Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Columbian

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 at any port in the United States.

SS Columbian, sailing from Liverpool Dec. 31st, 1899, arriving at port of Boston, (left blank).

United States of America, State of ____(left blank)___________, S.S. County of _____(left blank) I, R. F. Masters, Master of the Steamship Columbian, belonging to Liverpool, do solemnly swear that the foregoing is a full and correct report of alien immigrants arrived by said vessel at the port of Boston, on the 11th day of January 1900.

(signed) R. F. Masters, Master of the Columbian
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence the (left blank)

(signed) Wm. J. Burke         Immigrant Inspector

		
Coloumns represent:		
 1 Number on List	
 2 Number of Contract ticket	
 3 Name in Full	
 4 Age (years, months)	
 5 Sex	
 6 Marital Status	
 7 Calling or Occupation	
 8 Able to read or write	
 9 Nationality	
10 Last Residence	
11 Seaport of Landing in the United States	
12 Final Destination in the United States (state, city, town)	
13 Whether having a ticket to such final destination	
14 By whom was passage paid	
15 Whether in possession of money; if so, whether more than $30, how much if $30 or less	
16 Whether ever before in the United States; and if so when and where	
17 Whether going to join a relative? And if so, what relative, their name and address	
18 Ever in prison or almshouse; or supported by charity (if yes, state which)	
19 Whether a polygamist	
20 Whether under contract, express or implied, to labor in the United States	
21 Condition of health, mental and physical	
22 Deformed or crippled, nature and cause	
		
		
  1  R Allen          20   male   stowaway    yes/yes   U.S.A. 		
  2  Michael Murphy   25   male   cattleman   yes/yes   Amer                       		
  3* W^m Grafham      42   male   cattleman   yes/yes   Amer                       		
		
		
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.
		
*  None died during the voyage, therefore this coloumn was eliminated.		
		
*  Only the first few coloumns were used, all others are blank and have been eliminated.		
		

3: Surname may be Grasham.		
		

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