Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Monowai

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. Monowai, sailing from Sydney Oct 28th, 1895 arriving at Port of San Francisco, Nov 22, 1895.

Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, Married or Single, Occupation, Nationality, Last Residence, 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

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 1* Mr A.E.       Foreslun  ?4 M S Builder    Swede       Syd        SF       self    700  no  no
 2* Mr            Defoe                                                               1000 no  no
 3* Mrs           Defoe
 4* Mr C          Defoe
 5* Miss Mary     Doran     27 F S Domestic   Irish      Melbourne   SF       self    70   no  yes
 6  Mr E.R.       Tait      34 M M Engineer   Australian Ararat      SF       self    65   no  no
 7  Mrs           Marion    28 F M wife       Australian Ararat      SF       husband 95   no  no
 8  Miss K        Street    30 F S Domestic   Irish      Melbourne   SF       self    30   no  no
 9  Miss Mary     McCallion 28 F S Domestic   Irish      Melbourne   SF       self    55   no  no
10* Mr Frederick  Use       32 M S Seaman     German     Sydney      SF       self    90   yes no
11  Harry         Degen     56 M S Laborer    German     Sydney      SF       self    200  no  no
12  A.S.G.        Stone     30      Travelle  Irish      Melb        Chgo     self    250  no  no
13* John          Osborne   23 M M Butcher    British    Utah        Utah     self    175  yes yes
14  John          O'Shea    23 M S Bookbinder British    Sydney      SF       self    85   no  no
15  Mrs Charlotte Leonard   62 F M None       British    Sydney      SF       self    90   no  no

            sailing from Auckland 2nd Nov, 1895

16* Charles       Meek      26 M S Bookkeeper Br         Wellington  SF       self    275  yes no
17* Jessie        Hall      29 F S none       Br         Gisborne    SF               50   no  yes
18* Minnie        Morrow    25 F S general    Br         Auckland    Portland         40   no  yes
19* Alick         ?ore      36 M S Merchant   Br         Auckland    SF       self    yes  yes no
20* Fred^k W      Preseder  30 M S Salesman   British    Dunedin     St Louis self    75   yes no
21* Richard Hy    Marriott  30 M S Engineer   British    Wellington  SF       self    200  no  no
22  Samuel        Razan     33 M S Traveller  Russian    Sydney      SF       self    350  no  no
23* Thomas        Gannon    47 M S Laborer    Irish      New Zealand SF       self    25   yes 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:
 Able to Read & Write=yes
 Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco
 Whether having a ticket to final destination+yes (except20)
 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   age is difficult to read, most likely 24.
2-4 Passengers 2 & 3 are written on the same line as Mr & Mrs.  Passenger 4 is 
    listed below as "son Mr C." with ditto marks to indicate Defoe.
5   is going to join Brother Dayton, O.
10  has been to New York 1883.
13  has been to Utah 1895.  Going to Join column says, "yes place of business."
16-19 names are written surname first but transcribed first name first in the 
    interest of uniformity.
16  Last Residence is Wellington NZ.  He has been to N York 1885.
17  Last Residence is Gisborne NZ.  She is going to join Brother-in-law 
    WA Andrews 718 Williams W Oakland, by whom her passage was paid.
18  Last Residence is Auckland NZ.  She is going to join brother-in-law 
    Mr Deshon 9 North 3rd St Portland Oregon, by whom her passage was paid.
19  Last Residence is Auckland NZ.  His surname might be Sore, Aore or Iore. 
    He has been to SF 1895.
20  Last Residence is Dunedin NZ.  He has no ticket to final destination.  He
    has been to Chicago 1893.
21  Last Residence is Wellington NZ.
23  has been to Coloradeo 1891.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 3, Page 172,174.

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