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I, W.B. Seabury, Master of the China 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.B. Seabury
Sworn to this 7th 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 S.S. China whereof W.B. Seabury is Master, from Hong Kong, burthen 4939.83 tons
Columns represent: Number, 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 Champerico*
1* 1 Ng Hang 16 Hong Kong Departed per Steamer Acapulco Panama Jan 9 1895
2* 2 Chan Wai 16 Hong Kong Departed per Steamer Acapulco Panama Jan 9 1895
3* 3 Leang Choy 21 Hong Kong Landed "I.T." Transit List 4006
4* 4 Leang Yew 24 Hong Kong Landed "I.T." Transit List 4005
5* 5 Leang Kim 27 Hong Kong Landed "I.T." Transit List 4004
For Panama
6 51 Wang Wing 43 Hong Kong Departed per Steamer Acapulco Panama Jan 9 1895
7 52 Wong Sun 43 Hong Kong Departed per Steamer Acapulco Panama Jan 9 1895
8 53 Wong Cheang 20 Hong Kong Departed per Steamer Acapulco Panama Jan 9 1895
9 81 Chuen Hang 22 Hong Kong Departed per Steamer Acapulco Panama Jan 9 1895
For Havana
10* 9 Cheang Kim 37 Hong Kong Landed "I.T." Transit List 3967
11* 10 Cheang Yuk 27 Hong Kong Landed "I.T." Transit List 3968
12* 11 Cheang Hu 25 Hong Kong Landed "I.T." Transit List 3969
13* 14 Lin Way Yen 33 Hong Kong Landed "I.T." Transit List 3970
14 15 Loo Shu Way 29 Hong Kong Departed per Steamer Acapulco Panama Jan 9 1895
15* 18 Chun Kwock Fie 40 Hong Kong Landed "I.T." Transit List 3971
16* 19 Lum Wai Tong 20 Hong Kong Landed "I.T." Transit List 3972
17* 20 Lum Mow Hee 21 Hong Kong Landed "I.T." Transit List 3973
18* 21 Wong Luk 22 Hong Kong Landed "I.T." Transit List 3974
19* 22 Lum Yat Sum 39 Hong Kong Landed "I.T." Transit List 3975
20* 23 Lum Kok Wo 40 Hong Kong Landed "I.T." Transit List 3976
21* 24 Chang Ming Kow 20 Hong Kong Landed "I.T." Transit List 3977
22* 25 Chang Sing 21 Hong Kong Landed "I.T." Transit List 3978
23* 26 Lum Yut Foon 20 Hong Kong Landed "I.T." Transit List 3979
24* 27 Woo Leong Woon 46 Hong Kong Landed "I.T." Transit List 3980
25* 28 Chang Kong 24 Hong Kong Landed "I.T." Transit List 3981
26* 29 Chun Ping Nin 45 Hong Kong Landed "I.T." Transit List 3982
27* 30 Yan Wo 50 Hong Kong Landed "I.T." Transit List 3983
28* 31 Lu Fat 28 Hong Kong Landed "I.T." Transit List 3984
29* 32 Yan Poo 30 Hong Kong Landed "I.T." Transit List 3985
30* 33 Lu Jack 40 Hong Kong Landed "I.T." Transit List 3986
31* 34 Wang Yip 25 Hong Kong Landed "I.T." Transit List 3987
32* 35 Wong Kwong 21 Hong Kong Landed "I.T." Transit List 3988
33* 36 Yan Mee 22 Hong Kong Landed "I.T." Transit List 3989
34* 37 Yan Shew 25 Hong Kong Landed "I.T." Transit List 3990
35* 38 Wang Wong 27 Hong Kong Landed "I.T." Transit List 3991
36* 39 Yan Chang 46 Hong Kong Landed "I.T." Transit List 3992
37* 40 Yan Pow 46 Hong Kong Landed "I.T." Transit List 3993
38* 41 Yan Chung 42 Hong Kong Landed "I.T." Transit List 3994
39* 42 Yan Yoe 32 Hong Kong Landed "I.T." Transit List 3995
40* 43 Yan Ying 41 Hong Kong Landed "I.T." Transit List 3996
41* 44 Yan Fong 22 Hong Kong Landed "I.T." Transit List 3997
42* ? Yan Yow 28 Hong Kong Landed "I.T." Transit List 3998
43* 54 Yep Leang 43 Hong Kong Landed "I.T." Transit List 3999
44* 56 Yu Yuk 27 Hong Kong Landed "I.T." Transit List 4000
46* 57 Yu Ngan 20 Hong Kong Landed "I.T." Transit List 4001
47* 59 Fang Lai Fong 36 Hong Kong Landed "I.T." Transit List ?
48* 60 Fang Kee Hang 1? Hong Kong Landed "I.T." Transit List ?
49 67 Chun Yum 35 Hong Kong Departed per Steamer Acapulco Panama Jan 9 1895
50 68 Chun Shing 38 Hong Kong Departed per Steamer Acapulco Panama Jan 9 1895
For San Francisco
51 6 Lew Pow 38 San Francisco Landed ? Affadavit Merchant
52* 7 Cha G?? 37 Los Angeles Refused Departed per Steamer China Hong Kong Jan 15, 1895
53 8 Chew Wong 35 Galveston Tex Landed ? Affadavit Merchant
54* 12 Wong Pak Yut 33 San Francisco Landed 9-Jan wife of Merchant
55* ? Chun Lin 13 San Francisco Landed 9-Jan daughter of Merchant
56 16 Ly Sam 37 Los Angeles Landed 11-Jan Affadavit Merchant
57 27 Chow Yaw 34 San Francisco Landed 11-Jan Affadavit Merchant
58 46 Yan Wah 27 San Luis Obispo Landed 10-Jan Affadavit Merchant
59 47 Gin Goon 26 Anderson Cal Landed 10-Jan Affadavit Merchant
60 48 Lee Saw 29 Chicago Landed 10-Jan Affadavit Merchant
61 49 Sew Tuck 28 San Francisco Landed 10-Jan Affadavit Merchant
62 50 Tang Qua 20 Petaluma Landed 14-Jan Native of US
63 55 Law Tuck Jow 30 Walla Walla Landed 10-Jan Affadavit Merchant
64 58 Lee Yat 35 San Francisco Landed 9-Jan Affadavit Merchant
65 61 Kwan Po 37 San Francisco Landed 10-Jan Affadavit Merchant
66 62 Quan Jung 37 Shelby Miss Landed 10-Jan Affadavit Merchant
67 63 Yuen Pu Yuck 46 Stockton Landed 14-Jan Affadavit Merchant
68 64 Chun Tam Ting 36 Oakland Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 11141
69 65 Hoo Sam 21 San Francisco Landed 10-Jan Native of US
70 66 Wang Chang 31 Landed 10-Jan Affadavit Merchant
71 69 Choy Ng 31 San Francisco Landed 12-Jan Affadavit Merchant
72 70 Wang Wing 54 Oakland Landed 10-Jan Affadavit Merchant
73 71 Wang Hee 33 Petaluma Landed 15-Jan Affadavit Merchant
74 72 Chock Ying 41 Sebastopol Landed 10-Jan Affadavit Merchant
75 73 Chang Loy 21 Sacramento Landed 10-Jan Affadavit Merchant
76 74 Chun Jock Ping 47 San Francisco Landed 10-Jan Teacher
77 75 Chin Qwong Jack 24 San Francisco Landed 10-Jan Affadavit Merchant
78 76 Ly Chew 27 San Francisco Landed 10-Jan Affadavit Merchant
79 77 Lu Que 33 San Andreas Landed 10-Jan Affadavit Merchant
80 78 Yin Lee 31 Denver, Colo Landed 10-Jan Affadavit Merchant
81 79 Yin Fook Jun 22 San Francisco Landed 10-Jan Native of US
82 80 Low Kow 44 Refused Departed per Steamer China Hong Kong Jan 15, 1895
83 83 Chan Tuck 36 San Francisco Landed 11-Jan Affadavit Merchant
84* 84 Woo Le?ng Chang 26 San Francisco Landed 12-Jan Affadavit Merchant
85 85 Wo Tong 38 Refused Departed per Steamer China Hong Kong Jan 15, 1895
86 86 Yin Fun Jung 32 Salinas City Landed 14-Jan Affadavit Merchant
87* 87 Tom Look 45 San Francisco Landed 9-Jan wife of Merchant
88* 88 Ly Yum 40 San Francisco Landed 9-Jan wife of Merchant
89 90 Wong Sho Ping 27 San Bernardino Landed 14-Jan Affadavit Merchant
90 91 Yin Loy Wan 33 Salinas City Landed 14-Jan Affadavit Merchant
Recapitulation Men Women Boys Girls Total
For San Francisco 37 2 1 40
For Champerico 3 2 5
For Panama 4 4
For Havana Rail 37
Stmr 3 40
Total 84 2 2 1 89*
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 a system of numbering the manifests that is a part of the National
Archives file system on Chinese persons. 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
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 of all passengers on this list is recorded as Grocer except as
noted below.
Champerico is on the Pacific coast of Guatemala.
The Recapitulation fails to record one of the women bound for San Francisco, hence the disparity
betweeen that total and the number on the list.
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.
1-2 Occupation is "None."
3-5 departed per steamer S.S.Colima Panama January 18,1895
10-13,15-48 departed per SP Railroad January 10, 1895 (probably Southern Pacific)
52 second name could be Gum or Gam.
54-55 are female. Occupation of 54 is "to join her husband" of 55 "Daughter."
87-88 are female. Their occupations are "to join her husband."
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 1, Vol 34 & 35, Manifest 9459.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
30 April 2003
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