EMMY
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The Emmy of 554 tons was built in Stockholm in 1847 and was acquired by the Hamburg shipping firm of Johann Caesar Godeffroy & Sohn

Under the command of captain JHO Meyer the Emmy departed Hamburg on 6 September 1849 and arrived in Port Phillip (Melbourne) on 19 December 1849 where most of the passengers disembarked.  The Emmy arrived in Port Adelaide on 16 January 1850.

The Emmy departed Port Adelaide 17 February 1850 for Singapore.

Contents * Brief Description * Passenger List * Newspaper Reports * References * Links * Ship Index
Passenger List

The Emmy carried 6 passengers in the cabin and 369 in steerage, including 145 ultimately bound for Adelaide; 28 died of dysentery, etc., on the voyage to Melbourne (7 female, 8 male and 16 children).  There were two births.  The passenger list below is based on a partial passenger list that appears in [6], which focusses on the passengers that disemarked at Port Phillip, and additional information from various web sites and other references [1-3]. 

A group of immigrants that arrived the Emmy formed the basis of Germantown settlement (now Grovedale near Geelong).

Captain
MEYER
 J H O

Passengers
ANDRESEN [4]* H
ANDRIESKE [6] Samuel from Schmollen

Anne Rosine

…..Johann Gottlieb
ARNDT [6] Julius August Gotthilf from Bomst
ARNDT [6] Gottlieb from Prussia
ARNDT [6] Louise from Prussia
BAENSCH [6] Johann Friedrich from Crossen

Anna Dorothea
BERTHOHL [4]*
 Miss
BIESKE [6] Christian from Prussia

Anne Rosine

…..3 children
BIESKE [6] Samuel from Schmollen

Marie Elisabeth

…..Anne Rosine

…..Johanne Louise
BIESKE [6] Gottlieb
BIESKE [3,6] Wilhelm (1835)
BISCHOFF [6] Johann
BOCHEW G
BOEHM [6] Johann Gottfried from Crossen

Anna Rosine

…..Johanne Ernestine
BONSAK [6]* Johann Georg from Hamburg
BORCHERS [4]* W
BRUSE [6] Andreas from Karge

Anna Rosine
BUCHOLZ [6] Christian Ludwig from Düben
BURGEMEISTER [1,4]* Johann Gottlob (ca 1801)

Dorothea Elisabeth nee GEISTER (1816)

…..Johann Wilhelm (1838)

…..Ernestine Wilhelmine (1839)

…..Anna Elisabeth (1840)

…..Anna Dorothea (1843)

…..Johann Gottlieb (1844)
BUERCKNER [4,6]* Carl Wilhelm from Crossen
DIENHOFF [1,4]*
 Mathias

Catherine
ELIX [1]
 Johann Christian (1823)
ELIX [1,4]* Johann Georg (1815) from Crossen

Anna Dorothea (1817) nee RUEDIGER (daughter of Christian)
[1]
 …..Friedrich Wilhelm August (1838)

…..Dorothea Elisabeth (1841)

…..Johanne Pauline (1843)

…..Johanne Auguste (1845)
EINSPORN [6] Gottfried from Schmollen

Anna

…..Johanna Louise
FELLER [6] Hermann from Saxony
FIEDLER [1,4]*
 Johann Gottlieb (1819)
FIETZ [1]*
 Johann Friedrich (1794) from Posen

Auguste Caroline nee WEIGART (1811)
[1]
 .....Carl Gottlieb Friedrich (1843)
[1]
 .....Johann Matthias Benjamin (1847)
FINSTER [6]* Guido from Sprottau
FRANCKE [6] Gustav from Prussia
FRANKE [6] Johann Christian from Crossen

Juliane

…..Wilhelmine

…..Johanne Auguste

…..child
GEHLING [1,4]* Friedrich Wilhelm (1814) from Prussia

Friedricke Caroline nee GERLACH (1813)

.....daughter
GEISSLER [4]*
 Mrs

.....F W

.....child
GERIGCH [4]*
 C

wife

.....child
GERLACH [3,6] Samuel (1805) from Schwiebus

Charlotte Fredericke nee Haupt

…..Albertine (1822)

…..Auguste (1824)

…..Henriette Leonore (1826)

…..Julius (1831)

…..Juliane (1835)

…..Samuel August (1837)

…..Mathilde (1840)
GERLACH [6] Samuel from Prussia
GETZSCHMANN [6] Robert from Berlin
GOLDENBERG [1,4]* S
GOGOL [3,6] Georg (1828) from Bomst
GREGOR [4]*

wife
GREUMERT [6] Oscarfrom Saxony
GRUNWALD [4]* family (2 men, 3 women, 2 children)
GURANSKY [6] Johann Heinrich from Silesia

Johanna Louise

…..Ernestine from Niedewitz

…..child

…..child
HAFERKORN [6] Carl from Prussia
HANASHKE [6] Heinrich Otto from Prussia
HARTMAN [1,4]* Johann Gottfried (1815)

Dorothea Elisabeth nee ABRAHAM (1818)

.....Emma Wihelmine (ca 1850)
HOECKER [4]* W
HELLWIG [6] Carl Robert from Ranis Thuringia
HELLWIG [6] Eduard from Prussia
HEINBACH [4]* C
HELD [4]* C (and family, 3 servants)
HENKE [6] C A from Breslau
HEMMEL [4]* J
HERRMANN [6] Johann Gottlieb from Buchow
HESSE [6] Carl from Crossen
HIELAND G
HOHN [4]* W

wife

.....child

.....child
HOMMEL [6] Theodor from Saxony
JANKE [6] Wilhelm from Breslau

Caroline

…..Friedrich (died on voyage)

…..Gustavus Theodor from Tanhausen, Silesia
KAEGER [6] Samuel from Schmollen

Anna Christine
KARGER [6] Johann Samuel from Schmollen
KAVEM [4]*
 P
KNATSCH [6] Johann Gottlob

Louise

…..Louise
KOBBEL [6] Johann from Vienna

Teresia
KOCH [6] Friedrich Wilhelm from Sprottau
KOCH [6] Rosalea (aunt of FW)
KOHN [1,4]* I (and 3 sisters)
KRUGER [1,4]* C

.....child

.....child
KURTZMANN [6] Christian from Grünberg, Silesia

Johanna Eleonora

…..Friedrich

…..Pauline

…..Heinrich

…..Emmanuel
LANGE [4]*
 family (2 men, 2 women)
LEHNIG [6] Johann Friedrich from Prussia
LEMKE [6] Adolphus Gottlieb from Schlagenthin
LEMKE [6] Gustav from Schlagenthin
LINDAU [6] G F W
LINDENSCHMIDT [4]*
 T
MacKLETHUN [4]*
 Miss
MARAUN [4]* C
MARKERT [6] Johann Anton from Dresden
MEISS
MARSCHNER [1,4]*
 Johann Gottfried from Klemzig, Brandemburg

Maria Elisabeth nee FRANKE (1824)

.....Johanne Eleonore (1839)

.....Johanne Christiane (1942)

.....Johanne Louisa
MILICH [3.4]* Carl Christian (1827) from Basgen Silesia
MILICH [1,4]*
 Ernst Wilhelm (1829)
NICOLAI [1,6] Joseph (1801) from Dresden

Augusta
NITSCHKE [6] Johann Gottfriedfrom Schmollen

Wife
OBERLANDER [6] Richard from Dresden
ORTH [4]* T
PAULKE [6] Hermann from Bäsgen, Prussia

Anna Dorothea

…..Auguste
PILTZ [1,4]*
 Charles August Hermann
PLAESCHKE [6] Johann
PLETZ [4]*
 F

wife

.....4 children
PRÄTZ [3,6] Johannes George (1820) from Schmollen
PRÄTZ [3,6] Maria (1787, mother of JG) from Schmollen
PREUSSER [6] Ann (died on voyage)
RADSPIELER [6] Johann from Austria
RAU [4]* J G
REESE [4]*
 Contrad Friedrich Anron

Caroline Alwine K nee HENCKE

.....child
[2]
 .....Augusta Wilhelmine Christine (1846)
REIMANN [1,4]* Eduard Carl Friedrich (1816)

Leontine Bertha nee SCHROEDER (1819)
RICHTER [4]*
RITTER [6] Carl Friedrich Salamo from Prussia
ROEHR [3,6] Johann Samuel (1810) from Schmollen

Johanna Dorothea nee PETRAS (1822)

…..Wilhelm (1847)

…..Johanne Louise (1848)
ROEHR [6] August from Prussia
ROSENZWEIG [1,4] Gottfried (1799) from Bornst

Johanna Dorothea nee FAESLER (1812)

…..Johann Gottlieb (1839)

…..Julius Hermann (1844)
ROTH [4]*
 A
ROTH [4]*
 S
RUEDIGER [1,4]* Christian (ca 1790, d 15 Dec 1849 at sea) from Crossen

Anna Elisabeth nee NITSCHKE (1797)
[1]
 .....Anna Elisabeth (SCHENKE) (1822)

.....Dorothea Elisabeth (1831)

.....daughter
RUEDIGER [1,4]* Gottfried (1824 son of Christian)

Anna Rosine nee RUEDIGER (1823)
[1]
 .....Johann August (1845)
[1]
 .....Friedrich Wilhelm (1849, born on voyage)
RUSSACK [4]*
 G

wife

…..child

…..child

…..child
SACHS [6] Johann Gottlieb from Saxony
SCHAEFER [6] Nicholas from Saxony
SCHEIMEISTER [6] Wilhelm from Crossen

…..child

…..child
SCHILLER [4]* E
SCHIPALIUS [6] Carl from Dresden

Emmy
SCHLOBACK [6] Carl Eduard from Saxony
SCHMIDT [6] Carl Gotthelf from Saxony
SCHOBER [6] Johann from Prussia
SCHRODER [4]* E

wife
SCHRODER [4]* H T
SCHUBERT Joseph from Prussia
SCHWABSCH Carl Friedrich August from Prussia

Juliana

…..Robert

…..Carl Friedrich Theodor

…..child
SCHWERKOLT August from Prussia
SEIDEL [6] Gustav Alwin from Dresden

Auguste
SEIDEL [6] Friedrich Bernhard from Dresden

Hildegard
SEMKE A
SEPPELT [1]
 Joseph Ernst (1813) from Wustewalterdorf, Silesia

Johanna Charlotte Clementine nee HELD (1807)

.....Clementine Ottilie

.....Hugo,

.....Oscar Benno Pedro (1846)
SIEBEL [6] Johann Gottlieb from Silesia

Christiane
SOMMER [4]* G

wife

.....6 children
STARK [2,4]* L
STORCH C A H

wife

.....3 children
STRAUBEL [6]
 Bernhardt from Pösneck
VOGES [4]* C
WAGENKNECHT [4]*
 J W
WAGNER [6] Carl from Prussia
WAGNER [6] Wilhelm from Schwiednitz

Caroline

…..son
WALTER [4]*
 A
WALTHER [6] Johannes from Partenheim, Hessen
WENZEL [6] Gottfried (died on voyage?) from Sprottau

Dorothea

…..Wilhelm

…..child
WENZEL [6] Wilhelm from Schmollen
WIELAND [6] Gottfried Benjamin from Prussia

Johanna Charlotte
WINTER [6] Johann Georg from Beutnitz

Anna Rosine

…..Herinrich Wilhelm

…..child

…..child

…..child

…..child
ZIMMER [6] Johann Gottlob from Dresden

Johanna Rosina

…..Therese Wilhelmine

…..August Adolph

…..child (died on voyage?)

* Adelaide passengers

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Newspaper Reports

Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904)  Sat 19 Jan 1850

Tuesday, January 15.—...
Same Day—The ship Emmy, 554 tons, Meyer, master, from Ham-
burg (5th September) and Melbourne (4th January). Passengers
J Hommel, G Sommer wife and 2 children, Miss Berthold, F W Geiss-
ler mother and brother, G Burgemeister and six children, G Fiedler
and wife and Mr and Miss Fiedler, W Gehling and wife and Miss
Gehling, G Rudiger wife and mother and three sisters, J C Elix wife
and three children, Mrs A E Rudiger and four children, W Hohn wife
and two children, C Gerlach wife and child, C and W Milish, Messrs
Richter, W Hecker, H Piltz, and S Fraucke, L Kohn and three sisters,
C Heinbach, W Wagenknecht, M Hartmann wife and child, G Rus-
sack wife and three children, a family named Grunwald two men
three women and two children, Mr and Mrs Gregor, G Marsebier wife
and three children, T Rau and wife, E Reimann and wife, G Rosen-
zweig wife and two children, E Schroder and wife, K Schiller, H
Storch wife and three children, F Pietz wife and four children, C
Kruger and two children, a family named Lange three men and two
women, L Marann, C W Brickner, S Goldenberg, M Dienhoff and
wife, A Walter, S and A Roth, T Orth, H T Schroder, L Starck, C
Voges, W Borchers, C Held and family and three servants, T Linden-
schmidt, T C A Reese wife and two children, H Andresen, Miss
Macklethun, and P Kavem. Passengers from Melbourne—Messrs
Stone, Bennett, Matheson, and Boots.


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References and Notes

[1] Statten J (ed.) Biographical Index of South Australians 1836-1885 South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society: Adelaide, 1886.
[2] Thomas J (ed.) South Australians 1836-1885 South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society: Adelaide, 1990 (Reese p170, Stark p 799).
[3] Huf, Elizabeth Courage, Patience and Persistence St Michael’s Lutheran Church, Tarrington, Victoria, 2003 (Bieske p 157, Gerlach p 177, Gogel p 177, Prätz p 256, Roehr p 262)
[4] web site of Di Cummings.
[5] German Immigrants to Port Phillip 1849-1850 (complied by Faye Guthrigg) Guthrigg Genealogy, Ringwood, Vic, 1995.
[6] Darragh Thomas A;  Wuchatsch Robert N From Hamburg to Hobson's Bay: German Emigration to Port Phillip (Australia Felix) 1848-51 Heidelburg, Vic, 1999, pp 50-51, 299-305.
[7] Extract from Wendish Heritage Newsletter:
'Emmy' 554 ton ship under Captain J H O Meyer arrived with:
H Andresen*; S Andrieske; G Arndt; Fr Baensch; C G S Bieske;
J Bischoff; G Bochew; J G Boehm; J G Bonsak*; W Borchers*;
C L Bucholz; G Burgemeister*; C W Buerckner; M Dienhoff;
J G Elix*; G Einsporn; H Feller; J G Fiedler; G Finster;
J C Francke; W Gehling; F W Geissler; S Gerlach; R Getzschmann;
S Goldenberg*; G Gogol; Gregor*; O Greumert; C Grunwald*;
C Haferkorn; H O Hanashke; M Hartman*; W Hecker*; C R Hellwig;
C Heinbach*; C Held*; E A Henke; J Hemmel*; J G Herrrmann;
J C A Hesse; G Hieland; W Hohn*; T Hommel; W & G Janke;
S Kaeger; J G Knatsch; J Kobbel; F W Koch; L Kohn*; C Kruger*;
C Kurgemann; Lange; J F Lehnig; J G Limme; G F W Lindau;
T Lindenschmidt; C Maraun*; J A Markert; Meiss; G Marschner;
C W Milich; J Nicolai; J Nitschke; T Orth*; H Paulke;
J Plaeschke; J Radspieler; J G Rau*; C F E Reimann*;
C F S Ritter; S Roehr; G Rosenzweig; G Ruediger; G Russack;
N Schaefer; W Scheimeister; E Schiller*; C Schipalius;
C E Schloback; J Schober; E Schroder;*; J Schubert; A Schwabsch;
A Schwerkolt; B & A Seidel; A Semke; J G Siebel; G Sommer*;
L Stark*; C A H Storch; C Voges*; J W Wagenknecht; W Wagner;
H W A Walter; W Wensell; J G Winter; J G Zimmer
Links

Passenger Lists
Emmy (Di Cummings, Adelaide bound passengers)
Passenger List - Emmy, Hamburg to Adelaide, 1850 (The Ships List - WayBack archive)
Ship Emmy - passengers from Hamburg via Melbourne 18/1/1850 (Adelaide Hills Locakl Wiki)
The Emmy (Craig Buerckner)
Passengers to Port Phillip from Commonwealth & Foreign Ports 1838-51 (Alexander Romanov-Hughes)

Ships Description
Emmy (Palmer List of Merchant Vessels)

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