The Ships
The passenger lists of all those ships which arrived in Victoria from 1852 (when records commenced) up until 1863 were examined by Kelvin Williams, and details of passengers with names that were known to have been in use in Nieder-Weisel were extracted. The names were listed in roughly chronological order of the ships’ arrivals, and each passenger uniquely identified by a reference number – S001 to S899. Many of them were later deleted when it became clear that they were not immigrants from Nieder-Weisel.
Kelvin’s list, covering three pages, can be viewed at Page 1, Page 2, and Page 3.
When available, the name of the ship’s captain, tonnage of the ship and total number of passengers on board are shown. The number of the ticket issued to the passenger is given, where applicable. Passengers may be described by sex (m or f), age or age range (ad[ult], ch[ild], or in[fant]) and marital state (m[arried] or u[nmarried]). An infant was younger than 12 months; a child less than 12 or, in some cases, 15. The occupation of adult males and the relationship of females or children are usually shown.
On ships out of German ports, the place of birth of the passenger rather than occupation or relationship may be given. The date of leaving the home port and the date of reaching Melbourne are shown wherever they have been logged.
The names on many of the passenger lists are spelt as the shipping clerks (usually English) heard them spoken by the German passengers; in those cases where this has resulted in a phonetic (and incorrect) rendering of the name, the correct spelling is recorded in the Occupation column.
In some groups there were individuals who were not from Nieder-Weisel; they were often from the nearby villages such as Ostheim, Griedel, Hoch-Weisel, and Lang-Gons. Others were children of Nieder-Weisel migrants who were born when their parents were living in England and were not, strictly speaking, emigrants from Nieder-Weisel (unless their parents took them to the village before emigrating to Victoria).
Not all the shipping lists have survived. Some immigrants who are known to have come from Nieder-Weisel were not found in the surviving records held by the Public Records Office in Victoria; their names are listed on Page 4 (not in any particular sequence) in the block of numbers S900 to S999.
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Details of the immigrants can be referenced from the following list of names of the ships and their Nieder-Weisel passengers.
ANNIE WILSON (31/7/1857 – 7/11/1857)
From Liverpool; 1,198 tonne; Captain John Duckett; 100 days
Elisabetha HAUB (1841-1921) Anna Margaretha HAUSER (1836-1905) Katharina HAUSER (1839-1925) Elisabetha LEMP (1841-1875) Johann Konrad LEMP (1833-1889) Philipp RIEGELHUTH (1835-1889)
ARABIAN (23/1/1863 – 17/5/1863)
From Liverpool; 988 tonne; Captain E H Tedmarsh; 222 passengers; 115 days
Philipp KOCH (1842-1912)
ARCADIA (5/9/1856 – 30/12/1856)
From Liverpool; 2,030 tonne; Captain H Kerr; 290 passengers; 117 days
Katharina REUTER (1835-1911) Margaretha REUTER (1832-1915)
BRITISH TRIDENT (21/3/1863 – 26/6/1863)
From Liverpool; 1,339 tonne; Captain S B Haddock; 304 passengers; 98 days
Konrad HILDEBRAND (1846-1922)
CARL (? – 1/10/1858)
From Hamburg
Philipp Reinhard MULLER (1809-1864)
CHAMPION OF THE SEAS (3/3/1856 – 6/1856)
From Liverpool; 1,946 tonne; Captain McKirdy; 379 passengers
Anna Elisabetha HAUSER (1835-1922)
COLUMBIA (1/12/1856 – 18/3/1857)
From Liverpool; 1,269 tonne; Captain Michael Clarke; 146 pasengers; 108 days
Katharina ADAMI (1805-1878) Anna Juliana HAUB (1832-1909) Jakob HAUB (1845-1914) Johann Georg HAUB (1836-1929)
CRIMEA (17/3/1857 – 22/6/1857)
From Liverpool; 1,080 tonne; Captain Robert Morgan; 205 passengers; 98 days
Georg JUNG (1830-1907)
DOROTHEA (? – 2/9/1857)
From Hamburg; 386 tonne; 72 passengers
Johann Henrich HAUB (1834-?)
EAGLE SPEED (17/4/1857 – 22/7/1857)
From Liverpool; 1,113 tonne; Captain David Fuller; 307 passengers; 97 days
Christoph KRAUSGRILL (1838-1920) Johann Georg WETZEL (1839-1902)
EASTERN CITY (30/4/1857 – 11/8/1857)
From Liverpool; 104 days
Johannes VOLK (1829-c1891)
ELECTRIC (? – 26/12/1856)
From Hamburg
Johannes WORNER (1827-1903)
EMPIRE OF PEACE (27/6/1861 – 4/10/1861)
From Liverpool; 1,540 tonne; Captain Shaw; 226 passengers; 99 days
Konrad HEINZ (1845-1895) Konrad KRAUSGRILL (1845-?) Jakob MULLER (1845-1865)
FULWOOD (9/10/1854 – 15/12/1854)
From Liverpool; 1,160 tonne; Captain Fitzsimmons; 445 passengers; 68 days
Katharina Elisabetha KOHLER (1821-?) Anna Elisabetha RICHTER (1825-?) Philipp RICHTER (1834-?) Alice WINTER (~1842-?) Ambrosius WINTER (1847-1867) Jakob WINTER (1845-1855) Johann Jakob WINTER (1810-?) Johannes WINTER (1820-?) Juliana WINTER (1852-1855) Katharina WINTER (1840-?) Katharina Elisabetha WINTER (1836-?) Margaret WINTER (~1838-?)
GLENMANNA (28/10/1854 – 14/2/1855)
From Liverpool; 1,246 tonne; Captain H Rogers; 286 passengers; 110 days; light weather, which at times left them almost becalmed
Konrad ADAMI (1837-?) Anna Margaretha BILL (1837-1891) Christina BILL (1836-?) Konrad BILL (1810-?) Philipp BILL (1837-?) Anna Margaretha GERLACH (1820-?) Katharina HAUB (1832-?) Konrad HAUB (1831-1910) Anna Margaretha HAUSER (1840-?) Georg HAUSER (1847-1862) Johann Jakob HAUSER (1824-?) Konrad HAUSER (1834-?) Margaretha HAUSER (1832-?) Margaretha HAUSER (1841-1923) Peter HAUSER (1818-1876) Peter HAUSER (1818-?) Peter HAUSER (1833-1864) Jacob HILDEBRAND (1836-?) Johannes HILDEBRAND (1811-?) Margaretha HILDEBRAND (1848-?) Henrich HINKLEMANN (c1842-?) Anna Juliana KLIPPEL (1807-1870) Christoph KNIPPER (1820-?) Katharina KNIPPER (1824-?) Margaretha SCHIMPF (1821-?) Margaretha SCHIMPF (1837-?) Johannes ZIMMER (1828-?)
GREAT BRITAIN (20/11/1858 – 27/1/1859)
From Liverpool; 2,722 tonne; Captain John Gray; 332 passengers; 69 days; this vessel took more migrants to Victoria than any other ship
Peter HILDEBRAND (1844-1882)
GREYHOUND (14/5/1857 – 26/8/1857)
From Liverpool; formerly “Euroclydon”; 1,410 tonne; Captain J Davies; 381 passengers; 105 days
Anna Margaretha HAUSER (1848-?) Anna Katharina HILDEBRAND (1852-?) Elisabetha HILDEBRAND (1848-?) Jakob HILDEBRAND (1816-1870) Peter HILDEBRAND (1855-1880) Philipp HILDEBRAND (1830-?) Anna Juliana WINTER (1831-?) Elisabetha Margaretha ZIEGLER (1826-1876)
HABSBURG (? – 29/9/1887)
From Bremen via Adelaide
Peter Karl HAUSER (1850-1909)
HERALD (22/10/1857 – 22/2/1858)
From Liverpool; 1,196 tonne; Captain Thomas Calvert; 285 passengers; 124 days
Georg HAUB (1847-?) Heinrich HAUB (1813-?) Heinrich HAUB (1850-?) Johannes HAUB (1839-?) Katharina HAUB (1844-?) Margaretha HAUB (1856-?) Elisabetha HEINZ (1815-1870) Peter HILDEBRAND (1819-1880)
INDIANA (25/3/1857 – 2/7/1857)
From Liverpool; 100 days
Jakob HAUB (1833-1898)
ISERBROOK (? – 7/10/1856)
From Liverpool; 120 passengers
Philipp ADAMI (1816-?)
JOHANNA MARIA (? – 20/6/1854)
Dutch vessel – Liverpool to Sydney
Christoph REUSS (1831-?)
LUISE (11/10/1854 – 23/2/1855)
From Hamburg; 340 tonne; Captain Meyer; 131 passengers (20% from Nieder-Weisel); 136 days
Konrad ADAMI (1808-1864) Johann Georg BILL (1823-1867) Philipp BILL (1826-?) Konrad HAUSER (1812-?) Jakob HEINZ (1836-1917) Johann Konrad HEINZ (1807-1855) Konrad HEINZ (1823-1886) Jakob HILDEBRAND (1814-?) Johann Jakob HILDEBRAND (1823-1888) Juliana HILDEBRAND (1837-1903) Philipp HILDEBRAND (1817-1860) Johannes KLOS (1809-?) Jakob LENZ (1811-1892) Christoph REUTER (1825/26-?) Elisabetha REUTER (1838-1873) Johann Georg RIEGELHUTH (1804-1892) Christoph SCHIMPF (1817-?) Georg SCHIMPF (1812-1889) Johann Georg SCHIMPF (1841-1912) Jakob VOLK (1832-1917) Susanna WILHELM (1837-1925) Friedrich WINTER (1807-1866)
MAIDSTONE (? – 12/1858)
From Liverpool
Nikolaus HILDEBRAND (1834-1898)
MARCO POLO (5/12/1855 – 27/2/1856)
From Liverpool; 1,404 tonne; Captain James Clarke; 269 passengers; 85 days; the latest & fleetest ship on the Liverpool-Melbourne run; the vessel carried over 900 passengers on its maiden voyage to Melbourne in 1853, so the travellers on this voyage must have been very comfortably quartered
Philipp BILL (1845-?) Katharina HAUB (1833-1905) Katharina HAUB (1840-1898) Margaretha HAUB (1840-?) Phillip HAUSER (1835-1902) Johann Peter HEINZ (1829-?) Johannes (1841-?), Katharina (1843-?), Margaretha (1845-?), & Konrad (1847-?) HIDEBRAND Anna Margaretha KLIPPEL (1830-1875) Katharina KLIPPEL (1828-?) Konrad KLIPPEL (1838-1877) Anna Margaretha LEICHNER (1840-?) Anna Elisabetha SCHMIDT (1811-1862) Anna Elisabetha WILHELMI (1811-?) Anna Elisabetha WILHELMI (1838-?) Anna Margaretha WILHELMI (1836-1894) Ambrosius WINTER (1816-1871) Louis Philippe WINTER (1840-?)
MERMAID (22/7/1856 – 19/10/1856)
From Liverpool; 1,233 tonne; Captain Edw. Dewey; 274 passengers; 80 days
Anna Margaretha KLOS (1824-1907) Jakob JUNG (1849-1930) Katharina JUNG (1855-1917) Konrad JUNG (1819-1896) Konrad JUNG (1843-1921)
MERRIE ENGLAND (20/10/1856 – 16/1/1857)
From Liverpool; 1,046 tonne; Captain William Kelly; 89 days
Philipp ADAMI (1828-1916) Konrad HAUB (1830-1870) Philipp KNIPPER (1813-1871) Martin KRAUSGRILL (1815-?) Philipp MAAS (1834-1868)
MILES BARTON (4/5/1854 – 23/7/1854)
From Liverpool; 84 days
Henrich REUSS (1828-1905) Anna Elisabetha JUNG (1827-1899) Johannes RIEGELHUTH (1815-1860)
MINDORO (22/4/1856 – 14/7/1856)
From Liverpool; 1,277 tonne; Captain John Gover; 408 passengers; 84 days
Christoph ADAMI (1830-?) Katharina DERN (1820-?) Katharina HAUB (1847-1928) Anna Juliana HEINZ (1837-?) Katharina Elisabetha HEINZ (1839-1918) Konrad HILDEBRAND (1834-?) & Anna Margaretha HILDEBRAND (1839-?) Anna Margaretha KOCH (1835-1900) Konrad KRAUSGRILL (1828-1870) Maria Elisabetha KRAUSGRILL (1835-?) Susanna KRAUSGRILL (1831-?) Elisabetha REUTER (1837-1904) Elisabetha SCHIMPF (1837-1923)
MORNING LIGHT (5/7/1856 – 18/9/1856)
From Liverpool; 2,377 tonne; Captain Gillies; 609 passengers; 76 days
Johann Georg LOH (1841-1914) Johann Jakob LOH (1815-1892)
OCEAN CHIEF (6/11/1855 – 26/1/1856)
From Liverpool; 1,092 tonne; Captain J Tobin; 220 passengers; 82 days; the purser lost the passenger list over-board and had to re-write them from memory
Jakob HAUSER (1833-1903) Konrad HAUSER (1838-1909) Georg SCHIMPF (1834-1909)
P C KENCH (12/7/1859 – 11/1859)
From Hamburg; 347 tonne; Captain Kohn
Konrad WORNER (1835-?)
PHILOSOPHER (1/12/1868 – 27/4/1869)
From Liverpool; 148 days
Juliana MULLER (1852-1935)
POMONA (26/2/1857 – 30/5/1857)
From Liverpool; 1,265 tonne; Captain William Benton; 176 passengers; 94 days
Johann Konrad VORBACH (1826-1901)
QUEEN OF THE EAST (16/11/1857 – 24/2/1858)
From Liverpool; 1,285 tonne; Captain L Bilton; 234 passengers; 101 days
Christina BILL (1840-?) Elisabetha BROEK (1819-1868) Ambrosius HAUB (1836-1876) Elisabetha HAUSER (1832-1912) Katharina HILDEBRAND (1843-1927) Konrad HILDEBRAND (1809-1895) Konrad HILDEBRAND (1840-1919) Anna Elisabetha JUNG (1807-1875) Anna Margaretha KRAUSGRILL (1846-1865) Elisabetha KRAUSGRILL (1843-1926) Jacob KRAUSGRILL (1843-?) Konrad KRAUSGRILL (1810-1868) Johannes MAAS (1819-1872) Philipp MAAS (1819-1865) Anna Elisabetha MULLER (1846-1942) Anna Margaretha MULLER (1848-1911) Christina MULLER (1841-1898) Johann Konrad MULLER (1815-1901) Ludwig MULLER (1809-1881) Ludwig MULLER (1837-?) Philipp MULLER (1843-1930) Anna Maria SCHIMPF (1836-?) Ambrosius STUDT (1832-?) Anna Margaretha WILHELM (1812-1889)
RED JACKET (20/9/1855 – 6/12/1855)
From Liverpool; 1,597 tonne; Boston-built; 244 passengers; 77 days; so named because of the coat adorning the effigy of the Indian Chief on her prow
Elisabetha HILDEBRAND (1817-?) Christina JUNG (1847-1907) Christoph JUNG (1811-1884) Konrad JUNG (1839-?) Maria Katharina JUNG (1843-?)
RED JACKET (20/5/1856 – 11/8/1856)
From Liverpool; 1,597 tonne; Boston-built; Captain M O’Halloran; about 400 passengers; 84 days; so named because of the coat adorning the effigy of the Indian Chief on her prow
Anna Margaretha BILL (1831-1906) Anna Maria BILL (1840-?) Johann Jakob BILL (1830-1870) Anna Elisabetha BODENROEDER (1834-1858) Christina HAUB (1839-1915) Katharina Elisabetha HAUB (1836-1876) Anna Margaretha HAUSER (1839-1861) Anna Margaretha KISSLER (1840-1875) Katharina KISSLER (1841-1883) Konrad KISSLER (1836-1858) Anna Juliana REUTER (1822-?) Katharina REUTER (1839-?) Maria Elisabetha RIEGELHUTH (1832-1894) Ambrosius SCHIMPF (1831-1870) Georg SCHMIDT (1821-?)
RED JACKET (20/11/1857 – 2/1858)
From Liverpool; 1,597 tonne; Boston-built; so named because of the coat adorning the effigy of the Indian Chief on her prow
Anna Margaretha MAAS (1841-1928) Christoph MAAS (1836-1858)
SHALIMAR (22/8/1862 – 15/11/1862)
From Liverpool; 1,591 tonne; Captain Harley; 438 passengers; 86 days
Juliana HAUSER (1847-1889) Peter Karl HAUSER (1850-1909) Johannes HEINZ (1849-1905) Konrad PLOUGH (1858-?) Margaretha PLOUGH (1854-1920) Katharina WETZEL (1832-1870)
Sir W F WILLIAMS (27/5/1857 – 19/8/1857), then CITY OF HOBART (29/8/1857 – 31/8/1857)
From Liverpool to Hobart; Captain Godfrey V Bentley; 318 passengers; 85 days. The passenger list was rewritten after the original list was lost overboard; also lost overboard was the ship’s purser. Most of the people aboard were assisted bounty passengers bound for Hobart Town, but the German immigrants paid full fares of about £20 per adult.
Hobart to Melbourne; 363 tonne coastal steamer; Captain Rees
Katharina ADAMI (1828-?) Johann Matthaus DILGES (1834-1914) Jakob HAUSER (1830-1891) Konrad HAUSER (1842-1925) Johannes HEINZ (1833-1872) Johann Georg HILDEBRAND (1817-1884) Philipp HILDEBRAND (1842-1921) Anna Margaretha KISSLER (1846-1914) Johannes KISSLER (1817-1872) Johannes KISSLER (1849-1918) Peter KISSLER (1854-1929) Christoph KLEIN (1837-?) Katharina KLEIN (1836-?) Kaspar KOCH (1827-1858) Maria Dorothea LENZ (1824-1871) Konrad MARX (1825-?) Anna Elisabetha REUTER (1834-1914) Christoph REUTER (1841-?) Jakob RIEGELHUTH (1823-?) Johann Georg RIEGELHUTH (1853-1863) Elisabetha SCHIMPF (1821-1909) Johann Jakob SCHIMPF (1833-1910) Georg SEIP (1830-?) Katharina WILHELM (1834-1908) Christina ZEISS (1835-1919)
SOUTH CAROLINA (14/4/1855 – 24/7/1855)
From Liverpool; 1,662 tonne; Captain W M Smith; 102 days
Johann Georg REUSS (1822-1874)
SOUTHERN EMPIRE (16/4/1864 – 30/7/1864)
From Liverpool; 1,534 tonne; Captain T Reeves; 404 passengers; 106 days
Jakob KRAUSGRILL (1843-1896)
STAR OF THE EAST (21/10/1856 – 12/1/1857)
From Liverpool; 1,219 tonne; Captain T Gaggs; 282 passengers; 84 days ; this was the ship’s 3rd round trip
Anna Margaretha BILL (1810-1878) Anna Elisabetha HAUSER (1834-1880) Anna Elisabetha KLIPPEL (1832-?) Christina LENZ (1822-1898) Jakob REUTER (1840-?) Jakob RIEGELHUTH (1854-?) Johann Jakob RIEGELHUTH (1815-1902) Katharina RIEGELHUTH (1848-1861) Konrad RIEGELHUTH (1845-?) Anna Margaretha WILHELM (1842-1913) Konrad WILHELM (1840-1890) Johannes ZIMMER (1832-1872)
SUNSHINE (5/11/1856 – 29/1/1857)
From Liverpool; 1,469 tonne; Captain S Pierce; 196 passengers; 86 days ; Konrad Belloff died
Katharina ADAMI (1805-1878) Anna Juliana BELLOFF (1837-1912) Konrad BELLOFF (1836-1857) Anna Elisabetha BILL (1835-?) Katharina Elisabetha BILL (1842-1905) Christoph BILL (1824-1879) Johann Konrad BILL (1812-?) Konrad Philipp BILL (1839-1906) Wilhelm BILL (1851-?) Jakob GEIBEL (1819-1870) Jakob GEIBEL (1835-?) Katharina GEIBEL (1848-?) Anna Margaretha HAUSER (1822-1891) Konrad HAUSER (1820-?) Anna Katharina HEINZ (1844-1891) Christoph HEINZ (1843-1910) Johann Peter HEINZ (1843-1888) Katharina HEINZ (1836-?) Christoph HILDEBRAND (1835-1904) Juliana JUNG (1826-?) Ambrosius KLIPPEL (1836-1904) Anna Elisabetha KNIPPER (1818-1892) Maria Elisabetha LEMP (1834-1923) Susanna LEMP (1839-1917) Friedrich LENZ (1824-1902) Johann Konrad LENZ (1833-1898) Anna Maria MATTHAUS (1837-1867) Reinhard SCHIMPF (1841-?) Jakob STUDT (1835-?) Jakob Konrad WINTER (1840-?) Katharina WORNER (1833-1898) Susanna ZIMMER (1825-?)
UNDINE (12/9/1854 – 15/1/1855)
From Hamburg; 727 tonne; Captain J Kayser; 279 passengers; 126 days
Johann Adam HEINZ (1817-1905) Maria KRAUSGRILL (1836-1865)
VICTORIA (11/8/1854 – 21/11/1854)
From Hamburg; 306 tonne; Captain F J Ahrens ; 103 days
Jacob HEINZ (1833-1876) Johann Georg KLEIN (1832-1859) Friedrich MARX (1828 or 1833-?) Johann Georg REUTER (1820-1872) Jakob RICHTER (1828-?) Konrad RIEGELHUTH (1827-1885) Johann Georg SEIP (1837-?) Ambrosius STUDT (1832-?) Konrad WINTER (1833-?) Johann Georg ZIMMER (1834-?)
WILHELMSBERG (17/5/1853 – 25/8/1853)
From Hamburg; 950 tonne; Captain John Muller; 101 days
Johannes HAUSER (1813-1891) Jacob KRAUSGRILL (1814-1876) Konrad LOH (1816-1867)
WINGS OF THE MORNING (7/1854 – 24/10/1854)
From New York; 915 tonne; Captain Lovell; 83 passengers
Johann Georg JUNG (1825-1878)
ZOBOAH (27/6/1856 – 26/9/1856)
From Liverpool; 1,306 tonne; Captain Morrison; 170 passengers; 92 days
Henrich (Johann Georg) VOLK (1836-1916) Nikolaus VOLK (1827-?)
UNKNOWN
Johann Georg ADAMI (1820-1865) Anna Elisabetha BILL (1830-?) Anna Elisabetha BILL (1836-1866) Jakob BILL (1839-1898) Katharina BILL (1833-?) Konrad BILL (1823-1871) Christina DERN (1843-?) Christoph DERN (1846-?) Johann Georg FETT (1827-?) Johann Georg FETT (1839-?) Katharina FETT (1845-?) Katharina GIEHL (1832-1905) Margaretha GIEHL (1835-1903) Maria Dorothea GIEHL (1837-1915) Johann Georg HAUB (1843-1936) Anna Elisabetha HAUSER (1841-1927) Bernhard HAUSER (1839-1898) Elisabetha HAUSER (1828-?) Johannes HAUSER (1841-1896) Johannes Konrad HAUSER (1825-?) Katharina HAUSER (1839-1912) Maria HAUSER (1847-?) Phillip HAUSER (1840-1914) Wenzel HAUSER (1807-?) Elisabetha HEINZ (1827-?) Christoph HILDEBRAND (1826-?) Elisabetha HILDEBRAND (1842-?) Johann Georg HILDEBRAND (1824-?) Katharina HILDEBRAND (1854-?) Georg JUNG (1794-1856) Jakob Friedrich JUNG (1836-1884) Margaretha JUNG (1827-?) Anna Elisabetha KLIPPEL (1832-?) Christina KRAUSGRILL (1846-?) Johannes KRAUSGRILL (1842-?) Juliana KRAUSGRILL (1846-?) Philipp KRAUSGRILL (1838-1907) Dorothea LENZ (1839-1903) Johann Georg LENZ (1829-1889) Philipp MAAS (1834-1917) Konrad MULLER (1847-?) Christoph REUSS (1831-?) Christoph REUTER (1842-1911) Jakob REUTER (1831-?) Maria Katharina RIEGELHUTH (1837-1898) Katharina WILHELM (1847-?) Peter WILHELM (1837-?) Konrad WINTER (1838-1911) Christoph ZIMMER (1826-?)