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 31* day of March 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 tons

Columns represent: Number, No of Certificate, Ticket, Name, Age, Occupation*, Last Place of Residence*, Destination, Height*, Complexion*, Color of Eyes*, Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification*, If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts.

 1  23-Aug-95 1 Chue  Nam       31 San Francisco Landed 5-Apr  Affidavit Merchant
 2  15-Apr-96 2 Ching Sing      42 Philadelphia  Landed 5-Apr  Return Laborer
 3* 15-Apr-96 3 Won   Fook      36 Waco, Tex     Landed 5-Apr  Return Laborer
 4* 18-Dec-93 4 Lee   Loy       47 Colusa, Cal   Landed 12-Apr Affidavit Merchant
 5* Passport  5 Ng    Ko        31 Havana        Landed "I.T." Transit List 6254        
 6* Passport  6 Low   Yew       27 Havana        Landed "I.T." Transit List 6255        
 7* 4-Mar-95  7 Lee   Jan       39 San Francisco Landed 5-Apr  Wife of merchant
 8* 4-Mar-95  8 Chow  Soy  San   4 San Francisco Landed 5-Apr  Daughter of merchant
 9*           9 Chow  Sing       2 San Francisco Landed 5-Apr  Son of merchant
10  7-Jan-94  10 Wong  Ham       24 San Francisco Landed 8-Apr  Native of US
11* 25-Nov-96 11 Hom   Tow  Yok  25 San Francisco        Denied                  
12* Passport  12 Ow    Sing      25 Bluefield     Landed "I.T." Transit List 6258        
13  23-Dec-95 13 Moy   Tank      32 Chicago       Landed 12-Apr Affidavit Merchant
14  15-Dec-96 14 Luen  Chong     28 San Francisco Landed 6-Apr  Affidavit Merchant
15  2-Oct-95  15 Gee   Doo       35 San Francisco Landed 7-Apr  Affidavit Merchant
16*           16 Chan  Chock     21 San Benito    Landed "I.T." Transit List 6265        
17*           17 Chow  Kow       20 San Benito    Landed "I.T." Transit List 6266        
18            19 Chan  Shing     30 Panama        Landed Dep per Str Newport, Panama, April 10-'97       
19            20 Chan  Yow       38 Panama        Landed Dep per Str Newport, Panama, April 10-'97       
20*           21 Ng    Tip       12 Panama        Landed Dep per Str Newport, Panama, April 10-'97       
21*           22 Chow  Sow       28 Mexico City   Landed "I.T." Transit List 6259        
22  19-Dec-94 23 Lam   Lop  Yow  38 San Francisco Landed 5-Apr  Affidavit Merchant
23  9-Jul-94  24 Lam   Yuen      40 Lexington, Ky Landed 12-Apr Affidavit Merchant
24* Passport  25 Fung  See  Hock 30 Havana        Landed "I.T." Transit List 6256        
25*           26 Tam   Man  Pun  39 Chihuahua     Landed "I.T." Transit List 6260        
26  Deposit   27 Lee   Chuen     20 San Francisco Landed 24-Apr  
27*           28 Chii  Shin      40 San Benito    Landed "I.T." Transit List 6267        
28  28-Dec-95 29 Chan  Hon       34 San Francisco Landed 6-Apr   
29* Passport  30 Luk   On   Yin  40 Havana        Landed "I.T." Transit List 6257        
30  21-Jul-93 31 Ng    Hung Tye  44 San Francisco Landed 10-Apr Affidavit Merchant       
31*          679 Sum   Choy Sin     San Francisco Landed 17-Apr Fem Native of US 
32*          680 Yee   Yin          San Francisco Landed 20-Apr Fem Native of US 
33*          681 King  Tin  Ho      San Francisco Landed 27-Apr Fem Native of US
34*          682 Chun  Chung        San Francisco Landed 24-Apr Fem Native of US
35*          683 Chun  Tuck         San Francisco Landed 24-Apr Fem Native of US
36*          684 Wong  Tin  Kew     San Francisco Landed 5-Apr  Fem Native of US
37*          685 Wan   Yue  Yuk     San Francisco Landed 29-Apr Fem Native of US
38*          686 Ng    Choy Fung    San Francisco Landed 17-Apr Fem Native of US

Recapitulation   Men   Women  Children  Total
 San Francisco    12     9       3        24
 Philadelphia      1                       1  Rail
 Bluefields        1                       1  Rail
 Havana            4                       4  Rail
 City of Mexico    1                       1  Rail
 Chihuahua         1                       1  Rail
 San Benito        3                       3  Steamer
 Panama            2             1         3  Steamer
        Total     25     9       4        38


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.

The Sworn Statement has 30th written in beside the stamped date of March 31.  The cover
 sheet also says March 30.

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)

Occupation is Grocer for all passengers except as noted below.
Last Place of Residence is China except passenger 2, where it is Philadelphia.

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

Bluefields (misspelled above) is on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua. San Benito is an 
 island off the coast of Baja California.

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   Destination has both San Francisco and Waco, Tex written in.
4   Despite the fact that all the landing information is completed, Denied is also
     written in for this passenger.
5-6 Departed per S.P.R.R., Havana, April 6-'97.
7   Occupation is "to join her husband."
8   Occupation is "with her mother."
9   Occupation is "with his mother."
11  The name How Yet Fong is crossed out, replaced by Hom Tow Yok.
12  Departed per S.P.R.R. Bluefield*, April 6-'97.
16-17 Departed per Str City of Para, Panama, April 19-'97.
20  Occupation is "with his uncle."
21  Departed per S.P.R.R. Mexico, April 6-'97.
24  Departed per S.P.R.R., Havana, April 6-'97.
25  Departed per S.P.R.R., Chihuahua, April 6-'97.
27  Departed per Str City of Para, Panama, April 19-'97.
29  Departed per S.P.R.R., Havana, April 6-'97.
31-38 "woman" is written on each of these lines.

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