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 Jany 5th, 1895 arriving at Port of San Francisco, Jany 12, 1895.

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

Please scroll to view all columns.

  
 1  C J       Enquist    25y    M S       Laborer y Swedish    Honolulu     Chico  yes   yes No
 2* A S       Alves      38y    M S       Barber  y Portuguese Honolulu     SF     more  yes No
 3  Caroline  Bird       75y    F M               y English    Honolulu     SF     yes   yes yes
 4* Mrs Geo L Stratmeyer 38y    F M               y Hawaiian   Honolulu     SF               yes
 5  Anna V    Stratmeyer 16y    F S               y Hawaiian   Honolulu     SF                    
 6  Edward    Stratmeyer 13y    M S               y Hawaiian   Honolulu     SF                    
 7  Amy       Stratmeyer  3y    F S               n Hawaiian   Honolulu     SF                    
 8  George    Stratmeyer  4y    M S               n Hawaiian   Honolulu     SF                    
 9  Custer    Stratmeyer  1y7m  M S               n Hawaiian   Honolulu     SF                    
10* Thomas    L?k        31y4m  M S       Laborer y English    Victoria, BC SF      $50  yes No
11* Jose      Vierra     40y    M Widower Laborer n Portuguese Honolulu     Oakland more yes 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 
 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:
 2  has been to SF Oakland about 5 mos ago.
 4  Going to Join column says "To Reside."
10  surname is Leek or Luk.  He has been to Wash from Labor Day 1893.
11  has been to Oakland about 4 mo ago.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 3, Page 39.

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