Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild
SS Belgic
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Yokohama, Japan (Chinese Passengers from Hong Kong) to San Francisco, CA April 7, 1894
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, March 24, 1894 arriving at Port of San Francisco,
Apr 7, 1894.
Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Married or Single, Occupation, Nationality, Last
Residence, Final Destination in the US, Whether having a ticket to final destination,
Whether ever before in the US, Whether going to join Relative or Friend
1 Hokichi ?ada 29y Single Student Hiroshima Portland, Oregon no No No
2 Kojiro Yamada 34y4m Married Student Wakayama Sacramento no No No
3 Tomita Honda 17y8m Single Student Wakayama Sacramento no No No
4* ?rtso Yamano 24y Married Student Wakayama San Francisco yes No No
5* ? Higashiyama 27y9m Single Student Wakayama Sacramento no No No
6* ? Shiga 32y2m Married Student Wakayama San Francisco yes No No
7* ? ????namino 22y5m Single Student Wakayama San Francisco yes No No
8* ? ????ano 17y10m Single Student Wakayama San Francisco yes No No
9* ? ????suda 28y5m Single Student Wakayama San Francisco yes No No
10* ? ????dase 27y5m Single Student Wakayama San Francisco yes No No
11* ? ????suse 18y10m Single Student Wakayama San Francisco yes No No
12* ? ??gashiyama 35y1m Married Student Wakayama San Francisco yes No No
13 Sukutaro Jo??? 21y1m Single Student Wakayama San Francisco yes No No
14 Keitaro Yukawa 15y10m Single Student Wakayama San Francisco yes No No
15 Otojiro Aoki 18y7m Single Student Wakayama San Francisco yes No No
16 Shimosuke Shingata 21y9m Single Student Wakayama San Francisco yes No No
17 Katsutaro Tainkoshi 14y3m Single Student Wakayama San Francisco yes No No
18 Tamekichi Shimada 40y1m Married Student Wakayama San Francisco yes No No
19 Tokujiro Shiba 21y2m Single Student Wakayama San Francisco yes No No
20* Dakichi Ito 34y5m Married Student Tokyo San Francisco yes yes No
21* Monzo Imuma 31y2m Single Student Chiba San Francisco yes yes No
22 Shinkichi Kawasaki 43y1m Single Student Wakayama San Francisco yes No No
23 Shosuke Ito 20y10m Single Merchant Yamaguchi San Francisco yes No No
24 Fukusaburo Uyeda 25y1m Single Student Yamaguchi San Francisco yes No No
25 Kinjiro Morikawa 28y1m Single Student Tottori San Francisco yes No No
26 Yasukichi Nobusada 41y1m Married Student Wakayama San Francisco yes No No
27* Toyokichi Nab?ta 20y8m Single Student Wakayama San Francisco yes No No
28* Kanetaro Domoto 26y10m Single Merchant Wakayama San Francisco yes yes yes
29 Sadajiro Yenyo 20y9m Single Student Wakayama San Francisco yes No No
30 Ushitaro Kajiura 28y8m Married Student Aichi San Francisco yes No No
31 Tatsujiro Wakayama 25y2m Single Merchant Aichi San Francisco yes No No
32 Takesaturo Usami 29y Married Student Aichi San Francisco yes No No
33 Tsunejiro Hotta 23y1m Single Student Aichi San Francisco yes No No
34 Shigetaro Iwata 24y3m Married Student Aichi San Francisco yes No No
35 Yaroku Nakayama 21y9m Single Student Aichi San Francisco yes No No
36 Isaburo Wakayama 20y9m Single Student Aichi San Francisco yes No No
37 Otokichi Imai 26y4m Single Student Aichi San Francisco yes No No
38 Chuyemon Sugita 39y3m Single Student Aichi San Francisco yes No No
39 Katsujiro Sumida 28y6m Single Student Aichi San Francisco yes No No
40* Masadero Doki 40y11m Married Student Tokio No No No
41* Miss Ichi Doki 17y6m Single Student Tokio No No No
42* Sonosuke Iami 28y5m Single Student Tochigi No yes No
43 Susuke Satow 19y2m Single Student Miagi San Francisco yes No No
44 Tsurujiro Ikida 22y11m Single Student Fukuoka San Francisco yes No No
45 Takesaburo Sato 24y1m Single Student Fukuoka San Francisco yes No No
46 Suyeji Sato 22y5m Single Student Hokkaido San Francisco yes No No
47 Jinjiro Sato 23y3m Single Student Miyagi San Francisco yes No No
48 Senji Chisawa 23y1m Single Student Yamagata San Francisco yes No No
49 Hillel Joseph Abraham 49y10m Married Merchant Shanghai San Francisco yes No No
50 Tsunematsu Sugimoto 21y10m Single Student Aichi San Francisco yes No No
51 Shigematsu Saito 24y6m Single Student Aichi San Francisco yes No No
52 Kamataro Ito 22y2m Single Student Aichi San Francisco yes No No
53 Hatsutaro Ishiharo 28y11m Single Student Aichi San Francisco yes No No
54 Yetsujiro Idzumi 23y11m Single Student Nagasaki San Francisco 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:
Sex=Male(except 41)
Able to Read & Write=yes
Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco
By whom was passage paid?=himself
Whether in Possession of Money-if less than $30, how much?=yes (except 41)
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 ?.
4-12 The left portion of the film has a large section obscured by what looks
like tape used to repair the manifest. It is not possible to tell how
many letters are missing in these names.
20 has been to San Francisco & Chicago 1893.
21 has been to San Francisco 1894.
27 surname is Nabita or Nabeta.
28 has been to East Oakland 1893. He is going to join bro East Oakland Central
Ave & East 14th St, Y Domoto.
40-41 are en route to Germany.
41 is female and has no money. Her name is recorded as "Miss Doki Ishi (daughter)."
42 is enroute to Boston. He has been to San Francisco twice 1892 1894.
Page 2 Chinese Passengers
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 2, Page 54, 61.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor
a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
25 April 2000
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