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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 Dec 21, 1895 arriving at Port of San Francisco, Jan 16th, 1896.
Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, 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* Lucian Pladevell 42 single Shoemaker Spain Guatemala over $30 No yes 2 Francisco Rawney 24 single Printer Austria Guatemala over $30 No No 3* Juan B. Flores 38 married Merchant Peru Callao over $30 yes No Transcriber's Notes: The departure port is listed as simply Panama. Research indicates this is Panama City. There is no captain's statement attached to this manifest. There is a signature "Frank H. Johnston, Commander." The following columns had identical entries for all passengers and so were not included in the table: Sex=Male 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 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 is going to join Cousin Antonio Sera San Fran^co. 3 has been to New York 1895.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 3, Page 193.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild31 August 2001
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