Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Coptic


Yokohama, Japan and Hong Kong to San Francisco
31 August 1895

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. Coptic, sailing from Yokohama Aug 18th, 1895 arriving at Port of San Francisco, Aug 31, 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, Whether going to join Relative or Friend
Please scroll to view all the columns.
 1  Kanae       Kubota    41y0m  M Yes Student  Tokyo     New York      self      Yes  No  No
 2  Akichi      Yamamoto  49y    M Yes Student  Niigata   New York      self      Yes  No  No
 3  Kosaizo     Genoki    40y7m  M Yes Student  Tokyo     New York      self      Yes  No  No
 4* Miss Oshita Mise      38y6m  F Yes amah     Kobe      San Francisco Mrs Flood Yes  No  No
 5  Wakichi     Tsujihama 23y2m  M No  Student  Kanagawa  San Francisco self      Yes  No  No
 6* Toyokuchi   Shigimoto 31y7m  M No  Student  Yamaguchi San Francisco self      $30  yes No
 7* Saburoji    Hekata    49y7m  M Yes Merchant Tokyo     San Francisco self      $30  yes No
 8* Fusakichi   Kano      26y2m  M No  Student  Osaka     San Francisco self      $30  yes No
 9* T           Sata      23y5m  M No  Merchant Kanagawa  San Francisco self      $35  yes No
10  Fusuharo    Nagata    43y7m  M Yes Student  Gifu      San Francisco self      $30  No  No
11* Naoji       Oba       26y11m M No  Merchant Kagoshima San Francisco self      $30  yes No
12* Mrs Ishii   Otani     28y11m F Yes wife     Ibaraki   San Francisco self      $300 No  yes
13* Mrs         Ichikawa  27y11m F Yes          Ebaragi   San Francisco self      Yes  yes yes
14  infant      Ichikawa     11m F              Ebaragi   San Francisco self      Yes  No  No
15  Samosuke    Takahama  30y6m  M Yes Merchant Tokyo     San Francisco self      Yes  No  No
16  Gana        Takahama  26y11m F Yes                    San Francisco husband   30   No  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:
 Nationality=Japanese
 Able to Read & Write=yes
 Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco
 Whether having a ticket to final destination=Yes(except 1 & 17)
 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:
 4  Occupation is amah to Mrs Flood.
 6  has been to San Francisco twice 1894.
 7  has been to San Francisco July 1895.
 8  has been to San Francisco once 1895.
 9  has been to San Francisco once 1895.
11  is going to join 619 Larkin.
12  is going to join Ibara her husband 239 Ellis St. San Francisco.
13  has been to San Francisco once April 1895.  She is going to join S Ichikawa
    husband 56 Minna.


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National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 3, Page 146.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
21 July 2001



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