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 June 24, 1895 arriving at Port of San Francisco, July 1, 1895.

Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, Married or Single, Occupation, Able to Read & Write, Nationality, Last Residence, Final Destination in the US, 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* Mrs Geo          Smith    28y    F M    Housewife n Portuguese California S.F.    husband   yes  yes yes
 2  Theodore         Smith     7y    M S              n Portuguese California S.F.                          
 3  Julia            Smith     4y    F S              n Portuguese California S.F.                          
 4  Lorissa          Smith     7y    F S              n Portuguese California S.F.                          
 5* Adelino Ferreira Franco   39y2m  M M    Clerk     y British    Honolulu   Europe  self      more yes 
 6* Joaquin          de Costa 64y    M M    Laborer   n Portuguese Kawai      Oakland self      yes  yes yes
 7* Tomijiro         Hosokai  30y11m M S    Student   y Japanese   Honolulu   S.F.    self      $60  No  No
 8  G.W.C., Jr       Jones    25y    M M    Ranchman  y Hawaiian   Honolulu   S.F.    self      more yes No
 9* Bruno            Weyser   55y6m  M M    Farmer    y Swiss      Honolulu   S.F.    self      $60  yes No
10  Elise            Weyser   49y7m  F wife           y Swiss      Honolulu   S.F.                       
11  Marie            Weyser   18y9m  F                y Swiss      Honolulu   S.F.                          
12  Bruno            Weyser   12y    M                y Swiss      Honolulu   S.F.                          
13  Fanny            Weyser    9y11m F                y Swiss      Honolulu   S.F.                          
14  Lina             Weyser    7y10m F                y Swiss      Honolulu   S.F.                          
15  K                Tamura   28y    M M    Servant   y Japan      Honolulu   S.F.    Mrs Lowne $50  No  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  
 Whether having a ticket to final destination,
 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 ?.

Passenger Notes:
1  has been to SF 5 years ago.  She is going to join Husband.
5  has been to US from sea to sea 1 year ago.
6  has been to US 4 mos ago.  He has been 7 years in Oakland.  He is going to 
   join wife and sons.
7  has $60 in US gold.
9  has been to SF 1892.

Correspondence 04/19/2003 passengers #9-14 Weyser/Wiser
My ancestors are the Bruno Weyser family (also spelled Wiser).  I have
put information about the Wiser (Weyser) family at WISER from NIEDERGÖSGEN/SO 
and Bruno Wiser in particular at Bruno Wiser 
Bruno Weyser  (also spelled Wyser on his grave, and Wiser in the Swiss
records) was my great-grandmother's father.  I believe Lina Weyser in your
transcription may be Lily Weyser, my great-grandmother.

I know that Lily settled in Hawaii where she met and married my
great-grandfather, James Wilkinson.  I believe he was a Welsh sailor who
decided to stay in Hawaii, but I have been unable to obtain any birth
information for him, just his death certificate.

The website includes a link to a photograph of the Weyser grave at 
Oahu Cemetery in Honolulu, Hawaii. Craig W. Walsh

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 3, Page 127.