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Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Boston


Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada to Boston, Massachusetts
28 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 27^th, 1900, arriving at port of Boston, Jan 28th, 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 Jan 28^th, 1900
(signed) S F Stanwood, Master of SS Boston
Sworn to before me, and subscribed in my presence, the 28th day of Jan, 1900.
(signed) Sam D Canas?? (Immigrant Inspector)
Coloumns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Nationality, Last Residence, Destination, *Religion.
  1  F. H. Brown          39   m   mariner     Am   Am   Boston           
  2  Mrs F. H. Brown      36   f   lady        Am   Am   Boston           
  3  Grace Brown           5   f   child       Am   Am   Boston           
  4  Miss V. Corvell      18   f   lady        NS   NS   Gloucester   P   
  5  R. Redding           25   m   moulder     Am   Am   Providence   C   
  6  T. Foder             27   m   eng         NS   NS   Boston       P   
  7* W^m Peirce           57   m   eng         NS   NS   Boston       P   
  8* C. E. Zuik           18   m   mariner     NS   NS   New York     P   
  9* Isaac Bremmer        35   m   mariner     NS   NS   New York     P   
 10  Lester Wier          21   m   laborer     NS   NS   Somerville   P   
 11* Jos. K Sauliner      31   m   mariner     NS   NS   Boston       C   
 12  Amos Mader           37   m   steward     NS   NS   New York     P   
 13  Chas Golden          34   m   corp?       NS   Am   S Boston     P   
 14  Frank Monboquette    28   m   mariner     NS   NS   Boston       C   
 15  John Melanson        30   m   oiler       NS   NS   Boston       C   
 16  Geo. Smith           42   m   mariner     NS   NS   Boston       P   
 17  John Nickerson       23   m   fisher      NS   NS   Gloucester   P   
 18  Angus M^cDonald      27   m   mcht        NS   NS   Providence   P   
 19* Jas Frosh            64   m   dealer      NS   NS   Boston       P   
 20  Chas Crowell         41   m   fisher      NS   NS   Boston       P   
 21  Thos Ross            56   m   fisher      NS   NS   Boston       P   
 22  B. R. Hilton         54   m   mariner     NS   NS   Boston       P   
 23  Mrs C. E. M^cPhee    21   f   lady        NS   NS   Cambridge    P   
 24  Mary Nyawh           22   f   lady        NS   NS   Roxbury      P    
 25  N. Patten            29   m   corp?       NS   NS   Providence   P   
 26  J. A. Walker         19   m   customs     NS   NS   Boston       P   
 27  T. Coffin            30   m   farmer      NS   NS   Boston       P   
 28  A. Crosley           28   m   plasterer   NS   NS   Boston       P   
 29  R. Muise             44   m   mason       NS   NS   Wakefield    C   
 30  J. S. Raymond        30   m   mcht        NS   NS   Wakefield    P   
 31  W. L. Campbell       56   m   customs     NS   NS   Boston       P   
 32  Mrs W. S. Campbell   50   f   lady        NS   NS   Boston           
 33  J. L. Crandell       33   m   C eng       Am   Am   Boston           
 34  Geo. Guest           54   m   clerk       Am   Am   Boston           
 35  Mrs B Whiting        37   f   lady        Am   Am   Boston           
 36  Nettie Whiting       10   f   child       Am   Am   Boston           
 37  Miss Cody            19   f   lady        Am   Am   Boston           
 38  F. E. Raymond        31   m   mcht        NS   NS   Boston           
 39  G. J. Raymond        33   m   mcht        Am   Am   Boston           
 40  Mrs J. H. Dill       47   f   lady        Am   Am   New York         
 41  Geo. Dill            12   m   child       NS   NS   Boston           
 42  Alice Dill           10   f   child       NS   NS   Boston           
 43  L. A. Vaughan        34   m   Coph?       NS   NS   Boston           
 44  H. H. Raymond        35   m   agent       Am   Am   Brunswick        
 45  F. K. Robbins        38   m   agent       NS   Am   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 could be Catholic.

 7: the last name could be Pierce.
 8: Surname may be Zink.
 9: Surname may be Brunner
11: the last name could be Sinclair.
19: the last name could be Frost.

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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