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Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Boston


Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada to Boston, Massachusetts
18 January 1900

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 in the United States.
S.S.Boston, sailing from Yarmouth, NS, Jan 17^th, 1900, arriving at port of Boston, Jan 18th, 1900, United States of America, state of Mass, county of Boston
* I, S. F. Stanswood, Master of the Steamship Boston, belonging to Yarmouth, NS do solemnly, truly and sincerely swear that the foregoing is a full and correct report of alien immigrants arrived by said vessel, at the port of Boston on Jan 18^th, 1900
(signed) S F Stanwood, Master of SS Boston
Sworn to before me, and subscribed in my presence, the 18th day of Jan, 1900.
(signed) Sam D Canas?? (Immigrant Inspector)
Coloumns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Nationality, Last Residence, Destination, *Religion.
  1  Miss M. O'Graves    24   f   lady         NS    Am    Boston        P    
  2  W^m Nickerson       17   m   student      NS    NS    Manchester?   P    
  3  Mrs B. Ashley       32   f   lady         Am    Am    Chicago            
  4  Mrs Emma Muise      37   f   lady         NS    NS    Essex              
  5  Kate Muise           9   f   child        NS    NS    Essex         RC   
  6  Lottie Muise         8   f   child        NS    NS    Essex         RC   
  7  Clifford Muise       4   m   child        NS    NS    Essex         RC   
  8  Livinia Muise       19   f   lady         NS    NS    Essex         RC   
  9* Mrs H M^cMenn       40   f   lady         Am    Am    Boston             
 10* Annie M^cMenn        5   f   child        NS    NS    Boston             
 11* Miss Anne Pattem    23   f   lady         NS    NS    Beverley      P    
 12* Miss M. Scoville    20   f   lady         NS    NS    Providence    P    
 13  John B. M^cLeod     20   m   fisher       Am    Am    Gloucester         
 14  Hugh Mathews        34   m   fisher       Am    Am    Gloucester         
 15  Chas Cohoon         51   m   fisher       NS    Am    Gloucester    P    
 16  Colin M^cGinnis     35   m   fisher       NS    Am    Gloucester    RC   
 17  Peter Reno          45   m   fisher       NS    Am    Gloucester    RC   
 18  Eli Croft           36   m   b smith      NS    NS    Concord       RC   
 19  Luke Pitts          27   m   fisher       NS    Am    Gloucester    RC   
 20* Sam Gurin           28   m   fisher       NS    Am    Gloucester    RC   
 21  Alex Doucette       33   m   s mason      NS    Am    Reading       RC   
 22  W. J. M^cDonald     23   m   fisher       NS    Am    Gloucester    P    
 23* Stanley Goudry      19   m   painter      NS    Am    Lynn          P    
 24  Thos. Murray        32   m   fisher       NS    NS    Boston        RC   
 25  Geo. Foster         26   m   corp         Am    Am    Providence         
 26* Nicholas White      54   m   corp         NS    Am    Essex         RC   
 27  Harry Dewing        23   m   s maker      Am    Am    Cocactuttal        
 28* Owen M^cGany        50   m   mfg          NS    NS    Clinton       RC   
 29  Miss Kate  Smith    29   f   lady         NS    NS    Lynn          P    
 30  Miss A Salter       30   f   lady         NS    NS    Boston             
 31* T. E. Johnson       45   m   tourist      Am    Am    Boston             
 32* Hony Marr           24   m   fisher       Am    Am    Gloucester         
 33* Jacob Reiloder      30   m   fisher       Am    Am    Gloucester         
 34* J. L.  Welsh        28   m   fisher       Am    Am    Gloucester         
 35  D. Nickerson        38   m   mech         NS    NS    Boston             
 36  S. Sullivan         35   m   fisher       Am    Am    Gloucester         
 37  W^m Sweenety        52   m   fisher       Am    Am    Gloucester         
 38  Mrs E. Hardy        29   f   lady         NS    NS    Boston             
 39  Winifred Hardy       4   f   child        NS    NS    Boston             
 40* Luamida Hardy        2   f   child        NS    NS    Boston             
 41  A. Mullins          27   m   lady         NS    NS    Gloucester    RC   
 42* Miss A. Tinkam      26   f   lady         NS    NS    Malden             
 43  J. W. Dill          ?1   m   mariner      NS    NS    New York           
 44  A. A. Hopkins       36   m   steward      NS    NS    Boston             
 45  Mrs A. A. Hopkins   35   f   lady         NS    NS    Boston             
 46  Gladys Hopkins       8   f   child        NS    NS    Boston             
 47  J. M. Boyd          50   m   mariner      NS    NS    Boston             
    

Transcriber's Notes:

*  An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the
   original recorder, not the transcriber, or is used 
   to call your attention to additional information in 
   the transcriber's notes.

?  Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined 
   due to the condition of the manifest or handwriting of the original recorder.

^  A ^ followed by a letter indicates that the letter was superscripted.

*  Names were transcribed as seen regardless of spelling.

*  Passengers where numbered by the transcribers for ease of referencing.

*  the sworn statement is at the end of the list of passengers.

*  port of landing is Boston for all passengers, therefore this coloumn has been eliminated.

*  P or C is written in front of most of the names. This might pertain to the passenger's 
   religion, P could be Protestant, C or RC could be Catholic.


 4:     "Bro Nicholas White, Ipswhich Rd, Essex, Mass, see No. 27" is written 
        at the end of the line. It is passenger 26 on this page.
 9 & 10:Surname may be M^cMennie.
11:     Name may be Annie Patten.
12:     Surname may be Seville.
20:     Surname may be Gwinner.
23:     Surname may be Goodey
26:     this passenger is the brother to passenger 4.
28:     Surname may be M^cGarry
31:     Surname may be Johns.
32:     Surname may be Morr.
33:     Surname may be Reiladder.
34:     Initials may be T C.
40:     Given name may be Lucinda.
42:     Surname may be Tinhorn or Tinham.
48:     Surname may be Scurry.
51:     First initial may be "E"

National Archives and Records Administration, Film T843, Reel 36, Vol. 74-75.
Transcribed by Harry Green and Ines Mannhardt,
members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
27 May 2006



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