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SS City of Puebla

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Victoria, B.C. to San Francisco
Chinese Passengers from Port Townsend, WA
November 27, 1893

DISTRICT OF SAN FRANCISCO – 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 City of Puebla, sailing from Victoria, B.C., Nov 25, 1893 arriving at Port of San Francisco, Nov 27, 1893.
Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Married or Single, Occupation, Able to Read & Write, 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
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1 Alexander       McLaren   40y   married Miner         yes Canadian Vancouver       S.F.        yes over 30 yes* No
2 Peter           Andis     28y5m single  Laborer       yes Austrian Victoria        S.F.        yes yes     yes* No
3 Louis           Cayka     32y   single  Laborer       no  Austrian Victoria        S.F.        yes over 30 yes* No
4 Henry           Jespersen 35y6m married Farmer        yes Dane     Chillinbach     S.F.        yes over 30 yes* No
5 Richard         Lewlas    66y   widower Fruiterer     yes English  Victoria        Los Angeles no  over 30 yes* yes*
6 Clement Everitt Little    40y   single  Marble cutter yes Canadian Nanaimo         S.F.        yes 10      yes* No
7 John            Mackie    36y   single  Clerk         yes Scotch   Vancouver       S.F.        yes over 30 yes* No
8 Frank           Craven    28y   single  Clerk         yes English  New Westminster S.F.        yes 10      No   No
9 Samuel G?y      Bint      22y   single  Laborer       yes Canadian New Westminster S.F.        yes over 30 yes* No
                                    
    
Transcriber's Notes
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=male 
 Seaport for Landing in the US=S.F. 
 By whom was passage paid?=himself 
 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 has been to Michigan 1892
2 has been to Seattle 1893
3 has been to Seattle 1893
4 has been to S.F. 1884
5 has been to Cal 1889.  He is going to join 2 sons in Los Angeles.
6 has been to Seattle 1893
7 has been to new York 1891.  
9 missing letter in G?y is "a" or "u."  He has been to S.F. 1893
Page 2 Chinese Passengers
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1 Page 120.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
16 February 2000

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