The port of Bremen, Germany was a major point of embarkation for emigrations during the 19th and 20th centuries. Bark Adonis 1 June Knickerbocker 9 September Foreigners and servants were registered and those in need of passports. N W Stevens 23 October Philadelphia 4 January Garonne 21 August Ajax 11 September In 1763 Catherine the Great of Russia offered free land, no taxes for thirty years, freedom of religion, and other incentives to encourage Germans to settle her vast, sparsely populated domain. This page has been viewed 37,687 times (3,809 via redirect). This was true not only for German nationals, but also millions of inhabitants in Austria, Hungary, and other Central European nations seeking opportunities or refuge in the New World. Luntine 23 June A P Sharp 12 November Clarissa Perkins 11 July Paoli 9 August Mauran 11 November Albert 19 August SS Baltimore 20 March Luise 3 January Neptune 14 July Telegraph 25 April Copernicus 18 December Garonne 21 August Diana 21 November Clean and hygienic accommodations were built in 1900, called Auswandererhallen, to house the increasing emigrants. Early in the century Bremen had recognized the future of the emigrant trade. Albert 12 August From now on the Hapag had a clear field. Post 23 June Isobella 27 April As many as one-fifth of the passengers did not survive the crossing to America. So the Hapag and the German Levant Line instituted the direct connection themselves and continued it for three years. Bremen Shiplists from. Herschel 15 August Edward 24 July Whenever possible FamilySearch makes images and indexes available for all users. Philadelphia 12 September Bark Industrie 31 October Clementine 18 January Garonne 21 August This collection includes records from 1904 to 1914 of handwritten cards, covering the information of approximately 8,800 passengers. On June 19, 1858, at 6 o'clock in the afternoon; the "Bremen" left the wharf at Bremerhaven on her maiden voyage to New York, carrying 100 tons of freight, 1 cabin and 93- steerage passengers. To receive the privilege of becoming a citizen (usually not full-status) in Hamburg required consent through the city council. Rainbow 26 August Albert 17 February Edwina 30 June Heretofore all trade between the United States and the west coast has been carried by way of Hamburg and Liverpool. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Dozens of German colonies were established and grew until World War I. SS Main 8 March Henry 15 October Bark Ottillie 5 July, 1866 If you would like to change your settings or withdraw consent at any time, the link to do so is in our privacy policy accessible from our home page.. Albert 19 August From 1850 to 1891, 41 percent of German and east European emigrants left via the port of Bremen (Germany), 30 percent via Hamburg (Germany), 16 percent via Le Havre (France), 8 percent via Antwerp (Belgium), and 5 percent via several ports in the Netherlands. Constitution 15 November Clementine 22 June Dorothea Louise 11 August Kepler 17 December Leontine 28 June After docking in New York on August 28, 1939, only four days before the outbreak of World War II, Captain Adolf Ahrens of Germany's North German Lloyd shipping line was faced with a decision. which include use of any spider, robot, retrieval application or any device We and our partners use cookies to Store and/or access information on a device. General Washington 24 November, 1842 Marianne 16 October In the three years 1866- 66-67 the Hapag distributed 20, 20 and 16 per cent in dividends, respectively. Steamer Ohio 31 July In the last two centuries Bremen and Hamburg have been the two major German port cities for shipping lines serving North and South America as well as to and from Australia and Asia. Bremen, along with Hamburg and Luebeck, was of of the three major trans-shipping centers from northern Germany. Eliza Thornton 30 October Diamant 17 October Stephani 14 October Favorite 18 June Herschel 15 August Ship Hermine 17 January Church Records (Annotations). Book: New World Immigrants a Consolidation of Ship Passenger Lists and Associated Data from Periodical Literature by Michael Tepper (Editor); GPC 1988. Trenton 16 December In the meantime other lines had not been idle. Stephani 30 December This can help you identify other generations of your family. Friedrich Leo 2 August Diamant 17 October Elise 1 January Ship Jason 7 December, 1853 SS Leipzig 30 August Assuming an average fare of $86.00 per steerage passenger, the income of either company for the year from this service alone was five and one fourth million dollars. Chilo 20 August Cordova 24 November For further information see German Ports: Gateway to America by Raymond Wright III. Barque Sophie 12 November Charlotte 20 September The fact that emigrants can be counted on as return freight has had a great influence on the inducements that the German companies could offer in freight rates from the United States to the continent. Sarah Ann 6 October Louise 13 October It accounts, in large measure, for instance, for the concentration in Bremen of the European trade in American cotton and tobacco. Unfortunately, the original lists for 1909 and beyond were destroyed in an Allied bombing raid on October 6, 1944. The year 1871, when the Empire was formed, saw the Hamburg lines multiply. Ann 1 September Semiramis 18 August SS Strassburg 5 October. Constitution 7 April to retrieve any portion of the site. Compile the entries for every person who has the same surname; this is especially helpful in rural areas or if the surname is unusual. In the early 1830s, Bremen was doing well in its trade with America, while Hamburg trade was mostly with the West Indies and Latin America. Inez 2 December Apollo 7 July Constitution 15 November Constitution 7 April 1845 Bark Meridian 16 September From 1832, Bremen port officials kept meticulous records on their ships' passengers. Clementine 11 February Bremen, Germany Ships Crew Lists (Bremer Musterungslisten der Schiffe), Bremen, Germany Sailors Registry (Bremer Seeleuteregister), Bremen, German Desertions of Sailors, 1855-1874 (Seemansamt Bremen, Deserteurlisten, 1855-1874, Germany, Bremen, Select Passenger Departure Lists (Deutschland, Bremen, ausgewhlte Namenskartei aus den Bremer Schiffslisten), Germany, Bremen Passenger Departure Lists (Deutschland, Bremen, Namenskartei aus den Bremer Schiffslisten), The Hamburg Passenger Departure Lists 1850-1934. A letter given to the traveler made his passage within and outside of German territories easier, depending on the influence the issuer had. The new Edward Carr line and the old Hamburg shipowner, Robert Sloman, who had instituted as early as 1849 an emigrant sailing line to New York, united to form the Union Steamship Company, which fought the Hapags line to New York. Albert 19 August Henry 15 October Bremen 4 December Diana 3 June Olbers 4 January Rajah 28 October Olbers 8 December Brig Ulysses 19 September Reform 4 September Reform 4 September Edward 24 July Olbers 12 December The records are found in the State Archive Hamburg. Diana 3 June Washington 25 February Friedrich Jacob 14 June Vesper 13 September Ship Uhland 16 June Diana 5 August Bremen 9 August These records are discussed further in Germany Population Records. The German companies were hard hit when the American panic of 1907 set in and ruined their emigration business for 1908. "Bremen Passenger Lists 1920-1939". Kammonham Roy 18 August Howard 22 October Post 23 June Olbers 13 June The average number of steerage passengers brought us by the two German companies in the years 1860-1900 was as follows:[2], Average Steerage Passengers from Hamburg Compared to Bremen During Selected Years 1861-1900. Sir Isaac Newton 19 June A P Sharp 12 November Emigrant letters could be examined but any sample of fares that could be obtained would be small and of unclear accuracy. Charlotte 22 April Bremen 14 September Includes "Ship Lists of Passengers Leaving France for Louisiana" (1718-1724) originally published in the Louisiana Historical Society Quarterly Website: New Orleans Passenger Arrival Lists 1813 Howard 6 September Mads Weil 1 October Admiral Branning 1 November Europa 23 June Freight could not be profitably transported by steamers until the introduction of the compound engine, which greatly reduced the quantity of fuel to be carried; before this time so much of the carrying capacity of the ship had to be devoted to coal-bunkers that freight had to pay rates which could not compare with those offered by the sailing vessels.[6]. which include use of any spider, robot, retrieval application or any device SS Berlin 2 May SS Deutschland 14 March Ferdinand 15 August Ship Rebecca 4 November Stephani 8 February Stephani 14 October This was the first transatlantic sailing of a Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer. Brarens 18 January Olbers 12 December B. Bohlen 11 June Ship Olbers 8 November Goethe 25 July Given the loss of Bremen departure lists, researches in search of embarkees from that port must fall back on arrival lists. Yet the cloud had a silver lining. Until 1850, Bremen was a more popular port than Hamburg. Favorite 12 November Foreign trade grew -- Hamburgs hinterland demanded increased grain, meat and other foodstuffs, fertilizers and fodder and the raw materials of industry; it exported more and more potash, sugar and manufactured goods as Germany became established in the markets of the world. Its subsidy amounts to 1,350,000 marks per year and a considerable part of its service is performed by the Hapag. Elizabeth Bruce 12 November Stern 25 June Antilope 13 August German Departures 1850s Ohio Elise Columbia Columbia Johannes Leontine Meta Europa Brutus Brutus Herschel Leila Alexander Leibnitz Hudson FJ Wichelhausen Louise Marie Louise Marie President Smidt Hermann Ernestine Adolphine Minna Queen Mathilde Colonist Neptune Edmund Uhland Anna Washington Itzstein and Welcker Marianne Helene Albert America Ocean Edwina 30 June Their nearest rival was the Cunard Line, which in 1906 landed in New York from its British and its Mediterranean services 107,790 steerage passengers.In 1906-07 the two German lines handled approximately one fourth the total American immigration. The Hamburg-American Line was established in 1847; its official name is the Hamburg- Amerikanische Paketfahrt Aktien-Gesellschaft. Copernicus 18 December Virginia 26 June F H Adami 5 June Copyright 1996-2023 Cyndi Ingle, CyndisList.com. Citizens were required to tell the police or the Einwohnermeldeamt [resident registration office] when they moved. For more information, see Germany Probate Records. Diana 21 November 1840 Use the search boxes at the bottom of each column to locate a particular vessel. Sophie 12 October In 1888 the Hamburg-Australian Steamship Company came into life. 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History of Emigration from the German Ports of Hamburg and Bremen with a discussion of how the two major steamship companies competed with one another for the immigrant trade. coasting vessels from North Germany,4 and even from Norway5 for transshipment to America. Eutaw 15 September Sophie 19 August SS Ohio 4 March In 1856 the companys first steamer, the Borussia, was put into service, though the struggle for supremacy between sailing and steam vessels was by no means decided. Mercur 24 August Bark Theodor Korner 9 June Any description of the development or present status of Hamburg lines must center in the Hamburg-American Line. Autoleon 3 September Westphalia 17 February However, they only included those immigrants where the place of origin was given (most passenger lists in this time frame do not have this information), so they are only partially useful. General Veazie 5 November As passenger traffic increased, Dutch, Belgian, French, and Danish ports were used. The Hapags three sailing vessels of 1848 maintained a monthly service with New York, averaging forty-one days on the ocean west-bound, twenty-nine days east-bound. This page has been viewed 44,539 times (3,302 via redirect). The information contained in this index is for the years 1907-1908 and 1913-1914 only. Latrobe 2 August Olbers 12 December Goethe 25 July Mauran 11 November Diana 5 August Ship Hermann 6 November History. Camera 13 December For a comprehensive understanding of emigration and immigration records, study the article Germany Emigration and Immigration. In 1891 the Hamburg Hansa Steamship Company was bought up and its lines to Montreal, Boston and Philadelphia turned over to the Hapag flag, which was already serving Baltimore. Goethe 7 July Stephani 14 October (Nauticus, 1909, page 298.) ISTG NOTICE: These electronic pages are Copyright 1998-2023 and may NOT be Steamer New York 13 May Bachus 12 September Brig Jon. Isobella 27 April Agnes 29 December The freight business of the Hapag began to dwarf its passenger business even on the New York line. In the case of emigrants to the U.S., that next best source is the U.S. Customs Passenger Lists. Elise 19 July Arab 8 September Ship Joseph Holmes 20 September Sarah Ann 6 October Ship Olbers 21 January Josephine 8 November Henry 15 October Ship Johannes 3 November SS Trave 17 December Keep track of your research in a research log. Ship North Star 25 August This page was last edited on 5 December 2022, at 21:20. Goethe 7 July Caroline 23 July Immigration records, also known as "passenger arrival records," can provide genealogical information including: a person's nationality, place of birth ship name and date of entry to the United States age, height, eye and hair color profession place of last residence name and address of relatives they are joining in the U.S. Pioneer 2 September On 22 August 1939, she began her last voyage to New York. President 17 July This list was derived from National Archives records, then compared with Germans to America, and in some cases, microfilm of the passenger lists. Clarissa Perkins 11 July General Washington 24 November, 1841 Grace Brown 17 July Marianne 20 July Bremen 14 September This practice was followed until 1909, when customs officials resumed the earlier pattern of preserving the original copies of all emigration lists. SS Leipzig 4 August Ann 1 September SS Donau 29 April, 1879 Caspar 29 June America 12 July Elizabeth Hall of Dighton 1 September Diana 3 June Emma 7 October Sophie 19 August Diana 11 November Herschel 15 August All content on these electronic pages may NOT be obtained by unacceptable means Olbers 4 April The ship logo, which is still used in part, was designed and contributed by Pat Walker and Sheila Tate. Elise 8 September SS Knig Wilhelm 5 September This card file was created by the Deutsches Ausland-Institut from Bremen passenger ship lists sometime between WWI and WWII. Barque Salem 25 November The improved conditions of the ships also improved the port's reputation. A P Sharp 12 November The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/index.php?title=Hamburg_Emigration/Immigration&oldid=5187154. Grace Brown 17 July Globe 17 September Some of these records are available through the FamilySearch Catalog under Place Search (Hamburg), Naturalization and citizenship (Heimatbcher 1826-1864), Population (Meldeprotokolle fr Fremde 1868-1889) and Immigration (Reisepassprotokolle 1851-1929). Local newspapers often told of residents in their area moving to other lands. 1842 Washington 16 September These usually focus on the emigrants from one town, principality, or state. Copernicus 4 August SS Baltimore 14 August, 1870 http://FamilySearch.org : 18 July 2022. SS Rhein 7 April Clementine 22 June Paoli 9 August Everhard 25 May In 1872 were established the Kosmos Line, around Cape Horn to Chili and Peru, and the Kingsin Line, a freight service from Hamburg to the Far East through the Suez Canal, which had been opened three years before. Caspar 22 September Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used. N W Stevens 23 October Edward 24 July Post 23 June Bremen started her South America cruise on 11 February 1939, and was the first ship of this size to traverse the Panama Canal. Brig Julia 30 November, 1842 Trenton 16 December Delivered to ship breakers for scrapping in April 1961. Cordova 24 November Bark Pallas 6 July Sometimes these notes include the year of emigration and names of those who went with the person. 121-24. Stephani 3 June Telumah 12 November Ship Caledonia 18 December, 1839 Charlotte 1 June After ten years of service, she had almost 190 transatlantic voyages completed. Ship O. Thyen 23 June, 1855 SS Ohio 29 December, 1874 Knickerbocker 9 September When the allies occupied Germany at the end of WWII, the Institute was closed and later re-opened as the Institut fr Austlandsbeziehungen. Stephanie 26 July Bark E.J. Since then the Hapag has been the prime mover in many of the combinations that go to make up the complicated system of agreements, pools, defensive and offensive alliances, and fusions that prevail in ocean shipping today. Vesper 17 September Brarens 18 January The independent-minded skipper could disobey orders again by allowing his ship, the passenger liner Bremen, the jewel of the German . Luise 3 January America 17 August Paoli 20 December Telegraph 25 April Contact Us. Bark Ceder 20 May There are additional sources listed in the FamilySearch Catalog: These links lead to listings of emigration records for several provinces/states of the German Empire: This website requires a paid subscription for full access. German Research: Hansel and Gretel: Finding our German ancestors' trail home, Internet Resources for Finding 19th Century German Emigrants, Germany - Emigration and immigration - Indexes, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach), https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/index.php?title=Germany_Emigration_and_Immigration&oldid=5044874, Dozens of other published emigrant lists are listed in the Place Search of the. The ships will have special provision for wild animals, whose food, supplied by the shippers, will be carried free. Olbers 4 January Lists of emigrants are often published. Goethe 7 July The Hapag has no connection with the Hamburg-Australian ; there was long, apparently, an understanding between the Hapag and the Lloyd that Australia should be left to the Lloyd, in return for which the latter kept her hands off Africa. Philadelphia 4 January General Veazie 8 November Edward 28 July Sir Isaac Newton 30 October Humphrey 10 July Ship Virginia 7 November Sir Isaac Newton 19 June Josephine 8 November The index was created to facilitate access to the information in the Bremen passenger lists. Ship Hermine 27 August, 1857 Significant numbers of German emigrants can be found on every continent and in many countries around the world. Humphrey 13 February Bark Adonis 22 May Ernst and Gustav 4 November 1834 Brig Champion 28 July. Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. Diana 21 November This website requires a paid subscription for full access. Humphrey 10 July After a years fighting, the German East African Line, which had suffered heavily during the year, entered the community. Thus all German lines to Africa are united. The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/index.php?title=Bremen_Emigration_and_Immigration&oldid=5187141. Semiramis 18 August Diamant 17 October Mauran 11 November Alwina 11 January Especially was this true for the years 1865- 66-67. Ship Ocean 13 January Friedrich Leo 2 August Antilope 13 August 1844 Ellen Brooks 28 October Isabella 5 July Marianne 20 September Leontine 28 June Bark Mississippi 10 June The ships will call at a hundred or more places on the west coast. Bark Josephine 10 November Virginia 26 June The Deutschland, the Hapags only express steamer, paid for with the proceeds of the sale to Spain of obsolete Hapag liners, at the time of the Spanish-American war. Friedrich Jacob 16 June Caspar 29 June SS Ohio 21 July Arab 8 September Timoleon 22 November Howard 1 May Bremen Packet 28 May Pauline 9 October Bark Gauss 5 December She was sold to Italy in 1896 and was renamed Seravalle, being scrapped in that year. Ship Marianne 20 September SS Neckar 14 April, 1888 Isabella 28 August Henry 15 October SS Donau 31 March which include use of any spider, robot, retrieval application or any device This page was last edited on 29 December 2022, at 13:55. Olbers 12 December Charlemagne 15 July Louisa 23 May Bark Eliza Thornton 30 October Bark Edmund 3 November Please be aware some collections consist only of partial information indexed from the records and do not contain any images. Apollo 13 August Martha 1 September Bark Coriolan 26 June anyone without the express written consent of the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild LLC. Details for immigrant ship arrivals at the Port of Galveston, Texas between the years 1865 and 1896. Eutaw 15 September Sju Brder 22 November Ship Olbers 3 June Bark Weser 26 November, 1867

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