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SS Belgic
I, W H Walker, Master of the British Str. Belgic do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs of the Collection District of San Francisco, is a full and perfect list of all Chinese passengers taken on board the said vessel at Hong Kong from which port said vessel has now arrived, or that have been taken on board the said vessel at any foreign port or place, and of all such passengers now on board said vessel, and that on said List is truly designated the names and other particulars, as shown by their respective certificates.So help me God. (signature) W H Walker
Sworn to this 14 day of Jan 1895, before me, (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Belgic whereof W H Walker is Master, from Hong Kong, Macao, Amoy, Nagasaki, Kobe and Yokohama, burthen 2695 tons
Columns represent: Number, Unidentified*, No of Certificate, Name, Age, Occupation*, Last Place of Residence, Height*, Complexion*, Color of Eyes*, Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification*, If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts.
For San Francisco with Chinese Consul Certificates
1 2 6/1/93 Leong Kan Hung 32 M Landed ? Affadavit Merchant
2* 21 4/25/93 Ng Koon 25 F Landed ? wife of Merchant
3* 22 4/20/93 Ling Sum 25 F Landed ? wife of Merchant
4* 23 4/20/93 Woo Sow Soon ? M Landed ? son of Merchant
For San Francisco with Certificates of Identification
5 1 11/25/93 Fong Chow 28 M San Francisco Landed ? Native of US
6 5 9/2/92 Wing Non ?2 M Iowa Hill, Cal Landed ? Affadavit Merchant
7 6 8/25/93 Wong On Ku 26 M Sisson, Cal Landed ? Affadavit Merchant
8 7 3/5/94 Jing Kit 25 M San Francisco Landed ? Affadavit Merchant
9 8 7/12/94 Fung Ying 45 M San Francisco Landed 18-Jan Affadavit Merchant
10 10 5/17/92 Lu Ku 34 M Sacramento Landed ? Affadavit Merchant
11 11 10/7/93 Wing Puy 28 M San Francisco Landed ? Affadavit Merchant
12 12 9/10/93 Wing Sun 3? M San Francisco Landed ? Affadavit Merchant
13 13 10/4/94 Loui Fing 26 M San Francisco Landed 18-Jan Affadavit Merchant
14 14 3/27/93 Wing Ting Chu 48 M San Bernardino Landed 18-Jan Affadavit Merchant
15 15 2/11/94 Wong Foo 2? M Los Angeles Landed 19-Jan Affadavit Merchant
16* 16 3/27/93 Yick Jun 25 F San Bernardino Landed 18-Jan wife of Merchant
17* 17 3/27/93 Wong Lin 9 F San Bernardino Landed 18-Jan Mcht's daughter
18 24 8/28*93 Sum Moy 35 M San Francisco Landed 18-Jan Affadavit Merchant
19 25 9/21/93 Sum Yam 26 M San Francisco Landed 18-Jan Affadavit Merchant
20 31 10/23/93 Chin Look 32 M Chicago, Ill Landed 19-Jan Affadavit Merchant
21 34 5/26/92 Tam Jen 39 M San Francisco Landed 19-Jan Affadavit Merchant
22 36 2/6/93 Joy Guy 27 M San Francisco Landed 19-Jan Affadavit Merchant
23 52 10/?/? Sum Ying 31 M San Francisco Landed 18-Jan Affadavit Merchant
For San Francisco without Certificate Deposit $25.00
24* Wong K? 2 F Landed 18-Jan Mcht's daughter
For Panama, Callao* and Havana
25 Chun King Yue 28 ? China Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Jan 18, 1895
26 Chun King Hong 2? ? China Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Jan 18, 1895
27 Luk Nan 20 ? China Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Jan 18, 1895
Chinese for Havana
28* 9 Wong Hon 22 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 4008
29* ? Chu Chock 31 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 4009
30* ? Kwan Wing 28 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 4010
31 27 Yong Song 46 M China Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Jan 18 1895
32 28 Wong Chu 26 M China Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Jan 18 1895
33 29 How Hoy 26 M China Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Jan 18 1895
34 30 Chung Tai 25 M China Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Jan 18 1895
35* 32 Fung Shue 20 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 4011
36* 33 Lee Hog 25 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 4012
37* 35 Tang Shun 20 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 4013
38* 37 Yong Ping Sum 21 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 4014
39* 38 Sin Choy 40 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 4015
40* 39 Wang Low 40 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 4016
41* 40 Wang Leang 28 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 4017
42* 41 Wang Kwan 32 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 4018
43* 42 Chow Kue 27 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 4019
44* 43 Poon Hin 28 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 4020
45* 44 Poon Yue 22 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 4021
46* 45 Sue Fook 22 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 4022
47* 46 Chun Sik 22 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 4023
48* 47 Chun Yue 20 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 4024
49* 48 Chan Man 28 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 4025
50* 49 Chan Kam 22 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 4026
51 ? Chang Yak Lan 27 M China Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Jan 18 1895
52 51 Sen Kun 40 M China Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Jan 18 1895
Transcriber's Notes:
* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder not the transcriber,
or is used to call attention to additional information in the transcriber notes.
Question marks replace illegible information or letters.
The pages on this film are not numbered so finding a particular ship can be difficult.
However, there is to be a system of numbering the manifests that is a part of the file
system of Chinese persons at the archives. These numbers are included in the
identification of the film and reel numbers below.
For passengers bound for San Francisco, passengers' names and ages are followed by a stamp
that varies depending on the disposition of the passenger.
Passengers allowed to land have the following stamp:
Landed Collectors order (blank with a month and day date written in) 1895 by Insp's (blank
for a name, in this case Grant).
Passengers not allowed to land have one of two different stamps:
Landing Refused Habeas Corpus U.S.D.C. Case followed by a number. These passengers were
probably allowed to land, but not to freely enter the country. The National Archives
should have a file for these passengers describing what happened to them.
Landing Refused Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date).
For passengers bound for a further port there are two possible dispositions:
Landed "I.T." Transit List followed by a number
Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date)
The following columns had no entries and are not included in the table:
Height
Complexion
Color of Eyes
Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification
The Unidentified column has an illegible heading written in. Ticket number is written in
on the second page.
Occupation is universally recorded as Merchant or Grocer because following the Chinese
Exclusion Act of May 6, 1882 admission was denied to all Chinese except laborers already
in the US and "students, teachers, merchants or those proceeding to the United States
from curiosity." Occupation is Grocer for all adult male passengers. Entries in the
column for other passengers are noted below.
Callao is the port for Lima, Peru.
There is a recapitulation or totaling of passengers but it is almost entirely illegible.
According to the National Archives branch in San Bruno, California it is possible that they have
some information on any Chinese passenger who arrived in San Francisco after 1886.
2 Occupation is "wife of Ho Wah Tong, Dupont St."
3 Occupation is "wife of Woo Wing, 717 Commercial St."
4 Occupation is "with his mother #22."
16 Occupation is "with husband #14."
17 Occupation is "with parents #14, 16."
24 Occupation is "with parents #14, 16."
28-30, 35-50 Departed per SPRR Jan 24, 1895. This is Southern Pacific Railroad.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 1, Vol 34 & 35, Manifest 9460.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
30 April 2003
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