Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

RMS Nova Scotia

AFFIDAVIT OF THE MASTER OR COMMANDING OFFICER, OR FIRST OR SECOND OFFICER _________________________

I, Thomas H. Webber Master, of the R.M.S. Nova Scotia , from Liverpool, Eng. 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 mental examination of each and all aliens named in the foregoing Lists or Manifest Sheets      --      in number, and that from the report of said surgeon and from my own investigation, I believe that no one of said aliens is of any of the classes excluded from admission into the United States by laws regulating immigration, and that also, according to the best of my knowledge and belief, the information in said Lists or Manifests concerning each of said aliens names therein is correct and true in every respect. .

Thos. H. Webber
Master

Sworn to before me this 1st day of Jan 1940
at Boston, Mass.

A.F . Medeiros
Immigration Officer

AFFIDAVIT OF SURGEON _______________________

I, Howard Raymond Cara , Surgeon of the Nova Scotia , Sailing herewith do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that I have had Six years experience as a Physician and Surgeon and that I am entitled to practice as such by and under the authority of the British Medical Council and that I have made a personal examination of the aliens named herein and that the foregoing Lists or Manifest Sheets, Five in number, according to the best of my knowledge and belief, are full, correct, and true in all particulars, relative to the mental and physical condition of such aliens.

H.R. Cara
Surgeon

Sworn to before me this 1st day of Jan, 1940
at Boston, Mass.

A. F. Medeiros
Imm. Insp.

LIST OR MANIFEST OF ALIEN PASSENGERS FOR THE UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION OFFICER AT THE PORT OF ARRIVAL

Columns represent:
  1. No. on list; Head-tax status (This column for use of Government officials only);
  2. Name in full Family name, Given name;
  3. Age;
  4. Sex;
  5. Calling or occupation;
  6. Able to read - write; What language;
  7. Nationality;
  8. Race or people;
  9. Place of birth, Country, City or Town;
10. Immigration Visa Number; issued at; Date;
11. Data concerning verification of landing (This column for use of Government officials only);
12. Last permanent residence, Country; City or Town;
13. The name and complete address of nearest relative or friend in country whence alien came;
14. Final destination, State, City or Town;
15. Whether having a ticket to final destination;
16. By whom was passage paid,
17. Whether in possession of $50 and if less, how much?;
18. Whether ever before in the United States, and if so when and where,
19. Whether going to join a relative or friend, and his name and complete address;
20. Whether alien intends to return to country whence he came after entering temporarily in laboring pursuits in the United States;
21. Length of time alien will reside in US;
22. Whether intends to become a citizen;
23. Ever in prison or in an almshouse;
24. Whether a polygamist,
25. Whether an anarchist;
26. Belief in overthrowing the Government of US;
27. Promise of job in US;
28. Previously deported from US;
29. Condition of health, mental and physical;
30. Disabled or crippled, Nature Length of time and cause;
31. Height;
32. Complexion;
33. Color of Hair;
34. Color of Eyes Eyes;
35. Marks of Identification.

   
Sailed from Liverpool, England  13th Dec. 1939  Arrived Boston, 1 Jan, 1940	

 1   Levenbergs, Sona;  22 yrs 2 mos;  Sex: F;  Marr/Sing: S
       Tax Status: Tax;  Occ: Dress Designer;  R/W: Y/Y;  Lang: English
       Nationality: Latvia;  Race: Hebrew
       Place of Birth: Russia, Moscow
       Visa: QIV.1518;  Place & Date Issued: London 12.12.39
       Data concerning verification of landings: Sec.5
       Last Perm. Residence: England, London
       Nearest rel: Brother, Dr. Edgar, Lat. (Friend) Dr. Leonard Krome, 30 Camden Grove, London S.E.5
       Going to: NY, N. York;  Ticket: Yes;  Passage by: Self
       $50 or more: $15;  In US before: No
       Dest.: (Friend) Mrs. Sophie Gladston, 24 Ardon St. New York City
       Intend to return after employment in US: No
       Length of stay: Perm;  Become Citizen: Yes
       Prison/Polig/Anarch/Overthrow/Job Offer/Deported/Deformed: N/N/N/N/N/N/N
       Health: Good
       Height: 5 ft. 6 in.;  Complexion/Hair/Eyes/Ident: Med/Dark/Green/-

    
Transcriber's Notes:     

* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not the transcriber,
  or calls attention to additional information in the transcriber notes.
? Question marks within the text indicate illegible handwriting or entries obscured by other
  markings.

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National Archives and Records Administration, Film T843, Roll 448, Vol. 685-687, Oct 1, 1939 - Feb 28, 1940