Immigrant Ships
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SS Mariposa

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. Mariposa, sailing from Sydney July 8th, 1895 arriving at Port of San Francisco, Aug 1, 1895.

Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, Married or Single, Occupation, 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

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 1* William         Rickmann 36y   M M Traveler      German     Sydney      SF        650  No  No
 2  Victor          Rickmann  8y   M   schoolboy     British    Sydney      SF             No  No
 3  William         Rickmann  6y   M   schoolboy     British    Sydney      SF             No  No
 4  George          Rickmann  3y9m M   schoolboy     British    Sydney      SF             No  No
 5* Hugo            Ar?leder 28y   M S Hotelhelp     German     Sydney      SF        800  yes yes
 6  August          Noniens  64y   M M Merchant      German     Melbourne   SF        1000 No  No
 7* Horace Grainger Ferguson 23y   M S Clerk         Australian Adelaide    SF        750  No  yes
 8  Christian       Shields  65y   M S Merchant      German     Melbourne   SF        650  No  No
 9* Albert Wm McGee Finlay   42y   M S Horse Trainer Irish      Sydney      SF        75   No  yes
10  John            Ryan     35y   M S Laborer       Ireland    Sydney      SF        80   No  No
11* John            Goodacre 57y7m M M Butcher       English    Deer Park   Vancouver 1000 yes yes
12* John Jay        Watson   36y   M S Miner         American   Tannwood    SF        78   yes No
13* William         Trotter  24y6m M S Farmer        English    S Melbourne SF        900  No  yes

         sailing from Auckland 13 July, 1895

14* Jas J           Bagnau   16y   M S none           Br         Feilding    Gr Rapids 50   No  No
15* Parr            A?       28y   M S Coachpainter   Br         Feilding    SF        75   No  No
16* Patrick         Ferguson 43y   M M Laborer        Br         Auckland    SF        1500 yes yes
17* Rose            Ferguson 40y   F M                Br         NZ          SF        600  No  yes
18* Gervas Sund     Williams 31y   M S Blacksmith     Br         Auckland    SF        450  No  No
19* Carl            ?ggden   29y   M S Clerical       Swedish    Auckland    SF        720  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:
 Able to Read & Write=yes
 Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco
 Whether having a ticket to final destination=yes (except 14)
 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
Letters that are illegible or difficult to interpret are replaced by ?.

Passenger Notes:
 1  Occupation is Commercial Traveler.
 5  surname is Armleder or Arnleder.  He has been to the US 1887/9.  He is 
    joining "Chicago."
 7  is joning Capt Reid Cala St.
 9  is joning Brother Jno Finlay.
11  Last Residence is Deer Park Victoria.  He has been to Washington July 1883.  
    There are two illegible words here.  Before Washington is a word that looks 
    like "for" and before July one that looks like "Tony."  He is joining 
    Brother Vancouver BC.
12  Last Residence is Tannwood New South Wales.
13  Last Residence is South Melbourne Victoria.  He is going to join Brother 
    JS Trotter San Francisco.
14-19  These names are written surname first but transcribed surname last for 
    consistency.
14-15 Last Residence is "Feilding Well^?"  Superscripted letter could be n.
14  Final Destination is Grand Rapids, Mich.
15  First name looks like At.  The second letter is nothing like other "l"s.
16  has been to New York 1880.  He is going to join Brother.
17  is going to join Anthony Ferguson New York.
19  initial letter(s) of surname is obscured on film.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 3, Page 131-133.