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SS Oceanic
I, W.M. Smith, Master of the SS Oceanic 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.M. Smith
Sworn to this 21st day of Oct 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 Oceanic whereof W.M. Smith is Master, from Hong Kong and Yokohama, burthen 2440 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 with Chinese Consular Certificates
1 1 ?/12/9? Gee Chow 27 Landed 26-Oct Bond # 23 Affdt Merchant
2 2 ?/11/90 Gee Cheong 39 Landed 26-Oct Bond # 22 Affdt Merchant
3 3 9/24/90 Gee Hing 29 Landed 27-Oct Bond # 48 Affdt Merchant
4 4 5/21/90 Woo Fan Chong 54 Landed 27-Oct Bond # 40 Affdt Merchant
5 5 8/22/84 Woo Nam Sing 37 Landed 27-Oct Bond # 41 Affdt Merchant
6 6 11/11/90 Lam Yew 32 Landed 27-Oct Bond # 60 Affdt Merchant
7 7 3/7/90 Ng Fook Loon 28 Landed 27-Oct Bond # 50 Affdt Merchant
8 8 10/10/89 Choy Kee 36 Landed 2-Nov Bond # 96 Affdt Merchant
9 9 10/14/89 Choy Fook 12 Landed 3-Nov Native of US
10 10 11/2/90 Sato Fung 23 Landed 26-Oct Bond # 30 Affdt Merchant
11 11 11/11/90 Hue Qwong Fat 41 Landed 27-Oct Bond # 43 Affdt Merchant
12 12 12/9/9? Qoo Wing 33 Landed 30-Oct Bond # 83 Affdt Merchant
13 13 10/7/? Wong Lin Loon 36 Landed 27-Oct Bond # 47 Affdt Merchant
14 14 11/17/90 Yue Chung 34 Landed 29-Oct Bond # ? Affdt Merchant
15 15 12/3/91 Chue Hin 36 Landed 26-Oct Bond # 11 Affdt Merchant
16 16 12/2/90 Qwan Man 24 Landed 28-Oct Bond # 95 Affdt Merchant
17 17 9/20/90 Chin Sing 26 Landed 27-Oct Bond # 51 Affdt Merchant
18 18 11/24/91 Loo Wing 27 Landed 29-Oct Bond # 52 Affdt Merchant
19 19 12/2?/89 Young Chai 34 Landed 28-Oct Bond # ? Affdt Merchant
20 20 8/21/90 Ching Ling 26 Landed 26-Oct Bond # 39 Affdt Merchant
21 21 11/2?/90 Loo Pack Lock 33 Landed 29-Oct Bond # 84 Affdt Merchant
22 22 11/4/? Wong Chin Shun 30 Landed 27-Oct Bond # 67 Affdt Merchant
23 23 3/10/91 Wong Sing Chow 25 Landed 27-Oct Bond # 56 Affdt Merchant
24 24 #96 Wong Sha 47 Landed 27-Oct Bond # 57 Affdt Merchant
25* 25 11/17/90 Long Chun 27 Landed 26-Oct Bond # 10 Affdt Merchant
26 26 10/7/90 Long Sing 26 Landed 3-Nov Bond # 9? Affdt Merchant
27 27 4/21/91 Wong Sing 36 Landed 27-Oct Bond # 66 Affdt Merchant
28 28 8/18/90 Low Qwing 26 Landed 26-Oct Bond # 14 Affdt Merchant
29 29 #350 Yue Pun 26 Landed 3-Nov Bond # 98 Affdt Merchant
30 40 8/19/89 Choi Yam 27 Landed 26-Oct Bond # 26 Affdt Merchant
31 41 3/9/90 Loo Gin 25 Landed 26-Oct Bond # 21 Affdt Merchant
32 42 11/18/89 Lee Kin Fun 28 Landed 28-Oct Bond # 47 Affdt Merchant
33 43 3/9/91 Chan Loi 28 Landed 26-Oct Bond # 69 Affdt Merchant
34 44 6/1/90 Chow Foo 45 Landed 28-Oct Bond # 72 Affdt Merchant
35 45 11/1?/90 Chuen Moon 30 Refused Departed per Oceanic Nov 3, 1891
36 46 3/13/90 Fong Chan 36 Landed 27-Oct Bond # 64 Affdt Merchant
37 47 ?/5/91 Lee Lo 29 Landed 26-Oct bond # 37 Affdt Merchant
38 48 1/5/91 Lee Ping Lee 31 Landed 26-Oct Bond # 66 Affdt Merchant
39 49 2/30/91 Lee Chip 21 Landed 26-Oct Bond # ? Affdt Merchant
40 50 4/27/90 Chung Kwong Long 41 Landed 26-Oct bomd # 20 Affdt Merchant
41 51 11/10/90 Yue Poy Chung 41 Landed 28-Oct Bond # 70 Pawn Broker
42* 52 12/29/9? Yue Choy ?ung 32 Landed 27-Oct Bond # 65 Affdt Merchant
43 53 10/18/90 Chow Tat Yuen 29 Landed 26-Oct Bond # 28 Affdt Merchant
44 54 7/19/91 Chow Cheong Qwai 38 Landed 26-Oct Bond # ?3 Affdt Merchant
45 55 9/30/90 Chow Lun 25 Landed 26-Oct Bond # 32 Affdt Merchant
46 56 7/3/29 Chow Chuck 31 Landed 26-Oct Bond # 31 Affdt Merchant
47 57 7/30/89 Lee Che 43 Landed 26-Oct Bond # 17 Affdt Merchant
48 58 12/16/90 Choy Chuen 27 Landed 2-Nov Bond # 95 Affdt Merchant
49 59 4/27/90 Yue Chuck Chung 34 Landed 29-Oct Bond # 83 Affdt Merchant
50 60 3/9/91 Lum Yue Sun 44 Landed 3-Nov Bond #100 Affdt Merchant
51 61 12/24/90 Wong Fong Kai 39 Landed 29-Oct Bond # 79 Affdt Merchant
52 62 10/6/90 Yue Yan Cheong 39 Landed 26-Oct Bond # 20 Affdt Merchant
53 64 12/24/90 Tang Yung 39 Landed 26-Oct Bond # 76 Affdt Merchant
54 65 9/3/90 Chun Yut 29 Landed 28-Oct Bond # 77 Affdt Merchant
55 66 12/5/90 Tang Poy 27 Landed 28-Oct Bond # 73 Affdt Merchant
56 84 4/14/90 Leong Yong 23 Landed 26-Oct Bond # 35 Affdt Merchant
57 85 5/18/91 Tang Quan 31 Landed 30-Oct Bond # 87 Affdt Merchant
58* 86 7/31/91 Cha Kue 31 Landed 26-Oct Bond # 9? Affdt Merchant
59 87 10/16/90 Wong Qwong Si 26 Landed 27-Oct Bond # 58 Affdt Merchant
60 88 12/16/90 Wong Si Pue 27 Landed 27-Oct Bond # 59 Affdt Merchant
61 89 # 118 Wong Ming 37 Landed 27-Oct Bond # 57 Affdt Merchant
62 90 11/17/90 Yuen Wah 22 Landed 26-Oct Bond # 27 Affdt Merchant
63 91 3/14/89 Chun Hing 35 Landed 28-Oct Bond # 78 Affdt Merchant
64 92 2/24/91 Chun Sing Chy 48 Landed 28-Oct Bond # 76 Affdt Merchant
65 93 # 285 Tam Kue Qwong 27 Landed 2-Nov Bond # 97 Affdt Merchant
66 94 12/5/90 Tam Yan Kow 25 Refused Departed per Oceanic Nov 3, 1891
67 95 12/23/90 Tam Fong Lum 23 Landed 27-Oct Bond # 46 Affdt Merchant
68 96 3/30/91 Lai Tuck 28 Landed 26-Oct Bond # 18 Affdt Merchant
69 97 11/12/90 Woo Ching 34 Landed 27-Oct Bond # 45 Affdt Merchant
70 98 11/12/90 Woo Toong 27 Landed 27-Oct Bond # 44 Affdt Merchant
71 99 2/24/90 Fong Yam 40 Landed 24-Oct Bond # 12 Affdt Merchant
72 100 11/7/89 Yue Qwan Ying 20 Landed 24-Oct Bond # 24 Affdt Merchant
73 101 12/26/90 Qwan Yuen On 20 Landed 24-Oct Bond # ? Affdt Merchant
74 102 7/18/89 Gee Chow 23 Landed 24-Oct Bond # 25 Affdt Merchant
75 105 10/28/89 Kwong Keong 27 Landed 27-Oct Bond # 52 Affdt Merchant
76 106 7/26/90 Kwong Ping 28 Landed 27-Oct Bond # 54 Affdt Merchant
77 107 10/1/89 Kwong Hee 38 Landed 27-Oct Bond # 44 Affdt Merchant
78 108 10/2/89 Kwong Soo 31 Landed 2-Nov Bond # 92 Affdt Merchant
79 109 9/30/90 Lee Wee 36 Landed 2-Nov Bond # 93 Affdt Merchant
80 110 10/25/90 Lee Sang 29 Landed 2-Nov Bond # 42 Affdt Merchant
81 113 7/2/89 Sung Fat Sam 44 Landed 24-Oct Bond # 61 Affdt Merchant
82 114 6/10/91 Chong Yip 38 Landed 24-Oct Bond # 69 Affdt Merchant
83 116 12/12/90 Tan Chun 38 Landed 28-Oct Bond # 94 Affdt Merchant
84 117 # 122 Fong Yan Hong 46 Landed 2-Nov Bond # 15 Affdt Merchant
85 118 6/24/90 Lu Sun 31 Landed ?-Oct Bond # 74 Affdt Merchant
86 119 4/1/91 Wong Look 23 Landed ?-Oct Bond # 62 Affdt Merchant
87 120 11/12/90 Chew Sing 33 Landed 30-Oct Bond # 90 Affdt Merchant
88 121 2/5/90 Lee Le 33 Landed 26-Oct Bond # 34 Affdt Merchant
89 122 9/29/90 Sue Kum 22 Landed 30-Oct Bond # 55 Affdt Merchant
90 123 4/2/90 Tang Wong 27 Landed 30-Oct Bond # ? Affdt Merchant
91 125 2/19/91 Lew Qwing Son 50 Landed 28-Oct Bond # 91 Affdt Merchant
92 126 9/2/90 Oiu Wing 46 Landed 30-Oct Bond # 9? Affdt Merchant
93 127 2/19/89 Wong Yick 37 Landed 27-Oct Bond # ?5 Affdt Merchant
94 128 10/21/90 Yan Yui Koon 32 Landed 29-Oct Bond # 86 Affdt Merchant
95 129 10/12/89 Chun Kwan Tai 44 Landed 29-Oct Bond # 80 Affdt Merchant
96 ? 9/25/89 Chan Fat 30 Landed 26-Oct Bond # 3? Affdt Merchant
For San Francisco without Ceritficates
97* 30 Female Mock Loy Ho 24 Landed 30-Oct Citizen and Daughter of Pawn broker
98* 21 Female Mock Chow Qwai 10 Refused USDC Habeas Corpus Case 11573
For Panama
99 63 Yue Hoi How 45 Landed "I.T." Transit List 768
100 69 Sak Luk Ping 45 Landed "I.T." Transit List 769
101 70 Leong Oy Man 32 Landed "I.T." Transit List 770
102 71 Chan Ping Chin 37 Departed per SS San Juan Oct 23rd 189?
103 72 Tang Ching 34 Departed per SS San Juan Oct 23rd 189?
104 73 Lue Pack Yuen 27 Departed per SS San Juan Oct 23rd 189?
105 74 Tam Too 44 Departed per SS San Juan Oct 23rd 189?
106 75 Sew Hing Lun 45 Departed per SS San Juan Oct 23rd 189?
107* 76 Sew Yee 25 Departed per SS San Juan Oct 23rd 189?
108 104 Chong Luk 20 Departed per SS San Juan Oct 23rd 189?
For Havana
109* 32 Ching Mock Kwai 47
110* 33 Chong Fuy 42
111* 34 Lee Won Fuy 29
112* 35 Leong Chung 20
113* 36 Ng Kee On 41
114* 37 Chun Kwai Yow 47
115* 38 Fong Chung Hing 45
116* 39 Lam Fook 47
117* 67 Ng Chun 42
118* 68 Leong Kui 35
119* ?7 Cha Chui 43
120* ?8 Cheong Min 27
121* ?9 Cha Hong 28
122* ?0 Cha Kut 42
123* 1 Tang How 34
124* 2 Low Ying 28
125* 3 Kum Song 20
126* 13 Ching Son 37
127* ?1 Kwan Lum 28
128* 2 Kwan Kow 21
129* 5 Kwan Fung 34
Recapitulation Men Women Boys Girls Total
For San Francisco with cert. 95 1 96
For San Francisco without cert. 1 1 2
For Panama 9 1 10
For Havana 21 21
Total 125 2 1 1 129
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 and are not included in the table:
Height
Complexion
Color of Eyes
Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification
Occupation is Grocer for all passengers except 97,98 and 107.
Last Place of Residence is China for all 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.
25 There is a second name written above the one transcribed on the list: Hong Jan.
42 Third name could be Hung of Kung, although it might have another letter, Heung or Keung.
58 There is an illegible word in the last column.
97 Occupation is To join her husband Sato M??.
98 See passenger 41.
107 Occupation is To join her husband Chang Sew Ching.
109-129 "Landed I.T. Transit Certs" followed by a series of illegible numbers that are
probably the numbers of the certificates. This indicates that they probably
traveled further by railroad.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 4, Vol. 28 & 29 Manifest 9343.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
14 August 2005
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