Immigrant Ships
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SS Oceanic

I, W.M. Smith, Master of the O&O SS Oceanic 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.M. Smith
Sworn to this 17 day of Sep 1894, before me, NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the O&O SS Oceanic whereof
W.M. Smith is Master, from Hong Kong & Yokohama, burthen 3808 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.

        For San Frrancisco

 1  1   Pang   Luen      31 Grocer Bakersfield Landed    Affdt Merchant
 2  2   Wong   Min  Hin  43 Grocer San Fran    Landed    Affdt Merchant
 3  3   Qwan   Yick      27 Grocer San Fran    Landed    Affdt Merchant
 4  4   Wong   Nin       37 Grocer New York    Landed    Affdt Merchant
 5  13  Pang   Moo       36 Grocer San Fran    Landed    Affdt Merchant
 6  17  Chow   Yick Mow  41 Grocer Louisiana   Landed    Affdt Merchant
 7  18  Chow   Sing Lee  26 Grocer Florida     Landed    Affdt Merchant
 8  19  Chow   Mai       37 Grocer Florida     Landed    Affdt Merchant
 9  20  Chue   We   Sing 20 Grocer San Fran    Refused   Habeas Corpus USDC Case 1110?
10  21  Tam    See       43 Grocer San Fran    Landed    Affdt Merchant
11  22  Chow   Moon      36 Grocer San Fran    Landed    Affdt Merchant
12  23  Jung   Shun      43 Grocer San Fran    Landed    Affdt Merchant
13  24  Fong   Wing      42 Grocer San Fran    Landed    Affdt Merchant
14  25  Tang   Wah  Pang 50 Grocer Visalia     Landed    Affdt Merchant
15  26  Fong   Hin       45 Grocer San Fran    Landed    Affdt Merchant
16* 27  Chun   Che  ?e   29 Grocer Napa        Landed    Affdt Merchant
17  28  Yee    Sin  Tin  25 Grocer Reno Nev    Landed    Affdt Merchant
18  30  Jung   Man  Foon 23 Grocer San Fran    Landed    Affdt Merchant
19  31  Hue    Hay       27 Grocer San Fran    Landed    Affdt Merchant
20  32  Quan   San       33 Grocer San Fran    Landed    Affdt Merchant
21  34  Lee    Woo       48 Grocer San Fran    Landed    Affdt Merchant
22  36  Qwan   Nai       36 Grocer San Fran    Landed    Affdt Merchant
23  37  Ching  Chun      51 Grocer San Fran    Landed    Affdt Merchant
24  38  Ching  Hin  Poy  50 Grocer San Fran    Landed    Affdt Merchant
25  39  Ng     Kue       36 Grocer Carlin Nev  Landed    Affdt Merchant
26  40  Choy   Luen Yick 40 Grocer San Fran    Landed    Affdt Merchant
27  42  Fong   Wing      39 Grocer Chicago     Landed    Affdt Merchant
28* 43  Wong   Qwai Kew  25 woman              Landed    
29  46  Lee    Man       23 Grocer San Fran    Refused   Habeas Corpus USDC Case ?
30* 958 Chan   Pon          Mcht   Hong Kong   Refused   Departed per steamer Oceanic Hong Kong Seo 25 1894

        For Havana

31* 15  Chow   Kam       23 Grocer             Landed "I.T." Transit List 3???
32* 16  Wong   Wing      34 Grocer             Landed "I.T." Transit List 3???  
33* 35  Ng     Chai      41 Grocer             Landed "I.T." Transit List 3??? 
34* 45  Cheong Sin       34 Grocer             Departed per steamer Colima Panama Sep 18 1894    

        For Bluefields*

35* 5   Chew   Kin       39 Grocer             Landed "I.T." Transit List ???? 
36* 6   Chow   San       44 Grocer             Landed "I.T." Transit List ???? 
37* 7   Lee    Kit       44 Grocer             Landed "I.T." Transit List ???? 
38* 8   Mak    Ho        37 Grocer             Landed "I.T." Transit List ???? 
39* 9   Fung   Yap       37 Grocer             Landed "I.T." Transit List ???? 
40* 10  Chack  Tue       50 Grocer             Landed "I.T." Transit List ???? 
41* 11  Chai   Seong     37 Grocer             Landed "I.T." Transit List ????
42* 41  Lee    Chung     10 Boy                Landed "I.T." Transit List ????

        For Panama

43  12  Yuen   Yam       27 Grocer             Departed per steamer Colima Panama Sep 18 1894    
44* 29  Chai   Mai       28 Grocer             Landed "I.T." Transit List 3784
45* 33  Leong  Yat       29 Grocer             Landed "I.T." Transit List 3785
46  45  Ng    Ning Chock 48 Grocer             Departed per steamer Colima Panama Sep 18 1894    

        For La Libertad*

47* 14  Kwan   Tong      29 Grocer             Landed "I.T." Transit List 3???

         Recapitulation  
            For San Francisco 28 Men 1 Woman       29
            For Havana        4  Men                4
            For Bluefields    7  Men         1 Boy  8
            For Panama        4  Men                4
            For La Libertad   1  Man                1
                                            Total  46*           


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 inforamtion 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 appears to be a system of numbering the manifests.  In this portion of
 the film the numbers are not in exact order.  These numbers are included in the 
 identification of the film and reel numbers below.

For passengers bound for San Francisco, passengers' names, etc., 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) 1894 by  Insp's 
 (blank for a name, in this case Grant). The dates on this list are illegible.
 
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 destination 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

Occupation is universally recorded as Merchant or Grocer because following the Chinese 
 Exclusion Act of May 6, 1882 admission was denied to all Chinese except laborers already 
 in the US and "students, teachers, merchants or those proceeding to the United States from 
 curiosity."
 
Bluefields is on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua.  There is a La Libertad on the coasts of 
 Ecuador and El Salvador and in the interior of Nicaragua.

The total count of passengers in the recapitulation is one less than the number on the list.
 Perhaps the cabin passenger is not included in the recapitulation since the difference lies
 in the number of passengers for San Francisco.
 
16    third name looks most like Ae but could be We.
28    is "with her husband No ?  ? ? Hay Lick Sacto St"  The second and third ? represent
      illegible words.
30 is listed as a cabin passenger.
29-30 There is a note between these two lines that says "has cert from Registrar General at 
      Hong Kong."  It is not clear to which passenger this refers but the handwriting for
      passenger 30 differs from that of the rest of the list and the note seems to be in the
      same hand.
31-33 There is something illegible written after the Transit List numbers. This could say
      they proceeded to Havana by RR, according to what other manifests say.  
34 is described as in transit to Havana by steamer.
35-42 departed per SPRR, probably Southern Pacific RR.
42    has a note: "? (possibly with) his father No ? Lee ? wing Wo Sang Sacto St.
44-45 There is an illegible note for these passengers that probably says they departed
      per steamer, most likely the Colima Sept 18.  The date is legible.
47    Departed per Str San Blas illegible date. 

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