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 June 10th, 1895 arriving at Port of San Francisco, July 5, 1895.

Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, Married or Single, Occupation, Nationality, Last Residence, Final Destination in the US, By whom was passage paid?, 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* Mrs Isabel       Davis       20y   F M Housewife  Australian Sydney       St Louis      self    $10  No  yes
 2  Daniel           Eustace     33y   M S Tailor     English    Sydney       S.F.          self    38   No  No
 3* John H           Clough      36y   M M Plasterer  English    Sydney       Colorado Spgs self    400  No  yes
 4* Frances Caroline Clough      30y   F M wife       Irish      Sydney       Colorado Spgs              No  yes
 5* Robert           Clough       5y   M   child      Australian Sydney       Colorado Spgs              No  yes
 6* Jane             Clough       2y6m F   child      Australian Sydney       Colorado Spgs              No  yes
 7* Grace            Clough       1y   F   child      Australian Sydney       Colorado Spgs              No  yes
 8* John             Fel         38y   M M Farmer     Irish      Hughenden    Nebraska      self    174  No  yes
 9* Eliza            Fel         32y   F M wife       Irish      Hughenden    Nebraska      self         No  yes
10* Lizzie           Fel          8y   F S school     Australian Hughenden    Nebraska      self         No  yes
11* Jane             Fel          4y   F S school     Australian Hughenden    Nebraska      self         No  yes
12* John             Fel         2y    M S school     Australian Hughenden    Nebraska      self         No  yes
13* Duncan           McLean      36y   M S Herbalist  Australian Tamworth     S.F.          self    130  No  yes
14* Horace           White       26y   M S Laborer    English    Queensland   Santa Monica  brother 40   No  yes
15* James            Welsh       56y   M M Laborer    Irish      Sydney       S.F.          self    200  yes No
16  Geo              Hayres      62y   M M Fruiterer  English    Brisbane     S.F.          self    5000 No  No
17  Mrs Louisa       Hayres      60y   F M wife       English    Brisbane     S.F.                       No  No
18  Miss Minnie      Hayres      23y   F S daughter   English    Brisbane     S.F.                       No  No
19  Jacob            Hayres      22y   M S son        English    Brisbane     S.F.                       No  No
20  Bertie           Hayres       5y   M S son        Australian Brisbane     S.F.                       No  No
21  Squire           Banks       36y   M S bowsin     English    Brisbane     S.F.          cousin  2000 No  No
22  John             Donsall     24y6m M S Designer   English    Sydney       S.F.          self    100  No  No
23* Miss Wilhelmina  Muller      36y   F S Dressmaker German     Sydney       S.F.          self    60   No  No
24* Alfred Gustave   Meldahl     24y1m M S Engineer   Dane       Melbourne    Chicago       self    30   No  No

       sailing from Auckland 15th June, 1895

25  Patrick          Burke       34y   M S Farmhand   British    Auckland     S.F.          self    50   No  No
26* John             Carey       62y   M S Miner      British    Riverton     S.F.          self    2500 yes yes
27* James            Mozlan      31y1m M S Driver     British    Christchurch S.F.          self    27   No  No
28* Arthur           McGrevy     34y   M M Shipwright British    Napier       S.F.          self    200  yes No
29* Margaret         Ritchie     64y   F M none       British    Auckland     San Jose      self    864  No  No
30* Jane             Young       38y   F M none       British    Auckland     San Jose      self         No  No
31* William          Young        8y   M S none       Colonial   Auckland     San Jose                   No  No
32* ?                Young        9y   F S none       Colonial   Auckland     San Jose                   No  No
33* ?amuel           McRobie     34y   M S Groom      British    Auckland     S.F.                  4    No  No
34* ?? E.            Chamberlain 26y   M M Miller     Colonial   Felding      S.F.          self    100  No  No
35* Caroline         Chamberlain 24y   F M wife       Colonial   Felding      S.F.          self         No  No
36* ??beth           Whitehouse  39y   M M Commercial British    Auckland     S.F.          self    1000 yes No
37  ?? Peter         Schuman     25y   M S Soapmaker  German     Auckland     S.F.          self    yes  No  No

      from Honolulu

38* S	             Hayasaki	 20y   M S Servant    Japan	 Honolulu     S.F.		    15   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 (except 5-7, 11-12, 25-26, 29-32, all children but 25-26) 
 Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco  
 Whether having a ticket to final destination=yes (except 1, 14, 38)
 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    has no ticket to final destination.  She is going to join Husband Pastime 
     Athletic Club, St Louis.
3-7  are going to join passenger three's Brother Colorado Springs.
8-12 Last Residence is Hughenden, Queensland.  Final Destination is Grand Island,
     Nebraska.  They are going to join Thos McKeown Spring Ranch Nebraska.
13   Last Residence is Tamworth, N.S.W.  He is going to join Father in SF.
14   has no ticket to final destination.  He is going to join Brother, Santa 
     Monica.
15   has been to Cala 1875.
23   There is an umlaut over the "u" in Muller.
24   Last Residence is Franklin St. Melbourne.
26   Last Residence is Riverton, Southland.  He is going to join Sister & Brother 
     Michael Carey, Mrs Rush, Richardson Sacramento.
27   Occupation is Engine Driver.
28   has been to NY 1878.
30-34,36 A fold obscures the beginning of these lines on the film.
34-35 Last Residence is Felding, NZ.
36   has been to Chicago 1893.
38   Occupation is servant to Mrs. Gould.  He has no ticket to final destination 
     and Mrs Gould paid for his passage.
Passengers 5-7, 11-12, 26, 29-32 cannot read and write. 
Passenger 25 can read but not write.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 3, Page 122-123, 126.

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