Ship Plato
I, W. V. Holmes do solemnly sincerely & truly, swear that the following List or Manifest of Passengers subscribed with my name and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs for the District of Philadelphia contains to the best of my knowledge & belief a just & true account of all the Passengers received on board the Ship Plato whereof I am master at the time of her sailing from the Port of Rotterdam
Sworn to before me this Seventh day of July 1842
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Ship Plato of Philadelphia whereof W. V. Holmes is Master bound from Rotterdam for Philadelphia, burthen 300 tons & 92/95.
Columns represent: Passenger number*, Names, age*, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, country they intend to reside in*, died on the voyage.
1 P Koetz 28 male shoe maker Dukedom of Hessia
2 Elisabeth Koetz 28 female shoe maker Dukedom of Hessia
3 Andreas Koetz 1 male shoe maker Dukedom of Hessia
4 Joh Kramer 31 male taylor Dukedom of Hessia
5 Jacon Neuman 49 male soupmaker Kingdom of Prussia
6 Agatha Neuman 51 female soupmaker Kingdom of Prussia
7 Emmerick Neuman 19 male soupmaker Kingdom of Prussia
8 Peter J. Neuman 9 male soupmaker Kingdom of Prussia died June 27^th, 1842
9 Stephan Becker 27 male soupmaker Kingdom of Prussia
10 Nick^s Kniess 33 male farmer Kingdom of Prussia
11 Anna M. Kniess 37 female farmer Kingdom of Prussia
12 Franz Kniess 6 male farmer Kingdom of Prussia
13 Peter Kniess 24 male farmer Kingdom of Prussia
14 Christina Goebers 24 female farmer Kingdom of Prussia
15 P. K. Gottsacker 24 male gardener Kingdom of Prussia
16 Cath Dietz 23 female Hessia
17 W^m Schomps 32 male baker Hessia
18 Franciska Schomps 31 female baker Hessia
19 Elisabeth Schomps 6 male baker Hessia
20 Aplonia Schomps 5 female baker Hessia
21 Maria Schomps 2 female baker Hessia
22 Joh Tuckhaupt 27 male weaver Hessia died June 18^th
23 Nat^in Klippel 38 male farmer Hessia
24 Maria M. Klippel 31 female farmer Hessia
25 Nicolas Klippel 7 male farmer Hessia
26 Catharina Klippel 4 female farmer Hessia
27 Valentin Klippel 1 male farmer Hessia
28 Wendel Muller 39 male blacksmith Hessia
29 Antonia Muller 27 female blacksmith Hessia a son born May 15^th 1842
30 Maria Muller 6 female blacksmith Hessia
31 Elisabeth Muller 4 female blacksmith Hessia
32 Ludwig Muller 2 male blacksmith Hessia
33 Wendel Green 25 male baker Hessia
34 Philip Green 38 male baker Hessia
35 Catharina Green 38 female baker Hessia
36 George Green 5 male baker Hessia
37* Philip Green 9m male baker Hessia died June 15^th 1842
38 Nick^s Bockiers male servant man Hessia
39 Jos Dteuner male Joiner Hessia
40 T. A. Killian male farmer Hessia
41 Jacob Young male farmer Hessia
42 Cath Young female farmer Hessia
43 Ludwig Markl male farmer Hessia
44 Elisabeth Hoffman female farmer Hessia
45 Jacob Welosing? male blacksmith Hessia
46 Martin Wethauser male blacksmith Hessia
47 Joh Kreckel male farmer Hessia
48 Cath Kreckel female farmer Hessia
49 Cath Kreckel female farmer Hessia
50 ? Kreckel female farmer Hessia
51 George Kreckel male farmer Hessia
52 Edward Kreckel male farmer Hessia
53 Joh Weber male Joiner Hessia
54 Ph Gtoth male Joiner Hessia
55 Joh Warm 27 male farmer Nassu
56 Moth Stodder 30 gardener Prussia
57 Anton Rettreath 32 male blacksmith Prussia
58 Bernhard Kno;; 25 male gardener Prussia
59 Peter J. Bockiers 23 male saddler Prussia
60 Peter J. Gottsacker 28 male gardener Prussia
61 Carl Muller 35 male blacksmith Prussia
62 Joh Jos Teusor? 41 male Joiner Prussia
63 Anna M. Teusor? 42 female Joiner Prussia
64 Elisabeth Teusor? 24 female Joiner Prussia
65 Anna M. Teusor? 12 female Joiner Prussia
66 Adelaide Teusor? 8 female Joiner Prussia
67 Carl Teusor? 6 male Joiner Prussia
68 Ph^a Schlausen 23 male cartwright Hessia
69 Ph Wagner 21 male weaver Hessia
70 Ann? Baldener 23 male miller Hessia
71 Valentin Schlausser 21 male cartwright Hessia
72 Christ Schlenker 20 male painter? Prussia
73 Andrew Reiff 49 male blacksmith Prussia
74 William Reiff 21 male blacksmith Prussia
75 Michal Reiff 16 male blacksmith Wutenberg
76 George Schafer 25 male baker Wutenberg
77 W^m F. Baltenhofwe 23 male baker Wutenberg
78 Geo J? Stoll 25 male Joiner Prussia
79 Heinrich Eper 24 male miller Prussia
80 Gertrude Eper 53 female miller Prussia
81 Heinrich Eper 22 male brick layer Prussia
82 Caspar? Eper 20 male weaver Prussia
83 Josepha Eper 17 female weaver Prussia
84 Anton Eper 15 male weaver Prussia
85 Maria G. Eper 14 female weaver Prussia
86 Magdalena Eper 11 female weaver Prussia
87 W^m K. Jehnpfenning 37 male dyer Prussia
88 Lena S. Jehnpfenning 31 female dyer Prussia
89 Barbara Jehnpfenning 2 female dyer Prussia
90 Heinrich Wistorf 33 male cartwright Prussia
91 Anna M. Wistorf 32 female cartwright Prussia
92 Margaret Wistorf 8 female cartwright Prussia
93 Anna M. Wistorf 6 female cartwright Prussia
94 Maria Eva Wistorf 4 female cartwright Prussia
95 Anton Wistorf 2 male cartwright Prussia
96 Joh Johnmacker 34 male paper maker Wutenberg
97 Jacob Scherr 35 male farmer Prussia
98 Gertrude Scherr 33 female farmer Prussia
99 Anna G. Scherr 7 female farmer Prussia
100 Maria A. Scherr 10m female farmer Prussia
101 W^m Kennmerling 39 male farmer Prussia
102 Max Hopaperch 31 male cooper Prussia
103 Margaret Hopaperch 27 female cooper Prussia
104 Herbert Hopaperch 3 male cooper Prussia
105 Peter Jos. H. Hopaperch 6m male cooper Prussia
106 W^m H. C. Conrearhs 24 male Joiner Prussia
107 Heinrich Wiegand 28 male Joiner Hessia
signed: W. V. Holmes
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.
* All passengers intended to reside in the United States so this column is not shown.
* Passengers 38 through 54 do not show ages.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 59.
Transcribed by Harry Green a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
8 October 2009
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