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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 Oct 30th, 1894 arriving at Port of San Francisco, Nov 27, 1894.
Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Married or Single*, Occupation, Nationality, Last Residence, Final Destination in the US, Whether in Possession of Money-if less than $30, how much?, Whether going to join Relative or Friend
Please scroll to view all columns.
1* Turu? Hyeein
Abdullah Joseph 47y2m yes Merchant Turkish Hong Kong San Fran more yes
sailing from Yokohama Nov 9th, 1894
2 Taijiro Ikuta 23y0m No Student Japanese Shizuoka San Fran $110 No
3 Bunzo Washidzu 34y4m No Student Japanese Niigata New York 60 No
4* William Hea?er 29y1m yes Sealer New Foundland New Foundland Victoria 60 No
5* Charles Kiel 30y2m yes Sealer New Foundland New Foundland Victoria 60 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
Whether having a ticket to final destination=yes for those going to San
Francisco, no for others
By whom was passage paid?=self
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 ?.
In the Married or Single column for passengers from Yokohama or Single has
been crossed out. The transcriber has replaced Married with yes for
passenger #1.
Passenger Notes:
#1 First name is Turug or Turuy. The name is written Turu? Hyeein Abdullah
Joseph, in that order, on the page. Other names appear to be written
surname last, but they are on a different page. He is going to join
"Son Ja Fredrick San Fran."
#4 & #5 are going to Victoria B.C.
#4 surname is Healer or Heater.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 3, Page 3-4.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild5 December 2000
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