Immigrant Ships
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SS Belgic
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Hong Kong and Yokohama, Japan to San Francisco 18 June 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.
S.S. Belgic, sailing from Hong Kong, May 24, 1894 arriving at Port of San Francisco,
June 18, 1894.
Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, 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
1* Julio Baronnt Mol?e 29y5m No Merchant Spanish Manila New York* $900 No No
Sailing from Yokohama June 14th
2* Jutaro Ya?aka?a 36y9m No Student Japanese Fukuoka San Francisco yes No No
3 Iwakichi Koda 27y9m No Student Japanese Tottori San Francisco 23 No No
4 Masutaro Baba 23y2m No Student Japanese Fukuoka San Francisco 30 No No
5* Siematsu Kimura 20y2m No Missionary Japanese Hokkaido San Francisco 30 No No
6 Chi Iwasaka 19y6m No Student Japanese Kumamoto San Francisco 45 No No
7 George Gregory 33y2m Yes Teacher Japanese Torraine San Francisco $300 No No
8 Unosuke Inouye 28y6m No Student Japanese Wakayama San Francisco 30 No No
9 Kumetaro Tsumahashi 23y2m No Student Japanese Wakayama San Francisco 30 No No
10 Zusaburo Yamazaki 47y2m Yes Student Japanese Wakayama San Francisco 30 No No
11 Sadakichi Higashi 42y2m Yes Student Japanese Wakayama San Francisco 30 No No
12 Otokichi Tai 22y6m No Student Japanese Wakayama San Francisco 30 No No
13 Kyohei Tsunoda 17y6m No Student Japanese Niigata San Francisco 20 No No
14 Nisaburo Yamanouchi 35y6m Yes Student Japanese Aichi San Francisco 36 No No
15 Kichijiro Kawaguchi 19y10m No Student Japanese Aichi San Francisco 30 No No
16* Charles Volghi 42y4m No Engineer Swiss Martigū Richmond, Va $150 No yes
17 Kazo Nagai 21y6m No Merchant Japanese Osaka San Francisco 30 No No
18 Seizamon Hishuro 35y2m No Student Japanese Kanagawa San Francisco 10 No No
19* Teruo Honda 29y5m No Merchant Japanese Toyama San Francisco 30 yes No
20* Miss Kushida Shige 26y2m No wife Japanese Haraki San Francisco 10 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
Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco
Whether having a ticket to final destination=yes
By whom was passage paid?=self
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
The Yokohama page has "or Single" crossed out on the Married or Single column
and replaced with a question mark so it reads Married?
Letters that are illegible or difficult to interpret are replaced by ?.
1 surname is Molte or Molhe. His marital status is entered as Single. His
final destination is New York en route to Buenos Ayres (sic).
2 surname is Yanakana, Yanakawa, Yawakana, or Yawakawa.
5 occupation is Salvation Army Missionary.
16 occupation is civil engineer. He is going to join sister, Mrs. Franz Filson,
or Film, Richmond, Va.
19 has been to San Francisco once last Oct 1893.
20 Her sex is indicated as male by ditto marks but her passage was paid by
"herself." Her occupation is wife of K Fogusuke missionary. She has been to
San Francisco once June 1892.
Page 2 Chinese Passengers
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 2, Page 95-96.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor
a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
10 June 2000
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