Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Gaelic

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. Gaelic, sailing from Yokohama, Sept 21st, 1894 arriving at Port of San Francisco, Oct 4, 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* James Henry Parsons  35y2m  No  accountant  British  Yokohama Philadelphia  No  60 Yes Yes
2* Oria        Kai      40y    Yes curio trade Japanese Tokyo    San Francisco Yes  7 Yes No
3* Toraji      Ki?abara 34y1m  Yes Merchant    Japanese Tokyo    San Francisco Yes 75 Yes No
4  Shigeru     Motoda   23y    No  Student     Japanese Tokyo    San Francisco Yes 52 No      No
5  Kuikichi    Murakami 21y7m  No  Student     Japanese Kanagawa San Francisco Yes 35 No      No
6  Ginsaki     Tokuno   44y4m  Yes Student     Japanese Wakayama Tacoma Wash   Yes 12 No        No
7  Seizo       Iida     35y11m Yes Student     Japanese Kanagawa 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 
"Or Single" has been crossed out in the Married or Single column, leaving Married.
Letters that are illegible or difficult to interpret are replaced by ?.

1 has been to Phildelphia 1891.  He is going to join Mother Mrs Parsons 
  3347 No 19th St Phil.
2 has been to San Francisco several times last 1894.
3 surname is Kimabara or Kiwabara.  He has been to San Francisco 1888.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 2, Page 144.

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