Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS St Paul

Pacific Coast Steamship Company

QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED BY THE IMMIGRANT BEFORE BOOKING

NOTICE! If it is found upon the arrival of the immigrant in the United States that the following questions have not been correctly answered, the immigrant will be immediately returned. The immigrant will be required to swear to the truth of the following answers, if it be called for by the Commissioner of Immigration at the port of arrival in the United States. (A false oath will subject the immigrant to fine or imprisonment.)

Name: *                                       Date when booked:*
Agent's Name: *                               Agent's place of business:* 
Name of Steamer for which booked:St Paul      Date of sailing from *

Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, Married or Single, Occupation, Last Residence, By whom was passage paid?, Whether in Possession of Money-if less than $30, how much?, Whether going to join Relative or Friend

Please scroll to view all columns.

  
 1* Isabel      Castro              30 Female Married Servant      San Jose del Cabo Mrs Fisher No       yes
 2* child       Castro                
 3* Josefa      Victoria            16 Female Single  Servant      San Jose del Cabo Mrs Fisher No       yes
 4* Guadalupe R de Barrada          50 Female Widow   Housekeeper  Mazatlan          self       over $60 yes
 5* Senovia     Barrada             14 Female Single  School       Mazatlan          self                yes
 6* Regulo      Barrada             19 Male   Single  School       Mazatlan          self                yes
 7* Mrs Luz     Ginzales de La Pena 65 Female Widow   Housekeeper  Mazatlan          self       over $30 No
 8* Refugio     Perez de La Pena    50 Female Single  Photographer Mazatlan          self       over $30 No
 9* Elodia      Perez de La Pena    35 Female Single  Dressmaker   Mazatlan          self       over $30 No
10* Maria       Perez de La Pena    25 Female Single  Dressmaker   Mazatlan          self       over $30 No
11* Juana       Perez de La Pena    20 Female Single  Dressmaker   Mazatlan          self       over $30 No
12* Juana       Gonzales            13 Female Single  Servant      Mazatlan          self                No
13* Luciano     Hernandez           22 Male   Single  Barber       Mazatlan          self       over $35 No

I hereby certify that I have made true answers to the questions which were asked in language understood by me, and which answers have been recorded above.*

                              
Transcriber's Notes:

This list is unusual in that it is designed for each passenger to have a 
separate page.  At the top of each page appear blanks labeled: 
Name:                                         Date when booked: 
Agent's Name:                                 Agent's place of business:  
Name of Steamer for which booked:             Date of sailing from 


Beneath this the information for the passenger is filled out in the columns 
described above.

The transcriber has condensed the information in the columns of the various 
pages into the table above.  At the bottom of each page is an oath and a blank
for the passenger's signature. 

The information in the blanks at the top of the page are transcribed in the 
individual notes below. The Agent's Name and Agent's Place of Business were 
not completed on any of the pages.

The following columns had identical entries for all passengers and so were not 
included in the table:
 Able to Read & Write=yes 
 Nationality=Mexican 
 Final Destination in the US=San Francisco  
 Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco  
 Whether having a ticket to final destination=yes
 Whether ever before in the US=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

There is no captain's statement nor captain's name attached to this manifest. 
Letters that are illegible or difficult to interpret are replaced by ?.
 
1-3  are on the same page. Name at the top of the page is Isabel Castro.  
     Passage was booked Dec 10, 1894, sailing from San Jose del Cabo Dec 10, 
     1894.  The signature on this page is Manuela M de Fisher.  The "Going to
     Join" column says "servant of Mrs. Fisher" for both adults.  The child 
     is simply "and child" on the same line as passenger 1.
4-6  are on the same page. Name at the top of the page is Guadalupe R de la 
     Barrida or Baruda.  Passage was booked Dec 9, 1894, sailing from Mazatlan
     Dec 9, 1894.  The signature on this page is Guadalupe R de Barreda, 
     different from the way the name is spelled on the list and at the top of
     the page. They are going to join sister Carmen Torres Broadway St.
7    Name at the top is Mrs Luz Ginzalez de la Peņa.  Her surname is clearly
     written with an "i" (Ginzalez) both on the list and in the name blank at
     the top of the page.
7-12 are on the same page. There is a tilde over the n in Peņa.  The name at 
     the top of the page is Mrs Luz Ginzalez de la Peņa.  Passage was booked
     Dec 9, 1894, sailing from Mazatlan Dec 9, 1894.  The signature on this 
     page has been cut off by the film.
11   There is a tilde over the n in Juaņa.
12   This surname is clearly written with an "o" (Gonzalez).  
13   Passage was booked Dec 9, 1894, sailing from Mazatlan Dec 9, 1894. Name 
     at the top is Luciano Hernandez.  The signature on this page is Luciano 
     Hernandez.
  

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 3, Pages 21-24.