Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Willamette Valley

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: *                                            Date when booked:June 7
Agent's Name: *                                    Agent's place of business:* 
Name of Steamer for which booked:Willamette Valley Date of sailing from Mazatlan June 7

Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Married or Single, Occupation, Nationality, Last Residence, By whom was passage paid?, Whether ever before in the US, Whether going to join Relative or Friend

  
1* Micaela   Orrelas   45 Single Houseservant Mexicana Mazatlan self      yes yes
2* Refugia G de Teller 53 Widow  Cook         Mexican  Mazatlan self      No  yes
3* Ruperta   Rios      25 Single Servant      Mexican  Mazatlan Mrs Zeioz No  No

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:

This list 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.

The transcriber has condensed the information in the columns of the various 
pages into the table above. 
At the bottom of each page is an oath and a blank for the passenger's signature. 

The information in the blanks at the top of the page is transcribed in the 
individual notes below. The Agent's Name and Agent's Place of Business were
not completed on any of the pages.

The following columns had identical entries for all passengers and so were 
not included in the table:
 Sex=Female
 Able to Read & Write=No 
 Final Destination in the US=San Francisco  
 Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco  
 Whether in Possession of Money-if less than $30, how much?=none
 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

There is no captain's statement nor captain's name attached to this manifest. 
Letters that are illegible or difficult to interpret are replaced by ?.

Passenger Notes
 
1 There is no signature on this page.  She has been to San Francisco 1891.  
  She is going to join sister Catalina Orr?las 1023 Pacific St, San Francisco.
  Sister's surname looks most like Orralas but could be Orrelas.
2 There is no signature on this page. She is going to join Daughter Hirminia 
  Teller. "does not know her direction (Spanish word for address) Daughter is
  to come for her."
3 There is no signature on this page. 

  

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 3, Pages 108-109, 115.

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