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Hong Kong to San Francisco
28 March 1896
DISTRICT AND PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO
SEPARATE LIST OF CHINESE PASSENGERS
Act May 6th, 1882
I, Inman Sealby, Master of the Br Str Coptic 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) Inman Sealby
Sworn to this 28 day of March 1896, before me, (signature) JJ Tobin, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Coptic
whereof Inman Sealby is Master, from Hong Kong, burthen 2744 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.
Certificates of Identification
1 1 Sep ? 94 Wong My Nog 37 Reno Landed 2-Apr Affadavit Merchant
2 2 M? 94 Wong Seong 32 Los Angeles Refused Departed per SS Coptic, Hong Kong, Apr 8, 1896
3 27 Sep ? 94 Lai Wing On 32 San Francisco Landed 1-Apr Affadavit Merchant
4 28 Oct ? 94 Chan Tuck 37 San Francisco Landed 1-Apr Affadavit Merchant
5 29 Oct ? 94 Wong Nog 28 San Francisco Landed 1-Apr Affadavit Merchant
6 30 Mch ? 94 Chin Sing 26 San Francisco Landed 1-Apr Affadavit Merchant
7 31 M? ? 94 Jung Gi 37 Watsonville Landed 8-Apr Affadavit Merchant
8 58 Sept ? 94 Sing Loi 31 Santa Cruz Landed 18-Apr Affadavit Merchant
9 59 Dec ? 94 Chu Chee 51 San Francisco Landed 1-Apr Affadavit Merchant
10* 60 Ma? ? 94 Ge Chung 12 San Francisco Landed 1-Apr son of Merchant
11* 61 Dec ? 95 Lee Yuk 20 San Francisco Landed 2-May Native of US
12 62 Dec ? 95 Lee Kum 22 San Francisco Landed 2-May Native of US
13 67 May ? 93 Go Bo 42 San Francisco Landed 1-Apr Affadavit Merchant
14 68 Apr ? 93 Wing Gam 33 San Francisco Landed 1-Apr Affadavit Merchant
15 76 May 22 ? Chee Pak 26 San Francisco Landed ?-Apr Native of US
16* 69 Feb 23 94 Eugene Sin 31 Chicago Landed 4-Apr European Stge
No Certificates
17* 63 Chun Ng 21 Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 11???
18* 64 Wong Moy 20 Landed 6-May Fem
19* 66 Chun Hoo 20 Landed 24-Apr Fem
No Certificates (in Cabin)
20* Cabin 1633 Leang Lung Fong 30 Canton Landed 28-Mar
21* Cabin 1633 Ho Shing 18 Canton
Havana
Seng Chuen*
22* Loe Chow 40 Sun Wai Landed "I.T." Transit List 2146
23* Loe Chu 20 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 2147
24* Loe King 20 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 2148
25* Loe Man 22 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 2149
26* Loe Jing Poy 50 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 2150
27* Loe Kwong 40 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 2151
28* Loe Yuk 24 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 2152
29* Loe Shing 28 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 2153
30* Loe ?um 21 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 2154
31* Ng ? Wong 40 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 2155
Seong Chuen
32* 13 Ng Kai 20 Sun Wai Landed "I.T." Transit List 2156
33* 14 Ng Ching Ping 51 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 2157
34* 15 Ng Chock 27 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 2158
35* 16 Ng Pack 24 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 2159
36* 17 Ng Cheong 31 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 2160
37* 18 Ng Kou 42 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 2161
38* 19 Ng Kow 22 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 2162
39* 20 Ng Man Fat 51 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 2163
40* 21 Ng Ping Fun 22 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 2164
41* 22 Ng Fong 30 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 2165
42* 23 Ng Man Lik 49 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 2166
43* 24 Ng Quan Hing 35 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 2167
44* 25 Lum Kue Man 22 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 2168
45* 26 Lum Kue Sang 29 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 2169
46 32 Lo Kam 27 Hock San Departed per SS San Blas, Panama, March 28, 1896
47 33 Lo Mow 30 " Departed per SS San Blas, Panama, March 28, 1896
48 34 Jung Lop Yow 34 " Departed per SS San Blas, Panama, March 28, 1896
49 35 Jung Lop Tong 46 " Departed per SS San Blas, Panama, March 28, 1896
50 36 Jung Lop Yam 31 " Departed per SS San Blas, Panama, March 28, 1896
51 37 Jung Lop Yow 25 " Departed per SS San Blas, Panama, March 28, 1896
52 38 Chang Tin Poo 23 Sun On Departed per SS San Blas, Panama, March 28, 1896
53 39 Ho Mok Lew 45 " Departed per SS San Blas, Panama, March 28, 1896
54 40 Ng Wing Kwong 48 " Departed per SS San Blas, Panama, March 28, 1896
55 41 Chun Shun Mow 32 " Departed per SS San Blas, Panama, March 28, 1896
56 42 Ng Kow 30 " Departed per SS San Blas, Panama, March 28, 1896
57 43 Ng Sow 30 " Departed per SS San Blas, Panama, March 28, 1896
58 44 Ng Fook 22 " Departed per SS San Blas, Panama, March 28, 1896
59 45 Ng Jo Cha 23 " Departed per SS San Blas, Panama, March 28, 1896
60* 46 Sa? Chun Tock 25 " Departed per SS San Blas, Panama, March 28, 1896
61 47 Ho Lee Fun 25 " Departed per SS San Blas, Panama, March 28, 1896
62 48 Ho Sai Tock 30 " Departed per SS San Blas, Panama, March 28, 1896
63 49 Ng Hing 31 " Departed per SS San Blas, Panama, March 28, 1896
64* 50 Yip Poo 11 " Departed per SS San Blas, Panama, March 28, 1896
65 51 Jung Kang Sin 37 Hock San Departed per SS San Blas, Panama, March 28, 1896
66 52 Jung See Quai 20 " Departed per SS San Blas, Panama, March 28, 1896
67 53 Jung Yong Kan 32 " Departed per SS San Blas, Panama, March 28, 1896
68 54 Jung Shew Mar 36 " Departed per SS San Blas, Panama, March 28, 1896
69 55 Jung Mow Tat 28 " Departed per SS San Blas, Panama, March 28, 1896
70 56 Jung Lo Moi 28 " Departed per SS San Blas, Panama, March 28, 1896
71 57 Jung Hing Jung 25 " Departed per SS San Blas, Panama, March 28, 1896
72 65 Yong Choy 24 Moai Tin Departed per SS San Blas, Panama, March 28, 1896
73* 6? Chun Leong Yak 45 Sun Ning Landed "I.T." Transit List 5170
74* 70 Chun Man King 28 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 5171
75* 71 Chun Ting Chock 43 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 5172
76* 72 Chun Chung Yow 20 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 5173
77* 73 Chun Yow San 21 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 5174
78* 74 Chun Wah Pun 25 " Landed "I.T." Transit List 5175
79 75 Ng Chee Cheong 45 Sun On Departed per SS San Blas, Panama, March 28, 1896
80* 77 Ng Chuen Low 43 Sun Wai Landed "I.T." Transit List 5176
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 with exceptions noted below).
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
The No of Certificate column has been divided into two, labeled Ticket and Cert.
Perhaps the dates entered are the dates of the Certificates.
Occupation is Grocer for all passengers except as noted below.
The Last Residence column has some Chinese words entered for passengers not bound
for San Francisco. It seems likely that these are villages. Some of these entries
are written with two words above the line followed by two more on the line. These
are transcribed as written. Passengers with nothing in this column have ditto marks
signifying the same as the entry above them, but it is difficult to decipher because
these marks seem to occur also where there is an entry. There are also more ditto
marks than there are lines of passenger names. It is not customary for ISTG to
transcribe ditto marks, usually replacing them with the information they signify.
In this instance the ditto marks are used because it is not clear what information
they signify. Perhaps they mean that each passenger has four words. For those passengers
with two words written the ditto marks signify the two words written above the line at
the top of the column so that each passenger has these two words as well as the two
that are dittoed or written on his line.
The first of these words to appear looks like Seng Chuen. However, on the next page the
words are Seong Wai. There is a line through the Seng on the first page that could obscure
an o making this word also Seong.
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.
10 Occupation is Boy.
11 Occupation is Woman. She was landed by Inspector Meredith.
16 Occupation is Missionary.
17-19 Occupation is Woman. In the column where passengers above have a date written there
is an illegible word written for passenger 17 with ditto marks for the other two.
This could be Depart.
18-19 were landed by Inspector Meredith.
20-21 There is an illegible word in the last column that begins Mecre?
20 Occupation is Diplomatic Service.
21 Occupation is Servant.
22-45 Departed per SPRR March 28, 1896
60 First name could be Sat.
64 Occupation is Boy.
73-78,80 Departed per SPRR March 28, 1896.
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National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 1, Vol. 34 & 35,
Manifest 9515.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
14 November 2004
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