Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Oceanic

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. Oceanic, sailing from Hong Kong, Aug 21st, 1894 arriving at Port of San Francisco, Sept 17, 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

Please scroll to view all columns.

  
1* Simon     Jean        30y    Married Missionary Asia Minor Singapore Brazil      No  180  No  
2* Jean      Constantine 25y    Married Missionary Asia Minor Singapore Brazil      No  180  No  

              sailing from Yokohama Sept 2nd, 1894

3  Hosaku    Yamashita   25y2m  No      Merchant   Japanese   Yamanashi San Fran    yes  75  No  
4  Namitaro  Otaguro     22y2m  No      Student    Japanese   Yamanashi San Fran    yes  71  No  
5* Tomi      Tetsujiro   28y4m  No      Merchant   Japanese   Shigaken  San Fran    yes 150  yes 
6  Antonio   Bustamente  35y0m  Yes     Merchant   Spanish    Manila    Mexico City No   50  No  
7  Kawakishi Hayashi     22y2m  No      Student    Japanese   Tokio     Chicago     No   90  No  
8  Kentaro   Muto        25y11m No      Student    Japanese   Tokio     San Fran    No   37  No 

    
Transcriber's Notes
There is no captain's statement nor captain's name attached to this manifest.  
 There are initials at the bottom of the second page "Six names only G.H.S."
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?=self 
 Whether going to join Relative or Friend=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 
On the page of passengers from Yokohama "or Single" has been crossed out in 
 the Married or Single column heading, leaving Married.

1&2 Final Destination is in transit to Brazil.
5   has been 4 times to San Franco.
 

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 2, Pages 130-131.

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