Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS St Paul

Pacific Coast Steamship Company

QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED BY THE IMMIGRANT BEFORE BOOKING

NOTICE! If it is found upon the arrival of the immigrant in the United States that the following questions have not been correctly answered, the immigrant will be immediately returned. The immigrant will be required to swear to the truth of the following answers, if it be called for by the Commissioner of Immigration at the port of arrival in the United States. (A false oath will subject the immigrant to fine or imprisonment.)

Name: *                                       Date when booked:July 9, 1894
Agent's Name: *                               Agent's place of business:* 
Name of Steamer for which booked:St Paul      Date of sailing from Mazatlan July 9, 1894

Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, Married or Single, Occupation, Able to Read & Write, Whether in Possession of Money-if less than $30, how much?, Whether ever before in the US, Whether going to join Relative or Friend

  
1* Romana   Morales  43  Female  Single   Cook    no   none     yes  yes
2* Fernando Zapata   29  Male    Married  Tailor  yes  over 30  no   yes
3* Juana    Zapata   28  Female  Married  Wife    yes           no   yes
        

I hereby certify that I have made true answers to the questions which were asked in language understood by me, and which answers have been recorded above.*

                              
Transcriber's Notes:

This list is unusual in that it is designed for each passenger to have a separate page. 
At the top of each page appear blanks labeled: 
Name:                                         Date when booked: 
Agent's Name:                                 Agent's place of business:  
Name of Steamer for which booked:             Date of sailing from 

Beneath this the information for the passenger is filled out in the columns described above.

The transcriber has condensed the information in the columns of the various pages into 
the table above. 
At the bottom of each page is an oath and a blank for the passenger's signature. 

The Agent's Name and Agent's Place of Business were not completed 
on any of the pages.

The following columns had identical entries for all passengers and so were not included in 
the table:
 Nationality=Mexican 
 Last Residence=Mazatlan 
 Final Destination in the US=San Francisco  
 Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco  
 By whom was passage paid?=self 
 Whether having a ticket to final destination=yes
 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

There is no captain's statement nor captain's name attached to this manifest. 
Letters that are illegible or difficult to interpret are replaced by ?.
 
1   has been to San Francisco 1894.  She is going to join sister Leonore Luc?y No5 Dupont St.
    This name is Lucley or Luchy.  There is no signature on this page.
2-3 are on the same page.  Going To Join column says "has relatives in SF but is not going 
    to join them."  Despite the singular verbs, there are brackets to include both passengers
    in this comment.  The page is signed "Fernando Zapata."
 

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 2, Pages 106-107.