Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Alameda

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.

S.S. Alameda, sailing from Sydney October 1st, 1894 arriving at Port of San Francisco, Oct 26, 1894.

Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, 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* Enoch          Jenkin   52 M M minor   no  English    Broken Hill Philadelphia $50  yes yes
2* Mary           Jenkin   53 F M wife    no  English    Broken Hill Philadelphia more No  yes
3* Edward Ballard Bowker   21 M S student yes Australian Sydney      Philadelphia yes  No  No
4  Jas            Robinson 27 M S grocer  yes Irish      Sydney      S.F.         $100 No  No

              sailing from Auckland 6th October, 1894

5  Gaspar         Pausina  25 M S Laborer yes Austria    Auckland    S.F.         $75  No  No
6  James          Myers    42 M S Farmer  yes England    Auckland    Vancouver BC 60   No  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:   
 Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco  
 Whether having a ticket to final destination=yes (except 1 & 2) 
 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 

Passenger Notes:
#1  occupation is written as minor but probably is miner.  
#2  occupation is "wife of above."
#1 & #2  Last Residence is Broken Hill, Australia.  They are going to join 
    Brother-in Law and brother respectively, Phidelphia.
#3  occupation is medical student.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 3, Page 7-8.

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