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SS China
Hong Kong and Yokohama, Japan to San Francisco
24 November 1892
DISTRICT AND PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO
SEPARATE LIST OF CHINESE PASSENGERS
Act May 6th, 1882
I, W.B. Seabury, Master of the SS China 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 and Yokohama 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) W.B. Seabury
Sworn to this 24 day of Nov 1892, before me, (signature) M. Craig, Actg Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the SS China
whereof W.B. Seabury is Master, from Hong Kong and Yokohama, burthen 4939.83/2400.62 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 officers of Chinese Government,
state facts.
Imperial Govt Certificates
1* 9 653 Low Yee Sing 33 San Frnco Landed 26-Nov affdt mcht
2* 10 360 Fong Shew Quong 26 ? Landed 29-Nov affdt mcht
3* 11 94 Fong Sing Young 26 Sacramento Landed 5-Dec affdt mcht
4* 24 687 Chin Sing Ming 24 Castroville Landed 26-Nov affdt mcht
5* 25 205 Tom Yuen 32 Park City Landed 30-Nov affdt mcht
6* 26 377 Ju Ah Goey 31 San Francisco Landed 2-Dec affdt mcht
7* 40 295 Jew Kim Hong 17 ? Landed 2-Dec affdt mcht
8* 41 208 Luie Aug Gee 30 Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10491
9* 44 854 Ma Quong Dung 22 ? Landed 1-Dec affdt mcht
10* 45 899 Tow Tam 40 ? Landed 29-Nov affdt mcht
11* 46 954 Leong Tong 36 Marshfield Landed ?-Nov affdt mcht
12* 47 439 Leong Hin 24 San Francisco Landed Nov 29 affdt mcht
13* 55 447 Hong Sing 30 Refused Departed per SS China Hong Kong
14* ? 995 Wong Shing 27 Nogales Landed 26-Nov affdt mcht
15* ? 624 Lum Yun 26 Watsonville Landed ? affdt mcht
16* ? 125 Ho Poon 53 San Francisco Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10486
17* ? 439 Lee Chong 25 ? Landed 26-Nov affdt mcht
Consular Passports
18 1 Lee Pong 24 San Francisco Landed 1-Dec affdt mcht
19 2 Fung Lun 35 Landed 26-Nov affdt mcht
20* 3 Leo Lui Quan 43 Evanston Wy Landed 26-Nov affdt mcht
21 4 Geo Hing Moy 26 Rock Springs Escaped
22 5 Ong Yak 30 Elko Landed 6-Dec affdt mcht
23 6 Jue San 35 St Louis Landed 26-Nov affdt mcht
24 ? Chu See Pun 35 New York Landed 26-Nov affdt mcht
25 ? Ju Hop 37 Chicago Landed 26-Nov affdt mcht
26 ? Fong June 32 Sacramento Landed 26-Nov affdt mcht
27 13 Mak Ah Ma 28 San Francisco Landed 3-Dec affdt mcht
28 ? Chun Chee Chong 44 Landed 26-Nov affdt mcht
29 ? Wow Win 33 Landed 29-Nov affdt mcht
30 19 Mar Gim Ming 50 Landed 1-Dec affdt Doctor
31 23 Woo Kow 38 Landed 2-Dec affdt
32 32 Yee Chee Tong 29 Landed 1-Dec affdt mcht
33 33 Ah Sung 36 Yuba City Landed 26-Nov affdt mcht
34 ? Wee Yung 40 Woodland Landed 26-Nov affdt mcht
35 39 Yen Wah 30 Woodland Landed 26-Nov affdt mcht
36 42 Lai Chuk 24 San Francisco Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10485
37 ? Wong Ey 34 San Francisco Refused Departed per SS China Hong Kong
38 50 Hong Ying 38 San Francisco Landed 24-Nov
39 51 Mrs Wong Chun 20 San Francisco Landed 5-Dec
40 52 Mrs Leong Dai 28 Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case
41 ? Owyang Kee 27 West Winst?? Landed
42 ? Jew Gong 28 Refused Departed per SS China Hong Kong
43 ? 370 Haw Lum 35 San Francisco Landed 29-Nov affdt mcht
44 ? 373 Low Ying Landed 9-Dec affdt mcht
Without Certificates or Passports
45 35 Yue Wo Pun 48 Landed 19-Nov affdt mcht
46* 53 Mrs Wong Lui Kew 22 Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10487
47* 54 Mrs Lee See 24 Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10484
48* 371 Mrs Chow Choy Ying 26 Landed 1-Dec affdt mcht
Chinese for Panama
49 14 Wong Chee 31
50 15 Fung Yew 30
51 22 Cha Luk 24
52 ? Wong Tack On 32
Chinese for Havana
53 16 Low Hin 25 Landed I.T. Transit Cert No. 1679
54 20 Mar Wing Yee 30 Landed I.T. Transit Cert No. 1680
55 ? Mar Ping Woo 35 Landed I.T. Transit Cert No. 1681
56 ? Chew King Fook 42 Landed I.T. Transit Cert No. 1682
57 ? Chew Che Yee 23 Landed I.T. Transit Cert No. 1683
58* ? Wong Koon 28
59* ? Wong Sai 25
60* ? Wang Yow 23
61 ? Yue Kai Wo 25 Landed I.T. Transit Cert No. 1684
62 ? Yue Wai Chung 20 Landed I.T. Transit Cert No. 1685
63 ? Yue Fook Seang 20 Landed I.T. Transit Cert No. 1686
64* ? Mar Sun 16 Landed I.T. Transit Cert No. 1687
65 ? Yue Kwong Poy 55 Landed I.T. Transit Cert No. 1688
66 ? Yue Tock Cho 20 Landed I.T. Transit Cert No. 1689
67 ? Yue Wing Quai 20 Landed I.T. Transit Cert No. 1690
68 ? Yue Quan Lai 21 Landed I.T. Transit Cert No. 1691
69 ? Yue Yee Ching 39 Landed I.T. Transit Cert No. 1692
70 ? Yue Yam 41 Landed I.T. Transit Cert No. 1693
71 ? Yue Chin Ting 20 Landed I.T. Transit Cert No. 1694
72 ? Lum Ming Sing 34 Landed I.T. Transit Cert No. 1695
73 ? Lum Soy 21 Landed I.T. Transit Cert No. 1696
74 ? Poon Wee 46 Landed I.T. Transit Cert No. 1697
75 ? Poon Chew 20 Landed I.T. Transit Cert No. 1698
Recapitulation
Chinese for San Francisco 48 ? (women?) 5
" Panama ?
" Havana ?
75
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) 1892 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
The first group of passengers has two columns of numbers in the No. of Certificate
column. This probably represents the ticket number and certificate number. The remaining
passengers have only one number, probably ticket number, and it is impossible to read
many of them.
Occupation is Merchant for San Francisco and Panama passengers and Grocer for Havana
passengers except as noted below.
Last Place of Residence is recorded in the same space as the various stamps and is
difficult to read as a consequence. Those passengers with a blank for this information
could be the same as the place listed immediately above; this might have been recorded as
ditto marks that were obscured by the stamp.
Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification is completed for only a few
passengers. This information is recorded below in individual notes.
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 Small scar above left ear.
2 Small scar on left eyebrow ??? neck.
3 Scar on left side of face, mole back of neck.
4 Small mole on right of chin & on left side of face.
5 Small mole front of neck, small mole front of left ear.
6 Small scar on left cor of mouth & hair mole on left of chin.
7 Pock marked face and scar on right eyebrow.
8 Small mole below left eye, & small mole below right eye.
9 Scar on end of right eyebrow & small mole on right of face.
10 Mole on forehead & scar between eyebrows.
11 Small scar above left eyebrow & scar above right ear.
12 Lightly pockmarked.
13 Scar on left ear, and scar on the end of eyebrow.
14 Small scar above left ear, scar back of neck.
15 Scar above each ear & back of neck.
16 Scar right of forehead, scar on the head, branded.
17 Small scar above on left eyebrow.
20 Large pit mark left side of mouth.
46-48 Fem is written beside these names.
58-60 There is no comment about how these passengers proceeded from San Francisco.
Often those passengers who didn't have I.T. certificates went to Havana by steamer.
64 Occupation is "with his brother #20." The numbers are nearly all illegible but
often the referred to relative is directly above. In this case the second passenger
on this part of the list seems to have number 20 and has the same name, Mar, listed
first, probably the surname. These are the only passengers named Mar on the this
part of the list.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 3, Vol. 30 & 31,
Manifest 9377.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild
16 January 2005
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