Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS China

LIST OR MANIFEST OF ALIEN IMMIGRANTS FOR THE COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION.

Required by the regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, under Act of Congress, approved March 3, 1893, to be delivered to the Commissioner of Immigration by the Commanding Officer of any vessel having such passengers on board upon arrival at a port in the United States.

S.S. China, sailing from Yokohama Dec 21st, 1894 arriving at Port of San Francisco, Jan 6, 1895.

Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Married or Single*, Occupation, Nationality, Last Residence, Final Destination in the US, Whether having a ticket to final destination, By whom was passage paid?, Whether ever before in the US

Please scroll to view all columns.

  
 1* Tsumekichi Imai      32y2m yes Student  Japanese Tokyo       New York no  self     yes
 2  Hasaburo   Nagaoka   18y2m no  Merchant Japanese Osaka       New York no  self     No
 3* Alexander  Po???rs   22y4m no  Clerk    Russian  Kobe        San Fran yes self     No
 4* Basil      Po???rs   21y7m no  Clerk    Russian  Vladivostok San Fran yes self     No
 5* Jinjo      Kinsho    33y3m yes Merchant Japanese Hiogo       New York no  self     yes
 6  Chojiro    Watanabe  25y   no  Merchant Japanese Yamaguchi   San Fran yes self     No
 7  Kemsuke    Ariwawa   33y2m no  Student  Japanese Ebarji      San Fran yes self     No
 8  Risaburo   Fukuda    28y1m no  Student  Japanese Okayama     San Fran yes self     No
 9  Kaijumore  Matsuo    24y9m yes Merchant Japanese Yamaguchi   Portland yes self     No
10  Tomigoro   Sakai     32y6m yes Student  Japanese Yamaguchi   Portland yes self     No
11* Esther     Pak       18y9m yes Servant  Corean   Seoul       New York no  Mrs Hall No
12* Tamo       Nosaki    23y8m yes Student  Japanese Hokaido     San Fran yes self     yes
13  Yoshiaki   Muomiya   20y1m no  Student  Japanese Kanagawa    San Fran yes self     No
14  Shigakujo  Shigita   18y7m no  Student  Japanese Kanagawa    San Fran yes self     No
15  S          Kawashima 24y6m no  Student  Japanese Nagasaki    San Fran yes self     No
16* Chaesyu    Pak       26y3m yes Cook     Corean   Seoul       New York no  Mrs Hall No
    
Transcriber's Notes:
There is no captain's statement nor captain's name attached to this manifest.
The "or Single" has been crossed out of the Married or Single column.
The following columns had identical entries for all passengers and so were not
included in the table:
 Sex=Male 
 Able to Read & Write=yes 
 Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco 
 Whether in Possession of Money-if less than $30, how much?=yes
 Whether going to join Relative or Friend=No
 Whether ever in Prison, Almshouse or supported by Charity=no
 Whether a Polygamist=no
 Whether under contract to labor in the US=no
 Condition of Health Mental and Physical=good
 Whether having any deformities=no 
Letters that are illegible or difficult to interpret are replaced by ?.

 1   has been to the US 5 years ago enroute from London.
 3,4 surname is Poioirs, Pocoirs, or Pocoers.
 5   has been to the US several times last time 1894 New York.
11   sex is recorded by ditto marks as male.  This is probably an error.  Her 
     passage was paid by Mrs. R.S. Hall.  Her money is in possession of Mrs Hall.
12   has been to the US once 1894 left San Francisco Oct 16th.
16   money is in possession of Mrs. Hall. In Final Destination Portland has been
     crossed out and New York written above it. 

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 3, Page 40.

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