Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild
Ship Plato
Hamburg via Cuxhaven, Germany to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
8 July 1836
This was a two page manifest with no printed introductory paragraphs. The first page was for passengers boarded at Cuxhaven, Germany and is in a very unusual format. The second page is for passengers that boarded at Hamburg, and the format is typical.
Heading for the first page reads: Copy of the List of Steerage passengers on board the Ship Plato from Cuxhaven.
Page 1 Columns represent: passenger number*, names, occupations, male, female, children: 8 to 12, 4 to 8, 1 to 4, under 1, total number of children, country from which they came, age of males, age of females.
1 & 2 Melchior Block farmer 1 1 - - - - 2 Cappegiesel 25 22
3 Andreas Posamm farmer 1 - - - - - 1 Untesinbach 30 -
4 - 6 Franz Ebert farmer 1 1 - - - 1 3 Oberrother 24 24
7 - 9 Tobias Aut mason 1 1 - - 1 - 3 Schutzehausen 25 26
10 - 13 George Muller mason 1 1 - 1 - 1 4 Salergieser 38 37
14 & 15 Ausbornn Doberlin carpenter 1 1 - - - - 2 Kleinlitter 25 25
16* Franz Ackerman carpenter 1 - - - - - 1 Grossenluder 26 -
17 Lud Gerbig mason 1 - - - - - 1 Oberdeibach 31 -
18 - 20 Joh Payer farmer 1 1 1 - - - 3 Sust 30 30
21 & 22 Cehil Schneider weaver 2 - - - - - 2 Giesel 23 -
23 - 30 Adam Schafer farmer 3 2 2 1 - - 8 Istergiesel 40,17,16 38 2 sons
31 & 32 Heinr Bischoff farmer 1 1 - - - - 2 Istergiesel 25 19
33 & 34 Barbara Bischoff - - 1 1 - - - 2 Istergiesel 36 -
35 - 37 Valentin Grosch mason 1 1 - - 1 - 3 Istergiesel 34 32
38 & 39 Joh^s Wehner farmer 1 1 - - - - 2 Kattherberge 30 30
40 Johann Adam Gadderman farmer 1 - - - - - 1 Fulda 36 -
41 & 42 Johann Mullers farmer 1 1 - - - - 2 Istergiesel 36 35
43 & 44 Constantin Schiel farmer 1 1 - - - - 2 Istergiesel 25 23
45 & 46 Joh Scheibelhof farmer 1 - 1 son - - 2 Unterbirnbach 37 -
47 Joh Schenk mason 1 - - - - - 1 Unterbirnbach 29 -
48 & 49 Michael Muller mason 1 1 - - - - 2 Bashingen 33 30
50 - 54 C F Tahr mason 3 2 - - - - 5 Schmolln 49 50
55 & 56 Melchior Schubert mason 1 1 - - - - 2 Schmolln 34 27
57 G Bauschenbach mason 1 - - - - - 1 Borgisheim 33 -
58 G Katsch mason 1 - - - - - 1 Thonhausen 25 -
59 & 60 Gottfried Abraham Dornberg mason 2 - - - - - 2 Groter 24,25 -
61 Carl Muller watch maker 1 - - - - - 1 Schonber 36 -
62 & 63 Fet Patz watch maker 1 - - - - - 1 Lauschen 21 -
64 & 65 Jacob Muller farmer 1 1 - - - - 2 Kuis Soest 26 28
66 Joh Sieghard beer brewer 1 - - - - - 1 Stateschvorach 39 -
67 Joh Kramer farmer 1 - - - - - 1 Diengfeld 36 -
68 - 74 Conrad Weber mason 1 3 1 1 - 1 7 Geiselbeine 35 20,31,58
2 others & wife's sisters
TOTALS 37 23 5 3 2 3 74
List of Passengers from Hamburg in the Ship Plato.
Columns represent: Passenger number*, Names, where from, occupation, sex, age, country they intend to reside*, remarks.
75 C. C. A. Witting Berlin chemist male 25 cabin passenger
76 C. J. S. Weiner Berlin Doctor ???? male 30 cabin passenger
77 A. Beckers Berlin engineer male 20 cabin passenger
78 J. G. Kinger Hamburg school master male 32 steerage passenger, 4 boxes, 1 bag
79 Geo Schnieder Hamburg baker male 28 steerage passenger, 1 package
80 E Lutz miller male 24 steerage passenger, 1 package ?
81 F. Garberding farmer male 30 steerage passenger, 1 box, 1 packages
82 N. Thee millwright male 35 steerage passenger, 1 box, 1 bag, 2 packages
83 A. Knutzer trader male 30 steerage passenger,
84 C. Steinfeld farmer male 28 steerage passenger, 1 bag, bedding
85 W. Lehman butcher male 30 steerage passenger, 2 packages & bedding
86 A. Friedman watchmaker male 28 steerage passenger, 1 package & bedding
87 L. Sachs linendrapes male 31 steerage passenger, 1 bask
88 A. Amberg farmer male 30 steerage passenger, 1 bask.
89 M. Wiss tradesman male 28 steerage passenger, 1 package
90 Adolph Kall tradesman male 31 steerage passenger, 1 box, 1 trunk,1 bag & bedding
Transcriber's Notes:
* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not
the transcriber, or is used to call your attention to additional information
in the transcriber's notes.
? Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined due to the
condition of the manifest or handwriting of the original recorder.
^ A ^ followed by a letter indicates that the letter was superscripted.
* Passenger numbers assigned by transcriber for ease of reference.
* All passengers intended to reside in the United States so this column is not shown.
16 Grossenluder is spelled with u Umlaut.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 51.
Transcribed by Harry Green,
and Ines Mannhardt
members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
26 March 2009
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