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SS Walla Walla
I, Thos Wallace, Master of the Steamship Walla Walla 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 Victoria, B.C. from which port said vessel has now arrived, 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) Thos Wallace
Sworn to this 28th day of March 1895, before me, (signature) JJ Tobin, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Steamship Walla Walla whereof
Thos Wallace is Master, from Victoria, B.C. burthen 2168 tons
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 oficers of Chinese Government, state facts*.
1* Chon Nam 47 Taylor Victoria 5'6" small scar on right side neck
2* Chin King 48 Merchan Victoria 5'4½" left foot club
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 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.
The following columns had identical entries for all passengers and so were not
included in the table:
No of Certificate=no entries
Complexion=Yellow
Color of Eyes=Dark
If accredited oficers of Chinese Government, state facts=no entries
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.
1-2 Departed per steamer San Blas Panama Mar 28 1895. There is a note at the
end of the line: "Mr Presbury, These two men IT (probably in transit) for
Gautemala (sic) Mex, San Blas, (signature) BH." Mr Presbury was a Chinese
Inspector in San Francisco.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 1, Vol 34&35, Manifest 9467-2.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
12 August 2003
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