Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS St Paul

Pacific Coast Steamship Company

QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED BY THE IMMIGRANT BEFORE BOOKING

NOTICE! If it is found upon the arrival of the immigrant in the United States that the following questions have not been correctly answered, the immigrant will be immediately returned. The immigrant will be required to swear to the truth of the following answers, if it be called for by the Commissioner of Immigration at the port of arrival in the United States. (A false oath will subject the immigrant to fine or imprisonment.)

      Name: Manuel Garay                        Date when booked: Sept 6, 1894
      Agent's Name: *                           Agent's place of business: *
      Name of Steamer for which booked:St Paul  Date of sailing from: La Paz Sept 6th, 1894

Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, Married or Single, Occupation, Able to Read & Write, Nationality, Last Residence, Seaport for Landing in the US, Final Destination in the US, Whether having a ticket to final destination, 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, Whether ever in Prison, Almshouse or supported by Charity, Whether a Polygamist, Whether under contract to labor in the US, Condition of Health Mental and Physical, Deformed or Crippled, Nature and Cause

  
1 Manuel Garay, 24, Male, single, Music Teacher, able to read and write, Mexico, 
 Last Residence Mexico, SF, SF, has ticket to final destination, ticket paid for
 by himself, $38, never before in the US, joining "cousin, William Alatorre,
 Montgomery", never in prison, not a polygamist, not under contract to labor,
 health good, not crippled                                    

I hereby certify that I have made true answers to the questions which were asked in language understood by me, and which answers have been recorded above.*

                              
Transcriber's Notes:

This list is unusual in that it is designed for each passenger to have a separate 
page.  At the top of each page appear blanks labeled: 
Name:                                         Date when booked: 
Agent's Name:                                 Agent's place of business:  
Name of Steamer for which booked:             Date of sailing from 

Beneath this the information for the passenger is filled out in the columns
described above.

At the bottom of each page is an oath and a blank for the passenger's signature. 

There is no captain's statement nor captain's name attached to this manifest. 
 
1 The page is signed "Manuel Garay."
  

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 2, Page 140.

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