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I, W.B. Seabury, Master of the S.S. 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 15 day of March 1895, before me, (signature) JJ Tobin, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the ______ whereof _______ is Master, from ________, burthen _____ tons
Columns represent: Number, No of Certificate*, Name, Sex*, 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*.
Chinese for San Francisco
1 7 On Kee Male 47 Salmon Creek, Ore Landed 19-Mar Affadavit Merchant
2 8 Low Fat Male 53 San Francisco Landed 19-Mar Affadavit Merchant
3 9 Chan Shun Male 33 San Francisco Landed 21-Mar Affadavit Merchant
4 10 E Sing Chang Male 32 Salinas City Landed 21-Mar Affadavit Merchant
5 25 Mock Jone Male 40 El Paso, Tex Landed 21-Mar Affadavit Merchant
6 26 Chang Wing You Male 38 San Francisco Refused USDC Habeas Corpus Case 11153
7* 30 Mar ?ear Lock Male 29 San Francisco Refused Departed per steamer China Hong Kong Mar 28, 1895
8 31 Chung Ah Kearng Male 37 Carson City Landed 17-Mar Affadavit Merchant
9 32 Tong Bing Male 26 Sacramento Landed 22-Mar Affadavit Merchant
10 36 Chung Wing Male 33 San Francisco Landed 19-Mar Affadavit Merchant
11 48 Ah Win Male 49 Denver, Col Landed 19-Mar Affadavit Merchant
12* 49 Yee ?et Male 37 Sacramento Refused Departed per steamer China Hong Kong Mar 28, 1895
13* 54 Wong Toy ?ing Male 34 San Francisco Landed 20-Mar Affadavit Merchant
14* 69 Fock ?oo Nom Male 38 San Francisco Landed 19-Mar Affadavit Merchant
15 71 Su Tim Male 40 Kern Co, Calif Landed 20-Mar Affadavit Merchant
16 72 Ham Yeung Wah Male 39 New Orleans Landed 19-Mar Affadavit Merchant
17 73 Lee Num Male 36 Gilroy, Cal Landed 20-Mar Affadavit Merchant
18 89 Ah Duck Male 42 Pine Grove, Cal Landed 25-Mar Affadavit Merchant
19 90 Ching Ki Male 36 Winnemucca, Nev Landed 19-Mar Affadavit Merchant
20 91 Chew Dock Fung Male 62 San Francisco Landed 21-Mar Affadavit Merchant
21 94 Ah Poh Male 36 Oakdale, Cal Landed 19-Mar Affadavit Merchant
22 97 Chew Dew Male 21 San Francisco Refused Departed per steamer China Hong Kong Mar 28, 1895
23* Ah Yea Female 30 Japan Landed
Chinese In Transit for Champerico*
24 4 Lum Wing Sow Male 40 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
25 5 Lum See Kin Male 20 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
26* 6 Lum L??i Man Male 38 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
27 33 Chun Shun Male 26 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
28 34 Chun Wan Male 28 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
29 35 Chun Chew Male 31 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
30 74 Chew Sing Chaw Male 42 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
31 75 Chew Ning Cho Male 36 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
32 76 Chew Sing Cheung Male 39 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
33 77 Chew Sew Wing Male 28 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
34 78 Chew Maw Kwang Male 21 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
35 79 Chew Man Male 31 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
Chinese in Transit for San Jose de Guatemala
36 11 Ho King Male 24 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
37 12 Ho Young Male 30 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
38 13 Leong Yee Male 22 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
39 14 Leong Kue Male 26 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
40 15 Leong Pong Male 29 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
41 16 Wong Hee Male 30 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
42 17 Leong Sing Male 20 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
43 18 Chun Kai Wing Male 14 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
44 19 Lee Yick Male 17 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
45 20 Leong Ngow Male 14 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
46 21 Luk Seong Male 13 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
47 70 Ho Leong Male 12 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
48 99 Chun Sum Male 35 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
49* 100 Yang Fan Male 22 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4094
50 101 Young Ham Male 19 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
51 102 Ho Jack Male 24 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
52* 103 Hung Ming Male 20 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4095
Chinese in Transit for Panama
53 27 Chaw King Fun Male 40 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
54 28 Chow Sang Male 22 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
55 29 Chun Wo Male 20 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
56 40 Tong Kaw Male 40 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4090
57 41 Tong Jan Male 14 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
58 42 Tong Hok Male 21 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
59 43 Fang Chock Male 26 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4091
60 44 Kwan Tuck Male 30 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
61 45 Kwan Ning Male 35 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
62 46 Kwan Kong Male 29 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
63 47 Ho Jan Male 27 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
64 55 Pang Kil Seong Male 40 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
65 56 Woo Qwan Male 25 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
66 57 Leong Ping Kam Male 29 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
67 58 Ko Young Male 29 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
68 59 Lee Key Male 33 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4092
69 60 Li Noon Male 22 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4093
70 61 Li Foon Male 45 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
71 62 Li Cho Male 24 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
72 63 Li Qwai Male 21 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
73 94 Lum Po Male 36 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
74 96 Lo Wai Yee Male 29 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
75 98 Lo Chun Wai Male 22 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
76 108 Chan Chee Hong Male 44 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
77* 488 Mrs Rosa Latorra Female ?8 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
78 ? Master Latt? Male 3 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
Chinese in Transit for Havana by Rail
79* 1 Cheong Chun Lan Male 30 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4069
80* 2 Cheong Fook Fai Male 23 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4070
81* 3 Lum King Male 25 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4071
82* 22 Ng Qwan Male 32 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4072
83* 23 Ng Fook Male 33 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4073
84* 24 Ng Wing Male 26 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4074
85* 37 Kwong Yip Male 25 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4075
86* 39 Cheong Sing Male 51 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4076
87* 80 Cheong Kum Chan Male 33 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4077
88* 81 Cheong Jim Po Male 43 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4078
89* 82 Cheong Young Foo Male 34 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4079
90* 83 Cheong Chui Wong Male 22 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4080
91* 84 Cheong Young Won Male 49 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4081
92* 85 Cheong Lin Foi Male 20 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4082
93* 86 Cheong Jin Tuck Male 44 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4083
94* 87 Lee Qwai Wong Male 40 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4084
95* 88 Kwong Kee Keong Male 20 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4085
96* 104 Yeung Ka Male 32 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4086
97* 105 Yeung On Male 25 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4087
98* 106 Yeung Pong Male 25 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4088
99* 107 Yeung Wong Male 29 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4089
Chinese in Transit for Havana by Steamer
100 50 Loo Maw Male 25 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
101 51 Loo Hang Sang Male 35 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
102 52 Wang Fun Male 25 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
103 53 Law Quai Male 20 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
104 64 Lee Say Sang Male 48 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
105 65 Chun Faw Woon Male 31 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
106 66 Chun Yue Kai Male 25 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
107 67 Ho Kaw Male 26 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
108 68 Sak Sew On Male 32 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
109 94 Lum Po Male 36 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895
Recapitulation Male Female Total
San Francisco 22 1 23
Champerico 12 12
San Jose Guat 17 17
Panama 25 1 26
Havana by rail 21 21
Havana by Steam 10 10
Total 107 2 109
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
If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts
In the No of Certificate column heading, Certificate has been crossed out and replaced by Ticket.
The Sex column was added by the original completer.
Occupation is Merchant for all male passengers for San Francisco and Laborer for all other male
passengers except the child.
Champerico is on the Pacific coast of Guatemala.
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.
7 Second name is most probably Gear. The letter looks something like a Y but lacks
the loop below the line present in other Ys that would make it Year.
12 Second name is most probably Get. The letter looks something like a Y but lacks
the loop below the line present in other Ys that would make it Yet.
13 Second name is most probably Ging. The letter looks something like a Y but lacks
the loop below the line present in other Ys that would make it Ying.
14 Initial letter of second name is obscured by the loop of a y in the line above.
It could be L, S, or D but it lacks the ornate loops seen in other capital S and
D in the list. It is slanted in the same fashion as Ls but the loop at the top
that appears in other Ls is not visible. It could be obscured by the above mentioned
y in the line above. Thus the name could be Soo or Doo but is more likely Loo.
23 Occupation is Servant. A second Last Residence is written in, "NY NY." There
is a note written in "Servant with Mr J.H. Jewett & family Landed by the
Collector personally in bond to depart at a stipulated time."
26 Second name could be Leui or Leiu but the dot is decidedly above the last spike.
49,52 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama Mar 18, 1895.
77 There is a note beside the Recapitulation "Note: The woman for Panama is a native of South
America but married to a Chinaman."
79-99 Departed per SSPR March 19, 1895. This is probably Southern Pacific RR.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 1, Vol 34 & 35, Manifest 9465.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
12 June 2003
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