The passenger list for the Galliot Maria and Adriana was sworn to on the 7th of September 1840, by H.L. Baithen, ship's master. A galliot is a small, ocean-going sailing ship. Thus the Maria and Adriana only carried 75 passenger on its 1840 voyage. Of these, the first fourteen passengers listed on the manifest were members of the Merlau family. They are:
| Christoph Merlau | 45 years |
| Elizabeth B. do | 40 years |
| Dorothea do | 17 years |
| Margaretha do | 15 years |
| Catharina do | 10 years |
| Sophia do | 8 years |
| Elizabeth do | 5 years |
| Christoph do | 10 months |
| Philip do | 34 years |
| Christina do | 30 years |
| Magdalena do | 10 years |
| Carl do | 8 years |
| Dorothea do | 1 year, 3 months |
| Carl Merlau | 31 years |
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