ALFRED 1848

Departed Hamburg, August20th , 1848 via London, where several passengers enmbarked.
The ALFRED arrived South Australia, December 8th, 1848. Passengers 275.


Diary 1848 Alfred

Cabin Passengers: CLARKE, Mr and Mrs      DARRAGH, T A, (reference: Friends of Lutheran Archives, Bowden South Australia, 2003.
                            JONES, Mr      MACDOUGALL, Mr     SMITH, Mr     WHEELER, Mr
From Silesia (Germany) - as listed below:
BREUST, Wilhelm Heinrich Hermann Christian
FRICK, Carl August Ludwig
FRICK, Johanne Mrs
FRICK, Louis
FRICK, August
FRISCH, Heinrich Wilhelm Julius
FRISCH, Friedricke Mrs
FRISCH, Carl Heinrich August Ludwig
FULLGRABE, Johann Heinrich
FULLGRABE, Caroline Mrs
FULLGRABE, Heinrich Friedrich Carl
FULLGRABE, Heinrich Wilhelm Ludwig
FULLGRABE, Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm
FULLGRABE, Caroline Wilhelmine Louise Friedrike
FULLGRABE, Johanne Friederick Charlotte Amalie
GOBERNACK, Heinrich Christian Andreas
GOBERNACK, Caroline Wilhelmine Henriette Mrs
GODECKE, Carl August Ludwig
GROBECKER, Heinrich Christoph
HIRSCHHAUSEN, Heinrich August
HITZIG, Christian Heinrich Gottlieb
HITZIG, Friederike Christiane Mrs
HITZIG, Henriette Friedericke Caroline surname also Mahn
JAHN, Carl
JURGENS, Heinrich Wilhelm Theodor
JURGENS, Carl Friedrich Julius
KUTSCHER, Georg Wilhelm
KUTSCHER, Hermann
KUTSCHER, Wilhelm
KUTSCHER, Caroline
LANGHAGEN, Georg Heinrich
LOWE, Emilie Mathilde Mrs
LOWE, Carl Friedrich
LOWE, Dorette Auguste
LOWE, Marie Sophie Amalie
LUTZE, Johanne Christiane Henriette widow
LUTZE, Julius Christian Friedrich
LUTZE, Carl Adolph
LUTZE, Friedrich August Carl
LUTZE, Auguste Nee Mugge
SCHIER, Carl August Wilhelm
SCHMIDT, Friedrich Julius Ludwig
SPENGLER, Carl Wilhelm
SPENGLER, Georg Theodor Wilhelm
ROMAN CATHOLIC JESUIT GROUP (Passengers 144)
ARNOLD, Godlove aged 30 - Shepherd
BACHMANN, Godfried (2 in family) - Agriculturist
BEER, Godfried (3 in family) - Agriculturist
BEER, Samuel G - Agriculturist from Freihan Silesia Prussia
BEER, Reimann Ernestine (wife of Samuel) and daughter Emma
BEER, Wm. (4 in family) - Agriculturist
BERGER, Charles Wm. aged 30 - Labourer
FISHER, Anthony (2 in family) - Carpenter
FLUDER, Joseph (5 in family) - Agriculturist
FORESTER, Charles E. (7 in family) - Clothmaker
FRITSCHE, Augustus (2 in family) - Tailor
GEIER, Godfried (6 in family) - Smith and Tinsman
GODRIED, John (6 in family) - Mason
HENNIG, Charles (4 in family) - Carpenter
HOFFMAN, Charles/Carl - Blacksmith, - Jesuit
     (5 in family incl. wife Augusta Hohne and children incl. August)
HOFFMAN, Charles aged 38 - Agriculturist
IANTKE, Alberta aged 24 - Servant Girl
IMS, Frederck (2 in family) - Shoemaker
KARTNKE, John aged 26 - Shoemaker
KIRCHNER, Godlove (4 in family) - Tailor
KIRCHNER, John Chr. (5 in family) - Agriculturist
KLINKOWSTROEM,, Maximilian Fr. - Chaplain
KLUDGE, John (7 in family) - Carpenter
KRANEWITTER,, Aloysius Fr. - Chaplain
KRAUSCHKE, Frederick aged 30 - Labourer
KROHN, Louis (3 in family) - Tailor
KUHN, Elizabeth aged 26 - Servant Girl
LESCHKE, Gustave (3 in family) - Clothmaker
LUDWIG, Frederick (3 in family) - Clothmaker
MICHAEL, John (2 in family) - Clothmaker
NEUMANN, Ernest F. (3 in family) - Agriculturist
NEUMANN, Wm. (5 in family) - Cart Builder
PILZ, John Godlove (3 in family) - Shoemaker
PUREMAN, John Godfried (5 in family) - Agriculturist
RANGOT, Francis Aug. Agriculturist
RICHTER, Wm. Fr. (5 in family) - Carpenter
SAMULEWSKY, ANDreas (4 in family) - Carpenter
SCHLOSSER, Ferdinand - Clothmaker
SCHWARTZ, Henry (4 in family) - Agriculturist
SCHWARTZ, Wm. (2 in family) - Agriculturist
SEMLITZKY, Chr. C. (5 in family) - Carpenter
SHIREMAN, George F. aged 42 - Cart Builder
UEBERGANG, Charles aged 20 - Carpenter
WEIKERT, Francis (10 in family) - Agriculturist
WIESENER, Wm. (6 in family) - Clockmaker

Also on board the ALFRED was this this group of 40 Sorbs (Wends)
    They arrived in Port Adelaide in December 1848,

DEUTSCHER, Michael(1811-64) - a Sorb (Wends).
    He became leader of the first minority ethnic group,
    the Wends, to emigrate to Australia
DEUTSCHER, Joahnna Christiana Schwarz/Schwartz (1815-80)
     - wife of Michael - a Sorb (Wends)
DEUTSCHER, Anna Caroline (1836-96) - daughter of Michael - a Sorb (Wends)
DEUTSCHER, Augustus Ludwig (1839-1913) - son of Michael - a Sorb (Wends)
DEUTSCHER, CarlTraugott (1842-1930) - son of Michael - a Sorb (Wends)
DEUTSCHER, Christiana Carolina (1845-64) - daughter of Michael - a Sorb (Wends)
DEUTSCHER, Ernst Traugott (1848-86) - son of Michael - a Sorb (Wends)
DEUTSCHER, Traugott Michael (1850-1925) - son of Michael - a Sorb (Wends)
DEUTSCHER, Traugott Wilhelm (1853-83) - son of Michael - a Sorb (Wends)
DEUTSCHER, Johann (1855-1939) - son of Michael, - a Sorb (Wends)
DEUTSCHER, Peter/Pater Andreas (1816-97) and wife Agneta Albert(1819-79)
    - a Sorb (Wends), Peter was brother of Michael
DRENDEL Carl Wilhelm (1792-1870) was a shoemaker in the village
    of Bobersberg, in Brandenburg - a Sorb (Wends)
FLEISCHER, M/s - a Sorb (Wends)
GUDE, M/s - a Sorb (Wends)
HEINZE, Agneta/Agenata. Aged 21, a servant girl - a Sorb (Wends)
HERMANN, Johann Gottfried (1801?-47)
    and his wife Magdalena Maria nee DEUTSCHER (1813-80)- a Sorb (Wends)
HERMANN, Johanna Christiana (1835-1893)- a Sorb (Wends)
HERMANN, Carl August(1840-93)- a Sorb (Wends)
HERMANN, Johanna Juliana (1844-67)- a Sorb (Wends)

We have also discovered the following came to South Australia on board the ALFRED in 1848.
DARRAGH, T A,
MILLER, J.A.H.. From Hamburg. Occ: mechanic [writing hard to decipher]
"THE PETSCHEL HISTORY AND FAMILY TREE" by Helen Petschel,
This has a copy of a handwritten shipping list of passengers (pg 15) showing her ancestors names. Her research showed that there were 47 Saxon (Sorbs or Wends) immigrants which included children. Here is the list she compiled and includes in the book:

ALBERT, Andreas. Aged 26, a daylabourer.
BEHROW [writing obscure, could also be Bechrems], Pacharine. From Hamburg. Servant Girl.
GAERMEZ, W.G. From Dresden. [Male]
GUDIN, Johanna. Aged 38, a servant girl.
HEINZE, Agneta/Agenata. Aged 21, a servant girl.
HITTMANN, Peter. An agriculturalist. Wife.
HOLTSCHIN, Sophie. Aged 29, a servant girl with her daughter.
KAULVERS, John Ernst. Aged 41, a blacksmith.
    [He later returned to Germany and wrote of his travels.]
LIEBE, Johann Godfreid. A miller. Wife: Magdaline (nee Deutscher). 1 son and 2 daughters.
MILLER, J.A.H.. From Hamburg. Occ: mechanic [writing hard to decipher]
NASHKE, Theo ??. From Silesia. [Male]
PETSCHEL (listed as BATSCHELL), Christian Gotthelf. Aged 32, agriculturalist with capital.
    Wife: Anna Rosina [nee Rosler] 2 Sons and 1 daughter.
PETSCHEL (listed as BATSCHELL), Christian Karl. Aged 23, a daylabourer.
PETSCHEL, (listed as BATSCHELL) Christian Gustav Wilhelm. Aged 17, a daylabourer.
PORSHE, Traugot. Aged 24, a miller.
PREUSKER, Andreas. A mason. Wife & daughter.
PREUSKER, Peter. A stonemason. Wife, daughter & son.
PREUSKER, Traugot. Aged 25, stonemason.
PREUSKER, Johanna. Aged 22, a servant girl.
PREUSKER, Maria. Aged 19, a servant girl.
WINKELMANN, Christian Gustav Alwin. Aged 23, a shoemaker.

REFERENCES:
http://users.senet.com.au/~johda/shiplist/ssalfred.htm
Peter Lawson's CONVICTIONS website