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Ship Plato


Hamburg, Germany to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
30 October 1841

Printed and sold by John C. Clark, 60 Dock Street, Philadelphia
[No.8.]
REPORT OR MANIFEST of all the Passengers taken on board the Ship Plato whereof W^m V. Holmes is Captain from Hamburg, burthen 300.92/95 tons, and owned by John Welsh of Philadelphia and bound to Philadelphia.
Columns represent: Passenger number*, names, age, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country of which they intend to become inhabitants.
						
 1   Joseph     Baun       37     male    painter & gilder  Westphalia  Philadelphia
 2   Samuel     Seeling    31     male    merchant          Hanover     Philadelphia
 3   J. C. E.   Brackman   33     male    shoemaker         Frankfurt   Cincinatti
 4*  M. D. E.   Brackman   29     female                                                                     		
 5*  Ernestine  Brackman    8     female      
 6*  Caroline   Brackman    6     female  
 7*  Edward     Brackman    4     male    
 8*  Ann        Brackman    1     female  
 9   Caroline   Hoffman    34     female  
10   Joseph     Richters   26     male    accountant        Prague      Indianapolis
11   Fredrick   Gauer      35     male    oustler           Hanover     Phild^a
12   Michael    Damer      33     male    hatter            Bayorne     Phila^a
13   Fredrick   Peckman    29     male    weaver            Denmark     N. York
14*  Maria      Peckman    24     female                    Denmark     N. York
15*  Caroline   Peckman     3     female                    Denamrk     N. York
16*  Julia      Peckman       3m  female                    Denmark     N. York
17   Charles    Johnson    35     male    seaman            U. States   New Orleans
18*  Ann D.C.   Johnson    27     female                    Meclenburg
19   Fred^k W.  Bock       27     male    architect         Saxony      Phild^a
20   Fred^k W.  Witzgall   21     male    weaver            Saxony      Philad^a   
21   Carl G.    Berile     27     male    baker             Wurtemberg  Reading
22   Peter      Piper      34     male    mason             Hesse       Pittsburg
   

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.

*  Names were transcribed as seen regardless of spelling.
*  Passenger numbers assigned for ease of searches.


 4-8   Bracketed as family of J. C. E. Brackman. 
14-16  Bracketed as family of Fred Peckman.
18     Wife of C. Johnson.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 58.
Transcribed by Harry Green a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
7 September 2009



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