The bark "Maria Magdelena" carried 369 tons and one hundred and forty seven passengers under the direction of Captain D. Smit. The following letter from passenger J.C. van Niel informs us about part of that voyage.
On March 29, 1848, we sailed from Rotterdam to Hellevoetsluis where we waited for favorable winds which came on the 25th. Father Heinige from Amsterdam left us in the morning and by mid-afternoon we took off for the deep sea. Then followed the never-forgotten song led by the Gerrits and Lochmans, "Farewell to all of you for today we have to say goodbye." Everyone seened to join into the song even those in a mood of sadness and comtemplation.
One day the bureau of Miss Lochman was placed in back of the ship and Father van den Broek used it for an altar for daily Mass. In stormy weather he gave jan Wigman permission to hold the chalice. Every evening all joined in the rosary and sang the "Salve Regina" before retiring. One of the families, a man an a woman and their two year old son, cried and complained so bitterly that the captain felt compelled to give them one of the life boats to return after two days at sea. No one knows wether they made it back safely or not.
From New York we took a steamboat to Albany and from Albany to Buffaloon a canal boat. In Buffalo, father van den broek quarrelled with the captain who wanted a second payment to continue onward. We travelled on to mackinac and from there we transferred to little ships to Green bay. From there we traveled up the Fox River to Little Chute where we arrived on June 10, 1848, after a sojourn of eighty-three days.
| Number | Name | Age | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Arend Sanders | 41 | Farmer |
| 2. | Cornelis Sanders | 7 | |
| 3. | Steven Sanders | 25 | |
| 4. | Jan Sanders | 4 | |
| 5. | Constantine Hamers | 35 | School Teacher |
| 6. | Gertruda Arnold | 39 | |
| 7. | Jeanette Hamers | 8 | |
| 8. | Constant(male) Hamers | 6 | |
| 9. | Petronella Hamers | 4 | |
| 10. | Anna Hamers | 2 | |
| 11. | Jan Sanders | 44 | Farmer |
| 12. | Helena Sanders | 40 | |
| Cornelia Sanders | 9 months | ||
| 13. | Johan Sanders | 14 | |
| 14. | Hendrik Sanders | 13 | |
| 15. | Willem Speel | 12 | |
| 16. | Martinus Speel | 4 | |
| 17. | Michiel Speel | 51 | Farmer |
| 18. | Jacoba Speel | 42 | |
| 19. | Maria Speel | 11 | |
| 20. | Klasina Speel | 10 | |
| 21. | Frederik Speel | 9 | |
| 22. | Peter Speel | 8 | |
| 23. | Cornelis Giesbers | 22 | Farmer |
| 24. | Johannes Giesbers | 17 | |
| 25. | Antoinette Maassen | 53 | |
| 26. | Cornelia Giesbers | 10 | |
| 27. | Martin Kempen | 27 | Shoe Maker |
| 28. | Adriaan Van Rooy | 40 | Farmer |
| 29. | M. v.d. Heuvel | 25 | Carpenter |
| 30. | Anthony Rothof | 38 | Smith (blacksmith) |
| 31. | Reinier Simons | 58 | Farmer |
| 32. | Willem Simons | 17 | |
| 33. | Gerard Simons | 15 | |
| 34. | Johanna Simons | 13 | |
| 35. | Jacobus Ermes | 45 | Farmer |
| 36. | Cathatina Gerrits | 45 | Farmer |
| 37. | Martinus Gerrits | 27 | Farmer |
| 38. | Gertruda Gerrits | 21 | |
| Catharina Gerrits | 9 months | ||
| 39. | Jan Adriaans | 34 | Carpenter |
| 40. | Jan Snelders | 60 | Carpenter |
| 41. | Jan Opgang | 27 | Carpenter |
| 42. | Geertje Roovers | 27 | |
| 43. | Guurtje Opgang | 4 | |
| 44. | Cornelis Hink | 31 | Farmer |
| 45. | Tryntje Roovers | 30 | |
| 46. | Fredrik Hink | 7 | |
| 47. | Jacob Glas | 25 | |
| 48. | Guurtje Hink | 4 | |
| 49. | Tryntje Hink | 2 | |
| 50. | Hendrik Derks | 40 | Farmer |
| Gerardus Derks | 9 months | ||
| 51. | Hendrina Boom kemp | 27 | |
| 52. | Louis (van de) Wys(t) | 38 | Farmer |
| 53. | Willem van (Land)? | 33 | Carpenter |
| 54. | Theodorus Willemsen | 32 | Farmer |
| 55. | Wilhelmina Boomkamp | 38 | |
| 56. | Jan Willemsen | 9 | |
| 57. | Maria Willemsen | 7 | |
| 58. | Gerard Willemsen | 5 | |
| 59. | Hendrik Willemsen | 3 | |
| 60. | Helena Willemsen | 1 | |
| 61. | -- Jansen | 40? | Farmer |
| 62. | (female) Boonkamp | 26 | |
| 63. | Catharina Jansen | ? | |
| 64. | Johannes (or) Johanna Jansen | 42 | |
| 65. | Jan Jansen | 4 | |
| 66. | Michiel Jansen | 1 | |
| 67. | Johanna M. Diels | 5 | |
| 68. | Willem Diels | 30 | Farmer |
| 69. | Gertruda Diels | 27 | |
| 70. | Hendrina Takken | 30 | |
| 71. | Lammenus Hoorneman | 33 | Carpenter |
| 72. | Jacobus Broersen? | 35 | Carpenter |
| 73. | Martinuns Gerrits | 25 | Farmer |
| 74. | Herman Frans | 25 | Carpenter |
| 75. | Jan Gerrits | 55 | Farmer |
| 76. | A.M. (female) Kremers | 68 | |
| 77. | Elizabeth Giesbers | 22 | |
| 78. | Petronella Giesbers | 15 | |
| 79. | Peter Kremers | 70 | Farmer |
| 80. | Marianus Lenskens | 17 | |
| 81. | Johannes Van Oyen | 20 | Farmer |
| 82. | Joannes Giesbers | 55 | Carpenter |
| 83. | Jacomyn(f.)Vogelzang | 55 | |
| 84. | Willem Raap? | 25 | Farmer |
| 85. | Arnoldus Mientjes | 26 | Farmer |
| 86. | Jan Tooni | 34 | Farmer |
| 87. | Elisabeth Gerrits | 25 | |
| 88. | Antoon Klaassen | 26 | Carpenter |
| 89. | Maria Mulders | 25 | |
| 90. | Jacob Dicks | 56 | Farmer |
| 91. | Hendrik Pipliehuizen | 45 | Farmer |
| 92. | Herman Van den Heuvel | 26 | Farmer |
| 93. | Hendrik Hermans | 30 | Farmer |
| 94. | Hendrik Van den Heuvel | 26 | Farmer |
| 95. | Frans Pesch | 31 | Farmer |
| 96. | Martinus Van Doren | 22 | Farmer |
| 97. | Maria Koenen | 18 | |
| 98. | Hendrika Koenen | 9 | |
| 99. | Hendricus VAn Kampen | 36 | Farmer |
| 100. | Jan Bloemers | 23 | Farmer |
| 101. | Johannes Koenen | 14 | |
| 102. | Martinus Koenen | 7 | |
| 103. | Jacobus Koenen | 41 | Farmer |
| 104. | Cornelia Jacobs | 45 | |
| 105. | Gerardus Koenen | 5 | |
| 106. | Theodorus Koenen | 16 | |
| 107. | Theodorus Kersten | 26 | Carpenter |
| 108. | Wilhelm Jansen | 5 | |
| 109. | Theodorus Jansen | 31 | Carpenter |
| 110. | Elisabeth Van Akkeren | 34 | |
| 111. | Jan Jansen | 9 months | |
| 112. | Leonard Ruisch | 26 | Farmer |
| 113. | Jacobus Kersten | 25 | Farmer |
| 114. | Gerard Siebers | 35 | Farmer |
| 115. | Willem Van der Zand? | 35 | Farmer |
| 116. | Pieter Boots | 35 | Taylor |
| 117. | M.(male) v. Neuwenhuizen | 33 | Taylor |
| 118. | J.(male) v.d. Mosselaar | 31 | Painter |
| 119. | Hien Baas | 17 | Shoe Maker |
| 120. | Cornelis Baas | 13 | Shoe Maker |
| 121. | Jacobus Appelman | 30 | Farmer |
| 122. | Geertje Botman(female) | 41 | |
| 123. | Betje Appelman | 3 | |
| 124. | E. Rekman | 21 | Taylor |
| 125. | S.B. Bos or Ros? | 43 | Farmer |
| 126. | F.J.Doesburg | 28 | Farmer |
| 127. | B.(male) Gasseling | 28 | Baker |
| 128. | R.B. Degens | 27 | Taylor |
| 129. | Wilhelmina Van Muyden | 28 | |
| Elisabeth Degens | 9 months | ||
| 130. | Catharina Baas | 23 | |
| 131. | Martha Lochmans | 28 | Taylor |
| 132. | Theodorus Lochmans | 34 | Taylor |
| 133. | Johanna M. Lochmans | 24 | Taylor |
| 134. | August Lochmans | 21 | Carpenter |
| 135. | j.H.(male) Lochmans | 23 | Baker |
| 136. | Petrus Bongenaar | 26 | Farmer |
| 137. | J.C. Van Niel | 25 | Farmer |
| 138. | H. (male) Rioche | 23 | Watch Maker |
| 139. | Father Theodore van den Broek | 44 | Priest |
| 140. | -- Outmine | 30 | Priest? |
| 141. | -- Smit | Captain | |
| 142. | -- Wigman | ||
| 143. | (not clear) |