Immigrant Ships
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SS City of Rio de Janeiro
Page 2 of 2
Hong Kong to San Francisco, CA
7 May 1894
DISTRICT AND PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO
SEPARATE LIST OF CHINESE PASSENGERS
Act May 6th, 1882
I, JT Smith, Master of the Steamship City of Rio de Janeiro 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) J.T. Smith
Sworn to this 7 day of May 1894, before me, T.H. C????y, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the City of Rio de Janeiro
whereof
J Tremaine Smith is Master, from Hong Kong, burthen 2275 tons
Columns represent: Number, Ticket*, No of Certificate, Name, Age, Occupation*,
Last Place of Residence*, Height*, Complexion*, Color of Eyes*, Physical Marks or
Peculiarities and Facts of Identification*, Destination*, If accredited officers of
Chinese Government, state facts.
1 1 11/27/93 Lew Lung Key 35 Landed 22-May ? Affdt Merchant
2 4 11/10/93 Ching Sin 45 Landed 22-May Woodland Cal Affdt Merchant
3 7 5/3/93 Ng Ah Non 33 Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 11051
4 8 9/12/92 Quong Chung Yuen 41 Landed 1-Jun Salt Lake City Affdt Merchant
5 10 10/12/92 Jim Ah Gow 21 Landed 22-May Affdt Native
6 11 2/29/92 Ah Sam 46 Landed 22-May Fresno Cpunty Affdt Merchant
7* 12 3/29/92 Mook Sow 12 Landed 22-May Affdt Native
8* 13 2/29/92 Ah Fook 9 Landed 22-May Affdt Native
9 20 11/27/93 Chew Kin 32 Landed Affdt Merchant
10 21 1/7/93 Ho Jan 25 Landed 22-May Merced, Cal Affdt Merchant
11 22 11/2/93 Chin Wing Ching 26 Landed 23-May Affdt Merchant
12 23 7/30/92 Chun Ching 41 Landed 22-May Affdt Merchant
13* 24 7/30/92 Yup Ching 25 Landed 11-May wife of Merchant
14* 25 5/4/93 Long Men 29 Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 11053
15 27 8/25/92 Chan Sing 43 Landed 22-May Affdt Merchant
16* 28 5/22/93 Fong Ah Dai 36 Landed 11-May wife of Merchant
17* 29 5/22/93 Lo Choy 10 Landed 11-May daughter of Merchant
18 30 7/19/93 Law Fun 22 Refused Departed per City of Rio de Janeiro Hong Kong May 17, 1894
19 31 9/29/93 Sum Yick 29 Landed 22-May Affdt Merchant
20 32 4/21/90 Cho Kong 27 Landed 22-May Hanford Cal Affdt Merchant
21* 33 10/4/93 Yee Chong Woy 31 Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 11054
22* 34 9/24/93 Yee Wing Haw 32 Landed 22-May Affdt Merchant
23 35 11/20/93 Lee Sing 27 Landed 25-May Affdt Merchant
24 36 2/21/93 Chan Sang 34 Landed 22-May Affdt Merchant
25 37 8/12/92 Man Hong 46 Landed 22-May Affdt Merchant
26* 40 6/14/93 Lee Tan 41 Landed 22-May C??y ???? Affdt Merchant
27 41 1/5/93 Jong Tet 38 Escaped
28 42 6/9/93 Lung Wah Lee 26 Landed 22-May ? Affdt Merchant
29 50 3/7/93 War Kee 10 Landed 22-May ? Affdt Merchant
30 51 10/19/92 Choy Joe Tuck 31 Landed 22-May Affdt Merchant
31 52 10/16/93 Lem Kee Nung 35 Landed 25-May ? Affdt Merchant
32 53 Apr-93 Hong Poy 37 Landed 22-May ? Affdt Merchant
33 54 10/7/92 Soo Hoo Wind 37 Landed 22-May ? Affdt Merchant
34 55 11/1/93 Soo Hoo Yee 31 Landed 25-May ? Affdt Merchant
35 56 11/20/93 Lee Shun 28 Refused Departed per City of Rio de Janeiro Hong Kong May 17, 1894
36 58 10/14/89 Quan Ah Shin 24 Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 11052
37* 4194 5/5/91 Lou Choi 45 Landed 17-May Affdt Merchant
38 4195 Chan Moy 11 Landed 22-May niece of Merchant
39* 4196 4/9/03 Lao Pack 21 Landed 11-May Affdt Merchant
40* 4194 4/3/00 Mrs Lou Choi 36 Landed 11-May ? wife of Merchant
41* 4194 5/5/91 Lou Ke Tsai 16 Landed 11-May ? son of Merchant
42* 4194 Lou So Shee 12 Landed 11-May ? son of Merchant
43* 4194 Lou Chai Foon 9 Landed ? daughter of Merchant
44* 4194 Lou Yak Lon 4 Landed ? ?
45* Sue Chong 1½ Landed ? ?
for Havana
46 3 Chan Lock 23 Departed per Steamer Acapulco May 8, 1894
47* 5 Yue Hong Pue 37 Landed "I.T." Transit List 3581
48* 6 Yue Yee Kong 24 Landed "I.T." Transit List 3582
49* 17 Mah Che He 36 Landed "I.T." Transit List 3583
50* 18 Mah Chun 29 Landed "I.T." Transit List 3584
51* 19 Mah Kee 28 Landed "I.T." Transit List 3585
52* 46 Yue Wing Chun 23 Landed "I.T." Transit List 3586
53* 47 Yue Fue Yue 33 Landed "I.T." Transit List 3587
54* 48 Yue Ping Yue 37 Landed "I.T." Transit List 3588
55* 49 Yue Chun 25 Landed "I.T." Transit List 3589
56* 57 Yue Ping Fie 27 Landed "I.T." Transit List 3590
For Trinidad
57 9 Low Pun Choy 40 Departed per Steamer Acapulco May 8, 1894
58 43 Cheong Pon Yan 23 Departed per Steamer Acapulco May 8, 1894
For Panama
59 14 Chang Tin 24 Departed per Steamer Acapulco May 8, 1894
60 15 Chang Wai 34 Departed per Steamer Acapulco May 8, 1894
61* 26 Leong Hoon 15 Landed "I.T." Transit List 3580
62 38 Yong King 41 Departed per Steamer Acapulco May 8, 1894
63 39 Lee Seong 24 Departed per Steamer Acapulco May 8, 1894
64 44 Lee Sing Ho 38 Departed per Steamer Acapulco May 8, 1894
65 45 Sum Che On 29 Departed per Steamer Acapulco May 8, 1894
For La Libertad*
66* 16 Chue Poy Hung 46 Landed "I.T." Transit List 3579
Recapitulation Males Females
For SF 37 8
For Havana 11
For Trinidad 2
For La Libertad 1
For Panama 7
Total 58 8 Total 66
Transcriber's Notes:
* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder not the transcriber,
or is used to call attention to additional inforamtion in the transcriber notes.
Question marks replace illegible information or letters.
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.
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 O'Leary for passengers 2-33 and Grant for all others).
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:
Height
Complexion
Color of Eyes
Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification
The Ticket column was added by the original completer. The No of certificate column
apparently has not the number but the date of each passenger's certificate.
Occupation is Grocer for all male passengers except as noted below. 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,
and merchants or those proceeding to the United States from curiosity."
Last Place of Residence is listed as China at the top of the page, presumably with ditto marks
for passengers below. Both "China" and any ditto marks are obscured by the stamp. There is
no Last Residence for passengers not bound for San Francisco.
Destination was added by the original completer but the entries are obscured by the "Affdt
Merchant" stamp.
There is a La Libertad on the coast of Ecuador and El Salvador and in the interior
of Nicaragua.
7,8 are Male. Occupation is "with father No 11."
13 is Female. Occupation is "with her husband # 2?."
14 Destination is Oakland, Cal.
16 Occupation is "to join her husband."
17 Occupation is "with her mother #28."
18 Occupation is "to join her husband."
21 Destination is Sacramento, Cal
22 Destination is obscured but could be ditto which would make it Sacramento.
26 Destination could be City ????
37,39 Occupation is Merchant.
39 has a note "2 scars over right eye, ? left center of forehead."
40 Occupation is "with her husband."
41-45 Occupation is "with parents."
47-56 Departed per SPRR May 14, 1894. This is probably Southern Pacific RR.
61 Occupation is "with his brother # 25. He departed per San Blas May 18, 1894.
66 departed per San Blas May 18, 1894.
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National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 2, Vol 32&33,
Manifest 9431 .
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild
10 February 2003
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