Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Belgic

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. Belgic, sailing from Yokohama, Aug 14, 1894 arriving at Port of San Francisco, Sept 5, 1894.

Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, 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

Please scroll to view all columns.

  
1* W.M.      Muller    29y7m  No  Bookkeeper Scotch   Glasgow San Francisco yes 65 yes No 
2  Gregory   Elias     44y0m  Yes Priest     Turk     Jelamuk San Francisco yes 30 No  No
3  John      Elias     28y0m  Yes Priest     Turk     Jelamuk San Francisco yes 30 No  No
4  Takahashi Tadashi   22y5m  No  Student    Japanese Tokio   San Francisco yes 35 No  No
5  Yamato    Ichihashi 16y3m  No  Student    Japanese Aichi   San Francisco yes 20 No  No
6  Shigitora Otatsume  28y3m  Yes Student    Japanese Miyagi  Berlin        no  20 No  No
7* ?         Ikawa     29y6m  No  Merchant   Japanese Gumma   San Francisco yes 36 yes No
8  Yosaku    Oya       19y10m Yes Student    Japanese Tochiji San Francisco yes 30 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:
 Sex=Male 
 Able to Read & Write=yes 
 Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco   
 By whom was passage paid?=himself 
 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 ?.

1 has been to San Francisco 1880 or 1881-1892.
7 first name is recorded on the list as a question mark.  He has been to San
   Francisco once 1894.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 2, Page 132

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