ALFRED
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The Alfred, a 3 masted ship of 562 ton (om), 604 ton (nm) was built at Lulea, Sweden in 1841 as the Australia.  On 30 November 1844, the Australia was purchased from Liliewalch of Stockholm by the Hamburg firm of J C Godeffroy & Sohn, who renamed her the Alfred.

Under the command of H.E. Deckers, the Alfred departed Hamburg, 20 Aug 1848 with 275 passengers on board and arrived in South Australia on 8 Dec 1848.

A second voyage to Adelaide under H.E. Deckers left Hamburg on 27 Oct 1849 and arrived in South Australia on 31 Jan 1850.

The Alfred also undertook a voyage to Melbourne in 1853/1854 under the command of H. Bruhns.

The Alfred  was re-rigged as a bark sometime between 1850 and 1853.  She was sold to Norwegian interests in 1855, renamed Rhea, and placed under the command of Captain Eckersberg.  No further information is known [4].

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1848 Passenger List

No official passenger list has been located for Alfred.  The following list is based on those which appears on various web sites and augmented by information from The Ahrens Family [1] and other references [2,3].

Captain
DECKER
 H E

Ships Surgeon
SOKOWLOWSKY
 Anton (ca 1818)


Cabin Passengers
CLARKE
 Mr

Mrs
JONES
 Mr
MACDOUGAL
 Mr
SMITH
 Mr
WHEELER
 Mr

Steerage Passengers
ALBERT [2,5,7,12] Andreas (1905) daylabourer
ARNOLD [5,6,7,12] Johann Gottlob (1822) shepherd from Neundorf, Silesia
BACHMANN [5,7,12] Johann Gottfried (ca 1808) agriculturist

Caroline (ca 1817)
BANGOT [5] Francis August
BEER [5,7,12] Johann Godfried (1780) agriculturist from Goldberg, Silesia

Anna Rosina nee SELVREBRAU (1779)
BEER [5,7,12] Samuel G (son of Johann Gottfried) agriculturist from Freihan, Silesia

Ernestine nee REIMANN (1828)

.... Emma (1847)
BEER [7,12] Wm, agriculturist

wife

.....son

.....daughter
BEHRENS [12]
 Catherine (24) from Hamburg
BERGER [7,12] Charles Wm (ca 1818) labourer
BUTZ [5,12] Charles (ca 1830) agriculturist from Westphalia
CLAUSSEN [5,12] H C from Altona
CUMME [5,12] Robert August (1826) from Hanover
DEUTSCHER [2,5,7,12] Michael (1811)

Joahnna Christiana nee SCHWARZ (1816)

....Anna Caroline (1836)

....Augustus Ludwig (1839)

....CarlTraugott (1842)

....Christiana Carolina (1845)

....Ernst Traugott (1848)
DEUTSCHER [2,5,7,12] Peter Andreas (1816, brother of Michael)

Agneta nee ALBERT (1819)
DOPKING [5,12] Diederich Hermann (1809) from Hamburg

Anna Margaretha

....Otto (1842)
FISCHER [5] Detlef Ludwig Theodor (1809)

Maria Friedricke Margarethe nee STRAHLENDORF (1809)

....Friedrich Theodor (1834)

....Dorothea Lydia Awoline (1836)

....Justus Wilhelm Christian (1837)
FISHER [7,12] Anthony, carpenter

wife
FLEISCHER [5,12] Johann (1815) from Groditz, Saxony

Maria nee GUDE (1812)

....Johanna (1838)

....Martha Maria (1841)

....Anna Christiane (4)

....Magdalena (2)
FLUDER [5,7,12] Joseph (5 in family) - agriculturist
FORESTER [7,12] Charles E. (7 in family) - clothmaker
FRANK [12]
 Johann Friedrich agriculturalist from Mecklenberg
FRITSCHE [5,7,12] Augustus (1815) tailor

Johanne Christine
GAERTNER [5,12] W G from Dresden
GEIER [5,7,12] Johann Godfried (ca 1784) tinsmith

....Christiane Henriette (1813)

....Carl Louis (1818)

....Ernst Hermann (1820)

....Hermann Julius (1823)

....Eduard Erdmann (1825)

....Ernestine Amalie (1827)
GODRIED [7] John (6 in family) - Mason
GOGLER [5,6.12] Heinrich Benno Friedrich Feodor (1827) from Wustewaltersdorf, Silesia

Auguste Leopoldine nee SCHNEIDER (1829)
GOTWALD [5] Gottfried

wife

.....son

.....daughter

.....son

,,,,,son
GRAFF [5,12] William (1815) from Silesia
HAASE [5,12] J A A

wife

.....child

.....child

.....child

.....child
HANSEN [5,12] J H from Berlin

wife
HEINZE [2,7,12]
 Agneta (1826) from Wartha, Lusatia
HEINZE Anna (sister of Agneta)
HEINZE Benjamin (brother of Agneta)
HELMKE [5,12] F R from Frankfurt
HENNIG [5,7,12] Charles carpenter

wife

....Carl Friedrich August (1842)

....daughter
HERA [5,12] Francis
HERSCH [5,12] Augustus
HITTMANN [5,7] Peter from Saxony
HOFFMANN [5,7,9] Carl Rudolf Hermann, blacksmith

Augusta Ernstina nee HOHNE
[6]
 ....August (1841) from Breslau, Silesia

.....daughter

.....daughter
HOFFMANN [7] Charles (ca 1820) agriculturist
HOLTSCHIN [5,12] Sophia (1819) from Saxony

....child
HUSSO [5] Josephine from Berlin, governess
JANTKE [7] Alberta (ca 1824) servant
JARCHOW [5,12] Daniel (ca 1803) baker
IMS [5,7,12] Francis from Silesia

wife
JAHNKE [5,12] Albertine Dorothea (1821) from Wulkow, Silesia
JORGENSON [1,5,12] Christian Seidler

Helene Therese

....Therese Christiane (1841)

....Johanne Margarethe (1843)

....Christian Emanuel (1845)

....Carl Frederick (1846)
KARTNKE [5,7,12] John (ca 1822) shoemaker
KAULVERS [5,12] John Emiel (ca 1807) blacksmith from Saxony
KAUSCHKE [5,7,12] Friedrich Johannes (1818) from Silesia
KIRCHNER [5,7,12] Gottlieb (4 in family) tailor

Ludwiner nee KENNER

....child

....child
KIRCHNER [5,7,12] Johann Christian (ca 1817, 5 in family) - agriculturist from Wangten, Silesia

Anna Rosina nee HEINKE (ca 1822)

....Ernestine (1843)

....Anna Auguste Pauline (1844)

....Anna Ernestine Pauline (ca 1845)

....Carl Heinrich O (1846)
KLINKOWSTROEM [5,7] Maximilian (Lutheran?)
KLUGE [5,7,12] John (7 in family) carpenter

wife

....son

....daughter

....daughter

....son

....son
KRANEWITTER [5,7]
 Aloysius jesuit priest
KROHN [5,7,12]
 Louis (3 in family) - Tailor

wife

....son
KRONCKE [5,12]
 Carl (ca 1809)

Mary

....son

....son

....daughter

....daughter
KUHN [7, 12]
 Elizabeth (ca 1822) servant
LESCHKE [7,12]
 Gustave (3 in family) clothmaker
LIEBE [2,5,7,12]
 Johann Gottfried (1821) miller from Elsdorf, Saxony

Magdelene Maria nee DEUTSCHER (1815)

....Johanna Christiana HERMANN (1835)

....Carl August HERMANN (1840)

....Johanna Juliana HERMANN (1844)
LUDWIG [7,12]
 Frederick (3 in family) clothmaker
LUESTNER [3,5]
 Johanna Julianne nee EICHNER

....Carl Wilhelm Heinrich (1829)
MICHAEL [7]
 Johann clothmaker

wife
MIROU [5]
 Richard clerk from Berlin
MUNDELEIN [5]
 Theodore (1828) carpenter fron Westphalia
NASHKE [5,7]
 Hugo Hermann Theodor (1822) from Silesia
NEUMANN [5.7,12]
 Ernst Friedrich (1819) agriculturist from Silesia

wife

....Hermann Ernst Gustav (1845)
NEUMANN [5,7,12]
 Wilhelm cart builder from Silesia

wife

....son

....son

....son
PETSCHEL [2,5,7,10]
 Christian Gotthelf (1816) agriculturalist with capital from Ober Neukirch, Saxony

Anna Rosina nee ROESLER

....Carl Christian (1838)

....Christiana Wilhelmina Auguste Henriette (1840)

....Christian August (1842)
PETSCHEL [2,5,7,10,12]
 Christian Gustav Wilhelm (1831, brother of Christian Gotthelf) from Ober Neukirch, Saxony
PETSCHEL [2,5,7,10,12]
 Christian Karl (1828, brother of Christian Gotthelf) from Ober Neukirch, Saxony
PILZ [7,12]
 John Gottlieb - Shoemaker

Johanna Christina

.....child
PORSHE [5,12]
 Traugott (1824) miller from Saxony
POZHOLD [5,12]
 George, agriculturalist from Silesia
PREUSKER [7,12]
 Andreas, mason

wife

.....daughter
PREUSKER [7,12] Peter, stonemason

wife

.....daughter

.....Johann Carl August
PREUSKER [7,12] Traugott
PREUSKER [7,12] Johanne
PREUSKER [7,12] Marie
PURMANN [6,7]
 John Gottfried (1804) agriculturist from Berlin

nee GOBEL (1809)

....Ernestine (1836)

....Anna Maria (1839)

....Christiane Auguste (1843)
REISS [5,12] Friedrich Wilhelm (1821) from Gross Schriednitz, Saxony
RANGOTT [2,7,8,12]
 Francis August (1806) Agriculturist
[2]
 Christiana nee GEBAUER
[2]
 .....Alexander (1840)
RICHTER [5,12] Wilhelm Friedrich (1810) carpenter from Herzogswalde, Silesia

Maria Rosina nee BERGER (1808)

....Ernst Wilhelm August (1836)

....Johan Carl Gottlieb (1840)

....Maria Henriette (1842)
ROSENTHAL [5,6,12] Carl August cabinetmaker from Berlin

Fredericke nee SCHULTZ

....son
SAMULEWSKY [5,7] Andreas carpenter from Silesia

wife

....daughter

....daughter
SCHEUERMANN [5] Christian (ca 1807) labourer
SCHLOSSER [5,7] Ferdinand clothmaker
SCHWARTZ [7] Henry (4 in family) - Agriculturist
SCHWARTZ [7] Wm. (2 in family) - Agriculturist
SCUPIN [5,12] John George agriculturist
SEMLITZKY [5,12]
 Charles O carpenter

wife

....son

....son

....daughter
SEYLER [5] Albert merchant from Breslau
SHIREMAN [5,7,12] George F (ca 1806) cart builder from Silesia
SIMON [5,12] Frederick (ca 1821) from Westphalia
STROTHER [5] Henry (1825, Yorkshire)
STROTHER [5,12] William Hull (1826, Hull)
TEICHELMANN [5] Theodor from Saxony
TOD [5,12] Ferdinand (ca 1822) agriculturist from Westphalia
UEBERGANG [2,7,12]
 Carl (1827) carpenter from Merzdorf, Silesia
UNGAR [5,12] Urbin clerk from Rade
VOSZ [5,12] Heinrich Ludwig (1812) from Boden-Werder, Hanover

Friedricke Dorothea Sophie (1810)

....Wilhelm Hartwig Edward (1840)

....Adolph Friedrich Emil (1842)
WEIKERT [5,12]
 Francis (ca 1792) (10 in family) agriculturist, Jesuit mission leader from Siegnitz, Silesia

Fransiska (1832)

....Joseph (18467)

....Henry (1820)

....Pauline
WHILE [5,12]
 Julius (1826) tinsman from Hamburg
WIESENER [5,12]
 Wm. clockmaker

wife

.....child

.....child

.....child

.....child

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Newspaper Reports

South Australian Register
Saturday 9th December 1848

Wednesday December 6th, 1848:- the ship Alfred, 635 tons, H.E. Deckrt, Master, from Hamburg.
Passengers: Rev. Pastor Kranewiter and Klinkowstrom, Roman Catholic Priest; Doctor Sokolowsky, Surgeon. Frederick and Albert Seyler, Merchant (from Breslau); Theodor Treichmann and Lady (from Saxony), mining officer, Josephine Husse, Governess (from Berlin), and G. F. G. Fisher (from Altona); 501 / 2 Merchant in the cabin.

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References and Notes

[1]  Mangelsdorf, Betty (compiler) The Ahrens Family Munno Para, SA, 2003  (Jorgensen p 5).
[2]  Huf, Elizabeth Courage, Patience and Persistence St Michael’s Lutheran Church, Tarrington, Victoria, 2003 (Deutscher p 166, Petschel p 250, Rangott p258, Uebergang p 285).
[3]  Mattner, M.; Ross, D.; Coleman, L. The Mattners in Australia 1839-1980 Mattner Family Reunion
Committee: Adelaide, 1981 (Luestner p 118).
[4]  This information is largely from [11] and the web site Palmer List of Merchant Vessels.  Other ships named Alfred also made voyages to South Australia.
[5]  Statten J (ed.) Biographical Index of South Australians 1836-1885 South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society: Adelaide, 1886.
[6] Thomas J (ed.) South Australians 1836-1885 South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society: Adelaide, 1990 [1848 voyage: vol 1 p 16 (Arnold), 304 (Gogler), 375 (Hoffman), vol 2 p 673, 707 (Purmann), 714 (Rosenthal); 1850 Voyage: p 361 (Helmke); 1852 voyage: vol 1 p 202 (Fullgrabe), 309 (Gleissert), vol 2 p 535 (May), 815 (Muetze); 1858 voyage: vol 1 p 112, 113 (Bruhn); 1859 voyage: vol 1 p 42, 209 (Dier)]
[7]  The web site of Di Cummings (Bound for South Australia).  This site also has a translation of a  letter written by Father Aloysius Kranewitter describing the voyage.
[8]  The web site of John Day provided a list of the 'Jesuit group' (114 passengers, heads of family only listed).  This web site is no longer active but the same information is contained on Di Cummings web site [7].
[9]  The Hoffmans in Australia web site mentions this family.
[10] Petschel appears as Batshel in some lists [7].
[11] Parsons, Ronald Migrant Ships for South Australia 1836-1850 Gould Books, Gumeracha, 1983 (p 78).
[12] The Ships List web site is derived in large part from a transciption of a list of immigrants arriving under United Kingdom assisted passenger schemes that is held by the State Library of South Australia (GRG 35/48a).  This list tends to have many names in an anglicised form.

Links

Alfred Passengers
1848 voyage
Di Cummings - Bound for South Australia
    Passenger list
    Letter
The Ships List

Rootsweb Archive

Christian August Petschel

1850 voyage
Passenger list ( Di Cummings - Bound for South Australia)

Ships Description
Voyages
 Palmer List of Merchant Vessels
Alfred

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