GELLERT 1847

Bremerhaven August 27th 1847
to
Port Adelaide December 21, 1847

The GELLERT departed Bremen August 28th 1847 under the command of Captain Ihlder/Fhlert and arrived in Port Adelaide on December 21st 1847 with 247 passengers.
A passenger list for the GELLERT appears in The Mattners in Australia 1839-1980
Cost of a Berth: Adults 80 Thaler, and children half price



SPECIAL THANKS is given to the Mattner family and Sandra O'Hara for their research
and to our friend Wayne for mentioning
"he knew someone who had the list of passengers who came to South Australia
on the GELLERT in 1847". Wonderful people - all of you.

The Picture of the GELLERT was taken from a photograph of a painting
supplied by Erwin Woite of Munchen to the Dolling family.


The name GELLERT is just visible on the top pennant
of the large ship on the left of the picture.
Click to see a larger image

This Passenger list of the passengers on the GELLERT is based on a hand-written list (by Edward Delius), and by an alphabetical list published in the "Mattner Family History", plus the badly spelt arrival list published in the South Australian REGISTER Newspaper.

Most of the Migrants came in family groups - some consisted of two or three generations.
  OETLING, Carl - cabin
  OSTER, Phillip Jacob - Pastor (born 1804 in France) - died of Tuberculous Oct 24,1847 on voyage
  OSTER, Sophia 'Amalie' nee Stramm (born 1801 in France) - cabin
  OSTER, Philipp Jacob jnr. 17 (born 1830 in France) - cabin
  OSTER, Pauline Renate 10 (born 1837 in France) - daughter of Pastor Oster - cabin
  OSTER, Anna Victoria 8 (born 1839 in France) - daughter of Pastor Oster - cabin
  SCHÜLTZEN, Ludwick Wilhelm, Dr. - surgeon superintendent - cabin
  STRAMM, Sophie 'Friedericke' 30 - sister of Amalia Oster - cabin

  ADAM, John 37 and Maria 33
  ADAMKOWSKY, Friedrich Wilhelm 27 from Thorn, West Prussia
  AMMACHER, Susana 'Amalie' 20 from Posen - maid of the Zerbst family
  BARTSCH / BARTH, C. Mr (a merchant returning to Adelaide after collecting belongings from his homeland) died Nov 4, 1847
  BECK, Carl 28 from Bromberg, West Prussia
  BEECK / BECK, Johannes August Georg 36 b.1811 Posen, Prussia
  BEECK / BECK, Christiane Elisabeth 35 nee La(s)koske
  BEECK / BECK, Emil Robert 14 (b.1832 Posen)
  BEECK / BECK, Gustav Rudolph (b.1839)
  BEECK / BECK, Adolph Paul (b.1846)
  BEHRENS, G. 30 from Mecklenburg
  BEINKE, Friedrich August 36 (b.1810) miller from Sanniki, Posen, Prussia
  BEINKE, Theodora 30 (b.1816, nee Kreschevska - wife of Friedrich
  BEINKE, Gustav Emil 11 (b.1835, son of F. August 36)
  BEINKE, Carl Joseph 8 (b.1839, son of F. August)
  BEINKE, Anna Julianna 6 (b.1841, daughter of F. August)
  BEINKE, Caroline 4 (b.1843, daughter of F. August)
  BEINKE, Johann Friedrich 3 (b.1844, son of F. August)
  BEINKE, Louise Christiane 1 (b.1846, daughter of F. August)
  BEINKE, Friedrich August 37 (b. 7-8-1846) bricklayer from Margonin, Posen, Prussia
  BIRKENHAGEN, George 34 (b.1809) a cabinetmaker from Posen
  BLACKALL, Richard 30 'British subject'
  BOCK / BÜCK, Johann Gottlieb 31 from Karge, Posen
  BOCK / BÜCK, Henriette Wilhelmine nee Kruger 30 (b.1817 Uhrunstadt, Posen)
  BOCK / BÜCK, Johanne Elise Amalie 8 (b.1838)
  BOCK / BÜCK, Julie Karoline Agnus/Agnes (b.1845 from Uhrunstadt)
  BOCK / BÜCK, daughter born on the voyage Oct 27, 1847
  BOEHM / BOHM, Johann Gottlieb 37 - cloth cutter
  BOEHM / BOHM, Susanne Maria Josephine nee Rosenberg 25 (mother Christiane Schultz also on GELLERT)
  BOEHM / BOHM, Auguste Bertha 2 (b.1844/5)
  BOEHM / BOHM, Christian (infant, died Sept 7,1847, buried at sea)
  BOTHE / BOTEN, Anna Rosina 35 from Brandenberg - servant with Tschirpig family
  BRÜHL / BRÜEL, Peter 30 (1810 from Gross-Hanchen, Saxony
  BRÜNNER, Carl 31 - coppersmith from Silesia
  BRÜNNER, Auguste 36
  BRÜNNER, Franz 6
  CLAUSSEN, Asmus b.1823 'from Hamburg'
  DOLLING, Johannes Gottlieb 59 (b.1786) and wife Elisabeth 60 (b.1786) from Brandenburg, Prussia and family
  DOLLING, Johannes Gottfried/Gottlieb 37 (b.1810 from Brandenburg
  DOLLING, Johanne Louise nee Woidt 31 (b.1816)
  DOLLING, Anna Maria 9 (b.1838)
  DOLLING, Friedrich Wilhelm 7 (b.1840)
  DOLLING, Johanne Martha 5 (b.1842)
  DOLLING, Friedrich Carl 3 (b.1844 Keltschen)
  DOLLING, Johannes Gustav (9 mths) - born 1846
  DOLLING servant - Johanne aged 25 (surname not known)
  FECHNER, Anna Elizabeth nee Kluge (born 1783), widow, mother of J.L.Tschirpig
  GOLNIEWIECZ / GOLNIEWITZ, Joseph 30
  GREFE / GRAVE, Johann Heinrich 40 (b.1807 Luhnde, Hanover)
  GREFE / GRAVE, Julie 50 (widow Bergmann)
  BERGMANN, Louise Emilie 19 (daughter of Julie Grefe, formerly Bergmann)
  GRIESCHE, Johann Gotthelf 38 (b.1810) farmer and smith
  GRIESCHE, Caroline Beate nee Klemke 36 (b.1811 Eschenwalde) wife of Gotthelf
  GRIESCHE, Auguste Pauline 9 (b.1837 Tirschtiegel, Posen)
  GRIESCHE, Anna Juliane 7 (b.1839 Tirschtiegel, Posen) daughter of Gotthelf
  GRIESCHE, Pauline Emilie Florentine 5 (b.1842 Tirschtiegel, Posen)daughter of Gotthelf
  GROCKE, Johann Christoph 46 (b.1801 Muhlbock, Brandenburg)
  GROCKE, Anna Dorothea nee Hahn 44
  GROCKE, Anna Dorothea 9 (b.1828)
  GROCKE, Johann Gottlieb 15 (b.1831 Spiegelberg)
  GROCKE, Ernestine Elisabeth Wilhelmine (b.1838 Spiegelberg)
  GROSSE / GROSSE, Johann Traugott 33 (b.1814 Silesia)
  GROSSE / GROSSE, Johanne Christiane nee Pusch 29 (b.1818 Silesia)
  GROSSE / GROSSE, Johann Gottlieb 6 (b.1841 Wettersdorf)
  GÜSCHE, Thiele 25 (b.1822)
  GÜSCHE, Caroline Ottilie nee Thiele 23 (b.1824) - daughter of J.Georg Thiele (also on GELLERT)
  HAMDORF, Friedrich Gottlieb 42 (b.1806 Posen)
  HAMDORF, Eleanore Dorothea Elisabeth nee Wilhelm 40 (b.1807)
  HAMDORF, Hermann Robert 8 (b.1838 Tirschtiegel, Posen
  HAMDORF, Heinrich Adolph 7 (b.1840 Tirschtiegel, Posen)
  HAMDORF, Albertine Emilie 5 (b.1842)
  HEINRICH, Friedrich Wilhelm (1808-1880) from Brandenburg
  HEINRICH, Eleonore/Elleonore (1808-1897) from Posen
  HEINRICH, Friedrich Wilhelm (1833-1902) - OHara list says: aged 10 b.1837
  HEINRICH, Johanne/Johanna Eleonora (born c.1831) - OHara list says: b.1839
  HEINRICH, Anna (Dorothea ?) - OHara list says: aged 5 b.1842
  HEINRICH, Caroline born c.1837 - OHara list says: aged 3 b.1844
  HELBIG, Johann Carl Adolph 32
  HELBIG, Clara nee FRITSCHE / FRIRSZCHE 44.
  HELBIG, Maria 10 (daughter of J.C. Adolf)
  HELBIG, Carl 7 (son of J.C. Adolf)
  HIRTHE, Andreas 51 from Brandenburg
  HIRTHE, Anne Dorothea nee Heinrich 51 (b.1790)
  HIRTHE, Johann Gottlieb 27 (b.1819
  HOFFMANN, Johann Samuel 52 (1795-1878) from Silesia
  HOFFMANN, Anna Dorothea nee Walther/Walter 48 (1800-1867) wife of J.Samuel
  HOFFMANN, Johanne Rosina 26 (1820-1896)
  HOFFMANN, Johann Friedrich August 25 (1822-1905)
  HOFFMANN, Johann Gottlieb 23 (1824-1850)
  HOFFMANN, Johann Gottfried (1826-1900)
  HOFFMANN, Johann Karl 18 (1828-1897)
  HOFFMANN, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm 16 (1831-1915)
  HOFFMANN, Johann Heinrich 13 (1833-1909)
  HOFFMANN, Johann Samuel 9 (1839-1876)
  HOFFMANN, Johann Christian 3 (1843-1915)
  JORDAN, Franz 32 (b.1815)
  KLAÜ, Carl Jonathon 50 (b.1797 Posen)
  KLAÜ, Maria 53 (b.1794)
  KLAÜ, Wilhelm Julius 47 (b.1799 Posen) - brother of Carl
  KLAÜ, Emma Louisa 14 (b.1831 Posen)
  KLAÜ, Hermann Immanuel 12 (b.1834 Posen)
  KLAÜ, Georg Daniel 10 (b.1836 Posen)
  KLAÜ, Rudolf Joshua 8 (b.1838 Posen)
  KLEMM, Johann Gottfried 48 (b.1799 Posen)
  KLEMM, Eleonore nee Klemke 50 (1797)
  KLEMM, Johann Samuel 20 (b.1827)
  KLEMM, Johann Friedrich Gottlieb 17 (born 1830 Kuschen, Silesia, Prussia)
  KLEMM, Johanne Louise 13 (b.1834)
  KLIEM, Anna Rosina 65 (her mother Emilie Klose also on Gellert)
  KLOSE, Johann Carl 36
  KLOSE, Emilie 44 (her daughter Anna Rosina KLIEM also on Gellert)
  KRUGER, Gottlieb 37
  KRUGER, Eleonore 38
  KRUSCHEL, Johann Gottfried 42 (b.1806)
  KRUSCHEL, Anne Elisabeth nee Schultz 40 (b.1806)
  KRUSCHEL, Johanne Louise 14 (b.1833
  KRUSCHEL, Johann Gottlieb 5 (b.1842)
  KRUSCHEL, Johanne Christiane 5 (b.1842)
  KRUSCHEL, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm 2 (b.1845)
  KUEFFERT, Anne Dorothea Charlotte nee HERMÜTH 71 (b.1776 Posen, Prussia) - mother of Wilhelm Oehm (also on GELLERT)
  KUHN / KEEN, Gottlieb 37 (Oster diary says KUHN, SA REGISTER says KEEN)
  KUHN / KEEN, Auguste 30
  LASSAU, Johann Andreas 30 (b.1820 Posen)
  LAÜBE, Johann Gottfried 52 (b.1795 Silesia)
  LAÜBE, Anna Elisabeth nee Reimann 48 (b.1799 Prussia)
  LAÜBE, Carl Benjamin 11 (b.1836 Silesia)
  LAÜBE, Gottlob 6 (b.1841 Silesia)
  LINDE, Hakan 27 (b.1820 Sweden)
  LINKE, Johann Christian 30 (b.1816 Posen)
  LINKE, Johanne Eleonora nee Hemmerling 30 (b.1817 Klastawe)
  LINKE, Johann Wilhelm 6 (b.1841 Klastawe)
  LINKE, Johann Gottlieb 4 (b.1844 Klastawe)
  LINKE, Johanne Louise aged 2mths (b.1847 Klastawe)
  MATTNER, Johann Gottlieb 49 (b.1797)
  MATTNER, Maria Elisabeth nee Steinborn 45 (b.1802)
  MATTNER, Johann Wilhelm 19 (b.1828)
  MATTNER, Johann Gottlieb 11 (b.1835)
  MATTSCHOSS, Johann Gottlieb 50 (b.1798 Silesia)
  MATTSCHOSS, Maria Elisabeth nee Andretzke 40 (b.1807)
  MATTSCHOSS, Johann Christoph 18 (b.1829)
  MATTSCHOSS, Johann George 16 (b.1831)
  MATTSCHOSS, Anna Rosina 8 (b.1838)
  MATTSCHOSS, Johanne Auguste 5 (b.1842)
  MEYER, Mr 28 from Eschede
  NEUMANN, Carl 30 - surgeon from Silesia
  NIESALKE / NIEJALKE, Johann Carl Gottlieb
  NIESALKE / NIEJALKE, Anna Rosina nee Klemm 24 (b.1823) - parents also on GELLERT
  NIESALKE / NIEJALKE, Wilhelmine 1 (b.1846)
  OEHM, George Friedrich Wilhelm 54 (b.1794 Brandenburg)
  OEHM, Helenne nee Kueffert 50 (b. 1797) - mother also on GELLERT
  OEHM, Johann Ferdinand 22 (b.1826 son of Wilhelm)
  OEHM, Friedrich August 20 (b.1829, son of Wilhelm)
  OEHM, Ernestine Wilhelmine 14 (b.1833, daughter of Wilhelm)
  OEHM, Dorothea Amalie 11 (b.1835, daughter of Wilhelm)
  OEHM, Emilie Matilde 6 (b.1841, daughter of Wilhelm)
  OTTO, Carl Friedrich 29 (musician and a cooper from Lubeck)
  PAHN, Alwin 30
  PREÜSS, Carl Johann Samuel 32 (possibly brother to Juliane Wilhelmine)
  PREÜSS, Juliane Wilhelmine 20 (born 1824 near Elbing, West Prussia) - maid of Pastor & Mrs Oster
  RIEGER, Gottfried 47 (1800-1878) from Posen
  RIEGER, Johanna Beate 50 (1797-1880)
  RIEGER, Carolina Willhelmina 20, born c.1828
  RIEGER, Pauline 16, born c.1832
  RIEGER, Amalie Emilie 11, born 1838
  RIEGER, Friedrich August, born c.1839, d.1881
  RIEGER, Johann Gottlieb, born c.1843, d.1910 (possibly relative of Gottfried 47)
  ROSENBERG, Franz Joseph Ehrhard 24 (b.1824 Grunberg)
  ROSENBERG, Henriette Elisabeth 22 (b.1826 Grunberg)
  ROSENBERG, Auguste Bertha 20 (b.1829 Grunberg)
  ROSENBERG, Joseph Adolph 17 (b.1839 Grunberg)
  ROSS, Gottlieb 30 - possibly Johann Gottlieb RUSS 26 (a servant from Brandenberg, listed with Johanne T. Grosse as receiving an emigration permit in 1847.
  SCHONFELD, Ferdinand 24 - possibly Alexander Ferdinand Schonfeldt
  SCHÜBERT, (?) 30 (SA REGISTER listed him as brother-in-law of Mattschoss)
  SCHULZ, Franciscus Friedrich Carl (b.1824 from Silesia)
  SCHULZ, Johann Gottlieb 42 (b.1805 from Silesia)
  SCHULZ, Juliane Christiane 46 (widow Rosenberg, nee Peitz b.1801) - daughter Mrs Boehm also on GELLERT
  SIERAKOWSKI, Eugen von - Officer was Poland
  STAMM, Sophie Friederike (30) sister of Sophie Amalie (Paster Oster's wife)
  STEINBERG, Carl Paul (30)
  SOMMER (may have come to SA on GELLERT)
  STREMPEL, Carl Friedrich 'Adolph' (born 1832 in Posen)
  STREMPEL, Carl Ernst Ferdinand (born 1824 in Posen) - older brotherof Adolph
  STREMPEL, Anna Maria Louise (born 1826 in Posen) - older sister of Adolph
  TEPPER / TEPPNER, Johann Christoph - master baker, mill owner and farmer
  TEPPER / TEPPNER, Johanna Wilhelmina (nee Protsch) wife of J.Christoph
  TEPPER / TEPPNER, Otto (son of J.Christoph)
  TEPPER / TEPPNER, Paul (son of J.Christoph)
  TEPPER / TEPPNER, Nathaniel (son of J.Christoph)
  TEPPER / TEPPNER, Phillip Nathaniel aged 1 - (died Sept 19, 1847, buried at sea)
  THIELE, Johann George [Joseph] 52, born 1795 Brandenburg - shoemaker
  THIELE, Anna Rosina nee Kluge (52, born 1795) wife of Johann George
  THIELE, Johanne Eleonore (born 1827) - daughter of Johann George
  THIELE, Johanne Louise (20) daughter of Johann George
  THIELE, Carl Heinrich (26, b.1821 Brandenberg)
  THIELE, Johanne Eleonore (23, b.1825 daughter of J.G. Mattner also on Gellert) - wife of Carl Heinrich
  TSCHIRPIG, Johann Gottfried (35, b.1811)
  TSCHIRPIG, Johanne Louise nee Fechner 31 (b.1815)
  TSCHIRPIG, Johanne Eleonore 13 (b.1834)
  TSCHIRPIG, Johann Gottlieb 11
  TSCHIRPIG, Johanne Louise 5
  TSCHIRPIG, Johanne Maria Elizabeth 1
  UNGER / UNZER, Carl Friedrich August 23 (b.1822 Posen)
  VIED, H 31 from Oldenburg
  VORWERK / VORWEG, Carl Ernst b.1803 Schoenwalde, Prussia (some references say Charles Ernest VORBERG)
  VORWERK / VORWEG, Louise nee Dornske b.1805 Posen (wife of Carl)
  VORWERK / VORWEG, Adolf (14, born 1833) - son of Carl
  VORWERK / VORWEG, Carl Heinrich Ferdinand (11, born 1835 Posen) - son of Carl
  VORWERK / VORWEG, Friedrich Wilhelm (8, born 1836 Posen) - son of Carl
  VORWERK / VORWEG, Hermine (6, born 1838 Posen) - daughter of Carl
  VORWERK / VORWEG, Johanna Auguste (5, born 1840) - daughter of Carl
  VORWERK / VORWEG, Ernst Leo (3, born 1843 Posen) - son of Carl
  VORWERK / VORWEG, Emilie (aged nearly 2, died Oct 28, 1847, buried at sea) - daughter of Carl
  WEBER, Christian 60 (b.1787 Posen) widower
  WEBER, Gottlieb Erdmann 37 (born 1820 Posen) - son of Christian
  WEBER, Eleonore nee Peschel 30 (born 1817 Posen) - wife of G.Erdmann
  WEBER, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm 4 (born 1843 Posen) - son of G.Erdmann
  WEBER, Johanne Louise 1 (born 1845 Posen) - daughter of G.Erdmann
  WEBER, Johann Christian jnr 24 (born 1824 Posen) - son of Christian
  WIEBKE, Theodor 24
  WINDERLICH, Johann Gottlieb 36 (born 1812 Silesia)
  WITTIG, Franz Carl 38 (born 1809 Silesia)
  WITTIG, Ottilie Wilhelmine nee Weitich 28 (born 1819 Posen)
  ZENNER, Adolph Moritz Julius 30 - portrait painter and mason
  ZERBST, Daniel Traugott (born 1806 in Posen, Prussia - farmer and miller (some references say ZERHAT)
  ZERBST, Anna 'Maria' Elizabeth nee Hirschfeld (born - wife of Daniel
  ZERBST, Ferdinand Michael - born 1835 (son of Daniel)
  ZERBST, Johanne Friedericke Wilhelmine - born 1837 (daughter of Daniel)
  ZERBST, Julius Heindrich - born 1839 (son of Daniel)
  ZERBST, Carl (Charles) Friedrich - born 1842 (son of Daniel)
  ZERBST, Caroline Emilie (Emily) - born 1844 (daughter of Daniel)
  ZIEGLER 30 - possibly Richard Friedrich
  ZIMMERMAN, Johann Daniel 44 from Posen (born c.1803)
  ZIMMERMAN, Maria Dorothea nee Laubsch 43 (born c.1804)
  ZIMMERMAN, Johann Ferdinand 14 (born 1832)
  ZIMMERMAN, Maria Dorothea 7 (born 1840)
  ZIMMERMAN, Ernstine Wilhelmine 4 (born 1843)
  ZIMMERMAN, Johanne Caroline Wilhelmine 1 (born 1846)
  ZWECK, Friedrich Wilhelm 32 (born 1815 West Prussia)
  ZWECK, Wilhelmine Auguste nee Beck 26 (born 1820 West Prussia) - wife of Friedrich
  ZWECK, Wilhelm 3 (born 1844 West Prussia) - son of Friedrich
Unfortunately their Pastor Phillip Jacob OSTER died of Tuberculous Oct 24,1847 on the voyage, and the immigrants scattered on arrival to a number of German villages: Lobethal, Blomberg, Hahndorf, Bethanien, Light Pass, Langmeil and at Huffnungsthal.

SOURCES: Biographical Index of South Australians 1836-1885, SAGHS, 1986;
South Australians 1936-1885, SAGHS, 1990;
South Australian Births Registrations 1842 to 1906