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SS Belgic


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Yokohama, Japan to San Francisco, CA
Chinese Passengers from Hong Kong
1 June 1895

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.
S.S. Belgic, sailing from Yokohama May 19th, 1895 arriving at Port of San Francisco, June 1st, 1895.
Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, Married or Single*, Occupation, Last Residence, Final Destination in the US, Whether in Possession of Money-if less than $30, how much?, Whether ever before in the US
Please scroll to view all the columns.
  
 1* Tsunesaburo Mimura      31y2m  male   No  Student Tokio     San Francisco 50    yes
 2* Naoya       Yamagishi   37y6m  male   Yes Clerk   Kanagawa  Chicago       55    yes
 3  Miss Saito  Gin         29y3m  female No          Niigata   Chicago       30    No
 4* Sugitaro    Sasaki      22y1m  male   No  Farmer  Kyoto     San Francisco 67    No
 5* ?uata       Mayugumi    20y11m male   No  Student Tokio     San Francisco 45    No
 6* Yoshugusu   Kaito       26y0m  male   Yes Student Wakayama  San Francisco 40    No
 7* Masanosuke  Tsuchihashi 29y9m  male   Yes Student Wakayama  San Francisco 4     No
 8* Kamanisuke  Kuroda      27y8m  male   No  Student Wakayama  San Francisco 32    No
 9* Kenjiro     Ito         17y1m  male   No  Student Wakayama  San Francisco 30    No
10* Yeijiro     Kishi       21y1m  male   No  Student Wakayama  San Francisco 32    No
11* Shisajusu   Takatsuka   29y1m  male   No  Student Wakayama  San Francisco 30.50 No
12* Toyokichi   Izutami     16y0m  male   No  Student Wakayama  San Francisco 27    No
13* Yasukichi   Nishikawa   22y0m  male   No  Student Wakayama  San Francisco 30    No
14* Renosuke    Muramide    38y10m male   No  Student Wakayama  San Francisco 43    No
15* Yoshimatsu  Kawabata    45y2m  male   No  Student Wakayama  San Francisco 35    No
16* Jisaburo    Tsujii      19y3m  male   No  Student Wakayama  San Francisco 30    No
17* Gonjiro     Sakuma      19y1m  male   No  Student Wakayama  San Francisco 50    No
18* Yoshiro     Domoto      34y4m  male   No  Student Wakayama  San Francisco 40    No
19* Torikichi   Takagaki    23y2m  male   No  Student Wakayama  San Francisco 43    No
20* Ichii       Suyo        22y11m male   No  Student Wakayama  San Francisco 200   No
21* Kiyozo      Yamajasaki  21y0m  male   No  Student Wakayama  San Francisco 55    No
22* Sakitaro    Nakamura    22y0m  male   No  Student Hiroshima San Francisco 30    No
23* Manji       Masuke      20y8m  male   No  Student Hiroshima San Francisco 30    No
24* Yoshikiyo   Mori        11y1m  male   No  Student Tottori   San Francisco       No
25* Tsunizo     Takenaka    24y3m  male   Yes Student Tottori   San Francisco 30    No
26* Kokichi     Koda        22y9m  male   No  Student Santa Fe  San Francisco 30    No
    

Transcriber's Notes:

There is no captain's statement attached to this manifest.  There is a signature
at the bottom of the page that could be that of the captain, "W.H. Walker."

In the heading of the Married or Single column "or Single" has been crossed out.

The following columns had identical entries for all passengers and so were not 
included in the table:
 Able to Read & Write=yes 
 Nationality=Japanese
 Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco  
 Whether having a ticket to final destination=No 
 By whom was passage paid?=self 
 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 
Letters that are illegible or difficult to interpret are replaced by ?.

Passenger Notes:
1  has been to San Francisco and Casa Grande, Arizona once in 1894.
2  has been to Chicago once 1891.  Occupation is "Clerk for Deakin of Chicago."
4  In the Occupation column Student is crossed out and Farmer written in.
5  First name could be Muata.
26 Last Residence is Santa Fe, N.M.
5-26 Occupation is indicated by ditto marks under line 4. It is not clear whether
   the ditto marks refer to the originally written Student, or Farmer as in the 
   note for passenger 4.

Page 2 Chinese Passengers
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 3, Page 104.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
19 May 2001



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