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 = 54

ActionShip ClassList#Passenger NameAgeSexBirth PlaceLast ResidenceJoining LocationImmigrant ID(s)
1884-07-28 (Rotterdam to New York) - Edam
Steerage105Beneush [?], David19M / USAEDAM-28JUL1884-3--0105
Steerage106Seradgenan [?] [Saridjamian], Tateos23M / USAEDAM-28JUL1884-3--0106
Steerage107Kolayshian [Keleshian], Terkes [?]28M / USAEDAM-28JUL1884-3--0107
Steerage108Tonigian [Donigian], Vartan M.20M / USAEDAM-28JUL1884-3--0108
Steerage109Kevoorkian [Kevorkian], Dadje60M / EDAM-28JUL1884-3--0109,AMST-12NOV1901-0-E-0010
Steerage110Kevoorkian [Kevorkian], Czarus [?]13M / EDAM-28JUL1884-3--0110,LGSC-20APR1896-3--0638
Steerage111Kevoorkian [Kevorkian], Kristapore12M / EDAM-28JUL1884-3--0111,LGSC-20APR1896-3--0641
Steerage112Kevoorkian [Kevorkian], Rupe40F / EDAM-28JUL1884-3--0112,LGSC-20APR1896-3--0640,AMST-12NOV1901-0-E-0011
1884-08-26 ( to New York) - Alesia
Steerage1Baghighian [Paghigian], Bedrus33M / Boston, MA, USAALES-26AUG1884-3--0001
Steerage2Baghighian [Paghigian], Balthazar18M / Boston, MA, USAALES-26AUG1884-3--0002,OBDM-13DEC1889-3--0259
Steerage3Kazirian [Ghazarian], Jean23M / New York, NY, USAALES-26AUG1884-3--0003
Steerage4Ovedisian [Avedisian], Jean32M / Manchester, NH, USAALES-26AUG1884-3--0004
Steerage5Hiragosian [Giragosian], Kevork26M / Manchester, NH, USAALES-26AUG1884-3--0005
1884-09-12 (Liverpool to New York) - City of Chester
Steerage300Boghesian [Boghosian], Armenack24M / New York, NY, USACCHS-12SEP1884-3--0300
Steerage301Moradian [Mouradian], Krotog [?]20M / Worcester, MA, USACCHS-12SEP1884-3--0301
Steerage302Kerorkian [Kevorkian], Hagop20M / Boston, MA, USACCHS-12SEP1884-3--0302
Steerage303Terzian, Manok20M / Worcester, MA, USACCHS-12SEP1884-3--0303
Steerage304Hovespion [Hovsepian], Kovok22M / Worcester, MA, USACCHS-12SEP1884-3--0304
Steerage305Serapian [Serabian], Sarkis25M / Worcester, MA, USACCHS-12SEP1884-3--0305
Steerage306Boghosian, Astoder19M / Worcester, MA, USACCHS-12SEP1884-3--0306
Steerage307Bobavian, Donabed30M / Worcester, MA, USACCHS-12SEP1884-3--0307
Steerage308Mazinamain [?] [Mazmanian], Gerabed35M / Worcester, MA, USACCHS-12SEP1884-3--0308
Steerage309Mahigian [Maghakian], Avedis17M / Worcester, MA, USACCHS-12SEP1884-3--0309
Steerage310Donabedian, Yeohazag32M / Worcester, MA, USACCHS-12SEP1884-3--0310
Steerage311Kowbakian, Sarkis28M / New York, NY, USACCHS-12SEP1884-3--0311
Steerage312Tavitian [Davidian], Mesrop19M / Boston, MA, USACCHS-12SEP1884-3--0312
Steerage313Asadorian [Asadourian], Yeshazac25M / Worcester, MA, USACCHS-12SEP1884-3--0313
Steerage314Pantigion [Santikian], Howhanes21M / New York, NY, USACCHS-12SEP1884-3--0314,ALBA-19OCT1895-3--0032
Steerage315Parogian [Parigian], Hagos33M / Worcester, MA, USACCHS-12SEP1884-3--0315
Steerage316Koharian, Dikian19M / MA, USACCHS-12SEP1884-3--0316
Steerage317Mazabian, Ben24M / New York, NY, USACCHS-12SEP1884-3--0317
Steerage318Magmanian [Mazmanian], Sarkis26M / Worcester, MA, USACCHS-12SEP1884-3--0318
1884-11-08 (Hamburg to New York) - Australia
Steerage73Jamjian [Janigian], Hambanis [?]37M / New York, NY, USAAUST-08NOV1884-3--0073
Steerage74Jamjian [Janigian], Agavne17F / New York, NY, USAAUST-08NOV1884-3--0074
Steerage75Jamjian [Janigian], Czarny29M / New York, NY, USAAUST-08NOV1884-3--0075
1884-11-11 (Liverpool to Boston) - Cephalonia
Steerage241Manaser [Manaserian], Roupen38M / New York, NY, USACEPH-11NOV1884-3--0241
Steerage242Manaser [Manaserian], Shahaner28F / New York, NY, USACEPH-11NOV1884-3--0242
Steerage243Manaser [Manaserian], Baizar8F / New York, NY, USACEPH-11NOV1884-3--0243
Steerage244Manaser [Manaserian], Eflin25F / New York, NY, USACEPH-11NOV1884-3--0244
Steerage245Manaser [Manaserian], Manaser2-6mM / New York, NY, USACEPH-11NOV1884-3--0245
Steerage246Garabed [Garabedian], Zareh23M / New York, NY, USACEPH-11NOV1884-3--0246
Steerage247Garabed [Garabedian], Doudou55F / New York, NY, USACEPH-11NOV1884-3--0247
Steerage248Dolmagy [Dolmajian], Varter25F / New York, NY, USACEPH-11NOV1884-3--0248
Steerage249Garabed [Garabedian], Horob13F / New York, NY, USACEPH-11NOV1884-3--0249
Steerage250Dolmagy [Dolmajian], Garabed11M / New York, NY, USACEPH-11NOV1884-3--0250
Steerage251Marash [Marashlian], Garabed50M / New York, NY, USACEPH-11NOV1884-3--0251
Steerage252Marash [Marashlian], Marsa36F / New York, NY, USACEPH-11NOV1884-3--0252
Steerage253Marash [Marashlian], Zaranhiza20F / New York, NY, USACEPH-11NOV1884-3--0253
Steerage254Marash [Marashlian], James18M / New York, NY, USACEPH-11NOV1884-3--0254
Steerage255Marash [Marashlian], Aznif13M / New York, NY, USACEPH-11NOV1884-3--0255
Steerage256Marash [Marashlian], Johan8M / New York, NY, USACEPH-11NOV1884-3--0256
Steerage257Marash [Marashlian], Jakonbesh [?]8F / New York, NY, USACEPH-11NOV1884-3--0257
Steerage258Marash [Marashlian], Sarape1-6mM / New York, NY, USACEPH-11NOV1884-3--0258
Steerage259Marash [Marashlian], Sara21F / New York, NY, USACEPH-11NOV1884-3--0259

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