Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Umatilla

I, JC Hunter, Master of the Steamship Umatilla 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 Port Townsend from which port said vessel has now arrived, and they have not landed at any foreign port or place during the voyage, 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) JC Hunter
Sworn to this 18 day of May 1894, before me, ?. W. Jones, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Steamship Umatilla whereof JC Hunter is Master, from Port Townsend, burthen 2168 tons

Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this 21 day of May 1894 (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs

Columns represent: Number, 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*.

1  Mai Tong Yam   28   Ironer        Seattle   5'5"    Dark        
2  Wo  Jack       40   Cigar maker   Seattle   5'1½"   Dark    scar on forehead
3* Woo ?ee  ?un   25   Laundryman    Seattle   5'6"    Light   scar on forehead
4* Woo Ah   ?am   40   Laundryman    Seattle   5'4½"   Dark    scar on forehead


Transcriber's Notes:

* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not the transcriber,
  or calls attention to additional information in the transcriber notes.

The first two paragraphs above are printed as part of the form for this list.  The next 
 paragraph is a stamp placed on the body of the page and then completed.

The pages on this film are not numbered so finding a particular ship can be difficult.  
 However, there appears to be a system of numbering the manifests.  In this portion of the
 film the numbers are not in exact order.  These numbers are included in the identification 
 of the film and reel numbers below.

The cover sheet for this list a note.   
 I certify that I have this day landed the within named Chinese passengers 
  (signature) WW Presbury, Chinese Inspector May 21, 1894 

The following columns had identical entries for all passengers and so were not included in 
the table:
 No of Certificate=no entries 
 Color of Eyes=Dark 
 If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts=no entries

3,4 The missing letter in these names is the same.  It could by Y or G.  It does not look exactly 
     like the Y in the name of passenger 1. Thus the names are:
     Woo Gee Gun or Woo Yee Yun and Woo Ah Gam or Woo Ah Yam.

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