Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Australia

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.

S.S. Australia, sailing from Honolulu Nov 10, 1894 arriving at Port of San Francisco, Nov 17, 1894.

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

Please scroll to view all columns.

  
 1* Maunel  Moniz      44y   M M Laborer    no  Portuguese Oakland    Oakland   yes  yes yes
 2* Antonio Dias       25y   M S Laborer    no  Portuguese San Mateo  San Mateo yes  yes yes
 3* Manuel  Francisco  65y   M M Domestic   no  Portuguese Oakland    Oakland   $10  yes yes
 4  M.      Hirschmann 27y   M S Bookseller yes German     Honolulu   S.F.      more yes No
 5* Jakob   Bolthauser 24y3m M S Farmer     yes Swiss      Koloa      S.F.      more yes No
 6* Jos     Mowry      36y   M M Engineer   yes Mexican    Lapahoehoe S.F.      more yes No
 7  Mrs     Mowry      22y   F M                                                         
 8  Nellie  Mowry      4y    F                                                                   
 9  Lyda    Mowry      2y    F                                                                   
10  Maria   Mowry      9m    F   
    

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 
 Whether having a ticket to final destination=yes
 By whom was passage paid?=self 
 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 

Passenger Notes:
1  Has been to Oakland Cal.  He is going to join wife and children.
2  Has been to San Mateo Cal.  He is going to join two sisters.
3  Occupation is "Domestic service."  Written in Money column is "has house
   and 2 lots in Brooklyn Cal."  He has been to Oakland Cal over 2 mos.  He
   is going to join wife and 3 children at Oakland Cal.
5  Last Residence is Koloa, Kauai.  He has been living in SF 3 years.
6  Last Residence is written Lapahoehoe, could mean Laupahoehoe.
 

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 3, Page 14.