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City of Para
I, Thos Mortensen, Master of the City of Pará 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) Thos Mortensen
Sworn to this 13 day of Apr 1897, before me, (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the City of Pará whereof Thos Mortensen is Master, from Panama, burthen 2504.88 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*.
1 Fco Leon 40 Merchant Callao Departed per Str Gaelic, Hong Kong, Apr 20-'97
2 *Child Leon 4 Merchant Callao Departed per Str Gaelic, Hong Kong, Apr 20-'97
3 *Child Leon 2 Merchant Callao Departed per Str Gaelic, Hong Kong, Apr 20-'97
4 Ah Ching 26 Merchant Callao Departed per Str Gaelic, Hong Kong, Apr 20-'97
5 Ah Ming 30 Merchant Callao Departed per Str Gaelic, Hong Kong, Apr 20-'97
6 Mon You 27 Merchant Callao Departed per Str Gaelic, Hong Kong, Apr 20-'97
7 Ton Tai 35 Merchant Callao Departed per Str Gaelic, Hong Kong, Apr 20-'97
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:
No of Certificate
Height
Complexion
Color of Eyes
Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification
If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts
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.
2,3 These passengers are called Merchants by the use of the same ditto marks that are used
for all but the top passenger.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 6, Section 2, Vol. 36 & 37, Manifest 9575-2.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
4 March 2006
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