Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Gaelic

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 at a port in the United States.

Steamship Gaelic, sailing from Hong Kong, Dec 7th, 1893 arriving at Port of San Francisco, Dec 30, 1893.

Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, Married or Single, Occupation, Nationality, Last Residence, Final Destination in the US, Whether having a ticket to final destination, Whether in Possession of Money-if less than $30, how much?, Whether ever before in the US,

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1 Albert     Susser    25y6m  male   Single  Merchant  German   Australia  New York	 No  more than $30 yes*
2 Rudolph    Meyer     21y4m  male   Single  Clerk     German   Queensland San Francisco Yes more than $30 No


               Sailing from Yokohama Dec 17, 1893

3 Sogo	     Nishijima 28y3m  male   Single  Student   Japanese Fukuoka	  San Francisco	 Yes Yes           No	
4 Togo	     Hirano    42y9m  male   Married Student   Japanese Fukuoka	  San Francisco	 Yes Yes           No	
5 Sadakishi  Matsumaga 25y11m male   Single  Student   Japanese Kaga	  San Francisco	 Yes Yes           No	
6 Hirotar?*  Yamakawa  19y10m male   Single  Student   Japanese Tokyo	  San Francisco	 Yes Yes           No	
7 Miss ?irai Suye*     31y7m  female Single  Tailoring Japanese	Tokyo     San Francisco	 Yes Yes           No	
8 Miss Ishi  Nakagawa  15y8m  female Single  servant*  Japanese	Tokyo	  New York	 Yes Yes           No	
                                   
    
Transcriber's Notes:
There is no captain's statement nor captain's name attached to this manifest.
The following columns had identical entries for all passengers and so were not 
 included in the table:
 Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco
 By whom was passage paid?=self
 Whether going to join Relative or Friend=No
 Whether ever in Prison, Almshouse or supported by Charity=no
 Whether a Polygamist=no
 Whether under contract to labor in the US=no
 Condition of Health Mental and Physical=good
 Whether having any deformities=no 
Letters that are missing or difficult to interpret are replaced with ?.

1 has been in New York.
6 Final letter of first name is "a" or "o."
7 The first letter of her first name is obscured by a fold.  It probably is 
  "H" or "F."
8 occupation is "Mrs Dap?? servant."  

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Pages 134, 137.