Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Umatilla

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:H. Roper                                  Date when booked:April 27, 1895
Agent's Name: R.P Rithet & Co, Ltd             Agent's place of business:Victoria, BC 
Name of Steamer for which booked:Umatilla      Date of sailing from:Victoria Apr 28, 1895

Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, Married or Single, Occupation, Able to Read & Write, Nationality, Last Residence, Final Destination in the US, Seaport for Landing 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, Whether having any deformities

  
1* Herbert Roper, 21, Male, single, Groom, able to read and write, English, 
   Montreal, San Francisco, San Francisco, has ticket to final destination, 
   paid for passage himself, more than $30, never before in US, not going to 
   join anyone, never in prison, not a polygamist, not under contract to labor, 
   in good health, no deformities

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:

There is no arrival date written on the page transcribed here, 67.  However, 
 there is a second page, 96, for the Umatilla departing Victoria on April 28 
 and arriving May 1st with the identical passenger on board.  
The list on page 67 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. 
There is a second page of this manifest that has exactly the same information as
 the page described above but is in the normal format for manifests of this time
 period.

Passenger Note: 
1 The signature at the bottom of the page is obscured.  only an "R" is visible.  
  

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 3, Page 67, 96.

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