Celso Cortelli Passenger Arrival Document

Celso Cortelli

Passenger Arrival Document

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Celso Cortelli arrived in Boston November 17 1903 from Genoa aboard the

Vancouver. He was not immigrating to the United States, but coming to visit

his sons Luigi and Giovanni of Plymouth. Exactly when Luigi and Giovanni came to the

United States is still a fact I'm hunting for. Aunt Eva said they came

together with a sister, but she went back to Italy. On three different

census reports, both brothers give three different years of immigration.

At any rate, they were both in Plymouth by 1900, as they are on that census.

It gave me great pleasure to send a printed out copy of this to Aunt Eva

who did not know her grandfather's name was Celso.

Below is the whole sheet with his name underlined in red

and below that a closer image of his name.

TRANSCRIPTION OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Column 2 Name in full Cortelli Celso

Column 3 Age y/m 57

Column 4 Sex M

Column 5 Married or Single married (with a number 5 above it, possibly # of children?)

Column 6 Calling or Occupation labor

Column 7 Able to Read/Write no

Column 8 Nationality/Country Cento*

Column 9 Race or People Italian North

Column 10 Last Residence North

Column 11 Final Destination Plymouth ___ ?

Column 12 Whether Having a Ticket to Final Destination yes

Column 13 By Whom was passage paid? son Luigi

Column 14 Whether in possession of $50 or less; How much? $11.00

Column 15 Whether ever before in the US and where? never

Column 16 Whether going to join a relative or friend and

if so, what relative or friend, and his name and

complete address son Luigi 21 Cherry St**