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SS City of Rio de Janeiro
Page 1 of 2
Yokohama, Japan to San Francisco, CA
Chinese Passengers from Hong Kong May 6, 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, April 21st, 1894 arriving at Port of San Francisco,
May 6, 1894.
Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Married or Single, Occupation, Last Residence,
Whether ever before in the US
1 Yoijiro Taneguchi 37y4m Yes Student Wakayama No
2 Yosaburo Togawa 21y2m No Student Wakayama No
3* Takematsu Sumitani 33y11m No Student Wakayama yes
4 Kentaro Horita 17y5m No Student Wakayama No
5 Ino Tanimoto 21y9m No Student Wakayama No
6 Uzo Jinbo 22y4m No Student Wakayama No
7 Yosokichi Shimamoto 20y7m No Student Wakayama No
8* Yoshitaro Kondo 20y6m No Student Tokio No
9 Saburohiko Ogato 22y10m No Student Kumimoto No
10 Sachii Tsukushi 21y2m No Student Kumimoto No
11* Mrs Nakayama Tsuna 24y10m Yes Shiga No
12 Imanosuke Tsuboi 28y9m Yes Student Kanagawa No
13 Takejiro Kobayashi 24y11m Yes Student Kanagawa No
14 Shintaro Takahashi 23y6m Yes Student Kanagawa No
15 Fynjiro Haijima 25y4m Yes Student Kanagawa No
16 Risaburo Kenniochi 24y4m Yes Student Kanagawa No
17 Katsuraburo Ogawa 39y9m Yes Student Wakayama No
18* Kashitaro Sugihara 30y1m No Student Gumma yes
19* Yasujiro Maruchi 30y3m Yes Student Aichi yes
20 Iwajiro Mori 21y9m No Student Aichi No
21 Kanijiro Hibino 19y9m No Student Aichi No
22 Kanakichi Ogawa 26y0m No Student Aichi No
23 Jotaro Ishiwara 25y2m No Student Aichi No
24 Seyoro Hibino 24y5m No Student Aichi No
25 Sometaro Saito 43y11m Yes Student Kanagawa No
26 Choso Kato 37y11m Yes Student Kanagawa No
27 Konizo Nakano 33y7m Yes Student Kanagawa No
28 Yoshizo Haro 33y11m Yes Student Kanagawa No
29 Yataro Fukase 21y9m No Student Kanagawa No
30 Rizo Tsuchiya 27y6m No Student Kanagawa No
31 Kunijo Tsuyuki 28y0m Yes Student Kanagawa No
32 Hirojiro Nakano 30y1m Yes Student Kanagawa No
33 Chikazo Uchida 26y7m Yes Student Kanagawa No
34 Nakichi Tomiorimi 42y2m Yes Student Kanagawa No
35 Keiji Tsuyuki 36y0m Yes Student Kanagawa No
36 Shimpachi Tsuyuki 35y6m Yes Student Kanagawa No
37 Sakijiro Yendo 31y1m Yes Student Kanagawa No
38 Mazojiro Koji 41y7m Yes Merchant Wakayama No
39 Kisokusu Mayuna 20y9m No Student Wakayama No
40* Kusuemon Ito 41y9m Yes Student Wakayama Yes
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 (except passenger 11 where the entry is illegible)
Able to Read & Write=yes
Nationality=Japanese
Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco
Final Destination in the US=San Francisco
Whether having a ticket to final destination=yes
By whom was passage paid?=self
Whether in Possession of Money-if less than $30, how much?=yes
Whether going to join Relative or Friend=No
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
3 was in Sacramento once, 1893
8 occupation is student navigation school
11 sex entry is illegible. Her occupation is "join her merchant husband."
18 was in San Francisco once 1894 205 Turk St San Francisco.
19 was in San Francisco once Feby 1894.
40 has been to San Francisco once 1893.
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National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 2, Page 62, 85
Transcribed by Fran Taylor
a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
10 May 2000
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