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Ship Passenger Manifest for Giovanni Valente

SALOON, CABIN, AND STEERAGE ALIENS MUST BE COMPLETELY MANIFESTED
THIS SHEET IS FOR STEERAGE PASSENGERS.

List___

LIST OR MANIFEST OF ALIEN PASSENGERS FOR THE UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION OFFICER AT PORT OF ARRIVAL.

Required by the regulations of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor of the United States, under Act of Congress approved February 20, 1907, to be delivered to the United States Immigration Officer by the Commanding Officer of any vessel having such passengers on board upon arrival at a port in the United States.

S.S. "ANCONA"  sailing from  Naples , 22 NOV.1911 , 19
Arriving at Port of Philadelphia, Pa., , 19 [9 DEC 1911]

 1  No. on List.  23
 2  NAME IN FULL. Family Name. Given Name.
  Valente Giovanni
 3  Age. Yrs. Mos.  23
 4  Sex.  m
 5  Married or Single.  s
 6  Calling or Occupation.  farm lab
 7  Able to -- Read. Write.  yes
 8  Nationality. (Country of which citizen or subject.)
  Italy
 9  ‡ Race or People.  Italian South
10  * Last Permanent Residence. Country. City or Town.
  Italy  Gambatesa
11  The name and complete address of nearest relative or friend in country whence alien came.
  father Nicola
  Gambatesa
12  Final Destination. *(Intended future permanent residence. State. City or Town.
  NJ Camden

* An intended residence of one year shall constitute permanent residence.  The last country in which alien resided with the intention of remaining as long as one year shall be the last permanent residence regardless of length of actual residence therein.

List of races will be found on back of this sheet.


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13  No. on List.  23
14  Whether having a ticket to such final destination.
  yes
15  By whom was passage Paid? (Whether alien paid his own passage, whether paid by any other person, or by any corporation, society, municipality or government.)
  self
16  Whether in possession of $50, and if less, how much?
  25
17  Whether ever before in the United States; and if so, when and where? Yes or No. If Yes -- Year or period of years. Where?
  no no no
18  Whether going to join a relative or friend; and if so, what relative or friend, and his name and complete address.
  brother Donato
  210 [Mickle] St Camden NJ
19  Ever in prison, almshouse, or institution for care and treatment of the insane, or supported by charity. If so, which?
  no
20  Whether a Polygamist.  no
21  Whether an Anarchist.  no
22  Whether coming by reason of any offer, solicitation, promise, or agreement, express or implied, to labor in the United States.
  no
23  Condition of Health. Mental and Physical.
  good
24  Deformed or Crippled. Nature, length of time, and cause.
  no


25  Height. Feet. Inches.  5  3
26  Complexion.
27  Color of -- Hair. Eyes.  brown
28  Marks of Identification.  none   Scar on left cheek
29  Place of Birth. Country. City or Town.
  Italy  Gambatesa

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION REQUIRED BY NATURALIZATION ACT APPROVED JUNE 29, 1904.


Source: National Archives Microfilm Publication T 840, Roll 98, Page 315


S.S. Ancona, 25 KB

SS Ancona

Operated by "Italia" Società Anonima di Navigazione between Genoa, Naples, Palermo, New York and Philadelphia from 1908-1915.  8,885 ton steamship.  Dimensions in feet (between perpendiculars): 482 x 58.  One funnel, two masts; twin screw; triple-expansion engines with 6-cyclinders; service speed of 14 knots [16.1 miles per hour].  Shipbuilder: Workman, Clark & Co. Ltd., Belfast.  Launched 19 November 1907.  Maiden Voyage 23 April 1908 Genoa-Naples-Palermo-New York-Philadelphia.  Sunk by an Austrian submarine in the Mediterranean on 7 November 1915 during World War One [Italy and Austria-Hungary were at war from 23 May 1915 until 4 November 1918].

The funnels of the ships of the Italia steamship line were yellow.  Their rectangular flag was a "blue cross with white border; blue upper quarter at hoist with red "I" in a white six-pointed star; otherwise quarters yellow".

Source: North Atlantic Seaway: an illustrated history of the passenger services linking the old world with the new by N.R.P. Bonsor (Prescot, Lancashire: 1955), pages 469-471.

Image Source: based on the ship's image found at the Web site "American Family Immigration History Center" (ellisislandrecords.org) as that site existed in September 2003, where the image is stated to be from the Peabody Essex Museum.  About the ship the site says that the Ancona had room for 2,560 passengers (60 first class, 2,500 third class).  That site is © 2000 by The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc.


LIST OF RACES OR PEOPLES

"Race or people" is to be determined by the stock from which aliens sprang and the language they speak.  The original stock or blood shall be the basis of the classification, the mother tongue to be used only to assist in determining the original stock.

African (black).
Armenian.
Bohemian.
Bosnian.
Bulgarian.
Chinese.
Croatian.
Cuban.
Dalmatian.
Dutch.
East Indian.
English.
Finnish.
Flemish.
French.
German.
Greek.
Hebrew.
Herzegovinian.
Irish.
Italian (North).
Italian (South).
Japanese.
Korean.
Lithuanian.
Magyar.
Mexican.
Montenegrin.
Moravian.
Pacific Islander.
Polish.
Portuguese.
Roumanian.
Russian.
Ruthenian (Russniak).
Scandinavian (Norwegians,
 Danes, and Swedes).
Scotch.
Servian.
Slovak.
Slovenian.
Spanish.
Spanish American.
Syrian.
Turkish.
Welsh.
West Indian (other than
 Cuban).

ITALIAN (NORTH).
The people who are native to the basin of the River Po in northern Italy (i.e., compartments of Piedmont, Lombardy, Venetia, and Emelia) and their descendents, whether residing in Italy, Switzerland, Austria-Hungary, or any other country, should be classed as "Italian (north)."  Most of these people speak a Gallic dialect of the Italian language.

ITALIAN (SOUTH).
The people who are native to that portion of Italy south of the basin of the River Po (i.e., compartments of Liguria, Tuscany, the Marches, Umbria, Rome, the Abruzzi and Molise, Campania, Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria, Sicily, and Sardinia) and their descendents should be classed as "Italian (south)."


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