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 Dec 17th, 1895 arriving at Port of San Francisco, Jan 11, 1896.

Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, 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* Rev Valpulla Gohon     44y    M Yes preacher Indian    Ramapatam Kansas City N more No  No
 2  Otto         Perl      23y9m  M No  painter  Austrian  Singapore San Fran    Y more No  No

       sailing from Yokohama Dec 27th, 1895

 3* Bernard J.   Rebel     25y6m  M No  Planter  Dutch     Sumatra   Stanford    N 65   No  yes
 4  Masaharno    Inagaki   17y11m M No  Student  Jap.      Nagano    San Fran    N 30   No  No
 5* Tetsuya      Yamaguchi 31y5m  M No  Student  Jap.      Fukushima New York    N 40   yes No
 6* Jinjiro      Akai      31y5m  M Yes Merchant Jap.      Nagano    New York    N 100  yes No
 7  Tatsusaburu  Tagimura  27y10m M Yes Student  Jap.      Fukushima San Fran    Y 30   No  No
 8* Gensaku      Harasaki  39y0m  M Yes Student  Jap.      Shizuoka  San Fran    Y 12   yes No
 9  Rokunosuke   Sato      19y0m  M No  Student  Jap.      Chiba     San Fran    Y 50   No  No
10  Kozuto       Takemoto  17y5m  M No  Student  Jap.      Shogo     San Fran    Y $77  No  No
11* Sentaro      Y?jima    28y1m  M No  Farmer   Jap.      Fukuoka   San Fran    Y 40   No  No
12  Seijiro      Serata    26y0m  M No  Student  Jap.      Nagano    San Fran    Y 30   No  No
13  Yoshitaro    Sawano    31y3m  M No  Student  Jap.      Kanagawa  San Fran    Y 36   No  No
14  Nasaburo     Taisaka   20y3m  M No  Student  Jap.      Osaka     San Fran    Y 30   No  No
15  Gichiro      Shioda    18y4m  M No  Student  Jap.      Kagoshima San Fran    Y 40   No  No
16  Rakmai       Ikeda     28y8m  M No  Student  Jap.      Kagoshima San Fran    Y 38   No  No
17  Kinsuke      Otsubo    23y0m  M No  Student  Jap.      Kagoshima San Fran    Y 35   No  No
18  Michio       Muto      44y    M Yes Student  Jap.      Chiba     San Fran    Y 50   No  No
19  Jinzo        Sugemoto  28y1m  M No  Student  Jap.      Yamaguchi San Fran    Y 50   No  No
20  Miss Yatabe  Rui       13y10m F Yes Student  Jap.      Chiba     San Fran    Y 50   No  No
21* Ogawa        Chika     35y1m  F Yes wife     Jap.      Kanagawa  San Fran    Y      yes yes
22* Kameda       Kuna      31y1m  F Yes wife     Jap.      Kanagawa  San Fran    Y      No  yes
23* James        Adam      32y6m  M Wid Missionary English China     Toronto     Y 75   No  No


Transcriber's Notes:

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

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
 By whom was passage paid?=self (except 1)
 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  passage was paid by Rev R.R. or K.R. Williams.
3  Final Destination is Stanford, Cal.  He is joining Bro E. Rebel Stanford, Cal.
5  has been to New York once 1895.
6  has been to New York 12 times.
8  has been to San Fran^co 1895 3 times.
11 surname is Yeijima or Yujima.  Farmer is written in the Occupation column over
   the ditto marks that indicate Student.
21 has been to San Fran^co 1895.  She is joining husband N. Ogawa 923 Sac. St 
   San Francisco.
22 is joining husband Y Kameda 923 Sac. St  San Fran^co.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 3, Page 189-190.

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