Guiseppe Crispo

Arrived Port of New York
June 2, 1906
~ S. S. Prinz Oskar - Hamburg American Line ~


GUISEPPE CRISPO sailed from Naples on the S. S Prinz Oskar on May 17, 1906 and arrived at the Port of New York on June 2, 1906. His final destination was his cousin's home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Unfortunately, the copy of the manifest is of poor quality and the handwriting is difficult to decipher. The name of the ship is spelled as Prinzosca(r?) on the manifest. Perhaps this is the Italian spelling.

Guiseppe was traveling with several men from Fera, the town he named as his last residence. The manifest contains 22 questions; it provides the following information about Giuseppe.

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  1. No. on List: 24
  2. NAME IN FULL: Crispi, Guiseppe
  3. Age: 42
  4. Sex: M
  5. Married or Single: married
  6. Calling or Occupation: laborer
  7. Able to Read: no - Write: no
  8. Nationality: Italy
  9. Race or People*: Italian
  10. Last Residence: Fera
  11. Final Destination: (illegible) PA
  12. Whether having a ticket for such final destination: yes
  13. By whom was passage paid?: himself
  14. Whether in possession of $50, and if less, how much?: $30
  15. Whether ever before in the United States and if so, where and when?:No
  16. Whether going to join a relative or friend; and if so, what relative or friend, and his name and complete address: cousin: Crossi (illegible), Phila. PA
  17. Ever in prison or almshouse or institution for care of the insane, or supported by charity? If so, which?: No
  18. Whether a Polygamist: No
  19. Whether an Anarchist: No
  20. Whether coming by reason of any offer, affiliation, promise or agreement expressed or implied, to labor in the United States.No
  21. Condition of Health, Mental and Physical: good
  22. Deformed or Crippled. Nature, length of time, and cause: No
    *"Race of People" is to be determined by the stock from which they sprang and the language they speak. List of races will be found on back of this sheet.

The PRINZ OSKAR was a 6,026 gross ton ship built in 1902 by Bremer Vulkan, Vegesak for the Hamburg American Line. Her details were - length 403.4 ft.x beam 49.2 ft., one funnel, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 13 knots. There was capacity for 60 first and 1,200 third class passengers. Launched on 15 December 1902, she started her maiden voyage from Hamburg to Brazil in June 1903. On 10 October 1903 she commenced her first Genoa - Naples - New York voyage, and started heer last voyage on this service on 29 June 1906.

She transferred to the Genoa - Buenos Aires route on 22 September 1906 and then in March 1909 transferred to the Hamburg - Halifax - St. John, New Brunswick service. On 14 May 1909 she commenced her first Hamburg - Quebec - Montreal sailing and started her last voyage on this route on 27 May 1910. She then commenced her first Hamburg - Philadelphia crossing on 13 September 1910 and her last on 27 July 1914.

On 4 August 1914 she was interned at Philadelphia and on 6 April 1917 was seized by the U. S. government, renamed Orion and operated by the Shipping Board. Sold to the American owned Black Star Line in 1922, she reverted to the U. S. Shipping Board the following year and was scrapped at Baltimore in 1929.
 

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