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SS Belgic

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Yokohama, Japan to San Francisco
Chinese passengers leaving Yokohama and Hong Kong
July 6, 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 Belgic, sailing from Yokohama, 1893 arriving at Port of San Francisco, July 6, 1893.
Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Married or Single, Occupation, Last Residence, Final Destination in the US, Whether ever before in the US, Whether going to join Relative or Friend 
  
 1  Ikutaro    Nagano    26y1m  single  Student     Fukuoka   San Francisco No  No
 2  Zumatsu    Obata     21y1m  single  Student     Wakayama  San Francisco No  No
 3  Tomokichi  Furutani  26y4m  single  Student     Osaka     San Francisco No  No
 4  Yoshimatsu Dotemoto  38y5m  married Student     Wakayama  San Francisco No  No
 5  Nakajiro   Ito       22y5m  single  Student     Fukuoka   San Francisco No  No
 6  Naosuke    Nishii    36y5m  married Student     Yamaguchi San Francisco No  No
 7  Guenrio    Haro      18y7m  single  Student     Tokio     San Francisco No  No
 8* Kinkich?   Nagano    27y4m  single  Student     Fukuoka   San Francisco No  No
 9  Sukichi    Moriya    44y8m  married Merchant    Kanagawa  San Francisco No  No
10  Sentara    Yajima    29y9m  single  Student     Kumamoto  San Francisco No  No
11  Tatsujiro  Hayashi   25y2m  single  Student     Kumamoto  San Francisco No  No
12* Torajiro   Nehashi   24y1m  single  Merchant    Nagano    San Francisco No  No
13  Takehire   Kimoshita 23y0m  single  Student     Tokyo     New York      No  No
14* Mumetaro   Yamamoto  24y4m  single  Traveler    Kanagawa  Chicago       yes No
15  Shozo      Hatashita 23y6m  single  Traveler    Kanagawa  Chicago       No  No
16* Chiri?iro  Nakajirua 28y0m  single  Student     Tokio     New York      yes No
17* Ringo      Nakano    21y11m single  Student     Fukuoka   San Francisco No  yes
18* S.         Sawatiri  29y9m  married Commisioner Tokio     Chicago       yes 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:
 Sex=Male
 Able to Read & Write=yes 
 Nationality=Japanese 
 Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco  
 By whom was passage paid?=himself 
 Whether having a ticket to final destination=yes
 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 

8  first name ends with "u" or "ii."
12 occupation is Tea Merchant.
14 has been to Washington, San Francisco 1891.
16 has been to New York 1892 5 years.  First name is Chiriziro or Chirijiro.
17 is going to join uncle Ogata Jutaro Oakland Cal
18 occupation is Commisioner of Fisheries.  He has been to the US 1884-1887 
   all over.
Page 2 Chinese Passengers
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 2, Page 64.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
30 June 2000

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