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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 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.B. Seabury
Sworn to this 23 day of Nov 1891, before me, (signature) John M Dare, 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 and Yokohama, burthen 4939.83 gross, 2400.62 net 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.
For San Francisco
1 1 Loo Ging 37 San Francisco Landed 25-Nov 197 Affdt Mcht
2 2 Loo Ah Sing 37 Los Angeles Landed 27-Nov 210 Affdt Mcht
3* 3 Yee Do Jung 37 San Francisco Landed 26-Nov 185 Affdt Mcht
4 4 Yee Dunn 28 Sacramento Landed 4-Dec 220 Affdt Mcht
5 5 Yee Ping Chong 23 Helena Landed 25-Nov 189 Affdt Mcht
6 11 Moy Gin Wo 28 Chicago Landed 4-Dec 222 Affdt Mcht
7* 12 Moy Yuen Hug 27 Chicago Landed 4-Dec 221 Affdt Mcht
8 13 Ah Fung 40 Oakland Landed 30-Nov 219 Affdt Mcht
9 14 Lee Yow 24 San Francisco Landed 25-Nov 186 Affdt Mcht
10 15 Ho Hung 31 San Francisco Landed 25-Nov 192 Affdt Mcht
11 16 Soo Hoo Wai 42 San Francisco Landed 25-Nov 205 Affdt Mcht
12 17 Fong Suey 21 San Francisco Landed 30-Nov Native of US
13 18 Lee Ham 35 San Francisco Landed 27-Nov 211 Affdt Mcht
14 19 Yee Yook Gee 30 Denver Landed 27-Nov 209 Affdt Mcht
15 20 Chun Quan 27 San Francisco Landed 25-Nov 191 Affdt Mcht
16 21 Ho Mow 37 San Francisco Landed 28-Nov 214 Affdt Mcht
17 22 Ho Don 23 San Francisco Landed 27-Nov 208 Affdt Mcht
18 23 Ho Woon 32 San Francisco Landed 25-Nov 193 Affdt Mcht
19* 24 Chow May 22 San Francisco Landed 30-Nov 216 wife of Mcht
20* 25 Ho May 21 San Francisco Landed 28-Nov 213 daughter of Mcht
21* 26 Lo Wo Ting 10 San Francisco Landed 30-Nov Native of US
22 27 Jew Wing 30 San Francisco Landed 25-Nov 202 Affdt Mcht
23 28 Choi Chun Toy 15 San Francisco Landed 25-Nov Native of US
24 29 Gee Wah 36 San Rafael Landed 30-Nov 218 Affdt Mcht
25 30 Jee Yow Fon 26 Alameda Landed 30-Nov 217 Affdt Mcht
26* 31 Chong Ah Tu?g 48 Virginia City Landed 25-Nov 190 Affdt Mcht
27 32 Hong Ah Kee 25 Ogden Landed 28-Nov 215 Affdt Mcht
28* 33 Ng Gar Ning 49 Sonoma Landed 25-Nov 184 Affdt Mcht
29 34 Wong Que 42 Cal??? Landed 27-Nov 203 Affdt Mcht
30 35 Tho^s Loo Chong 39 Au??????? Landed 25-Nov 195 Affdt Mcht
31 36 Chung Cue 36 Au??????? Landed 25-Nov 199 Affdt Mcht
32 37 Kwong Cham 32 Au??????? Landed 25-Nov 198 Affdt Mcht
33 38 Chung Tong 37 Au??????? Landed 25-Nov 188 Affdt Mcht
34 39 Quan King Lung 32 San Francisco Landed 7-Dec 196 Affdt Mcht
35 48 Wong On 38 San Francisco Landed 25-Nov 237 Affdt Mcht
36 50 Ting Yet 43 San Francisco Landed 27-Nov 187 Affdt Mcht
37 51 Wong Ah Chung 36 San Jose Landed 25-Nov 212 Affdt Mcht
38 52 Wong Kee Ott 27 San Francisco Landed 25-Nov 201 Affdt Mcht
39 53 Ng Ah Dew 30 San Jose Landed 27-Nov 200 Affdt Mcht
40 54 Lee Tew 27 San Francisco Landed 27-Nov 207 Affdt Mcht
41 55 Lee Get 26 San Francisco Landed 27-Nov 204 Affdt Mcht
42 56 Fong See 26 Sacramento Landed 27-Nov 206 Affdt Mcht
43* 315 Wong Heong Lin 21 Refused USDC Habeas Corpus Case 11525
44* 216 Chun Kum Yuk 18 ? Landed 7-Dec Native of US
45* 317 Lo Kwai Ho 18 ? Landed 5-Dec 223 daughter of Mcht
For Panama
46 6 Chun H?? Kee 26 Departed per SS San Blas Nov 23, 1891
47 40 Tam Man Chow 45 Departed per SS San Blas Nov 23, 1892
48 41 Tam Man Way 40 Departed per SS San Blas Nov 23, 1893
49 42 Tam Tin Wo 21 Departed per SS San Blas Nov 23, 1894
50 43 Tam Che Tsem 31 Departed per SS San Blas Nov 23, 1895
51 44 Tam Sing Chow 22 Departed per SS San Blas Nov 23, 1896
52 45 Lee Sar Man 25 Departed per SS San Blas Nov 23, 1897
53 46 Tam Sing Loy 27 Departed per SS San Blas Nov 23, 1898
54 47 Tam Sing Chee 21 Departed per SS San Blas Nov 23, 1899
For Havana
55* 7 Chung Wo 30 Landed I.T. Transit Cert
56* 8 Ching Cheek 38 Landed I.T. Transit Cert
57* 9 Chue Chun Sow 42 Landed I.T. Transit Cert
58* 10 Chun Cheek Fang 26 Landed I.T. Transit Cert
Recapitulation
Chinese for San Francisco 45
" " Panama 9
" " Havana 4
58
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) 1891 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 Merchant for all San Francisco passengers except as noted below. It is Grocer
for all Panama and Havana passengers.
Last Residence is completed only for San Francisco passengers.
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.
3 has scar on left wrist
7 There is a character after the third name that could be h, Hugh, a check mark, or 6.
19-21 The ages of these passengers are written in the months part of the Age column. It
probably is because they are female, rather than infants.
19-20 Occupation is "to join her husband."
21 Occupation is "with her aunt."
28 cert 983 preceeds this entry on its line.
43-45 The ages of these passengers are written in the months part of the Age column. It
probably is because they are female, rather than infants. Their
43-44 Occupations are "to join her husband."
55-58 After the Landed I.T. Transit Cert entry there is an illegible entry that is probably
the numbers of these certificates.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 4, Vol. 28 & 29 Manifest 9347.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
22 August 2005
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