England to Usa 1887 - any record of passage?

[Milliepede]

William Pashley born England 1861 was orphaned and ended up in Massachusetts USA.

I have him on census in England and USA and his death but no passenger list.
He had a younger brother but he died in England.  He married in the USA so presume he travelled there on his own?

Info from ancestry says he arrived Philadelphia 1/5/1887.  Would this be a usual destination?
Would he have chosen that part of the US or was it any port in a storm do you think.

Any help and suggestions most welcome.

[MaureeninNY]

On Ancestry there's a Wm Pashley arriving Philly on 3 May 1887

Ship:   British Princess

He's 24 and a laborer.

Maureen

[*Sandra*]

At that time a lot of adverts were placed in UK newspapers for weavers in Massachusetts - perhaps that was the best/cheapest passenger fare William could get 

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01ly5/

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFD2-HM8

Massachusetts Naturalization Record - shows a William F Pashley - born 6 March 1862 Bradford York England - arriving Arrival date 1 May 1887 Philadelphia which could be the same one Maureen refers to

Petition Place Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts. William was a weaver - residing 125 Eastern Avenue Fall River.

Witnesses he summoned on the petition were Samuel Morton 125 Eastern Avenue Fall River and William Whitaker 453 Pleasant Stret Fall River in the county of Bristol MA. 

Dated 25 th November 1892

Sandra

The middle initial "F" was Frederick.

[RJ137]

Immigration Card: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFD2-HM8

Immigration Ship's list: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:23QQ-C66

Marriage: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH9H-JQT
        : https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N49V-1YL

Naturalization: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXRH-1MT

1900 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M952-L85

1910 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2NR-N43

1920 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXTR-PV6

1930 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQL9-KL1

1940 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4VG-BGN

Find A Grave: https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=120947357

[*Sandra*]

Immigration in the United States

In the mid-1880's, some states sent agents to Europe to attract settlers. Railroad companies did the same thing. Better conditions on ships and steep declines in travel time and fares made the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean easier and more affordable....................

The third wave was from 1881 to 1920. Almost 23 ½ million immigrants poured into the United States from almost every area of the world. Until the 1880's, most newcomers still came from northern and western Europe. They came to be called old immigrants........................

http://teachersinstitute.yale.edu/curriculum/units/1999/3/99.03.01.x.html

Sandra

[Milliepede]

On Ancestry there's a Wm Pashley arriving Philly on 3 May 1887

Thank you Maureen I missed that 

The middle name Frederick seems to have materialised en route as he was just plain William in England!  He's 3 weeks old in 1861 and both parents had died by mid 1867.

Thank you Sandra for the background information and RJ137 for the census etc.  He was the only child that survived from his fathers two marriages so am gratified he made a life himself.