Immigrant Ships
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SS Oceanic

I, W.M. Smith, Master of the O & O SS Oceanic 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.M. Smith
Sworn to this 6 day of Mar 1893, before me, (signature) John M Dare, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the _______ whereof W.M. Smith is Master, from Hong Kong and Yokohama, burthen 3805 tons

Columns represent: Number, No or Date 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.

              For San Francisco

 1* 1  May 20, 1890  Tam    Pon   Sun    32 Refused  Habeas Corpus USDC Case  10556       
 2* 2  Dec 3, 1892   Wong   On           21 Refused  Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10554       
 3* 9  Jul 29, 1890  Yee    Ying  Yoe    45 Refused  Departed per Oceanic March 4, 1893  
 4  10  559          Low    Wee          34 Landed 7-Mar Affdt Mcht
 5* 11 Dec 12, 1889  Chun   Hop          22 Refused  Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10553       
 6* 16 Nov 11, 1892  Kwock  Ming         34 Refused  Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10552       
 7* 31 Sept 4, 1890  Low    Chung        34 Refused  Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10555       
 8* 39 Mar 14, 1893  Chun   Tai          28 Landed 6-Mar Affdt Mcht
 9* 41 Apr 23, 1891  Wong   Ling         44 Refused  Departed per Oceanic March 4, 1893  
10  42 Apr 23, 1891  Cheong On           26 Refused  Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10557       
11  43 Mar 28, 189?  You    Kong         37 Landed 7-Mar Affdt Mcht
12*                  Lin    Shi   Sheang 56 Landed 6-Mar 
13*                  Yu     Ting  Tseang 25 Landed 6-Mar 
14*                  Tsang  Shu   Tsuan  19 Landed 6-Mar 
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
15* Cabin            Chong  Koa                          Cert Mcht

              For Havana

16  4                Yan    Wah   Sow    29 Landed "I.T.Transit List 1953        
17  5                Yan    See   Fong   20 Landed "I.T.Transit List 1954        
18  6                Yan    Kwock Lan    30 Landed "I.T.Transit List 1955        
19  7                Yan    Sing  Foon   34 Landed "I.T.Transit List 1956        
20  8                Yue    Ying  Chung  21 Landed "I.T.Transit List 1957        
21  12               Loe    Hin          21 Landed "I.T.Transit List 1958        
22  13               Loe    Koon  Sing   20 Landed "I.T.Transit List 1959        
23  14               Lai    Cheong       49 Landed "I.T.Transit List 1960        
24  17               Yan    Sow          37 Landed "I.T.Transit List 1961        
25  18               Lee    Ow           25 Landed "I.T.Transit List 1962        
26  19               Lee    Suy          25 Landed "I.T.Transit List 1963        
27  20               Lee    Sing         29 Landed "I.T.Transit List 1964
28  21               Lee    Ting  Fock   22 Landed "I.T.Transit List 1965
29  22               Lee    Pun   Cheong 25 Landed "I.T.Transit List 1966
30  23               Kwong  Fong         30 Departed per SS Colon Mch ?  
31  24               Kwong  Sow          24 Departed per SS Colon Mch ?          
32  25               Kwong  Ming         24 Departed per SS Colon Mch ?          
33  26               Kwong  Sing         26 Departed per SS Colon Mch ?          
34  27               Kwong  Cheang       23 Departed per SS Colon Mch ?          
35  28               Chu    Hai          27 Departed per SS Colon Mch ?          
36  30               Chew   San          21 Landed "I.T.Transit List 1967                
37  40               Young  See          24 Landed "I.T.Transit List 1968                
38  44               Lee    Yick         35 Landed "I.T.Transit List 1969
     
              For Panama

39  3                Sum    Chock        30 Departed per Colima Mch 6, 1893
40  15               Lum    Chu   On     35 Departed per Colima Mch 6, 1893
41  29               Poon   Ho    Son    40 Departed per Colima Mch 6, 1893
42  32               Yue    Chock Son    28 Departed per Colima Mch 6, 1893
43  33               Ko     May   Ching  31 Departed per Colima Mch 6, 1893
44  34               Lum    Yuck  Yuen   27 Departed per Colima Mch 6, 1893
45  35               Ko     Yam   Qwai   21 Departed per Colima Mch 6, 1893
46  30               Ko     Sam          28 Departed per Colima Mch 6, 1893
47  37               Ko     Chow         38 Departed per Colima Mch 6, 1893
48  38               Chun   Sang         23 Departed per Colima Mch 6, 1893

Recapitulation  
 San Francisco  15
 Havana         23
 Panama         10
       Total    48


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
 Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification

Occupation is Grocer for all passengers except 12-14.
Last Place of Residence is China for passengers bound for Havana or Panama.  It is not 
 completed for some of the other passengers and is obscured by the stamp for many.  Legible
 information is recorded below.  

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  Last Place of Residence is Marysville, Cal.
3    Last Place of Residence is illegible.
5-7  Last Place of Residence is illegible.
8    This passenger has both a certificate number and a date recorded.  The number is 794.
     Last Place of Residence is San Francisco.
9    Last Place of Residence is San Francisco.
12-14 Occupation is Chinese Legation Washington DC.
15   Landed by order Collector Yokohama Cert.

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