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Hong Kong Colony and Yokohama, Japan to San Francisco March 9, 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 Gaelic, sailing from Hong Kong, Feb 13, 1894 arriving at Port of San Francisco,
Mar 9, 1894.
Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Married or Single, Occupation,Nationality,
Last Residence, Whether ever before in the US
1* Otto Seligmuller 44y7m Single Photographer German Germany yes
sailing from Yokohama Feby 24 arriving at Port of San Francisco, Mar 9, 1894.
2 Bernhard Schache 28y3m Single Dyer German Hanover No
3 Chas August Spigel 36y7m Single Dyer German Nurenberg No
4 Metsuburo Hobo 19y3m Single Student Japanese Tokyo No
5 Matsujiro Hayashi 28y10m Single Merchant Japanese Wakayama No
6 Akijiro Iumaru 31y Single Student Japanese Oita No
7 Yuwagusu Takahashi 27y2m Single Student Japanese Wakayama No
8 Hitaro Takeda 17y2m Single Student Japanese Wakayama No
9 Gonnosuke Surukawa 28y5m Single Student Japanese Wakayama No
10 Shintaro Soukawa 23y2m Single Student Japanese Wakayama No
11 Yekichi Nakatani 31y9m Single Student Japanese Wakayama No
12 Matsujiro Komura 35y9m Single Student Japanese Wakayama No
13 Husutaro Tsujimoto 23y2m Single Student Japanese Wakayama No
14 Tokunosuke Kimoto 21y3m Single Student Japanese Wakayama No
15 Naokichi Nakamura 22y Single Student Japanese Wakayama No
16 Yasutaro Matsunami 29y11m Single Student Japanese Wakayama No
17 Yoshikinu Nakamura 21y3m Single Student Japanese Wakayama No
18 Komakusu Furuta 34y6m Single Student Japanese Wakayama No
19 Fukumatsu Tsujimoto 21y?m Single Student Japanese Wakayama No
20 Jiromatsu Kitano 21y Single Student Japanese Wakayama No
21 Ukichi Tanzawa 26y10m Single Student Japanese Wakayama No
22 Yujiro Kobata 23y Single Student Japanese Wakayama No
23 Kusutaro Nakahara 18y0m Single Student Japanese Wakayama No
24 Otokichi Kozen 24y7m Married Student Japanese Wakayama No
25 Gorosaburo Kawaguchi 16y2m Single Student Japanese Wakayama No
26 Yasukichi Hikone 28y5m Married Student Japanese Wakayama No
27 Moriichiro Akaba 17y Single Student Japanese Wakayama No
28 Kuwanichi Tsujita 31y5m Married Merchant Japanese Wakayama No
29 Mojiro Iio 43y11m Married Student Japanese Aichi No
30 Matsutaro Kito 30y Single Student Japanese Aichi No
31 Shonosuke Yokoi 33y1m Married Student Japanese Aichi No
32 Yokichi Ito 17y4m Single Student Japanese Aichi No
33 Daijiro Watanabe 22y5m Single Student Japanese Aichi No
34 Totaro Tanake 22y2m Single Student Japanese Aichi No
35 Isaburo Iio 18y11m Single Student Japanese Aichi No
36 Tamesaburo Yokoi 32y2m Married Student Japanese Aichi No
37 Sagaji Sofuye 17y Single Student Japanese Aichi No
38 Masakoto Ishigaki 30y2m Married Student Japanese Aichi No
39 Kotaro Kato 21y1m Single Student Japanese Aichi No
40 Takajiro Takahashi 16y9m Single Student Japanese Aichi No
41 Na?saburo Iida 32y3m Single Student Japanese Aichi No
42 Toyojiro Agasawara 26y3m Single Student Japanese Aichi No
43 Yasutaro Matsumoto 17y3m Single Student Japanese Wakayama No
44 Tsurumatsu Yamazaki 16y1m Single Student Japanese Wakayama 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
Final Destination in the US=San Franicsco
Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco
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 going to join Relative or Friend=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
1 has been to New York 1882.
Page 2 Chinese Passengers
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 2, Page 33-35.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor
a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
12 April 2000
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