GERMANS TO AMERICA Volume 24 January 1870—December 1870 Other Germans to America Publications available from Scholarly Resources (Series ISBN 0-8420-2279-1) Volume 1 Jan. 2, 1850-May24, 1851 (0-8420-2315-1) Volume 2 May 24, 1851^June 5, 1852 (0-8420-2316-X) Volume 3 June 5, 1852-Sept. 21, 1852 (0-8420-2317-8) Volume 4 Sept. 22, 1852-May 28, 1853 (0-8420-2318-6) Volume 5 May 28, 1853-Oct. 24, 1853 (0-8420-2319-4) Volume 6 Oct. 24, 1853-May 4, 1854 (0-8420-2320-8) Volume 7 May 5, 1854-Aug. 4, 1854 (0-8420-2321-6) Volume 8 Aug. 4, 1854-Dec. 11, 1854 (0-8420-2322-4) Volume 9 Dec. 12, 1854-Dec. 31, 1855 (0-8420-2323-2) Volume 10 Jan. 3, 1856-Apr. 27, 1857 (0-8420-2355-0) Volume 11 Apr. 27, 1857-Nov. 30, 1857 (0-8420-2356-9) Volume 12 Nov. 2, 1857-July 29, 1859 (0-8420-2357-7) Volume 13 Aug. 1, 1859-Dec. 31, 1860 (0-8420-2358-5) Volume 14 Jan. 2,1861-May 29, 1863 (0-8420-2359-3) Volume 15 June 1, 1863-Oct. 31, 1864 (0-8420-2360-7) Volume 16 Nov. 1, 1864-Nov. 2, 1865 (0-8420-2361-5) Volume 17 Nov. 4, 1865-June 12, 1866 (0-8420-2384-4) Volume 18 June 13, 1866-Dec. 27, 1866 (0-8420-2385-2) Volume 19 Jan. 2, 1867-Aug. 15, 1867 (0-8420-2386-0) Volume 20 Aug. 19, 1867-May 14, 1868 (0-8420-2387-9) Volume 21 May 15, 1868-Sept. 29, 1868 (0-8420-2388-7) Volume 22 Oct. 2, 1868-May 31, 1869 (0-8420-2389-5) Volume 23 June 1, 1869-Dec. 31, 1869 (0-8420-2390-9) Volume 24 Jan. 3, 1870-Dec. 31, 1870 (0-8420-2401-8) GERMANS TO AMERICA Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports Volume 24 January 1870—December 1870 Edited by Ira A. Glazier and R William Filby SRScholarly Resources Inc. Wilmington, Ddawart The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for permanence of paper for printed library materials, Z39.48, 1984. ©1992 by Scholarly Resources Inc. All rights reserved First printed 1992 Printed and bound in the United States of America Scholarly Resources Inc. 104 Greenhill Avenue Wilmington, Delaware 19805-1897 Series ISBN 0-8420-2279-1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Germans to America: lists of passengers arriving at U.S. ports / edited by Ira A. Glazier, P. William Filby p. cm. Includes indexes. ISBN 0-8420-2315-1 (v. 1) 1. German Americans—Genealogy. 2. Ships— United States—Passenger lists. 3. United States— Emigration and immigration. 4. Immigrants—United States—Registers. 5. Germany—Emigration and immigration. I. Glazier, Ira A. II. Filby, P. William, 1911- E184.G3G38 1988 929f.3'08931-dc19 87-35442 CIP CONTENTS Foreword by P. William Filby vii Introduction by Ira A. Glazier ix Lists of Codes Occupations xvii Provinces or Countries xxi Villages xxiii Destinations xxxvii Key xxxix Passenger Lists 1 Index 579 v This page intentionally left blank FOREWORD As a speaker at many major genealogical conferences, I am aware of the enormous interest in German immigration, particularly after 1840. Most of the questions at these conferences and in my correspondence concern the search for German immigrants. About four million Germans came to the United States between 1850 and 1893. Although they are recorded in the National Archives, their names remain unindexed and therefore unfindable unless the researcher knows the ship on which the person arrived and the exact date of arrival. What has been needed is a list of immigrants, arranged first by ship at the port of debarkation and then indexed by family name. The original passenger lists for 1850 through 1893, prepared by shipping agents and ships' officers, are now deposited at the Temple-Balch Institute's Center for Immigration Research in Philadelphia and are reproduced chronologically in these volumes by date of each ship's arrival. This arrangement will greatly aid genealogical researchers as will the volume-by-volume index of passenger surnames. Why was there such a great mass of people wishing to quit their homeland for the unknown United States? Emigration from Germany was spurred by a variety of factors, including crop failures, a lack of industrial employment, overpopulation, social discontent and political repression and upheaval, as well as the lure of cheap land and the chance to make a fresh start in a new country. The lists, starting from 1850, were chosen for publication because that year begins a period when immigration to the United States was swelling, touched off by the departure of political refugees, liberals, and intellectuals and by stories about a better life sent back by those who had emigrated previously. Most of the vii immigrants found the trip worthwhile, and few returned to Germany. The two main German ports of embarkation were Bremen and Hamburg, where German officials prepared lists of emigrants. For various reasons the Bremen lists have been destroyed or otherwise made unavailable, but, since the lists reproduced here record arrivals in all U.S. ports, the loss of the Bremen lists does not present as serious a problem as it might be otherwise. The great majority of immigrants came to New York, but many went to New Orleans and Baltimore, with fewer going to Boston and Philadelphia. P. William Filby Former director, Maryland Historical Society Fellow of the Society of Genealogists, London Fellow of the National Genealogical Society VIM flMTRODUCTDON Germans to America provides both the historian and the genealogist with an extensive data base of German immigrants who came to the United States from 1850 through 1893. This data base derives from the original ship manifest schedules, currently housed at the Temple- Balch Institute's Center for Immigration Research. These schedules were filed by all vessels entering U.S. ports in accordance with the act of Congress of 1819. The passenger lists reproduced in these volumes are arranged in chronological order by date of arrival. In the 1850-1855 volumes, these lists contain a minimum of 80 percent German surnames and are published in their entirety. Starting in 1856 the selection criterion changes to include all ships with German passengers, regardless of the percentage. Unlike the previous volumes, only those calling themselves Germans are now listed; all other passenger names are deleted. It should be noted that after 1856 these German immigrants include those coming not only from German states or territories but also from countries such as France, Switzerland, or Luxemburg. According to the act of 1819, lists of all passengers were to be delivered upon arrival to the local collector of customs, who made copies that were then transmitted to the secretary of state and subsequently reported to Congress.1 The secretary of state also published quarterly and annual summaries under the title of Statement of the Number and Description of Passengers Arriving in the United States between 1820 and 1870. These reports were later published by the Bureau of Statistics of the Treasury Department from 1867 to 1895 and by the Office of Immigration, now the Immigration and Naturalization Service, after 1895. IX