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SS City of Rio de Janeiro
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Yokohama, Japan to San Francisco, CA
Chinese Passengers from Hong Kong February 26, 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.
Steamship City of Rio de Janeiro, sailing from Yokohama, Feby 11, 1894 arriving at Port of
San Francisco, Feb 26, 1894.
Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, 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* Yusaburo Yema 24y Male Single Student Osaka San Francisco yes yes No
2* Koshiro Takeyama 25y9m Male Married Merchant Niigata San Francisco yes No yes
3* Iye Takeyama 22y3m Male Married wife Niigata San Francisco yes No No
4 Iwagoro Doi 35y2m Male Married Merchant Osaka San Francisco yes No No
5* Mat?ishi Nishihara 45y1m Male Married Merchant Hiroshima Vancouver no No No
6* Hamataro Suzuki 17y11m Male Single Student Yokohama New York no 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:
Nationality=Japanese
Able to Read & Write=yes
Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco
By whom was passage paid?self
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
1 has been to San Francisco once 1890.
2 is going to join Father S. Takeyama 403 Geary St San Francisco
3 Sex is recorded by ditto marks. Occupation is "wife of K Takeyama."
5 is en route to Vancouver.
6 has been to the US four times, San Francisco and New York.
PAGE 2 Chinese Passengers
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 2, Page 20.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor
a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
25 March 2000
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