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I, W.B. Seabury, Master of the British Steamer 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 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.B. Seabury
Sworn to this 24* day of February 1897, before me, (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the British Steamer China whereof W.B. Seabury is Master, from Hong Kong, burthen 2401 tons
Columns represent: Number, No of Ticket, Name, Age, Sex, 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 for San Francisco
1 653 Ng Kai 34 M San Francisco Landed Harrison 6-Mar Affidavit Merchant
2* 653 Lee Shee 27 F China Landed Harrison 6-Mar Wife of Merchant
3* 653 Chue Gun 9 F China Landed Harrison 6-Mar dtr of merchant
4 656 Joseph Fay 50 M China Landed O'Leary 19-Mar Affidavit Merchant
5* 657 Chun Saw Tong 22 F China Denied Weller 31-May Fem Native of US
6* 658 Chun Kuon Sing 21 F China Landed Hills 28-Mar Fem Native of US
7* 659 Chun Say Kes 20 F China Denied Weller 31-May Fem Native of US
8* 660 Yong Kum Moy 19 F China Landed O'Leary 6-Apr Fem Native of US
9* 661 Lai Hang Sun 18 F China Landed Hills 20-Mar Fem Native of US
10* 662 Chun Quai Heong 17 F China Refused Dep per Str City of Rio de Janeiro, Hong Kong, April 10-'97
11* 663 Lee Lin 19 F China Landed Weller 3-Apr Fem Native of US
12* 664 Chun Yuet Kum 20 F China Landed O'Leary 27-Mar Fem Native of US
13* 665 Wong Yuet 20 F China Landed Boyce 31-Mar Fem Native of US
14* 666 Wong Lin Kew 18 F China Landed O'Leary 22-Mar Fem Native of US
15* 667 Hue Chon Lan 19 F China Landed O'Leary 24-Mar Fem Native of US
16* 668 Chan Choy Fong 20 F China Landed O'Leary 27-Mar Fem Native of US
17* 669 Chan Sue 20 F China Landed O'Leary 9-Apr Fem Native of US
18* 670 Chan Yan Choy 20 F China Landed Hills 20-Mar Fem Native of US
19* 671 Chan Lay Choy 22 F China Landed Hills 20-Mar Fem Native of US
20* 672 Lee Choy Sin 20 F China Landed Hills 20-Mar Fem Native of US
21* 673 Sew Lin Choy 22 F China Landed Hills 20-Mar Fem Native of US
22 1 Wang Bing 37 M Carlin Landed O'Leary 15-Mar Affidavit Merchant
23 2 Chew See Sheung 31 M San Francisco Landed O'Leary 15-Mar Affidavit Merchant
24* 9 Yue Wo 20 M China Landed O'Leary 16-Mar Native of US
25* 10 Yue Chun Pak 20 M China Landed Lynch 16-Mar Native of US
26* 11 Fan Lin Chu 20 M China Landed Lynch 16-Mar Native of US
27 12 Lei Shung 30 M Hong Kong Landed O'Leary 10-Mar Affidavit Merchant
28 13 Chun Chong 16 M China Refused Dep per Str Peru, Hong Kong, March 23-'97
29* 14 Gen Yum 25 M St Louis Refused Dep per Str Peru, Hong Kong, May 1-'97
30 18 Gee Feung Sing 23 M San Francisco Landed O'Leary 10-Mar Native of US
31 19 Gee Bing Fong 26 M San Francisco Landed O'Leary 10-Mar Native of US
32 20 Jew Sing Yuen 37 M San Francisco Landed O'Leary 5-May Affidavit Merchant
33* 21 Yee Fook 21 M China Landed Hills 20-Mar Native of US
34* 22 Yue Me Tak 14 M China Landed O'Leary 10-Mar Student
35* 5426 Wong Fan 33 F Yokohama Refused Dep per Str China, Hong Kong, August 5 -'97
36* 5427 Wong Ying 14 F Yokohama Refused Dep per Str China, Hong Kong, August 5 -'97
37* ? Wong Hong 8 M Yokohama Refused Dep per Str China, Hong Kong, August 5 -'97
Chinese for Bluefield*
38 3 Chue Cheong 40 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 6204 Dep per SPRR, Bluefields, March 7-'97
39* 4 Chue Chung 14 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 6205 Dep per SPRR, Bluefields, March 7-'97
40* 5 Chow Yow 20 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 6206 Dep per SPRR, Bluefields, March 7-'97
41* 654 Ching See 28 F China Landed "I.T." Transit List 6202 Dep per SPRR, Bluefields, March 7-'97
42* 655 Chue Moy 16 F China Landed "I.T." Transit List 6203 Dep per SPRR, Bluefields, March 7-'97
Chinese for Panama
43 6 Cha Tin Hing 25 M China Dep per Str San Blas, Panama, March 10-'97
44 7 Yip Yick Man 23 M China Dep per Str San Blas, Panama, March 10-'97
45 8 Chun Chu Chuen 22 M China Dep per Str San Blas, Panama, March 10-'97
Chinese for City of Mexico
46 15 Yue Tang 40 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 6199 Dep per SPRR, Mexico, March 7-'97
47 16 Chue Kan 23 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 6200 Dep per SPRR, Mexico, March 7-'97
48 17 Chue Yam Shing 20 M China Landed "I.T." Transit List 6201 Dep per SPRR, Mexico, March 7-'97
Recapitulation Male Female Total
San Francisco 16 21 37
Bluefield 3 2 5
Panama 3 3
City of Mexico 3 3
Total 25 23 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.
Beside the Sworn Statement date someone has written 18th. There is no cover sheet to compare
but looking at the landing and onward departure dates of the passengers it seems likely that
February 24 is correct.
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) 1897 by Insp's (blank
for a name. In this case the names are transcribed because there are many different inspectors.).
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)
Occupation is Merchant for all passengers for San Francisco and Bluefields and Laborer for those
bound for Panama and Mexico City except as noted below.
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
Bluefields (misspelled here) is on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua.
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.
2 Occupation is Wife.
3 Occupation is None.
5-21 Occupation is Wife.
24-26 Occupation is Student.
28 Occupation is Student.
29 Occupation is Clerk.
33-34 Occupation is Student.
35 Occupation is Wife.
36-37 Occupation is None.
39-40 Occupation is Student.
41 Occupation is Wife no. 3.
42 Occupation is None.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 6, Section 2, Vol. 36 & 37, Manifest 9569.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
13 May 2006
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