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SS Peru
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Yokohama, Japan to San Francisco
Chinese Passengers from Hong Kong November 29, 1893
DISTRICT OF SAN FRANCISCO – 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 Peru, sailing from Yokohama, Nov 15, 1893 arriving at Port of San Francisco,
Nov 29, 1893.
Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Married or Single, Occupation, Last Residence,
Final Destination in the US, Whether having a ticket to final destination,
Whether ever before in the US, Whether going to join Relative or Friend
1 Masatara Ozaki 22y11m single Student Fukuoka San Francisco yes No No
2 Yonejiro Ito 32y married Merchant ?ehime* Canada No yes* No
3 Ku??osuke* Komatsusake 27y1m single Merchant Ibaraki Canada No yes* No
4 Kumakichi Hainano 29y single Student Wakayama San Francisco yes No No
5 Masataro Deguchi 16y6m single Student Wakayama San Francisco yes No No
6 Kujomatsu Nakamura 28y4m single Student Wakayama San Francisco yes No No
7 Tetsuo Okamoto 18y8m single Student Wakayama San Francisco yes No No
8 Yenomoto Gonsuke 38y3m single Student Wakayama San Francisco yes No No
9 Tokujiro Shibata 19y11m single Merchant Kanagama San Francisco yes yes* yes*
10 Tsuchihiko Kishimoto 23y2m single Acting Surgeon Fukuoka Mexico No No No
11 Rioshichi Fukumoto 19y4m single Acting Surgeon Kagashima Mexico No No No
12 Ikusaburo K?sakata* 35y single Machinist Haraki San Francisco yes No No
13 Asajiro Nobusada 22y2m single Student Wakayama San Francisco yes No 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
Nationality=Japanese
Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco
By whom was passage paid?himself
Whether in Possession of Money-if less than $30, how much?yes
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 ?.
2 was a Student at Ann Arbor for 10 years. His Last Residence looks most like
Yehime, but the initial letter is not the same as other capital "Y"s on
the list. It could be "G." There is a Ye Shima in the gazeteer, but no
Yehime. There is no Gehime.
3 first name is Kumiosuke or Kuranosuke. He has been at Tacoma Wash for six
years
9 has been once before 1892 to S.F. Kearny St. He is going to join
Bro M. Shibata 335 Kearny St
12 missing letter in surname is "a" or "u."
Page 2 Chinese Passengers
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1 Page 123.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor,
a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
16 February 2000
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