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SS Oceanic
I, W.M. Smith, Master of the Steamship 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 27 day of Nov 1894, before me, (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the S.S. Oceanic whereof W.M. Smith is Master, from Hong Kong, Japan and Honolulu 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 Francisco
1* 1 Fung King 28 Alameda Landed ?-Dec Affadavit Merchant
2 4 See Woman List
3* 5 Lee Ping 28 Ft Smith Landed 3-Dec Affadavit Merchant
4 11 Wong Yu Chow 58 Los Angeles Landed 1-Dec Affadavit Merchant
5 12 Wong Gim Ying 41 Los Angeles Landed 4-Dec Affadavit Merchant
6 15 Chong Jun Gow 34 Los Angeles Landed 1-Dec Affadavit Merchant
7 16 Chong Key 40 Sacto Landed 3-Dec Affadavit Merchant
8 17 Chin Poy 34 Oregon Landed 1-Dec Affadavit Merchant
9 18 Chun Wing 33 Oregon Landed 1-Dec Affadavit Merchant
10 19 Ng Tuck Yuen 34 Tehama Co. Landed 1-Dec Affadavit Merchant
11 20 Chung Fawn 32 Galveston Tex Landed 1-Dec Affadavit Merchant
12 40 Fung Wing 42 Louisiana Landed 1-Dec Affadavit Merchant
13 41 Chan Chap 45 S.F Landed 30-Nov Affadavit Merchant
14 42 Tang Yu Hong 37 S.F Landed 30-Nov Affadavit Merchant
15 43 Chong King 20 Visalia Landed 1-Dec Affadavit Merchant
16 45 Wong Lung 26 S.F Landed 3-Dec Native of US
17 46 Tang Fong 25 S.F Landed 30-Nov Affadavit Merchant
18 57 Wong Sun 27 Oakland Refused Departed per Steamer Oceanic Hong Kong Dec 4, 1894
19 58 Yue Jan Pue 57 S.F Landed 30-Nov Affadavit Merchant
20 59 Yee Ying 32 Virginia City Landed 1-Dec Affadavit Merchant
21 60 Leong Yam Fat 20 Louisiana Landed 30-Nov Student
22 61 Low Sang 32 S.F Landed 30-Nov Affadavit Merchant
23 62 Mah Wing Sang 27 New Mexico Landed 30-Nov Affadavit Merchant
24 63 Mah Moi 36 El Paso, Tex Landed 30-Nov Affadavit Merchant
25 64 Mah Chong 35 Nevada Co. Landed 30-Nov Affadavit Merchant
26 65 Chung Wing Ting 36 S.F Refused Departed per Steamer Oceanic Hong Kong Dec 4, 1894
27 82 Pum Sing Kee 43 Siskiyou Co Landed 1-Dec Affadavit Merchant
28 83 Kwong You 36 Sacto Landed 3-Dec Affadavit Merchant
29* 84 Kwong Charley 39 Refused Departed per Steamer Gaelic Hong Kong Dec 24, 1894
30 87 Sew Yow 29 Chicago Landed ? Affadavit Merchant
31 88 Chun Mow Pack 32 Chicago Landed ? Affadavit Merchant
32 89 See Woman List
33 90 See Woman List
34 91 Lo Sing Kwong 20 Refused Departed per Steamer Oceanic Hong Kong Dec 4, 1894
35 92 Lee Leong 24 S.F Landed 1-Dec Affadavit Merchant
36 94 Ng Yue Kun 30 S.F Landed 30-Nov Affadavit Merchant
37 95 Loo Lay You 52 S.F Landed 6-Dec Affadavit Merchant
38 96 Tang Fook Loy 36 Idaho Landed ? Affadavit Merchant
39* 97 Tang Pow Yuen 41 San Jose Landed ? Affadavit Merchant
Woman List
2* 4 Lam Yuk 49 Landed 3-Dec wife of Merchant
32* 89 May Hing Yee ?5 Landed 3-Dec
33* 90 Moy Sing Choy 2? Landed
For Panama
40 6 Ching Chune 48 Departed per Steamer San Blas Panama Nov 28, 1894
41 47 Goo Kin 36 Departed per Steamer San Blas Panama Nov 28, 1894
42 48 See Woman List Departed per Steamer San Blas Panama Nov 28, 1894
43 49 Goo Ning 38 Departed per Steamer San Blas Panama Nov 28, 1894
44 50 See Woman List Departed per Steamer San Blas Panama Nov 28, 1894
45 51 Chun Wan Wan 22 Departed per Steamer San Blas Panama Nov 28, 1894
46 52 See Woman List Departed per Steamer San Blas Panama Nov 28, 1894
47 53 Goo Kan 20 Departed per Steamer San Blas Panama Nov 28, 1894
48 54 Yow Sow Suey 31 Departed per Steamer San Blas Panama Nov 28, 1894
49 86 Hong Chin Man 47 Departed per Steamer San Blas Panama Nov 28, 1894
Woman List
42* 48 Wong Kwai 22 Departed per Steamer San Blas Panama Nov 28, 1894
44* 50 Chun Choy 19 Departed per Steamer San Blas Panama Nov 28, 1894
46* 52 Goo Kew 18 Departed per Steamer San Blas Panama Nov 28, 1894
For Havana
50* 2 Mah She Poy 30 Landed "I.T." Transit List 3911
51* 3 Mah Chun Sow 27 Landed "I.T." Transit List 3912
52* 8 Chun Che Pun 25 Landed "I.T." Transit List 3913
53* 9 Chun Kee Woo 21 Landed "I.T." Transit List 3914
54* 10 Seto Soon Ching 21 Landed "I.T." Transit List 3915
55 13 Chung Yow 28 Departed per Steamer San Blas Panama Nov 28, 1894
56 14 Chung Ning 23 Departed per Steamer San Blas Panama Nov 28, 1894
57 21 Chun Loy 32 Departed per Steamer San Blas Panama Nov 28, 1894
58 22 Chun Pon 36 Departed per Steamer San Blas Panama Nov 28, 1894
59 23 Chun Poon 28 Departed per Steamer San Blas Panama Nov 28, 1894
60 24 Chun Poo 32 Departed per Steamer San Blas Panama Nov 28, 1894
61* 66 Chong Kai 40 Landed "I.T." Transit List 3916
62* 67 Chong To Kit 21 Landed "I.T." Transit List 3917
63* 68 Chong Lun 24 Landed "I.T." Transit List 3918
64* 69 Chong Tai 25 Landed "I.T." Transit List 3919
65* 70 Chong Shue 20 Landed "I.T." Transit List 3920
66* 71 Chong Chun 21 Landed "I.T." Transit List 3921
67* 72 Chong Koon Ming 27 Landed "I.T." Transit List 3922
68* 73 Chong Lui Ping 28 Landed "I.T." Transit List 3923
69* 74 Chong Chew 20 Landed "I.T." Transit List 3924
70* 75 Chong Chan 26 Landed "I.T." Transit List 3925
71* 76 Chew Gow 21 Landed "I.T." Transit List 3926
72* 77 Chong Kow 31 Landed "I.T." Transit List 3927
73* 78 Chong On 32 Landed "I.T." Transit List 3928
74* 79 Chong Sow 41 Landed "I.T." Transit List 3929
75* 80 Chong Hoon 28 Landed "I.T." Transit List 3930
76* 81 Chong Kai Get 33 Landed "I.T." Transit List 3931
77 44 Wong Pue 34 Departed per Steamer San Blas Panama Nov 28, 1894
For Callao*
78 25 Goo Koon Mai 26 Departed per Steamer San Blas Panama Nov 28, 1894
79 26 Koo Foong 32 Departed per Steamer San Blas Panama Nov 28, 1894
80 27 Koo Sing 21 Departed per Steamer San Blas Panama Nov 28, 1894
81 28 Tang Chee 24 Departed per Steamer San Blas Panama Nov 28, 1894
82 29 Chun Lung 20 Departed per Steamer San Blas Panama Nov 28, 1894
83 30 Chun Yuen 46 Departed per Steamer San Blas Panama Nov 28, 1894
84 31 Chun Quoi 28 Departed per Steamer San Blas Panama Nov 28, 1894
85 32 Chun Yuet 34 Departed per Steamer San Blas Panama Nov 28, 1894
86 33 Chow Fat 44 Departed per Steamer San Blas Panama Nov 28, 1894
87 34 Wan Poo 30 Departed per Steamer San Blas Panama Nov 28, 1894
88 35 Wan Foo 22 Departed per Steamer San Blas Panama Nov 28, 1894
89 36 Wong Mow 27 Departed per Steamer San Blas Panama Nov 28, 1894
90 37 Kum Sing 23 Departed per Steamer San Blas Panama Nov 28, 1894
91 38 Koo Kwong 23 Departed per Steamer San Blas Panama Nov 28, 1894
92 39 Koo Hin 24 Departed per Steamer San Blas Panama Nov 28, 1894
93 55 Wong Yuen 24 Departed per Steamer San Blas Panama Nov 28, 1894
94 85 Lum Kee 34 Departed per Steamer San Blas Panama Nov 28, 1894
For San Jose de Guatemala
95 7 Wong Sai Yam 28 Departed per Steamer San Blas Panama Nov 28, 1894
For Champerico*
96 56 Chew Lot 28 Departed per Steamer San Blas Panama Nov 28, 1894
For Salina Cruz*
97 93 Kwong Man Fong 45 Departed per SS Colon Panama Dec 18, 1894
Recapitulation Men Women Girl
San Fran 36 2 1
Panama 7 3
Havana 28
Callao 17
SJ de Guatemala 1
Champerico 1
Salina Cruz 1
Total 91 5 1 97
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. 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) 1894 by Insp's (blank
for a name, in this case Grant). Not all of the dates are legible.
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
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." Occupation is listed as Grocer for all male passengers.
Champerico is on the Pacific coast of Guatemala. Salina Cruz is on the Pacific coast of Mexico.
Callao is the port for Lima, Peru.
1 Above the Alameda entry for Last Residence "Alvarado" is written.
2 There is a note under the stamp most of which is illegible. "Dupont St" is all
that is legible. Usually such a note refers to the woman's husband as either being with
her or waiting for her and some Chinese words that are probably his name and store name.
3 Fort Smith is described as in Arkansas.
29 Something is written under the "Landed" stamp that begins "to S.S." Perhaps
it refers to the Oceanic.
32 There is a note under the stamp most of which is illegible. "Sacramento St" is all
that is legible. Usually such a note refers to the woman's husband as either being with
her or waiting for her and some Chinese words that are probably his name and store name.
33 The age of this passenger is difficult to read. Only a 2 is legible. Since the
recapitulation refers to a girl among the San Francisco passengers, she probably is 2
years old. There is a note under the stamp all of which is illegible. Usually such a
note refers to the femle's husband or father as either being with her or waiting for her
and some Chinese words that are probably his name and store name.
39 Last Residence is North San Jose.
42 There is a note: "with her husband No 47 Goo Kin Tung Wo Dupont St."
43 There is a note: "with her husband No 49 Goo Ning Tung Wo Dupont St."
44 There is a note: "with her husband No 51 Chun Wan Tung Wo Dupont St."
50-54, 61-76 are described as departing per SSPR, probably Southern Pacific RR.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 1, Vol 34 & 35, Manifest 9451.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
4 April 2003
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