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Ship Plato


Rotterdam, Netherlands to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
7 July 1842

Handwritten Manifest
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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