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I, W.B. Seabury, Master of the 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 3 day of Feb 1892, before me, (signature) John M Dare, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the China whereof W.B. Seabury is Master, from Hong Kong and Yokohama, burthen gross 4939.83, nett(sic) 2400.62 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*, Bond No, If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts.
European Steerage
1* 322 Wang Se 19 China Refused USCD Habeas Corpus Case 11552
2* 323 Lo Ping Nam 18 China Refused USCD Habeas Corpus Case 11553
3* 322 Lai How 10 China Refused USCD Habeas Corpus Case 11553
Merchant's Certificates
4 1 Leong Chung 30 San Francisco Refused USCD Habeas Corpus Case 11556
5 2 Chew Ho 34 San Francisco Landed 6-Feb 386 Affdt Merchant
6 9 Yuen Gee 36 Elko Landed 6-Feb 1 Affdt Merchant
7 10 Yeu Ben Jark 25 San Francisco Landed 5-Feb 380 Affdt Merchant
8 12 Wak Kei 42 Idaho City Landed 5-Feb 376 Affdt Merchant
9 13 Ching Sing 27 San Francisco Landed 5-Feb 370 Affdt Merchant
10 15 Ng Sa?? 25 Landed 4-Feb 369 Affdt Merchant
11 16 Yip J? 42 Landed 5-Feb 379 Affdt Merchant
12 17 L?e? Leong 29 Boise City Landed 4-Feb 367 Affdt Merchant
13* 18 Qoung Lee 30 Hailey Landed 5-Feb 373 Affdt Merchant
14 19 Lee Light 29 Pittsburgh Landed 5-Feb 377 Affdt Merchant
15 28 Chun Ching 32 San Francisco Landed 5-Feb 374 Affdt Merchant
16 29 Wong Chick 23 Landed 6-Feb 382 Affdt Merchant
17 30 Wong See Cheng 26 Refused Departed per steamer Hong Kong Feb 17
18 31 Chun Hing 31 Landed 6-Feb 387 Affdt Merchant
19 34 Yin San 33 Oakland Landed 5-Feb 372 Affdt Merchant
20 35 Low Yu 48 San Francisco Landed 6-Feb 385 Affdt Merchant
21 36 Tom Yow 48 Landed 5-Feb 378 Affdt Merchant
22* 37 Wong Ah Pow 25 Landed 6-Feb 384 wife of Merchant
23* 38 Mee Took 33 Landed 8-Feb 389 wife of Merchant
24* 45 Chang Sing 35 ? ? Colo Refused USCD Habeas Corpus Case 11552
No Certificates for San Francisco
European Steerage
25* 320 Leong Wing 19 San Francisco Landed 5-Feb 376 wife of Merchant
26* 321 Leong M?n 21 Landed 5-Feb 375
27 324 Lee Tai Tar 22 Landed 5-Feb ?
Native Steerage for San Francisco
28* 11 Ho Wing Chuck 23 Refused USDC Habeas Corpus Case 11554
29* 39 Low Fung 23 Landed 6-Feb 383 wife of merchant
30* 40 Chow Nga? Ying 23 Refused USDC Habeas Corpus Case 11558
31 41 Fung Tye 23 Refused USDC Habeas Corpus Case 11560
32 42 Lee Lin Choy 23 Refused USDC Habeas Corpus Case 11557
33 43 Lai Kum 21 Refused Departed per steamer Hong Kong Feb 17
34* 44 Lee Kum Choy 21 Refused USDC Habeas Corpus Case 11559
35* 46 Chong Yow Lin 26 Refused USDC Habeas Corpus Case 11555
In transit for Panama
36 3 Wong Kui 21 Departed per City of Sydney Feb 5/92
37 14 Chun Pow 30 Landed "I.T." Transit 879
In transit for Havana
38 4 Mah Yuen Chong 42 Landed "I.T." Transit 872
39 5 Mah Ke Lock 31 Landed "I.T." Transit 873
40 6 Mah Lee Fat 23 Landed "I.T." Transit 876
41 7 Mah Mack Chong 33 Landed "I.T." Transit 877
42* 8 Wong Hoon Fan 17 Landed "I.T." Transit 875
43 20 Yip Ping Qwai 20 Departed per City of Sydney Feb 5/92
44 21 Wong Hong 24 Landed "I.T." Transit 884
45 22 Wong Yue 34 Landed "I.T." Transit 883
46 23 Wong Chun 30 Landed "I.T." Transit 885
47 24 Wong Chung 29 Landed "I.T." Transit 880
48 25 Wong Kee 49 Landed "I.T." Transit 881
49 26 Wong Chung 23 Landed "I.T." Transit 882
50 27 Yuen Sing 49 Landed "I.T." Transit 877
51 32 Mah Choy Qwan 46 Landed "I.T." Transit 875
52* 33 Mah Fong 15 Landed "I.T." Transit 878
Recapitulation Men Women girls
for San Francisco 35 22 12 1
for Panama 2
for Havana 15
Total 52
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
No of Certificate has been crossed out, replaced by Ticket No.
The Age column has been divided into two with the left hand portion called male and the
right hand portion labeled female.
Occupation is Merchant for all San Francisco Passengers and Grocer for Panama and Havana
passengers except as noted below.
Last Residence has no obvious entry for a number of passengers. It is possible that there
are ditto marks for these passengers indicating the same as the passenger above.
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 Something is written under the Refused stamp in the Occupation column "wife of ?????."
There is a nearly illegible note "C??? Minister Passport ticket 45" at the end of the
entry. Probably this refers to passenger # 24 who has ticket # 45.
2,3 are joined by a bracket and the words "on one writ" which probably refers to the habeas
corpus case number.
3 Occupation is "daughter."
13 has a note $250.
22,23 Occupation is "wife of merchant."
24 "on Chinese Minister's Passport, on same cert ticket 322." Ticket # 322 is passenger # 1.
25 Occupation is "wife of merchant."
26 "cash $400"
28 Occupation is Actor. "$400"
29 "cash $400"
30 Second name is Ngan or Ngau.
35 Occupation is Actor.
22,23,25,26,27,29,34 have a note in the margin "Fem."
42 Occupation is "with his uncle #4."
52 Occupation is "with his uncle #32."
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 4, Vol. 28 & 29, Manifest 9353.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
8 November 2005
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