Immigrant Ships
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SS Oceanic

I, WM Smith, Master of the O&O SS Oceanic do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs of the Collection District of San Francisco, is a full and perfect list of all Chinese passengers taken on board the said vessel at Hong Kong from which port said vessel has now arrived, or that have been taken on board the said vessel at any foreign port or place, and of all such passengers now on board said vessel, and that on said List is truly designated the names and other particulars, as shown by their respective certificates.So help me God. (signature) WM Smith
Sworn to this 23rd day of February 1894, before me, (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the SS Oceanic whereof WM Smith is Master, from China and Japan, burthen 3808 tons

Columns represent: Number, No of Certificate, Name, Age, Occupation, Last Place of Residence*, Height*, Complexion*, Color of Eyes*, Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification*, If accredited oficers of Chinese Government, state facts.

 1  1    Yip   Fay        40 Grocer Refused  Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10901
 2  2    Wong  Yuen       34 Grocer Landed 23-Feb Affdt Merchant
 3  3    Wong  Fook       35 Grocer Landed 26-Feb Affdt Merchant
 4  4    Woo   Cheong     27 Grocer Landed 24-Feb Affdt Merchant
 5  5    Leong Wing  Sing 39 Grocer Refused  Departed per Steamer Oceanic Feb 27, 1894   
 6  6    Chun  Sam        42 Grocer Landed 24-Feb Affdt Merchant
 7  7    Chun  Wong       34 Grocer Landed 24-Feb Affdt Merchant
 8  8    Wong  Chong Sing 22 Grocer Refused  Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10899       
 9  9    Wong  Chu   Sing 20 Grocer Refused  Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10900       
10  10   Wing  Tew        31 Grocer Landed        Affdt Merchant
11  11   Ho    Yuen       37 Grocer Landed        Affdt Merchant
12* 12   Chung Wah        40 woman  Landed 24-Feb Affdt Merchant
13  13   Wong  Wing  Chow 32 Grocer Landed 27-Feb Affdt Merchant
14  14   Wong  Chock Moy  23 Grocer Landed        Affdt Merchant
15  15   Wong  Yui        37 Grocer Landed 26-Feb Affdt Merchant
16  20   Loui  Wee   Toy  27 Grocer Landed 24-Feb Affdt Merchant
17* 21   Loui  Pack  On   18        Refused  Departed per Steamer Oceanic Feb 27, 1894   
18  23   Kwong Wah   Lee  38 Grocer Landed 27-Feb Affdt Merchant
19  24   Jee   Soon       25 Grocer Landed 26-Feb Affdt Merchant
20  25   Yue   Chung Hi   46 Grocer Landed 27-Feb Affdt Merchant
21  26   Gee   Fong       32 Grocer Landed 24-Feb Affdt Merchant
22  31   Yue   Hock       46 Grocer Landed 24-Feb Affdt Merchant
23* 32   Wan   Tye   Hock 38 woman  Landed 24-Feb Affdt Merchant
24  33   Chang Tong       30 Grocer Landed 27-Feb Affdt Merchant
25  34   Pon   Chung      35 Grocer Landed 27-Feb Affdt Merchant
26  36   Kwong Teng       30 Grocer Landed 24-Feb Affdt Merchant
27  37   Chen  Min   On   35 Grocer Landed 24-Feb Affdt Merchant
28  38   Tuin  Yung       42 Grocer Landed 26-Feb Affdt Merchant
29  48   Ming  Kwon       35 Grocer Landed 23-Feb Affdt Merchant
30  49   Chew  Joe        39 Grocer Landed 24-Feb Affdt Merchant
31* 582  Jesse Shee          woman  Landed 27-Feb Affdt Merchant
32* 583  Chung Ho            girl   Refused  Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10890       
                                                                
                        For Havana                                      

33  16   Wong  Sum        26 Grocer Landed "I.T."Transit List 3345
34  17   Ow    Sey        47 Grocer Landed "I.T."Transit List 3346
35  18   Poon  Lum        29 Grocer Landed "I.T."Transit List 3347
36  19   Wong  Lee        29 Grocer Departed per Steamer San Jose Panama Feb 28, 1894    
37  22   Yue   Loy   Fang 26 Grocer Landed "I.T."Transit List 3348
38  28   Loui  Sam        22 Grocer Landed "I.T."Transit List 3349
39  29   Loui  Shing      23 Grocer Landed "I.T."Transit List 3350
40  30   Ng    Jan        20 Grocer Landed "I.T."Transit List 3351
41  35   Loui  Fook       24 Grocer Landed "I.T."Transit List 3352
42  39   Lee   Loui  Kai  23 Grocer Landed "I.T."Transit List 3353
43* 40   Lee   Lu         13        Landed "I.T."Transit List 3354

                        For Panama                                      

44* 41   Sum   Mee   Fong    Grocer Departed per Steamer San Jose Panama Feb 28, 1894
45* 42   Sum   Cheong               Departed per Steamer San Jose Panama Feb 28, 1894
46* 43   Yong  Ping          Grocer Departed per Steamer San Jose Panama Feb 28, 1894
47* 44   Yung  Shee          Grocer Departed per Steamer San Jose Panama Feb 28, 1894
48* 45   Sum   Wing          Grocer Departed per Steamer San Jose Panama Feb 28, 1894
49* 46   Fung  Lit           Grocer Departed per Steamer San Jose Panama Feb 28, 1894
50* 47   Yong  Yan                  Departed per Steamer San Jose Panama Feb 28, 1894

                        Recapitulation                          
                        For San Francisco 32    
                        For Havana        11    
                        For Panama         7    
                        Total             50    


Transcriber's Notes:

The pages on this film are not numbered so finding a particular ship can be difficult.  
 However, there appears to be a system of numbering the manifests.  These numbers are
 included in the identification of the film and reel numbers below.

For passengers bound for San Francisco, passengers' names and ages are followed by a stamp 
 that varies depending on the disposition of the passenger and which is stamped over whatever 
 information has been entered in the columns. 
Passengers allowed to land have the following stamp:
 Landed Collectors order (blank with a month and day date written in) 1894 by  Insp's (blank 
 for a name, in this case Grant). 
 
Passengers not allowed to land have one of two different stamps:
 Refused Habeas Corpus U.S.D.C. Case followed by a number.  These passengers were probably 
  allowed to land, but not to freely enter the country.  The National Archives should have
  a file for these passengers describing what happened to them.
 Refused Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date).

For passengers bound for a further port there are two possible dispositions:
  Landed "I.T." Transit List followed by a number
  Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date)

The following columns had no entries and are not included in the table:
 Last Place of Residence
 Height
 Complexion
 Color of Eyes
 Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification
 
Occupation is universally recorded as Merchant or Grocer because following the Chinese 
 Exclusion Act of May 6, 1882 admission was denied to all Chinese except laborers already 
 in the US and "students, teachers, merchants or those proceeding to the United States from 
 curiosity."

12 to join her husband Ng Sun Choy, Kwong  Lee Chan Sacramento
17 with his brother # 20 (passenger 16).
23 with her husband # 31 (passenger 22) Yue Hack Kwong Wah Ching Sacramento St
31 Is to join her husband name illegible.
32 Her mother is #582.  There is more to this note, but it is illegible.
43 with his brother #39 (passenger 42).
44-50 No ages are given.
50 Is with his brother #44 (passenger 47).