SS Boston
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 20^th, 1900, arriving at port on Jan 21^th, 1900,
United States of America, state of Mass, county of Boston
* I, S. F. Stanwood, 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 the Jan 20^th, 1900, day of Jan 21^th, 1900
(signed) S F Stanwood, Master of SS Boston
Sworn to before me, and subscribed in my presence, the 4th day of Jan, 1900.
(signed) Sam D Canas?? (Immigrant Inspector)
Coloumns represent: 1: number on list 2: Name in full 3: age in years and months 4: sex 5: married/single 6: calling or occupation 7: able to read and write 8: nationality 9: last residence 10: seaport for landing in the United States 11: final destination in the United Stares (state, city or town) 12: whether having a ticket to such destination 13: by whom was passage paid? 14: whether in possession of money; if so whether more than $30, how much if $30 or less 15: whether ever before in the United States, and if so, when and where 16: whether going to join a relative and if so, what relative, their name and address 17: ever in prison or almshouse or supported by charity (if yes, state which) 18: whether a polygamist 19: whether under contract, express or implied, to labor in the United States 20: condition of health, mental and physical 21: deformed or crippled, nature and cause 1 Mrs A. O. Lewitt 42 f lady NS NS Boston P 2* A. Parks 54 m mariner NS NS New York P 3* E. Messenger 65 m corp? Am NS Cliftonside 4 W. G. Goodwin 32 m fisher NS NS Boston A 5 A. L. Goodwin 22 m fisher NS NS Boston C 6 Ter. O'Neil 53 m corp? NS NS Boston 7* Calvin Moron 28 m fisher NS NS Boston C 8 Stephen Doucette 28 m mfg Am Am Melrose 9 J. A. Haskins 33 m corp? NS NS Boston 10 Lesley Allen 29 m farmer NS NS Lawrence 11 Jos. O'Neil 33 m farmer NS NS Haverhill C 12 Jas. Simpson 20 m saddler NS NS Boston 13 F. E. Fuller 37 m foreman Am Am Revere 14 F. S. Foote 48 m mariner NS NS New York P 15 Eliza Cameron 15 f lady NS NS Boston P 16 Mrs J M^cGann 34 f lady Am Am Worcester 17 Chas M^cGann 8 m child Am Am Worcester 18 Ida Cox 29 f lady Am NS Boston 19 Mrs J. Elliot 61 f lady Am Am Py? 20 Mary Elliot 7 f child Am Am Py? 21 Miss May Doucette 18 f lady NS NS Boston C 22 Ida Williams 23 f lady NS NS Boston P 23 Mrs A. Kuhn 24 f lady Am Am Dorchester 24 N???? Kuhn 4 f child Am Am Dorchester 25 Grace Bell 24 f lady NS NS Somerville 26 Thos Cole 28 m eng NS NS New York C 27 H. Doane 75 m mariner NS NS New York P 28 C. H. Thomas 52 m MD Am Am Boston P 29* J. A. Craig 46 m druggist NS NS Boston P 30 Jas. Boyd 45 m mariner NS NS Boston 31 N. G. Porter 32 m mariner NS NS New York P 32 Geo. Edgar 30 m mech A NS Boston 33 E. V. Ryder 18 f lady A NS Boston P 34 H. B. Ritchie 40 m traveller NS Am Boston P 35 Miss M. Owen 40 f lady NS Am Beverly P 36 H. G. Sutherland 49 m mcht NS Am Philadelphia P 37 K. H. Murray 55 m mcht Am Am Philadelphia P 38 J. C. Smith 70 m mcht NS Am Boston 39 A. K. Tufry 34 m dealer NS Am Boston P 40 Bessie Dunn 28 f lady NS Am Philadelphia P 41 Addie Dunn 24 f lady NS Am Philadelphia P 42 C. E. M^cPhee 28 m teller Am Am Boston P 43 H. D. Newell 35 m mariner Am NS Boston 44 Miss Mary Boyd 30 f lady Am NS Boston P 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 could be Catholic. * coloumns 3, 12 - 21 where left blank. 2: Surname may be Parker. 3: Surname may be Messinger. 7: Surname may be Moson. 29: Surname may be Craing. 33: Surname may be Rataher. 36: Middle initial may be "T" National Archives and Records Administration, Film T843, Roll 36, Vol. 74-75. Transcribed by Harry Green and Ines Mannhardt,
members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
27 May 2007
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