Immigrant Ships
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SS City of Rio de Janeiro

I, J. Tremaine Smith, Master of the City of Rio de Janeiro 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) J. T. Smith
Sworn to this 22 day of October 1892, before me, (signature) M Webber, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the City of Rio de Janeiro whereof
J. Tremaine Smith is Master, from Hong Kong, burthen 2275.45 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.

 1  1   116       Chun  Chuen        33 Refused Habeas Corpus Case USDC Case 10464       
 2  2   Oct 20/90 Qwock Lee          27 Refused Departed per City of Rio de Janeiro Nov 5, 1892  
 3  3   846       Lee   Tit          29 Refused Departed per City of Rio de Janeiro Nov 5, 1892  
 4  4   Aug 5/92  Wong  Yaw          21 Landed 24-Oct Afdt Mcht
 5  10  Nov 11/90 Lam   Wing         47 Landed 4-Nov  Afdt Mcht
 6  11  Nov 13/90 Young Lim    Tun   28 Landed 2-Nov  Afdt Mcht
 7  12  589       Chun  Pun    Man   39 Landed 22-Oct Afdt Mcht
 8  14  362       Lee   Yue    Ying  31 Refused Habeas Corpus Case USDC Case 10463       
 9  15  360       Yuen  Sun    Lung  31 Refused Habeas Corpus Case USDC Case 10462       
10  16  380       Lee   Yue    Sun   43 Landed 22-Oct Afdt Mcht
11  22  688       Kong  King   Qwong 36 Landed 27-Oct Afdt Mcht
12  23  Jul 15/91 Yee   We     Wo    34 Landed 24-Oct Afdt Mcht
13  24  Dec 20/90 Lum   Chang        37 Landed 2-Nov  Afdt Mcht
14  25  Dec 15/90 Lee   Hong         27 Landed 24-Oct Afdt Mcht
15  27  618       Yee   Chee         34 Landed 2-Nov  Afdt Mcht
16  28  395       Wong  Lung         31 Landed 22-Oct Afdt Mcht
17  29  440       Wong  Leang        26 Landed 22-Oct Afdt Mcht
18  30  Nov 11/90 Soon  Kim          38 Landed 2-Nov  Afdt Mcht
19  31  284       Wong  Lin          30 Landed 22-Oct Afdt Mcht
20  32  214       Chang Hong         31 Landed 2-Nov  Afdt Mcht
21  33  324       Wong  Yoe          27 Landed 24-Oct Afdt Mcht
22  34  Sep 12/91 Chang Ling         52 Landed 22-Oct Afdt Mcht
23  36  45        Lee   Cheong Lip   39 Landed 22-Oct Afdt Mcht
24  37  Feb 24/91 Leong Lin          33 Landed 24-Oct Afdt Mcht
25  38  Oct 14/90 Loui  Hong   Yung  32 Landed 4-Nov  Afdt Mcht
26* 39  Mar 3/91  Mack  Soy    Some  26 Landed 28-Oct Afdt Mcht
27  40  Sep 2/90  Wong  Wan          60 Refused Habeas Corpus Case USDC Case 10459       
28* 41  Sep 2/90  Chun  Choy   Lan   50 Refused Habeas Corpus Case USDC Case 10460       
29  47  Oct 8/90  Lee   Lai          41 Landed 24-Oct Afdt Mcht
30  48  620       Ng    Tuck         39 Landed 24-Oct Afdt Mcht
31  49  Mar 10-80 Same  Yam    Nam   31 Landed 24-Oct Afdt Mcht
32  50  May 8/90  Lee   Kan          32 Refused Departed per City of Rio de Janeiro Nov 5, 1892  
33  368 Jul 15/91 Chun  Lee    Sook  23 Refused Habeas Corpus Case USDC Case 10461

              For Panama

34  5             Cha   Chock  Sun   35 Departed  SS San Jose Oct 25, 1892       
35  6             Lo    Chit   Chee  39 Departed  SS San Jose Oct 25, 1892       
36  7             Ho    Po           26 Departed  SS San Jose Oct 25, 1892       
37  8             Low   Yee          36 Departed  SS San Jose Oct 25, 1892       
38  13            Mak   Sin          21 Departed  SS San Jose Oct 25, 1892       
39* 19            Ho    Kai          25 Departed  SS San Jose Oct 25, 1892       
40  20            Ho    Yong         24 Departed  SS San Jose Oct 25, 1892       
41  21            Tang  Yew          30 Departed  SS San Jose Oct 25, 1892       
42  42            Lai   Low          26 Departed  SS San Jose Oct 25, 1892       
43  43            Lai   Sue          25 Departed  SS San Jose Oct 25, 1892       

              For Champerico*

44  9             Lam   Tack   Kue   39 Departed  SS San Jose Oct 25, 1892
45  26            Lee   Moon         36 Departed  SS San Jose Oct 25, 1892

              For Havana

46  17            Lee   Yow    Lin   25 Landed IT Transit Cert 1600
47  18            Lee   Poy    Ming  23 Landed IT Transit Cert 1601
48  35            Kong  Young        50 Landed IT Transit Cert 1602
49  44            Yan   Shang  Hing  43 Landed IT Transit Cert 1603
50  45            Yan   Lun    Kan   36 Landed IT Transit Cert 1604
51  46            Yan   Hong   Kum   21 Landed IT Transit Cert 1605

Recapitulation     
For             Males  Fem  Total
  America         30    3     33
  Panama          10          10
  Champerico       2           2
  Havana           6           6
        Total     48    3     51


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:
 Height
 Complexion
 Color of Eyes
 Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification

The No of Certificate column has been divided into two parts, the first column is 
 headed "Ticket."
Occupation is Grocer for all passengers except as noted below.  Last Residence
 is China for all passengers.
Last Place of Residence is China for all passengers.

Champerico is on the Pacific coast of Guatemala.  

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.

26  Occupation is "to join her husband."
28  Occupation is "with her husband." 
39  Landed I.T.Trans Cert 1595.

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