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David Dreyer's Ship List
1896 - 1938
Data extracted from passenger arrival manifests & border crossing records for the ports of
Baltimore, Ellis Island, Galveston, Philadelphia, Canadian ports and Bremen departure records
Last Updated 08 October, 2025

Name

Age

Arrived

Ship

Ports

Destination

State

Village

Comments

Name	Age	Arrived	Ship	Ports	Destination	State	Village	Comments
BAUMSTARK Mathias	42	1 Sep 1897	Muenchen	Bremen/Baltimore	Hebron	ND	Dolatz	Going to cousin. Married.
JAKOB Joseph	30	1 Sep 1897	Muenchen	Bremen/Baltimore	Hebron	ND	Dolatz	Going to his cousin. Married.
BRUCK Jakob	43	15 Sep 1897	Oldenburg	Bremen/Baltimore	Dickinson	ND	Dolatz	Going to brother-in-law. Married.
GRUNDHAUSER Johann	37	22 Sep 1897	Willehad	Bremen/Baltimore	Gladstone	ND	Bakowa	Accompanied by Anna 35, Johann 16, Carl 11, Elisabeth 10, Magdalena 8, Franz 7, Stefan 5, Anna 4 Gerhard 2. Going to brother-in-law Andreas Lohr.
GRIM Franz	57	29 Sep 1897	Muenchen	Bremen/Baltimore	Gladstone	ND	Bakowa	Wife Anna 47, Georg 26, Theresia 24, Franz 21, Anna 18, Maria 16, Johann 12, Elisabeth 7 and Karl 3 months.
GRIMM Pauline	21	29 Sep 1897	Muenchen	Bremen/Baltimore	Gladstone	ND	Bakowa	Accompanied by daughter Maria 11.
BIRK Anna	22	29 Sep 1897	Muenchen	Bremen/Baltimore	Gladstone	ND	Bakowa
PFEIFFER Joseph	18	29 Sep 1897	Muenchen	Bremen/Baltimore	Gladstone	ND	Bakowa
DASSINGER Peter	27	29 Sep 1897	Muenchen	Bremen/Baltimore	Gladstone	ND	Bakowa	Accompanied by wife Sussana 22, Stefan 4, Maria 2 and Susanna 6 months. Going to brother Georg Dassinger.
KNAP Franz	20	29 Sep 1897	Muenchen	Bremen/Baltimore	Gladstone	ND	Bakowa	Going to acquaintance Georg Bassinger.
LUTZ Johann	54	23 March 1898	Muenchen	Bremen/Baltimore	Glen Ullin	ND	Setschan	Accompanied by Margaretha 49 and Margaretha 15. Going to son-in-law Franz Erndt.
CHRISTIAN Karl	52	23 March 1898	Muenchen	Bremen/Baltimore	Glen Ullin	ND	Setschan	Accompanied by Katharina 46, Margaretha 17, Katharine 14, Apolonia and Anton 10. Going to cousin of nephew Johann Erndt.
KOTHRE Nikolaus	28	23 March 1898	Muenchen	Bremen/Baltimore	Glen Ullin	ND	Setschan	Accompanied by Sophia 25, Margaretha 1-1/2 and Stefan 3 months. Going to cousin of nephew Johann Erndt.
KERSCHDORF Stefan	42	23 March 1898	Muenchen	Bremen/Baltimore	Dickinson	ND	Gier	Accompanied by Barbara 36, Heinrich 11 and Franciska 4. Heinrich crossed out and note indicates he died March 22. Going to acquaintance Karl Rome(?).
SCHRIBER Nikolaus	43	15 Apr 1898	Willehad	Bremen/Baltimore	Richardton	ND	Josefsdorf	Accompanied by Margaretha 39, Adam 11. Josef 4, Anton 4 and Anna 2. Going to cousin Peter Scharocs(?).
STREITMATTER Franz	33	15 Apr 1898	Willehad	Bremen/Baltimore	Glen Ullin	ND	Josefsdorf	Going to his brother Adam Streitmatter.
BERWANGER Josef	24	15 Apr 1898	Willehad	Bremen/Baltimore	Gladstone	ND	Josefsdorf	Accompanied by Maryanna 29, Josef 5, Katharina 4 and Maryanna 2-1/2, Going to relative.
DORNSTANDER Mathias	32	15 Apr 1898	Willehad	Bremen/Baltimore	Richardton	ND	Josefsdorf	Accompanied by Katharina 32, Magdalena 6, Nikolaus 4 and Katharina 7 months., Going to sister Michael Ross.
LAUFFER Josef	26	15 Apr 1898	Willehad	Bremen/Baltimore	Glen Ullin	ND	Josefsdorf	Accompanied by Katharina 20 and Katharina 9 months. Going to cousin Johann Reissner. His brother Stefan Lauffer is on the same ship.
STERDOCZ Christina	16	15 Apr 1898	Willehad	Bremen/Baltimore	Glen Ullin	ND	Josefsdorf	Traveling with Josef Sterdocz 19 and Elisabeth Bessa 16. Going to cousin Johann Meissner. Josef has married sister in Gladstone and Brother-in-law.

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Sources:
	1. "Morton-Allan Directory of European passenger Steamship Arrivals", Baltimore, 1987 2. Hungarian Royal Central Statistical Office, "Hungarian Statistical Publications", Vol. 67, p. 47, 1918 3. Regenyi, Isabella and Scherer, Anton, "Donauschwabeabische Ortsnamen Buch", AKdFF, Second corrected edition, Darmstadt, 1987 4. Tepper, Michael, "American Passenger Arrival Records", Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore 1988 5. "Immigrant and Passenger Arrivals". Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications. National Archives Trust Fund Board, Washington DC 1983 6. "A Century of European Migrations 1830-1930, R. J. Vecoli and S, M Sinke, Eds. Univ Ill Press 1991. 7. "Round-Trip To America", M Wyman. Cornell Univ Press 1993
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