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Surnames/tags: German_Roots Prussia
Ship Zebra, 350 tons, Captain Dirk Meinerts Hahn, from Altona 12th August, Hamburg 21st August 1838, arrived at Holdfast Bay (Glenelg) 28th December 1838 & Port Adelaide, South Australia 2nd January 1839,
Warning! Migrants who traveled to South Australia in steerage between 1836 and 1841 were not individually named in the ship manifest, only the small number of passengers who traveled in cabins. Different researchers have reconstructed passenger lists from newspaper reports and family histories. This page was created to compare and collate different lists of passengers on board the Zebra. Some errors are possible. Please feedback any suggestions or corrections to Steve Thomas.
Sources
- Zebra Passenger list compiled by Anon. Dienelt.
- ZEBRA 1839 from Diane Cummings' Bound For South Australia database at: http://www.slsa.ha.sa.gov.au/BSA/1839Zebra.htm
- Graeme Moad’s private site: http://graememoad.com/Family/Ships/zebra.htm
- Barry Leadbeater's South Australian Shipping & Immigration database at: http://www.familyhistorysa.org//shipping/passengerlists.html
Passengers
Kook, Hermann Friedrich Surveyor / Farmer from Lübeck cabin passenger
BARTEL, Christian age 78 from Möstchen, Brandenburg Anna Rosina nee LIEBELT age 76
Bartel, Christian age 44 Thresher / Gardener from Möstchen, Brandenburg
- Maria Elisabeth (nee Kirschke) 41
- Johanne Luise age 21 Anna Maria age 16 Dorothea Elisabeth age 12 Johanne Karoline age 6
Bartel, Gottlob age 41 Cottager from Möstchen, Brandenburg
- Elisabeth (nee Binder) age 40
- Johann Wilhelm age 19 Maria Elisabeth age 14 Johann Gottfried age 8 Johann Gottlob age 4 Johann Christoph age 9 months
Bartsch, Johann Samuel age 37 Joiner from Skampe
- Eleonore (nee Meissner) age 38
- Johann Gottlieb age 10 Johann Friedrich age 7 Johann Christian age 5 Johann August age 3 (Johanne Eleonore age 2 Johanne died before sailing per G. Moade) Johann Samuel age 3mo.
Berndt / Behrend, Gottfried 35 Shoemaker from Schwiebus
- Beate (nee Lichensteiner) age 35
- Beate Emilie Auguste age 11
Boehm, Johann Georg age 42 Cottager from Mustchen
- Johann Karoline (nee Konig /Koenig) age 37
- Johanne Luise age 15 Johanne Eleonore age 11 Johann Ernst age 8 Johanne Karoline age 6 Johanne Dorothea age 3 Traugott Wilhelm age 1
Bothe, Christian age 59 Merchant from Krummedorf
- Anna Maria (nee Korber/Koerber) age 54
- Luise age 21
Brettig / Braettig, Samuel age 42 Shoemaker from Breatz, near Tirschtiegel
- Johanne Luise age 44
- Karolina Ernestina age 16 Hermine Florentine age 10 Hermann Reinhold age 3 Augusta Emelia Julia age 12 (previously unrecorded on passenger list)
Dohnt / Dohnke, Johann Gottfried age 43 Small Cottager from Guhren, Brandenburg
- Anna Dorothea (nee Neumann) age 40
- Anna Dorothea age 20 Johann Gottlieb age 19 Johanne Luise age 16 Johann Gottfried age 13 Johann Christian age 10 Johann Georg age 8 Maria Elisabeth age 3
Helbig / Helwig, Friedrich age 35 Colonist from Friedrichsfelde died at sea, Sept. 22 1838
- Eleonore (Koch) age 37
- Johann Wilhelm age 7
Jaensch Christian 40 Farmer Kay
- Maria Elisabeth (Klenke) 39
- Johanne Dorothea 15 Johann Gottlob age 13 Johann Christian age 9 Johann Friedrich Traugott age 6 Maria Elisabeth age 5 Johann Luise (Hanna Louise) age 2
Jaensch, Maria 44 Kay sister of Christian
Janetzki, Johann Georg age 32 Cottager / Mason from Muschten
- Johanne Luise (Lude) age 28
- Johann Gotthilf age 3 Johanne Luise age 1
Kirsch Friederike 56 widow Nickern mother of Anna D. Schirmer
Klenke, Christian age 51 Day-labourer from Kay died at sea
- Anna Elisabeth (Gierke) age 49
- Johanne Dorothea age 21
Kluge Eleonore 55 Day-labourer Nickern widow Richstieg ? Christian 19 daughter 15 (have been recorded on all sources but no other South Australian records have been found for this family. Profiles have not been added to Wikitree).
Kluge, Johann Gottfried 16 Farmer from Zullichau
Liebelt, Johann Christian 38 Shepherd Nickern
Liebelt Johann Christoph 33 Tailor Nickern
(Linke, Johann Gottlob 36 Farmer from Prussia, listed in 'Bound for South Australia' aboard Zebra but probably sailed on the Catharina}
Lubasch, Gottfried age 49 Cottager from Rissen / Riesen
- Johanne Eleonore Henriette age 16 daughter of 1st marriage
- Anna Dorothea (Greiser) age 41 second wife
- Anna Dorothea Luise age 13 Johanne Karoline age 11 Anna Dorothea age 5 Maria Elisabeth age 3 Anna Elisabeth age 6mo.
Neumann, Gottfried age 42 Cottager from Kay
- Anna Maria (Pfeiffer) age 44
- Luise age 12 (Married Johann Karl Friedrich Lauaterbach 11 Feb 1847) Johann Friedrich, August Edmann age 10 Wilhelm age 8 Maria Elisabeth age 3
Nitschke, Gottlfried age 58 Cottager from Kay
Nitschke, Friedrich Wilhelm age35 Mason fom Kay (son of Gottfried and Johanne Dorothea Nitschke)
- Maria Elisabeth (Suess) age 35
- Johann Karl 10 Johann Wilhelm 8 Johanne Karoline 6
Nitschke, Johann Gottlob (also known as Gottlieb) age 30 Wheelwright Kay
- Anna Dorothea (nee Hirthe) age 34
- Friedrich Wilhelm 6 Maria Elisabeth 3 (died during voyage) Anna Dorothea 5mo. (died during voyage)
Nitschke, Samuel age 48 Small Cottager from Lochow
- Anna Elisabeth (nee Grieger) age 42
- Johann Gottfried 14 Johanne Eleanore age 12 Johanna Eleanore 8 Johann — 6 Johann Traugott 2 Johanne Luise 1mo.
Paech, Friedrich 32 Cottager / Joiner Nickern
Paech, Johann Georg age 45 from Kay (1st wife Johanna Karaline (nee Klenke) died in Germany)
- Johann Christian age 18 Johann Gotlieb age 15 Johann Georg age 12 Johanne Luise age 8
- Anna Rosina (nee Richter) age 27 2nd wife
- Maria Elisabeth age 4 Johann Friedrich age 2
Paech, Johann Friedrich age 36 Farmer from Rentschen
- Anna Dorothea (nee Kramm) age 33
- Johann Friedrich Wilhelm age 12 Johann August age 9 Johanne Dorothea age 5 Johann Gottlieb age 3 Johann Friedrich age 6mo.
Pfeiffer, Johann Georg age 47 Thresher / Gardener Kay
- Anna Rosina (nee Neumann) age 47
- Johann Gottlieb age 18 Johann Gottfried age 17 Anna Elisabeth age 12 Johann Georg age 8 Anna Luise age 6 Johann Christian age 3
Pfeiffer, Johann Georg age 59 Thresher / Gardener from Rackau
- Christiane (Schliefke) age 60
- Johanne Eleonore age 30 Johann Christian age 26 Maria Elisabeth age 18 Johann Gottlieb age 16 Johann Wilhelm age 12
Rillright, Gottfried 44 Colonist Friedrichsfelde
Schirmer, Friedrich Gottlob age 56 widower Nickern
- Johann Georg age 16 Eleonore age 11
Schirmer, Johann Christian age 33 Thresher / Gardener from Nickern son of Friedrich Gottlob
- Anna Dorothea (Kirsch) age 34
- Johann Gottlieb age 4
Schirmer, Gottlob age 28 Servant from Guhren
Schmidt, Gottlob age 50 Day-labourer Skampe
- Anna Dorothea (nee Kluge) age 50
- Anna Dorothea 20 Dorothea Elisabeth 17 Gottfried 16 Johann Gottlob 13 Anna Elisabeth Rosina 10
Schubert, Johann Christian age 51 Day-labourer Möstchen
- Johanna Rosina (nee Bartel) age 48 (daughter of Christian Bartel and Anna Rosina nee Liebelt)
- Johann Christian age 16
Schultz, Johann Christoph age 47 Colonist of Klippendorf
Schultz, Dorothea Elisabeth (Paech) 42 widow Rentschen sister of J.F. Paech
Steicke / Steike, Johann Samuel age 40 Day-labourer from Kay
- Johanna Dorothea (Paech) age 36
- Johann Gottlieb age 15 Johanne Eleonore age 13 Maria Elisabeth age 5 Johanne Luise age 2
Suess / Suss, Johann Friedrich 67 Cottager Kay father-in-law of F.W. Nitschke
- Christiane (Theile) 67
- Eleonore 43
Wittwer, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm 38 Miller Guhren
Zimmermann, Johann Friedrich age 38 Freehold Gardener from Jehser
- Anna Elisabeth (Zimmermann) age 39
- Johanne Luise age 11 Johanne Eleonore age 8 Maria Elisabeth age 2
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