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SS China
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Yokohama, Japan to San Francisco, CA
Chinese Passengers from Hong Kong November 13, 1893
DISTRICT OF SAN FRANCISCO – 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 China, sailing from Yokohama, Oct 28, 1893 arriving at Port of San Francisco,
Nov 13, 1893.
Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, Married or Single, Occupation,
Last Residence, Whether going to join Relative or Friend
1 Uda Kitaro 19y7m male single Merchant Yokahama No
2 Kumez Yoshida 26y8m male single Merchant Wakayama No
3 Uheiji Suda 29y10m male single Gardener Kanagawa No
4 Seizaburo Okawachi 18y10m male single Gardener Kanagawa No
5 Yamada Kumi 21y10m female married * Kanagawa yes*
6 Kankichi Mayeda 29y2m male single Merchant Tokyo No
7 Hachiro Okubo 19y11m male single Student Kanagawa No
8 Kiojiro Ito 20y3m male single Merchant Aichi No
9 Tatsujiro Ito 14y6m male single Student Aichi No
10 Shujiro Hotta 22y11m male single Merchant Aichi No
11 Nansabio Ishibashi 21y male single Student Nemuro 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
Nationality=Japanese
Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco
Final Destination in the US=San Francisco
By whom was passage paid?=self
Whether having a ticket to final destination=yes
Whether in Possession of Money-if less than $30, how much?=yes
Whether ever before in the US=No
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
5 occupation is wife of Mim?r? Hikojiro. She is going to join her husband
Mim?r? Hikojiro 427 Market St San Francisco Cal. His name could be
Mimora or Mimuro.
Page 2 Chinese Passengers
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Page 124.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor
a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
16 February 2000
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