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 7th, 1895 arriving at Port of San Francisco, Dec 24, 1895.

Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, Married or Single*, Occupation, 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

Please scroll to view all the columns.

 1  Tomokichi  Hirokawa  24y11m M No  Student Yehime    Boston        self    40   No
 2  S.         Otsuka    27y9m  M No  Student Aichi     Boston        self    50   No
 3  Mosatoshi  Ishiwara  17y1m  M No  Student Kumamoto  San Francisco self    $30  No
 4  Tomojiro   Murakami  29y1m  M No  Student Tochigi   San Francisco self    $50  No
 5  Seitaro    Fukuda    28y1m  M No  Student Tochigi   San Francisco self    $45  No
 6  Yoshigoro  Heihara   19y11m M No  Student Yamaguchi San Francisco self    35   No
 7  Kenji      Nuzutani  17y4m  M No  Student Miye      San Francisco self    30   No
 8  Genkichi   Izawa     21y0m  M Yes Student Fukuoka   San Francisco self    $30  No
 9* Kashitsu   Takemi    30y2m  M No  Student Niigata   San Francisco self    $100 yes
10  Kenjiro    Takahashi 37y5m  M Yes Student Tokyo     Philadelphia  self    $80  No
11  Kichinoji  Teshima   22y1m  M No  Student Miyagi    San Francisco self    $32  No
12  Chukichi   Tsutano   24y11m M No  Student Kanagawa  San Francisco self    $40  No
13* Hamanosuke Shigeta   33y10y M No  Student Kanagawa  San Francisco self    100  Yes
14  Kinzo      Nakase    20y10m M No  Student Tottori   San Francisco self    30   No
15  Takahara   Honda     20y0m  M No  Student Tottori   San Francisco self    $30  No
16  Kanichi    Asakawa   21y11m M No  Student Fukoshima San Francisco self    45   No
17  Yashiro    Tomura    14y8m  M No  Student Nara      San Francisco self    30   No
18* Sanpei     Takaji    23y1m  M No  Student Kumomoto  San Francisco self    40   yes
19* Takeda     Hira      21y10m F No  servant Hiroshima Del Mar Cala  employer     No


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
 Nationality=Japanese
 Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco
 Whether having a ticket to final destination=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 ?.

Passenger Notes:
 9 has been to San Francisco 1892.
13 has been to San Francisco once 1895.
18 has been to San Francisco 1895.
19 This passenger appears twice on the list.  Her name is entered on line 19 
   and crossed out and entered again on line 21.  There is a note below "7th 
   December 1895: At the last moment the above passenger Takeda Hira was found
   to be on board and was examined.  W.W.W. Ivor, Consul General."  Her
   occupation is "servant Mrs Woodhull" on line 19 and "servant under employ." 
   on line 21.  Her Final Destination is Del Mar Cala.  Beneath the line it
   says "with Mrs Woodhull."

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 3, Page 186.