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SS City of Rio de Janeiro
I, J. Tremaine Smith, Master of the City of Rio de Janeiro do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs of the Collection District of San Francisco, is a full and perfect list of all Chinese passengers taken on board the said vessel at Hong Kong from which port said vessel has now arrived, or that have been taken on board the said vessel at any foreign port or place, and of all such passengers now on board said vessel, and that on said List is truly designated the names and other particulars, as shown by their respective certificates.So help me God. (signature) J. Tremaine Smith
Sworn to this 2 day of April 1895, before me, (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the City of Rio de Janeiro whereof
J. Tremaine Smith is Master, from Hong Kong, burthen 2275.45 tons
Columns represent: Number, No of Ticket*, No of Certificate, Name, Age, Occupation*, Last Place of Residence, Height*, Complexion*, Color of Eyes*, Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification*, If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts*.
San Francisco
1 1 3/23/92 Gee Wing Chong 35 San Francisco Landed Apr-08 Affadavit Merchant
2 2 6/6/91 Git Seo 43 Chico, Cal Landed Apr-08 Affadavit Merchant
Panama
3 11 Wang Sun Yang 24 China Departed per Str. San Jose Panama April 9-'95
4 12 Leong Hang 28 China Departed per Str. San Jose Panama April 9-'95
Havana
5* 3 Tang Wah Pun 44 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 4171
6* 4 Tang Wah Yot 31 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 4172
7* 5 Lee Hao 22 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 4173
8* 6 Tang Chung 21 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 4174
9 7 Chan Hop 48 China Departed per Str. San Jose Panama April 9-'95
10 8 Chan Yick 45 China Departed per Str. San Jose Panama April 9-'95
11 10 Chue Yow Ng 29 China Departed per Str. San Jose Panama April 9-'95
12 9 Chue Yow Chock 28 China Departed per Str. San Jose Panama April 9-'95
13 13 Li Ng Hing 38 China Departed per Str. San Jose Panama April 9-'95
14* ? Li Foo 35 China Departed per Str. San Jose Panama April 9-'95
15 15 Yow Sue 28 China Departed per Str. San Jose Panama April 9-'95
16 16 Cheong Tung Loy 28 China Departed per Str. San Jose Panama April 9-'95
17 17 Lee Yan 36 China Departed per Str. San Jose Panama April 9-'95
18 18 Lue Hong Sui 24 China Departed per Str. San Jose Panama April 9-'95
19 19 Lue Mow Sin 41 China Departed per Str. San Jose Panama April 9-'95
20 20 Lue Quai Sun 23 China Departed per Str. San Jose Panama April 9-'95
21 21 Lue Tai 23 China Departed per Str. San Jose Panama April 9-'95
22 22 Lue Kim 21 China Departed per Str. San Jose Panama April 9-'95
23 23 Lue Wan Lum 31 China Departed per Str. San Jose Panama April 9-'95
24 24 Lue Sak Chun 28 China Departed per Str. San Jose Panama April 9-'95
25 25 Lue Ngaw 26 China Departed per Str. San Jose Panama April 9-'95
26 26 Lue Pock Young 22 China Departed per Str. San Jose Panama April 9-'95
27 27 Lue Ching 22 China Departed per Str. San Jose Panama April 9-'95
28 28 Lue Wah Cheong 23 China Departed per Str. San Jose Panama April 9-'95
29* 29 Lue Pock Hoi 14 China Departed per Str. San Jose Panama April 9-'95
30 30 Li Hing 22 China Departed per Str. San Jose Panama April 9-'95
31* 31 Lee Hong 26 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 4175
32* 32 Tang Sae 58 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 4176
33* 33 Qang Yow 60 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 4177
34* 34 Tong Tung 15 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 4178
35* 35 Ho Kwong 52 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 4179
36* 36 Chew Shee 32 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 4180
37* 37 Ho Chin 30 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 4181
38* 38 Ho Hock 45 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 4182
39* 39 Leong Pang 32 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 4183
40* 40 Chin Hang 40 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 4184
41* 41 Tung Chee 54 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 418?
42* 42 Tam Fook 32 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 41?
43* 43 Su Po 47 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 41?
44* 44 Yow Hing Wan 44 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 41?
45* Cho Kum Tong ? China Landed "I.T." Transit List 41?
Recapitulation
San Francisco 2 Men
Panama 2 Men
Havana 41 Men
Total 45 Men
Transcriber's Notes
* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder not the
transcriber, or is used to call attention to additional information in the
transcriber notes.
Question marks replace illegible information or letters.
The pages on this film are not numbered so finding a particular ship can be
difficult. However, there is a system of numbering the manifests that is a
part of the National Archives file system on Chinese persons. These numbers
are included in the identification of the film and reel numbers below.
For passengers bound for San Francisco, passengers' names and ages are followed
by a stamp that varies depending on the disposition of the passenger.
Passengers allowed to land have the following stamp:
Landed Collectors order (blank with a month and day date written in) 1895 by
Insp's (blank for a name, in this case Grant).
Passengers not allowed to land have one of two different stamps:
Landing Refused Habeas Corpus U.S.D.C. Case followed by a number. These
passengers were probably allowed to land, but not to freely enter the country.
The National Archives should have a file for these passengers describing what
happened to them.
Landing Refused Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date).
For passengers bound for a further port there are two possible dispositions:
Landed "I.T." Transit List followed by a number
Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date)
The following columns had no entries and are not included in the table:
Height
Complexion
Color of Eyes
Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification
If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts
The No of Ticket column was added by the completer.
Occupation is Grocer for all passengers except 29 & 34.
According to the National Archives branch in San Bruno, California it is
possible that they have some information on any Chinese passenger who arrived
in San Francisco after 1886.
5-8 Departed by SPRR April 9th 1895. This is probably the Southern Pacific
Railroad.
14 Ticket No is obscured on the film but is probably 14 since all numbers
are present except 14.
29 is "with his uncle #14" The passenger who should be #14 has a blurred
number. There is no other passenger with this number.
34 is "with his father #33"
31-45 Departed by SPRR April 9th 1895. This is probably the Southern Pacific
Railroad.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 1 Vol 34&35, Manifest 9468.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
12 August 2003
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