The family of JSG Hoffmann

'Heinrich' 1856 - Hamburg to Port Adelaide to Melbourne

barque Heinrich, 300 tons, Captain C. Spieler, from Hamburg 28th May 1856, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 18th September 1856 ... departed Adelaide 29th September, arrived Melbourne 8th October 1856

The South Australian Register, Friday September 19th 1856:? Thursday September 18 ? The barque Heinrich, 300 tons C. Spieler, Master, from Hamburg, May 28th. .....Miscellaneous section same day, the following, the barque Heinrich, from Hamburg, has made a passage of 109 days. Her cargo, except for four packages, is entirely for Melbourne. The passengers numbering 111 souls, will disembark here. ... those passengers below, with a * notation in the remarks column, were known to have arrived in Melbourne ...

The Melbourne Age, Thursday October 9th 1856:? Arrival: October 8th, Heinrich, the Hamburg barque, 280 tons, from Hamburg via Adelaide 29th ult. Passengers: Cabin, Messrs. C.S. Brooke ; Plumbeck ; P. Tessen ; Shwennesen, and 12 in the steerage.

An index from the State Library South Australia (SLSA) shows that 111 German migrants should have been on the Heinrich, I have been able to find 113 as listed below. ? Regards Robert.

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