In I854 the German emigration by way of Havre exceeded that from Bremen by twenty thousand; while Bremen was ahead of Hamburg by twenty-five thousand, and Hamburg in turn led Antwerp by a like number.6 The com- Bashan 3 November Edward 24 July Everhard 30 December Immigration, The Trip to Port of Bremen - Prokosch Who, Where, How Edwina 30 June The ships will call at a hundred or more places on the west coast. Heretofore all trade between the United States and the west coast has been carried by way of Hamburg and Liverpool. Bark Industrie 31 October Isabella 28 August Friedrich Leo 2 August Arab 8 September Diana 11 November Bremen, Germany. Philadelphia 10 October Latrobe 2 August Mary Phillips 9 September They could not transfer their privileges to their children. 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. Aboard a Packet | National Museum of American History Marianne 20 July The Kosmos also has a line from Genoa to West America and in the course of its career has bought up the rival Hamburg Pacific Steamship Company. This second rate-war gave the Hapag its present brilliant manager, Albert Ballin, who was taken over from the Carr line; and it taught the company the raine of timely compromise in ocean warfare. Post 23 June This page was last edited on 5 December 2022, at 21:20. U.S. and German Passenger Lists and Indexes. Bremen Packet 16 October SS Donau 31 March Overseas Passenger Fares and Emigration from Germany in the Mid - JSTOR Especially was this true for the years 1865- 66-67. Emigration & Immigration Records - Passenger Lists, Naturalization Bark Gutenberg 16 May Any description of the development or present status of Hamburg lines must center in the Hamburg-American Line. Luntine 23 June Pilot 6 July F H Adami 25 October Grace Brown 17 July The ship logo, which is still used in part, was designed and contributed by Pat Walker and Sheila Tate. Lucilla 3 August Ship Pharsalia 11 November, 1849 Philadelphia 11 May Herschel 15 August Bark Constitution 19 October Louise 21 May German towns began keeping records of each person's residence in the 1840s. A directory of ship passenger lists & records on the Internet to help find your immigrant ancestors. Newspaper Announcements. Kepler 17 December Phoenix 10 September However, about 3000 lists survived for the period from 1920-1939. Albert 19 August Galliott Flora 21 May Lucilla 3rd Quarter Isobella 27 April In the ports controlled by the Hanse city of Bremen, ship . Brig Bremen 18 July Friedrich Jacob 16 June Mary Phillips 9 September Philadelphia 12 September Constitution 15 November 1874-1907 - lists destroyed every 2 years 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. Luntine 23 June Herschel 15 August You should also look for leads to other records about your ancestors, Switch to a different record collection. The ships will exchange oil, tobacco, flour, machinery, cotton goods and food productspractically every ship will be a department store afloatfor mahogany, palm oil, rubber, ivory, cacao, and copper. Bark Neptune 15 December, 1849 Bark Eduard 13 August Ajax 11 September Agnes 29 December Cordova 24 November Virginia 29 July The rates offered by the competing companies had drawn freight away from the sailers, and the Hapag did not let it return. Mercur 24 August Philadelphia 11 May 1842 Paoli 20 December Bremen, Germany to New York 22 May 1867 . Early in the century Bremen had recognized the future of the emigrant trade. Conditions improved for emigrants in 1870 with the commission of new steamships. This policy gave Bremen on the entire continent a reputation that still endures and is worth to her thousands of emigrants yearly. Other European emigrants sailed from Le Havre, France; Bremen and Hamburg, Germany; and Antwerp, in Belgium. SS Main 8 March Sir Isaac Newton 30 October Elise 19 July The port of Bremen, Germany was a major point of embarkation for emigrations during the 19th and 20th centuries. Republic 13 June All Rights Reserved. Helpful websites for 19th Century German Emigration. The "Ordinance Concerning the Emigration Traveling on Domestic or Foreign Ships" of 1832 in Bremen was the first state law to protect emigrants. Bremen Packet 11 December Devonshire 18 November Clarissa Perkins 11 July Reform 4 September 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. Luise 22 May B. Bohlen 11 June Clementine 22 June Citizens were required to tell the police or the Einwohnermeldeamt [resident registration office] when they moved. Charlotte 20 September Brig Joh Dethard 15 December Apollo 7 July 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. Ship Ernst Moritz Arndt 13 June North 14 September Continue with Recommended Cookies. Agnes 29 December Devonshire 18 November During the 19th century mass immigration to the west was occurring. Charlotte 22 April Semiramis 18 August anyone without the express written consent of the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild LLC. Diana 24 November Westphalia 31 December Caspar 22 September 1843 Constitution 15 November Ship Hermine 27 August, 1857 This website requires a paid subscription for full access. Mandatory passports were required only in times of crises, when there were epidemics and political or military conflicts. Philadelphia 22 August In the 19th century emigration to the United States began. Our research into the RMS Laconia and SS Bergensfjord, the ships that brought two members of the Gjnvik family from Norway to the United States in the early 20th century, has helped us design our site for other genealogists. Louise 13 October Johann Friedrich 19 June 1832 Brig Forest 13 February. Mauran 11 November Hualco 21 August SS Oder 28 January Europa 18 January SS Ohio 1 November Telumah 12 November The information in these records may include the emigrants' names, ages, occupations, destinations, and places of origin or birth places. Brig Antoinette 13 June Mercur 24 August Louise 13 October 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. SS Weser (1867) - Wikipedia Significant numbers of German emigrants can be found on every continent and in many countries around the world. The experiences on the ship (and the immigration process into the United States) depended on which class of passengers an emigrant was a part of: first, second, or steerage. Albert 19 August F H Adami 25 October There were enacted in Bremen severe regulations against ill-housing, underfeeding, swindling or otherwise maltreating emigrants, matters to which Hamborg was too long indifferent. Bremen 14 September Constitution 23 June Kammonham Roy 18 August Philadelphia 12 July Alfred 30 October Johann Georg 5 June F H Adami 25 October Diana 5 August Isabella 5 July Mary Phillips 9 September B. Bohlen 11 June This card file was created by the Deutsches Ausland-Institut from Bremen passenger ship lists sometime between WWI and WWII. Monday - Friday 9am-4pm; Saturday & Sunday Closed; Nov. 24 & 25 Closed; Dec. 24-Jan. 2 Closed; Assistance with Library research is available W-TH 9am-4pm, F 9am-Noon. She was launched on 21 April 1886 and made her maiden voyage on 18 August 1886. Olbers 12 December Sarah Ann 6 October United States 12 November Bashan 3 November Caspar 22 September This page has been viewed 197,393 times (0 via redirect). Favorite 12 November Bark Josephine 10 November Virginia 26 June Bark Johanna 16 May Only a few Germans emigrated from other European ports. Washington 29 September Bremen 14 September Barque Diana 12 June, 1862 The records of departures from these ports are called passenger lists. Ship Leontine 31 August Sometimes these notes include the year of emigration and names of those who went with the person. Washington 26 October SS Leipzig 4 August Stephani 3 June Herschel 15 August Reform 4 September Clementine 18 January Goethe 7 July Between 1830 and 1914, more than four million people left Europe via Hamburg. These sources may be passenger lists, permissions to emigrate, or records of passports issued. Lucilla 3rd Quarter Dorothea Louise 11 August Neptune 23 November Neptune 4 August Includes marital status, occupation, ship name, place of last residence, and destination. Except for the discovery of transcripts of Bremen lists for the years 1907-1908 and 1913-1914 at the German State Archives in Koblentz, no copies of the Bremen passenger lists have ever come to light. Charles 28 August The Lloyd and the Hamburg- Bremen Africa Line had formed a similar partnership. 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. For example, from 1841-1846, 115,000 emigrants left Europe via Bremen; however, only 11,000 emigrants departed via Hamburg. Luise 3 January 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. Goethe 25 July Alfred 30 October Josephine 8 November Gustav 7 May Constitution 7 April Many cards are not in sequence. Eutaw 15 September Sophie 19 August Anna 10 November A P Sharp 12 November Edward 24 July Sophronia 13 September Sju Brder 22 November 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. Washington 29 September Emigration and immigration sources list the names of people leaving (emigrating) or arriving (immigrating) in Germany. Isabella 5 July Knickerbocker 9 September Goethe 7 July Stephani 14 October Virginia 26 June SS Berlin 2 May Grace Brown 17 July Description [ edit] The ship was 357 feet 0 inches (108.81 m) long, with a beam of 41 feet 0 inches (12.50 m) and a depth of 26 feet 0 inches (7.92 m). Sometimes they also show family groups. Hamburg became a port of emigration because of its competition with Bremen as a seaport for trade. General Veazie 5 November Charlotte 1 June Brig Telegraph 25 April Johannes 7 June Ship Elise 8 September Pauline 7 October Elizabeth Hall of Dighton 1 September reproduced in whole or part in any format for presentation, distribution or profit by Howard 1 May Galliot Themis 24 July Mauran 11 November Sir Isaac Newton 30 October Luntine 23 June N W Stevens 23 October To attract immigrants, the HAPAG set up shipping companies throughout Germany and neighboring countries to entice immigrants to come through the port of Hamburg. Copernicus 18 December Josephine 8 November Trenton 16 December Bremen 4 December Brarens 18 January FREE. 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 Caspar 29 June Sophie 12 October Elise 17 March SS Lahn 22 December. Brig Anna Louisa 31 July 1907/1908 and 1913/1914. In 1987 and 1990 those lists were given back to the Bremen Chamber of Commerce. Bremen Passenger Lists 1920-1939 Most of the Bremen, Germany passenger departure records were destroyed. Agnes 29 December Diana 21 November Martha 1 September Very little money will be used. Constitution 7 April Elizabeth 15 January Bark Auguste 4 October Germany Emigration and Immigration FamilySearch Deutsche Auswanderer-Datenbank / German Emigrants Database. Minerva 18 September Brig Constitution 19 October There was a Meldepflicht (obligation to register) in force since 1833 (mainly for non-Hamburgers), but it was not mandatory until 1892. 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]. Clementine 18 January Stephani 14 October 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 Sir Isaac Newton 19 June Agnes 29 December Lucilla 3rd Quarter Bark Laura 22 April Emma 7 October Washington 25 February Bark Adonis 22 May Amelia 4 August In addition to clean housing, medical exams and disinfections were conducted to ensure that only healthy individuals left the port. Ship Louise Marie 24 May Garonne 21 August Martha 1 September The Norddeutscher Lloyd - Passenger lists and Emigrant ships from SS Ohio 21 July [1], Read all about emigrating through Hamburg by clicking on Germany Emigration and Immigration, A very important tool in tracing German immigrants can be the Hamburg Passenger Lists, which cover the years 1850-1934. Bremen 14 September Bark Meridian 16 September Bark Weser 26 November, 1867 Hamburg became the most important emigration port in Germany by 1900. which include use of any spider, robot, retrieval application or any device A P Sharp 12 November Friedrich Leo 2 August Reform 4 September Stephani 30 December In Germany, Bremen had a good reputation as a port of departure because its laws forced shipowners to provide a basic minimum of space and food. The Hapag was left with a fleet out of all proportion to its needs, into which it could not grow for years to come. ISTG - Bremen Departures - Immigrant Ships In the early days of the Hapag there was little return freight to America to exchange for the bulk products we sent Germany. 1832-1849 Friedrich Spengemann: The voyages of the ISABELLA, PAULINE, META and UHLAND. Stephanie 26 July In 1907 they landed in New York from their German and Italian services the following number of emigrants: Emigrants Landed in New York by the German Steamship Companies. See Germany Newspapers for more information. 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. . Timoleon 22 November Repeat this process for each new generation you identify. [4], Emigration to the United States from Europe for Selected Years Between 1870 and 1907. Germany, Bremen Passenger Departure Lists, 1904-1914, Germany, Bremen Name Card Index to Passenger List, Restrictions for Viewing Images in FamilySearch Historical Record Collections, https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/index.php?title=Germany,_Bremen_Passenger_Departure_Lists_-_FamilySearch_Historical_Records&oldid=4946610, FamilySearch Historical Records Published Collections, Bremen (Germany) FamilySearch Historical Records, FamilySearch Historical Records Image Visibility Notice. Louisa 25 September Since 1907 the Hapag has also shared this service. 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. Brarens 18 January Bremen 14 September General Washington 24 November, 1843 Friedrich Leo 2 August SS Baltimore 9 August Emigration via Hamburg dropped to 78,808 in 1908; in Bremen it dropped to 74,626. A P Sharp 12 November Brig Reform 29 November, 1851 Brig Charles Ferdinand 4 August Bremen started her South America cruise on 11 February 1939, and was the first ship of this size to traverse the Panama Canal. Diana 3 June Grace Brown 17 July Post 23 June Bark Union 6 October SS Salier 8 July Brig Weser 29 December, 1846 Stephani 12 July Washington 26 October Westphalia 31 December DEUTSCHLAND. Eutaw 15 September "Bremen Passenger Lists 1920-1939". Until 1850, Bremen was a more popular port than Hamburg. Ship Johannes 3 November Ellen Brooks 28 October There are approximately 125,000 names in all four volumes combined. 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. Brig Josephine 8 November, 1846 These usually focus on the emigrants from one town, principality, or state. I Can't Find the Person I'm Looking For, What Now? Louise 10 October PDF The Transportation of Immigrants and - Jstor 1833 Friederich Jacob 9 December Hamburg was the transitional stop for emigrants from the Northern German coastal countries as well as from Eastern European countries. Herschel 15 August Ship Europa 5 June, 1867 Ellen Brooks 28 October Ship D.H. Watjen 25 November, 1862 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.. Howard 6 September Kammonham Roy 18 August N W Stevens 23 October Brig Burgermeister Smidt 26 May Apollo 7 July Jaroschewski, Tuila. Germany now exports largely to the United States, but her exports are primarily manufactured articles of high specific value and small bulk. SS Berlin 10 February 1840 Rainbow 26 August Favorite 12 November Use the search boxes at the bottom of each column to locate a particular vessel. Bark Edward 5 September Passenger Lists By Ship - American Historical Society of Germans from It was re-established as the state of Bremen in 1947. Astracan 23 December 1841 Book: New World Immigrants a Consolidation of Ship Passenger Lists and Associated Data from Periodical Literature by Michael Tepper (Editor); GPC 1988. It is primarily a freight line; passengers and mails for Australia go with the subsidized mail liners of the Lloyd. Ann 1 September This page has been viewed 37,687 times (3,809 via redirect). Ship Aequator 5 September Paul earned a Masters of Archival Studies - a terminal degree from Clayton State University in Georgia, where he studied under renowned archivist Richard Pearce-Moses. Passenger Arrival Lists | National Archives United States 12 November Emma 7 October Kepler 17 December Emma 7 October Diana 5 August In 1882 the Woermann Line, originally a branch of the famous Hamburg mercantile house of Woermann, was established to West Africa. Edward 24 July Everhard 30 December World War II [ edit] Keep track of your research in a research log. The New Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild logo was designed by Patty MacFarlane. ISTG NOTICE: These electronic pages are Copyright 1998-2023 and may NOT be Diana 24 November After WWII some of these lists and a card index were archived at the "Bundesarchiv Koblenz" as Bremen Shiplists. Diana 11 November Washington 26 October Washington 16 September For a comprehensive understanding of emigration and immigration records, study the article Germany Emigration and Immigration. Elise 1 January With the exception of 2,953 passenger lists for the year 1920-1939 all other lists were lost in World War II. anyone without the express written consent of the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild LLC. Ship Ernestine 4 June President 17 July Intelligenz Blatt #8, pp. Paoli 20 December Bark Inca 26 December Bachus 12 September Stern 9 July Borgstede 22 May Globe 17 September Emma 7 October Ship Uhland 16 June Emigration from the German Ports of Hamburg and Bremen - Gjenvick Philadelphia 22 August Cordova 24 November Telumah 12 November Bremen 12 August Philadelphia 10 October Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used. Ship Asia 3 November On 22 August 1939, she began her last voyage to New York. Gustav 25 May Many Scandinavians also sailed to America through the British port. In 1888 the Carr steamers were purchased; the 1886 agreement with Sloman ran on until 1907, when his steamers also were bought. Hualco 21 August But, as we have seen, the North Atlantic trade was preeminently a passenger trade. Sarah Ann 6 October How wise this reservation was, is apparent when we observe what trend emigration to America had already taken in 1900 and to what enormous proportions emigration from East Europe had grown in the banner year 1906-07. Dethard 2 January Clarissa Perkins 11 July Diamant 17 October Bark Laura 25 November Westphalia 31 December It contains the following: a list of immigrant vessels that arrived between the years of 1865 and 1896 arrival and departure data passenger list availability (citations included) transcribed passenger lists taken from newspaper accounts and souvenir passenger lists (alternative sources) an index of surnames listed on the passenger lists available from alternative sources. Passenger Ships from Bremen to New York in 1866 - German Roots 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 Bark Ottillie 5 July, 1866 Now it circumnavigates Africa, alternating between the east and the west circuit, and has a branch across from the east coast to Bombay. Washington 29 September Johannes 18 July In 1898 a freight line was established to China and the Far East and the Hamburg Kingsin Line (1871) of the same destination was purchased. Unfortunately, the original lists for 1909 and beyond were destroyed in an Allied bombing raid on October 6, 1944. Charlemagne 15 July German Departures - 1850s - Immigrant Ships Elise 6 December Hours. Many emigrants from Germany, Austria and Central Europe headed for the German port of Hamburg. Copyright 1996-2023 Cyndi Ingle, CyndisList.com. Ferdinand 15 August F H Adami 5 June Leontine 28 June Bremen (Wikipedia) Garonne 21 August Ship North Star 25 August 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. Steamer Washington 4 June Elise 8 September Bremen had had a packet sailing line to New York since 1826. Bark Freihandel 1 June Barque Eberhard 8 November Louis 25 June Passports became important in Germany during the 19th century as a control measure. All content on these electronic pages may NOT be obtained by unacceptable means Vesper 13 September Paoli 20 December Pauline 7 October Bark Jubilaum 6 May Kammonham Roy 18 August Timoleon 22 November Washington 26 October This page was last edited on 29 December 2022, at 13:54. Pioneer 2 September Showing 1 to 8 of 320 records Clear All Filters Vessel Year built Line Builder & location Copernicus 4 August Constitution 7 April Stephani 12 July Immigration & Steamships - Collections & Research Ellen Brooks 28 October Bark Iris 13 June 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. The Hapag, which had paid 12, 16 and 20 per cent dividends in the years 1871-73, paid no more dividends until 1878. 1874 - lists 1832-1872 burned SS Nagel 22 January Latrobe 2 August Rainbow 26 August Olbers 4 January Gustav 7 May Friederich Jacob 9 December Louise 10 October Copernicus 18 December Washington 29 September Bark Clara 17 December, 1868 Louise 10 October Bremen 21 November Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. Philadelphia 4 January America 12 July Olbers 4 April The contest ended in 1875, when the Hapag unwillingly purchased the Adler steamers. B. Bohlen 11 June Arab 8 September Europa 8 November