Transcribed and submitted to TheShipsList by Robert Janmaat, Adelaide, from a variety of sources, cited below.
Return to German Emigrants to South Australia

barque Catharina, 350 tons, Captain Peter Schacht, Hamburg 21st September 1838, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 22nd January 1839

The South Australian Gazette & Colonial Register, Saturday February 2nd, 1839

January 22— The Catharina, Peter Schacht, Master, from Hamburg with 125 German emigrants:—
cargo: 125 water cask, 180 quarter boxes, 1 case cigars, 10 carrels tobacco, 2000 bricks, 1000 staves, 10 packages chairs, 27 boxes wearing apparel, 2 cases glassware, 20 boxes window glass, 1 case looking glasses, 1 cask shoes and boots, 2 bales bagging, 1 box brushes, &c., 1 case stockings , 1 case vermieeln, 2 case maccaroni, 1 cask snecofy, 1 cask ham, 11 cases 5 boxes 13 packages 2 cask 1 bag merchandise, 48 cases 26 crates 30 casks 1 barrel 1 hhd 3 tubs 6 boxes 1 chest 1 iron chest 15 bundles 6 bags 2 bales 88 packages sundries

note.— There are very few surviving original lists of German passengers, so the data below has been compiled from a variety of sources, such as contemporary newspaper(s), internet sources, input from descendants and the South Australian Heraldry Genealogy society, (SAGHS).
I know the list is incomplete and may contain errors, so any feedback with additions or corrections, will be most appreciated. Please contact me using the link above. Regards Robert, Adelaide

additional information: The Catharina / Katharina was a barque of 350 tons, built at Kiel in 1810

note: where maiden name of wife is indicated, it has been included in the given name column within ( ) ; the passenger list comprises three sections arranged alphabetically, i families, ii single men, iii single women & children ; transcriber notes in italics

Sources: State Library South Australia, official passenger lists, mainly of immigrants arriving in South Australia under United Kingdom assisted passage schemes, 1847-1886 GRG 35/48a (formely ACC 313); Sydney Shipping Gazette; South Australian Register; The South Australian Government Gazette; Biographical index SA 1836-1885 (the B-index column indicates individuals who may be found in that index, with corresponding reference number for further research)

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