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.

S.S. City of Rio de Janeiro, sailing from Yokohama Jany 15th, 1896 arriving at Port of San Francisco, Jan 30, 1896.

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

 1* Sinzaburo  Ishi     24y10m Yes Merchant Jap.     Tokio    self     50  yes
 2  Teijiro    Fujisawa 29y8m  No  Servant  Jap.     Tokio    Jap govt No  No
 3  Yoshitaro  Suzuki   25y8m  No  Student  Jap.     Aichi    self     30  No
 4  Chojiro    Nerike   20y3m  No  Student  Jap.     Tokyo    self     $50 No
 5  Hironari   Seganu   25y7m  No  Student  Jap.     Niigata  self     40  No
 6  Tamotsu    Fuwa     24y7m  No  Student  Jap.     Fukouka  self     60  No
 7* Matsutaro  Kato     25y2m  No  Student  Jap.     Kanagawa self     50  yes
 8* Fukuji     Katori   33y5m  No  Student  Jap.     Niigata  self     50  yes
 9  Takanosuke Kojima   39y10m Yes Student  Jap.     Kanagawa self     yes No
10  H          Kuze     30y10m No  Student  Jap.     Fukuoka  self     yes 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:
 Sex=Male
 Able to Read & Write=yes
 Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco
 Final Destination 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:
1 has been to the US 6 times, last time San Francisco 1894.
2 Occupation is servant to Mr Funakori.
8 has been to US twice 1894 San Francisco.
9 has been to the US twice last time 1893 San Francisco.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 3, Page 195.

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