Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Willamette Valley

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:Willamette Valley Date of sailing from *

Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, Married or Single, Occupation, Able to Read & Write, Last Residence, Whether in Possession of Money-if less than $30, how much?, Whether ever before in the US, Whether going to join Relative or Friend

Please scroll to view all columns.

  
1* Federico   Appel            18 Male   Single  Laborer     yes Ensenada 30      yes No
2* Grigoria   Alvarez  Verdugo 46 Female Married Tamal Maker no  Mazatlan $12.50  yes yes
3* Luz        Ochoa            50 Female Widow   Seamstress  no  Mazatlan over 30 No  yes
4* Paula      Armendaris       21 Female Single  Seamstress  yes Mazatlan         No  yes
5* Ramona     Aruiza de Lucero 51 Female Married Farmer      yes San Jose more    No  yes
6* Samuel     Lucero           23 Male   Single              yes San Jose        
7* Ramona     Lucero            5 Female Single              yes San Jose                
8* Concepcion de los Rios      30 Female Single  Seamstress  yes Mazatlan more    No  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. 

Some of the passengers also have notes on their pages.  
These and 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:
 Nationality=Mexican 
 Final Destination in the US=San Francisco  
 By whom was passage paid?=self 
 Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco  
 Whether having a ticket to final destination=yes
 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 ?.
 

Passenger Notes:
1   passage was booked April 15, 1895, sailing from Ensenada April 15, 1895.  
    Signature is "F.J. Appel."  He has been to San Diego  1884.  
2   passage was booked April  9, 1895, sailing from Mazatlan April 9, 1895.  
    There is no signature on this page.  She is going to join Husband Gregoria
    Verdugo Y Hinkley y Alley SF.
3-4 These passengers are both on the same page.  Passage was booked April 9, 1895,
    sailing from Mazatlan April 9, 1895.  The signature is "For her Mother Luz 
    Ochoa Paula Armendariz"  They are going to join Daughter Josefa Armendaris 
    824 Pacific.
5-7 These passengers are all on the same page.  Passage was booked April 9, 1895,
    sailing from Mazatlan April 9, 1895.  The signature is off the edge of the
    film.  Only "R?????? L" is visible  They are going to join Husband Apolonio 
    Lucero.  Last Residence is San Jose del Cabo.
8   passage was booked April 9, 1895, sailing from Mazatlan April 9, 1895.  
    Signature is "Concepcion de los Rios."   At the top of the page is written 
    "Giffing: Put all these names on this sheet."  The names and information 
    for passengers 1-7 are also on this page.   
  

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 3, Pages 62-65, 68.