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The Heerjeebhoy Rustomjee Patel: three
masted ship, 460/510 tons, built in Alexandria Virginia
in 1842 as the Virginia. She was sold to
Erich F Oelrichs of Bremen and, intended for the eastern
trade routes, was renamed the Heerjeebhoy Rustomjee
Patel after a well-known Indian merchant.
Proving unsuited to that task she was used for the South
Australian run [7]. departed Bremen on 21 Apr 1845 arrived Port Adelaide, SA on 18 Sep 1845 with 262 emigrants departed for Batavia on 9 Oct 1845 departed Bremen on 27 Jun 1846 arrived Port Adelaide, SA on 29 Oct 1846 with 250 emigrants depated for Batavia on 20 Nov 1846 The ship was sold and renamed the Beethoven in 1847 |
No official passenger list for 1845 voyage
of the Heerjeebhoy Rustomjee Patel exists. The
following list of passengers is based on information contained in
the Biographical Index of South Australians 1836-1885
[1] augmented by data from various newspaper reports and web sites.
Captain
Laun | Eugen |
Ship's Surgeon
CALLMAN |
L |
Cabin Passengers
BUTTNER [1,6,8] |
Heinrich Wilhelm Bernhard chemist |
DREYER [1,6,8] | Georg Ludwig smelting master |
....Georg (1929) miner |
|
EY [1,6,8] | August Martin mine superintendent |
HEUZENRODER [1,6,8] |
Joseph Hieronymus Moritz chemist |
JACOBSON [1,6,8] |
Frederick miner |
LAUN [6,8] |
Mrs |
SCHROEDER
[6,8] |
C C
Heinrich Joachim (1815) |
SWAINE [6,8] |
Mr |
Steerage Passengers
ALTMANN [1,6,8] |
Friedrich August (ca 1806) from Crossen, Brandenburg |
Johanne Wilhelmine nee TIETZ (ca 1819) |
|
[2] |
....Augusta Wilhelmine Johanna (1838) |
....Marie Luise Mathilde (1839) |
|
....Johann Otto (1844) |
|
ALTMANN
[1,2,8] |
Gustav Adolph (1821) from Crossen, Brandenburg |
BLUME
[1,6,8] |
Carl August (1796) from Crossen, Brandenburg |
Charlotte
nee GERLACH (1806) |
|
....Maria
Emilie (1827) |
|
....Carl
August (1830) |
|
....Johanne Pauline (1834) | |
....Johann
Hermann (1835) |
|
....Johann
Gustav (1838) |
|
....Caroline Wilhmine (1841) | |
....Auguste
Mathilde (ca 1843) |
|
BOEHM
[1,6,8] |
Georg
Friedrich (ca 1816) from Pohlschildern, Liegnitz,
Silesia |
Johanne
Elisabeth nee KRUSCHE (ca 1820) |
|
....Ernst
Traugott (1845) |
|
BOTHE [1,6,8] |
Karl Wilhelm (ca 1810) from Klemzig,
Brandenburg |
Elenore nee JENTSCH (ca 1806) died at sea? |
|
BRADTKE
[1,8] |
Alexander
Felix Wilhelm (1804) |
Anna
Dorothea nee SCHLINKE (1801) from Chicagura, Prussia |
|
....Johanne
Louise (1823) |
|
....Ernst
Heinrich (1829) |
|
....Amalie
Ottilie (1835) |
|
....Carl Adolph Emmanuel (1840 | |
....Wilhelm Gustav (1843) | |
....Johanna Lydia (1845) | |
BRADTKE [1,6] |
Johann Samuel |
wife, 6 children | |
CARLE [1,6,8] |
Carl cabinetmaker |
Caroline nee BERNSFIELD |
|
DASSEL [1,6,8] |
Otto (ca 1817) vetenarian |
Christiana nee SANDERS/ZIMDAL (ca 1827) |
|
....Karl (ca 1845) | |
DEUTSCHMANN
[1,6,8] |
Johann
George (ca 1781) |
Maria
Elisabeth |
|
....Johanne
Beate (1819) |
|
....child |
|
DITTRICH
[1,6,8] |
Johann Karl
Friedrich (1799) from Gross Tinz, Liegnitz, Silesia, |
Anna Rosina
nee REICHELT |
|
....Christiane
(1826) |
|
[2] |
....Dorothea Luise (1829) |
....Johanne Ernestine (1832) | |
....Johanne Eleonore (1835) | |
....Maria Rosina (1839) | |
....Carl Ernst Traugott (1842) | |
....Carl Wilhelm August (1845-1845) | |
DREYER [1,6,8] |
Peter miner |
DUNEMANN [1,8] |
Carl August Wilhelm |
FISCHER [1,8] |
Gottfried (1806) |
GOTTWALT
[1,6,8] |
Ignatius
farmer (ca 1812) |
Margaret
(ca 1820) |
|
GRIMM [1,8] | John miner |
wife, 3 children |
|
HABERMANN
[1,6,8] |
Friedrich
Wilhelm (1825) from Crossen, Brandenburg |
Johanne
Christiane nee KOHLER (1791) |
|
....Friedrich
Wilhelm (1821) |
|
....Florentine
Agnes (1823) |
|
....Berthold Roland (1825) | |
....Christian Wanda (1827) | |
HANAU [1,6] |
C |
HAEUSLER
[1,8] |
Johann Carl
Friedrich (1818) farmer from Zobel, Liegnitz,
Silesia |
Johanne Christian nee JOHN (1816) (daughter of Johann Gottlieb) | |
....Ernst
Wilhelm (1841) |
|
....Johann Carl (1844-1845) | |
HEIDRICH
[1,6,8] |
Christian
Gottlieb (1812) from Gross Tinz, Liegnitz, Silesia
(son of Johann Christian) |
Anna
Susanna nee SCHMIDT (1818) |
|
HEIDRICH
[1,6,8] |
Johann Christian (1787) from Amts, Alt Laest, Liegnitz Silesia |
Maria
Eleonore nee NEUMANN (1790) |
|
....Johanne
Elisabeth (1814) |
|
....Karl Wilhelm (1829) | |
HIRTH
[1,8] |
Johann
Friedrich (1815) from Kay, Zullichau, Brandenburg |
Helene nee
EDLICH (1811) |
|
....Friedrich Wilhelm (1836) | |
....Johanne Helene (1838) |
|
....Johanna
Maria (1841) |
|
....Karl August (1844) | |
HOFFMANN [6,8] |
Mr |
wife |
|
HOFFRICHTER
[1,2,6,8] |
Carl Ludwig (ca 1814) from Teplitz, Bohemia, Austria (brother of Karl Heinrich Friedrich) |
Anna
Dorothea Elisabeth Louise nee FISCHER (1813) |
|
....Ernestine
Wilhelmine (1835) |
|
HOFFRICHTER
[1,2,6,8] |
Karl
Heinrich Friedrich (1812) from Teplitz, Bohemia,
Austria (brother of Carl Ludwig) |
Anna
Dorothea nee NOACK (1813) |
|
....Pauline
(1838) |
|
....Karl Heinrich Friedrich (1842) | |
....Ernestine
(1844) |
|
JOHN
[1,6,8] |
Carl
Friedrich (1810) from Buchwalden, Luben, Silesia
(son of Johann Gottlieb) |
Dorothea
Susanna nee OBST (1812) |
|
....Gustav
Waltsgott (1840) |
|
JOHN
[1,6,8] |
Johann Gottlieb (1774) from Gross Tinz, Liegnitz, Silesia |
Maria
Rosina nee HAUSLER (1785, daughter of Christoph)) |
|
....Johanne
Eleonore (1812) |
|
....Traugott
Benjamin (1823) |
|
JOHN
[1,6,8] |
Johann Gottlieb (1820) from Gross Tinz, Liegnitz, Silesia (son of Johann Gottlieb) |
Maria
Rosina nee WIRSING (daughter of Christoph) |
|
JOHN
[1,6,8] |
Johann Wilhelm (1818) from Gross Tinz, Liegnitz, Silesia (son of Johann Gottlieb) |
Anna Rosina
JUNGFER nee SEIDEL (1825) |
|
JUNGFER
[1,8] |
Ernst
Johannes Wilhelm from Royn-Liegnitz, Silesia (died
on voyage) |
Johanne
Eleonore nee HAUSLER (1815) |
|
....Ernst
Wilhelm (1840) |
|
....Johann Gottlieb (1843) | |
JURECKY
[1,8] |
Carl August (1814) from Luben, Silesia |
Johanne
Elisabeth |
|
....Wilhelm August Hermann (1843) | |
KAESLER
[1,6,8] |
Johann
Gottfried (1809) from Gross Kriechen, Silesia |
....Emma
Louise (1836) |
|
Johanna Christiane nee KUHN (1818) (second wife) | |
....Erdmann Johannes Paul (1845) | |
KELLER
[1,6,8] |
Carl
Friedrich (1816) |
Johanna
Cristiana nee KRAUSE (1817) |
|
....Johanna
Ernestina (1839) |
|
KNUSCHKE
[1,6,8] |
Johann
Christian (1805) from Heidau, Kreis Liegnitz,
Silesia, |
....Anna
Elisabeth (1837) |
|
Maria
Rosina nee KLENTE (1800) (second wife) |
|
KRIEBEL
[1,6,8] |
Johann Christian (1787) from Klein-Janowitz, Silesia |
Johanna
Elis nee POHL (1797) |
|
....Carl Johann (1819) | |
....Johann
Wilhelm (1825) |
|
....Johanna Eleonore (1827) | |
....Johanna Ernstine (1835) | |
KUCHEL
[1,8] |
Daniel (1775) |
KUCHEL
[1,6,8] |
Johann
Gottfried Erdmann (1812) from Langmeil, Brandenburg |
Johanne
Dorothea Elizabeth nee KUCHEL (ca 1811) (daughter of
Daniel) |
|
....Johanne
Louise (1840) |
|
....Johanne Dorothea (1841) | |
....Johanne Eleonore (1843) | |
LINDNER
[1,6] |
Johann Gottlob (1796) fom Buchwaldchen, Liegnitz, Silesia |
....Johanna
Eleonore (ca 1825) |
|
....Johanne Elisabeth (1826) | |
....Friedrich Ernst (1828) | |
....Johann Carl August (1830) | |
Maria
Rosina nee JOHN (1804) (second wife, daughter of
Johann Gottlieb) |
|
....Traugott
Wilhelm (1841) |
|
MESSNER
[1,6] |
Carl Friedrich August (ca 1812) shoemaker from Crossen,Brandenburg |
Caroline
nee HENNICKE (ca 1808) |
|
....Caroline
Marie (ca 1838) |
|
....Carl Friedrich August (ca 1839) | |
....Rudolf
Otto (ca 1841) |
|
....Maria Elisabeth (1844) | |
....Hannah Elisabeth (1845) | |
MEYER [1,6,8] |
Heinrich |
wife |
|
....child |
|
....child |
|
....child |
|
MIEGLICH
[1,8] |
Johann Gottlieb (1817) |
Anna Rosina
Dorothea nee MUSTER (1821) |
|
....Johann Friedrich Wilhelm (ca 1844) | |
OBST
[1,6,8] |
Gottlob (1816) from Merschwitz, Liegnitz, Silesia, Prussia |
Johanna
Elisabeth nee HAMPEL/KEMPKE (1809) |
|
....Heinrich August (1838) | |
....Ernst Gottlieb (1843) | |
....Johann Carl (1845 at sea) | |
OBST
[1,6,8] |
Johann Carl
Friedrich (1821) from Merschwitz, Liegnitz, Silesia
(son of Gottlob) |
Maria Rosina nee HEIDRICH (1822) (daughter of Johann Christian) | |
....Johanna
Maria |
|
....Carl |
|
ORTLOFF [2,6] |
Johann Friedrich (1815) from Brandenburg |
PAECH
[1,8] |
Johann
Gottfried (ca 1765) died at sea 1845? |
Anna Rosina nee LANGER (ca 1773) from Friedrichst? | |
PAECH
[1,8] |
J. Gottlieb
(1801) from Moestchen, Schwiebus (son of Johann Gottfried) |
Dorothea
Elis nee BARTEL (1805) |
|
....Johanne Louise (1830) |
|
....Marie Elisabeth (1833) |
|
....Friedrich
Wilhelm (1838) |
|
....Johann
Christoph (1841) |
|
....Johann
Gottfried (1844) |
|
PIETSCH
[1,6,8] |
Samuel Gottlob (1803) from Repsekow, Pomerania |
Anna Dorothea nee REDLICH (1813) | |
....Johanne Anna Elizabeth (1834) | |
....Johann
Gottfried (1837) |
|
....Anna
Rosina (1839) |
|
REDIGER/RUEDIGER [1,6,8] |
Johann Gottfried (ca 1812) |
Rosine Dorothea nee LACHMANN | |
REYHER/REIHER [1,8] |
Gottlob (ca 1787) cloth cutter from
Crossen, Brandenburg |
Anna Rosina nee WERNER (ca 1795) | |
....Silvius (ca 1830) |
|
SCHAFER [1,6] |
Carl |
SCHMIDT
[1,6,8] |
Georg
Friedrich (1815) from Tarxdorf, Silesia |
Johanne Christiana nee HEIDRICH (1824, daughter of Johann Christian) | |
SCHOLZ
[1,6,8] |
Johann Gottfried (1805) from Johnsdorf, Silesia |
....Wilhelm
Heinrich (1828) |
|
....Johanne Christiane (1830) | |
....Charlotte Henrietta (1832) | |
....Ernst Hermann (1835) | |
....Louise Pauline Auguste (1837) | |
....Auguste Caroline Pauline (1841) | |
Christiane
nee MUMMERT (1812) |
|
....Hermann Eduard (1842) | |
SCHUBERT
[1,6,8] |
Johann Goffried (ca 1812) from Niederurtz |
Dorothea Elisabeth nee BELDERMANN (1815) | |
....Johanna Louise (1836) | |
....Carl
August (1840) |
|
....Johann Heinrich (1844) | |
SCHULZ [2] |
Anna Rosina (1820) from Heinersdorf,
Silesia |
SCHULZ
[1,8] |
Christian
(ca 1809) from Klemzig, Zullichau, Brandenburg |
Karoline nee GRADE (1809) | |
....Ernstine Wilhelmine (1838) | |
....Johanna Luise (1841) | |
....Friedrich Augt (1843) | |
....2 children (died at sea) | |
SCHUPELIUS
[1,6,8] |
Johann Christian (1798) from Neu-Tanischelia, Prussia |
wife |
|
....Johann Friederich Wilhelm (1826) | |
....Johanna Juliane (1833) | |
SONNTAG [8] |
Johann Franz Matthias
(ca 1785) |
Luise nee KUHN (ca
1787) |
|
SONNTAG
[1,6,8] |
Johann Franz (1820, son of Johann Franz Matthias) |
Maria Dorothea nee GRAETZ
(ca 1820) |
|
STELZER
[1,6,8] |
Johann August (1820) |
Rosina
Dorothea Elisabeth nee DEUTSCHMANN (1819, daughter
of Johann Georg) |
|
WENZEL [1,8] |
August Heinrich F (1805) from Prussia |
Johanna Dorothea Eleonora nee BAHR |
|
....Augusta (ca 1829) | |
....Heinrich Frederick August (1832) | |
....William (1836) | |
....Charles F Ed (1842) |
|
WENZEL [1] |
Johann Carl Wilhelm, wife, three children |
WIESING [1] |
Eberhard Heinrich (1828) from Prussia |
WIRSING
[1,8] |
Christoph (1788) from Silesia |
Anna Maria
SCHILLER nee AESCHE (1793) |
|
....Anna
Rosina (1827) |
|
....Ernstine
Caroline Christiana (1834) |
|
....Johanna Christiana (ca 1834) | |
WOGISCH [1,6,8] |
Gottlieb (1774) from Buchwalden, Luben,
Silesia, |
ZIMMERMANN
[6,8] |
Johannes Nikolaus |
Anna Elisabeth HUPFELD nee SCHÜLBE | |
....Friedrich Wilhelm HUPFELD (ca 1828) (from first marriage) | |
....Johannes (ca 1836) |
" We have today to announce the arrival
of the "Heerjeebhoy Rustomjee Patel", the long expected ship from
Bremen, with 262 German immigrants, after a journey of 117 days
from port to port. Her passage has been a pleasant and prosperous
one throughout, with the exception of Sunday last, when the
weather was so rough and stormy that the ship was nearly thrown on
her beam and even the sailors admit that they were in considerable
danger for some hours.
The passengers she brings are of rather a superior class
and comprise many .. trades much wanted here; for example, there
are several linen, cotton and cloth weavers who seriously
contemplate following up their various vocations and speak
confidently of being able to establish blanket, cloth linen and
cotton manufactures; there are also several miners, two chemists
and a metalurgist besides the usual sprinkling of carpenters
builders, shoemakers, tailors, &c....
We are not a little amused to see the extent to which the
powers that be have succeeded in mystifying the intellects of our
new colonial brethren, amongst whom will be found some of high
mental endowments: thus we were seriously asked if a man durst
smoke a cigar or a pipe in the streets of Adelaide; if it would be
permitted him to carry a gun; if they dare go on shore without
express permission of the authorities; and other similar
questions, with the assurance that they had been told, that all of
these things (and many others of private and personal arrangement)
would be subjects of official supervision. It is almost
superfluous to add, that when informed that every man might do "as
seemed fit in his own eyes" so long as he did not infringe upon
the rights and privileges of his neighbours, they were pleased in
the highest degree and almost imagined they had landed on the
shores of the real Utopia. Many of them were so well pleased
with the appearance of the place, that they said it was worth all
the voyage to get a glimpse of so fine a country.
There were seven children were born on the passage, and
eleven persons died, mainly old men and very young children."
Among the cabin passengers are the son of a wealthy farmer, the nephew of one of the first merchants in Hamburg, an experienced chemist, and a Captain in his Hanoverian Majesty's service, on leave of absence, who is thoroughly conversant with mining and smelting operations. Among the steerage passengers there are nearly forty able bodied labourers, miners, and etc, who are ready to engage under him in these operations. Among the other emigrants are several possessed of small capitals,amounting in all to about £3,000 (pounds).
There is also a party of 33 persons, relatives of the inhabitants of the German village of Klenzig, in South Australia, who have been induced to follow their relatives to that land of promise.
That colony presented a favourable field for the British labourer, and the extensive purchases of lands, amounting to upwards of £30,000 (pounds) value, afforded ample means to convey the labourers who could not afford to pay the expense of their passage, but one-third of this sum, or nearly so, has been misapplied - repayment is refused and the consequence is that the boon, which had been provided for our own impoverished, hard-wrought and ill paid labourers, and which seemed actually within their reach, is withdrawn, and others possess themselves of it.
The present expedition of German emigrants is said to be even superior to the last, consisting of able-bodied labourers, an equal number orf each sex; a large proportion of adults and youths fit for immediate work; and all of highly respectable moral character.
The following are the summaries of the passengers, exclusive of
those in the cabin:
Males - 134 Females - 134 total = 268.
Adults - 156, Youths from 14-18 years - 16, Youths under 14 years
of age - 96: Total - 268