Immigrant Ships
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SS San Juan

I, W.C. Pitts, Master of the SS San Juan 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 Panama & 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.C. Pitts
Sworn to this 12 day of Feb 1896, before me, (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the SS San Juan whereof ____ is Master, from Panama and way ports, burthen 1496.46 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 in transit, Panama to Hong Kong via San Francisco

1  Cham   Tim   40  Merchant  South America  Departed per Gaelic, Hong Kong Feby 25, 1896
2  Leg    Gum   39  Merchant  South America  Departed per Gaelic, Hong Kong Feby 25, 1896   
3  Chu    Ham   42  Merchant  South America  Departed per Gaelic, Hong Kong Feby 25, 1896
4  Ma     Soi   37  Merchant  South America  Departed per Gaelic, Hong Kong Feby 25, 1896
5  Ah     Choe  40  Merchant  South America  Departed per Gaelic, Hong Kong Feby 25, 1896
6  Cam    Fock  45  Merchant  South America  Died at Sea Feb 5 of Dropsy
7  Long   Chan  43  Merchant  South America  Departed per Gaelic, Hong Kong Feby 25, 1896
8  Manuel Elias 64  Merchant  South America  Departed per Gaelic, Hong Kong Feby 25, 1896
9  Sin    Ying  33  Merchant  Mazatlan       Departed per Gaelic, Hong Kong Feby 25, 1896
 

Transcriber's Notes:

* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not the transcriber,
  or calls attention to additional information in the transcriber notes.

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.

The departure port is listed as simply "Panama."  Research indicates this refers to Panama City.

The following columns had no entries and are not included in the table:
 No of Certificate
 Height
 Complexion
 Color of Eyes
 Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification 
 If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts

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