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SS City of Peking


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Yokohama, Japan to San Francisco
Chinese passengers from Hong Kong
1 October 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. City of Peking, sailing from Yokohama Sep 17th, 1895 arriving at Port of San Francisco, Oct 1, 1895.
Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, Married or Single*, Occupation, Last Residence, Final Destination in the US, Whether having a ticket to final destination, 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  Junsaburo  Sudzuki    26y5m  Male   No  Student  Tokyo     Los Angeles n $35  No  No
 2  Shogo      Ohashi     16y11m Male   No  Student  Gifu      San Fran^co y $30  No  No
 3  Unosuke    Kawakita   21y3m  Male   No  Student  Shiga     San Fran^co y $25  No  No
 4  Teiichi    Katagama   22y2m  Male   No  Student  Okayama   San Fran^co y 115  No  No
 5  Goro       Yamamoto   18y5m  Male   No  Student  Niigata   San Fran^co y $30  No  No
 6  Jingo      Iwamase    21y5m  Male   No  Student  Yamaguchi San Fran^co y $40  No  No
 7  Kuraichi   Kobayashi  16y2m  Male   No  Student  Yamaguchi San Fran^co y $30  No  No
 8* Shinzo     Yoshida    31y9m  Male   No  Merchant Miye      San Fran^co y $50  yes No
 9* Mrs Makita Kikuno     26y0m  Female Yes wife     Tottori   Oakland     n 60   No  yes
10* Mrs U.     Yosaka     30y9m  Female Yes wife     Tottori   Oakland     n 60   No  yes
11  Keizo      Yamane     27y0m  Male   Yes Student  Tottori   San Fran^co y $30  No  No
12  Seiziro    Smoa       42y8m  Male   No  Student  Aichi     San Fran^co y $26  No  No
13* Yasaburo   Uchida     31y0m  Male   No  Student  Tokyo     San Fran^co y $30  yes No
14  Kitaro     Ishimizu   31y5m  Male   Yes Student  Yamaguchi San Fran^co y $30  No  No
15* Taka       Ishimizu   31y5m  female Yes wife     Yamaguchi San Fran^co y $110 No  No
16* Kotaro     Sakakibara 28y1m  Male   No  Merchant Hiroshima San Fran^co y $25  yes No
17  Tatsugoro  Oishi      25y11m Male   Yes Student  Kanagawa  San Fran^co y $60  No  No
18  Naozo      Oyama      25y9m  Male   No  Student  Nagano    San Fran^co y      No  No
19  Kamekichi  Sawano     36y5m  Male   No  Student  Chiba     San Fran^co y $30  No  No
20  Hajime     Usui       17y6m  Male   No  Student  Nagano    San Fran^co y $31  No  No
21  Tasahachi  Akiyama    35y6m  Male   Yes Student  Kanagawa  San Fran^co y $15  No  No
22* Torazo     Nakajima   20y9m  Male   No  Student  Yamagata  Carlisle    y $70  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:
 Able to Read & Write=yes
 Nationality=Japanese
 Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco
 By whom was passage paid?=self
 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:
 8  has been to San Francisco once June 1895.
 9  is going to join husband Jizo Makito 609 Madison St Oakalnd.
10  is going to join husband T Nakamishi 519 Madison St Oakland.
13  has been to San Francisco once Apl/95.
15  occupation is "wife of K Ishimizu."
16  has been to San Francisco May 1895.
22  Final Destination is Carlisle, Pa.
PAGE 2 Chinese Passengers
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 3, Page 157.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
3 August 2001



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