HEERJEEBHOY RUSTOMJEE PATEL
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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].

The Heerjeebhoy Rustomjee Patel made two voyages to South Australia under the command of Eugen Laun

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
Contents * Brief Description * Passenger List * Newspaper Reports * References * Links * Ship Index

Passenger List

No official passenger list for 1846 voyage of the Heerjeebhoy Rustomjee Patel exists.  The following list of passengers is largely based on information contained in the Biographical Index of South Australians 1836-1885 [1] augmented by data from various web sites.

Captain
LAUN Eugen

Ship's Surgeon
SCHUMANN
 F

Cabin Passengers
BOHLMANN [1]
 Johann (ca 1813) tinsmith from Baden

Anna Louise nee Hartmann

.....Anna Louisa (1844)
FAAS [1]
 Herman Theodor, merchant
MEYER [1]
 Christian Ludwig, Hanoverian Consul, merchant)
RICHTER Mr, farmer
SCHWOMBERG Mr, ship-builder
WEICHMEIN Mr. merchant
W1RSH Mr, horticulturist

wife

Steerage Passengers
ALTMAN [1]
 Mr

Christina Caroline (ca 1814)

.....child

.....child

.....child
APEL [1]
 Carl Friedrich, tailor from Scharzfeld, Harz
BALTHAUSEN Miss
BANNIER [1]
 Mr joiner, painter

wife
BARTH [2]
 Caroline Friedericke nee KAYSER (ca 1793)

.....Johanne Caroline Wihelmine (1815)
[2]
 .....Augustine Alwine Henriette (1823)
[2]
 .....Ida (1825)
[2]
 .....Caroline Augustine Henriette (1828)
BEUSHAUSER Mr

wife
BOEHM [1]
 Mr (1823) miner, gardener from Hanover
BOLDT Heinrich carpenter
BREMER/BROMER [1]
 Phillip Heinrich miner, farmer

wife
BREMER/BRAMEN [1]
 Friedrich Wilhelm tailor

Christiane Johanne nee Kaehnicke
BROCKMANN Miss Dorothea
DEGENHARDT [1]
 Friedrich miner, farmer from Clausthal, Harz
DEGENHARDT [1]
 Gustav Julius Wilhelm farmer from Clausthal, Harz
DEGENHARDT [1,2]
 Johann Carl August (1818) miner from Clausthal, Harz
DEGENHARDT [1] Johann Carl Ludwig, miner, joiner from Clausthal, Harz
DUNEMANN Mr, miner
ECKERMANN
EISELE Mr, miner
FEIST [1]
 Gottfried, farmer from Bornst

Anna Dorothea nee Drescher

.....Johann Gottfired (ca 1827)

.....Johanna Caroline (ca 1831)

.....Wilhelm (ca 1834)

.....Pauline (ca 1844)
FIEDLER [1]
 Heinrich Julius, from Lautenthal, Harz

Johanne Christiane Wilhelmine nee KNORR

.....child

.....child
FISCHER Mr, miner

wife

.....child
FLOTTMANN
Mr

wife
[1] .....Wilhelm (1833)
[1] .....Meno Henry B  (1837)

.....child

.....child
GEIER Mr
GOILE [1]
 Heinrich (ca 1818) from Posen

Friedericke nee MUSCH (1815)

.....Friedericke Amalie (ca 1839)

.....Karl Julius (ca 1840)

.....Bernhard Ludewig Gustav (ca 1845)
GOTTE
GREGURKE [1]
 Johann Gottfried (1803)

Johanna Dorothea Elisabeth (1801)
[2]
 .....Eleonore Johanne Friedericke

.....Pauline Ernstine (ca 1832)

.....Johann Gottlieb (ca 1832)
[2]
 .....Auguste (1837)

.....Carl Gottfried August (1840)
GRIMM Mr

wife and 3 children
HAENEL [1,2]
 George Heinrich August (1813) miner from Clausthal, Harz

Henriette Julianne nee SOMMER

.....Charles (1845)
HAENEL [1,2]
 Johann Heinrich Ludwig (1811) miner from Lautenthal, Harz

Rudolphine Henriette Christiane nee KNORR (1811)

.....Augustine Luise Auguste (1838)

.....Johanne Caroline Christiane Henriette (1841)

.....Louise Juliane Friedericke (1843)
HAEUSLER [2]
 Johanne Louise nee Knappe (1784)
[2]
 .....Johanne Wilhelmine (1816)
[2]
 .....Johanne Karoline (1826)
HAGE [1]
 Christian

wife

.....Johann Christian (1837)

.....child

.....child
HARLUNG [1]
 Wilhelm, miner from Gillersheim, Hanover
HAUNERT [1]
 Johann Heinrich Christian, from Lautenthal, Harz

wife

.....Johanne Friedericke Auguste

.....Johanne Caroline Louise

.....Johanne Whme Charlotte

.....child
HEBIG/HAEBIG [1]
 Johann Georg (1813) from Würtemberg

Christiane nee SCHILLER

.....Johann Carl Gottlieb (ca 1837)

.....Johann George (1840)

.....Ernestine Wilhelmine (1844)
HOELLING [1,2]
 Carl Ludwig Friedrich (1821) miner from Clausthal, Hanover,
HINTZ/HINZE [1]
 Johann Martin Ludwig (1797) from Lalendorf

Cathrina Margretha Christiana RADELOF nee BOLDT
[2]
 .....Fried Christian Martin (1834) from Glashagen, Mecklenburg

.....Joachim Heinrich Martin (ca 1842)
HEINJUS [1]
 Heinrich Julius (1812) from Gadebusch, Herzogtum, Mecklenburg

Wilhelmina Elizabeth nee KIEL (1818)

.....Henry Georg Joseph (1840),
HERTSCHEL
HEUSLER 
 brother of below
HEUSLER brother of above
JUNGE [1]
 Carl Friedrich Wilhelm, from Berlin

Friedericke?
KICHNEL
KIEDEL Mr miner
KLOPP
KUCH [1]
 Mr miner
L*DHOLZ Mr miner
LAMPE [1]
 Hermann

Johanna (ca 1820)
LENE Miss
LOMMER Mr

wife and 2 children
MUELLER (MALLER) Andreas
MUELLER (MALLER) [2]
 Louise Dorothea Charlotte (1822)
MARUSCHKE Mr
MARKS [1]
 Christian Carl (1810) from Bomst

Wilhelmine Ernstine nee ROHRLACH  (1817)

.....Carl August (1845)
[2]
 .....Pauline Emilie (1843)
MARX [1]
 Friedrich, miner
MAY [1]
 Heinrich Julius Wilhelm Carl (1827)
MORITZ Mr
MORITZ Miss
MULLER Mr
NAGEL [1]
 Georg

wife and 4 children
NAIDA/NEIDA [1]
 Joseph (1818) from Gross Dammer, Posen

Severinaa nee RUCIACK (1823)

.....Franciska (1844)
NEIMEYER [1]
 Louis
NIEMANN [1]
 Johann Heinrich

Tabita Margaretha and 5 children
PARTIER [1]
 August miner and wife and child
PELZER Mr
PHILIP Mr (miner)
POLACK [1]
 Heinrich Adolf, miner

Charlotte Henriette BLANKENBURG nee GRABSDORFF

.....Maria Auguste Agnes Therese

.....Auguste Henriette Amalie (ca 1842)

.....child
POLACK 
 Heinrich Adolph, miner
POLACK Edward, miner
PORTHER [1]
 August (1820) labourer
REHBEIN Mr (miner)
ROHRLACH [1]
 Johann Wilhelm (1793)

Anna Dorothea nee GALPACH (1797)

.....Paul Martin Hermann (1829)

.....Ernst Christoph (1831)

.....Otto Gustav (1834)
ROGENER [1]
 Ferdinand

wife

.....child
ROSE [1,2]
 Gottlieb Dietrich Heinrich Hermann (ca 1815)

wife

.....child
RUCIAK [1]
 Thomas (1799) miner from Gross Dammer, Posen

Anna nee MICHALEK (1799) and 3 children -

.....Anna Maria (1824)

.....Ludwig (1828)

.....Franziska (1831)

.....Hannah Catherina (1832)

.....Elisabeth (1835)
SCENERT Mr
SCHIER Mr Miss
SCHLINKLER Carl Frtedrich Adolph  (ca 1823) miner
SCHMIDT Mr

wife

.....child

.....child
SCHEFFELL [1]
 Heinrich Christian Leopold (ca 1800) miiner

wife
SCHELL/SCHÖLL [1]
 Johann Georg Andreas (1804) miner from Clausthal, Hanover

Caroline Augte nee OELER (1810)

.....August (1838)

.....Fried (1839)

.....Gustav Adolph (1841)

.....Ernst August (1844)
SCHOMBURG [1]
 Joachim Nicolaus (ca 1812) from Hamburg, Germany
SCHULZ
SCHUNKE [1]
 Carl Friedrich Julius (1825)
SCHUNKE [1] Ernst Christian Julius (1829)
SCHUNKE [1] Georg Heinrich Wilhelm (1834)
SPANGLER [1]
 Frederic Johann Heinrich Carl (ca 1800)

Johanna nee BITTNER (ca 1808)

.....Edward (1834)

.....Wilhelm (1837)

.....Caroline (1839)

.....Wilhelmina Augusta Henrietta (ca 1841)

.....August (1844)
STRAUSS Mr

wife

.....child

.....child

.....child

.....child
TRENSE Mr

wife
TRONIER Mr

wife

.....child
UNGAR Mr (miner)
WENZEL Mr

wife

.....child

.....child

.....child
W1LLE Mr Arend

wife
WOLDMANN Mr (miner)

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Newspaper Reports

South Australian Register
Adeliade,  Wedenesday, October 28 1846

The Ship Heerjeebhoy Rustomjee Patel, 510 tons, Laun, Master, from Bremen. Passengers: Mr. Meyer (Merchant), Mr. Weichmein (Merchant) and wife, Mr. Wirsh (Horticulturist), Shwomberg (Ship-Builder), Mr. Richter (Farmer), Mr. Bohlmann (Machinist), wife and child, Mr Faas (Merchant), and Dr. Schumann (Surgeon), in the cabin.

References

[1] Statten, J (ed.) Biographical Index of South Australians 1836-1885 South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society: Adelaide, 1986.
[2] Thomas, Jan (ed.) South Australians 1836-1885South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society Inc: Adelaide, 1990 (vol 1: Barth p 10, 37, 202, 614; Degenhardt p 202; Haenel p 329; Haeusler p 330, 360, 456; Hintz p 370; Hoelling p 374; Mueller p 374; vol 2: Marks p 533; Gregurke p 534, 677; Radloff p 677; Rose p 712; Kohlbrandt p 712;).
[3] Sexton, R.T. Shipping Arrivals and Departures South Australia 1627-1950 Gould Books: Ridgehaven, SA, 1990.
[4] Iwan, W. Because of Their Beliefs (translated and edited by Schubert, D.) H. Schubert: Highgate, SA, 1995 (1845 voyage:  pp 44, 49, 53-57).
[5] Brauer, A. Under The Southern Cross Lutheran Publishing House: Adelaide, 1956 (facsimile edition 1985).
[6] Parsons, Ronald Migrant Ships for South Australia 1836-1850 Gould Books, Gumeracha, 1983 (p 96).

Links

Passengers
Schmidt (Burra - Family History Research)
 
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Family History South Australia (select passenger lists and search for ship name ="Patel", arrival date = "1846")

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