S.S. Porteus (US Navy Collier) Sailing from Nagasaki Japan, Mch. 30, 1915 Arriving Port of Boston, May 9, 1915

 1) Number on List
 2) Name in Full Family name, Given Name
 3) Age (Yrs, Mos)
 4) Sex
 5) Married/Single
 6) Calling/Occupation
 7) Able to read/write
 8) Nationality (Country of which citizen/subject
 9) Race or People
10) Last Permanent Residence (Country/City or Town)
11) The name and complete address of nearest relative or friend in country whence alien came
12) Final Destination (intended future permanent residence) State/City or town
13) No. on List; (Since this is the same passenger number as column 1, column 13 will be
    eliminated in each passenger's paragraph.)
14) Whether having a ticket to such final destination
15) By whom was passage paid? (Whether alien paid his own passage, whether paid by relative,
    whether paid by any other person or by any corporation, society, municipality; or
    government.)
16) Whether in possession of $50, and if less, how much?
17) Whether ever before in the United States; and if so, when and where? (If yes, year or
    period of years. Where?)
18) Whether going to join a relative or friend; and if so, what relative or friend, and his
    name and complete address
19) Ever in prison or almshouse or institution for care and treatment of the insane or
    supported by charity? If so, which?
20) Whether a Polygamist
21) Whether an Anarchist
22) Whether coming by reason of any offer, solicitation promise, or agreement, expressed or
    implied, to labor in the United States
23) Condition of Health, Mental and Physical
24) Deformed or Crippled. Nature, length of time, and cause
25) Height in Feet and Inches
26) Complexion
27) Color of Hair and Eyes
28) Marks of Identification
29) Place of birth - Country and City or town.


1.  Bartkowsky, Jacob; Age: 26;  Sex: Male;  Married/Single: Single;
    Occupation: Carpenter; Read/Write: Y/Y;  Nationality: Russia;  Race or People: Heb.;
    Last permanent residence: Nagasaki, Japan
    Nearest relative:  Feige Bartkowsky, mother, Lodz, Russia;
    Final Destination: Brooklyn NY
    Have a ticket: No;  Passage paid by: Stowaway;  $50 or more?: $16; In US before: No;
    Going to: David Gleser, cousin, 477 Tompkins Av. Brooklyn, NY;  
    Prison, Almshouse, Insane, Supported by Charity: No; Polygamist/Anarchist/Job offer: N/N/N
    Health: Good, passed special medical exam.;  Hgt: 5 ft., 6 in.;  Complexion: Dk;
    Hair: Bl, curly;   Eyes: Grey;   Marks of ident: High cheek bones;
    Place of birth: Radum, Russia.

    Signed:  Ex.  W.J. Burke


Note: 
The following record is taken from "Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society Card File I-96, 1882-1929".
The original cards are held at the American Jewish Historical Society, on the campus of 
Hebrew College, 160 Herrick Road, Newton Centre, Massachusetts.
See an index to microfilms of these cards.  

HEBREW SHELTERING and IMMIGRANT AID SOCIETY of AMERICA, RECORD of SPECIAL INQUIRY CASE

Jacob Batkowsky  age 26,  dated May 10, 1915.
SS: U.S. Colier Porthemous, arrived 10/5/15.  Nativity: Lodz, Russ-Poland.  Social State: G.
Occupation:  Carpenter   $16		Stowed away
Dest. to:  Cousin D. Glasser, 477 Thompkins Ave. Brooklyn, NY	
We held of the hearing, pending word from relatives, communicated with New York Soc'y and 
received affidavits and money order for $75.00.  We then got him a hearing and secured his 
admission outright. We took him to our office where we furnished him with two meals, then 
secured a ticket to New York, via Providence, bought him food for the night and placed him 
on the train, wired his departure to the N.Y. Soc'y to await him.  We then returned the money 
order uncashed to the N.Y. Soc'y for which we received acknowledgement.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film T843, Reel 62.

Transcribed by David Rosen a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
22 November 2009

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