Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild
SS Walla Walla
Victoria, B.C. to San Francisco December 3, 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 Walla Walla, sailing from Victoria, B.C., Nov 30, 1893 arriving at Port of San Francisco,
Dec 3, 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
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1 Willie Lock?a?t* 23 male Single Laborer Irish Ireland Marshalltown Cal No $35 No No
2 Samuel Moore 22 male Married Laborer Irish Ireland Marshalltown Cal No 40 No yes*
3 Angelo P?redelle*33 male Single Miner Italian Nanaimo S.F. Yes more yes* No
4 William Karjala 32 male Single Taylor(sic) Finland Seattle Wash S.F. Yes more yes* No
5 William Ashby Sroutt 21 male Single Butcher English Vancouver S.F. Yes $15 No No
6 Robert McDonald 31 male Single Miner Canadian Wash ?* S.F. Yes 30 No No
7 Fredicka Retola 48 female Married Finland Finland S.F. Yes 20 No yes*
8 Anders Retola 11 male Single Finland Finland S.F. Yes * No yes*
9 Rosa Retola 8 female Single Finland Finland S.F. Yes * No yes*
10 Peter Per?t?* 35 male Married Fortune Teller French Chicago S.F. Yes 100 yes* yes*
11 Mrs Per?t?* 31 female Married Fortune Teller French Chicago S.F. Yes yes* No
12 B Abend 36 male Married Cook Austrian Chicago S.F. Yes more yes* No
13 Mrs Abend 26 female Married Cook Austrian Chicago S.F. Yes yes* No
14 W C Coupland 24 male Single Plasterer Canadian Manotoba(sic)S.F. Yes 30 yes* No
15 J.A. Squires 20 male Single Harness maker Canadian Manotoba(sic)S.F. Yes more No No
16 A Mustar 30 male Married Hotel man Swiss Buffalo NY S.F. Yes more yes* No
17 Mrs Mustar 26 female Married Swiss Buffalo NY S.F. Yes 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:
Able to Read & Write=yes
Seaport for Landing in the US=San F
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 surname is Lockhart or Locklast.
2 is going to join Brother-in-law Sam Stewart Marshalltown Cal
3 missing letter in surname could be "u" or "i." He has been to S.F. 1893.
4 has been to Seattle Nov 1893
6 There is a letter that looks like "F" or "A" after the Wash in this space.
7 is going to join her husband Eureka, Humbolt Cal
7-9 There is a bracket to indicate that the money listed for passenger 7 is
shared by all three. They are going to join husband and father, Eureka,
Humbolt (County), Cal
10&11 have been to Texas 4 years. They are going to join Jack Periuti. The
surname is unclear in the name column, but probably is Periuti.
12&13 have been to Chicago
14 has been to New York 1889
16 has been in, or to, Buffalo 4 years
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Page 119.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor
a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
16 February 2000
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