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 May 29th, 1895 arriving at Port of San Francisco, June 22, 1895.

Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, Married or Single, Occupation, Nationality, Last Residence, 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

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 1* M    Steinmann  40 M Single  Photographer US        Salvador   self      $30  Citizen        
 2  O    Gustofasen 25 M Single  Farmer       Sweden    Panama     Am consul 50   Citizen        
 3  B    Martino    26 M Single  Bookeeper    Germany   Guatemala  self      140  Citizen yes
 4* C    Minatula   42 M Single  Merchant     Gibralter Panama     self      1400 No      yes
 5* J    Quintaro   22 M Single  Blacksmith   Spain     Spain      self      40   No      yes
 6* R    Bowden     25 M Single  Rancher      Chilean   San Blas   self      100  No      yes
 7* S.A. Sears      53 M Single  Carpenter    US        Guatemala  self      more Citizen        
 8  W.   Nelson     47 M Married Mariner      England   Manzanillo self      4    Citizen        
 9* wife Nelson     22 F Married none                                            
10* C.P. Wilson     38 M Single  Artist       US        Guatemala  self      more Citizen        
11* W.B. Daugherty  32 M Single  Machinist    US        Panama     self      more Citizen

    
Transcriber's Notes:
There is no captain's statement nor captain's name attached to this manifest.
In the lower right hand corner of the manifest is a note "11 sailors, 8 Chinese."
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=San Francisco
 Whether having a ticket to final destination=yes
 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, 7, 10-11 are crossed out.  Often this seems to be because the passengers 
  are not aliens.  In this case passengers 2 & 3 are described as citizens
  but are not crossed out.
3 is enroute to Germany.
4 is on business.
5 is going to join P. Quintero San Buenaventura Cal.  The two surnames are 
  written with different vowels: Quintero & Quintaro.
6 is on business.
9 is simply added to the above line as "& wife" with her age, sex and
  occupation squeezed in.
 

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1 Vol 3 Page 114.

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