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SS Peru
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. Peru, sailing from Hong Kong, Aug 11th, 1894 arriving at Port of San Francisco, Sept 6, 1894.
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* Levi Putnam 36y4m Male Married Seaman Nova Scotian Maitland Minneapolis $44 yes yes
sailing from Yokohama Aug 23, 1894
2* Umakichi Nakanishi 28y5m Male No Student Japanese Hiogo San Fran 50 yes No
3* Bunzo Hashiguchi 40y Male Yes commissioner Japanese Tokio San Fran 180 yes No
4* Miye Hosoda 23y10m Female No Student Japanese Nagano San Fran 65 yes No
5 Matsuzaki Aikuma 22y10m Male No Student Japanese Kagoshima San Fran 60 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)
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 ?.
1 has no ticket to final destination. He has been to New York 1893. He is
going to join sister, Mrs. Bumback, Minneapolis.
2 has been to San Francisco 1894.
3 Occupation is Commisioner of Emigration to Mexico. He has been to California
Michigan 1892. Presumably this means California and Michigan.
4 has been 7 years at Mills College, Alameda Co ?al. Mills College is in
California.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 2, Pages 128-129.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild13 October 2000
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