Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Colon

Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Nationality, No of Pieces of Baggage, Last Residence, Destination, Remarks*

1  John    Frazer*      28  male   Gardner     USA         2  Germany    San Fran $50 
2  Chas    Betge        30  male   Florist     Germany     2  Germany    San Fran $25 
3  Miss    Bettgeich    27  female Cook        Germany     1  Germany    San Fran       
4  H       Basinger*    49  male   Farmer      USA         1  USA        San Fran       
5  John    Rulf         19  male   Bartender   Germany     1  Germany    San Fran $50 
6  P       Hanrahan*    29  male   Bartender   USA         5* Ireland    San Fran Citizen
7  Mrs     Hanrahan*    31  female His Wife    USA         *  Ireland    San Fran       
8  ?y      Hanrahan*    5   female child       USA         *  USA        San Fran       
9  P       Wutrich      23  male   Waiter      Switzerland 3 Switzerland San Fran $20 
10 ?       Ludwig*      32  male   Fireman     USA         1  USA        San Fran       
11 ?ha     Berudh*      20  male   Weaver      USA         1  USA        San Fran       
12 ?ing    Pessler*     39  male   Printer     USA         2  Germany    San Fran $120 
13 Mary    Foster*      28  female Housekeeper USA         1  Ireland    San Fran *
14 ???m    Scroenfeldt  25  male   Machinist   USA         1  Germany    San Fran $22 *
15 ?actina Delgado      26  female Servant     Mexican     2* Mexico     San Fran *
16 ?tara   Delgado      16  female Servant     Mexican     *  Mexico     San Fran       
17 ?orgia  Micina*      14  female Servant     Mexican     *  Mexico     San Fran       
18 Refugio Mecina*      40  female Servant     Mexican     1  Mexico     San Fran       
19 ?istina Lopez        22  female Servant     Mexican     3  Mexico     San Fran $7 
20 O       Lopez        23  male   *           USA         3  USA        San Fran Citizen
21 P       Pope         37  male   Engineer    Canada      1  C???da*    San Fran 
22 ?m      Bade         35  male   Servant     Canada      1  Germany    San Fran $25*
23         Wilson       39  male   Servant     Canada      1  USA        San Fran       
24 Wm      Berry        28  male   Servant     Canada      1  USA        San Fran           
25         Leuson       43  male   Servant     Canada      1  Greece     San Fran       
26 ?       Parsons      50  male   Miner       Canada      2  USA        San Fran       
27 Ah      Sow          62  male   Merchant    China          China      China  
28 ?h      Sow          22  male               China          China      China  
29 Mrs Ah  Sow          56  female his mother  China          China      China  
30 Chi     Hu?          44* male   Merchant    China          China      China  
31 ?um*    Kwong        45  male   Carpenter   China          China      China  


Transcriber's Notes:

There is no Captain's statement or signature associated with this manifest.  
There are no printed headings at the top of the page to identify the ship, 
its departure or arrival port, its arrival date, or the contents of the columns.  
At the bottom of the sheet SS Colon Jan 2/1894 is scribbled in with no signature 
or initials.  The ship is identified as the City of Sydney in the index at the 
beginning of the film reel.  There are four previous and at least one succeeding 
arrival of the Colon on this film.  All have "Panama" as port of departure.  
There are handwritten headings on the columns: Age, Sex, Nationality, Last 
Residence and Destination.  The columns I have identified as Name, Occupation, 
No of Pieces of Baggage, and Remarks have no headings on the manifest. I have 
assigned these names based on the content of the columns and experience with 
other lists.  Steerage is written at the top of the Name column. 

1, 4, 6-8, 10-13 
    These passengers have all been crossed off on the list.  Since other lists 
    of this period asked for Alien Passengers, perhaps they were crossed out 
    because they were not aliens.  There is an "X" through entries 22-31 on the 
    right hand side of the list but the individual lines are not crossed off as 
    for those passengers previously described. 
6-8 There is a bracket to denote that the pieces of baggage are for all these 
    passengers.  The number has been transcribed in the line of the first 
    passenger listed.
15-17 There is a bracket to denote that the pieces of baggage are for all these 
    passengers.  The number has been transcribed in the line of the first 
    passenger listed.
13  James Foster Husband is written in the Remarks column.
14  Suitor Richmond Cal is written in the Remarks column.  Sister seems more 
    logical but there is an extra loop in the word.
20  Occupation is difficult to read. Drummer is my best guess.
22  What looks like "Rista Farse" is written in the Remarks column.  It is very 
    blurred and indistinct.
30  The age of this passenger is not clear. It is most likely 44.
31  First name of this passenger looks like Gum or Lum.