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SS St Paul


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Mazatlan, Mexico to San Francisco
Chinese Passengers from Guaymas, Mexico
March 22, 1894

Pacific Coast Steamship Company

QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED BY THE IMMIGRANT BEFORE BOOKING
If it is found upon the arrival of the immigrant in the United States that the following questions have not been correctly answered, the immigrant will be immediately returned. The immigrant will be required to swear to the truth of the following answers, if it be called for by the Commissioner of Immigration at the port of arrival in the United States. (A false oath will subject the immigrant to fine or imprisonment.)

Name:*                                    Date when booked:Mch 10, 1894
Agent's Name: *                           Agent's place of business:*    
Name of Steamer for which booked:St Paul  Date of sailing from Mazatlan Mch 10, 1894     
Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, Married or Single, Occupation, Able to Read & Write, Nationality, Whether in Possession of Money-if less than $30, how much?, Whether ever before in the US, Whether going to join Relative or Friend
  
1* Micaela R Marquez  60 Female Single  Servant      no  Mexicano   none    yes     No
2* Augustine Beaver   56 Male   Widower Photographer yes Mexicano   $20     yes     yes
3* Henry     Edwards  28 Male   Married Broker & Agt yes Australian $1,000  yes     No
4* Rosa V    de Scott 50 Female Widow   Housekeeper  yes Mexicano   over 30 yes     yes
I hereby certify that I have made true answers to the questions which were asked in language understood by me, and which answers have been recorded above.*
    
Transcriber's Notes
There is no captain's statement nor captain's name attached to this manifest.
Each passenger has a separate sheet with the individual passenger's name in the 
blank at the top.
The name and place of business of the agent was not filled out.
Pages 1,2 & 4 have a paragraph written in that more or less reiterates the 
information in the table.  These are copied in the notes.
The following columns had identical entries for all passengers and so were not 
included in the table:
 Last Residence=Mazatlan 
 Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco  
 Final Destination in the US=San Francisco 
 Whether having a ticket to final destination=yes 
 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 

1 has been to San Francisco Aug 1892.  "Left S.F. 2 yrs ago for Mazatlan.  She had been 
  here 11 yrs.  She comes to rejoin Mrs Horace Meyer Williams for whom she worked when 
  she was here before. No money.  I raised Mrs Meyers 4 children 3 boys & 1 girl. 
  'I can't read or write.'"  There is no signature at the bottom of her page where 
  there is an asterisk.
2 In the money column below the $20 transcribed is written $16 Mex money $1 US.  He
  was in SF 1864.  He is going to join his brother's family Saville Ariola 1439 Polk.
  "Isabel de Ariola is my sister-in-law and lives at Polk No. 439.  She is a widow. 
  Comes to establish himself in Photographic business or in a drug business.  I have 
  land and money in Mazatlan of the value of about $2000."  He has signed the page
  "Agustin Beav??."
3 Going through to Honolulu by next Str is written in.  He has been to SF Dec 1893.  
  He has signed the page, "HWS Edwards."
4 In the money column below the more than $30 transcribed is written $10.  She has
  been to SF 1893.  She is going to join Daughter, A Bertran 607 Mont. Ave.
  "I went to Mexico 6 mo since to pass the winter.  I am a widow.  I have a married 
  daughter here married to Mr B?time (this could be Butime or Bertime).  Her husband 
  is a bookkeeper for Tansky bookstore on Post St.  My daughter lives at 607 Mt Ave.  
  I am going to live with my daughter."  She has signed the page "Rosa V de Scott."

Page 2 Chinese Passengers
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 2, Page 27-30.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
24 March 2000


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