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SS Oceanic

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Yokohama, Japan to San Francisco, CA
Chinese Passengers from Hong Kong
6 July 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.
S. S. Oceanic, sailing from Yokohama, June 23, 1894 arriving at Port of San Francisco, July 6, 1894.
Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Occupation, Nationality, Last Residence, Final Destination in the US, Whether having a ticket to final destination, Whether in Possession of Money-if less than $30, how much?, Whether ever before in the US, Whether going to join Relative or Friend 
  
 1* Olaf      Gulbrandson 30y    Missionary Norwegian Shanghai  Boston Mass   no  $30 yes No
 2* Samu      Tamano      7y10m  None       Japanese  Tokyo     Edria Kansas  no  $50 No  yes
 3* Ulrich    Soderstrom  28y10m Missionary Swede     Lu?or     San Francisco yes 40  yes yes
 4  Shinzo    Wada        21y4m  Student    Japanese  Kumamoto  San Francisco yes 40  No  No
 5  Hisashi   Narito      22y3m  Student    Japanese  Kumamoto  San Francisco yes 40  No  No
 6  Toshizo   Naito       26y2m  Merchant   Japanese  Shizuoka  San Francisco yes 30  No  No
 7  Kio       Nozawa      33y9m  Student    Japanese  Yamanachi San Francisco yes 30  No  No
 8  Tomitaro  Takekawa    21y10m Student    Japanese  Yamanachi San Francisco yes 20  No  No
 9  Mintaro   Takekawa    18y5m  Student    Japanese  Yamanachi San Francisco yes     No  No
10  ???       Ono         23y9m  Student    Japanese  Yamanachi San Francisco yes 30  No  No
11  Yoshitaro Hiharo      25y5m  Merchant   Japanese  Yamanachi San Francisco yes     No  No
12* T.        Nakemura    25y    Mcht       Japan               San Francisco yes yes 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:
 Sex=Male 
 Able to Read & Write=yes 
 Married or Single=No 
 Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco  
 By whom was passage paid?=self 
 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  has been to Boston 1890.
2  is going to join Father P.S. Dawson Edria Kansas.
3  surname has an umlaut over the second "o."  He has been to the US 1890/1
   Traveling.  He is going to join Sisters S. & M. Soderstrom Jersey City, N.J.
12 This name was added to the list.  It is very faint and difficult to read.
   Under the name is written un???? passport.  Mcht probably means Merchant.
   He has been to SF 129 GG Ave.  This is probably Golden Gate Ave.
Page 2 Chinese Passengers
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 2, Page 101.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
10 June 2000

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