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SS Oceanic
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Yokohama, Japan to San Francisco, CA
Chinese Passengers from Hong Kong February 22, 1894
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 Oceanic, sailing from Yokohama, Feb 4th, 1894 arriving at Port of San Francisco,
Feb 22, 1894.
Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, Married or Single, Occupation, Nationality, Last
Residence, Final Destination in the US, By whom was passage paid?, Whether ever before in
the US
1 Risaburo Hosonuma 42y8m male Married Acrobat Japanese Kanagawa * Chas Comuei No
2 Yonekichi Murotani 25y11m male Single Acrobat Japanese Tokyo * Chas Comuei No
3 Ginjiro Ando 28y7m male Single Acrobat Japanese Tochigi * Chas Comuei No
4* Suzaburo Kudo 45y9m male Married Acrobat Japanese Tochigi * Chas Comuei yes
5 Yeikichi Korde 38y5m male Married Acrobat Japanese Chiba * Chas Comuei No
6 Usaburo Nishimura 29y male Married Acrobat Japanese Shiga * Chas Comuei No
7* Chijo Nishimura 28y3m female Married wife Japanese Shiga * Chas Comuei No
8 Sutijiro Yendo 12y4m male Single Acrobat Japanese Haraki * Chas Comuei No
9 Ichi Ichihasi 7y4m male Single Acrobat Japanese Fukushima * Chas Comuei No
10 Tatsuyo Hachuda 7y1m male Single Acrobat Japanese Yamanashi * Chas Comuei No
11 Masashichi Murokami 9y11m male Single Acrobat Japanese Tokyo * Chas Comuei No
12* Naataro Goto 23y1m male Single Merchant Japanese Ishikawa SF self yes
13* Rokuya Igarashi 20y3m male Single Servant Japanese Nagano SF Mr G Sale no
14* Toranorisan Okusa 28y male Single Student Japanese Tokyo SF self yes
15 Tokutaro Matsumura 22y7m male Single Traveller Japanese Osaka SF self No
16 Tokutaro Nakao 20y6m male Single Student Japanese Hiroshima SF self No
17 Asakichi Ota 21y4m male Single Student Japanese Yamaguchi SF self No
18* Frederick Wis??uir 22y10m male Single Seaman Germany Hamburg SF self yes
19 William May 31y male Single Engineer Germany Hamburg SF self No
20 Kichijiro Suzuki 25y5m male Single Merchant Japanese Aichi SF self No
21 ?ejiro Asano 31y male Married Student Japanese Aichi SF self 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 (except children # 9-11)
Whether having a ticket to final destination=yes (except passengers to South
America)
Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco
Whether in Possession of Money-if less than $30, how much?=yes (except 13)
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
Letters that are illegible or difficult to interpret are replaced by ?.
1-11 are enroute to South America and do not have tickets to their final
destination.
4 has been "all over America" 1872, 1888.
7 occupation is wife of U Mishimura.
9-11 cannot read and write
12 has been to US 1889-1893 San Francisco.
13 occupation is Mr Folis servant. "No" is entered in the Whether in
Possession of Money column.
14 has been to San Fracisco once 5 years ago.
18 Missing letters in surname could be "imi" or "ein." He has been to
New Orleans 1891.
PAGE 2 Chinese Passengers
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 2, Page 19.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor
a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
1 April 2000
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