Immigrant Ships
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SS City of Rio de Janeiro

I, Wm 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 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) Wm Ward
Sworn to this 18 day of Jan 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 Rio de Janeiro whereof Wm Ward is Master, from Hong Kong, burthen 2275.45 tons

Columns represent: Number, No of Certificate, No of Ticket, 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  17-Oct-95   1 Woo   Loy         36 Peoria Co, Ill Landed 24-Jan Affidavit Merchant
 2  18-Dec-95   2 Woo   Wo   Shee   35 Los Angeles    Landed 29-Jan Affidavit Merchant
 3* 18-Oct-95   3 Woo   Fat         28 Downieville    Refused Dep per City of Rio de Janeiro, Hong Kong, Jan 23-'97              
 4* 15-Dec-96   6 Yan   Tu          15 San Fran       Landed 24-Jan Student
 5  $100 Dep   10 Tam   Sum         24 San Fran       Landed 9-Feb  Native of US
 6* $100 Dep   11 Chang Leong       17 San Fran       Landed 9-Feb  Native of US
 7  22-Feb-94  13 Chan  Chung       39 Massillon Oh   Landed 24-Jan Affidavit Merchant
 8  12-Jan-95  15 Wang  Tang        38 Los Angeles    Landed 29-Jan Affidavit Merchant
 9  18-Jan-96  16 Yep   Ting        37 Los Angeles    Landed 24-Jan Return Laborer
10  22-Sep-96  17 Sing  Quock       35 San Fran       Landed 21-Jan Affidavit Merchant
11  24-Oct-94  18 Wang  Wan         31 Los Angeles    Landed 29-Jan Affidavit Merchant
12  5-Jul-95   19 Chue  Sing        40 San Fran       Landed 21-Jan Affidavit Merchant
13* 17-Dec-96  21 Lin   Dung        29    Denied, landed on bond                 
14  28-Jan-96  22 Leong Lung        43 New York       Landed 21-Jan Return Laborer
15* Letter#114 23 Lee   Man         20 San Fran       Landed 30-Jan Native of US
16* Letter#113 24 Jang  Look        23 San Fran       Landed 30-Jan Native of US
17  29-Jul-95  27 Ong   Yin         45 Wells Nev      Landed 21-Jan Affidavit Merchant
18  May-28-95  28 Ong   Chuck       22 San Fran       Landed 22-Jan Native of US
19  17-Jun-95  29 Yee   Shea Yow    50 Pioche Nev     Landed 1-Feb  Affidavit Merchant
20  29-Nov-95  33 Dea   Dap         24 San Fran       Landed 21-Jan Affidavit Merchant
21  28-May-88  41 Jin   Lum  Yum    40 San Fran       Landed 21-Jan Affidavit Merchant
22* $100 Dep  628 Chum  Sai  Shun      San Fran       Landed 9-Feb  Fem Native of US
23* $100 Dep  629 Quan  Chew           San Fran       Landed 30-Jan Fem Native of US
24* $100 Dep  630 Chue  Kwan           San Fran       Landed 30-Jan Fem Native of US
25* $100 Dep  631 Wong  Ying           San Fran       Landed 9-Feb  Fem Native of US
26* $100 Dep  632 Sam   Sum            San Fran       Landed 1-Feb  Fem Native of US
27* $100 Dep  633 Lai   Ching          San Fran       Landed 30-Jan Fem Native of US
28* Letter    634 Jew   Tung           San Fran         Letter      Fem Native of US
29* Letter    635 Jew   On             San Fran         Letter      Fem Native of US
30* $100 Dep  636 Wong  Yuk            San Fran       Landed 18-May Fem Native of US
31* $100 Dep  637 Tam   Kwai Far       San Fran       Landed 12-Feb Fem Native of US
32* $100 Dep  639 Yung  Yuk  Choy      San Fran       Landed 30-Jan Fem Native of US
33* $100 Dep  640 Ng    Yung Ho        San Fran       Landed 30-Jan Fem Native of US
34* $100 Dep  642 Jung  Len  Hong      San Fran       Landed 30-Jan Fem Native of US
35* P ?         7 Chew  Ying        22 Havana         Landed "I.T." Transit List 6125    
36* P ?         8 Chew  Lam         31 Havana         Landed "I.T." Transit List 6126    
37* P ?         9 Chew  Chai        22 Havana         Landed "I.T." Transit List 6127    
38* P ?        20 Kwong Yat         66 Havana         Landed "I.T." Transit List 6128    
39  P ?        12 Law   Quok Sing   26 Panama         Dep per Str Colon, Panama, Jany 28-'97             
40  P ?        14 Yep   Ching       58 Panama         Dep per Str Colon, Panama, Jany 28-'97             
41* P ?        24 Wai   Wao  Soon   48 Mexico City    Landed "I.T." Transit List 6129    
42* P ?        32 Ju    Sun  Wo     48 Mexico City    Landed "I.T." Transit List 6130    
43* P ?        35 Woo   Yum         22 Mexico City    Landed "I.T." Transit List 6131    
44* P.P.       31 Sum   Tong Cheong 30 La Libertad    Landed "I.T." Transit List 6133    
45  P.P.       25 Wang  Chan        25 Salina Cruz    Dep per Str Newport, Panama, Jany 28-'97           
46  P.P.       26 Wang  Chuck       25 Salina Cruz    Dep per Str Newport, Panama, Jany 28-'97           
47  P.P.       30 Wong  Woi         27 Salina Cruz    Dep per Str Newport, Panama, Jany 28-'97

Recapitulation    Males  Females
 United States      21     13
 Havana              4
 Panama              2
 City of Mexico      3
 La Libertad         1
 Salina Cruz         3
      Total         34     13      47


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) 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 port there are two possible dispositions:
  Landed "I.T." Transit List followed by a number
  Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date)

Occupation is Grocer except as noted below.
Last Residence has been crossed out, replaced with Destination.

The following columns had no entries:
 Height
 Complexion
 Color of Eyes
 Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification

Salina Cruz is on the Pacific coast of Mexico.  There is a La Libertad on the 
 coasts of Ecuador and El Salvador and in the interior 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.

 3     Downieville is described as in Sierra Co, Cal.
 4     Occupation is Student.
 6     Occupation is "with #10 his cousin."
13     Occupation is Student
15-16  Above Letter #  P.M.S.S. Co is written.  This probably stands for Pacific Mail
       Steamship Co.
22-34  Occupation is Woman.
28-29  The letter is on file at the National Archives in San Bruno, CA (Box 34,
        shelf 3277B, file 9564/634&635). It apparently was written by one of the girls
        to describe where she was born and where she lived in China in order to prove
        the right of both to re-enter the US.
30     Inspector is Weller.
35-38  Dep per S.P.R.R., Havana, Jan 3-'97
41-43  Dep per S.P.R.R., Mexico, Jan 3-'97
44     Dep per Str Colon, Panama, Jany 28-'97

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