Voyage of the Immigrant Ship Alfred to the South Australian and Victorian Colonies in 1857 - 1858

Date: 4 Nov 1857 to 24 Feb 1858
Location: South Australia

Passenger list and general information about the immigrant ship Alfred which sailed from Hamburg, Germany to Adelaide, South Australia. This space is part of the Prussian Immigrant Ships to South Australia list.

The Alfred sailed from Hamburg on 4 November 1857 and arrived in Port Adelaide on 13 February 1858.

The final leg of the Voyage to Melbourne in late February 1858 from South Australia carried the remainder of the original 85 emigrants from Germany.

sailed: from Hamburg Germany, on 4th of November 1857.

master: Captain Joachim Meyer.

surgeon superintendent: ?

arrived: Port Adelaide on 13th of February 1858.

passengers: 85 German immigrants. 60 for Adelaide and a further 25 for Melbourne. [1]

sailed: from Adelaide on the 18th of February, 1858.

arrived: Melbourne 24th of February 1858.

passengers: 33 and certainly not the 127 as seen in at least two other Victorian newspaper reports of the day.

From the South Australian Register of Friday 19 February 1858 we see:

CLEARED OUT Thursday, February 18............ Same day— The barque Alfred. 362 tons, T. Meyer, master, for Melbourne. Passengers— 33, originally from Hamburg.

From The Argus of Thursday 25 February 1858 we see:

February 24. - Alfred, Hamburg barque, 362 tons, J. Meyer, from Hamburg via Adelaide 21st inst. Passengers - cabin : Mr. and Mrs. Engler, Miss Jurgensen, Miss Bernhard, Messrs. R. S. Sartorius, C. F. H. Scheffus ; and 27 in the steerage. Mollenbaech, Uhlhorn, and Co., agents.

sailed: from Hamburg Germany, on 4th of November 1857, from Adelaide on the 18th of February, 1858.

master: Captain Joachim Meyer

surgeon superintendent: ?

arrived: Melbourne 24th of February 1858.

passengers: 33 and certainly not the 127 as seen in at least two other Victorian newspaper reports of the day.

Contents 1 Passengers 1.1 Cabin Passengers, listed for Melbourne 1.2 Steerage Passengers to South Australia 2 Research Notes: Steerage Passengers 2.1 Sources

Passengers

South Australian Register, Monday 15th February 1858, Page 2

Saturday. February 13-......The barque Alfred, 382 tons, T. Meyer Master, from Hamburg Nov. 4. Amsberg and Co. agents. Passengers— Dorothea Zurgenson, Richard Sartorias, Margaretta and Adolf Engler, A. Bernhard,C. T. H. Scheffus, J. Woite, M. E. Bretag, J. Louise, C. Bretag, G. and G. Bretag, Wilhelmine, Carl, and M. Wolff, J. Rosenblag, Johanna, Pauline, and Carl Rosenblag, C. Reiche, W. Sturmer, B. Wolff, J. Hastadt, Carl Gottlob Bogen, Magd. Biele, A. Altus, Christian, Maria, August and Johanna Biele, J. and A. Kaiser, C. Wassendorf, M. Brusen, Johann, Friedrich, Joachim, Richard, and Diedrich Bruhn, Sophia, Joachim. Dorothea, and Gottlob Pluctshann, A. Nole, A. Kruger, Ehrenfreid, Josephine Rupflen, Carl Mader, Ernestine, Hans, Bertha, Hann, B., W., G., J., L., P., and G. Schecher, M. Rohick, M., Agnes, and Henrietta Schmidt. Maria, Hans, and Carl Lander, F. Michliesen, Caroline, Adolf, and Emile Schemmel, Joseph, and Maria Bartelsmeyer, K. Weil, T. C. Hanchen, J., Anna, Anna, Maria, Magdalena, Christina Ernst, and Augusta Altus.

The list below is taken directly from the South Australia Register column, pasted above, and compared with the passenger manifest in 'The Ships List'.

Cabin Passengers, listed for Melbourne

• Dorothea Zurgenson [Jurgenson, 25, from Schleswig]
• Richard Sartorias [27, Chemist from Luckau (near Cottbus), Prussia]
• Margaretta and Adolf Engler [Margareth, 47, and Adolf, 15, from Gothenburg, Sweden]
• A. Bernhard [Albertine Bernhardt, 25, from Hamburg]
• C. T. H. Scheffus [Christian Ferdinand 23, Butcher from St. Paule, Hamburg]

Steerage Passengers to South Australia

• J. Woite [related to Gottfried Woite (1842-1913)?]
• M. E. Bretag, J. Louise, C. Bretag, G. and G. Bretag
  • [Johann Christian Heinrich Bretag, 33, Landmann from Güntersberg, Prussia]
    • [Johanne Louise (nee Pirke), 35, Bielow, Crossen, Prussia]
    • [Johann Friedrich, 4]
    • [Johann Gottlieb, 2]
  • [Johann Gottlob Erdmann Bretag, 34, Landmann from Güntersberg, Crossen, Prussia]
    • [Marie Elisabeth (Gross) 32 Zettlitz, Crossen, Prussia]
    • [Pauline Wilhelmine, 7]
    • [Johann Karl Gustav Adolph,3]
  • (Note: 28 members of Bretag family from Crossen, immigrated on La Rochelle in 1855. The patriach was likely Gottlieb Bretag (1788-1865))
• Wilhelmine, Carl, and M. Wolff [Maria Wolf, 23 from Wattenberg, Polen (?)]
• J. Rosenblag, Johanna, Pauline, and Carl Rosenblag
  • [[Johann Rosenblat, 51, Landmann from Wattenberg, Polen (Schleswig?)]
  • [Johanna, 61]
  • [Pauline,17]
  • [Carl, 15]
• C. Reiche [Clemens Reiche, 29, Bird Handler from Herzogtum Braunschweig]
• W. Sturmer [Wilhelm Sturmer, 23, Bird Handler from Andreasberg, Hannover]
• B. Wolff [Bernhardt Wolff, 17, Merchant from Ludwig, Mecklenburg]
• J. Hastadt [Jacob Hastedt, 21, Landmann, from Pinneberg, Holstein]
• Carl Gottlob Bogen [Carl Gottlieb Bogan, 40,Shepherd from Ohlau, Silesia, Prussia]
• Magd. Biele, A. Altus, Christian, Maria, August and Johanna Biele
  • [Maria Magdalena (nee Altus) Biele, 28, Nechern, Bautzen, Sachsen]
  • [ Agneta Altus, 57, Widow from Nechern, Sachsen, Magdalena's mother],
  • [ Christian(e), 25]
  • [ Maria, 22]
  • [ August, 18] and
  • [Johanna Biele [or is this Magdalena's husband?, Johann Biele, 25, Landmann from Wurschen, Bautzen, Sachsen]
• J. and A. Kaiser [Siblings]
  • [ Johann Kaiser, 30, Landmann from Nechern, Sachsen]
  • [ Anna Kaiser, 20, Nechern, Sachsen]
• C. Wassendorf [Christian Wassendorf. 30, Landmann, Neubuckbow (Neuberg ????), Mecklenburg]
• M. Brusen [Magdalena Brusen, 40, Croplin (?), Mecklenburg]
• Johann, Friedrich, Joachim, Richard, and Diedrich Bruhn,
  • [ Johann Friederich Christian Bruhn, 36, Landmann from Thulendorf, Mecklenburg-Schwerin],
  • [ Joachim, 12 ]
  • [Richard, 9 ]
  • [Diedrich,6 ]
• Johann Bruhn [40, Landmann from Poppendorf, Mecklenburg-Schwerin] ,
  • Sophia Pluctshann [Pluckhan, 37, from Poppendorf, Mecklenburg-Schwerin]
  • Joachim [Joachim Bruhn, 8]
  • Dorothea, [4]
  • Gottlob
• A. Nole, [ Christian August Noll, 17, Spinner from Tuchheim, Prussia]
• A. Kruger [ August Kruger, 18, Wheelwright from Tuchheim, Prussia]
• Ehrenfreid Hahn [36, Tailor from London],
  • Josephine [38],
  • Rupfien [14],
  • Carl
• Carl Friedrich Mader, [32, Seidewirker (Silk worker ?) from Berlin]
  • Ernestine (Schäpel), 27
  • Anna Augusta Ernestine, 4
  • Bertha, 2
• B., W., G., J., L., P., and G. Schecher [Balthasar Schecher, 42, Farmer from Pettenwell (?), Hessen]
• M.,Agnes Rohick, [Mathilde Rohlok, 27 from Hamburg]
  • [Mathilde Agnes, 5, from Hamburg]
  • and Henrietta Schmidt [29, from Nienburg, Prussia]
• Maria, Hans, and Carl Lander [Marie Zander, 31 from Berlin]
  • [Hans, 18]
  • [Carl, 9]
• F. Michliesen [Friedrich Muhleisen / Michliesen, 27, Butcher from Zell, Würtenberg]
• Caroline Schemmel [52, from Berlin]
  • Adolf [24, Wheelwright from Berlin]
  • and Emile [13],
• Joseph and Maria Bartelsmeyer [Joseph Bartelmeyer, 30, Landmann from Holsen, Prussia]
  • [married ? to Maria, 47]
• K. Weil, [Wilhelm Wehl, 23 from Celle, Hannover]
• T. C. Hanchen, [Johann Carl Heinichen, 22, Merchant from Bergendorf, Vierlanden]
• J., Anna, Anna, Maria, Magdalena, Christina Ernst, and Augusta Altus.
  • [ Johann Altus, 36, Landmann from Nechern, Sachsen with family]
  • [ Anna, 36]
  • [ Anna,9]
  • [ Maria,8]
  • [ Magdalena, 6 (1851-1930)]
  • [ Anna Christine, 3]
  • [ Johann Ernst (1856-1930)]

Research Notes: Steerage Passengers

Steerage, Single Men & Women for Melbourne

• Friedrich Conrad Knabershuh, 21, Shoemaker from Butzbach, Franfurt
• Gottlieb Koningsberg, 58, Shepherd from Mahlis, Sachsen
• Friederich Riechelmann, 25, from Molln, Lauenburg
• Edward Wilhelm Strosahl, 23, Merchant from Cuxhaven Hamburg

Steerage passengers for Port Adelaide, shown in 'The Ships List' but not 'The South Australia Register'

• Johann Wilhelm / Gottlieb Wilhelm Drendel, 64, Shoemaker 428/3 Bobersberg Prussia
  • Maria Dorothee (Noack), 42
  • Johanne Emilie (Franke), 22, Pflegekind (Foster child)
  • Carl August, 11
  • Marie Wilhelmine, 9
  • Auguste Pauline, 5

• Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Gross, 36, Landmann 624/1 Guentersberg Prussia
  • Marie Elisabeth (Walter) 29
  • Louise Pauline Auguste 5

• Johanna Christiana (Gerlach) Liesfeld, 47, 972/3 Bobersberg Prussia, husband Heinrich August & more family, arrived aboard Vesta 1856
  • Ernestine Auguste Clemetine, 26
  • Carl Ferdinand Heinrich, 18
  • August Heinrich, 10
  • Maria Pauline, 7

• Carl Gottlieb Theodor Behn, 23 Landmann 105/2 Poppendorf, Mecklenburg

Sources

South Australia

• SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. from the South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) of Monday 15 February 1858, Page 2. first accessed from TROVE 23rd of November, 2019 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/49773990?

• SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. from the Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904) of Saturday 20 February 1858, Page 5. first accessed online on the 23rd of November, 2019 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/158120191?

• barque Alfred, 362 tons, Captain Joachim Meyer, from Hamburg 4th November 1857, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 13th February 1858 ... departed Adelaide 18th February, arrived Melbourne 24th February 1858. available online from: The Ships List compiled by Robert Janmaat. first accessed 23rd of November, 2019.

• 04/11/1857 - 13/02/1858 from the Passengers in History website an initiative of the South Australian Maritime Museum. first accessed 23rd of November, 2019 at: http://passengersinhistory.sa.gov.au/node/944790

• Passengers arriving 1858-02-13 in SA aboard the Alfred (3) (362 t brq 1856) from Hamburg 57-11-04, Captain Joachim Meyer from Shipping and Passenger Lists South Australia website part of the Family History SA database. first accessed online 23rd of November, 2019 at: https://www.familyhistorysa.org/shipping/passengerlists.html

• LAW AND POLICE COURTS. from the Adelaide Times (SA : 1848 - 1858) of Monday 15 Febraury 1858, Page 3. first accessed 23rd of November, 2019 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/207159336?

Victoria

• barque Alfred, 362 tons, Captain Joachim Meyer, from Hamburg 4th November 1857, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 13th February 1858 ... departed Adelaide 18th February, arrived Melbourne 24th February 1858. Transcribed and submitted to The Ships List by Robert Janmaat. first accessed 14th of November, 2019 at: http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/alfred1858.shtml

• SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. from the South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) of Friday 19 February 1858, Page 2. first accessed online 24th of November, 2019 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/49773168?

• SHIPPING. from The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) of Thursday 25 February 1858, Page 4. first accessed online 24th of November, 2019 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/154856259?

• SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. from The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) of Thursday 25 February 1858, Page 4. first accessed online 24th of November, 2019 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/7147116?

• SHIPPING INTELLGENCE. from The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) of Friday 26 February 1858, Page 4. first accessed online 24th of November, 2019 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/7147185?

• SHIPPING. from Bell's Life in Victoria and Sporting Chronicle (Melbourne, Vic. : 1857 - 1868) of Saturday 27 February 1858, Page 4. at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/201376192?