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                                        last updated: September 28, 2000

Passengers On Board the "Silvanus Jenkins"
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- Sailed from Antwerp, Belgium, May 25, 1845

- Arrived in New York, USA, July 3/4, 1845

The following is an excerpt from a journal kept by Johann Weyker, 
a Luxembourg farmer who settled in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, is 
representative of the immigrant experience:

"In the year 1845, I, Johann Weyker, a native of Oberpallen, bade 
farewell to Germany, i.e. the village of Sterpenich in the Province 
of Luxembourg and county of Arlon together with my family made up of 
my wife and four children, and we came hither to America.  We left 
home on May 15th of that year and went aboard ship in Antwerp, 
whence we left on May 25th.  The sea voyage took us 40 days and we 
landed happily in New York on July 4th. The fare cost 75 franks per 
person. And from New York to Milwaukee we travelled in a fortnight 
using steamer and railroad. The fare was 12 dollars per person. In 
Milwaukee we stayed up to four weeks. And each day we went out to 
have a look at the land, and finally we discovered this beautiful 
country near Port Washington. It deemed us most proper and so we 
bought land from Congress for 10 shillings per acre. That year we 
were indeed the first settlers in the area around Port Washington. 
And in the fall of the year following we numbered already 60 German 
families. My implements in these early days were a few tools, some 
pieces of furniture like a stove, etc. and they cost me $160; add to 
this 6 cows for $14-15 a piece, a team of oxen for $50, a chariot for 
$58 and victuals to start with for $150."

The Weyker family, who arrived in New York aboard the ship 
Silvanus Jenkins along with fifteen other families, were among 
the first Luxembourg settlers of Ozaukee County, Wisconsin. 
All of the families were from villages along the new border 
between Luxembourg and Belgium and from the Belgian province of 
Luxembourg, which had been part of Luxembourg until six 
years prior to the Weyker emigration. Whatever their professions 
in the old country - the majority were Tagelöhner, "day laborers" - 
nearly all immigrants became farmers upon their arrival in America.     

   http://www.eskimo.com/~lisanne/ney/auswand.htm

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Name of Passenger    Age  Origin                            Passenger No

AGNES, Everhard       25  Folschette                      tailor     162

AGNES, Henri          34  Folschette (with family of 2)   smith      107

AGNES, Nicholas       54  Folschette (with family of 3)   tailor     163

BERRIN, Henri         33  Redange (with wife, A-Cath.)    smith       51	

BIRTZ, Pierre         36  Brouch (with family of 6)       tailor     127

BOUREN, Bartholomé    34  Schwiedelbrouch (with fa. of 3) farmer     138

BOURTON, Jean         33  Turpange (with family of 3)     weaver      79

DEHECK, Etienne       43  Wahl (with family of 4)         farmer      59

DIFFERDING, Francois  28  Sterpenich                      farmer      23

DORENBACH, Georges    48  Autelbas (with family of 8)     farmer     184

ERPELDINGE, Pierre    25  Roodt                           lockmaker  137

FABER, André          26  Baschleiden (with family of 3)  farmer      69

FABER, Nicholas       56  Baschleiden (with family of 4)  farmer      64

FEIEREISEN, Theodore  37  Sterpenich (with family of 5)   carpenter   53

FELTEN, Jean-Baptiste 22  Clemency                        shoemaker  160

FLAMMANG, Jean        23  Septfontaines                   weaver      25

FRANCK, Dominique     25  Grosbous                        farmer     202

FRANCK, Pierre        52  Grosbous (with family of 5)     farmer     196

GAUL, Pierre          20  Pratz                           farmer      21

GEIB, Jean            21  Harlange                        farmer     214

HAUPERICHT, Mathias   29  Koperperich (with family of 2)  carpenter  167

HEMMER, Nicolas       36  Niederkorn (with family of 4)   farmer     118

HOELTGEN, Peter       46  Fingig                          farmer     205

HOLZ, Michel          40  Bauschleiden                    farmer     161

KARLS, Michel         24  Warnach                         cooper     193

KIEFFER, Pierre       29  Niederkorn (with family of 3)   farmer     123

KIRCH, Jean           51  Turpange (with family of 8)     farmer      11

KIRCH, Michel         37  Turpange (with family of 6)     weaver       4

KOERPERICH, Jean      38  Autelhaut (with family of 3)    farmer     103

KRIER, Pierre         58  Eischen (with family of 8)      farmer     148

LINCK, Theodor        28  Niederfeulen (with wife Cath.)  farmer     194

LINK, Jean            27  Oberfeulen                      farmer      36

MAMER, Nicholas       26  Septfontaines                   weaver      32

MASSONNET, Jos.       30  Harlange                        farmer     212

PAULY, Jean-Baptiste  60  Lannen (with family of 3)       farmer      99

PAULY, Jean=Pierre    24  Lannen                          farmer      24

PAULY, Nicolas        28  Redange                         farmer      97

PAULY, Pierre         29  Redange                         wagoner     98

PESCHET, Pierre       28  Clemency (with sister Marg.)    farmer     210

PESCHON, Pierre       31  Folschette (with family of 2)   shoemaker    1

PLETSCHETTE, Pierre   40  Grosbous (with family of 4)     farmer      37

PONCELET, Joseph      34  Battincourt (with family of 4)  farmer      82

SCHANDEL, Nicolas     23  Schwiedelbrouch                 tailer     157

SCHANTZEN, ?          37  Senningen (with family of 7)    paper-man  110

SCHMITZ, Henri        25  Autelbas                        farmer     203

SCHMITZ, Nicolas      18  Harlange                        joiner     213

SCHULLER, Christophe  21  Lux                                         27

SCHVINNEN, Jean       33  Clemency                        farmer     203

SINNER, Guillaume     38  Grosbous (with family of 5)     farmer     170

SIRIUS, Henri         50  Burtonville (with family of 2)  farmer     134

STREVELER, Nicholas   30  Harlange (with family of 2)     farmer      94

STREVELER ('-bele'), Jean  35 Harlange (with family of 5) tailor      88

TRAUFFLER, Michel     48  Buschrodt (with family of 5)    blacksmith 142

WAGNER, Jean          46  Schoenfels (with family of 7)   farmer     176

WATRY, Jean-Pierre    32  Selange (with family of 2)      farmer      48

WEILAND, Dominique    28  Barnich                         farmer      22

WEILAND, Jean         26  Sterpenich                      carpenter   20

WELTER, Nicolas       24  Oberfeulen                      farmer      26

WEYKER, Jean          40  Oberpallen (with family of 5)   farmer      73

WOLFF, Dominique      55  Selange (with family of 4)      farmer      42

ZIMMER, Etienne       37  Post (with family of 2)         smith       33
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Below is a complete passenger list of the Silvanus Jenkins:
http://istg.rootsweb.com/v3/1800v3/silvanusjenkins18450703.html
It lists :
Pierre Pletschette 40, farmer, Grosbous to Wisconsin - 5 total
Wife: Marie - 33
Son Jean I - 11
Son Jean II - 2yrs-3mos
Daughter Maria 8mos.

Talk about using the same names over and over!
Carol
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