Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS China

S.S. China, sailing from Hong Kong May 30th, 1893 and Yokohama June 9, 1893 arriving at Port of San Francisco, June 26, 1893.

Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, Married or Single, Occupation, Nationality, Last Residence, Final Destination in the US, Whether having a ticket to final destination, By whom was passage paid?, Whether in Possession of Money-if less than $30, how much?, Whether ever before in the US, Whether going to join Relative or Friend

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From Hong Kong  
1  K	         ?hoi*	    20y6m  Male   Single  Servant   Japanese     Hong Kong    San Francisco yes A.B.Sprekels   $3000*      yes* No
2  H?u Sullaiman Thahmahmed 36y4m  Male   Married Merchant  Mohomeden    Cape Town    Chicago	    no  self	       over $3000* No   No
From Yokohama
3  Henry         Sam	    28y1m  male   single  Servant   Japanese     Hong Kong    San Francisco yes Mrs. Simons     yes        yes* No
4  Shotaro       Fujimoto*  44y2m  male   married Traveler  Japanese     Sakai	      Chicago	    yes himself	        yes        No   No*
5  Hichibei      Katsuno    40y3m  male   married Traveler  Japanese     Gifu	      Chicago	    yes himself	        yes        No   No
6  Keijoshi      Sugawa	    30y10m male   single  Traveler  Japanese     Yokohama     Chicago	    yes himself	        yes        No   No
7  Erik Henrik   Erickson   39y11m male   single  carpenter Russian Finn New York     New York      no  himself	        yes        yes* No
8  Kawashi       Ikujiro    22y2m  male   single  Merchant  Japanese     Yokohama     Chicago	    no  myself	        yes        No   No
9  Osaka	 Matsukichi 26y10m male   single  Merchant  Japanese     Kanagawa     San Francisco yes myself	        yes        yes* No
10 Tatsugoro     Kajita	    20y	   male   single  Student   Japanese     Aichi	      Sacramento    no  himself	        yes        No   *
11 Keyiyiro      Yagi	    30y10m male   married Merchant  Japanese     Aichi	      Sacramento    no  himself	        yes        No   No
12 Sukejiro      Wakagama   27y1m  male   single  Merchant  Japanese     Aichi	      Sacramento    no  himself	        yes        No   No
13 Zeniatsu      Ishigaki   27y9m  male   single  Student   Japanese     Aichi	      Sacramento    no  himself	        yes        No   No
14 Fu?a*	 Serizawa   25y3m  female single  servant*  Japanese     Shizuoka     San Francisco yes Admiral Harmony no         No   No
15 Toyokusu      Najima	    39y3m  male   married Traveler  Japanese     Wakayama     Sacramento    no  himself	        yes        No   *
16 Orinosuke     Fukumoto   15y9m  male   single  Student   Japanese     Wakaya       San Francisco yes himself	        yes        No   No
17 Sentaro       Yajima	    29y9m  male   single  Student   Japanese     Kumamoto     Sacramento    no  himself	        yes        No   No
18 Takzo         Shiota	    17y10m male   single  Student   Japanese     Kanagawa     San Francisco yes himself	        yes        No   No
19 Naniro        Mizui	    21y9m  male   single  Student   Japanese     Nagano	      Oakland, Cal  no  himself	        yes        No   No
20 Kenji         Oharo	    42y3m  male   married Student   Japanese     Chiba	      San Francisco yes himself	        yes        No   *
21 Shinjiro      Miyanaga   28y4m  male   married Merchant  Japanese     Hiogo	      *	            no  himself	        yes        yes* No
22 Yoshi	 Miyanaga   16y5m  female married *	    Japanese     Hiogo	      *	            no  her husband     no         No   *
23 Eriichi       Suito	    14y	   male   single  Student   Japanese     Aichi	      San Francisco yes himself	        yes        No   
24 Yoshiro       Kubata	    30y5m  male   married Traveler  Japanese     Nagana(sic)  San Francisco no  himself	        yes        No   No
25 John Ephriaim Martinhoff 46y8m  male   single  Farmer    Russian      Vladivostock San Francisco yes himself	        yes        No   No                                      
    
Transcriber's Notes

There is no captain's statement nor captain's name attached to this manifest.

The following columns had identical entries for all passengers and so were 
not included in the table:

Able to Read & Write=yes,yes(exception: ?hoi is unable to read.)

Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco
  
Whether ever in Prison, Almshouse or supported by Charity=no

Whether a Polygamist=no

Whether under contract to labor in the US=no

Condition of Health Mental and Physical=good

Whether having any deformities=no 

Letters that are illegible or difficult to interpret are replaced by ?.

The numbers in the Whether in Possession of Money column are written with 
the final two zeros elevated above the line with a line drawn under them, 
as one would do to indicate cents.


1  The missing letter in the surname could be "I."  He is recorded as unable 
   to read, but can write.  He has been to San Francisco 1890.

3  has been 14 years in Oakland, Cal.

4  This entry has a line drawn through it and Trans to 1st Cabin written in 
   the "Whether going to join Relative or Friend" column.

7  has been to New York 1882.

9  has been to San Francisco.

10 is going to join Bro Shotaro Kajita, Sacramento.

14 The missing letter in the first name could be "d", "s", or "t."  This 
   passenger's occupation is listed personal maid to 
Mrs. Harmony.

15 is going to join son Ichibei Najima, Sacramento, Cal.  

20 is going to join son Soichi Ohara, San Francisco.  The final vowels in 
   the two surnames are clearly different.

21 has been to Santa Rosa, Cal 1892.

22 occupation is listed as "with her husband."

21, 22 These passengers are listed as en route to Mexico. She is going to 
   join uncle Ukisabino Suite, 1 Adelaide Place, San Francisco. 

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1 Page 36-37.

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