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SS City of Peking
I, J.T. Smith*, Master of the City of Peking 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 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) J.T. Smith
Sworn to this 5 day of Feb 1897, before me, (signature) JJ Tobin, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the City of Peking whereof J.T. Smith is Master, from Hong Kong, burthen 5079.62 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*, If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts.
1 1 Lam Foo 46 Merchant Oakland Landed 11-Feb Affidavit Merchant
2 6 Young Lue 29 Merchant San Francisco Landed 11-Feb Affidavit Merchant
3 9 Chow Lee Cheong 33 Merchant San Francisco Landed 10-Feb Affidavit Merchant
4 10 Chin Bag 23 Merchant San Francisco Landed 10-Feb Affidavit Merchant
5 16 Lee Tai 22 Pedlar Mendota Landed 10-Feb Affidavit Merchant
6* 17 Lee Pak Loy 25 Grocer S.F. Landed 20-Feb Affidavit Merchant
7* 18 Chan Shee Hong 22 Merchant Vallejo Landed 10-Feb Affidavit Merchant
8 20 Leong Yoh Lok 22 Grocer San Francisco Landed 19-Feb Native of US
9 22 Lee Tsong 35 Grocer Sacramento Landed 13-Feb Affidavit Merchant
10 23 Gee Lung 36 Grocer Fresno Landed 13-Feb Affidavit Merchant
11 26 U Lin Tooi 18 Student S.F. Landed 10-Feb Student
12 27 Ho Ping 18 Student S.F. Landed 10-Feb Student
13 28 U Wing Cheong 16 Student S.F. Landed 10-Feb Student
14 29 U Wing Lun 17 Student S.F. Landed 10-Feb Student
15 33 Chin Goon 33 Laborer Pasadena Landed 10-Feb Return Laborer
16 34 Chak Hing 32 Merchant Williams Landed 18-Feb Affidavit Merchant
17 35 Fong Guey 38 Merchant Terrada, Vt Landed 13-Feb Affidavit Merchant
18 36 Cheun Hin 27 Merchant San Francisco Landed 19-Feb Native of US
19 37 Lee Sing 27 Grocer San Francisco Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 11322
20 38 Hom Duck 25 Grocer San Francisco Landed 19-Feb Native of US
21 39 Leong Yan Tuck 20 Grocer San Francisco Landed 19-Feb Native of US
22 44 Mark On 30 Grocer Ogden Landed 15-Sep Affidavit Merchant
23 45 Woo Kan Sing 25 Grocer San Francisco Landed 18-Feb Native of US
24 643 Yong Yust Gho 19 Female San Francisco Landed 6-Mar Fem Native of US
25* 644 Ch?eng Yust Ching 20 Female San Francisco Landed 6-Mar Fem Native of US
26 645 Leong Kum Quai 22 Female San Francisco Landed 18-Feb Fem Native of US
27* 646 Lee Fong Ying 20 Female San Francisco Landed 6-Mar Fem Native of US
28 647 Lum Choy Gho 20 Female San Francisco Landed 18-Feb Fem Native of US
29 648 Lum Choy Yust 18 Female San Francisco Landed 18-Feb Fem Native of US
30 649 Yue Lim Kwai 21 Female San Francisco Landed 6-Mar Fem Native of US
31 650 Ng Tuck 34 Merchant San Francisco Landed 10-Feb Affidavit Merchant
32 651 Quang Chung Moy 21 Female San Francisco Landed 20-Feb Fem Native of US
33 652 Ng Toy Gue 8 Female San Francisco Landed 26-Feb Fem Native of US
Chinese in transit for San Benito*
34* 2 Kwan Moon 21 Grocer 5'5" Landed "I.T." Transit List 6178
35* 3 Chue Tin 22 Grocer 5'5" Landed "I.T." Transit List 6179
36* 4 Fung Low 27 Grocer 5'4½" Landed "I.T." Transit List 6180
37* 5 Chun Him 21 Grocer 5'5" Landed "I.T." Transit List 6181
38 7 Chew Wah Ling 42 Grocer 5'5½" Dep per Str Cit of Para, Panama, Feby 20-'97
39 8 Chew Ching Sing 18 Grocer 5'6" Dep per Str Cit of Para, Panama, Feby 20-'97
Chinese in transit for City of Mexico
40* 11 You Lung Pac 40 Grocer 5'5" Landed "I.T." Transit List 6169
41* 12 Yue Ching Cheong 38 Grocer 5'3½" Landed "I.T." Transit List 6170
42* 13 Yue Chung Kow 31 Grocer 5'9" Landed "I.T." Transit List 6171
43* 25 Low Loy 26 Grocer 5'4" Landed "I.T." Transit List 6172
44* 30 Lam Pin 45 Grocer 5'2½" Landed "I.T." Transit List 6173
45* 31 Lam Foo 47 Grocer 5'4½" Landed "I.T." Transit List 6174
46* 32 Lun Tak 50 Grocer 5'4½" Landed "I.T." Transit List 6175
Chinese in transit for Panama
47 14 Chen Low Fung 21 Grocer 5'4½" Dep per Str Newport, Panama, Feby 8-'97
48 15 Chun Sow Key 27 Grocer 5'5" Dep per Str Newport, Panama, Feby 8-'97
49 19 Yip Fat 26 Grocer 5'4" Dep per Str Newport, Panama, Feby 8-'97
Chinese in transit for Havana
50* 21 Loi Gaul 50 Merchant 5'6½" Landed "I.T." Transit List 6176
51* 24 Kwong Cho 20 Merchant 5'4½" Landed "I.T." Transit List 6177
Chinese in transit for Mazatlan
52 40 Woo Low Chong 20 Grocer 5'5" Dep per Str Newport, Panama, Feby 8-'97
53 41 Woo Hai Key 20 Grocer 5'6" Dep per Str Newport, Panama, Feby 8-'97
54 42 Woo Kee 39 Grocer 5'4½" Dep per Str Newport, Panama, Feby 8-'97
55 43 Woo Chum Foo 22 Grocer 5'4" Dep per Str Newport, Panama, Feby 8-'97
Recapitulation Male Female Total
S.F. 24 9 33
San Benito 6 6
Mexico 7 7
Panama 3 3
Havana 2 2
Mazatlan 4 4
Total 46 9 55
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.
On other lists for this ship the captain's name is J. Tremaine Smith.
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 O'Leary).
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 destination 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
San Benito is an island in Mexico off the coast of Baja Cailfornia.
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.
6-7 There is a note at the end of the row between the lines "Temp'y on bond." It is not clear which of these
two passengers it applies to.
25 The third letter of the first name could be u,Chueng.
27 Inspector is Meredith.
34-37 Dep per Str City of Para, Panama, Feby 20-'97.
40 Scar right side of chin
41 None (physical marks)
42 Scar on forehead
43 Scar on right side of neck
44 None (physical marks)
45 Scar under chin
46 Prominent teeth
40-46 Dep'td per S.P.R.R., Mexico, Feby 2-'97
50 Small mole side of left eye
51 Scar under left ear
50-51 Dep'td per S.P.R.R., Havana, Feby 4-'97
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 6, Section 2, Vol. 36 & 37, Manifest 9566 .
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
16 August 2006
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