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SS City of Peking
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Hong Kong, China and Yokohama, Japan to San Francisco January 13, 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 City of Peking, sailing from Hong Kong, Dec 14, 1893 arriving at Port of San Francisco,
Jan 13, 1894.
Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, Married or Single, Occupation, Able to Read &
Write, 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
Please Scroll to the right to view the entire table.
1* Kum Sin Tow 34y1m Male Married Merchant yes Corean Corea San Fran yes over $30 No No
2* Kum Sin Chow 32y Male Married Merchant yes Corean Corea San Fran yes over $30 No No
3* Hoon Kum San 39y5m Male Married Merchant yes Corean Corea San Fran yes over $30 No No
4 Nicolas Sopohinos 28y Male Single Boxmaker yes Greek Bombay San Fran yes over $30 No No
5 Salvatore Larecchia 25y Male Single Barber yes Italian Cairo San Fran yes over $30 No No
6* Esther Toek 32y8m Female Widow Seamstress no Austrian Hong Kong New York no over $30 No yes
sailing from Yokohama Dec 24, 1893
7 Kitaji Seimiya 34y11m Male Married Student yes Japanese Chiba San Fran yes yes No No
8* Leya Kagan 33y Female Married wife yes Russian Odessa San Fran yes yes No yes
9 Abraham Kagan 10m Male
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
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
1-3 The names of these passengers are transcribed in the order they appear on the
manifest. Names are usually written with the surname last, but it would
appear possible that these names are reversed.
6 is going to join Father Herman Toek New York.
8 occupation is wife of B.Kagan. She is going to join her husband B. Kagan
455 Jessie St, San Francisco, Cal
Page 2 Chinese Passengers
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 2, Page 12-13.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor
a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
14 March 2000
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