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 May 10th, 1895 arriving at Port of San Francisco, May 27, 1895.

Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, Married or Single*, Occupation, Nationality, Last Residence, Final Destination in the US, By whom was passage paid?, Whether in Possession of Money-if less than $30, how much?, Whether ever before in the US, Whether going to join Relative or Friend

Please scroll to the right to see the entire table.

  
 1* Riu            Suzuki    26y10m female yes servant    Japanese  Aichi     Boston   Miss Hill 70    No  No
 2* Shimakichi     Sudzuki   48y10m male   yes Bank Clerk Japanese  Yokohama  New York self      30    No  No
 3* Yasu           Okabe     37y9m  female yes            Japanese  Kanagawa  San Fran husband   30    yes No
 4* Sakunoji       Okachi    39y4m  male   yes Student    Japanese  Kanagawa  San Fran self      30    yes No
 5  Toyoyuen       Kuki      27y1m  male   no  Student    Japanese  Kanagawa  San Fran self      35    No  No
 6  Kikiyie        Yamamoto  29y1m  male   no  Student    Japanese  Wakayama  San Fran self      30    No  No
 7* Yasukichi      Yama?aki  22y11m male   no  Student    Japanese  Wakayama  San Fran self      32    No  No
 8  Chizakichi     Obata     37y6m  male   yes Student    Japanese  Wakayama  San Fran self      32.40 No  No
 9  Sorokichi      Uyeno     23y2m  male   no  Student    Japanese  Wakayama  San Fran self      40    No  No
10  Tsogaro        Sugihara  42y9m  male   yes Student    Japanese  Wakayama  San Fran self      27.30 No  No
11  Suske          Yukawa    21y0m  male   no  Student    Japanese  Wakayama  San Fran self      30    No  No
12  Kentaro        Kamiyama  25y9m  male   no  Student    Japanese  Kumimoto  San Fran self      49    No  No
13  Kenzo          Fukiu     24y0m  male   no  Student    Japanese  Tokio     Chicago  self      40    No  No
14  Kisaburo       Asoo      21y6m  male   no  Student    Japanese  Kanagawa  San Fran self      36    No  No
15  Shojiro        Nakazawa  36y6m  male   no  Student    Japanese  Kanagawa  San Fran self      40    No  No
16* M?s Maruyama   Masu      26y1m  female yes            Japanese  Wakayama  San Fran self      30    No  yes
17  Jinsuke        Wada      15y0m  male   no  Student    Japanese  Wakayama  San Fran self      30    No  No
18* Kisuke         Yamazaki  24y7m  male   no  Student    Japanese  Kanagawa  San Fran self      34    No  No
19  Tashimasa      Ida       44y0m  male   yes Student    Japanese  Wakayama  San Fran self      30    No  No
20  Iwamatsu       Chino     24y10m male   yes Student    Japanese  Wakayama  San Fran self      30    No  No
21  Matsumosuke    Mariyama  34y10m male   yes Student    Japanese  Wakayama  San Fran self      30    No  No
22  Takeyemon      Matsumoto 40y0m  male   yes Student    Japanese  Wakayama  San Fran self      44    No  No
23  Tomematsu      Itani     22y2m  male   no  Student    Japanese  Wakayama  San Fran self      21    No  No
24  Yeikichi       Kubo      21y0m  male   no  Student    Japanese  Wakayama  San Fran self      30    No  No
25  Yashiro        Suguira   22y3m  male   no  Student    Japanese  Aichi     San Fran self      40    No  No
26  Tokimatsu      Kamiya    22y0m  male   no  Student    Japanese  Aichi     San Fran self      42    No  No
27  Gentaro        Hata      27y8m  male   no  Student    Japanese  Hiroshima San Fran self      120   No  No
29  Yeitaro        Hashii    23y1m  male   no  Student    Japanese  Totori    San Fran self      50    No  No
29  Suzayuma       Nishimura 24y6m  male   no  Student    Japanese  Okayama   San Fran self      30    No  No
30  Tatsuzo        Nishimura 25y2m  male   no  Student    Japanese  Okayama   San Fran self      32    No  No
31  Kamakichi      Shinto    24y1m  male   no  Student    Japanese  Kanagawa  San Fran self      30    No  No
32  Kojiro         Ogino     33y0m  male   no  Merchant   Japanese  Kanagawa  San Fran self      35    No  No
33  Chubei         Kuini     46y1m  male   no  Merchant   Japanese  Kanagawa  San Fran self      50    No  No
34  Matsujiro      Mujabara  27y5m  male   no  Merchant   Japanese  Kanagawa  San Fran self      50    No  No
35  Tetsuo         Ota       21y2m  male   no  Merchant   Japanese  Saitama   San Fran self      53    No  No
36* Tadachi        Shirasu   32y2m  male   no  Clerk      Japanese  Oita      San Fran self      100   No  No

            sailing from Honolulu May 20th, 1895

37* Franz          Richert   32y5m  male   yes farmer     German    Honolulu  Germany  self      $200+ No  No
38* Mrs            Richert   36y7m  female yes wife       German    Honolulu  Germany  above           No  No
39* Gustav         Richert    8y    male                  German    Honolulu  Germany  above           No  No
41* Franz          Richert    5y    male                  German    Honolulu  Germany  above           No  No
41* Ida            Richert    2y    female                German    Honolulu  Germany  above           No  No
42* Robert         Richert   41y5m  male   yes farmer     German    Honolulu  Germany  self      $200+ No  No
43* Mrs            Richert   41y6m  female yes wife       German    Honolulu  Germany  above           No  No
44* Anna           Richert   15y6m  female no             German    Honolulu  Germany  above           No  No
45* Franziska      Richert    1y11m female                German    Honolulu  Germany  above           No  No
46* Carl Frederich Dogs      30y8m  male   yes farmer     German    Honolulu  Germany  self      $200+ No  No
47* Mrs            Dogs      30y9m  female yes wife       German    Honolulu  Germany  above           No  No
48* Wilhelm        Dogs       8y    male                  German    Honolulu  Germany  above           No  No
49* Otto           Dogs       5y    male                  German    Honolulu  Germany  above           No  No
50* Frieda         Dogs       2y    female                German    Honolulu  Germany  above           No  No
51* Gustav         Dogs       1y    male                  German    Honolulu  Germany  above           No  No
52* Chas           Hammer    16y    male   yes Harness-   Norwegian Honolulu  Alameda  self      more  yes yes
                                               maker

    
Transcriber's Notes:
There is no captain's statement nor captain's name attached to this manifest.
In the married or Single column or Single has been crossed out.
The following columns had identical entries for all passengers and so were not 
included in the table:
 Able to Read & Write=yes 
 Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco  
 Whether having a ticket to final destination=yes (except passengers 1-2, 37-51)
 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 ?.

Passenger Notes:

 1   Occupation is Miss Hill's personal servant.
 1-2 have no tickets to final destination.
 3   Occupation is "with her husband."  
 4   has been to San Francisco 3 times.
 7   surname is Yamagaki or Yamayaki.
16   title looks more like Miss than Mrs.  Her Occupation is "join her husband." 
     She is going to join Husband T Maruyama 270 Brannan St San Fran.
18   Kanagawa is written in the Last Residence line lightly, by a different hand.
21   She is going to join husband T Maruyama 270 Brannan St San Fran.
36   Occupation is Clerk of Japan consul.
37-51
     All passengers but the last on the manifest for passengers from Honolulu are 
     grouped into families .  Each male head of household's name is followed by 
     "his wife" with no name included and "their (number) children."  The families 
     are further identified by brackets that delineate the groups of children 
     under Occupation and the entire family under Final Destination and Whether in 
     Possession of Money columns.  The Final Destination of all these passengers 
     is "San Francisco and New York to Germany."  The money is listed on the 
     father's line with brackets to include the whole family.  It says $200 and 
     more for each of the men.
52   is going to join his daughter Mrs Anderson Alameda Cala.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 3, Pages 84-85, 89.

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