I am writing the life story of my great grand uncle, Michael
Kokoska. In the opening paragraphs I added the fact his parents
were immigrants, on what ship they sailed in 1880, and what
class of passenger they were. His parents were listed as Cabin
Class. That fact came as a shock and kind of unbelievable to me
because my side of the family is all Bohemian, and immigrated as
poorer people, traveling in Steerage. I stumbled upon the Cabin
Class while looking at their ship log in greater detail. Because
this fact shocked me, I did a little research on their ship, the
Frisia. This further research indicated the capacity for 1st
class passengers was 90 passengers, 2nd class was 130
passengers, and 3rd class was 600 passengers. According to the
ship log, there were 190 passengers classified as Steerage
Passengers. The remaining 610 passengers were classified as
Cabin Passengers. With the above numbers in mind, the log should
have read Cabin Passengers for the first 190 passengers recorded
and Steerage Passengers fo