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SS Coptic
I, H.St.George Lindsay, Master of the 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 13 day of Nov 1895, before me, (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Coptic whereof H.St.G. Lindsay is Master, from Hong Kong, burthen 2744 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.
Please scroll to the right to see all the information.
Certificates of Chinese Consul
1* 5 Sep 3/90 Choy Lin 42 San Francisco Landed on Bond
2* 6 Sep 3/90 Woo Sum 11 San Francisco Landed on Bond
3* 7 Sep 3/90 Woo Poon 7 San Francisco Landed on Bond
4 43 May 16/90 Tam Dack 43 Billings Landed 18-Nov Affadavit Merchant
5* 92 Dec 5/90 Gee Wah 45 Yellowstone Refused Departed per Steamer Coptic Hong Kong Nov 21 1895
6* 144 Aug 24/93 Ng Chang 53 Pa?aso Montana Landed 3-Dec Affadavit Merchant
Certificates of Collector of Customs
7* 639 43342 Mrs Jew M? Kue 21 San Francisco Landed 18-Nov Native of US
8* 640 43341 Miss Jew M? Get 12 San Francisco Landed 18-Nov Native of US
Certificates of Identification
9 1 Mar 21/95 Tam Kwai 20 Omaha Landed 30-Dec Merchant's son
10 2 Sep 4/94 Chue Ho Hing 21 Tucson Landed 23-Nov Native of US
11 3 Nov 3/94 Gee He 36 Oakland Landed 19-Nov Affadavit Merchant
12 4 Jan 3/94 Chue Cue Hing 39 Bakersfield Refused Departed per Steamer Gaelic, Hong Kong Dec 10 1895
13 9 Sep 4/93 Ham Soo 26 Siskiyou Landed 30-Nov Affadavit Merchant
14 10 Nov 4/94 Tam Sun Mow 20 San Francisco Refused USDC Habeas Corpus Case 11223
15 11 Dec 3/94 Chun Yuen 23 Alameda Landed 19-Nov Native of US
16 12 Dec 25/94 Tam Wing Chue 37 San Diego Landed 12-Dec Affadavit Merchant
17 14 Dec 8/94 Wing Sai Goon 46 Los Angeles Landed 22-Nov Affadavit Merchant
18 15 Dec 12/94 Wong Moy 29 Los Angeles Landed 22-Nov Affadavit Merchant
19 16 Sep 11/94 Tag Gang Mung 26 San Francisco Landed 18-Nov Affadavit Merchant
20 17 Jun 23/94 Quan Chew 31 Riverside Landed 26-Nov Affadavit Merchant
21 18 Aug 4/94 Lee Hong 36 Los Angeles Landed 22-Nov Affadavit Merchant
22 19 Oct 15/92 Lee Tsai 48 St Helana Landed 19-Nov Affadavit Merchant
23 20 Oct 15/92 Yue Low 47 Tucson Landed 23-Nov Affadavit Merchant
24 21 Oct 15/92 Yue Hee 3? Tucson Landed 26-Nov Affadavit Merchant
25* 22 Nov 20/93 Chong Ping Yuen 55 Moore's Flat Landed 21-Nov Affadavit Merchant
26 23 Mar 27/94 Quan Sonee 36 Los Angeles Landed 23-Nov Affadavit Merchant
27 24 Jun 12/94 Ng Quan 34 Los Angeles Landed 21-Nov Affadavit Merchant
28 34 Feb 5/95 Low Ching 31 Visalia Landed 19-Nov Affadavit Merchant
29 35 Nov 2/94 Wai Lung 38 San Francisco Landed 18-Nov Affadavit Merchant
30 36 Sep 21/94 Lue Yan 34 Los Angeles Refused Departed per Steamer Gaelic, Hong Kong Dec 10 1895
31 38 Jul 15/93 Wong Ming 54 Nevada City Landed 19-Nov Affadavit Merchant
32 39 Aug 7/94 Lim Tu Yue 48 Los Angeles Landed 22-Nov Affadavit Merchant
33 40 Oct 21/94 Lim Lip Hing 30 Los Angeles Landed 23-Nov Affadavit Merchant
34* 41 Jul 13/92 Gee ?ip 45 Oroville Landed 19-Nov Affadavit Merchant
35 42 May 7/95 Yue Yam Gong 42 Sacramento Landed 19-Nov Affadavit Merchant
36 51 Sep 4/94 Low Chew 33 San Francisco Landed 18-Nov Affadavit Merchant
37 52 Dec ?/93 Chew Yang Wah 37 Sonoma Landed ? Affadavit Merchant
38* 58 Jul 28/94 Gee Hee 32 Marshfield Landed 19-Nov Affadavit Merchant
39 59 Oct 18/93 Gee Fan 44 Oakland Refused Departed per Steamer Coptic Hong Kong Nov 21 1895
40 60 Sep 7/94 Gee Jong 40 Oakland Refused Departed per Steamer Coptic Hong Kong Nov 21 1895
41 62 Jan 16/94 Ho Ying 36 Stockton Landed 20-Nov Affadavit Merchant
42 63 Sep 4/93 Ho Chi 44 Placerville Landed 19-Nov Affadavit Merchant
43 64 Sep 8/93 Ho See 52 San Francisco Landed 15-Nov Affadavit Merchant
44 65 Sep 9/93 Joong Poo 28 Felton Refused Departed per Steamer Coptic Hong Kong Nov 21 1895
45 83 Nov 2/94 Jung Chung 36 San Francisco Landed 18-Nov Affadavit Merchant
46 84 Oct 21/94 Lung Lui Foon 29 Mobile Alabama Landed 19-Nov Affadavit Merchant
47 85 Sep 14/94 Wang Wah 33 Eureka Landed 21-Nov Affadavit Merchant
48 86 May 27/94 Tay Sing Fong 39 Marysville Landed 23-Nov Affadavit Merchant
49* 87 Aug 22/94 Wang How 28 Williams Landed 22-Nov Affadavit Merchant
50 88 Dec 7/93 Quong Lee Chung 47 Nogales Landed 21-Nov Affadavit Merchant
51 89 Sep 29/94 Wang Ching 32 Los Angeles Landed 22-Nov Affadavit Merchant
52 90 Nov 16/93 Yue Key Chung 44 Denver Refused Departed per Steamer Gaelic Hong Kong Dec 10 1895
53 91 Apr 22/94 Yue Hin Hung 27 San Francisco Landed 21-Nov Native of US
54 93 Nov 13/94 Gong Lee 35 San Rafael Landed 19-Nov Affadavit Merchant
55 94 Mar 1/95 Jong Hing 28 San Francisco Landed 15-Nov Affadavit Merchant
56 95 Aug 31/94 Leong Tuck 31 New Orleans Landed 19-Nov Affadavit Merchant
57 96 Jun 26/93 Leong Kum 30 New Orleans Landed 19-Nov Affadavit Merchant
58 111 Oct 6/93 Ying Quong 37 San Luis Obispo Landed 19-Nov Affadavit Merchant
59 112 Oct 4/93 Gui Hing 32 Ventura Landed 19-Nov Affadavit Merchant
60* 113 Mch 2/94 Yue Go?? Tung 32 Santa Barbara Landed 22-Nov Affadavit Merchant
61 119 Jul 24/94 Chow Mah Sing 36 Galveston Landed 19-Nov Affadavit Merchant
62 120 Sep 11/93 Woo How 32 San Francisco Landed 18-Nov Affadavit Merchant
63 121 July 21/94 Woo Gin 33 Tucson Landed 22-Nov Affadavit Merchant
64 122 Mch 3/94 Law Fook 21 Los Angeles Refused Departed per Steamer Gaelic Hong Kong Dec 10 1895
65 123 Oct 10/90 Se To Hing 40 Vallejo Landed 19-Nov Affadavit Merchant
66 128 Apr 2/95 Ng Fong 27 San Francisco Landed 18-Nov Affadavit Merchant
67 129 Jan 15/95 Sing Tung Liu 35 Pueblo Colo. Landed 21-Nov Affadavit Merchant
68* 130 Aug 21/94 Yue Gum Chong 34 Park City Landed 21-Nov Affadavit Merchant
69 131 Nov 15/94 Lan Man 32 Bakersfield Refused Departed per Steamer Gaelic Hong Kong Dec 10 1895
70* 137 Sep 3/94 Leong Chu 38 Sonora Landed 21-Nov Affadavit Merchant
71 138 May 10/94 Yee Tung 50 Chicago Landed 3-Dec Affadavit Merchant
72 139 May 21/94 Yue Tong Yum 45 Eureka Landed 22-Nov Affadavit Merchant
73* 142 Jan 5/94 Leung Chen 24 Napa Landed 16-Nov Merchant's wife
74* 143 Jan 5/94 Chun Don Tom 5 Landed 16-Nov Native of US
75* 638 Apr 2/95 Mo Low Shook 24 San Francisco Landed 18-Nov Affadavit Merchant
No Certificates
76* 66 Ho Sing 24 San Francisco Landed 30-Dec Native of US
77* 67 Ho Ching 17 San Francisco Landed 30-Dec Native of US
78* 68 Woo Sik 16 San Francisco Landed 28-Dec Native of US
79* 69 Chong Hoi 23 Bouldin Island Denied
80* 70 Tam Pang 22 San Francisco Denied
81* 71 Loo Sing 22 San Francisco Landed 28-Dec Native of US
82* 72 Ho Foo 18 San Francisco Landed 27-Jan 1896 Native of US
Total for San Fran 75 Men 4 Women 3 Boys 2 Girls
For Havana
Seang Chew
83* 8 Ng Hing 26 Sun Wai Landed "I.T." Transit List 4895
84* 13 Chang Wai 38 Sew Ming Landed "I.T." Transit List 4896
85* 25 Ng Woon 40 Sun Wai Landed "I.T." Transit List 4897
86* 26 Ng Tick 33 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 4898
87* 27 Ng Yong 21 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 4899
88* 28 Ng Poo 21 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 4900
89* 29 Ng Kwong 21 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 4901
90* 30 Ng Pick 21 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 4902
91* 31 Yong Man 40 Hack San Landed "I.T." Transit List 4903
92* 32 Yong Foo 32 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 4904
93* 33 Yong Chee 22 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 4905
94* 47 Chow Lai Choy 23 Shue Tuck Landed "I.T." Transit List 4906
95* 48 Chow Lai Chen 25 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 4907
96* 49 Chue Chok 26 Sun Ming Landed "I.T." Transit List 4908
97* 50 Chue King 23 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 4909
98* 53 Lee Wan Sang 37 Nam Hoi Landed "I.T." Transit List 4910
99* 54 Lee Kock Chong 15 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 4911
100* 55 Lee Chun Chong 20 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 4912
101* 56 Lee Che Cheong 20 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 4913
102* 57 Tock Sin 20 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 4914
103* 73 Wan Jan 23 Heong San Landed "I.T." Transit List 4915
104* 74 Wan Man 50 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 4916
105* 75 Wan Wai 32 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 4917
106* 76 Leong Lin Same 20 Sun Wai Landed "I.T." Transit List 4918
107* 77 Fung Hing Fat 34 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 4919
108* 78 Leong Sing Law 25 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 4920
109* 79 Leong Sing 26 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 4921
110* 80 Leong Fung 20 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 4922
111* 81 Lum Kum Lun 28 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 4923
112* 97 Leong Kai 27 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 4924
113* 98 Tung Hai 37 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 4925
114* 99 Sung Loo 35 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 4926
115* 100 Loo Tuen 37 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 4927
116* 101 Leong Foo 22 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 4928
117* 102 Leong Low 28 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 4929
118* 103 Leong Sing 21 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 4930
119* 104 Fung Yuen 16 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 4931
120 105 Yan Guen 43 Sun Mong Departed per City of Sydney, Panama, Nov 18, 1895
121 106 Lee Wah 44 " Departed per City of Sydney, Panama, Nov 18, 1895
122* ? Tong Ho 44 Sun Wai Landed "I.T." Transit List 4932
123* 115 Chow Chock 45 Hoi Ping Landed "I.T." Transit List 4933
124* 116 Chow Gew 25 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 4934
125* 117 Tong Sh?? 20 Sun Wai Landed "I.T." Transit List 4935
126* 124 Se To Man 34 Hoi Ping Landed "I.T." Transit List 4936
127* 125 Yue Pae 22 Sun Ning Landed "I.T." Transit List 4937
128* 126 Chue Chee Song 30 Hong Ning Landed "I.T." Transit List 4938
129* 127 Chue Chee Seong 36 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 4939
130* 132 Wong Wong Poi 46 Sun Ning Landed "I.T." Transit List 4940
131 133 Chun Ching 40 " Departed per City of Sydney, Panama, Nov 18, 1895
132* 134 Ng Chin 26 Sun Jue Landed "I.T." Transit List 4941
133* 135 Chun Sin 21 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 4942
134* 136 Chue Sow 24 Nam Hoi Landed "I.T." Transit List 4943
135* 140 Lee Lum Wing 50 Chu Yong Landed "I.T." Transit List 4944
136* 141 Lee Le Loy 28 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 4945
Total for Havana 54 Men
Panama
Sing Chan
137* 61 Leong Ting 28 Nam Hoi Landed "I.T." Transit List 4950
Total 1 Man
Merida*
Sing Chun
138* 82 Lee Ming 37 Sun Ning Landed "I.T." Transit List 4955
Total 1 Man
Acajutla*
Seang Chan
139* 107 Quan King 26 Nam Hoi Landed "I.T." Transit List 4951
140* 108 Wang Foo 26 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4952
141* 109 Lao Chee 24 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4953
142* 110 Ching Poy 24 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4954
Total 4 Men
Punta Arenas*
Seong Chun
143* 118 Ho Sai Lee 22 Heong Sun Landed "I.T." Transit List 4949
Total 1 Man
City of Mexico
Sing Chien
144* 44 Tam Po 25 Hoi Ping Landed "I.T." Transit List 4946
145* 45 Tam Sing 25 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4947
146* 46 Man Wing 39 Landed "I.T." Transit List 4948
Total 3 Men
Trinidad
Sing Chan
147 37 How King Yow 35 Sun Ning Departed per City of Sydney, Panama, Nov 18, 1895
Total 1 Man
Recapitulation Men Women Boys Girls
San Francisco 75 4 3 2
Havana 54
Panama 1
Merida 1
Acajutla 4
Punta Arenas 1
City of Mexico 3
Trinidad 140 4 3 2
Total 149*
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. Brackets [ ] are used to signify
information added by the transcriber.
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
The No of Certificate column has been divided into two columns. The first half has Ticket
written in under the No. of. The other half has dates entered. They are probably the
dates the certificates were issued.
Occupation is Grocer for for all passengers except as noted below.
The Last Residence column has some Chinese words entered for passengers not bound
for San Francisco. It seems likely that these are villages. At the top of each of the
non-San Francisco lists there are four words, two above the line and two on the line.
These are transcribed as written. Passengers with nothing in this column have ditto
marks signifying the same as the entry above them, but it is difficult to decipher
because these marks seem to occur also where there is an entry. There are also more
ditto marks than there are lines of passenger names. It is not customary for ISTG
to transcribe ditto marks, usually replacing them with the information they signify.
In this instance the ditto marks are used because it is not clear what information
they signify. Perhaps they mean the two words at the very top of the column so that
each passenger has these two words as well as the two that are on his line or the line
above him with an entry.
Merida is in Mexico. Punta Arenas is on the Strait of Magellan in Chile, but there is a
Puntarenas on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. Acajutla is in El Salvador.
The discrepancy between the number of transcribed passengers and the recapitulation is
probably due to the two children who are not listed separately from their mothers.
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 Occupation is "to join her husband."
2-3 Occupation is "girl with mother #5."
1-3 "Landed on Bond see Insp. Harrison." "Collector has all papers."
5 Last Residence is Yellowstone, Montana.
6 Last Residence is Pa?aso, Montana. This could be Pajaso, Payaso or Pagaso.
7-8 The names look like either Jew Me Kue and Jew Me Get or Jew McKue and Jew McGet.
These passengers have no occupation listed.
7 Listed as "Mrs [name] & child (boy)." Under the Native of US it says
"European ??" [another word].
25 Moore's Flat is listed as Nevada Co.
34 Second name could be Dip.
38 Marshfield is listed as in Coos Co.
49 Williams is listed as in Cocono Co. Ariz.
60 Second name could be Gowe.
68 Under Park City it says summer work.
70 Sonora is listed as Tuolomne Co.
73 Occupation is "to join her husband." After her name it says & Ch boy.
74 Occupation is "boy with mother." Besides Native of US he is listed as merchant's son.
75 There is a word that starts with E written under the Affadavit Merchant stamp.
It could be European.
76-82 Besides the Last Residence transcribed above there is Seong Chung Hoi Ping written
in at the head of the column with what appear to be ditto marks below it for the
rest of the passengers. See Last Residence note above.
77 Occupation is "with uncle #64."
78 Occupation is "cousin #65."
82 Was landed by Insp. Boyce.
83-119 per SPRR Nov 18, 1895. This is probably Southern Pacific Railroad.
119 Occupation is "with his uncle #69."
122-130 per SPRR Nov 18, 1895. This is probably Southern Pacific Railroad.
132-136 per SPRR Nov 18, 1895. This is probably Southern Pacific Railroad.
125 Second name is Shai or Shu.
137 per City of Sydney, Panama, Nov 18, 1895.
138 per SPRR Nov 18, 1895. This is probably Southern Pacific Railroad.
139-143 per City of Sydney, Panama, Nov 18, 1895.
144-146 per SPRR Nov 18, 1895. This is probably Southern Pacific Railroad.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 1, Vol. 34 & 35, Manifest 9493.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
6 June 2004
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