Immigrant Ships
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SS Mariposa

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 Mariposa, sailing from Sydney, September 4, 1893 arriving at Port of San Francisco, September 28, 1893.

Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, Married or Single, Occupation, Able to Read & Write, Nationality, Last Residence, Final Destination in the US, Whether having a ticket to final destination, By whom was passage paid?, Whether in Possession of Money-if less than $30, how much?, Whether ever before in the US, Whether going to join Relative or Friend

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1  Hano              Nielson    42y9m  M        single  Bootmaker        yes Dane       Richmond           San Frsco      yes    self          more   No   No
2  Henry             Walton     37y    M        Married Bookseller       yes Victorian  Victoria           San Frsco      yes    Jack Gra?ert* more   No   yes*
3  Gretchen          Walton     27y11m F        Married                  yes German     Victoria           San Frsco      yes    self          more   No 
4  Henry             Walton     0y5m   M        No      none             yes Australia  Australia          San Frsco      no     self          no     No
5  Morgan            Dunne      37y    M        single  Policeman        yes Irish      Landales Melbourne Chicago        no     self          more   No   No
6  Kak               Galin      21y10m F        single  Domestic         yes Irish      Fu?gray Victoria*  New York       no     self          more   No   No   
7  Patrick           Stapleton  59y4m  M        single  Engine Cleaner   yes Irish      West Melbourne     Chicago               self          more   No   yes*
8  Maggie            Hattie     26y2m  F        single  Servant          yes Irish      Australia          San Francisco  yes    self          more   No   No
9  Mary              Brogan     28y3m  F        single  Servant          yes Irish      Australia          San Francisco  yes    self          L600*  No   yes*

Steamship Mariposa, sailing from Auckland, September 9, 1893 arriving at Port of San Francisco, September 28, 1893.

                                                                                               
10 John              Morris     52y7m  M        Married Bootmaker        no  English    Palmerston N NI    St Helena Ala? no     self          more   No   No   
11 Mrs               Morris     50y    F        Married None             yes English                                      no     husband       more   No   No   
12 Peter             Morris      8y    M        S*      None             yes English                                      no     father        more   No   No   
13 J B               Williams   40y    M        S       Salesman         yes Welch      Chrischurch        San Jose Cala  no     self          more   No   No   
14 Frederic          Leigh      29y    M        M       Grocer           yes English    Otago              San Francisco  yes    self          yes    No   No
15 Lilian            Leigh      23y    F        M       None             yes English    Otago              San Francisco  yes                  yes    No   No   
16 Peter Douglas     Todd       53y2m  M        S       Draper           yes Scotch     Kumara NI                         yes    self          $500   No   No   
17 Charles           Smith*     39y    M        S       Grocer           yes English    Wanganui           N Liverpl Eng* yes    self          $1,000 No   No   
18 Robert Somerville Watson     27y7m  M        S       Railway employee yes Scotch     Dunedin                           yes    self          $30    No   No   
19 Christina         Martin*    37y    F        M       Waitress         yes Scotch     Dunedin                           yes    self          $30    No   yes*

Steamship Mariposa, sailing from Honolulu, September 21, 1893 arriving at Port of San Francisco, September 28, 1893.

     
20 Manoel            Pareira*   42y3m  M        single  Tailor           no  Portuguese Honolulu           California     yes    M.Perreira*   more   yes* no
21 Joas              de Cambra  21y    M        single  Rancher          no  Portuguese Hawaii             California     yes    self          more   no   yes*
22 Thos              Quinn      28y    M        Married Electrician      yes Scotland   Hawaii             California     yes    self          more   yes* yes*                                  
    
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 Fraco  
 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 illegible or difficult to interpret are replaced by ?.

2  passage was paid by and he is going to join Jack (or J) Gravert or 
    Granert 1500 or 1520 Kentucky St SF who is described as his cousin in 
    the final column.
6  is going to join Sister Mrs Kelly 324 E 54 St NY
7  is going to join Sister, Indiana
9  The "L" in the money column refers to pounds sterling.  She is going to 
    join Sister and Brother in Ohio
12 This page was completed by a different person and S & M were used in the 
    Married or Single column.
16 There is what appears to be a name written above the N Liverpl: 
    ?h?o?seayer  Initial letter could be J or T, third letter possibly r or 
    n, 5th might be p.
17 A line is drawn through this entry and arrested at Auck is written in.  
    Final destination includes the name Thomas P S
19 Watson is crossed out as surname.  She is going to join Cousin M Davis, 
    San Francisco
20 surname is clearly spelled with "a" as the first vowel and a single "r." 
    The surname of the person who paid for passage is written with "e" as 
    the first vowel and two "r"s.
21 is going to join Brother Jose de Bambra not sure of address (preceeding 
    is transcribed as written).  The name of the passenger begins with a 
    "C" and the name of the brother clearly begins with "B."
22 is going to join family.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1 Pages 71, 81, 83.

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