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SS City of Rio de Janeiro
I, William Ward, Master of the City of Rio de Janeiro 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) William Ward
Sworn to this 4 day of Nov 1891, before me, (signature) John M Dare, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the City of Rio de Janeiro whereof William Ward is Master, from Hong Kong, burthen 2275.43 tons
Columns represent: Number, No of Ticket, 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.
1 1 1 Mch '91 Li Ping 26 Landed 7-Nov 115 Affdt Mcht
2 2 1 Apr '91 Ting Sing Yip 29 Landed 9-Nov 123 Affdt Mcht
3 3 24 Feb '91 Fung Hop Yung 44 Landed 14-Nov 156 Affdt Mcht
4 4 26 Sep '91 Yee Took Sing 25 Landed 9-Nov 124 Affdt Mcht
5 5 4 Sept '? Hoi Choy 42 Landed 6-Nov 107 Affdt Mcht
6 6 ?? Nov '90 Sam Hoy 41 Landed 6-Nov 1?6 Affdt Mcht
7 7 28 Dec '90 Yim Jim 26 Landed 11-Nov 136 Affdt Mcht
8 8 4 July '? Ah Fong 30 Landed 11-Nov 128 Affdt Mcht
9 9 5 Mch' 90 Moy Fook Lan 33 Landed 9-Nov 132 Affdt Mcht
10 10 11?1890 Fong Wing 31 Landed 7-Nov 120 Affdt Mcht
11 11 21 Nov '90 Eh Sam Qin 29 Landed 11-Nov 135 Affdt Mcht
12* ? 29 Dec '90 Ah Mun 41 Landed 9-Nov 127 Affdt Mcht
13 16 29 Sept '90 Ching Wing Chew 46 Landed 6-Nov 158 Affdt Mcht
14 17 18 Aug 1890 Hong Sing 28 Landed 9-Nov 131 Affdt Mcht
15 18 21 Aug 1890 Ling Kee 32 Landed 11-Nov 141 Affdt Mcht
16 19 15 Dec ? Cain 29 Landed 7-Nov 119 Affdt Mcht
17 20 26 Dec 1890 Chin Gee 30 Landed 7-Nov 116 Affdt Mcht
18 21 11 Jun 1890 Chun Jun 30 Landed 6-Nov 103 Affdt Mcht
19 22 ? Jul 1890 Dong Dan 36 Landed 7-Nov 115 Affdt Mcht
20 23 12 Nov 1890 Lew Boo 33 Landed 7-Nov 106 Affdt Mcht
21 25 15 Dec 1890 Lum Yow 30 Landed 9-Nov 126 Affdt Mcht
22 26 4 Nov 1890 War Ah Hin 28 Landed 9-Nov 122 Affdt Mcht
23 35 29 Nov 1889 Lun Ock 27 Landed 6-Nov 111 Affdt Mcht
24 36 23 Feby189? Wan Lan Jon 41 Landed 11-Nov 143 Affdt Mcht
25 37 11 Nov 1890 Woon Lame 32 Landed 12-Nov 150 Affdt Mcht
26 38 9 May 1889 Chun Young 47 Landed 5-Nov 102 Affdt Mcht
27 39 7 Mch 1891 Chan Cheong 39 Landed 5-Nov 101 Affdt Mcht
28 40 24 Feb 1890 Sew Chung 37 Landed 12-Nov 14? Affdt Mcht
29 41 25 Feb 1891 Kuaon Wong Four 25 Landed 9-Nov 130 Affdt Mcht
30 42 18 Oct 189? How Fay Tong 28 Landed 12-Nov 145 Affdt Mcht
31 43 24 Feb 1891 Lum Hing 36 Landed 12-Nov 125 Affdt Mcht
32 ? 7 Oct 1890 Tai Sing 40 Landed 12-Nov ??2 Affdt Mcht
33 ? 5 May ? Go Hing 28 Landed 7-Nov 114 Affdt Mcht
34 ? 7 Mch 1889 Leong Ho 20 Landed 12-Nov 151 wife of Mcht
35 ? 31 Aug 1890 Lee Sie 27 Landed 12-Nov 148 wife of Mcht
36 ? 4 Jan 1889 Low Sing 27 Landed 12-Nov 143 wife of Mcht
37 60 4 Sept 1890 Poon Gui 23 Landed 11-Nov 139 wife of Mcht
38 61 12 Jan 1890 Loui Wone 32 Landed 12-Nov 144 Affdt Mcht
39 62 1 Dec 1890 Eh Gee Fong 46 Landed 11-Nov 134 Affdt Mcht
40 63 4 May ? Chun Mow 26 Died on Voyage
41 64 30 Mch 1891 Chong Ah Loy 29 Landed ?-Nov 104 Affdt Mcht
42 65 24 Jun 189? Choy Mew 44 Landed 11-Nov 133 Affdt Mcht
43 66 17 Dec 1890 Young Moon 38 Landed 11-Nov 137 Affdt Mcht
44 67 12 May 1890 Chue Wong Hong 42 Landed 12-Nov 142 Affdt Mcht
45 67 11 May 1890 Quan Pack 25 Landed 6-Nov 109 Affdt Mcht
46* 71 16 Dec ? Leong Muoy 25 Landed 6-Nov 105
47 72 ? Chan Chong Heng 35 Landed ? 112 Affdt Mcht
48 73 3 Sept 1890 Wong Dong 27 Landed 11-Nov 138 Affdt Mcht
49 74 29 Sep 1890 Ah Woo 21 Landed 12-Nov 146 Affdt Mcht
50* 24 349 Chun Long Sung 37 Landed 5-Nov 142 Affdt Mcht
51* 45 6 Lee Ping Wee 26 Landed 5-Nov 153 Student
52* 213 1 Oct 1891 Teng Ting King Landed 4-Nov
53 15 6 Sep 1889 Loui Shing 32 Landed 7-Nov 117 Affdt Mcht
54 34 27 Jul 1891 Quan Yeck 26 Landed 9-Nov 129 Affdt Mcht
55* 12 Yin Yin Chung 46 Landed "I.T." Transit list 799
56* 13 Yue Fat 25 Landed "I.T." Transit list 798
57* 51 Luk Moy 25 Refused USDC Habeas Corpus Case 10273
58 52 Luk Sow 21 Refused USDC Habeas Corpus Case 10272
59 53 Female Lee Kew 20 Refused USDC Habeas Corpus Case 11515
For Panama
60 54 Ying Foo Lang 18 Departed per City of New York Nov 21, 1891
61 55 Kum Kee 22 Departed per City of New York Nov 21, 1891
62 56 Ho Sam Kwai 42 Departed per City of New York Nov 21, 1891
63 57 Chun Shun 22 Departed per City of New York Nov 21, 1891
64 58 Ko Sak 38 Departed per City of New York Nov 21, 1891
65 59 Kang Yeck Tang 24 Departed per City of New York Nov 21, 1891
66 60 Kum King Yuen 36 Departed per City of New York Nov 21, 1891
67 69 Yue Mun Kwai 22 Landed "I.T." Transit list 796
68 70 Yue He Chung 37 Landed "I.T." Transit list 797
69 27 Lum Pang 22 Departed per City of New York Nov 21, 1891
70 28 Lum Cheong 20 Departed per City of New York Nov 21, 1891
71 29 Lum Wai 20 Departed per City of New York Nov 21, 1891
72 30 Lum Hui Kang 29 Departed per City of New York Nov 21, 1891
73 31 Lum Lai 20 Departed per City of New York Nov 21, 1891
74 32 Chew Chin 22 Departed per City of New York Nov 21, 1891
75 33 Lum Cheong 17 Departed per City of New York Nov 21, 1891
76* 2644 9 Mch 1891 Chun Chung 24 Landed 6-Nov 140 Affdt Mcht
77* 2645 Con Cert Chun Tin Yun 21 Refused USDC Habeas Corpus Case 11517
Males Females
For San Francisco 52 8
Panama 9
Havana* 7
Total 76
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) 1891 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 Merchant for all passengers except as noted below.
Last Place of Residence is China for all passengers.
Passengers bound for Havana are not specifically identified but the first 9 passengers
for Panama are collected by a bracket as are the last 7. Probably these 7 are bound
for Havana. The destination of the last 2 passengers must be San Francisco, judging
by the landed and Habeas Corpus stamps. They are probably tallied separately because
they boarded in Japan.
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.
12 Written above the name Ah is Tong.
46 Occupation is "to join her husband."
50 Scar on left cheek
51 Occupation is Student.
52 Written above the Cert number is Canton Customs Cert. Occupation is Secretary to the China
Legation at Madrid.
55-56 are bound for Tahiti.
57 Occupation is "to join her husband."
76-77 Japan is written in as Last Residence for passenger 77. It is likely that passenger 76
was also from Japan, thus the separation of these two passengers from the rest.
77 Blk mark near right hand side of throat.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 4, Vol. 28 & 29 Manifest 9344.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
13 August 2005
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