Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS City of Rio de Janeiro

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.

I, J. Tremaine Smith, Master of the Steamship City of Rio de Janeiro belonging to the PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY, do solemnly swear that the foregoing is a full and correct report of alien immigrants arrived by said vessel at the Port of San Francisco on the 4 day of Dec 1894 s/s J.T. Smith, Master of SS City of Rio de Janeiro

Sworn to before me, and subscribed in my presence this * day of * 189*

S.S. City of Rio de Janeiro, sailing from Yokohama Nov 17th, 1894 arriving at Port of San Francisco, Dec 4, 1894.

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

  
 1* Sakichi    Okura     26y1m  Male   No  Student  Japanese Tokio     34  No  No
 2* Pokusaburo Kitajam?  26y11m Male   Yes Student  Japanese Shizuoka  6   yes No
 3* Kenshi     Muramatsu 27y6m  Male   Yes Merchant Japanese Shizuoka  17  No  No
 4  Kensaku    Maruo     19y7m  Male   No  Student  Japanese Shizuoka  yes No  No
 5  Arthur     Jenkins   24y4m  Male   No  Tourist  British  Singapore yes No  No
 6  Fr^ck A F  Jenkyn    23y1m  Male   No  Tourist  British  Natal     yes No  No
 7* Mrs Yano   Yu        38y1m  Female Yes wife     Japanese Tokyo     yes No  yes
 8* Mrs Susaki Yoshi     23y2m  Female Yes wife     Japanese Miigata   30  No  yes
 9  Kuranosuke Kobachi   40y1m  Male   Yes Merchant Japanese Saga      32  No  No
10* Kitchitaro Yasoshima 31y8m  Male   No  Merchant Japanese Shizuoka  yes yes No
11  Hirataro   Hayashi   36y8m  Male   Yes Merchant Japanese Nagasaki  yes No  No
    
Transcriber's Notes:
There are two separate manifests for this ship.  The pages are in different
 formats but they describe the same passengers.  The headings for both pages
 appear at the top of this page. The list on the second page is presented here
 because it includes more information about the passengers.  However, information
 from the first page is added in the footnotes when it is not identical to the
 second page.  The order of the passengers is different on the two pages. (see
 below) 
There is no captain's statement nor captain's name attached to the second
 manifest page.
There is a captain's statement on the first page so it is included above.  The
 dates for the sworn statement were not filled in.
There is a cover sheet for the first page that gives Dec 3 as the arrival date.
 The first page itself and the second page as well as the index for the film give
 Dec 4 as the arrival date.
The first page says the ship sailed from "Hong Kong and Way Ports."  The second
 page says she sailed from Yokohama.  The arrangement of the names on the first
 page and the last residence makes it likely that passengers 5 & 6 embarked at
 Hong Kong and the others at Yokohama.
"Or Single" is crossed out in the title of the Married or Single column.
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(except 3)  
 Final Destination in the US=San Francisco 
 Whether having a ticket to final destination=yes 
 By whom was passage paid?=himself 
 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 

Passenger Notes:
 1  first name looks like Zekichi on the first page but is clearly written as 
    Sakichi on the second page.
 2  surname is Kitajami or Kitajama.  He has been to San Francisco once 1894.
 3  Final Destination is San Jose.
 7  occupation is wife of S. Takata.  She is going to join Husband S. Takata 
    621 Mason St San Francisco.
 8  occupation is wife of Susaka R??frey.  Her last residence is written Miigata 
    but is probably Niigata.  She is going to join Husband S.R??frey 514 Golden 
    Gate Ave San Francisco.  Her husband's name looks like Remfrey, Runfrey and 
    Runpy in various places.
10  has been to San Francisco once 1894.

The names appear in the following order on the first page: 5 Arthur Jenkins, 
6 Fred^ck A F Jenkyn, 1 Zekichi Okura, 2 Kokusaburo Kitajama, 3 Kenshi Muramatsu, 
4 Kensaku Maruo, 9 Kuranosuke Kobachi, 10 Kitchitaro Yasoshima, 11 Hirotaro Hayashi, 
7 Mrs Yano Yu, 8 Mrs Susaki Yoshi.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 3, Page 15-16.

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