Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Peru

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. Peru, sailing from Hong Kong July 31st, 1895 arriving at Port of San Francisco, 23* Aug, 1895.

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 the columns.

 1* John  Mahoney   52y7m  No  Gentleman Irish    South Australia Denver no  $1,000 No  yes

 sailing from Yokohama Aug 10th, 1895  arriving at the Port of San Francisco August 24*, 1895

 2*       Tagayasu  29y4m  No  Merchant  Japanese Tokyo           SF     yes 100    yes No
 3* ?taro Kiyoda    29y6m  No  Student   Japanese Kumamoto        SF     yes 29     No  No
 4* ?jiro Nakamura  23y9m  Yes Student   Japanese Kumamoto        SF     yes 30     No  No
 5* ?hi   Imamura   20y0m  No  Student   Japanese Kumamoto        SF     yes 30     No  No
 6* ?jiro Nakashima 31y10m No  Student   Japanese Kumamoto        SF     yes 30     No  No
 7* ?iro  Yamada    40y5m  Yes Student   Japanese Aichi           SF     yes 35     No  No
 8*       Ikeda     30y8m  No  Student   Japanese Niigata         SF     yes 35     No  No
 9* ?i    Hidano    22y3m  No  Student   Japanese Niigata         SF     yes 30     No  No
10* ?hi   Mitobe    44y4m  yes Merchant  Japanese Niigata         SF     yes 30     No  No
11*       Imai      17y1m  No  Student   Japanese Nagano          SF     yes 25     No  No
12*       Oishi     20y9m  No  Student   Japanese Hiroshima       SF     yes 20     No  No
13*       Yamada    38y8m  Yes Student   Japanese Aichi           SF     yes 50     No  No
14*       Takeda    43y4m  Yes Student   Japanese Aichi           SF     yes 30     No  No


Transcriber's Notes:

There is no captain's statement nor captain's name attached to this manifest.

The page from Hong Kong gives the arrival date as Aug 23, that from Yokohama
 August 24.

In the Married or Single column "or Single" has been crossed out.

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 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    Final Destination is Denver, Colorado.  He is going to join Brother 
     Denver, Col.
2-14 The left side of this page is obscured on the film.  Some passengers' 
     first names are partially visible and some are missing.
2    has been to San Francisco once 1895.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 3, Page 138, 143.

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