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SS Colima
LIST OR MANIFEST OF ALIEN IMMIGRANTS FOR THE COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION.
Required by the regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury 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 a port in the United States.
S.S. Colima, sailing from Panama, May 19, 1894 arriving at Port of San Francisco, June 14, 1894.
Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Occupation, Able to Read & Write, Nationality, Last Residence, Final Destination in the US, Whether in Possession of Money-if less than $30, how much?, Whether ever before in the US,
1 Juan Beltran 40 Laborer no Italy Peru San Francisco $50 No
2* William Walther 42 Clerk yes Germany Nicaragua Denver, Col 75 yes
3* George Wallace 23 Press. Cor. yes Scotland Guatemala San Francisco 100 yes
Transcriber's Notes:
The sailing time of this vessel indicates that it probably sailed from a Pacific
port in Panama. The Panama Canal was not built in 1894.
There is no captain's statement nor captain's name attached to this manifest.
The following columns had identical entries for all passengers and so were not
included in the table:
Sex=M
Married or Single=S
Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco
Whether having a ticket to final destination=blank except passenger 2
By whom was passage paid?=self
Whether going to join Relative or Friend=none
Whether ever in Prison, Almshouse or supported by Charity=no
Whether a Polygamist=no
Whether under contract to labor in the US=no
Condition of Health Mental and Physical=good
Whether having any deformities=no
2 has been to Colo 1873/1892.
3 has been to New York 1887-1893.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 2, Page 93.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild7 June 2000
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