Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

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 30 Sept, 1895 arriving at Port of San Francisco, Oct 25, 1895.

Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, Married or Single, Occupation, 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* Louise	 Petch	    31y10m F M Nil	    Australian Gipps Street Eureka    husband more  No  yes
 2* Louise       Petch      11y    F                           Collingwood  Cal                          
 3* John         Petch       9y    M                           Victoria                                  
 4* James        Petch       4y5m  M                                                             
 5  Thomas       Petch       1y11m M                                                             
 6* Maria        O'Niell    46y2m  F S Homemaker    Irish      St Kilda     Buffalo   self    yes   No  yes
 7* Sydney       Williams   45y11m M M Patternmaker English    South Yarre  Frisco    self          No  yes
 8* Mrs          McLear     38y    F M              Irish      Sydney       S.F.      self    more  No  yes
 9* Miss Annie   McLear                                                                             No  No       
10* Miss E?te?   McLear                                                                                  
11* Mrs          Fitzmorris 27y    F M              Australian Sydney       S.F.      self          No  yes
12  Master WA    Fitzmorris  3y                                                                     No  No       
13* Mr Horace Wm Colebrook  30y    M S Schoolmaster English    Coolgarden   S.F.      self    $1000 No  No       
14* Mr Patrick   Kelhe?     42y    M S Laborer      Irish      Syd          Chicago   self    $50   No  No       
15  Jas          Martin     36y    M S Bootmaker    English    Sydney       S.F.      self    more  No  No       
16  Annie        Cassidy    23y    F M None         English    Sydney       S.F.      husband more  No  No       
17* Harry        Steele     49y    M S Proff        English    Sydney       S.F.      self    £5.25 yes No       
18* Elizabeth    Luprod     48y    F M None         German     Sydney       S.F.      self    more  yes No       
19  Maude        Luprod     12y    F S None         German     Sydney       S.F.      self    more  No  No       
20  John         Nolan      24y    M S Grocer       Ireland    Sydney       S.F.      self    more  No  No       

         sailing from Auckland 5th Oct 1895

21* Francis A    Coles      20y    M S Bootmaker    Br         Auckland    S.F.       self    30     No  No
22* John         Macdonald  35y    M M Dentist      Br         Dunedin     Baltimore  self    $200   No  No
23* Annie        Coles      43y    F S Domestic     Br         Auckland    S.F.       self    no     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 1)
 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:
 1-5  Last Residence is recorded in three separate lines as transcribed here.  
      Presumably, the information applies to all four passengers.  
 1    is going to join Husband Eureka.  She has a ticket to "Frisco only."
 6    Last Residence is St Kilda Vict.  Final destination is Buffalo N.Y.
      She is going to join Sister Mrs McLauchlin 201 Swan St Buffalo, N.Y.
 7    is going to join Brother Porter Williams San Francisco.
 8    is joining Husband.
 9-10 are listed on one line with no other information.  They are joined to 
      passenger 8 by a bracket.
10    first name is Elter, Etter. Elten, or Ellen.  There is a clear cross on 
      the third letter.
11    is joining Husband.
12    There is a note at the bottom of this page "#4 Old Customs Passengers 
      List shows: sex, male; Nationality, Australian; Native country. Australia.
      This passenger is on line four of the page.
13    Last Residence is Coolgarden Wa.
14    surname is Kelher or Kelhen.
17    has been to the US "13 Seasons."
18    has been to the US 1879.
21-23 These names are recorded surname first but transcribed here first name 
      first in the interest of consistency.
21    middle name is Alexander.  It was shortened in the table in the interest
      of space.

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