1 Reply Latest reply on May 24, 2018 8:34 AM by Amanda Pritchard

Ship manifest records for Hawaii to Oregon 1880 to 1890

Windy Bolger May 20, 2018 5:35 PM

I am trying to locate records for my German ancestors who went from Bremen to Hawaii as plantation workers. I have a passenger list showing that they went to Honolulu in 1883. They magically appear in Portland Oregon by 1888, but I have not been able to find a passenger list or manifest that shows how they got there. What ports would ships from Hawaii have arrived at on the West coast?

Re: Ship manifest records for Hawaii to Oregon 1880 to 1890

Amanda Pritchard May 24, 2018 8:34 AM (in response to Windy Bolger)

Dear Ms. Bolger,

Thank you for contacting History Hub!

It is most likely that your ancestors arrived in San Francisco, CA or possibly Seattle, WA. FamilySearch has a web page that gives an overview of U.S. Immigration Passenger Arrival Records, as well as, a web page that describes U.S. Immigration Online Genealogy Records. The National Archives also has an excellent web page on immigration records including passenger lists that we have in our collection. Please keep in mind that Hawaii did not become a state until 1959 so it is possible that passenger lists for that time period and route do not exist.

Best of luck in your research!
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