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SS Belgic
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Hong Kong, China and Yokohama, Japan to San Francisco January 27, 1894
PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO
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 Hong Kong, Jan 4, 1894 arriving at Port of San Francisco,
Jan 27, 1894.
Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, Married or Single, Occupation, Nationality,
Last Residence, Final Destination in the US, 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* Francisco Alvarez Fernandez 24 Male Married Merchant Spanish Barcelona Guaymas over $30 No No
2* Lorenza Eche?arria de Alvarez 31y4m Female Married Merchant Spanish Barcelona Guaymas over $30 No No
sailing from Yokohama Jany 13, 1894
3 Kurakichi Ito 26y11m Male Single Student Japanese Aichi SF yes No No
4* Torakichi Takeda 24y1m Male Single Student Japanese Aichi SF yes yes No
5* Zanjiro Akao 23y11m Male Single Merchant Japanese Nagano New York yes yes No
6* ?esukichi Harada 27y5m Male Single Merchant Japanese Wakayama SF yes yes yes
7* Takejiro Seki 21y0m Male Single Student Japanese Shi?suoke SF yes No yes
8* ?kujiro Nobata 28y1m Male Married Merchant Japanese Kanagawa SF yes yes No
9* ?sajiro Hotta 32y8m Male Married Merchant Japanese Shiga SF yes yes No
10*Mrs ?ki Hotta 31y6m Male Married wife Japanese Shiga SF No No
11*Kametaro Fukino 35y3m Male Single manager Japanese Shiga SF yes yes No
12*?surukichi Ohama 17y5m Male Single Performer Japanese Tokio SF yes No No
13*?ekosaku Yasube 17y0m Male Single Performer Japanese Kanagawa SF yes No No
14*?matsu Tetsuno 6y10m Male Single Performer Japanese Osaka SF yes No No
15*Torakichi Ohama 16y0m Male Single Performer Japanese Tokio SF yes No No
16*Tsunesaburo Kawamura 15y11m Male Single Performer Japanese Osaka SF yes No No
17 ?hokichi Mizuno 37y3m Male Married Performer Japanese Tochiji SF yes No No
18 ?ujimatsu Yamamoto 22y9m Male Married Performer Japanese Osaka SF yes No No
19 ?saburo Ando 22y0m Male Single Performer Japanese Tochiji SF yes No No
20 ?kumatsu Tetsuno 30y1m Male Married Performer Japanese Osaka SF yes No No
21 ?banoji Takada 47y11m Male Single Merchant Japanese Tokyo SF yes No No
22*?ji Takada Sono 12y5m Female Single daughter Japanese Tokyo SF yes No No
23 ?akuzo Kobayashi 47y11m Male Married Merchant Japanese Kanagawa SF yes No No
24 ?ondayu Korda 32y0m Male Single Student Japanese Hokkaido SF yes No No
25*Takematsu Kondo 16y2m Male Single Performer Japanese Gumma SF yes No No
26 Keijiro Hosodo 42y3m Male Single Merchant Japanese Kanagawa SF yes No No
27 Kasejiro Yagi 34y8m Male Single Merchant Japanese Toyama SF 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
Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco
Whether having a ticket to final destination=yes (exception passengers 1 & 2)
By whom was passage paid?=self (exception passengers 12-16 & 25 paid by K Fukino)
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 ?.
1 & 2 These passengers are enroute to Guaymas.
2 Missing letter logically should be "v" but looks more like "re."
3-27 Final Destination is San Francisco on the manifest. It is shortened here to
save space.
4 It says Servant trip in Ever Before in the US
5 has been to New York and San Francisco. Vacaville is written below; it is
not possible to tell if it refers to this passenger or the one below.
6 has been to San Francisco 1893. Vacaville is written above; it is not
possible to tell if it refers to this passenger or the one above. Going to
Join says "brother-in-law 120 5th St San Francisco H. Tsuchiya." It is not
possible to tell if it refers to this passenger or the one below.
7 Last Residence is Shiosuoke or Shidsuoke. Going to Join says "brother-in-law
120 5th St San Francisco H. Tsuchiya." It is not possible to tell if it
refers to this passenger or the one above.
8 has been to Chicago 2 times 1884/93
9 has been to San Francisco once 1893
10 Male is not written in the Sex column, but indicated by ditto marks. Her
occupation is "wife of Asajiro Hotta."
11 occupation is Theatrical manager. He has been to Chicago once 1893.
12-16 passage was paid by K Fukino
22 occupation is "daughter of S Takada"
25 passage was paid by K Fukino
PAGE 2 Chinese Passengers
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 2, Page 15-16.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor
a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
25 March 2000
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