeth, from Burg, Prussia

Dalitz, Christian, farmer, from Werben, Prussia

Geitz, Anna, from Werben, Prussia

Geitz, Christian, & wife & 4 children, farmer, from Werben, Prussia

Gulbin, Christian, & wife & 2 children, farmer, from Werben, Prussia

Hussock, Christian, & wife & 2 children, farmer, from Werben, Prussia

Koalick, Mathias, & wife & 4 children, farmer, from Werben, Prussia

Nowotna, Martin, & wife & 2 children, farmer, from Werben, Prussia

Sallmann, Anna, & 2 children, from Werben, Prussia

Schippan, Martin, farmer, from Werben, Prussia

 

Peter Godeffroy

Depart 2 July 1855

Arrive Port Adelaide 18 Nov 1855

Brückner, Wilhelm, farmer, from Cottbus, Prussia

 

Bielefeld

Departed 6 Aug 1855

Arrived Port Melbourne, Victoria 25 Nov 1855

[Passengers came to SA on Alice Brooks, arriving Port Adelaide 7 Dec 1855]

Albinus, Michael, & wife & 1 child, farmer, from Nechern, Saxony

Balzer, Magdalena, from Weicha, Saxony

Doecke, George, & wife & 3 children, miller, from Nechern, Saxony

Doecke, Hermann, tailor, from Nechern, Saxony

Falland, Andreas, & wife & 3 children, tailor, from Weicha, Saxony

Hauschildt, Johanna, from Weicha, Saxony

Kaiser, Maria. From Porochwitz [Purschwitz ?], Saxony

Kubasch, Carl, & wife & 2 children, from Nechern, Saxony

Lehmann, Magdalena, from Jerchowitz [Jenkwitz ?], Saxony

Poldrack, Magdalena, from Pacrochwitz [Purschwitz ?], Saxony

Schlemmer, Johann, & wife & 1 child, farmer, from Rodewitz, Saxony

Zieschang, Peter, & wife & 1 child, farmer, from Drehsa, Saxony [later went to America]

 

Asa Sawyer

Departed Hamburg 6 Aug 1855

Arrived Port Melbourne, Victoria 26 Nov 1855

Pumpa, Johann, & Catherine & 1 son, from Preilack, Prussia

Sapiatzer, Georg, & Anna & 5 children, from Turnow, Prussia

 

 

Helene

Depart 18 Oct 1855

Arrive Port Adelaide 25 Jan 1856

Bruchatz, Gottlieb, & wife, farmer, from Tauer, Prussia

Duldig, Johann, & wife & 1 child, farmer, from Tauer, Prussia

Groch, Friedrich, & wife & 1 child, farmer, from Preilack, Prussia

Urban, Martin, farmer, from Tauer, Prussia

Nagura, Elise, from Tauer, Prussia

Schimmlick, Joseph, baker, from Peitz, Prussia

 

Adele

Depart 26 May 1856

Arrive Port Adelaide 14 Sept 1856

Eckert, Carl, & wife & 2 children, from Sawade, Prussia

Eckert, Johann Helene, from Hänchen, Prussia

Lange, Friedrich Ernst, & wife, farmer, from Hänchen, Prussia

Lange, Ludwig, farmer, from Cammin, Mecklenburg

 

Heinrich

Depart 23 May 1856

Arrive Port Adelaide 18 Sept 1856

Behla, Christian, from Preilack, Prussia

Bubner, Hans, & 3 children, farmer, from Preilack, Prussia

Eckert, Martin, & wife & 4 children, farmer, from Tauer, Prussia

Genzer, Georg, farmer, from Tauer, Prussia

Lehmann, Hans, farmer, from Preilack, Prussia

Lockan, Mathias, & wife & 5 children, from Turnow, Prussia

Pumpa, Christian, & wife & 5 children, from Tauer, Prussia

Pumpa, Martin, & wife & 3 children, from Tauer, Prussia

Ruschen, Christian, farmer, from Papitz, Prussia

Schmid, Johann, & wife & 1 child, farmer, from Niedewitz, Prussia  [Lusatia?, - near Schwiebus, Brandenburg, Prussia]

Schullarick, Anna, from Drachhausen, Prussia

Schütz, Martin, & wife & 1 child, weaver, from Papitz, Prussia

 

Caesar and Helene

Depart 16 June 1857

Arrive Port Adelaide 21 Sept 1857

Domaschenz, Matthew, & wife & 1 child, farmer, from Werben, Prussia

Dreckow, Maria, from Werben, Prussia

Giardi, Matthias, & wife & 2 children, farmer, from Werben, Prussia

Hohne, Johann, & wife & 1 child, saddler, from Rädnitz, Prussia

Hohne, Anna, from Rädnitz, Prussia

Kamenka, Christian, & wife & 2 children, farmer, from Werben, Prussia [listed as Ramenka (Ramenza)]

Kamenz, Wilhelm, & wife & 1 child, mason, from Preilack, Prussia

Kiess, Christian, & wife & 2 children, from Genischwalde, Prussia

Lange, Georg, farmer, from Turnow, Prussia

Lange, Ferdinand, & wife & 2 children, farmer, from Skyren, Prussia

Lank, Heinrich, shepherd, from Burg, Prussia

Lehmann, Anna, from Preilack, Prussia

Lehmann, Marie, from Liebethal, Prussia

Schülke, Elisabeth, from Werben, Prussia

Tannebring, Marie, from Preilack, Prussia

Tannebring, Georg, & wife, farmer, from Preilack, Prussia

Tannebring, Wilhelmine, & 2 children, from Preilack, Prussia

Zöania, Christian, from Werben, Prussia

 

August

Depart 23 Aug 1857

Arrive Port Adelaide 9 Dec 1857

Kossatz, Matthes, & wife & 4 children, from Schmogrow, Prussia

 

Ohio

Depart Bremen 2 Oct 1857

Arrive Port Adelaide 3 Feb 1858

Klows, 5 persons

Klowss, 6 persons

Matuschka, 8 persons

Schneider

Schorbach, 6 persons

 

Alfred

Depart 4 Nov 1857

Arrive Port Adelaide 13 Feb 1858

Altus, Johann, & wife & 5 children, farmer, from Nöchern [Nechern], Saxony

Altus, Agneta, from Nöchern [Nechern], Saxony

Altus, Anna, & Christiana, & Maria, & August, from Nöchern [Nechern], Saxony

Biele, Magdalena

Biele, Johann, farmer, from Nöchern [Nechern], Saxony

Kaiser, Johann & Anna, farmer, from Nöchern [Nechern], Saxony  [went to Melbourne?]

 

Grassbrook

Depart 25 April 1858

Arrive Port Adelaide 15 Aug 1858

Materne, Wilhelm, bricklayer, from Ostritz, Prussia

 

Susanne

Depart 28 May 1858

Arrive Port Adelaide 23 Sept 1858

Roitsch, Carl, music teacher, from Bautzen, Saxony [went to Melbourne]

 

Victoria

Departed Hamburg 13 May 1858

Arrived Port Adelaide 24 Sept 1858

[from Hamburg shipping list and family histories (Dreckow, Lucas, Starick, Twartz, Zerner)]

 

Dreckow, Martin, & Marie Anna & 6 children, farmer, from Sielow, Prussia  [Seilow = 7 km N of Cottbus]

Dreckow, Johann Gottlieb Ernst, gardener, from Sielow, Prussia

Dalitz, Matthias, & Marie, labourer/farmhand, from Werben, Prussia  [Werben = 15 km NW of Cottbus]

Domaschenz, Georg, servant, from Werben, Prussia

Gniel, Christian, & Christiane/Elisabeth & 1 child, farmer, from Werben, Prussia

Habner, Christian, labourer/farmhand, from Werben, Prussia

Habner, Matthias, & Maria, farmer, from Kolkwitz, Prussia  [Kolkwitz = 5 km W of Cottbus]

Handreck, Matthias, & Anna & 3 children, farmer, from Werben, Prussia

Hoene, Hans, & Maria & 4 children, labourer, from Sielow, Prussia

Knefel (Kneffel), Matthias, & Maria, labourer, from Werben, Prussia

Kollosche, Christian, & Anna, labourer, from Werben, Prussia

Kosch, Martin, & Catherine & 3 children, farmer, from Dissen, Prussia  [Dissen = 10 km N of Cottbus]

Kschammer, Christian, & Christiane/Anna & 2 children, farmer, from Werben, Prussia

Kschammer, Christiane Wilhelmine, & 2 adult children (Anna 28 years & George 25 years), from Werben, Prussia

Kschenka, Anna Maria (23 years), & Matthias (22 years), & Christiane (19 years), from Kolkwitz, Prussia [children of Christiane Lieschka’s first marriage; she was nee Borrack and married Martin Kschenka, who died. In 1843 she remarried Johann Lieschke (Lieschka) and had 3 more children. They all emigrated to SA on this ship.]

Kschiwan, Elisabeth, & 1 child, from Papitz, Prussia  [Papitz = 12 km W of Cottbus]

Lehmann, Wilhelm, & Anna, & 2 Nossack children, farmer, from Babow, Prussia  [Babow = 15 km W of Cottbus]

Lehrack, Christian, & Elisabeth & 1 child, labourer, from Glinzig, Prussia  [Glinzig = 10 km W of Cottbus]

Lewitzka, Wilhelm Matthias, farmer, from Werben, Prussia

Lieschka (Lieschke), Johann, & Christiane & 3 children, farmer, from Kolkwitz, Prussia

Lucas, Christian, farmer, from Papitz, Prussia

Lucas, Matthias, & Elisabeth & 7 children, from Werben, Prussia

Masnik, Anna Rosina, from Babow, Prussia [Hamburg list has Massnigk]

Materna, Martin, & Johanne Henriette, joiner, from Werben, Prussia

Mudra, Martin, & Anna & 1 child, farmer, from Papitz, Prussia

Nowka, Hans, from Dissen, Prussia

Rapko, Christian, & Maria/Christiane & 1 child, labourer, from Werben, Prussia

Russchen, Christian, & Maria & 1 child, farmer, from Milkersdorf, Prussia  [Milkersdorf = 14 km W of Cottbus]

Russchen, Martin, & Johanne Christiane & 3 children, farmer, from Naundorf, Prussia  [Naundorf = 20 km NW of Cottbus]

Schoetz, Christiane, from Papitz, Prussia

Schwarz, Matthias, & Maria & 4 children, farmer, from Krieschow, Prussia  [Krieschow = 14 km W of Cottbus]

Starick, Christian, & Christiane & 8 children, farmer, from Werben, Prussia

Twarz, Christian, & Marie & 4 children, farmer, from Werben, Prussia

Voigt, Martin, & Maria & 5 children, farmer, from Werben, Prussia

Zerna, Matthias, & Anna/Amelia & 3 children, carpenter, from Milkersdorf, Prussia

 

Helene

Depart 28 Oct 1858

Arrive Port Adelaide 26 Jan 1859

Born (?), Anna (adult), from Burg, Prussia [with Grassmehl]

Duschka, Christian, servant, from Werben, Prussia

Dutzschke [Dutschke], August, miller, from Schreiersgrün, Saxony

Grassmehl, Matthes, & wife & 2 children, farmer, from Burg, Prussia

Gunther, Albin (?), & wife & 5 children, weaver, from Burg, Prussia

Mehlisch, George, & wife & 2 children, farmer, from Burg, Prussia

Rehtus [Rethus], Martin, & wife & 1 child, labourer, from Schmogrow, Prussia

Schiemenz, Friedrich, & wife & 1 child, tailor (?), from Werben, Prussia

Werchon, Friedrich, & wife & 2 children, tailor, from Burg, Prussia

 

Alfred

Depart 7 May 1859

Arrive Port Adelaide 25 Aug 1859

Meyer, Johann Friedrich, & wife & 1 child, bookbinder, from Cottbus, Prussia

 

Peter Godeffroy

Depart 29 Nov 1859

Arrive Port Adelaide 88 April 1860

Dubrau, Gottlieb, & wife, farmer, from Kolkwitz, Prussia

Gollnisch, Ferdinand, & wife & 2 children, farmer, from Kolkwitz, Prussia

Lewitzka, Christian, & wife, farmer, from Werben, Prussia

Reichert, Christian, & wife & 2 children, farmer, from Kolkwitz, Prussia

Tannebring, Johann, & wife & 3 children, farmer, from Preilack, Prussia

 

Iserbrook

Depart 25 May 1861

Arrive Port Adelaide 14 Sept 1861

Woithe, Gottfried, & wife & 3 children, farmer, from Leotersdorf, Prussia

Urban, Auguste, & adult son Carl, basket-maker, from Berlin, Prussia

 

San Francisco

Depart 14 May 1862

Arrive Port Adelaide 19 Aug 1862

Bartsche, August, farmer, from Gross Braschen,

Matuschka, August, farmer, from Drewitz, Prussia

 

Helene

Depart 12 Sept 1863

Arrive Port Adelaide 13 Feb 1864

Wachtel, Friedrich, & wife & 1 child, farmer, from Tauer, Prussia

 

Susanne

Depart 15 Aug 1864

Arrive Port Adelaide 4 Dec 1864

Hauschild, August, labourer, from Weissenberg, Prussia [?]

Pumpa, Caroline, & Maria, from Drewitz, Prussia

Schlodder, Marie, & 4 children, from Werben, Prussia

 

San Francisco

Depart 24 Nov 1864

Arrive 12 April 1865

Bartsch, Hermann, shoemaker, from Steinau a/Oder, Prussia

 

Iserbrook

Depart 21 May 1865

Arrive 22 Sept 1865

Baddack, Friedrich, & wife & 2 children, farmer, from Burg, Prussia

Bartusch, Catherine, from Preilack, Prussia

Domaschenz, Christian, farmer, from Werben, Prussia

Grabia, Matthias, & wife & 4 children, farmer, from Werben, Prussia

Habner, Elisabeth, & adult children Christiane & Martin, joiner, from Werben, Prussia

Kielow, Anna, & adult son Christian, from Tauer, Prussia

Krautz, Georg, & wife & 4 children, shoemaker, from Preilack, Prussia

Lehmann, Johann, & wife & 2 children, farmer, from Turnow, Prussia

Matke [Miatke?], Wilhelm, smith, from Preilack, Prussia

Starick, Albin, & wife & 5 children, farmer, from Werben, Prussia

Zeug, Friedrich, & wife & 1 child, farmer, from Werben, Prussia

 

Reiherstieg

Depart 14 Aug 1865

Arrive Port Adelaide 26 Nov 1865

Nedo, Andreas, & wife, tailor, from Nechern, Saxony

 

Sophie

Depart 6 May 1866

Arrive Port Adelaide 24 Aug 1866

Bartusch, Johann, & wife & 3 children, farmer, from Turnow, Prussia

Bartusch, Marie, (27 years), from Turnow, Prussia

Hanschke, Johann, & wife & 2 children, farmer, from Turnow, Prussia

Hanschke, Martin, farmer, from Turnow, Prussia

Kesko, Liese, (25 years), from Turnow, Prussia

Kockrick (Kockrich), Friedrich, & wife & 4 children, farm worker, from Muckwar, Prussia

Kossatz, George, & wife & 3 children, farmer, from Drehnow, Prussia

Miatke, Hans, & wife & 1 child, farmer, from Preilack, Prussia

Pumpa, George, & wife & 7 children, farmer, from Drewitz, Prussia

Schorradt, Marianne, (27 years) from Burg, Prussia

 

Sophie

Depart 9 June 1867

Arrive Port Adelaide 21 Sept 1867

Käske [Keske?], Martin, & wife, joiner, from Turnow, Prussia

Materne, Eleonore, (25 years), from Ostritz, Prussia

 

Caesar Godeffroy

Depart 28 May 1868

Arrive Port Adelaide 12 Sept 1868

Hanschke, Johann, & wife, farmer, from Turnow, Prussia

Lehmann, George, & wife & 5 children, farmer, from Turnow, Prussia

Lehmann, Friedrich, & mother [?] Hanna (63 years), farmer, from Turnow, Prussia

Lehmann, Wilhelm, farmer from Turnow, Prussia

Materne, Rosine (24 years), & Johanne (22 years), from Ostritz, Prussia

Schulz, Anna, (20 years), from Turnow, Prussia

 

Caesar Godeffroy

Depart 6 June 1869

Arrive Port Adelaide 20 Sept 1869

Bubner, Friedrich, farmer, from Drehnow, Prussia

Noatzke, Wilhelm, tailor, from Preilack, Prussia

Pauker [Peucker?], Friedrich, farmer, from Werben, Prussia

 

Papa

Depart 2 May 1877

Arrive

Jahne, Christian, & Friedrich, & 4 children, agricultural labourers

Kosch, Carl, agricultural labourer