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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 Dec 29th, 1894 arriving at Port of San Francisco, Jan 12, 1895.
Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, Married or Single, Occupation, Last Residence, By whom was passage paid?, Whether in Possession of Money-if less than $30, how much?, Whether going to join Relative or Friend
1 Taijiro Saito 22y5m Male No Student Miigata self $31 No
2* Kanama Tanaka 11y11m Male No Student Nara self $35 yes
3 Yoshizo Nakashima 25y0m Male No Student Wakayama self 30 No
4 Kumataro Honda 26y9m Male No Student Kumamoto self 30 No
5* ?rs Yamashira 34y5m Female yes wife Kanagawa husband 60 No
6* Chiyomatsu 4y1m Male
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
Nationality=Japanese
Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco
Final Destination in the US=San Francisco
Whether having a ticket to final destination=yes
Whether ever before in the US=No
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 is going to join Y Roiano 205 9th St.
5 is probably Mrs. Yamashira. Her occupation is wife of Ogawa Takashi.
"and child" is written starting on her line and extending down to the line
below.
6 is probably the son of passenger 5.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 3, Page 41.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild18 March 2001
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