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SS Ocean


Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada to Boston, Massachusetts
26 June 1901

List of 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 at any port in the United States.
Sailing from Halifax, June 25, 1901, arriving at port of Boston, June 26, 1901.
 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 - yes for all passengers
 9: Nationality
10: Last Residence
11: Seaport of Landing in the United States - Boston for all passengers
12: Final Destination in the United States (state, city, town)
13: Whether having a ticket to such final destination - left blank
14: By whom was passage paid - left blank
15: Whether in possession of money; if so, whether more than $30, how much if $30 or less - left blank
16: Whether ever before in the United States; and if so when and where - left blank
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) - left blank
19: Whether a polygamist - left blank
20: Whether under contract, express or implied, to labor in the United States - left blank
21: Condition of health, mental and physical - left blank
22: Deformed or crippled, nature and cause - left blank


 1  Miss H Woods         22   f   s     none          PEI         Clitown       Boston          home Boston
 2  Ella Thompson        2?   f   s     none          PEI         Brooksale     Boston          sister
 3  Miss S.M. Cu???gs    24   f   s     none          PEI         Boston        Boston          
 4  J? C. Weillaly       53   m   s     musician      Amer^n      Boston        Boston          
 5  M^rs Kennedy         65   f   mar   none          PEI         Clitown       Bristol, Tenn   visit
 6  M^rs Owen            25   f   mar   none          PEI         Clitown       Bristol, Tenn   join husband
 7  Maggie Boylan        20   f   s     none          PEI         Clitown       Bristol, Tenn   visit friends
 8  M^rs Alice Hunt      31   f   mar   none          PEI         Clitown       Lowell          home in Cambridge
 9  James Hunt             8m m   s     none          Amer^n      Cambridge     Cambridge       
10  Robert Carson        23   m   s     confectioner  ?           Brockton      Brockton        
11  James A Gowan        27   m   s     carpenter     ?           Gloucester    Gloucester      
12  Jas M^cDonald        38   m   mar   merchant      ?           Lowell        Lowell          
13  M^rs Jas M^cDonald   28   f   mar   none          PEI         Clitown       Lowell          visit  daughter
14  Wesley Rankins       23   m   s     fisherman     May Islet   Country       Boston          look for work
15  B. Shaw              50   m   mar   shoeworker    Amer^n      Boston        Boston          
16  T. E. Hamilton       36   m   mar   life saver    Amer^n      Boston        Boston          
17  M^rs Hamilton        36   f   mar   none          Amer^n      Boston        Boston          
18  Jan Doyle            35   m   n     car contr.    Amer^n      Boston        Boston          
19  Alfred Wyre          25   m   s     farmer        N. Sco.     Marlgueare    Ansonia Coun.   see brother
20  M^rs M^cMasters      80   f   wid   none          N. Sco.     Gloucester    Gloucester      home there
21  M^rs A. Barco        48   f   mar   none          N. Sco.     Cape Canso    Boston          visit relative
22  Nina Baco            12   f   s     none          N. Sco.     Cape Canso    Boston          visit relative
23  Annie M^cDonald      23   f   s     none          C. Breton   Cape Round    Boston          sisters & Cousins
24  M^rs C M^cLeid       60   f   wid   none          N. Sco.     Badier        Boston          3 sons in Boston
25  Miss Gwen Gordan     25   f   s     none          N. Sco.     Halyarc       Boston          visit
26  Andrew Kerr          22   m   s     student       Amer^n      Boston        Boston          
27  Jno Bryan            21   m   s     Shasman       Amer^n      Boston        Boston          
28  M^rs Sarah Bryant    34   f   mar   none          Amer^n      Boston        Boston          
29  M^rs Mary Morse      35   f   mar   none          N. Scotia   East Pasony   Boston          
30  W^m Gratto           17   m   s     shoe maker    N. Scotia   River John    Lynn            
31  J. E. Algi?n         33   m   mar   insurance     Amer^n      Boston        Boston          

United States of America, State of _______, S.S.     County of ___________
I, M. Allen, Master of the Steamship ______, belonging to The. Crosse, 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 26th day of June 1901.
(signed) M. Allen, Master of SS Ocean
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, the 26th day of June 1901
(signed) Sam D. Edwards, Immigration Inspector.
    
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.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film T843, Reel 45, Volume 93-94.
Transcribed by Harry Green and Ines Mannhardt, members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
7 March 2010
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