Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

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 Sept 21st, 1895 arriving at Port of San Francisco, Oct 19, 1895.

Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Occupation, Nationality, Last Residence, Whether in Possession of Money-if less than $30, how much?, Whether ever before in the US

1* Henry    Stevens     33 Tailor   English Colombia      $200 yes
2* Richard  Chamberlain 40 Gardner  English Guatemala     $290 yes
3* Guiseppe Carissimi   19 Merchant Italy   San Francisco $200 yes


Transcriber's Notes:

The manifest says the departure port is simply "Panama."  Research points to 
this meaning Panama City.

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:
 Sex=male
 Married or Single=Single
 Able to Read & Write=yes
 Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco
 Final Destination in the US=San Francisco
 Whether having a ticket to final destination=yes
 By whom was passage paid?=self
 Whether going to join Relative or Friend=No
 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 San Fran^co 1878.
2 has been to New York 1892.
3 has been to San Fran^co 1892-95.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 3, Page 158.