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SS Coptic
I, H.St.G. Lindsay, Master of the O&O SS Coptic 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) H.St.G. Lindsay
Sworn to this 24th day of June 1895, before me, (signature) JJ Tobin, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the O&O SS Coptic whereof
H.St.G. Lindsay is Master, from China & Japan, burthen 4352 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.
1 1 Lee Chun 34 Dakota Landed 29-Jun Missionary
2 4 Ng Yow 26 SF Landed 28-Jun Affadavit Merchant
3* 7 Chin ?ock 37 SF Landed 29-Jun Affadavit Merchant
4 8 Chang Pack 34 SF Landed 28-Jun Affadavit Merchant
5 9 Woo Wong 51 SF Landed 26-Jun Affadavit Merchant
6 10 Wong Yuck Sang 35 SF Landed 27-Jun Affadavit Merchant
7 11 Wong Hue 30 SF Landed 29-Jun Affadavit Merchant
8 12 Wy Shee 33 SF Landed 29-Jun Affadavit Merchant
9 13 Gin Keang Quong 43 Oakland Refused Departed per Str Coptic Hong Kong Jul 3 1895
10 14 Gin Quong Fong 28 San Luis Obispo Refused Departed per Str Coptic Hong Kong Jul 3 1895
11 15 Gin Soo 30 San Luis Obispo Refused Departed per Str Coptic Hong Kong Jul 3 1895
12* 16 Gin Yee 41 San Luis Obispo Landed Affadavit Merchant
13 17 Chan Chew 32 Oregon Landed 29-Jun Affadavit Merchant
14 34 Leong Chee 41 Sacramento Refused Departed per Str Coptic Hong Kong Jul 3 1895
15 35 Wong Foo 32 Stockton Landed 29-Jun Affadavit Merchant
16 36 Wong Sing 41 Arizona Landed 29-Jun Affadavit Merchant
17 37 Yee Gin 30 Denver Colo Refused Departed per Str Coptic Hong Kong Jul 3 1895
18 38 Yee Chun Sing 30 Utah Landed 29-Jun Affadavit Merchant
19* 39 Chan Man Poy 45 not on board
20 45 Chun Choy 36 San Jose Landed 28-Jun Affadavit Merchant
21* 52 Lock See 29 SF Landed "I.T." Transit List 4710
22 53 Fong Yee Shung 38 Denver Colo Landed ?-Jul Affadavit Merchant
23 54 Jung Soon 45 SF Landed 28-Jun Affadavit Merchant
24 55 Lee Yuen 37 SF Landed 27-Jun Affadavit Merchant
25 56 Woo Hing 31 Colusa Landed 29-Jun Affadavit Merchant
26* 57 Woo Ping 19 SF Refused Habeas Corpus Case 111?7
27 58 Woo Ning Lock 37 Nevada Landed 29-Jun Affadavit Merchant
28 59 Woo Chong 37 Colorado Landed 29-Jun Affadavit Merchant
29 64 Lai Kwan 30 SF Landed 27-Jun Affadavit Merchant
30 72 Woo Gune 34 SF Landed 27-Jun Affadavit Merchant
31 81 Fong Shew Cheong 26 SF Landed 27-Jun Affadavit Merchant
32 88 Lee Young 34 SF Landed ? Affadavit Merchant
33 89 Lee Jung 39 Stockton Landed ? Affadavit Merchant
Total for San Francisco 32 Men
For Havana
34 2 Chew Choy Wah 22 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4582
35 3 Chew Fat Kwong 41 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4583
36 5 Chew Noon 40 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4584
37 6 Chew Qwan 50 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4585
38 18 Cheong Kwong 36 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4586
39 19 Cheong Ling 21 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4587
40 20 Ho Chee 21 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4588
41 21 Wang On 30 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4589
42 22 Chew Sun 24 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4590
43 23 Woo Kaw 25 Landed "I.T." Transit List ?
44 24 Lai Kit 30 Landed "I.T." Transit List ?
45* 40 Fung Yot 47 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4593
46* 41 Fung Tang 15 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4594
47* 46 Lee Yan 35 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4595
48* 47 Kwan Kee 25 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4596
49* 48 Kwock Fook 30 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4597
50 51 Lum Lin Kum 37 Departed per str Acapulco Panama Jul 8 1895
51* 60 Woo Yew Chong 44 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4598
52 61 Tam Young 34 Departed per Str Acapulco Panama Jul 8 1895
53 62 Tam Ching 29 Departed per Str Acapulco Panama Jul 8 1895
54 63 Tam Yuen 35 Departed per Str Acapulco Panama Jul 8 1895
55 64 Tam Mok 35 Departed per Str Acapulco Panama Jul 8 1895
56 65 Tam Hin 40 Departed per Str Acapulco Panama Jul 8 1895
57 66 Goo Fot 20 Departed per Str Acapulco Panama Jul 8 1895
58 67 Goo Cho 21 Departed per Str Acapulco Panama Jul 8 1895
59 68 Chun Wah Chee 28 Departed per Str Acapulco Panama Jul 8 1895
60 70 Low Hing 28 Departed per Str Acapulco Panama Jul 8 1895
61 71 Low Ming 31 Departed per Str Acapulco Panama Jul 8 1895
62 85 Lum Mok Song 20 Departed per Str Acapulco Panama Jul 8 1895
63* 86 see woman list Departed per Str Acapulco Panama Jul 8 1895
64* 87 see woman list Departed per Str Acapulco Panama Jul 8 1895
65* 90 Leong Soy 21 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4599
66* 91 Leong Kan 27 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4600
Total for Havana 31 Men 1 Woman 1 Girl
For Bluefields
67 73 Chong Sing Woo 26 Departed per Str Acapulco Panama Jul 8 1895
68 74 Chong Seong 24 Departed per Str Acapulco Panama Jul 8 1895
69 75 Chong Tuck Ming 31 Departed per Str Acapulco Panama Jul 8 1895
70 78 Chang Chock 22 Departed per Str Acapulco Panama Jul 8 1895
71 77 Mah Tang Mow 28 Departed per Str Acapulco Panama Jul 8 1895
72 78 Joe Sang 26 Departed per Str Acapulco Panama Jul 8 1895
73 79 Leong Wah Ying 25 Departed per Str Acapulco Panama Jul 8 1895
74* 82 Kuen Soy Tin 48 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4605
75* 83 Kum Fook Tin 45 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4606
76* 84 Kum Jung 28 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4607
Total for Bluefields 10 Men
For Panama
77 31 Chun Tick Koo 42 Departed per Str Acapulco Panama Jul 8 1895
78 32 Chun How Sow 21 Departed per Str Acapulco Panama Jul 8 1895
79 33 Chun Choy 21 Departed per Str Acapulco Panama Jul 8 1895
80 49 Ho Chin 44 Departed per Str Acapulco Panama Jul 8 1895
81 80 Chun Yuck 22 Departed per Str Acapulco Panama Jul 8 1895
Total for Panama 5 Men
For San Jose de Guatemala
82 25 Kwan Hoo 33 Departed per Str Acapulco Panama Jul 8 1895
83 26 Kwan Ching 22 Departed per Str Acapulco Panama Jul 8 1895
84* 27 Kwan Pong 22 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4601
85* 28 Kwan Sum 35 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4602
86* 29 Chun Kow 40 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4603
87* 30 Sum Sing 22 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4604
Total for San Jose de Guatemala 6 Men
For La Libertad
88 42 Joe King 32 Departed per Str Acapulco Panama Jul 8 1895
89 43 Sam Pai 23 Departed per Str Acapulco Panama Jul 8 1895
90 44 Sam Hing 22 Departed per Str Acapulco Panama Jul 8 1895
91 50 Soo Wan 22 Departed per Str Acapulco Panama Jul 8 1895
Woman List for Havana
63* 86 Hong Ng Ho 35 see page 2
64* 87 Lum Yu Moy 11 see page 2
Woman List for San Francisco
92* 630 Mrs Pun Liao 19
93* 4 Miss Pun Liao 14
Recapitulation Men Women Boys Girls Total
San Francisco 32 2 34
Havana 31 1 1 33
Panama 5 5
S J de Guat 6 6
La Libertad 4 4
Bluefields 10 10
Total 88 3 1 92*
96* 1 Chin Hom 30 Merchant SF
97* 2 Hop Hong 25 Merchant Chicago
98* 3 See Yup 38 Doctor El Paso
99* 4 Sue Ging 20 Student New York
100*5 Wong Sing 40 Merchant SF
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,except as noted below).
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:
No of Certificate
Height
Complexion
Color of Eyes
Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification
Occupation is recorded as Grocer for all male passengers on the main list.
Last place of Residence is China for all passengers not bound for San Francisco.
There is a La Libertad on the coasts of Ecuador and El Salvador and in the interior
of Nicaragua. Bluefields is on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua.
The difference between the captain's total and the transcribed total is the passenger for
San Francisco who did not board.
There is a hand written note on the cover sheet:
"Occidental and Oriental Steamship Co, San Francisco, June 25, 1895
WW Presbury, Esq., Custom House Inspector
Dear Sir: We beg to inform you that the numbers of Chinese ??.(cut off) Coptic voyage 10
arrived June 23rd destined for Bluefields w??(cut off) changed their destination to
Havana are as follows: #82,83,84.
Yours truly, (signature) S. Silver??? (cut off)
There is no evidence of Inspector Grant's Report referred to for passengers 94 and 95. It
might be in the records at the San Bruno National Archives branch.
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.
3 Second name is Lock or Gock. The initial letter has a loop at the top that is larger
than in other Ls yet not shaped exactly like other Gs. The letter looks more like a G
than an L.
12 Denied is written in in the Last Residence column. The Inspector who landed this
passenger was O'Leary, not Grant, probably because he was not landed immediately.
There is no date in the Landing blank.
19 This name is crossed out and the third name may have one or two letters at the end
that are illegible.
21 Denied is written on this passenger's line. It would be unusual for a San Francisco
passenger to have a Transit List number. Perhaps this is why.
26 Habeas Corpus Case Number is probably 11177.
45-49,51,65-66 Departed per SPRR June 24, 1895. This is probably Southern Pacific Railroad.
63-64 There are notes on these lines "To join her husband Lam Yan" "with her mother No 86."
74-76 "Changed to Havana per SPRR" This is probably Southern Pacific Railroad.
84-87 Departed per SPRR June 24, 1895. This is probably Southern Pacific Railroad.
92-93 There is a note "Landed temporarily by order of Dep Coll etc.--see Grant Rept July 3,'95"
96-100 These passengers are listed on a separate page that has no information entered
in the blanks at the top, including the name of the vessel. It is identified as
Coptic by someone who wrote "Coptic June 24, 1895, Hong Kong" on the body of the page.
The handwriting of the names is different from that on the other pages of this list and
different from that of the person who wrote Coptic on the page. It is possible
that these were cabin passengers; they were always listed separately. It is also
possible that it is not a Coptic list.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 1, Vol. 34 & 35, Manifest 9476.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
15 December 2003
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