Armenian Immigration Project
Abstracts of Primary Source Material for the Study of
Armenian Immigration to North America through 1930

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Search Ship Manifests - By Destination Date

This query allows you to search for entries in the Ship Manifests database by date of arrival in North America (Destination Date). Select a year and (optionally) a standardized last name. If a last name is selected, any entries in that calendar year with that last name mentioned are included in the list. (Starting in 1907, each ship manifest entry included the names of up to three different people - the passenger (Passenger Name), the "nearest friend or relative in country whence alien came" (Leaving Name), and the name in the field labeled "whether going to join a relative or friend" (Joining Name). The Joining Name was included on earlier manifests.) This query is important because Armenian passengers often traveled together with family members or friends, and it lets you see who else was on their ship.

The Ship Manifests database table currently represents some of the estimated 100,000 to 125,000 arrivals of Armenians to seaports in North America through 1930. Most of the abstracts are from ship manifests to New York (Castle Garden before 1892, Ellis Island in 1892 and later). Other important seaports for arriving passengers include Providence, Philadelphia, Boston, and San Francisco in the USA, and Halifax, Quebec, and St. John (New Brunswick) in Canada. Passengers also arrived at a number of smaller seaports. Armenians boarded ships from seaports on the Atlantic Ocean in western Europe, from the Mediterranean Sea, from American seaports in Cuba and Argentina, and Pacific seaports in Japan and China. Some even left from seaports on the Black Sea, Arctic Ocean, and Baltic Sea. Most of my early research consisted of a systematic abstraction of ship manifests for steamships traveling from French ports on the Atlantic Ocean (Le Havre, Cherbourg, Boulogne, and Bordeaux) to New York, between 1892 and 1914. That was followed by a focus on steamships bringing Armenian refugees to America after the end of WW1, primarily in the period between 1920 and 1924. Over 4,000 "ship trips" have been searched so far. (A ship trip is a voyage between a source port and a destination port. Many steamships gathered passengers from multiple source ports on the same voyage.) As I research Armenians in other primary sources (like military draft registrations, censuses, and naturalization records), I try to find those same individuals on one or more ship manifests. When I research a ship manifest, I abstract all Armenians on that particular ship trip. Thousands of more voyages remained to be researched.

I have also started adding entries from border crossing documents from Mexico and Canada to the USA into this table. These are especially important for those Armenians who came to the USA through Mexico, since ship manifests into Mexico from overseas are not available (as they are for Canada). You can distinguish a border crossing from a ship arrival by the absence of the ship name.

To see what ship trips have been searched for inclusion into this database table, select the following link: Ship Manifests Scope

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Entries found = 94

ActionShip ClassList#Passenger NameAgeSexBirth PlaceLast ResidenceJoining LocationImmigrant ID(s)
1883-08-06 (Antwerp to New York) - Nederland
Steerage327Nesacain [?] [Nersesian], Arakel H.17M / New York, NY, USANEDE-06AUG1883-3--0327
Steerage328Arakelain [Arakelian], Malkom44M / New York, NY, USANEDE-06AUG1883-3--0328
Steerage329Mateosain [Mateosian], Mgrdich30M / New York, NY, USANEDE-06AUG1883-3--0329
Steerage330Zuler, Dikram25M / New York, NY, USANEDE-06AUG1883-3--0330
Steerage331Kebagian [Kebabjian], Dikram19M / New York, NY, USANEDE-06AUG1883-3--0331
Steerage332Hintlein [Hintilian], Kenains [?]38M / New York, NY, USANEDE-06AUG1883-3--0332
Steerage333Hintlein [Hintilian], Hajag [?]16M / New York, NY, USANEDE-06AUG1883-3--0333
Steerage334Auskian [?] [Vosgian], Legos [?]22M / New York, NY, USANEDE-06AUG1883-3--0334
Steerage335Hovandoian [?], Henojan [?]25M / New York, NY, USANEDE-06AUG1883-3--0335
Steerage336Macaelian [?] [Mikaelian], Higop [?]26M / New York, NY, USANEDE-06AUG1883-3--0336
Steerage337Kasperian [Kasparian], Karstein19M / New York, NY, USANEDE-06AUG1883-3--0337
1883-08-29 (Liverpool to Baltimore) - Caspian
Steerage78Tanzian [Terzian], Sarkis36M / New York, NY, USACASP-29AUG1883-3--0078
Steerage79Tanzian [Terzian], Arenon30F / New York, NY, USACASP-29AUG1883-3--0079
Steerage80Tanzian [Terzian], Ohannes10F / New York, NY, USACASP-29AUG1883-3--0080
Steerage81Tanzian [Terzian], Azmoes9M / New York, NY, USACASP-29AUG1883-3--0081
Steerage82Tanzian [Terzian], Aroaut5M / New York, NY, USACASP-29AUG1883-3--0082
Steerage83Tshopurian [Chopourian], C. H.44M / New York, NY, USACASP-29AUG1883-3--0083
Steerage84Tshopurian [Chopourian], Kristine33F / New York, NY, USACASP-29AUG1883-3--0084
Steerage85Tshopurian [Chopourian], Armieus11M / New York, NY, USACASP-29AUG1883-3--0085
Steerage86Tshopurian [Chopourian], Zenar7M / New York, NY, USACASP-29AUG1883-3--0086
Steerage87Tshopurian [Chopourian], Angel5F / New York, NY, USACASP-29AUG1883-3--0087
Steerage88Tshopurian [Chopourian], Levan1-6mM / New York, NY, USACASP-29AUG1883-3--0088
Steerage89Sulinan, Nazart17M / New York, NY, USACASP-29AUG1883-3--0089
Steerage90Shishinaian [Shoushanian], Saml.17M / New York, NY, USACASP-29AUG1883-3--0090
Steerage91Davidson, Kamall22M / New York, NY, USACASP-29AUG1883-3--0091
Steerage92Choragian [Shahrigian], Hagop31M / New York, NY, USACASP-29AUG1883-3--0092
Steerage93Maitcan, Yesaid26M / New York, NY, USACASP-29AUG1883-3--0093
1883-08-29 (Liverpool to Philadelphia) - Lord Clive
20011Alakelian [Arakelian], Ohanes40 / LCLI-29AUG1883-0-200-0011
20012Alakelian [Arakelian], J.32 / LCLI-29AUG1883-0-200-0012
20013Alakelian [Arakelian], Harnton11M / LCLI-29AUG1883-0-200-0013,ROTT-06NOV1891-3--0874
20014Alakelian [Arakelian], Kirkos10F / LCLI-29AUG1883-0-200-0014
20015Alakelian [Arakelian], Hersch7M / LCLI-29AUG1883-0-200-0015
20016Alakelian [Arakelian], Ripien3F / LCLI-29AUG1883-0-200-0016
20017Alakelian [Arakelian], Vester1M / LCLI-29AUG1883-0-200-0017
20018Agderiun [Azhderian], Haroot.42 / LCLI-29AUG1883-0-200-0018
20019Agderiun [Azhderian], Johnkie32 / LCLI-29AUG1883-0-200-0019
20020Agderiun [Azhderian], Ohanes19 / LCLI-29AUG1883-0-200-0020
20021Agderiun [Azhderian], Nihian8M / LCLI-29AUG1883-0-200-0021
2011Agderiun [Azhderian], Arshag4M / LCLI-29AUG1883-0-201-0001
2012Agderiun [Azhderian], Agop51 / LCLI-29AUG1883-0-201-0002
2013Agderiun [Azhderian], Hanek40 / LCLI-29AUG1883-0-201-0003
2014Agderiun [Azhderian], Ohanes20 / LCLI-29AUG1883-0-201-0004
2015Agderiun [Azhderian], Geioss18 / LCLI-29AUG1883-0-201-0005
2016Agderiun [Azhderian], Haig11 / LCLI-29AUG1883-0-201-0006
2017Agderiun [Azhderian], Sharimen5F / LCLI-29AUG1883-0-201-0007
2018Agderiun [Azhderian], Yernsma [?]4F / LCLI-29AUG1883-0-201-0008
2019Agderiun [Azhderian], Benjamin14 / LCLI-29AUG1883-0-201-0009
20110Sinanian, Mesro24 / LCLI-29AUG1883-0-201-0010
20111Sinanian, Elmas21 / LCLI-29AUG1883-0-201-0011
20112Burcesan [?] [Boghosian], Ant26 / LCLI-29AUG1883-0-201-0012
20113Seraphina [Sarafian], S.26 / LCLI-29AUG1883-0-201-0013
20114Urganian [Yerganian], O.17 / LCLI-29AUG1883-0-201-0014
20115Babasiman [Babasinian], E.73 / LCLI-29AUG1883-0-201-0015
20116Babasiman [Babasinian], Ohanes26 / LCLI-29AUG1883-0-201-0016
20117Babasiman [Babasinian], Marie17 / LCLI-29AUG1883-0-201-0017
20118Arastakisea [Aristakesian], M.17 / LCLI-29AUG1883-0-201-0018
20119Arastakisea [Aristakesian], O.18 / LCLI-29AUG1883-0-201-0019
2021Sugian [Suddjian], Mishan20 / LCLI-29AUG1883-0-202-0001
2022Sugian [Suddjian], Ohans25 / LCLI-29AUG1883-0-202-0002
2023Saagian [Sahagian], H.27 / LCLI-29AUG1883-0-202-0003
2024Saagian [Sahagian], Marian20 / LCLI-29AUG1883-0-202-0004
1883-09-15 (Bordeaux to New York) - Chateau Leoville
Steerage40Krecorian [Krikorian], Margerth30M / USACHLV-15SEP1883-3--0040
Steerage41Khunderhain [Kandarian], George44M / USACHLV-15SEP1883-3--0041
Steerage42Choulgian [Chouljian], Tomas23M / USACHLV-15SEP1883-3--0042,UMBR-28NOV1892-3--0032
Steerage43Baarsalian, Dikran19M / USACHLV-15SEP1883-3--0043
Steerage44Fronsian [?], Garabed18M / USACHLV-15SEP1883-3--0044
1883-10-18 (London to New York) - Persian Monarch
Steerage143Bedik [Bedigian], Satrak22M / New York, NY, USAPMON-18OCT1883-3--0143,LGSC-06AUG1905-2-1-0016
Steerage144Mesrop [Mesrobian], Mesiah23M / New York, NY, USAPMON-18OCT1883-3--0144
Steerage145Conmurt [?], Philip16M / New York, NY, USAPMON-18OCT1883-3--0145
Steerage146Abdalyan [Abdalian], Haiganouth20M / New York, NY, USAPMON-18OCT1883-3--0146,RHYN-24NOV1896-0-A-0018
Steerage147Sounallain [Samuelian], Mary20F / New York, NY, USAPMON-18OCT1883-3--0147
Steerage148Sakrar [?], Iosef [?]25M / New York, NY, USAPMON-18OCT1883-3--0148
1883-11-11 (Liverpool to New Orleans) - Texas
Steerage1Tensonfian [?] [Hovsepian], Garabed37M / TEXS-11NOV1883-3--0001
Steerage2Tensonfian [?] [Hovsepian], Kuldudo30F / TEXS-11NOV1883-3--0002
Steerage3Tensonfian [?] [Hovsepian], Paransem11-6mF / TEXS-11NOV1883-3--0003
Steerage4Tensonfian [?] [Hovsepian], Lenop10M / TEXS-11NOV1883-3--0004
Steerage5Tensonfian [?] [Hovsepian], Azneehy7F / TEXS-11NOV1883-3--0005
Steerage6Tensonfian [?] [Hovsepian], Palazu4-6mF / TEXS-11NOV1883-3--0006
Steerage7Tensonfian [?] [Hovsepian], Karopa2-6mM / TEXS-11NOV1883-3--0007
Steerage8Papasian [Papazian], Kagop33M / TEXS-11NOV1883-3--0008
Steerage9Papasian [Papazian], Knasant22F / TEXS-11NOV1883-3--0009
Steerage10Papasian [Papazian], Marian50F / TEXS-11NOV1883-3--0010
Steerage11Papasian [Papazian], Megerdich20M / TEXS-11NOV1883-3--0011
Steerage12Papasian [Papazian], Julisar9F / TEXS-11NOV1883-3--0012
Steerage13Papasian [Papazian], Dikran6M / TEXS-11NOV1883-3--0013
Steerage14Papasian [Papazian], Hranash4F / TEXS-11NOV1883-3--0014
Steerage15Papasian [Papazian], Gibran2M / TEXS-11NOV1883-3--0015
Steerage16Kahrimmam [Kahramanian], Avedes28M / TEXS-11NOV1883-3--0016
Steerage17Kahrimmam [Kahramanian], Makruhe23F / TEXS-11NOV1883-3--0017
Steerage18Kahrimmam [Kahramanian], Hagopus8M / TEXS-11NOV1883-3--0018
Steerage19Kahrimmam [Kahramanian], Tester5F / TEXS-11NOV1883-3--0019
Steerage20Tabiasian [Tateosian], M. M.30M / TEXS-11NOV1883-3--0020
Steerage21Tabiasian [Tateosian], Amma22F / TEXS-11NOV1883-3--0021
Steerage22Tabiasian [Tateosian], Afraien1-6mF / TEXS-11NOV1883-3--0022

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