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 Mar 29, 1895 arriving at Port of San Francisco, Apr 20, 1895.

Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, Married or Single, Occupation, Nationality, Last Residence, 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* F        Pierce  40 M        Carpenter  US      San Jose     Native No
 2* CJ       Abbott  67 M      M Dairyman   US      San Jose     Native yes
 3* JC       Graham  46 M      ? Miner      US      Mexico       Native 
 4* L        Esparza 45 M      M Merchant   Mexican Mexico       No     yes
 5* A        Hingis  29 Female M Tailor                          
 6  E        Daws    32 M      S Laborer    French  Panama  $50  No     No
 7* Mrs V.F. Gray    35 Female M None       Mexican Mexico   25  No     yes
 8* Master H Gray    12 Female S None       Mexican Mexico   $5  No     yes
 9* Master I Gray    11 Female S None       Mexican Mexico       No     yes
10* Master C Gray    10 Female S None       Mexican Mexico       No     yes
11* Mrs L    Delgad  20 Female M Dressmaker Mexican Mexico       Yes    yes
    

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:
 Able to Read & Write=yes 
 Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco  
 Final Destination in the US=S.F. 
 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 
Letters that are illegible or difficult to interpret are replaced by ?.

Passenger Notes:
1-3  seem to be crossed out, perhaps because they are not aliens.  "Native" 
     is written in the Ever Before in US column.
2    has been to Monterey.
4    after his name is written " and wife A Hingis."  It is not clear if this
     refers to one person or two.
5    does not have a separate entry.  She, her age and occupation are squeezed 
     in between lines for passengers 4 and 6.
7    After her name is written "and family."  This probably refers to the 
     succeeding children.  They are going to join "Mother, San Jose, Cal."
8-10 Despite the fact that all these passengers are called Master, sex is 
     recorded as female by ditto marks.
11   There is no final vowel for this surname, despite the fact that one might 
     be expected.  She has been to S.F.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 3, Page 77.

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