Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Australia

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. Australia, sailing from Honolulu, Oct 13, 1894 arriving at Port of San Francisco, Oct 20, 1894.

Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, Married or Single, Occupation, Able to Read & Write, 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* Alfred G Reis     20y3m M S Clerk   y English    Pearl City Oakland     A.G. Reis     $50  yes No
2* Jose R   Gomes    55y   M S Sailor  n Portuguese Honolulu   New Bedford self          yes  yes yes
3  Maria    de Jose  18y   F S         n Portuguese Honolulu   S.F.        self          yes  yes No
4  Thomas   Lindsay  54y7m M S Jeweler y Scotch     Honolulu   S.F.        self          yes  yes No
5* Geo H    Williams 26y   M M Clerk   y English    Honolulu   S.F.        self          less yes No
6* S        Mizuno   27y   M S Student y Japanese   Honolulu   Michigan    self          yes  yes No
7* Jose C   Carcella 40y   M M Mason   n Portuguese California Brocklin    Jose Baptista $15  yes yes
8  A.S.     Cooke    38y   M M Plumber y English    Maui       S.F.        self          more yes No
9* wife     Cooke    26y   F M                                                                   

    
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 6 & 7)
 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 (except 7)
 Whether having any deformities=no 
Letters that are illegible or difficult to interpret are replaced by ?.

1 Last Residence is Pearl City Oahu, H.I.  He has been "in Oakland Cal 1890."
2 is going to join sister New Bedford.
5 has been to Detroit Mich.
6 has no ticket to final destination.
7 has no ticket to final destination.  Passage was paid for by Jose Baptista
   agent for his wife.  He has been to Brocklyn and is going to join wife &
   children.  He is described as "Crippled of a foot."
9 is simply listed as "& wife."

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 2, Page 145.

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