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SS City of Rio de Janeiro

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*Hong Kong and Yokohama to San Francisco, CA
October 8, 1893

LIST OR MANIFEST OF ALIEN IMMIGRANTS FOR THE COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION.
Required by the regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, under Act of Congress, approved March 3, 1893, to be delivered to the Commissioner of Immigration by the Commanding Officer of any vessel having such passengers on board upon arrival at a port in the United States.
Steamship City of Rio de Janeiro, sailing from Hong Kong , Sept 15, 1893 arriving at Port of San Francisco, Oct 8, 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 ever before in the US, Whether going to join Relative or Friend
Please Scroll to the right to view the entire table.
  
1  Peter     Sharp        27y    male   Single  Police     Scotch   Hong Kong    San Francisco Yes self      No   No
2  W         Powell       22y    male   Single  Draper     English  Hong Kong    San Francisco Yes W. Powell No   No
3  Duncan    Fraser       32y    male   Single  Blacksmith Scotch   Hong Kong    San Francisco Yes self      No   No


                       Sailing from Yokohama Sept 23
				
4  Harutaro  Kawase	  21y7m	 male	Single	Student    Japanese Tokyo	 Chicago*      No  self      No   No
5  Hikosuke  Dazai	  22y7m	 male	Married	Merchant   Japanese Fukushima    San Francisco yes self      No   No
6  Nagatoshi Tochi*	  16y4m	 male	Single	Student    Japanese Kanagawa     San Francisco yes self      No   No
7  Takuzo    Shimizu	  18y3m	 male	Single	Student    Japanese Hyogo	 San Francisco yes self      No   No
8  Kamajiro  Hotta	  16y11m male	Single	Merchant   Japanese Aichi	 San Francisco yes self      No   No
9  O?tokishi ?oami	  29y10m male	Married	Merchant   Japanese Aichi	 San Francisco yes self      No   No
10 Tsunesuke Hashimoto	  18y3m	 male	Single	Merchant   Japanese Aichi	 San Francisco yes self      No   No
11 Hikoshiro Yagi	  38y5m	 male	Married	Merchant   Japanese Aichi	 San Francisco yes self      No   No
12 Tomojiro  Usami	  22y2m	 male	Single	Merchant   Japanese Aichi	 San Francisco yes self      No   No
13 Kichigoro Nishiwaki	  25y7m	 male	Single	Student    Japanese Gifu	 San Francisco yes self      No   No
14 Masakichi Suzuki	  32y10m male	Married	Student    Japanese Shizuoka     San Francisco yes self      yes* No
15 Yasukichi Yoshikawa	  26y4m	 male	Married	Merchant   Japanese Kigata       San Francisco yes self      No   No
16 Araaon    Michaelovsky 21y1m	 male	*	*          Russian  Natchinesky* Chicago       No  self      No   yes*
17 Ereina    Michaelovsky 45y6m	 female 	*          Russian  Natchinesky* Chicago       No  self      No   yes*
18 Rosa	     Michaelovsky 21y3m	 female		           Russian  Natchinesky* Chicago       No  self      No   No
19 Anna	     Michaelovsky 16y4m	 female		           Russian  Natchinesky* Chicago       No  self      No
20 Mary	     Michaelovsky 14y3m	 female		           Russian  Natchinesky* Chicago       No  self      No	
21 Benjamin  Michaelovsky 11y3m	 male		           Russian  Natchinesky* Chicago       No  self      No	
22 Joseph    Michaelovsky 9y1m	 male		           Russian  Natchinesky* Chicago       No  self      No	
23 Hannah    Michaelovsky 7y1m	 female		           Russian  Natchinesky* Chicago       No  self      No	
24 Vera	     Michaelovsky 5y6m	 female		           Russian  Natchinesky* Chicago       No  self      No	
25 Jacob     Michaelovsky 3y6m	 male		           Russian  Natchinesky* Chicago       No  self      No	
26 Bearte    Kaihan	  45y3m	 male	Married	Shoemaker  Russian  Vladivostock San Francisco yes self      No   No
27 Yashil    Kaihan	  4y	 male		*          Russian  Vladivostock San Francisco 
28 Taichi    Ono	  20y6m	 male	Single	Student    Japanese Yamaguchi    San Francisco yes self      No   No	
                                 
    
Transcriber's Notes

*This manifest appears to be on those passengers boarding both at Hong Kong 
 and Yokohama.  Another manifest was found with only those boarding from 
 Hong Kong.  It can be found at  SS City of Rio  
The arrival date is entered on the second page of the manifest as Oct 10?.  
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 in Possession of Money-if less than $30, how much?=yes 
 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 ?.

4  St. Louis is also listed in Final Destination column.   
6  surname might have a final "o."
14 was in Oakland Cal in June 1892
16-25 Last Residence is written this way on the manifest.  I was unable to to find a place in
       Russia with this spelling.  There are two Nachininskiys.
16 No is written in the Married or Single Column.  To join his father is written in the 
    Occupation column.  He is going to join his father in Chicago.  Isaac Michaelovsky 
    is written in between this entry and the one below.
17 mother of the above is written in the Occupation column.  She is going to join her husband.
    Isaac Michaelovsky.
27 occupation is "son of Bearte Kaihan"
Page 2 Chinese Passengers
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1 Pages 94, 99.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
15 Feb 2000

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