Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Colon

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: *                                       Date when booked:*
Agent's Name: M. Amador                       Agent's place of business:San Jose de Guatemala 
Name of Steamer for which booked:Colon      Date of sailing from *

Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Married or Single, Occupation, Nationality, Last Residence, Whether ever before in the US, Whether going to join Relative or Friend

  
1* M    Parquat  32y    married  merchant  Egypt   Guatemala  yes  No
2* Leon Cohn     21y6m  single   merchant  German  Guatemala  No   No
                                 

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.

The transcriber has condensed the information in the columns of the various 
pages into the table above. 
At the bottom of each page is an oath and a blank for the passenger's
signature. 

The information in the blanks at the top of the page is transcribed at the 
top of the page or in the individual notes below.

The following columns had identical entries for all passengers and so were 
not included in the table:
 Sex=male 
 Able to Read & Write=yes 
 Final Destination in the US=San Francisco  
 Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco  
 By whom was passage paid?=self 
 Whether in Possession of Money-if less than $30, how much?=over $30 
 Whether having a ticket to final destination=yes
 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

There is no captain's statement nor captain's name attached to this manifest. 
Letters that are illegible or difficult to interpret are replaced by ?.

Passenger Notes: 
1  passage was booked March 28, 1895, sailing from San Jose March 28, 1895.  
   The signature on this page appears to be in Arabic.  He has been to New 
   York 1884. This passenger also appears on the second page of this manifest
   with a note at the end of the line "dup on page 72 line #1."
2  passage was booked March 28, 1895, sailing from San Jose March 28, 1895. 
   The signature is Leon Cohn.  
 
  

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 3, Pages 72-73.

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