Immigrant Ships
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SS Umatilla
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Victoria, B.C. to San Francisco, CA
Chinese passengers from Port Townsend, Washington
December 24, 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 Umatilla, sailing from Victoria, B.C., Dec 20, 1893 arriving at Port of San Francisco,
Dec 24, 1893.
Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Married or Single, Occupation, Nationality,
Last Residence, Whether in Possession of Money-if less than $30, how much?,
Whether ever before in the US
1 Joseph McAllen 49 Married Shoemaker English Victoria over $30 yes*
2 Alexander Lemon 38 Single Laborer English Vancouver over $30 yes*
3 Thomas Chapman Moody 27 Single Waiter English Salem Or over $30 yes*
4 Leopold Trapp Brown* 17 Single Clerk Canadian Victoria over $30 No
5 Charles Douglas Carter* 17 Single Dentist Canadian Victoria 25 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
Able to Read & Write=yes
Seaport for Landing in the US= S.F.
Final Destination in the US=SF
Whether having a ticket to final destination=yes
By whom was passage paid?=himself
Whether going to join Relative or Friend=No
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
There is a note in the Going to Join column below all the listed passengers
"D. Ferris 429 Clementina St." There is a Clementina St in San Francisco.
1 has been to Yuba City (probably Calif.) Dec 1893
2 has been to Everett (probably Wash) 1892
3 has been to Salem (probably Ore) May 1893
4 There is a note on the manifest "Charles Douglas Carter Mechanical Dentist."
5 There is a note on the manifest "Leopold Trapp Brown worked in club in Victoria."
Page 2 Chinese Passengers
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Page 132.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor
a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
26 February 2000
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