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SS Lucania
Affidavit of the Master or Commanding Officer, or First or Second Officer.
I, Jas. B. Watt, Master of Lucania from Queenstown do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that I have caused the surgeon of said vessel sailing therewith, or the surgeon employed by the owners thereof, to make a physical and oral examination of each and all of the aliens named in the foregoing list or Manifest Sheets, 9 in number, and that from the report of said surgeon and from my own investigation, I believe that no one of said aliens is an idiot, or insane person, or a pauper, or is likely to become a public charge, or is suffering from a loathsome or a dangerous contagious disease, or is a person who has been convicted of a felony or other crime or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, or a polygamist, or an anarchist, or under promise or agreement, express or implied, to perform labor in the United States, or a prostitute, and that also, according to the best of my knowledge and belief, the information in said Lists or Manifests concerning each of said aliens named therein is correct and true in every respect. (Signed) J.B.Watt, Commanding Officer. Sworn to before me this 28th day of July, 1906 at New York. (Signed) L?en A. L???h, Immigration Officer.
Affidavit of Surgeon
I, B. Sydney Jones, Surgeon of the Lucania, Sailing Herewith, do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that I have had 9 years' experience as a Physician and Surgeon and that I am entitled to practice as such by and under the authority of RCP London & RCS, Eng., and that I have made a personal examination of each of the aliens named herein, and that the foregoing Lists or Manifest Sheets, 9 in number, are, according to the best of my knowledge and belief, full, correct, and true in all particulars, relative to the mental and physical condition of such aliens. (Signed) B.Jones. Sworn to before me this 28th day of July, 1906, at New York. (Signed) (illegible), Immigration Officer.
Columns represent:
1 No. on List
2 Name in Full
3 Age, yrs, mos.
4 Sex
5 Married or Single
6 Calling or Occupation
7 Able to Read, Able to write
8 Nationality (Country of which citizen or subject)
9 Race or People
10 Last Residence (Last permanent residence, Country and City or Town).
11 Final Destination (State, City or Town).
12 Whether having a ticket to such final destination.
13 By whom was passage paid?
14 Whether in possession of $50, and if less, how much?
15 Whether ever before in the United States; and if so, when and where?
16 Whether going to join a relative or friend; and if so, what relative or
friend, and his name and complete address.
17 Ever in prison or almshouse,or institution for care and treatment of the
insane, or supported by charity; if so, which?
18 Whether a Polygamist.
19 Whether an Anarchist.
20 Whether coming by reason of any offer, solicitation or agreement, express
or implied, to labor in the United States?
21 Condition of Health, Mental and Physical.
22 Deformed or Crippled, Nature, length and time and cause.
1 Powelson W
2 Powelson M
3 McCarthy
4 Webb
5 Burnett
6 Cherry W
7 Cherry K
8 O'Keefe
9 Hanley
10 Parrish
11 Schnakenberg
12 Montgomery
13 Boyajean
14 Spiegle
15 Tupper
16 Williams
17 Brett
18 Bemis E
19 Bemis A
20 Rintand
21 Patton W
22 Patton M
23 Cattermole
24 ?eu?tell
25 Edwards
26 Cott F
27 Cott A
28 Davison J
29 Davison L
30 Hargrove
31 James
1 Powelson, Wilfred 33y; male; married; No occupation; can read/write;
Nationality: US Citizen; In prison-no; Polygamist-no; Anarchist-no; Promise
of labor-no; Health-good; Deformed/crippled-no. (This is the only info
recorded).
2 Powelson, Margaret 32y; female; married; Occ-Wife; can read/write;
Nationality: US Citizen; In prison-no; Polygamist-no; Anarchist-no; Promise
of labor-no; Health-good; Deformed/crippled-no. (This is the only info
recorded).
3 McCarthy, Florence W. 43y; male; married; Occ-Mcht.; can read/write;
Nationality: US Citizen; In prison-no; Polygamist-no; Anarchist-no; Promise
of labor-no; Health-good; Deformed/crippled-no. (This is the only info
recorded).
4 Webb, James N. 41y; male; married; Real Estate; can read/write; Nationality:
US Citizen; In prison-no; Polygamist-no; Anarchist-no; Promise of labor-no;
Health-good; Deformed/crippled-no. (This is the only info recorded).
5 Burnett, Jefferson 41y; male; married; Real Estate; can read/write;
Nationality: US Citizen; In prison-no; Polygamist-no; Anarchist-no; Promise
of labor-no; Health-good; Deformed/crippled-no. (This is the only info
recorded).
6 Cherry, Wm. W. 39y; male; married; Dentist; can read/write; Nationality: US
Citizen; In prison-no; Polygamist-no; Anarchist-no; Promise of labor-no;
Health-good; Deformed/crippled-no. (This is the only info recorded).
7 Cherry, Katteryn 36y; female; married; Occ-Wife; can read/write;
Nationality: US Citizen; In prison-no; Polygamist-no; Anarchist-no; Promise
of labor-no; Health-good; Deformed/crippled-no. (This is the only info
recorded).
8 O'Keefe, Pat^k. James 45y; male; married; Lawyer; can read/write;
Nationality: US Citizen; In prison-no; Polygamist-no; Anarchist-no; Promise
of labor-no; Health-good; Deformed/crippled-no. (This is the only info
recorded).
9 Hanley, Chas. A. 37y; male; married; Buyer; can read/write; Nationality: US
Citizen; In prison-no; Polygamist-no; Anarchist-no; Promise of labor-no;
Health-good; Deformed/crippled-no. (This is the only info recorded).
10 Parrish, Ernest Joseph 40y; male; married; Salesman; can read/write;
Nationality: US Citizen; In prison-no; Polygamist-no; Anarchist-no; Promise
of labor-no; Health-good; Deformed/crippled-no. (This is the only info
recorded).
11 Schnakenberg, Daniel 34y; male; married; Occ-Mcht.; can read/write;
Nationality: US Citizen; In prison-no; Polygamist-no; Anarchist-no; Promise
of labor-no; Health-good; Deformed/crippled-no. (This is the only info
recorded).
12 Montgomery, Wm. J. 40y; male; married; Buyer; can read/write; Nationality:
US Citizen; In prison-no; Polygamist-no; Anarchist-no; Promise of labor-no;
Health-good; Deformed/crippled-no. (This is the only info recorded).
13 Boyajean, John A. 38y; male; married; Occ-Mcht.; can read/write;
Nationality: US Citizen; In prison-no; Polygamist-no; Anarchist-no; Promise
of labor-no; Health-good; Deformed/crippled-no. (This is the only info
recorded).
14 Spiegle, George 43y; male; married; Occ-Mcht.; can read/write; Nationality:
US Citizen; In prison-no; Polygamist-no; Anarchist-no; Promise of labor-no;
Health-good; Deformed/crippled-no. (This is the only info recorded).
15 Tupper, Eva G. 41y; female; married; Writer; can read/write; Nationality: US
Citizen; In prison-no; Polygamist-no; Anarchist-no; Promise of labor-no;
Health-good; Deformed/crippled-no. (This is the only info recorded).
16 Williams, Stanley 23y; male; married; Banker; can read/write; Nationality:
US Citizen; In prison-no; Polygamist-no; Anarchist-no; Promise of labor-no;
Health-good; Deformed/crippled-no. (This is the only info recorded).
17 Brett, John Hall 21y; male; single; Banker; can read/write; Nationality: US
Citizen; In prison-no; Polygamist-no; Anarchist-no; Promise of labor-no;
Health-good; Deformed/crippled-no. (This is the only info recorded).
18 Bemis, Edw. Webster 46y; male; married; Statistician; can read/write;
Nationality: US Citizen; In prison-no; Polygamist-no; Anarchist-no; Promise
of labor-no; Health-good; Deformed/crippled-no. (This is the only info
recorded).
19 Bemis, Annie S. 40y; female; married; Occ-Wife; can read/write; Nationality:
US Citizen; In prison-no; Polygamist-no; Anarchist-no; Promise of labor-no;
Health-good; Deformed/crippled-no. (This is the only info recorded).
20 Rintand, David 28y; male; married;(Occ.-unclear, stamped over); can
read/write; Nationality-Gt.Britain; Race-Scotch; Last resi: Glasgow; Final
Dest: Montreal; Tkt?-no; Pd by Self; $50?-more; In US before?-no; In transit
to Canada; In prison-no; Polygamist-no; Anarchist-no; Promise of labor-no;
Health-good; Deformed/crippled-no. (Non-immigrant Alien stamped over
occupation).
21 Patton, Walker 37y; male; married; Occ-Mcht.; can read/write; Nationality-
Gt.Brit; Race; Irish; Last resi: Merchant in NJ; Final Dest: Montclair,
NJ; Tkt?-no; Pd by Self; More than $50; In US before?-yes, Montclair,
1906; Going Home: Montclair, NJ; In prison-no; Polygamist-no; Anarchist-no;
Promise of labor-no; Health-good; Deformed/crippled-no. ("Non-immigrant
Alien" stamped over occupation).
22 Patton, Mary J. 37y; female; married; Occ-Wife; (Remainder the same as Pass.
21).
23 Cattermole, Arthur E. 43y; male; married; Mining Engineer; can read/write;
Nationality-Gt.Brit; Race: English; Last resi: London; Final Dest: Chicago;
Tkt?- no; Pd by self; More than $50; in US before?-yes, New York-1906;
Joining?-(only the word "No" is written); In prison-no; Polygamist-no;
Anarchist-no; Promise of labor-no; Health-good; Deformed/crippled-no.
24* ?eu?tell, Victor Geo. 28y; male; single; Occ-Mftrs.Agent; can read/write;
Nationality-Gt.Brit; Race: English; Last resi: London; Final Dest: New York;
Tkt?-yes; Pd by self; More than $50; In US before?-yes, New York 1906;
Going: Hotel Wolcott 31st St, NY City; In prison-no; Polygamist-no;
Anarchist-no; Promise of labor-no; Health-good; Deformed/crippled-no.
25 Edwards, Chas. B. 42y; male; (Marital status not readable); Engineer; can
read/write; Nationality: Gt.Brit; Race: English; Last Resi: Port Sunlight;
Final Dest: Toronto (Boston has been crossed out); Tkt?-no; Pd by self; More
than $50; In US before?-1906, New York; Going: In transit to Canada; In
prison-no; Polygamist-no; Anarchist-no; Promise of labor-no; Health-good;
Deformed/crippled-no. ("Non-Immigrant Alien" stamped over occupation).
26 Cott, Frank A. 50y; male; married; Occ-None; can read/write; Nationality-
Gt.Brit; Race-English; Last Resi-Englewood, NJ; Final Dest-Englewood,
NJ; Tkt?-yes; Pd by self; More than $50; In US before-Resident; Going home:
Englewood, NJ; In prison-no; Polygamist-no; Anarchist-no; Promise of
labor-no; Health-good; Deformed/crippled-no. ("Non-Immigrant Alien" stamped
over occupation).
27 Cott, Annie S. 42y; female; married; Occ-Wife; (Remainder is the same as for
Pass. 26).
28* Davison, John 34y (or possibly 54); male; married;Agt; can read/write;
Nationality-Gt.Brit; Race: English; Last Resi: Orange, NJ; Final Dest:
Orange, NJ; Tkt?-yes; Pd by self; More than $50; In US before-Resident;
Going Home: 43 Park Place, Orange, NJ; In prison-no; Polygamist-no;
Anarchist-no; Promise of labor-no; Health-good; Deformed/crippled-no.
("Non-immigrant Alien" stamped over occupation.) A
29 Davison, Leonora 53y; female; married; Occ-Wife; (Remainder is the same as
for Pass. 28).
30 Hargrove, Alfred Nelson 3?y; male; single; Salesman; can read/write;
Nationalilty-Gt.Brit; Race; English; Last Resi-West Bromwich; Final Dest:
St. Louis; Tkt?-no; Pd by Self; More than $50; In US before?-Many times;
Going-Business address: 1525 Old Manchester Rd, St. Louis; In prison-no;
Polygamist-no; Anarchist-no; Promise of labor-no; Health-good;
Deformed/crippled-no.
31* James, Frederick 32y; male; married; Food Specialist; can read/write;
Nationality-Gt.Brit; Race: English; Last Resi: London; Final Dest: New
York; Tkt?-no; Pd by self; More than $50; In US before?-no; Going: Hotel
E?rlington, New York; In prison-no; Polygamist-no; Anarchist-no; Promise of
labor-no; Health-good; Deformed/crippled-no.
Transcriber's Notes:
The numbering system employed is that of the transcriber and not of the lister.
The original form numbered 1-30. Lister used these numbers, but at times only
partially filled a page. Transcriber numbered consecutively.
A ? indicates letter or letters which could not be read because of the quality of
the document.
The parentheses are used to add comments of transcriber and to clarify where
necessary--they were not that of the lister himself.
Passengers 1-112 sailed from Liverpool 7/21/1906; these are first-class
passengers. Passengers 113-149 sailed from Queenstown, Ire. 7/22/1906, also
First Class Passengers. Passengers 150-353 sailed from Liverpool 7/21/1906 and
were probably Second Class Passengers, as were Passengers 354-399 from
Queenstown. Passengers 400-970 were Steerage passengers.
Passenger #598, Julius Ogren is my paternal grandfather. In his diary he
describes the voyage and I thought I would share it:
"July 21 - Got on board the grey Ocean Steamship, SS Lukania which had been
inspected and left port at 5:00.
July 22 - On the Ocean. Took passengers from Ireland, about 60 in number. Quiet
sea, but sea is dark.
July 23 - Wind blew; however, otherwise beautiful.
July 24 - Rain in the morning. Westerly storm. Middle of the afternoon,
quieter, clear weather.
July 25 - Rather cloudy, not some hard storms.
July 26 - Rainy weather, no fog.
July 27 - Rain and fog. Middle afternoon clear, rather beautiful weather.
Came in NY's harbor in the evening. Anchored at 9:00. We got to behold
a big and beautiful fireworks display.
July 28 - 9:00 in the morning, we stepped onto land and began to go through
the examination of our papers. The same were inspected and we got the
tickets cleared, a long, boring wait closed in a waiting room; went off
on the Baltimore Railroad at 12:20 after midnight."
It is worthy to note that Passenger 869 is the famed Nobel prize-winning
author, Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951).
Passenger Notes:
#1-31 has been partially typed; including name, age & sex through the inspector's
name. Remainder hand-written. Copy is not clear; even typing is unclear
because of quality of original document and the number of strikeovers.
#24 Surname possibly Reultell, Reuttell, Beultell, Beuttell.
#28 Davison. Is there a relationship between this passenger and #96? They live
close to each other in NJ.
#31 Destination hotel in New York - possibly Eirlington or Eurlington-Could it
be Burlington?
National Archives and Records Administration, Film T715, Reel 746
Transcribed by Lora Lee Ament a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
1 February 2001
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