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SS City of Rio de Janeiro
I, J. Tremaine Smith, Master of the Str City of Rio de Janeiro 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) J. Tremaine Smith
Sworn to this 19 day of Sep 1895, before me, (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the SS City of Rio de Janeiro whereof J. Tremaine Smith is Master, from Hong Kong, burthen 2275.45 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* Lee Loy Fook 29 Havana Landed "I.T." Transit List 4782
2 1 Wang Mook 35 Kansas Landed Sep-24 Affadavit Merchant
3 Yep Put Leang 42 Panama Departed per SS City of Sydney, Panama, Sept 18, 1895
4 See Ying Choy 54 Panama Departed per SS City of Sydney, Panama, Sept 18, 1895
5* Se? Chu 20 Panama Departed per SS City of Sydney, Panama, Sept 18, 1895
6 Sew Kum Tow 37 Panama Departed per SS City of Sydney, Panama, Sept 18, 1895
7* Ho Tai 30 Demarara Departed per SS City of Sydney, Panama, Sept 18, 1895
8* Char Choy 30 Demarara Departed per SS City of Sydney, Panama, Sept 18, 1895
9* Ho Kin 17 Demarara Departed per SS City of Sydney, Panama, Sept 18, 1895
10* Fang Lee 17 Demarara Departed per SS City of Sydney, Panama, Sept 18, 1895
11* 11 Yue Gee Hop 28 Philadelphia Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 11200
12 12 Yee Sung Jung 40 Pleasanton Cal Landed Sep-24 Affadavit Merchant
13 13 Yue Lee High 33 Alturas Co Idaho Landed Sep-24 Affadavit Merchant
14 14 Yee Pong 39 Santa Cruz Landed Sep-24 Affadavit Merchant
15 15 Wang Sain Way 39 San Francisco under consideration denied
16* 16 Chang S?? Look 42 San Francisco Landed 10-Oct Actor
17 17 Chang Sam Chong 46 Nevada Co Nevada Landed Sep-30 Affadavit Merchant
18 Luen Nian Cheng 30 Panama Departed per SS City of Sydney, Panama, Sept 18, 1895
19 19 Yee Sang 27 Boston Ma Landed Sep-24 Affadavit Merchant
20* Wong Gee 28 Havana Landed "I.T." Transit List 4783
21* Char Wan Man 25 Havana Landed "I.T." Transit List 4784
22 Chung Chung 25 Salina Cruz Departed per SS City of Sydney, Panama, Sept 18, 1895
23 Chan Fook 23 Salina Cruz Departed per SS City of Sydney, Panama, Sept 18, 1895
24 Quan You 45 Salina Cruz Departed per SS City of Sydney, Panama, Sept 18, 1895
25 Chun Sang 35 Salina Cruz Departed per SS City of Sydney, Panama, Sept 18, 1895
26 Chan Yon 36 Salina Cruz Departed per SS City of Sydney, Panama, Sept 18, 1895
27 Chang Soy 40 Salina Cruz Departed per SS City of Sydney, Panama, Sept 18, 1895
28 Chong Kee 22 Salina Cruz Departed per SS City of Sydney, Panama, Sept 18, 1895
29 Chong Gee 26 Salina Cruz Departed per SS City of Sydney, Panama, Sept 18, 1895
30 Chong Lung 23 Salina Cruz Departed per SS City of Sydney, Panama, Sept 18, 1895
31 Chung Gee 39 Los Angeles Landed Sep-24 Affadavit Merchant
32 32 Wo Yee Ark 31 Los Angeles Landed Sep-24 Affadavit Merchant
33 Ng Sam 37 Salt Lake City Landed Sep-28 Affadavit Merchant
34 Ng Duck Fang 35 Los Angeles Landed Sep-24 Affadavit Merchant
35 Lee Wah Yow 25 San Francisco Landed Sep-28 Native of US
36* Kwong Yen 22 Havana Landed "I.T." Transit List 4785
37* Fang Hee 21 Havana Landed "I.T." Transit List 4786
38* Yue Kwong 21 Havana Landed "I.T." Transit List 4787
39 39 Lee Pan Ming 34 New York Landed Sep-24 Affadavit Merchant
40* Poon Chee 38 Havana Landed "I.T." Transit List 4788
41* Wah Yung Foo 41 Havana Landed "I.T." Transit List 4789
42* Mah Lui Kwang 22 Havana Landed "I.T." Transit List 4790
43* Mah Ping Young 20 Havana Landed "I.T." Transit List 4791
44* Wang Lum Chow 37 Havana Landed "I.T." Transit List 4792
45 45 Sing Duck 37 San Francisco Landed Sep-28 Affadavit Merchant
46 46 Wang Toy 40 Sonoma Landed Sep-28 Affadavit Merchant
47 Lum Cheong 46 Tombstone Ariz Landed ? Affadavit Merchant
48* He? Kum 32 Placer Co Calif Landed Sep-24 Affadavit Merchant
49 King Chee 51 Placer Co Calif Landed Sep-24 Affadavit Merchant
50* Yee Ting 32 Havana Landed "I.T." Transit List 4793
51 51 Eng Sam Hing 37 Nez Perce Co Landed Sep-24 Affadavit Merchant
52* Ham Wah Chee 28 Havana Landed "I.T." Transit List 4794
53* Tam Gee Chin 30 Havana Landed "I.T." Transit List 4795
54 Yue Pun Cheong 42 Trinidad Departed per SS City of Sydney, Panama, Sept 18, 1895
55* Yee Yam Sing 16 Trinidad Departed per SS City of Sydney, Panama, Sept 18, 1895
56* Yue Kuen Foon 17 Trinidad Departed per SS City of Sydney, Panama, Sept 18, 1895
57* Yue Fook Chang 18 Trinidad Departed per SS City of Sydney, Panama, Sept 18, 1895
58* 58 Chun Choy Fong 16 San Francisco Landed 07-Oct Native of US (Fem)
59* Tam Ho 20 San Francisco Landed 07-Oct Native of US (Fem)
60* Chun Choy Mee 22 San Francisco Landed 07-Oct Native of US (Fem)
61* Chu To 22 Havana Landed "I.T." Transit List 4796
62* Chu Ning 20 Havana Landed "I.T." Transit List 4797
63 64 Chow Sam 32 Merced Landed Sep-30 Affadavit Merchant
64 Low Young Yan 26 Havana Departed per SS City of Sydney, Panama, Sept 18, 1895
Recapitulation males females
For United States 22 3
For Panama 5
For Havana 17
For Demerara 4
For Salina Cruz 9
For Trinidad 4
Total 61 3
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 cover sheet lists this ship as arriving on Sep 19, 1895. Many passengers are described
as leaving on the SS City of Sydney on Sep 18, 1895.
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 Grocer for all passengers except as noted below.
Last Residence has been crossed out and replaced by Destination.
Salina Cruz is on the Pacific coast of Mexico. Demerara, misspelled on the list, is in Guyana.
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 Departed per SPRR Sep 19, 1895. This is probably Southern Pacific Railroad.
5 First name is Sen or Seu.
7-10 Demerara is misspelled here.
9 Occupation is "with his cousin #8."
10 Occupation is "with his cousin #7."
11 Although this passenger was refused landing, there is a note, "has passport."
16 Second name is Sin or Sui.
20-21 Departed per SPRR Sep 19, 1895. This is probably Southern Pacific Railroad.
36-38 Departed per SPRR Sep 19, 1895. This is probably Southern Pacific Railroad.
40-44 Departed per SPRR Sep 19, 1895. This is probably Southern Pacific Railroad.
48 First name is Hen or Heu.
50 Departed per SPRR Sep 19, 1895. This is probably Southern Pacific Railroad.
52-53 Departed per SPRR Sep 19, 1895. This is probably Southern Pacific Railroad.
55 Occupation is "with his uncle #54."
56 Occupation is "with his uncle #54."
57 Occupation is "with his uncle #54."
58 Occupation is "with her sister #60."
59 Occupation is "to join her husband." She was "Landed by order of Collector
Oct 7, 1895 on certificate 34388."
60 Occupation is "to join her husband."
58-60 are recorded as "Fem," probably female.
61-62 Departed per SPRR Sep 19, 1895. This is probably Southern Pacific Railroad.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 1, Vol 34 & 35, Manifest 9485.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
21 March 2004
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