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 Dec 24th, 1894 arriving at Port of San Francisco, Jan 21, 1895.

Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, Married or Single, Occupation, Nationality, Last Residence, 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* William   Clancy    20    M S Draper      NS Wales Sydney    $50    No  yes
 2* Thos      Tubbs     74    M M Storekeeper England  Melbourne more   No  No
 3  Alfred    Hall      29    M M Dealer      English  Sydney    $1,000 No  No
 4* Mary      Walsh     28    F S Housemaid   Irish    Sydney    $30    No  No
 5* Albert    Domsday   50    F S Clerk       English  Melbourne $50    No  No
 6* Charles H Hall?in   33y3m M S Dyer        French   Fitzroy   more   yes yes

             sailing from Auckland 29th Dec, 1894

 7* Alvin     Oreen     32    M S Bootmaker   English  Dundee    $75    No  yes
 8* James     Rowe      30    M S Engineer    British  Melbourne $115   No  yes
 9  George    Woodhouse 26    M S Clerk       British  Auckland  $65    No  No
10  Oscar R   Fair      35    M M Hairdresser British  Auckland  $125   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:
 Able to Read & Write=yes 
 Final Destination in the= S.F. 
 Seaport for Landing 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 
Letters that are illegible or difficult to interpret are replaced by ?.

Passenger Notes:
1 is going to join Step-father Mr Scarles, S.F.
2 There is a note beside this name "left at Auckland."
4 Although No is written in the going to join column, brother is written above it.
5 "Duplicate on page 26" is written below this name with an arrow pointing up.  
  Page 26 is the SS Arawa, sailing from Sydney Nov 26th, arriving at San Francisco 
  Dec 22, 1894.  Albert Domesday is passenger 2 on the Arawa list.
6 surname could be Hallwin or Hallnoin.  His Last Residence is Fitzroy, Victoria.
  He has been to Frisco 1881.  He is going to join Mother Montgomery Avenue Frisco.
7 is going to join brother-in-law George Ludemann Las Vegas.
8 is going to join Parents 819 Broadway St SF.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 3, Page 34-36.

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