Ship SARAH SHEAFE, Antwerp-NY, 1843
Michael Palmer
> Has anyone heard of the ship "NUSSCHLAE" which my ancestors took from
> Antwerp to New York in May 1843? Then in August 1843 they took the "SORNEA
> HEAVA" from New York to Milwaukee. Any information on these two ships would
> be appreciated.
On Thu, 19 Nov 1998, she added:
> ... my German ancestors, the EIFLER's, came into New York via Antwerp on
> the ship "NUSSCHLAE" in May 1843? Then in August 1843 they took the
> "SORNEA HEAVA" from New York to Milwaukee.
I have no idea at present what "Nusschlae" represents, but "Sornea Heava"
is a garbled spelling of the name of the ship SARAH SHEAFE, William Gray,
master, which arrived at New York on 6 August 1843, 40 days from Antwerp,
with 5 cabin and 100 steerage passengers, to George F. Gerding. The
passenger manifest, dated 7 August 1843, contains the following Eifeler
family
Adam Eifeler, age 44, farmer
Maria, 36, wife
Maria, 11, daughter
John, 9, son
Jacob, 7, son
Margaritta, 5, daughter
Adam, 4, son
Caroline, 2, daughter
Elizabeth, 6 months, daughter
The family's luggage consisted of "7 chests bedding" [probably "7 chests,
bedding"] and 2 baskets [National Archives Microfilm Publication M237,
roll 52 (= Family History Library microfilm #0002298), list #549 for
1843].
I know very little about the SARAH SHEAFE other than the fact she was a
3-masted, square-rigged sailing ship, 401 57/95 tons, built at Portsmouth,
New Hampshire, in 1824, and registered, probably mistakenly, as a brig (a
2-masted, square-rigged sailing vessel), at New York on 23 October 1830.
From 1825 until 1840 she sailed primarily between New York and either
Liverpool or Belfast, with one arrival at New York from Pictou in 1837,
and one from Buenos Aires in 1838. From 1840 through 1844, she sailed
between New York and Antwerp, from 1842 as part of George F. Gerding's
"Regular Line" of New York-Antwerp "packets". She then disappeared from
New York until 1849, when, rigged as a bark, she made two arrivals from Le
Havre. I know nothing of her subsequent history or ultimate fate [Forrest
R. Holdcamper, comp., _List of American-flag Merchant Vessels that
received Certificates of Enrollment or Registry at the Port of New York,
1789-1867 (Record Groups 41 and 36)_, National Archives Publication 68-10,
Special Lists 22 (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Service,
1968), p. 631; National Archives Microfilm Publication M237, rolls 7-82;
Carl C. Cutler, _Queens of the Western Ocean; The Story of America's Mail
and Passenger Sailing Lines_ (Annapolis: United States Naval Institute,
c1961), p. 397].
For possible additional information on the SARAH SHEAFE, contact the
following institutions:
1. Peabody Essex Museum
East India Square
Salem, MA 01970
http://www.pem.org
2. The Mariners' Museum
100 Museum Drive
Newport News, VA 23606-3798
http://www.mariner.org/mariner
Michael Palmer
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Michael Palmer
Claremont, California
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Gernot Rehberger
"NUSSCHLAE" = Nußschale = shell of a nut. Meaning : I cross the ocean
in a very
small ship.
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regards Gernot
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> Has anyone heard of the ship "NUSSCHLAE" which my ancestors took
from
I have no idea at present what "Nusschlae" represents, but