All content on these electronic pages may NOT be obtained by unacceptable means After ten years of service, she had almost 190 transatlantic voyages completed. Emma 12 March which include use of any spider, robot, retrieval application or any device Louise 17 June Stephani 3 June The Lloyd and the Hamburg- Bremen Africa Line had formed a similar partnership. Bark Laura 25 November Bark Edmund 3 November Latrobe 2 August Bremen 9 August 1945 - records of 1907-1945 destroyed in bombing raid, Between 1875 to 1908, the staff of the "Nachweisungsbureau", who lacked office space, decided to destroy all passenger lists older than 3 years. [1] It is a convenient abbreviation to employ, just as the Lloyd is a convenient abbreviation for the great Bremen company, the North German Lloyd. Goethe 25 July FamilySearch - Germany, Bremen Passenger Departure Lists, 1904-1914. SS Ohio 26 July Diana 3 June Arab 8 September to retrieve any portion of the site. Favorite 18 June Louisa 23 May Timoleon 22 November Bashan 3 November 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. Before this, conditions on the ships were not good; there was inadequate food and overcrowded rooms. Friedrich Jacob 16 June Stephani 3 June 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. Charlotte 1 June The independent-minded skipper could disobey orders again by allowing his ship, the passenger liner Bremen, the jewel of the German . Remember that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name as an ancestor and that the ancestor may have used nicknames or different names at different times, Keep in mind that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name, Standard spelling of names typically did not exist during the periods our ancestors lived in. German Immigrants: Lists of Passengers Bound from Bremen to New York Friedrich Jacob 16 June SS Ohio 21 July Bremen Passenger Lists 1920-1939 Most of the Bremen, Germany passenger departure records were destroyed. Alfred 30 October Content: Passenger lists. Bark Clara 17 December, 1868 Bremen 14 September Namenskartei aus den Bremer Schiffslisten (Bremen Ship Passengers 1904-1914). Transcribed Ships Manifests Departing from Germany Ports of departure include: Altona, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Cuxhaven, Geestemunde, Hamburg, Stettin, Swinemunde (currently Swinoujscie, Poland), German Unspecified Ports Search by Year of Departure [1700s] [1800s] [1810s] [1820s] [1830s] [1840s] [1850s] [1860s] [1870s] [1880s] [1890s] [1900 - 1950s] Plato 30 October Book: New World Immigrants a Consolidation of Ship Passenger Lists and Associated Data from Periodical Literature by Michael Tepper (Editor); GPC 1988. Goethe 7 July F H Adami 25 October Ann 1 September Germans had to apply for permission to emigrate from most areas. Marianne 20 July Telegraph 25 April This article describes a collection of records at FamilySearch.org. 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. Louise 17 May SS Neckar 14 April, 1888 Admiral Branning 1 November Stephani 30 December Albert 19 August Hualco 21 August Leontine 28 June Josephine 8 November Olbers 4 January Louise 21 May Where family registers were kept, the departure was sometimes noted there. Washington 25 February Clarissa Perkins 11 July Latrobe 2 August Marianne 20 September Diana 5 August Semiramis 18 August Wills or testaments of relatives who stayed in Germany occasionally mention their relatives in foreign lands. Ellen Brooks 28 October arriving on 27 May 1887 with 485 passengers from Germany, Norway, Sweden, Holland, Hungary, Austria, England, Italy, Russia, Switzerland, France, Poland, Belgium and Brazil. The improved conditions of the ships also improved the port's reputation. 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Not only is it the largest steamship company in any country, but it comprises half the ocean shipping of Hamburg, affords a far larger proportion of her connections with oversea and is actively interested in all the other larger lines excepting the German Australian Steamship Company. Constitution 23 June Isabella 5 July Bremen Passenger Lists - Public-Juling Emigration via Hamburg dropped to 78,808 in 1908; in Bremen it dropped to 74,626. SS Strassburg 5 October. 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. Stephani 3 June Elise 8 September Camera 13 December Washington 26 October Olbers 13 June . Brunswick 17 October, 1836 Telegraph 25 April Immigration & Steamships - Collections & Research Immigration & Steamships Tap or click on a column heading to sort by that column. Figures of the Landing Agent of the United States Immigration Service, published in New York papers, January 11, 1911.). Such documents were restricted to time and space. Hamburg became a port of emigration because of its competition with Bremen as a seaport for trade. Hamburg Emigration/Immigration FamilySearch Steamer Washington 4 June Eutaw 15 September Bark Freihandel 1 June This collection includes records from 1904 to 1914 of handwritten cards, covering the information of approximately 8,800 passengers. As passenger traffic increased, Dutch, Belgian, French, and Danish ports were used. Many emigrants from Germany, Austria and Central Europe headed for the German port of Hamburg. Globe 17 September Condor 9 August Bark Constitution 31 May [5] 1907 Report of the United States Commissioner of Navigation, pages 146-7. It was re-established as the state of Bremen in 1947. SS Baltimore 10 October Stephani 12 July Eutaw 15 September Add this new information to your records of each family. Garonne 21 August A P Sharp 12 November Margaretha 1 September Rebecca 9 September For help reading these records see: The following information may be found in these records: It is helpful to know at least one of the following: Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. SS Oder 28 January Everhard 25 May Rajah 28 October Henry 15 October The saving in time which the steamers affordedthough slight at firsttheir greater steadiness and safety, conspired to give them the preference in the Hapags fleet. Gustav 7 May Ferdinand 15 August 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. General Washington 24 November, 1845 Many Russian Germans moved to the United States, Canada, or South America beginning in 1874. Isabella 28 August Isabella 5 July In the three years 1866- 66-67 the Hapag distributed 20, 20 and 16 per cent in dividends, respectively. All Rights Reserved. While still cramped, hygiene was much better than the old sailing ships. It is primarily a freight line; passengers and mails for Australia go with the subsidized mail liners of the Lloyd. Mercur 24 August Intelligenz Blatt #8, pp. Previous to this, barracks were constructed to house the emigrants but the conditions were deplorable and disease spread quickly. Isabella 28 August Stern 9 July Cordova 24 November Passports were both status symbol for uninterrupted travel and legal documentation for members belonging to fringe groups. Northern and eastern Germans tended to leave through Hamburg. The Hapag, which had paid 12, 16 and 20 per cent dividends in the years 1871-73, paid no more dividends until 1878. Bark Industrie 31 October Westphalia 31 December This policy gave Bremen on the entire continent a reputation that still endures and is worth to her thousands of emigrants yearly. 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. For some countries, such as Austria, the arrangement is chronological by departure date, with names grouped alphabetically by ship name for that date. Very little money will be used. Ship North Star 25 August 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. Barque Salem 25 November 1845 Leo 31 August Friedrich Jacob 16 June Often the local pastor or priest noted peoples' departures in the parish registers next to birth or marriage entries. Washington 29 September Luntine 23 June Starting in 1895, emigrants were segregated based on wealth. Olbers 12 December Use the search boxes at the bottom of each column to locate a particular vessel. Washington 29 September Humphrey 10 July Kammonham Roy 18 August German Departures - 1840s German Departures 1840s Elise Louise Friedericke Alexander Humphrey Anna Olbers Charlotte Gustav Europe Elise F H Adami Johann Georg Ferdinand Sophie Copernicus Louis Stern Charlotte Ernst and Gustav Everhard Pilot Neptune President President Johannes Active Alexander Humphrey Clementine Edward Virginia Lucilla Ann 1 September Semiramis 18 August The American Civil War was over and commerce was renewed with the Union, which needed supplies to repair the devastation that had been wrought. 1840 Friedrich Jacob 14 June Sophie 19 August For the actual lists see: www.passengerlists.de. SS Baltimore 20 March Brig Reform 29 November, 1851 Condor 9 August Garonne 21 August Bark Neptune 15 December, 1849 General Veazie 8 November Sju Brder 22 November She arrived in New York on July 4, at 7 o'clock in the morning. ISTG Vol 12 - Barque Georg & Johann Rajah 28 October Deutsches Auswandererhaus Bremerhaven / German Emigration Center Bremerhaven, Europe's largest and most modern theme museum on the topic of emigration and winner of the prestigious award, FamilySearch - Germany, Bremen Passenger Departure Lists, 1904-1914 Ship Aequator 5 September Brig Bremen 18 July Diana 24 November Bark Neptune 6 November It was created by the Deutsches Ausland-Institut, who was interested in documenting German groups outside of Germany. Eutaw 15 September Brig Antoinette 13 June This can help you identify other generations of your family. In the meantime other lines had not been idle. Copernicus 4 August Johann Friedrich 19 June The New Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild logo was designed by Patty MacFarlane. 1844 Philadelphia 4 January Clementine 18 January Louise 24 October Bachus 12 September U.S. and German Passenger Lists and Indexes. Latrobe 2 August 1843 Ship Helene 21 August This website requires a paid subscription for full access. Ship Hermine 17 January Devonshire 18 November Sophie 16 June Olbers 13 June Herschel 15 August Alfred 30 October Deutsche Auswanderer-Datenbank / German Emigrants Database. Key words are Brgerbcher, Brgerprotokolle (1596-1902) as well as Heimatscheinprotokolle (1826-1872). What motive may influence the Hapag in a move of this sort is indicated by the rise and fall of the line from New York to the Levant (through to Constantinople and Odessa), maintained by the Hapag and the German Levant Line in common, 1901-04. General Veazie 8 November Copernicus 18 December SS Berlin 11 April, 1882 Bark Johanna 16 May Bark Gutenberg 16 May Citizens were required to tell the police or the Einwohnermeldeamt [resident registration office] when they moved. An example of data being processed may be a unique identifier stored in a cookie. Bark Stella 15 October, 1869 Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild is independently owned. Copernicus 18 December Agnes 29 December Herschel 15 August PDF The Transportation of Immigrants and - Jstor N W Stevens 23 October Hamburg was the transitional stop for emigrants from the Northern German coastal countries as well as from Eastern European countries. Hardly had the Hapag recovered from its first rate-war when, m 188$, a second broke out. the "e-migration mice"). ISTG NOTICE: These electronic pages are Copyright 1998-2023 and may NOT be Diana 11 November Post 23 June Ship Sirius 23 September Many Scandinavians also sailed to America through the British port. Cyndi's List - Ports of Departure - Bremen, Germany Ship Uhland 16 June [6] In 1866 Adolph Wagner wrote an article on Ocean Transportation in Rentschs Handwrterbuch der Volkswirtschaftslehre. Edwina 30 June Stephani 14 October Delivered to ship breakers for scrapping in April 1961. Bark Amaranth 20 November Washington 26 October Knickerbocker 9 September Cordova 24 November Brig Constitution 19 October But, as we have seen, the North Atlantic trade was preeminently a passenger trade. Luise 22 May Martha 1 September Current database may be searched at the museum in Bremerhaven or by mail for a fee. Bashan 3 November Elise 6 December The considerable traffic from New York to the Levant, transshipped at Hamburg, was threatened by the prospect in 1901 that a direct Russian or Italian line would be established. Grace Brown 17 July N W Stevens 23 October Mandatory passports were required only in times of crises, when there were epidemics and political or military conflicts. Condor 9 August As passenger traffic increased, Dutch, Belgian, French, and Danish ports were used. Garonne 21 August Philadelphia 4 January Philadelphia 11 May Bachus 12 September Olbers 13 June Luise 3 June Ajax 11 September Olbers 13 June Johannes 7 November Luise 3 January Brig Josephine 8 November, 1846 Ann 1 September Diana 24 November Copernicus 18 December Bark Eliza Thornton 30 October In addition to clean housing, medical exams and disinfections were conducted to ensure that only healthy individuals left the port. SS Baltimore 9 August Ernst and Gustav 4 November The Hapag was founded in 1847 to prevent a further concentration in Bremen of the American mail service, as well as imports from America of cotton and tobacco and exports thither of German emigrants. Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild is independently owned. The freight business of the Hapag began to dwarf its passenger business even on the New York line. Constitution 15 November GGA Image ID # 1413ad196f, German emigration to the United States, in those years since 1870 when it exceeded 100,000, was as follows:[3], German Emigration to the United States, 1870-1892. N W Stevens 23 October In 1888 the Hamburg-Australian Steamship Company came into life. SS General Werder 1 April Pauline 7 October SS Elbe 9 July Antilope 13 August Significant numbers of German emigrants can be found on every continent and in many countries around the world. Galliot Themis 24 July Knickerbocker 9 September Diana 24 November 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]. Ship Olbers 8 November Ann 1 September [8] K. Thiess : Die Hamburg-Amerika Linie, page 34. Business for the Hapag was excellent in the decade 1860-70. These records are written in German. [1][2], 1832 - lists of passengers begin Bark Freihandel 23 September FamilySearch. SS Leipzig 4 August Arab 8 September These saved lists had been stowed away in a salt mine at Bernburg an der Saale in 1942 together with other archives for the purpose of protection, and were transferred into the custody of Moscow Archives at the end of WWII. Clarissa Perkins 11 July Bremen 4 December The Hapag began business with three copper-bottomed sailing ships of together 1,600 register tons, and with a capital of 460,000 marks. Clementine 11 February The Hapag and Woermann are now financially interested in the line. Henry 15 October Ship Louisiana 21 October Camera 13 December Trenton 16 December Pilot 6 July Bremen 21 November A P Sharp 12 November