Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Olympia

I, J. Truebridge, master of the Steamship Olympia do solemnly, sincerely, and truly affirm that the following List or Manifest, contains the names and descriptions of all the Passengers who were on board the said vessel at the time of or since her last departure from the said Port of Victoria, B. C., or that have been taken on board the said vessel at any foreign port of place, and that none have died on the voyage. So help me God. (signed) J. Truebridge, Master.

COLLECTOR'S OFFICE, Port of Tacoma, 16th June, 1896. Subscribed and sworn before--H Drum, Collector.

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Steam Ship Olympia whereof J Truebridge, is master, from Victoria, B. C., Canada; burden, 1691 tons.

Columns represent: given name, surname, age (year, months), sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country which they intend to inhabit.

 
Cabin*
 1  Rev. D H Lelacheur       50   M  Missionary  United States  United States   
 2  Rev. H. Corbett          60   M  Missionary  United States  United States
 3  Mrs. H. Corbett          37   F  Missionary  United States  United States
 4  Miss May Corbett         17   F  Missionary  United States  United States
 5  Miss Grace Corbett       16   F  Missionary  United States  United States
 6  Miss Jenny Corbett       11   F  Missionary  United States  United States
 7  Master Chas. Corbett     14   M  Missionary  United States  United States
 8  Master John Corbett      5    M  Missionary  United States  United States
 9  Master Scott Corbett     2    M  Missionary  United States  United States
10  Miss Louise Corbett      1    F  Missionary  United States  United States
11  Capt. M. Squires, R. N.* 55   M  Gentleman   England**
12  Capt. F. J. Brown        50   M  Gentleman   England        Canada
13  Mrs. I. G. Hill*         25   F              England        Tacoma, U.S.A.
  
Steerage.*
14  Huw Lown*                40   M  Merchant    China           United States
15  Low Jiw*                 35   M  Merchant    China           United States
16  Huw Fong Quong*          36   M  Merchant    China           United States
17  Huw Chong*               47   M  Merchant    China           United States
18  Huw Joon*                40   M  Merchant    China           United States
19  Fung Yon*                26   M  Merchant    China           United States
20  Ah Tas*                  34   M  Merchant    China           United States
21  Yee Lung Nie*            16   M  Merchant    China           United States
22  Bak Woo                  27   M  Merchant    China           United States
23  Hock Ling*               37   M  Merchant    China           United States
24  Wog Goon                 38   M  Merchant    China           United States
25  Ah Wong                  42   M  Merchant    China           United States
26  Y. Fukui                16, 1 M  Merchant    Japan           Portland US
27  Oku?? N??s??k?          20, 7 M  Farmer      Japan           San Francisco**   
28  Sak??? Mitsiejero*      19, - M  Farmer      Japan           San Francisco**
29  S????????a Z??????ke    23, 1 M  Farmer      Japan           San Francisco**
30  Haj??h?ra Hisukichi*    22, 5 M  Farmer      Japan           San Francisco**
31  ?????? Hisukichi*       30, 8 M  Merchant    Japan           San Francisco**
32  Ushiji?? Y??haro*       23, 1 M  Farmer      Japan           San Francisco**
33  Tauimoto Ju?hachi       22, 9 M  Farmer      Japan           Portland
34  Koudo Kowataro          27, - M  Farmer      Japan           Portland**
35  T. Okamoto              31, 2 M  Merchant    Japan           San Francisco
36  Nekamoto Ya????         19, 1 M  Farmer      Japan           San Francisco**
37  Ozaki Issaku            36, 5 M  Farmer      Japan           Portland
38  Shiutaku Eikichi        25, 3 M  Farmer      Japan           Portland
  
  Summary
                                        
     13 Cabin 
     12 Steerage-Chinese 
     14 Steerage-Japanese
     39 Total    
    
Transcriber's Notes:
  No passenger died on this voyage so that column has been eliminated.      

  The use of an * indicates some departure from the original that will be 
explained on an indvidual basis.
  The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read due to 
the quality of the document. 
  The use of ** indicates line drawn through entire entry and an entry that 
says, "Names scored out left the ship at Victoria."
  
   *Cabin is written above the first group of passenger as there was no 
column for accommodation. 
   11  *Capt. M. Squires, next column states, "Going to Canada on Holiday."  
Line drawn through entry.
   13  *Mrs. I. G. Hill, no occupation listed.

   *Steerage is written above the next group of passengers as there was no 
column for accomadation.
   14  *Huw Lown, surname could be Hiene or Huni.
   15  *Low Jiw, surname could be Loni.
   16  *Huw Fong Quong, surname could be Huni.
   17  *Huw Chong, surname could be Huni.
   18  *Huw Joon, surname could be Huni.
   19  *Fung Yon, given name could be You.
   20  *Ah Tas, given name could be Las or Laf.
   21  *Yee Lung Nie, could be Yee Tung Nie.
   23  *Hock Ling, could be Hock Liug.
   28  *Sak??? Mitsiejero, transcriber's best guess.
   30  *Haj??h?ra Hisukichi, transcriber's best guess.
   31  *?????? Hisukichi, transcriber's best guess.
   32  *Ushiji?? Y??haro, transcriber's best guess.
   

National Archives and Records Administration, Film 1484.

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