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

barque Johann Caesar, 400 tons, Captain H.A.G. Möller, from Hamburg 5th October 1854, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 1st January 1855

The South Australian Register, Tuesday January 2nd 1855:—
Arrival: Monday January 1st, the barque Johann Caesar, 400 tons, Moller, Master from Hamburg the 9th October 1854.
Passengers:— F.W.A. Bock, Johannes Harges, Maria Ahrens, and Emele Schoneberg in the cabin.......
An index from the State Library South Australia (SLSA) shows that 268 German migrants should have been on the Johann Caesar, I have been able to find 269 as listed below.— Regards Robert.

The Argus, Monday January 8th 1855
Arrival of the Johan Caesar — After a passage of eighty-four days from Hamburg, this fast-sailing vessel anchored off the lightship yesterday. She has brought out two hunderd and fifty four Germans and Prussian immigrants, which consisted chiefly of mechanics and labourers with their families. During the voyage there were four deaths and one birth.

The Hamburg bark JOHANN CESAR was built at Reiherstieg, Hamburg, by Johann Cesar Godeffroy & Sohn, Hamburg, for their own account, in 1852 ; Bielbrief [certificate of registry] 3 September 1852. 182 Commerzlasten / 390 tons; 37,9 x 8,1 x 5,12 meters (length x beam x depth of hold). In 1867, the JOHANN CESAR was acquired from Goddefroy by her then master, H. D. A. Brück, but was re-acquired by Godeffroy in 1872.

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

BFH Burra family history http://www.burrahistory.info/BurraResearch.htm

NAA http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/ResearcherScreen.asp

GMI http://graememoad.com/Family/WC_IDX/SUR.HTM

BBI Brandenberg Index from Ancestry

note: where maiden name of wife is indicated, it has been included in the given name column within ( )

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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