Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS City of Sydney

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. City of Sydney, sailing from Panama Sept 19th, 1894 arriving at Port of San Francisco, Oct 9, 1894.*

Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, Married or Single, Occupation, Nationality, Last Residence, Final Destination in the US, Whether in Possession of Money-if less than $30, how much?, Whether ever before in the US, Whether going to join Relative or Friend

  
1* Jose Simi     30 Male M Merchant Spanish San Frisco    Powell St 100 yes yes
2*      Baldemio 22 Male S Merchant Spanish Quesaltanango Powell St 100 yes yes
    

Transcriber's Notes:

There is no captain's statement nor captain's name attached to this manifest.
About is written above the arrival date on the 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  
 Whether having a ticket to final destination=yes
 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 

Passenger Notes:
1 has been to SF.  He is going to join wife Powell St.
2 has been to SF.  He is going to join sister-in-law.  There is only one name
  entered on the list.  It is listed here as the surname.  Last residence is 
  misspelled on the manifest. (Should be Quetzaltenango  It is in Guatemala.)

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 3, Page 11.

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