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SS Coptic
I, H.St G. Lindsay, Master of the Br Str 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 22 day January of 1896, 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.
Certificates of Identification
1 1 Aug 6/94 Jae Lee 31 Ardmore Ind Landed 24-Jan Affadavit Merchant
2 11 Apr 3/95 Dea Leong Foon 41 San Francisco Landed 24-Jan Affadavit Merchant
3 12 Oct 5/94 Dea Gong 35 Nevada City Landed 27-Jan Affadavit Merchant
4 13 Oct 20/94 Dang Che Chun 27 Watsonville Landed 31-Jan Affadavit Merchant
5 14 June 3/95 Chun Jao 27 San Francisco Landed 21-Jan Affadavit Merchant
6 17 Sept 25/93 Low Chun Yin 37 Red Bluff Landed 27-Jan Affadavit Merchant
7* 18 Jew Seat Quong 20 Refused USDC Habeas Corpus Case 112321
8 19 Apr 22/95 How Jee 28 San Francisco Landed 27-Jan Affadavit Merchant
9 20 Dec 18/94 Wong Toy 29 San Francisco Landed 26-Jan Affadavit Merchant
10 21 Mch 2/95 Wong Chung 47 San Francisco Landed 26-Jan Affadavit Merchant
11 22 Oct 27/94 Jaw Tuck Poo 31 San Francisco Landed 26-Jan Affadavit Merchant
12* 23 Sept 27/95 Lee Lung 21 Sac Co. Landed 31-Jan Native of US
13 24 Oct 25/90 Fong Mow 36 Tehama Landed 27-Jan Affadavit Merchant
14 25 Nov 15/93 Wong Sik 42 Riverside Landed 29-Jan Affadavit Merchant
15 32 Apr 3/93 Wong Mok Chong 49 Bozeman Landed 26-Jan Affadavit Merchant
16 33 May 10/95 Ham Mo 30 Watsonville Landed 31-Jan Affadavit Merchant
17 34 Dec 3/94 Chan Hui 35 Suisun Landed 13-Feb Affadavit Merchant
18 39 Dec 19/94 Ching Nang Wan 55 Sacramento Landed 27-Jan Affadavit Merchant
19* 40 Sept 13/95 Ching Geen 12 Sacramento Landed 27-Jan Affadavit Merchant
20 47 Dec 15/94 Young Wing 29 Hanford Landed 3-Feb Affadavit Merchant
21* 48 Sue Tong Kang 21 Landed Native of US
22* 59 Sept 2/95 Kam Sai 45 San Francisco Landed 4-Jan Wife of Merchant
23 60 Nov 7/94 Gu Sick Ming 34 Los Angeles Landed 1-Feb Affadavit Merchant
24 61 90758 Loey Loi 23 Santa Barbara Landed 1-Feb Native of US
25 64 Jan 5/94 Wang Jung 42 Sacramento Landed 27-Jan Affadavit Merchant
26 65 Aug 10/95 Dong Kee 46 Santa Rosa Landed 27-Jan Affadavit Merchant
No Certificates
Seong Chan
27* 57 Kwan Moe 21 Poo Gu? Landed 11-Feb Native of US
28* 58 Kwan Lai 19 Landed 11-Feb Native of US
For Panama
Seong Chan
29 35 Ho Lai Wan 45 Sam Sue Departed per SS San Blas, Panama January 28, 1896
30 36 Ho Sun Kow 33 " Departed per SS San Blas, Panama January 28, 1896
31 37 Ho Chew Kow 36 " Departed per SS San Blas, Panama January 28, 1896
32 38 Hoo Ho Yuen 31 " Departed per SS San Blas, Panama January 28, 1896
33 41 Yue Chen Chue 24 Sun Ning Departed per SS San Blas, Panama January 28, 1896
34 42 Yue Hin Jung 44 " Departed per SS San Blas, Panama January 28, 1896
35 43 Yue Koon Che 35 " Departed per SS San Blas, Panama January 28, 1896
36 44 Yue Ming Soig 46 " Departed per SS San Blas, Panama January 28, 1896
37 45 Yip Foo 25 " Departed per SS San Blas, Panama January 28, 1896
38 51 Yue Chu Choy 12 " Departed per SS San Blas, Panama January 28, 1896
For Callao*
Seong Chan
39 27 Yue Chow Chung 42 Sun Ning Departed per SS San Blas, Panama January 28, 1896
For Havana
Seong Chun
40* 2 Yue Kam Mo 45 Sun Ning Landed "I.T." Transit List 5054
41* 3 Kwong Hop 23 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 5055
42 4 Chue Tin Chick 37 Hock San Departed per SS San Blas, Panama January 28, 1896
43 5 Chue Man 26 " Departed per SS San Blas, Panama January 28, 1896
44* 6 Yue Man Wah 28 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 5056
45* 7 Cha Qwan 24 Sun Ning Landed "I.T." Transit List 5057
46* 8 Cha Kan 20 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 5058
47* 9 Cha Hee Sick 40 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 5059
48* 10 Cha Hee Tue 45 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 5060
Seong Chuen
49* 15 Jung Soy 30 Sun Ning Landed "I.T." Transit List 5061
50* 16 Ly Mok 43 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 5062
51* 26 Yue Man Song 37 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 5063
52* 28 Wong Lin 29 Sun Wai Landed "I.T." Transit List 5064
53* 29 Wong Ngai 39 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 5065
54 30 Ko Hing 23 Heung San Departed per SS San Blas, Panama January 28, 1896
55* 46 Yue Sum 22 Sun Ning Landed "I.T." Transit List 5066
56 49 Ng Way Chun 26 Kwai Sen Departed per SS San Blas, Panama January 28, 1896
57 50 Ng Sum Yue 35 " Departed per SS San Blas, Panama January 28, 1896
58* 52 Leong You 31 Sun Tack Landed "I.T." Transit List 5067
59* 53 Tong Tye 29 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 5068
60* 54 Loe Ying 24 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 5069
61* 55 Lee Jun 20 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 5070
62* 56 Tong Fai Loy 26 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 5071
63* 62 Tam How 38 Sun Ning Landed "I.T." Transit List 5072
64* 63 Woo Chan Wo 45 Hoi Ping Landed "I.T." Transit List 5073
65* 66 Ho Yat 25 Sin Sack Landed "I.T." Transit List 5074
Recapitulation Men Women Boys Girls Total
San Francisco 23 4 1 28
Panama 9 1 10
Callao 1 1
Havana 26 26
Total 59 4 2 65
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
The number of Certificate column has been divided into two sections. One has numbers,
presumably ticket numbers and the other dates, probably the date of issuance of the certificate.
Occupation is Grocer for all passengers except as noted below.
Callao is the port for Lima, Peru.
The Last Residence column has some Chinese words entered for passengers not bound
for San Francisco. It seems likely that these are villages. Some of these entries
are written with two words above the line followed by two more 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 extra words in an entry above them so
that each passenger has these two words as well as the two that are on his line.
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 In the No of Certificate column "Letter DDS #116" is written.
12 Last Residence is very difficult to read Wal??? (Goose?) Sac County.
19 Occupation is "boy with father #47."
21 In the No of Certificate column "Letter DDS #115" is written.
21-22 Occupation is "to join her husband." Woman is written after their ages.
22 Landing date is clearly written January 4.
27 Something is written in the No of Certificate column, possibly Deposit.
There is a long, partially legible note: "woman to join her husband
I 404 ?? Calif 3-17-48 no relating SF F16 name request ???? Calif dated 3/10/46."
27-28 Woman is written after their ages.
40-41 "Landed temporarily."
40-41,44-53,55,58-65 Departed per SPRR January 25, 1896. This is probably
The Southern Pacific Railroad.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 1, Vol. 34 & 35, Manifest 9506.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
24 August 2004
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