Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild
SS Gaelic
Yokohama to San Francisco October 23, 1893
PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO
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.
Steamship Gaelic, sailing from Yokohama, Aug 7, 1893 arriving at Port of San Francisco,
Oct 23, 1893.
Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, Married or Single, Occupation, Nationality,
Last Residence, Final Destination in the US, Whether having a ticket to final destination,
Whether in Possession of Money-if less than $30, how much?,
Whether ever before in the US, Whether going to join Relative or Friend
Please Scroll to the right to view the entire table.
1 Mrs Anna Akroff* 40y7m female widow Russian Chita Siberia New York No Yes No yes*
2 Abraham Akroff 4y9m male single * Russian New York No No No
3 Fiek Akroff 8m male single * Russian New York No No No
4 Naozo Igarishi 19y11m male single Student Japanese Techigo San Francisco Yes 15 gold No No
5 Kametaro Ishida 20y2m male single Student Japanese Yamaguchi San Francisco Yes Yes No No
6 Tatsumoshin Yoshimitsu 28y7m male single Student Japanese Yamaguchi San Francisco Yes Yes No No
7 M?tsuchi Yoshinaga 19y11m male single Student Japanese Yamaguchi San Francisco Yes Yes No No
8 Shoii Takatsuka 17y10m male single Student Japanese Niigata San Francisco Yes Yes No No
9 Kurobei Hadama 17y8m male single Student Japanese Yamaguchi San Francisco Yes Yes No No
10 Matsujiro Yoshinaga 18y male single Student Japanese Yamaguchi San Francisco Yes Yes No No
11 Sotaro Fujikawa 17y4m male single Student Japanese Osaka San Francisco Yes Yes No yes*
12 Michiham Awaya 38y male married Merchant Japanese Tokyo Chicago* No Yes yes* No
13 Jutaro Iwai 21y11m male single Merchant Japanese Kyoto Chicago* ? Yes No No
14 Motokiro Kawase 21y10m male single Student Japanese Gifu San Francisco Yes 25 gold No No
15 Seijiro Kubo?d 47y8m male married Traveller Japanese Gumma Chicago No Yes No No
16 Torakichi Maeda 33y11m male married Student Japanese Kagawa San Francisco Yes Yes No No
17 Shintaro Hioke 24y10m male single Merchant Japanese Muje San Francisco Yes Yes No No
18 Uranosuke Okamoto 29y3m male married Student Japanese Yamaguchi San Francisco Yes Yes No No
19 Naoki Yokoyawa 22y11m male single Student Japanese Kochi San Francisco Yes Yes No No
20 Henry Edward A?oore 53y4m male single Merchant English Yokahama San Francisco Yes Yes yes* yes*
21 Tanekichi Takagi 33y10m male married Merchant Japanese Kanagawa Chicago No Yes yes* No
Transcriber's Notes
There is no captain's statement nor captain's name attached to this manifest.
There is a separate listing of Chinese passengers for this voyage but the film is
too faded to transcribe it. They departed from Hong Kong.
The following columns had identical entries for all passengers and so were
not included in the table:
Able to Read & Write=yes (except passenger 1 is recorded as able to read but
not write)
Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco
By whom was passage paid?=self
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
Letters that are illegible or difficult to interpret are replaced by ?.
1 is recorded as able to read but not write. She is going to join Father
and Mother, David Aramsky 35 Canal St New York City
2&3 "Mrs Akroff children" is written in the occupation column
11 is going to join Brother Seiji Fujikama San Francisco
12 has been in New York 1892
12&13 are going to Chicago en route to Canada
20 has been in San Francisco 1891. He is going to join Brr Sister B B Storr,
Alameda Cal
21 has been in San Francisco 1892
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Page 115.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor
a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
10 February 2000
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