Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS China

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 & Way Ports 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 5 Mar 1896 day of 1896, before me, (signature) JJ Tobin, 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, burthen 2401 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.

              Chinese for San Francisco

 1  1  Wone  Gang        38 M Tampa          Landed 10-Mar Affadavit merchant
 2  6  Jim   Hong        20 M Salt lake      Landed 14-Mar Affadavit merchant
 3  7  N.Jim Qwan        27 M Texas          Landed 10-Mar Affadavit merchant
 4  8  Wong  Sing        23 M Los Angeles    Landed 14-Mar Affadavit merchant
 5  9  Wong  Kwong Nun   33 M Los Angeles    Landed 14-Mar Affadavit merchant
 6  10 Wong  Gow         29 M San Bernardino Landed 11-Mar Affadavit merchant
 7* 21 Qwan  Lin         25 F China          Landed 14-Mar Native of US
 8  22 Hum   Sung        38 M Marysville     Landed 13-Mar Affadavit merchant
 9  36 Woo   Wong        21 M China          Landed 14-Mar Native of US
10  37 Lee   Tung        33 M Montana        Landed 10-Mar Affadavit merchant
11  38 Lee   Sing        37 M San Francisco  Landed 10-Mar Affadavit merchant
                                                                                
              Chinese for Havana by Rail                                                                                
                                                                                
12* 2  Chow  June        20 M China      Landed  "I.T." Transit List 5125        
13* 3  Chow  None        27 M China      Landed  "I.T." Transit List 5126        
14* 4  Chow  Kai         30 M China      Landed  "I.T." Transit List 5127
15* 5  Ng    Yee   Poe   23 M China      Landed  "I.T." Transit List 5128
16* 11 Chue  Man   Yan   22 M China      Landed  "I.T." Transit List 5129
17* 12 Yue   Hong        29 M China      Landed  "I.T." Transit List 5130
18* 13 Ng    Wing        24 M China      Landed  "I.T." Transit List 5131
19* 15 Lew   Man         27 M China      Landed  "I.T." Transit List 5132
20* 16 Lew   Noe         23 M China      Landed  "I.T." Transit List 5133
21* 17 Lew   Sing        45 M China      Landed  "I.T." Transit List 5134
22* 18 Ng    Yun         20 M China      Landed  "I.T." Transit List 5135

              Chinese for Havana by Steamer

23  23 Lew   Wing  Kong  24 M China      Departed per SS Colon, Panama, March 7, 1896    
24  24 How   San   You   32 M China      Departed per SS Colon, Panama, March 7, 1896    
25  25 Ho    Lee   Lin   25 M China      Departed per SS Colon, Panama, March 7, 1896    
26  26 Ho    Kee   Chong 26 M China      Departed per SS Colon, Panama, March 7, 1896    
27  27 Ho    Fat         27 M China      Departed per SS Colon, Panama, March 7, 1896
28  28 Ho    Chun  Lam   37 M China      Departed per SS Colon, Panama, March 7, 1896
29  29 Ho    Sha   Fook  27 M China      Departed per SS Colon, Panama, March 7, 1896
30  30 Ho    Sun   Lung  27 M China      Departed per SS Colon, Panama, March 7, 1896
31  31 Low   Sin         26 M China      Departed per SS Colon, Panama, March 7, 1896
32  32 Ho    Mok   Tung  30 M China      Departed per SS Colon, Panama, March 7, 1896
33  33 Sue   Sow         20 M China      Departed per SS Colon, Panama, March 7, 1896
34  34 Lee   Wan   Poe   42 M China      Departed per SS Colon, Panama, March 7, 1896
35  35 Wong  Ming        36 M China      Departed per SS Colon, Panama, March 7, 1896

              Chinese for Panama

36     Loo   Fie   Pang  30 M China      Departed per SS Colon, Panama, March 7, 1896
37     Chae  Pick        43 M China      Departed per SS Colon, Panama, March 7, 1896
38     Mar   Man   Chan  35 M China      Departed per SS Colon, Panama, March 7, 1896


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) 1896 by  Insp's (blank 
 for a name, in this case O'Leary). 
 
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

In the No of Certificate column Certificate has been crossed out, replaced by Ticket.

Occupation is Merchant for San Francisco passengers, except as noted below, and Laborer
 for all others.

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.
 

 7    Occupation is wife and she is noted as Fem.
12-22 Departed per SSPR March 7, 1896.  This probably Southern Pacific Railroad.

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