
Nieder-Seifersdorf: former laborer Joh. Karl Leischer, Mrs. Joh. Christ. Rahel Bergel.
From unknown districts: gardener Georg Schubert (36), Mrs. Rosina Born and three sons: Mathes (15), Andreas (10), Johann (7);
countrymen Karl August Wilbrick (22) and Heinrich Wilbrich (18).
From Hoyerswerda district.
These emigrants gave America as their destination but since they intended to establish a community with the emigrants from Rothenburg, they might have gone to Texas. The local magistrate reported that they were mostly old Lutherans and that they emigrated because of their religious profession.
Amtsanbau: journeyman weaver August Häntsch.
linen weaver August Häntsch.
Buchwalde: foreman carpenter Mathes Wuckasch with wife and four children;
laborer Joh. Knipper with wife, three children and mother-in-law.
Spreewitz: congregational land half-time farmer Christian Zoch with wife and three children;
servant Johann Schneider with fianceé.
half-time farmer Christian Kolba with wife, two children, father and mother-in-law;
laborer Christian Casper with wife and one son.
Colpen: day worker Patschke with wife and one daughter;
laborer Georg Casper with wife and three children.
laborer Christof Patschke with wife.
Zerre: journeyman cabinetmaker Casparick with wife and five childen;
servant Mathes Lienack.
Seidewinkel: journeyman carpenter Mathes Pauls with wife and two children;
laborer and master tailor Hans Wierick with wife and two children.
Weiss-Colim: laborer Heinrich Kletzke with wife and two children.
Geisslitz: laborer Mathes Prellop with wife and son.
Ruhland: fish merchant Joh. Traugott Lieschke with wife and two children.
Driewitz: gardener's son Joh. Matusch.
| Number of Lutheran Emigrants in 1854 | going to Australia | 33 | going to America | 477 | ___ | Total | 510 |
Old Lutheran Emigration for each year
Total numbers counting both named and unnamed emigrants
| Year | To America | To Australia | Total |
| 1835 | 15 | - | 15 (plus 15 to Russia) |
| 1836 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 1837 | 46 | 28 | 74 |
| 1838 | 25 | 665? | 690? |
| 1839 | 1239 | - | 1239 |
| 1840 | 62 | - | 62 |
| 1841 | 121 | 274 | 395 |
| 1842 | 45 | - | 45 |
| 1843 | 1597 | - | 1600 (plus 3 to Russia) |
| 1844 | 210 | 211 | 421 |
| 1845 | 363 | 191 | 554 |
| 1846 | 673? | 116? | 789? |
| 1847 | 31 | 350? | 381? |
| 1848 | 6 | 83 | 89 |
| 1849 | - | 39 | 39 |
| 1850 | 4 | 33 | 37 |
| 1851 | 7 | 30 | 37 |
| 1852 | 1 | 71 | 72 |
| 1853 | 50 | 14 | 64 |
| 1854 | 477 | 33 | 510 |
| ____ | ____ | ____ | ____ |
| Total | 4977 | 2139 | 7134 including 18 to Russia |
| Province | To America | To Australia | Total |
| Brandenburg | 1839: 91
1841: 7 1843: 537 1844: 157 1845: 79 1846: 253 1847: 5 1848: 1 1850: 4 Total: 1136 |
1838: 386
1841: 111 1844: 59 1846: 9 1847: 61 1852: 15 Total: 725 | 1861 |
| Pomerania |
1837: 45
1839: 570 1841: 92 1842: 45 1843: 1017 1844: 53 1845: 284 1846: 414 1847: 25 1848: 5 1851: 7 1853: 10 Total:2567 | 1837: 25 | 2959 (besides 3, who went from Kammin to Russia |
| Silesia |
1835: 15
1836: 5 1837: 1 1838: 25 1839: 265 1840: 61 1841: 22 1843: 3 1846: 6 1847: 1 1852: 1 1853: 38 1854: 477 Total: 920 |
1836: 1
1837: 3 1838: 40 1841: 83 1844: 113 1845: 84 1846: 7 1847: 35 1848: 69 1849: 2 1851: 1 1854: 18 Total: 456 | 1391 (in 1835 15 people went to Russia) |
| Saxony |
1839: 313
1840: 1 1843: 33 Total: 347 | - | 347 |
| Posen | - |
1838: 239?
1841: 78 1844: 39 1845: 23 1846: 100 1847: 254? 1848: 14 1849: 37 1850: 33 1851: 39 1852: 56? 1853: 14 1854: 15 Total: 931 | 931 |
| Hamburg |
1841: 2
1843: 7 Total: 9 | - | 9 |
| - | - | Grand Total | 7134 |
Table III
Age and Gender of the Emigrants
This Table indicates the vitality of the colonists
vis-a-vis the number of younger to older colonists
| Age Range | Male | Female | Total |
| 0 - 5 | 392 | 319 | 711 |
| 6 - 14 | 475 | 440 | 915 |
| 15 - 25 | 393 | 349 | 742 |
| 26 - 40 | 512 | 383 | 895 |
| 41 - 50 | 293 | 172 | 465 |
| 51 - 60 | 122 | 80 | 202 |
| 61 - 70 | 46 | 43 | 89 |
| over 70 | 12 | 10 | 33 |
| 80 and over | 3 | - | 3 |
| Totals | 2248 | 1796 | 4044 |
| Adult males without indication of age | 402 | ||
| Adult females without indication of age | 584 | ||
| Children without indication of gender or age | 1050 | ||
| Number only known | 971 | ||
| Not identified | 83 | ||
| Total | 7134 | ||
Table IV.
Marital Status of the Emigrants
| No. of Children | Married | Widowed Male or Female | Separated/Divorced Male or Female | Unmarried Females | Total |
| 0 | 148 | 54 | 19 | 125 | 494 |
| 1 | 173 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 591 |
| 2 | 192 | 19 | 4 | - | 837 |
| 3 | 195 | 14 | - | 2 | 1039 |
| 4 | 156 | 10 | 1 | - | 991 |
| 5 | 95 | 1 | - | - | 671 |
| 6 | 73 | 1 | - | - | 591 |
| 7 | 33 | 2 | - | - | 313 |
| 8 | 12 | 1 | - | - | 129 |
| 9 | 5 | - | - | - | 55 |
| 10 | 1 | - | - | - | 12 |
| 11 | 1 | - | - | - | 13 |
| Total by Marital Status | 1084 | 126 | 28 | 135 | - |
| Total No. with Children | 5239 | 303 | 44 | 149 | 5735 |
| Single, adult men | 298 | ||||
| Total number of people whose faith was not determined | 971 | ||||
| Total not identified by name | 140 | ||||
| Total number of people | 7134 | ||||
Table V.
Number of City and County Dwellers who emigrated.
| Year | From the City | From the Country | Total |
| 1835 | 15 | 5 | 20 |
| 1836 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 1837 | 5 | 69 | 74 |
| 1838 | 16 | 674 | 690 |
| 1839 | 343 | 813 | 1156 |
| 1840 | 4 | 58 | 62 |
| 1841 | 41 | 194 | 235 |
| 1842 | - | 45 | 45 |
| 1843 | 88 | 1328 | 1416 |
| 1844 | 49 | 362 | 411 |
| 1845 | 45 | 505 | 550 |
| 1846 | 77 | 494 | 571 |
| 1847 | 7 | 123 | 130 |
| 1848 | 12 | 77 | 89 |
| 1849 | 9 | 30 | 39 |
| 1850 | - | 37 | 37 |
| 1851 | 6 | 31 | 37 |
| 1852 | 4 | 17 | 21 |
| 1853 | - | 64 | 64 |
| 1854 | - | 510 | 510 |
| Total | 725 | 5438 | 6163 |
| Number of people of undetermined origin | 971 | ||
| Total | 7134 | ||
Table VI.
Occupation of the Adult Men among the Emigrants
| Occupational Group | Occupation Breakdown | Total |
| Owners of Property - particularly Land |
72 farmers
6 farm movers 7 old estate owners 13 half-time farmers 3 quarter-time farmers 1 third-time farmer 1 remnant farmer 29 property owners 9 tenant farmers 1 vineyard owner 1 pawnshop owner 9 agronomists 7 public hall owners 38 public, large or small gardeners 3 reservationists 24 threshers 53 stallkeepers 1 half-time stallkeeper 3 half-time smallholders 20 cattoagers 6 coachmen 22 colonists 3 small farmstead owners 71 laborers 7 townsmen and homeowners | 410 |
| Tradesmen |
72 shoemakers
71 tailors 44 weavers 31 blacksmiths 34 cabinetmakers 21 carpenters 19 masons 18 wheelwrights 19 millers 13 clothmakers 9 artistic gardeners 8 bakers 5 locksmiths 5 fishermen 5 coopers 4 each: saddlers and sailors 3 each: bookbinders, brewers, butchers and innkeepers 2 each: ropemakers. potters, brickmakers, slippermakers, tanners, shipbuilders, scribes 1 each: hatmaker, roofer, pot painter, harness maker, bed ticker, sugar refiner, wagonmaster, basketmaker, combmaker, barber, master glazier, mill farmer, metal turner, tobacco spinner, furrier, lathe turner, molding cutter, kiln operator, silver worker, cab driver, sopa boiler. | 431 |
| workers |
57 workmen
103 daily wage earners 43 servants 28 shepherds 4 herdsmen 6 freeholders 3 coachmen 2 house servants 1 each: farm hand, piece worker | 248 |
| Landless dwellers | 67 residents
17 lodgers | 84 |
| Official and Public Professions |
8 pastors & theological candidates
13 teachers and school administrators 20 merchants and dealers 2 each: hunters, soldiers 1 each: tax overseer, river supervisor, toll collector, printshop owner, magistrate, representative, postal assistant, night watchman, royal chamber servant | 54 |
| Total: With this the greatest portion of emigrants is identified by occupation. | 1227 | |
Susan Kriegbaum-Hanks