Swiss Germans, on Ship April, New Castle, Delaware, 1817

[[JAMES FREED]]

The current issue of "The Palatine Immigrant" (Vol XVIII, No. 2), March
1993, on pages 76-91, contains fascinating and heretofore unpublished
information on the illfated Dutch Ship, April, that arrived in
New Castle, Delaware, USA, June 1817. Briefly, 400 of its 1000
passengers died of typus before the ship left Dutch territory on the
island of Texel in the North Sea and subsequently 70 more died on
the transatlantic passage. The ship arrived with "600-700 Swiss
and Palatine emigrants" In 1991, Jan Alberts of Krommenie, The
Netherlands (whose wife is a descendant of the ship's captain Dirk
Cornelis De Groot) received an unsolicited letter from Werner
Fasolin, a teacher in the Swiss village of Wo"lflinswil, in
the Canton of Aargau in the north of Switzerland. Fasolin had
found a list of 640 Wo"lflinswil passengers that boarded the
ship at Texel. This specific article in "The Palatine Immigrant"
was submitted by Dr. Robert P. Swierenga, Professor of History,
Kent State University (Kent, OH USA) and to him we owe our gratitude
for this list.
The list has names written in French; e.g., Johan is "Jean" and
Jacob is "Jacques". It is not known how many of the fammilies
on the list actually survived the trip. What I've provided below
is a list of the surnames; the first name of the "husband", his age,
and number of family members are also given in the publication.
Many names are repeated and I've tried to include all examples, although
the list is NOT alphabetized.

Herein is the list:
Marki Salm Frei Hofer Schaffner Meyer
Roth Senn Leutweiler Wohlleb Pauli
Weber Kleiner Hu"sermann Ha"rdi Wildi
Lu"scher Urech Marti Keiser Lohmann Mu"ller
Suter Sutter Blassner Heller Ba"chli Hirth
Weidler Kock Irniger Butter Oeschedr Steinacher
Obrist Schaub Baldinger Seser Ru"ttimann Stro"bel
Hartmeyer Brutschi Lauba Bu"rgin Stalder Itel
Steinhauer Wink Shuurer Schmied Maruer Kneubu"hler
Imholz Stalder Staubli Oberst Schneider Baumgartner
Burgin Keisler Burgin Wartlin Raymann Kern
Weisler Weyer Sturm Biedermann Bader Mohr
Rubin Hensler Hassld Bendelin Frey Lauber
Albitz Gulter Phomann Krausin Ba"sserlin Steiner
Wittmann Bruderly Broker Hoffmann Herzog Wonderly
Ernig Hauser Fliegauf Debacher Schlager Erb
Francoisse Lauber Rufli Clerc Heitzelmann Buninger
Herzog Mahrer Hotsch Schmied Barholzer Lenzi
Vischler Gunter Kuster Kim (Kym) Krugi Boni
Dietweiler Herzog Schmiedt Fliegauf Siechli Fricker
Gasser Waldmeyer ...acher Hitz
[Corrections on the above: Oeschedr should be Oescher
Maruer should be Maurer
may have missed SCHIB
If any of the names above and the time of arrival (June 1817) are of
interest to Roots-L and Soc.Roots readers and wish first name, age,
and # of family members, give me a person email (jmf...@cc.owu.edu)
by Friday, April 2. I will not be duplicating the article, and will not
be repeating the documentation in reply to any questions, so be sure to
save the documentation above, if interested in this ship's passenger list.
In addition, those who wish the entire list may call to the Palatines
To America organizaiton in Columbus, OH USA (614-236-8281) (8:30-12:30 p.m.,
eastern time, M-F) or write to Palatines to America, Capital University
Box 101, Columbus, OH 43209-2394. (That's Box 101 at Capital U, so be
sure to have the BOx # on the same line with Capital U.)
Jim Freed, Delaware, OH
jmf...@cc.owu.edu