Relative Immigration
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Maria Meyer along with about 50 other emigrants from Lamstedt and Scheeßel were on the Bremen ship Carl, when they made the crossing of the Atlantic from Bremen to New Orleans in 1866.
Ship Description
The Bremen Ship CARL was built at Vegesack/Grohn by Johann Lange, for the Bremen firm of E. C. Schramm & Co, and launched on 2 December 1857. 498 Commerzlasten / 1099 tons; 52,5 x 10,5 x 6,7 meters (length x beam x depth of hold). International Signal Code: QBNS. Masters of the CARL were, in turn, E. Lüdering, Hinrich v. Harten, Christian Friedrich Otten, H. C. Bockelmann, and J. Hashagen. Originally engaged in the “triangle trade” between Bremen, New York, and the cotton ports of the south, she was transferred to the petroleum trade between North America and Europe in the 1870’s, when she ceased to carry passengers (vessels engaged in the petroleum trade customarily did not carry passengers). In 1888, the CARL was sold to A. Ménard, of Fiume, then in Austria-Hungary, who first entrusted her to Capt. Michielli, but in 1890 assumed command himself. On 6 August 1892, the CARL stranded off Little Hope Island, Nova Scotia, and became a total loss.
Source: Peter-Michael Pawlik, Von der Weser in die Welt; Die Geschichte der Segelschiffe von Weser und Lesum und ihrer Bauwerften 1770 bis 1893, Schriften des Deutschen Schiffahrtsmuseums, Bd. 33 (Hamburg: Kabel, c1993), p. 234, no. 238.
Ship Picture
Source: Silk embroidery, by Thomas Willes, New York, undated (but after 1865). Sammlung Havighorst/Pawlik, Staatsarchiv Bremen, 10 B Bildsammlung. Source: Peter-Michael Pawlik, Von der Weser in die Welt; Die Geschichte der Segelschiffe von Weser und Lesum und ihrer Bauwerften 1770 bis 1893, Schriften des Deutschen Schiffahrtsmuseums, Bd. 33 (Hamburg: Kabel, c1993), p. 234.
Departures of the Vessel Carl from Bremerhaven – 1865-1867
| date | vessel’s name | Agency / shipping company | captain | destination | number of passengers | Arrivals | Remarks | |||||||
| 03.09.1865 | Carl | E. C. Schramm & Co. | Otten | New York | 450 | |||||||||
| 25.08.1866 | Carl | E.C. Schramm & Co. | Otten, C. F. | New Orleans | 461 | |||||||||
| 17.05.1867 | Carl | E. C. Schramm & Co. | Otten | Baltimore | 491 | |||||||||
| 17.09.1867 | Carl | E. C. Schramm & Co. | Otten | New Orleans | 96 | |||||||||
Information Source
DIE MAUS[1] Departures of emigration passages Downloaded 10 April 2016 from http://212.227.236.244/auswanderung/abfahrtsdaten/passagen.php?lang=en&s=s&v=Carl
Notes
- DIE MAUS -A Project with the Bremen Chamber of Commerce and the Bremen Staatsarchiv (State Archive) maintains historical archives of documentation and databases of vessels in the Port of Bremerhaven.
