Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS City of Rio de Janeiro

Steamship City of Rio de Janeiro, sailing from Yokohama, July 15, 1893 arriving at Port of San Francisco, Aug 3, 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

Please Scroll to the right to view the entire table.

  
1  Jacob	 Merovitch 36y	  male	 married Merchant  Russian  Zaraika   Boston	    no	Himself	      yes   No  No
2  Mrs. Hodie	 Merovitch 32y5m  female								
3  Isaiah	 Merovitch 16y7m  male								
4  Hiah	         Merovitch 11y8m  female								
5  Moses	 Merovitch 9y1m	  male								
6  Abraham	 Merovitch 7y	  male								
7  Isaac	 Merovitch 5y4m	  male								
8  Rachel	 Merovitch 3y11m  female								
9  Levi	         Merovitch 1y8m	  male								
10 Fivich	 Newman	   26y11m male	 married Machinist Russian  Zaraika   San Francisco yes	Himself	      yes   No  yes*
11 Mary	         Newman	   22y7m  female	 wife*						
12 Mrs Sarah	 Becker	   45y10m female	 mother*						
13 Fanny	 Newman	   11y6m  female								
14 ?irman	 Newman	   7y11m  male								
15 Hannah	 Newman	   5y10m  female								
16 Bessie	 Newman	   5y10m  female								
17 Beico	 Newman	   7m	  male								
18 Matsutaro	 Suzuki	   35y8m  male	 married Merchant  Japanese Kanagawa* San Francisco yes	Himself	      $40*  No   No
19 ?uenzaburo	 Watanabe  29y10m male	 married Student   Japanese Ibariki*  San Francisco yes	Himself	      $25   No   No 
20 Nasujiro	 Tamashita 24y2m  male	 single	 Student   Japanese Nagano    San Francisco yes	Himself	      $50   No   No   
21 Miss Fuki	 Toba	   17y	  female single	 Servant*  Japanese Tokyo     Syracuse NY   no	Rev Worden	    No   No   
22 ?enekichi*	 Kuzunishi 25y8m  male	 single	 Servant*  Japanese Miye      Syracuse NY   no	Rev Mr Worden       No   No   
23 Sutaro	 Yokoi	   26y9m  male	 married Merchant  Japanese Aichi     San Francisco yes	Himself	      30    No   No         
24 Kumejiro	 Rdachi	   35y1m  male	 married Merchant  Japanese Aichi     San Francisco yes	Himself	      30    No   No   
25 Yoshitaro	 Tsurumi   15y5m  male	 single	 Student   Japanese Aichi     San Francisco yes	Himself	      yes   No   No
26 Kiyoshi	 Yamamoto  25y10m male	 single	 Student   Japanese Kumamoto  San Francisco yes	Himself	      27    No   No
27 Yshimatsu	 Kaneko	   46y3m  male	 married Gardener  Japanese Tochigi   San Francisco yes	Himself       30    yes* No
28 Heikichi	 Hirata	   33y5m  male	 married Student   Japanese Aomori    Syracuse NY   no	Rev Mr Worden 30    No   No 
29 Ichitaro	 Yoshino   35y	  male	 single	 Student   Japanese Shizuoka  Chicago	    no	Himself	      yes   No   No
30 ?isaburo	 Uchida	   23y2m  male	 married Student   Japanese Hiroshima San Francisco yes	Himself	      yes   No   No
31 Shinshichi	 Nako	   38y7m  male	 married Student   Japanese Hiroshima San Francisco yes	Himself	      yes   No   No
32 ?hicataro	 Wada	   27y4m  male	 married Traveler  Japanese Yehimi    Chicago	    no	Himself	      130*  No   No
33 Mrs Tami	 Wada	   23y3m  female	 wife*						
34 Takashi	 Aoki	   29y8m  male	 single  Traveler  Japanese Tochigi   Chicago	    no	Himself	      yes   yes* No
35 ??isa Kino	 Matsumura 17y7m  female single	 Student   Japanese Ishikawa  New York	    no	Mr T Aoki	    No   yes*
36 Kohachi	 Yamamura  28y1m  male	 married Traveler  Japanese Yehimi    Chicago	    no	Himself	      yes   yes* No
37 ?hijakusaburo Sato	   24y3m  male	 single	 Merchant  Japanese Yamagata  San Francisco yes	Himself	      yes   No   No
38 Yunosuke	 Seki	   27y9m  male	 single	 Student   Japanese Shimane   San Francisco yes	Himself	      245   No   No
39 Kotaro	 Togawa	   27y8m  male	 married Merchant  Japanese Kanagawa  San Francisco yes	Himself	      yes   No   No
40 Mrs Tami	 Togawa	   21y4m  female	 wife*						
                                     
    
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
 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 ?.
There are a number of blanks in the table.  There were no entries for these spaces on the manifest.


10 is going to join his father-in-law, Moses Becker, Chicago.
11 is wife to Fivich Newman.
12 is mother to Mrs. Newman.
18 There is a Kanazawa in Japan but this place is clearly written Kanangawa.
19 There is an Ibaraki in Japan but this is clearly written Ibariki.
21 & 22 are servants of Rev Worden.
22 Initial letter of first name may be "B."
27 has been to San Francisco twice.
33 occupation is "with her husband."
34 was in Chicago and NY in 1893.
35 is going to join Bro Jusaku Matsumura, 15 Broadway, NY.
36 has been once to Amhurst(sic) Mass.
40 occupation is wife of Kotaro Togawa.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1 Page 47-48.

Get all your genealogy books and CDs at one convenient location:
Genealogical Publishing Company

---

World Vital Records - An Affordable Option