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 26, 1895 arriving at Port of San Francisco, Nov 2, 1895.

Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, Married or Single, Occupation, Able to Read & Write, Nationality, 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

Please scroll to view all the columns.

 1* J.T.       Wright       25y4m  M S   ?Builder  y English    SF         J.T.W.   100 No  No
 2* Nick Peter Jourgensen   24y4m  M S   Farmer    y Danish     SF         self     80  yes No
 3* Jonno      Lafeminina   67y    M M   Shoemaker n Italian    New York   self     35  yes yes
 4  C          Hermanson    50y    M M   Laborer   n Finn       New York   self     100 No  No
 5* Joseph     Puccini      37y3m  M M   Painter   y Italian    SF         self     75  yes yes
 6* Margaret   Puccini      34     F M             y Italian    SF         J Puccini    yes No
 7* Rev S      Sugiyama     38y5m  M Wid Minister  y Jap.       Hartford   self     160 No  yes
 8* A          McDowell     40y    F M             y English    SF         husband  50  yes No
 9* Francisco  de Costa     33y2m  M M   Laborer   n Portuguese Madeira    self     100 yes No
10* Carolina   de Costa     28y1m  F S             n Portuguese Madeira    self         yes No
11* Maria      de Costa      6y    F S             n Portuguese Madeira    self         yes No
12* ?          de Costa      4y    F S             n Portuguese Madeira    self         yes No
13* Violant    de Costa      2y6m  F M             n Portuguese Madeira    self         yes No
14* Antonio    de Nacimento 32y3m  M M   Laborer   n Portuguese Madeira    self     130 No  No
15* Louisa     de Nacimento 35y2m  F               n Portuguese Madeira    self         No  No
16* Manuel     de Nacimento  1y10m M               n Portuguese Madeira    self         No  No
17* Antone     de Nacimento  3y      S             n Portuguese Madeira    self         No  No
18* John Theo  Brown        32y    M S   Merchant  y English    SF         self     75  yes yes
19* Jose P     Custidio     50y    M     Farmer    n Portuguese San Miguel self     100 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:
 Last Residence=Honolulu (except 7)
 Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco
 Whether having a ticket to final destination=no (except 5-6,8,18)
 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  There is a word before Builder in the occupation column most likely Car., 
   but it could be Bar. or Oar.
2  has been to SF 1889-1894.
3  has been to San Fran 1894, New York 1893.  He is going to join "3rd Avenue 
   ?6 (maybe 76) Street."
5  has been to San Fran 1890-1895.  He has a ticket to destination.
6  has been to San Fran 1890-1895.  She is joining Mother Sisters Brother 
   Bush St SF 507 1/2 NE Berkeley.  She has a ticket to destination.
7  marital status is Widower.  Last Residence is Hilo, Hawaii
8  has been to SF.  She is going to join sister Mrs M H Smith, S.F.  She has
   a ticket to destination.
9-13 have been to SF.
9-17 There is a bracket in the Nationality column joining these passengers, 
   perhaps because they are all Portuguese, perhaps because they are traveling 
   together.  There are also ditto marks that indicate they are all Portuguese.
12 first name has been crossed out and is difficult to read but looks like 
   Steiner.
17 Sex is recorded as "baby."
18 has been to US twice Dec Jan 1892/9 (Sept 1892?) Mch 1895.  He is joining 
   "Business."  He has a ticket to destination.
19 There is a second page to this manifest that lists only this passenger.  
   This page is in a different format and is shown below.

Pacific Coast Steamship Company

QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED BY THE IMMIGRANT BEFORE BOOKING

NOTICE! If it is found upon the arrival of the immigrant in the United States that the following questions have not been correctly answered, the immigrant will be immediately returned. The immigrant will be required to swear to the truth of the following answers, if it be called for by the Commissioner of Immigration at the port of arrival in the United States. (A false oath will subject the immigrant to fine or imprisonment.)

Name: Jose Pacifico Custadio               Date when booked:Oct 25th 1895
Agent's Name: Wm G Invosir Co Ltd.         Agent's place of business:Honolulu
Name of Steamer for which booked:Monowai   Date of sailing fromhonolulu Oct 26, 1895

Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, Married or Single, Occupation, Able to Read & Write, Nationality, Last Residence, Final Destination in the US, Seaport for Landing in the US, Whether having a ticket to final destination, 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, Whether ever in Prison, Almshouse or supported by Charity, Whether a Polygamist, Whether under contract to labor in the US, Condition of Health Mental and Physical, Whether having any deformities

1* Jose Pacifico Cust?dio, 50, Male, Single, Farmer, no, Portuguese, Honolulu, 
   no, him, $100, never in US, not joining anyone, never in prison, not a 
   polygamist, not under contract to labor, in good health, no deformities

I hereby certify that I have made true answers to the questions which were asked in language understood by me, and which answers have been recorded above.*

Transcriber's Notes:

This list is unusual in that it is designed for each passenger to have a 
separate page.  At the top of each page appear blanks labeled:
Name:                                         Date when booked:
Agent's Name:                                 Agent's place of business:
Name of Steamer for which booked:             Date of sailing from 

Beneath this the information for the passenger is filled out in the columns 
described above.

At the bottom of each page is an oath and a blank for the passenger's signature.

There is no captain's statement nor captain's name attached to this manifest.

Passenger Notes:
1 surname is Custadio or Custodio.  The signature at the bottom of the page is 
  followed by a "+" with the note "his mark."

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 3, Page 169-170.

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