Immigrant Ships
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SS Walla Walla

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 Walla Walla, sailing from Victoria, B.C., Sept 1, 1893 arriving at Port of San Francisco, Sept 4, 1893.

Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Married or Single, 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, Whether going to join Relative or Friend

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1  Vanni      Marsilio   28y   single  engineer   yes Italian       Wellington      San Francisco $50  yes* No
2  Prajso     Alberto    22y   single  miner      yes Italian       Wellington      San Francisco 20   yes* No
3  Leopoldo   Boar?iro*  33y   single  miner      yes Italian       Victoria        San Francisco 30   No   No
4  Max        Serechun   25y2m single  miner      yes Australian    San Francisco*  New Mexico    over yes* No
5  Anton      Serechun   28y   married miner      yes Australian    San Francisco*  New Mexico    over yes* No
6  Go?matsu*  Nagasaki   20y9m married farmer     yes Japanese      Skeena River BC San Francisco 40   No   No
7  Manzo      Oyama      20y8m single  farmer     yes Japanese      Skeena River BC San Francisco 40   No   No
8  Ichimatsu  Kusada     20y8m single  farmer     yes Japanese      Skeena River BC San Francisco 45   No   No
9  Jiro       Kaji       25y4m single  farmer     yes Japanese      Skeena River BC San Francisco 45   No   No
10 Aomatsu    Ono        20y9m single  farmer     yes Japanese      Skeena River BC San Francisco 40   No   No
11 Shiogi     Tunetaro   39y5m married farmer     yes Japanese      Skeena River BC San Francisco 30   No   No
12 Sakamoto   Asakichi   23y5m single  farmer     yes Japanese      Skeena River BC San Francisco 30   No   No
13 Niasaki    Kamekichi  23y9m single  farmer     yes Japanese      Skeena River BC San Francisco 30   No   No
14 Ogawa      Sadakichi  28y8m single  farmer     yes Japanese      Skeena River BC San Francisco 30   No   No
15 Higashima  Unosuke    28y9m single  farmer     yes Japanese      Skeena River BC San Francisco 30   No   No
16 Matuwaga   Zenshichi  42y2m married farmer     yes Japanese      Skeena River BC San Francisco 30   No   No
17 Kitamura   Yasabono   49y   married farmer     yes Japanese      Skeena River BC San Francisco 30   No   No
18 Nishiomura Ginnosuki  21y   single  farmer     yes Japanese      Skeena River BC San Francisco 30   No   No
19 Onone      Jutaro     31y   married farmer     yes Japanese      Skeena River BC San Francisco 30   No   No
20 Hajime     Oishe      29y   single  farmer     yes Japanese      R???? L???*     San Francisco 50   yes* No
21 George     Bynon      66y   married farmer     yes New Brunswick Portland ME     San Francisco more yes* yes*
22 Zena       Angelo     47y   single  stonemason no  Italian       Michigan        San Francisco 5    yes  yes*
23 Patrilli   Pesqualli  59y   married Laborer    yes Italian       Michigan        San Francisco 0.50 yes  yes*
24 Selva      Agostini   40y   married Laborer    yes Italian       Michigan        San Francisco 0.50 yes  yes*
25 C.J.       Millington 30y   married Merchant   yes English       Chicago         San Francisco more yes  No
26 Duncan     Martin     31y   married Clerk      yes Scotch        Chicago         Australia*    more yes* No
27 Geo H      Thompson   24y   single  Teamster   yes Canadian      New York        Eureka        more yes* yes*
28 CH         Bowden     30y   single  blksmith   yes Canadian      Vancouver       San Francisco more 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.
  Whether having a ticket to final destination=yes
  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 in San Francisco May 1893.
2  has been in San Francisco May 1893.
3  surname missing letter is "n" or "u."
4  Nanaimo is written above San Francisco as Last Residence. He has been in 
    New York 88.
5  Last Residence has "do" written in. This probably means San Francisco, 
    not Nanaimo. He has been in New York 88.
6  missing letter in first name is probably "n" but could be "rr."
20 last residence could be Raven Lake.  He has been in Tacoma 93.
21 has been in Portland 93.  He is going to join Daughter, Mrs R.G. Wayne, 
    San Francisco
22 is going to join Cousin, Palena Promchaborgita, San Francisco
23 is going to join Mansoni Pietro, San Francisco
24 is going to join Traorio Givakay.
26 has been in Chicago 1893.
27 has been in New York 2yrs. He is going to join uncle at Eureka.
28 has been in Seattle.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1 Page 74.

Transcribed by Fran Taylor a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
31 October 1999

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