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SS China
I, W.B.Seabury, Master of the British Steamer 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 26 day of Dec 1895, before me, (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Br Str China whereof W.B.Seabury is Master, from Hong Kong, burthen 2400.62 tons
Columns represent: Number, No of Certificate*, Name, Age, Sex*, 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 1 Sin Ah Loo 33 M San Bu??????e Landed 3-Jan Affadavit merchant
2 2 Chew That 29 M Helena Landed 30-Dec Affadavit merchant
3 3 Chow Doh Tim 36 M San Francisco Landed 3-Jan Affadavit merchant
4 4 Fong Wing 40 M Michigan Landed 3-Jan Affadavit merchant
5 5 Wong Wah 60 M San Francisco Landed 28-Dec Affadavit merchant
6 6 Wong Ah Hain 22 M San Francisco Landed 30-Dec Native of US
7* 7 Ah Ko 14 M San Jose Landed 30-Dec Native of US
8 8 Long Yick 25 M Los Angeles Landed 8-Jan Affadavit merchant
9 9 Sz Hoo How 29 M San Francisco Landed 30-Dec Native of US
10 10 Chin Ling Hok 43 M Lead Landed 30-Dec Affadavit merchant
11 11 Toy Fuck Lee 41 M Helena Landed 30-Dec Affadavit merchant
12 12 Gee Gik 29 M San Francisco denied
13 26 Wong Bu 36 M San Francisco Landed 30-Dec Affadavit merchant
14 27 Chang Hoy 32 M San Francisco Landed 28-Dec Affadavit merchant
15 30 Wong Tai Wing 42 M San Francisco Landed 8-Jan Affadavit merchant
16 31 Low Poy 35 M San Francisco Landed 30-Dec Affadavit merchant
17 47 Jew Wak Sing 32 M San Francisco Landed 6-Jan Affadavit merchant
18 48 Joe W Shing 37 M Mason City Landed 30-Dec Affadavit merchant
19 49 Jew Ah Soon 26 M San Francisco Landed 26-Dec Citizen of US
20 50 Jew Fook Sam 22 M San Francisco Landed 30-Dec Native of US
21 51 Chin Ming Shu 27 M Pittsburg Pen Landed 30-Dec Affadavit merchant
22 52 Gin Ah Quong 34 M Solomon Ariz Landed 30-Dec Affadavit merchant
23 53 Jim Bock 32 M San Francisco Landed 30-Dec Affadavit merchant
24 54 Jaong Leong 24 M San Francisco Landed 30-Dec Native of US
25 55 Sam Young Chun 34 M Pennington ? Landed 30-Dec Citizen of US
26* 56 Chun Kam 26 M none Landed
27 57 Gee Hung Cheung 42 M Winnemucca Landed 30-Dec Affadavit merchant
28 58 Jew Yim 36 M St Louis Landed 30-Dec Affadavit merchant
29 70 Lee Win Sing 38 M Grass Valley Landed 30-Dec Affadavit merchant
30 71 Yuen Jee Kwong 35 M Grass Valley Landed 30-Dec Affadavit merchant
31 72 Lim Quac 36 M Courtland Cal Landed 30-Dec Affadavit merchant
32 73 Lom Pain 35 M San Francisco Landed 30-Dec Affadavit merchant
33 74 Lee Chew Gong 30 M Grass Valley Landed 30-Dec Affadavit merchant
34 75 You Chung 47 M Grass Valley Landed 30-Dec Affadavit merchant
35 76 Lee Quoi 50 M Carson Nev Landed 3-Jan Affadavit merchant
36 77 Sam Lee 42 M Omaha Landed 30-Dec Affadavit merchant
37 82 Quan Mon Chew 20 M San Francisco Landed 11-Jan Native of US
38 87 Chin Din 40 M Allegheny Landed 30-Dec Affadavit merchant
39* 88 Wong Lin 2 M San Francisco Landed 28-Dec Native of US
40* 89 Ho Yuk Choy 19 F Landed 3-Jan Native of US
41* 90 Ho Kum Choy 22 F Landed 3-Jan Native of US
42 93 Ah Sam 37 M Gila Co Ariz Landed 30-Dec Affadavit merchant
43 96 Yee Sing 40 M San Francisco Landed 30-Dec Affadavit merchant
44 98 Lee Tong 39 M San Francisco Landed 30-Dec Affadavit merchant
45* 99 Jong Yi? Hing 32 M San Francisco Landed 30-Dec Affadavit merchant
46 100 Chang Sing Eng 25 M San Francisco
47 101 Wong Chun Lin 42 M Red Bluff Landed 30-Dec Affadavit merchant
48 102 Wong King 35 M Red Bluff Landed 30-Dec Affadavit merchant
49 103 Jay Lin 26 M San Francisco Landed 30-Dec Affadavit merchant
50 104 Hoy Quong 31 M San Francisco Landed 28-Dec Affadavit merchant
51 105 Jan Hong Yan 33 M Merced Landed 30-Dec Affadavit merchant
52* 106 Sue Chin 18 M Merced Landed 11-Jan Native of US
53 107 Mark Kim 30 M Caldwell IdahoLanded 30-Dec Affadavit merchant
54* Ah Lun 35 F Japan Landed "I.T." Transit List 5000
Chinese in transit for Havana by Rail
55* 25 Leong Man Chee 45 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 5001
56* 28 Chew Paig 32 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 5002
57* 34 Yang Foon 35 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 5003
58* 35 Yang Yow Poy 21 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 5004
59* 36 Yang Soy Cheong22 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 5005
60* 37 Yang Soy Yan 27 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 5006
61* 38 Yang Soy Tang 31 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 5007
62* 39 Yang Quan Wang 20 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 5008
63* 60 Leong Jan 33 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 5009
64* 78 Lew Lung Wai 43 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 5010
65* 79 Lew Sha Jim 24 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 5011
66* 83 Yang Tai Fook 58 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 5012
67* 84 Yaw yan 28 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 5013
68* 85 Yue Wah 40 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 5014
Chinese in transit for Havana by Steamer
69 32 Cheng Yuen 22 M China Departed per SS San Jose, Panama, December 28, 1895
70 33 Chang Too 23 M China Departed per SS San Jose, Panama, December 28, 1895
71 61 Cheong Kan Yan 26 M China Departed per SS San Jose, Panama, December 28, 1895
72 62 Cheong Wai Chong 27 M China Departed per SS San Jose, Panama, December 28, 1895
73 63 Yip Fat Leong 29 M China Departed per SS San Jose, Panama, December 28, 1895
74 80 Yaw Sing Kee 35 M China Departed per SS San Jose, Panama, December 28, 1895
75 81 Yaw Yuen Sing 26 M China Departed per SS San Jose, Panama, December 28, 1895
Chinese in Transit for Salina Cruz
76* 40 Lee Ping 44 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 5021
77 41 Lu Key Choy 46 M China Departed per SS City of Panama, Panama, Jany 2?, 1896
78 42 Lu Pang 20 M China Departed per SS City of Panama, Panama, Jany 2?, 1896
79 43 Lu Jung Hock 24 M China Departed per SS City of Panama, Panama, Jany 2?, 1896
80 44 Lu Sang Young 34 M China Departed per SS City of Panama, Panama, Jany 2?, 1896
81 45 Chun Cheong Sing 20 M China Departed per SS City of Panama, Panama, Jany 2?, 1896
82 46 Kock Soy Yow 20 M China Departed per SS City of Panama, Panama, Jany 2?, 1896
83* 64 Kwan Sik 25 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 5015
84* 65 Kwan Kam 20 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 5016
85* 66 Wong Hu 23 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 5017
86* 67 Law Sik 28 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 5018
87* 68 Ng Lum 26 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 5019
88* 69 Wong How 21 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 5020
89* 86 Law Mow 22 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 5022
Chinese in Transit for Trinidad
90 97 Lee Lock 38 M China Departed per SS San Jose, Panama, December 28, 1895
Chinese in Transit for Panama
91 13 Fung Ho 49 M China Departed per SS San Jose, Panama, December 28, 1895
92 14 Fong Poe 22 M China Departed per SS San Jose, Panama, December 28, 1895
93 15 Chun Yat Cho 25 M China Departed per SS San Jose, Panama, December 28, 1895
94 16 Sum Qwai 22 M China Departed per SS San Jose, Panama, December 28, 1895
95 17 Fan See 39 M China Departed per SS San Jose, Panama, December 28, 1895
96 18 Chow Tai 20 M China Departed per SS San Jose, Panama, December 28, 1895
97 19 Cheong Wai San 28 M China Departed per SS San Jose, Panama, December 28, 1895
98 20 Cheong Jan 20 M China Departed per SS San Jose, Panama, December 28, 1895
99 21 Pong Kam 28 M China Departed per SS San Jose, Panama, December 28, 1895
100 22 Chun Yew Kee 50 M China Departed per SS San Jose, Panama, December 28, 1895
101 23 Chun Hoi 32 M China Departed per SS San Jose, Panama, December 28, 1895
102 24 Too Yee 22 M China Departed per SS San Jose, Panama, December 28, 1895
103 29 Ho Hing Yuen 20 M China Departed per SS San Jose, Panama, December 28, 1895
104 59 Kock Chun 46 M China Departed per SS San Jose, Panama, December 28, 1895
105 91 Pang Yue 12 M China Departed per SS San Jose, Panama, December 28, 1895
106 92 Chun Chung 12 M China Departed per SS San Jose, Panama, December 28, 1895
107 94 Chun Poo Cho 38 M China Departed per SS San Jose, Panama, December 28, 1895
108 95 Chun Long San 37 M China Departed per SS San Jose, Panama, December 28, 1895
Recapitulation M F Total
San Francisco 51 3 54
Havana (rail) 14 14
Havana (steamer) 7 7
Salina Cruz 14 14
Trinidad 1 1
Panama 18 18
Total 105 3 108
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 O'Leary).
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
Certificate is crossed out in the No of Certificate column, replaced by Ticket.
The Sex column was added by the original completer.
Occupation is Merchant for all passengers bound for San Francisco except as
noted below and Laborer for all others.
Last Place of Residence column has "in US" added to it.
Salina Cruz is on the Pacific coast of Mexico.
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 Occupation is Student.
26 Occupation is Servant. Passenger was "Landed by letter of ? ? CS Hamilton Dec 25."
The last column has a partially legible entry "? to Chinese Consulate."
39 Occupation is Student.
40-41 Occupation is None. Fem is written in the last column.
45 Occupation is Actor.
52 Occupation is Student.
54 Occupation is Nurse. "Servant with JJ Kesevick family in transit for Europe.
See Cabin List. Departed for England visit by railroad 27 Dec 1895."
55-68 Departed per SPRR. This is probably the Southern Pacific Railroad.
76,83-89 Departed per SS City of Panama, Panama, Jany 2?, 1896
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 1, Vol. 34 & 35, Manifest 9503.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
2 July 2004
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