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 2nd Sept, 1895 arriving at Port of San Francisco, Sept 26, 1895.

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* Isabella       Wood       50y    F Widow nil          Scotch     Melbourne    Texas  self   $50  No  yes
 2* ?innie Marie   Sullivan   25y11m F S     Vocalist     Australian Fitzroy      SF     self   more No  yes
 3  John           Harris     39y    M S     Groom        English    Sydney       SF            more No  No
 4* John           Hough      45y    M M     Miner        English    Sydney       SF     self   $5   yes No
 5* Charles        Andrews    36y    M M     Engineer     Australian Newcastle    SF     self   $50  No  No
 6* Alice          Andrews    26y    F M     wife         Australian Newcastle    SF     self        No  No
 7* Muriel         Andrews    13y    F       child        Australian Newcastle    SF     self        No  No
 8  Arthur         Giles      35y    M M     Banker       English    Sydney       SF     self   200  No  No
 9  May            Giles      26y    F M                  Colonial   Sydney       SF     self   more No  No
10* Harry Sterling Du Verner  19y3m  M S     Student      Colonial   Sydney       Philad self   300  No  No
11* Thos Henry     Harris     44y    M S     Miner        English    Sydney       SF     self   250  yes No
12  Isabell        Gillanders 27y    M S     Book agent   Scotland   Sydney       Calif  self   more No  No
13  Ernest F.      Bond       22y    M S     Engineer     Australia  Sydney       Calif  self   125  No  No
14* Paul           Poter?s    25y    M S     Miner        Greece     Sydney       Calif  self   150  No  No
15  John           McShane    21y    M S     Clerk        Australian Sydney       Calif  self   60   No  No

          sailing from Auckland 7 Sept, 1895

16* John           Williams   30y    M S     Miner        Br         New Plymouth SF     self   $100 yes No
17* Richard        Dison      30y    M S     Laborer      Br         Auckland     SF     self   $100 yes No
18* Jas Fred F     Thompson   41y    M S     Gentleman    Br         Auckland     SF     self   $25  No  No
19* Mrs Albert     Power      28y    F M     none         Br         Wanganui     SF     self   30   No  yes
20* Henry          Madison    53y    M S     Farmer       Br         Christchurch Rome   self   100  No  yes
21* Samuel         Mcintosh   49y    M M     Engineer     Br         Wellington   SF     self   75   No  No
22* Alice          Mcintosh   19y    F S     none         Br         Wellington   SF     father 30   No  No
23* Ralph          Gebbie     22y    M S     Confectioner Br         Oamaru       Lexing self   150  No  No
24  John           Prism?ck   21y    M S     Laborer      Austrian   Auckland     Calif  self   30   No  No
25  Joseph         Dudas      20y    M S     Carpenter    Austrian   Auckland     Calif  self   30   No  No
26  Jn             Sod?gene   25y    M S     Laborer      Austrian   Auckland     Calif  self   30   No  No
27  Joseph         Perovack   20y    M S     Laborer      Austrian   Auckland     Calif  self   30   No  No
28  Wm             Sosa       40y    M S     Surgeon      Scotland   Auckland     Calif  self   150  No  No
29  John           Williams   34y    M M     Clerk        Ireland    Sydney       Calif  self   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:
 Able to Read & Write=yes
 Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco
 By whom was passage paid?=yes (except 1,20,23)
 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    Last Residence is Melbourne, Victoria.  Final Destination is Fulton, Texas.
     She has no ticket to final destination.  She is going to meet daughter, 
     Fulton.
2    Last Residence is Fitzroy, Victoria.  She is going to meet uncle, 
     E. Sullivan, Frisco.
4    has been to Cala 1895.
5-7  Last Residence is Newcastle, N.S.W.
10   Final Destination is Philadelphia.
11   has been to Nev 1880.
14   surname is Poterns or Poterus.
16-23 These names were recorded surname first.  They are listed here first name 
     first in the interest of uniformity.
16   has been to San Francisco 1895.
17   has been to San Francisco 1890.
19   is going to join father Mr James Rowe 319 Broadway San Francisco.
20   has no ticket to final destination.
23   Final Destination is Lexington, Ky.  He has no ticket to final destination.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 3, Page 151-152,155.

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