Immigrant Ships
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SS China
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Yokohama, Japan and Honolulu, Hawaii to San Francisco
Chinese passengers from Hong Kong April 1, 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 China, sailing from Yokohama, March 16, 1894 arriving at Port of San Francisco,
Apr 1, 1894.
Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, Able to Read & Write, Married or Single,
Occupation, Nationality, Last Residence, Whether ever before in the US, Whether going to
join Relative or Friend
1 Tsunasaburo Wakayama 25y9m male yes Single Student Japanese Aichi No No
2 Hatsujiro Mori 23y male yes Single Student Japanese Aichi No No
3* Kuchyemon Ya?ada 49y4m male yes Married Student Japanese Aichi No No
4 Kaji Shibata 18y11m male yes Single Student Japanese Aichi No No
5 Jotaro Ito 32y3m male yes Single Student Japanese Aichi No No
6 Seijiro Ienada 24y3m male yes Single Student Japanese Aichi No No
7 Minataro Shibata 20y11m male yes Single Student Japanese Aichi No No
8 Zenmatsu Yamada 32y8m male yes Married Student Japanese Aichi No No
9 Toramatsu Miyamoto 21y5m male yes Single Student Japanese Aichi No No
10 Kamekusu Ichikawa 31y3m male yes Married Student Japanese Aichi No No
11 K Nakamura 31y7m male yes Married Student Japanese Aichi No No
12 Iotaro Okuda 16y5m male yes Single Student Japanese Aichi No No
13* Tsunetaro Sugimoto 18y6m male yes Single Merchant Japanese Aichi yes No
14 Tsunzo Fukushima 28y6m male yes Single Acrobat Japanese Aichi No No
15 Tome Kaneko 18y2m female yes Single Acrobat Japanese Kanagawa No No
16 Kikuzo Sato 14y5m male yes Single Acrobat Japanese Kanagawa No No
17 Meiji Okada 16y male yes Single Acrobat Japanese Gumma No No
18 Seitaro Hosokawa 29y4m male yes Single Acrobat Japanese Kanagawa No No
19 Jei Ishiwata 12y7m female no Married Acrobat Japanese Kanagawa No No
20 Yeisuke Kaneko 10y8m male no Single Acrobat Japanese Kanagawa No No
21 Fuakichi Maita 28y10m male yes Single Acrobat Japanese Kochi No No
22 Kumakichi Yamanaka 20y8m male yes Single Student Japanese Kochi No No
23 Yataro Kunogi 25y5m male yes Single Merchant Japanese Yamanashi No No
24 Euhichi Fujii 21y11m male yes Single Merchant Japanese Saga No No
25* Genjiro Fukuda 21y7m male yes Single Merchant Japanese Saga yes No
26* Hikotaro Iwasa 24y9y male yes Married Merchant Japanese Kanagawa yes No
27 Toyoji Uchida 25y7m male yes Single Student Japanese Kanagawa No No
28* Carl Fredric Tunell 35y4m male yes Single Missionary Swede Stockholm yes No
29 Shige Imanura 23y10m female yes Single Student Japanese Kochi No No
30 Kojiro Kitajima 29y6m male yes Single Merchant Japanese Tokio No No
31 Ishimatsu Ishizuka 18y3m male yes Single Student Japanese Aichi No No
32 Ichiro Nakano 17y8m male yes Single Student Japanese Aichi No No
33 Kenusuke Nakano 23y5m male yes Single Student Japanese Aichi No No
34 Yeisuke Kito 38y5m male yes Married Student Japanese Aichi No No
35 Ushitaro Yagi 21y10m male yes Single Student Japanese Aichi No No
36 Komejiro Ishiwara 22y4m male yes Single Student Japanese Aichi No No
37 Sikisaburo Yamanchi 18y5m male yes Single Student Japanese Aichi No No
38 Shinziyenon Yokoi 40y4m male yes Married Student Japanese Aichi No No
39 Kanumatsu Kuwayama 29y6m male yes Single Student Japanese Aichi No No
40 Tokejiro Yamanchi 25y6m male yes Single Student Japanese Aichi No No
41 Yetaro Yokoi 22y5m male yes Single Student Japanese Aichi No No
42 Tamekichi Mizutani 18y3m male yes Single Student Japanese Aichi No No
43 Kamekichi Ito 21y11m male yes Single Student Japanese Aichi No No
44 Teijiro Yagi 18y1m male yes Single Student Japanese Aichi No No
45 Senmatsu Ito 24y4m male yes Married Student Japanese Aichi No No
46 Tojiro Kuwayama 23y3m male yes Single Student Japanese Aichi No No
47 Mosaku Ide 43y6m male yes Married Student Japanese Shizuoka No No
48 Kametaro Hosho 27y8m male yes Married Student Japanese Shizuoka No No
49 Matsujiro Yamaoka 18y6m male yes Single Student Japanese Aichi No No
50 Tarokichi Yamada 33y5m male yes Married Student Japanese Aichi No No
51 Genymon Wakayame 38y4m male yes Married Student Japanese Aichi No No
52 Yetsujiro Mizuno 28y11m male yes Married Student Japanese Aichi No No
53 Sukejiro Suzuki 23y11m male yes Married Student Japanese Aichi No No
54 Kichijiro Onashi 21y3m male yes Single Student Japanese Aichi No No
55* Keinsuke ?ogami 23y1m male yes Single Student Japanese Kanagawa No No
56 Kitajiro Shibata 17y2m male yes Single Student Japanese Aichi No No
57 Iwakichi Chikamatsu 17y male yes Single Student Japanese Aichi No No
58 Sekijiro Kito 18y6m male yes Single Student Japanese Aichi No No
59* Fusataro Adachi 28y6m male yes Single Merchant Japanese Shimane No No
60 Shichiro Yasunida 32y6m male yes Married Merchant Japanese Shizuoka No No
61 Nobunori Yamamoto 36y6m male yes Married Merchant Japanese Shizuoka No No
62 Shizuke Takejiro 27y7m male yes Single Merchant Japanese Shizuoka No No
63 Matsutaro Idei 23y9m male yes Single Student Japanese Shizuoka No No
64 Chiyosaku Ishida 11y3m male yes Single Student Japanese Shizuoka No No
65 Nave Oishi 20y9m male yes Single Merchant Japanese Shizuoka No No
66* Axel Johnson 42y3m male yes Married Clerk Swede Yokohama yes No
67* Tomatsu H?n?da 17y6m male yes Single Student Japanese Wakayama No No
68 Jutaro Taneguchi 16y1m male yes Single Student Japanese Osaka No No
69 Rynuosuke Arii 20y5m male yes Single Student Japanese Wakayama No No
70 Umematsu Nishida 35y3m male yes Single Student Japanese Osaka No No
71* Otokusu Mi?amoto 30y7m male yes Married Student Japanese Wakayama No No
72 Fusanosuke Azitori 17y3m male yes Single Student Japanese Wakayama No No
73 Kinijiro Furuta 17y11m male yes Single Student Japanese Wakayama No No
74 Tomegoro Kirotori 20y10m male yes Single Student Japanese Wakayama No No
75 Kusukichi Fukuchi 23y5m male yes Single Student Japanese Wakayama No No
76 Yashimatsu Nishikawa 22y8m male yes Single Student Japanese Osaka No No
77 Chiijiro Matsu?ra 22y4m male yes Married Doctor Japanese Yamagata No No
78 Komikichi Matsutara 27y10m male yes Single Student Japanese Wakayama No No
79 Bunzabur? Yokoi 23y male yes Single Student Japanese Aichi No No
80 Kichimosuke Sugimoto 22y4m male yes Married Student Japanese Kanagama No No
81 Tomishige Nakamura 34y2m male yes Married Student Japanese Nagasaki No No
82 Takematsu Tanabe 28y8m male yes Single Student Japanese Hiroshima No No
83 Torajiro Tachiishi 23y5m male yes Single Student Japanese Aichi No No
84 Tsunematsu Yamashita 30y1m male yes Single Student Japanese Wakayama No No
85 Tomekichi Yamashita 26y8m male yes Married Student Japanese Wakayama No No
86 Takekusu Kusui 22y6m male yes Single Student Japanese Wakayama No No
87 Yoshitaro Kusui 21y5m male yes Single Student Japanese Wakayama No No
88 Tetsujiro Nagasaki 34y10m male yes Single Student Japanese Kanagawa No No
sailing from Honolulu March 26, 1894, arriving at port of San Francisco, April 1, 1894
89* V.C. Fitzimmons 22y4m male yes Married Ranching American Sacramento yes yes
90* A.? Markley 49y8m male yes Married Hotelkeeper American Seattle yes yes
91* R Borgersen 38y8m male yes Married Agent Norwegian Honolulu 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:
Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco
Final Destination in the US=San Francisco (except 59 & 89)
Whether having a ticket to final destination=yes
By whom was passage paid?self
Whether in Possession of Money-if less than $30, how much?=yes
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 ?.
3 surname looks like Yaniada but could be Yamada.
13 has been to San Francisco once, 1890.
25 has been to Chicago once 1893.
26 has been to San Francisco 1886.
28 has been to the US 5 years left 1891.
55 surname probably starts with "N," Nogami.
59 Final Destination is Australia
66 has been to the US 3 times 1882 last time, Boston.
67 surname could be Hamda or Honda but is probably Hanida.
71 missing letter goes below the line like "y" or "g." Name could be Migamoto,
Miyamoto or Mijamoto.
77 surname could be Matsuura or Matsunra.
89 Final Destination is Sacramento, Cala. Whether Ever Before in the US says,
"His home is in Sacramento, Cala." He will join his family.
90 is born in the US. His wife will join him in San Francisco.
91 Occupation is "agent for Singer sewing machines." He is "on a business trip
& going back to Honolulu."
89 & 90 these passengers are crossed out, probably because they are not aliens.
Page 2 Chinese Passengers
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 2, Page 44-45, 47, 50.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor,
a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
27 April 2000
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