The Reichart Family History

From the ships log Ronennais

District of New Orleans Port of New Orleans, I Lemethais do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the following List or Manifest Passengers subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs for the Duties ___________ contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the Passengers received on board the Ship Ronennais where of I am Master from Havre and that eight of them died during the passage.

Sworn to The 24th. January 1852 ___________________ before me A. Lemethais is Master, from Havre burthen 819 89/95 Tons.

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The Ronennais was a sailing Vessel. There were 325 passengers aboard, infants are not listed (Infant under two years of age) it is not known if the 325 include them or not. At least seven of those who died in passage were children. Of the three pages received from the log the oldest passenger was age forty-six.

No. Name Age Sex Country from which coming Country to which going Occupation Died in Passage
166 Ratz, Johannis 28 M Switzerland New Orleans Farmer
167 Ratz, Catharine 19 F Switzerland New Orleans
168 Ott, Melchior 27 M Switzerland New Orleans Farmer
169 Ott, Catharine 39 F Switzerland New Orleans
170 Abbuehl, Kaspar 16 M Switzerland New Orleans
171 Abbuehl, Margaritha 10 F Switzerland New Orleans
172 Henry 6 M Switzerland New Orleans

The Henry above-- his age is the same as a boy we have been calling John Ott.

Infants not listed for The Ott-Abbuehl Family-

Anna Ott (on another record it appears that she may have been six weeks old) Later became Mrs.Anton Reichart.
Melchior Ott Jr., age two years.

Margaret Ratz (daughter of John and Catharine Ratz) about 14 months old. Later became Mrs. John Saaler, upon his death she became Mrs. Samuel Leu.

Another document that Floyd Ratz obtained from Switzerland says that they left Guttannen on October 25, 1851.