Matches and possible matches made by Brian J. Smith:

Catherine Kieffer, born 10-Oct-1819 in Soufflenheim, daughter of Jean Kieffer and his first wife, Marie Catharina Messner
John Nuwer ("Johannes Ruber" on the list), born 28-Dec-1819 in Soufflenheim, husband of Catherine Kieffer

 

Ship: Oneida, 1843

Ship Name: Oneida
Port of Departure: Havre
Port of Arrival: New York
Arrival Date: 20-Sep-1843
National Archives Series No.: M237
Microfilm Number: 53

For more about the ship Oneida, refer to the "Palmer List of Merchant Vessels" by Michael Palmer at www.geocities.com/mppraetorius/com-on.htm#oneida1841.

These are some of the passengers:

 

Family # Name Age Country
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30130654 Hass, Johannes 15 Germany
...
30130663 Sichel, Hamm 21 Germany

30130664 Geiger, Jacob 37 France
30130664 Geiger, Elisabeth 33 France
30130664 Geiger, Friedrich 9 France
30130664 Geiger, Christian 6 France
30130664 Geiger, Anna 4 France

30130665 Kaufmann, Carl 38 Germany

30130666 Fridolin, Regina 29 Germany

30130667 Koerner, Adam 34 Germany

30130668 Ringman, Wilhelm 20 Germany

30130669 Fulian, Pierre 71 France

30130670 Benaille, Bazile 48 France (male)

30130671 Singer, Barbara 60 Germany
30130671 Singer, Barbara 22 Germany
30130671 Singer, Jean 28 Germany
30130671 Singer, Maria 20 Germany

30130672 Kieffer, Jean 59 France
30130672 Kieffer, Barbara 59 France
30130672 Kieffer, Lorenz 32 France

30130673 Schmutz, Catharina 24 France

30130674 Kieffer, Alexander 28 France
30130674 Kieffer, Catharine 24 France

30130675 Ruber, Johannes 24 France

30130676 Messner, Theresia 17 France

30130677 Thomas, Aloys 16 France

30130678 Kieffer, Edward 32 France

30130679 Stelch, Maria 34 France

30130680 Wagner, Celestine 22 Germany
30130680 Wagner, Emile 8 Germany

30130681 Chapell, Margaret 46 Germany
30130681 Chapell, John 40 Germany

30130682 Lang, Nicolas 41 Germany

30130683 Scheffler, Albert 34 Germany

30130684 Freitag, Joseph 40 Germany

 

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ONEIDA (1841)

The U.S. ship ONEIDA was built at New York by Jacob A. Westervelt & William Mackey in 1841, for the Second Line of sailing packets between New York and Havre. 791 tons; 154 feet 6 inches x 34 feet x 22 feet 3 inches (length x beam x depth of hold). During her service with the Havre Second Line, her westbound passages averaged 38 days, her shortest passage being 28 days, her longest 59 days. She was wrecked near the Island of Guernsey, in the English Channel, 19 December 1849,

Sources: Robert Greenhalgh Albion, Square-riggers on Schedule; The New York Sailing Packets to England, France, and the Cotton Ports (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1938), pp. 286-287; Carl C. Cutler, Queens of the Western Ocean; The Story of America's Mail and Passenger Sailing Lines (Annapolis: United States Naval Institute, c1961), p. 395.