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SS Michigan


Liverpool, England to Boston, Massachusetts
27 January 1900

List or Manifest of Alien Immigrants for the Commissioner of Immigration
Required by the regulations of the Secretary of the Treasurer of the United States, under Act of Congress approved March 3, 1893, to be delivered to the Commissioner of Immigration, by the Commanding Officer of any vessel having such passengers on board, upon arrival at any port in the United States.
SS Michigan, sailing from Liverpool, January 19 1900, arriving at port of Boston, January 27, 1900
Coloumns represent: number on list, Name in full, age in years and months, sex, calling or occupation, nationality, last residence, seaport for landing in the United States, final destination in the United Stares (state, city or town).
  1  Michael Killion   30   m   C man   U.S.A.     L'pool   Boston   Boston   
  2  J. B. Cavanaugh   31   m   C man   U.S.A.     L'pool   Boston   Boston   
  3  Patrick  O'Shea   40   m   C man   Ireland    L'pool   Boston   Boston   
  4  Charles Howden    32   m   C man   U.S.A.     L'pool   Boston   Boston   
  5  Michal Murphy     52   m   C man   U.S.A.     L'pool   Boston   Boston   
  6  John H Wall       30   m   C man   U.S.A.     L'pool   Boston   Boston   
  7  Charls Bowman     30   m   C man   U.S.A.     L'pool   Boston   Boston   
  8  Harry Oliver      29   m   C man   U.S.A.     L'pool   Boston   Boston   
  9  James Skain       38   m   C man   Canada     L'pool   Boston   Boston   
 10  William Rittel    31   m   C man   U.S.A.     L'pool   Boston   Boston   
 11  Arthur Bingham    49   m   C man   U.S.A.     L'pool   Boston   Boston   
 12  Dan Murphy        28   m   C man   U.S.A.     L'pool   Boston   Boston   
 13* P. M^cGrath       38   m   C man   U.S.A.     L'pool   Boston   Boston   
 14* Peter Dyson       23   m   C man   U.S.A.     L'pool   Boston   Boston   
 15  Edward Burk       26   m   C man   U.S.A.     L'pool   Boston   Boston   
 16* H. E. Edwards     26   m   C man   Canada     L'pool   Boston   Boston   
 17* H. Pense          26   m   C man   U.S.A.     L'pool   Boston   Boston   
 18* Fred Cameron      22   m   C man   Scotland   L'pool   Boston   Boston   

(British Cattlemen shipped on British A??ieles as C'man as being part of crew)
United States of America, State of __________, S.S. County of _________.
I, , W. J. Eynon, Master of the SS Michigan belonging to Liverpool do solemnly swear that the foregoing is a full and correct report of alien immigrants arrived by said vessel at the port of Boston, on the _____ day of Jany 1900.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence the _____ day of _________ 1900.
(signed)  W. M. Burke          Immigrant Inspector
    
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.

*  Passengers where numbered by the transcribers for ease of referencing.


13:      possibly lined out, could be a mark on the original manifest.
14:      note: "certificate,  surrendered to W J Burke"
16 - 18: note at the end of the line "no certificate".

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M277, Reel 36.
Transcribed by Harry Green and Ines Mannhardt, members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
1 June 2006



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