Canadian Steerage Immigrant Inspection Card - 1915

Front Site of a Steerage Inspection Card for Immigration Officer at Port of Arrival in Canada, Provided to an Immigrant on the SS Missanabie, Sailing from Liverpool, 13 March 1915. Stamped as Passing Medical and Civil Examinations, 22 March 1915. Vaccination Protected to by Ships Physician. GGA Image ID # 1fb71a68ae

Canadian Immigrant Inspection Card issued to a Steerage Passenger on board the Canadian Pacific steamship SS Missanabie departing from Liverpool on 13 March 1915. The Missanabie was notable in that it had a very short life, with a maiden voyage on 7 October 1914. The ship was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat on 9 September 1918. This Inspection Card represents a rare immigrant document from a vessel in service for less than four years.

(Steerage)

Inspection Card for Immigration Officer at Port of Arrival in Canada

Name of Immigrant: Gom Cudby

Name of Ships: Missanabie

Sailing From: Liverpool

Date of Sailing: 13 March 1915

Country of Last Permanent Residence: Left Blank

The Name Appears on Manifest, Page 7, Line 26

Medical Examination Stamp: Passed Medical Inspection St. John NB

Civil Examination Stamp: Immigration Service, Canada, St. John, MB 22 March 1915

Vaccination Protected: /s/ Totthally B. Gale M.D. Ship's Surgeon

Reverse Side of 1915 Inspection Card from the Canadian Pacific Line SS Missanabie. "This Card Should Be Kept Carefully for Three Years. It Should Be Shown to Government Officials Whenever Required." Message Translated into Bohemian, Russian, Ruthenian, German, French, Dutch, Hungarian, Swedish, Polish, Italian and Arabic. GGA Image ID # 1fb77cdc86