Immigrant Ships
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SS Colon

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. Colon, sailing from Panama July 22, 1895 arriving at Port of San Francisco, Aug 14, 1895.

Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, 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 the columns.

1* Antonio Bassi      38 Laborer    no  Italian Arizona       Sacramento      $20  yes no
2* Simon   Petranti   26 Dairyman   yes Swiss   San Jose de G San Luis Obispo more yes yes
3* ?       Hanson     25 Carpenter  yes Dane    Guatemala     San Francisco   more yes no
4* ?l?sani Martinelli 48 Bricklayer yes Italian Guatemala     San Francisco   100  yes no


Transcriber's Notes:

There is no captain's statement nor captain's name attached to this manifest.
Across the bottom of the list is written "Certified at Mazatlan Aug 8th, 1895, 
 Arthur de Cima, U.S. Consul."
The following columns had identical entries for all passengers and so were not 
included in the table:
 Sex=male
 Married or Single=single
 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 (except 2)
Letters that are illegible or difficult to interpret are replaced by ?.

Passenger Notes:
 1 has been to some place that looks like Tambatone 6 yrs 1888-1894.
 2 Last Residence is probably San Jose de Guatemala.  He has been to California
   1886-1894.  He has 3 three brothers in Tomales (possibly Tomales Bay).  The
   final column on deformities says "1 toe miss in accident."
 3 First name could be Chirt or Chist.  The first two letters are mostly
   obscured by tape on the original page.  He has been to New Orleans 1894.
 4 has spent 18 yrs in US.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 3, Page 135.