Immigrant Ships
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SS City of Rio de Janeiro

I, W.J. Russell, Master of the 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) W.J. Russell
Sworn to this 31 day of Jan 1896, before me, (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the City of Rio de Janeiro whereof
W.J. Russell is Master, from Hong Kong, burthen 2275.45 tons

Columns represent: Number, No of Ticket*, No of Certificate*, Name, Age, Sex*, 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  1  Sep 19/94 Wong  Goey  Yee   30 Male Fresno         Landed 6-Feb  Affadavit Merchant
 2  2  Oct 22/94 Lew   Jing        34 Male Fresno         Landed 12-Feb Affadavit Merchant
 3  4  July 6/91 Wang  Wing        37 Male New York       Landed 4-Feb  Student
 4* 10 Dec 31/92 Wang  Chung       50 Male Sawyers Bank   Landed        Affadavit Merchant
 5  13 Oct 11/93 Ng    Ping        22 Male San Jose       Landed 4-Feb  Affadavit Merchant
 6  14 Oct 11/93 Vug   Quai  Hin   30 Male Santa Clara    Landed 4-Feb  Affadavit Merchant
 7  15 No Cert   Ng    Quan  Lum   22 Male San Francisco  Landed 12-Feb Affadavit Merchant
 8  16 Feb 2/95  Quan  Jing        27 Male San Francisco  Landed 4-Feb  Native of US
 9* 20 No Cert   Lee   Yoy   Ha    20 Female              Landed 11-Feb Native of US
10* 21 No Cert   Ho    Chun  Fung  20 Female              Landed 12-Feb Native of US
11* 22 No Cert   Chun  Yuk   Keog  19 Female              Landed 12-Mar Native of US
12* 23 No Cert   Sue   Choy  Ping  21 Female              Landed 12-Feb Native of US
13* 24 No Cert   Mah   Kuon  Choy  19 Female              Refused USDC Habeas Corpus Case 11234  
14* 25 No Cert   Lee   Choy  San   19 Female              Refused USDC Habeas Corpus Case 11233  
15* 26 No Cert   Tang  Choy  Sin   20 Female              Landed 11-Feb Native of US
16* 3            Chun  Kong        37 Male City of Mexico Landed "I.T." Transit List 5075        
17  5            Chue  Kong        42 Male Salina Cruz    Per SS Zealandia, Panama, Feby 18, 1896
18  6            Chu   Ting        42 Male Havana         Per SS Acapulco, Panama, Feby 8, 1896
19  7            Chu   Yang  Sang  29 Male Havana         Per SS Acapulco, Panama, Feby 8, 1896
20  8            Wah   Ping        22 Male Havana         Per SS Acapulco, Panama, Feby 8, 1896
21  9            Lee   Wah         22 Male Havana         Per SS Acapulco, Panama, Feby 8, 1896
22* 11           Low   Chun  Yam   33 Male Havana         Landed "I.T." Transit List 5079
23* 12           Leong Chuck Pun   27 Male Havana         Landed "I.T." Transit List 5080
24* 17           Kwang King  Seang 51 Male City of Mexico Landed "I.T." Transit List 5076
25* 18           Kwang Wing  Hue   26 Male City of Mexico Landed "I.T." Transit List 5077
26* 19           Chu   Keang       26 Male City of Mexico Landed "I.T." Transit List 5078
27* 27           Fang  Yin         26 Male Havana         Landed "I.T." Transit List 5081
28* 28           Fang  Fat         27 Male Havana         Landed "I.T." Transit List 5082

Recapitulation   
       8 Males for US San Francisco
       7 Females   "   "     "
       1 Male      Salina Cruz
       4 Males     City of Mexico
       8 Males     Havana
Total 28  


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

No of Ticket column was added by the original completer.

Dates are entered in the No of Certificate column.  These are probably the dates 
 the certificates were issued.

The Sex column was added by the original completer.

Occupation is Grocer for all passengers except as noted below.

Salina Cruz is on the Pacific coast of Mexico.  

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.

4 Sawyers Bank is listed as in Siskiyou County.
9-15 Occupation is "to join her husband."
16,23-28 per SPRR Feby 3, 1896. This is probably the Southern pacific Railroad.

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