SS Belgic
I, John H. Rinder, Master of the Br Str Belgic 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 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) John H. Rinder
Sworn to this 28 day of Mar 1898, before me, (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Br Str Belgic whereof John H. Rinder is Master, from Hong Kong,Amoy, Shanghai, Nagasaki, Kobe, Honolulu burthen 2690 tons
Columns represent: Number, No of Ticket and 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.
European steerage for San Francisco
1 Chan Lo Huen 21 Hong Kong Landed 31-Mar Sec 6 Certificate
Native Steerage for San Francisco
2* 1 Wong Tseung D?ng 35 San Francisco Landed 29-Mar Return Laborer
3 2 Wong Yen 46 San Francisco Landed 29-Mar Return Laborer
4 3 Leong San 32 San Francisco Landed 29-Mar Return Laborer
5* 7 Tsang Nun 24 San Francisco Landed 7-Apr Native of US
6* 8 Tsoi Pan 36 San Francisco Landed 29-Mar Return Laborer
7* 9 Yee Ping 26 San Francisco Landed 29-Mar Return Laborer
8* 10 Yee Kam Hip 18 San Francisco Landed 6-Apr Native of US
9 11 Tom Loi Shing 37 Prescott Ariz Landed 29-Mar Affidavit Merchant
10 13 Yee Wing 22 Landed 31-Mar Sec 6 Certificate
11* 14 Lai Cheung 17 Landed 31-Mar Sec 6 Certificate
12 18 Wong Leong U 18 Landed 6-Apr Native of US
13 23 Li Cheung 22 Landed 9-Apr Native of US
14* 24 Lu Nin 19 San Francisco Landed 8-Apr Native of US
15 25 Chu Chin 37 New York Landed 29-Mar Affidavit Merchant
16 26 Lu Gim Wok 20 San Francisco Landed 9-Apr Native of US
17 27 Yee Pin Leang 24 Landed 9-Apr Native of US
18 28 Yee Kuen Lai 28 Landed 9-Apr Native of US
19* 29 Yue Hung Yuen 31 San Francisco Landed 29-Mar Return Laborer
20* 30 Man Ying 31 Oroville Cal Landed 29-Mar Mcht's wife
21* 31 Chaw Soy Ut 11 Landed 29-Mar Native of US
22 32 Hee Lee 32 Landed 13-Apr Native of US
23 33 Li Yin 26 Landed 28-Mar Native of US
24 34 Wong Ping 33 Tahiti Landed "I.T." Transit List 9130 Dep per Tropic Bird April 8, 1898
25 35 Wong Kam Lum 23 Tahiti Landed "I.T." Transit List 9132 Dep per Tropic Bird April 8, 1898
26 36 Cheung Shing 42 San Francisco Landed 5-Apr Return Laborer
27 40 Chung Wing Heung 22 Tahiti Landed "I.T." Transit List 9129 Dep per Tropic Bird April 8, 1898
28 41 Wong Yuk Ming 40 Landed 31-Mar Sec 6 Certificate
29* 46 Wong Man ? Landed 31-Mar Sec 6 Certificate
30 47 Wong Lui 30 Landed 31-Mar Sec 6 Certificate
31 48 Tsang Kok On 30 Landed 31-Mar Sec 6 Certificate
32 Ku Pan Ting 32 Landed 31-Mar Sec 6 Certificate
33 51 Chan Chun Chun 21 Landed 9-Apr Native of US
34* 56 Wong ? Him 31 San Francisco Landed 29-Mar Native of US
35 57 Hee Yeung 27 San Francisco Landed 29-Mar Affidavit Merchant
36 58 Leong Tack Lung 31 San Francisco Landed 30-Mar Affidavit Merchant
37 60 Lu Yuk 38 Los Angeles Landed 29-Mar Return Laborer
38 69 Lo ? ? 31 Los Angeles Landed 31-Mar Sec 6 Certificate
39* 70 ? ? ? Landed 30-Mar Sec 6 Certificate
40 71 Chung Chan 34 ? Landed 31-Mar Sec 6 Certificate
41 72 Tang Hang 32 San Francisco Landed 30-Mar Affidavit Merchant
42 73 Tu Lu 22 San Francisco Landed 14-Apr Native of US
43 75 Chung Chi 42 Los Angeles Landed 29-Mar Return Laborer
44 76 Lin Ku 40 San Francisco Landed 30-Mar Affidavit Merchant
45 77 Lum Cheong 27 Landed 31-Mar Sec 6 Certificate
46 78 Chan Wah 38 Landed 31-Mar Sec 6 Certificate
47 79 Tang Tsang 36 San Francisco Landed 29-Mar Return Laborer
48 80 Kok Sz Cheung 40 Landed 29-Mar Return Laborer
49 81 Tsang Wai 22 Landed 31-Mar Sec 6 Certificate
50* 82 Kwan Pun 15 Landed 31-Mar Sec 6 Certificate
51* 83 Kwan Yung 15 Landed 30-Mar Sec 6 Certificate
52* 84 Wong Chin 19 Landed 9-Apr Native of US
53 85 Chun Ping 21 Landed 31-Mar Sec 6 Certificate
54 86 Yuen Quong 25 Park City Utah Landed 6-Apr Affidavit Merchant
55 87 Tang Shu 28 Phoenix Landed 29-Mar Affidavit Merchant
56 88 Lan Choy 41 Sonoma Cal Landed 29-Mar Affidavit Merchant
57 89 Tang Shing 42 Phoenix, Ariz Landed 29-Mar Affidavit Merchant
58 93 Tsoi Hang 36 Chicago Landed 29-Mar Affidavit Merchant
59 96 Wong Tak 38 Sonoma Cal Landed 29-Mar Affidavit Merchant
60* 97 Wong Leung Sik 17 Landed 9-Apr Native of US
61 98 Yan Shing 24 Tahiti Landed "I.T" Transit List 9132 Dep per Tropic Bird April 8, 1898
62 100 Yu Shing 37 El Paso, Texas Landed 29-Mar Affidavit Merchant
63 101 Yu Lay Chung 36 Landed 31-Mar Sec 6 Certificate
64 102 Yu Shing 20 Landed 31-Mar Sec 6 Certificate
65 104 Ma Lok 25 Landed 31-Mar Sec 6 Certificate
66 105 Wing Ting Cheong 26 Landed 29-Mar Native of US
67 106 Ching Kam Shut 20 Landed 8-Apr Native of US
68 107 Chung Kwing 30 Landed 30-Mar Sec 6 Certificate
69 108 Lum Shing 22 Landed 30-Mar Sec 6 Certificate
70 109 Chin Yeang 22 Landed 30-Mar Sec 6 Certificate
71 110 Fong Hang 30 Landed 30-Mar Sec 6 Certificate
72 112 Cheang Yuen 36 Chicago Landed 29-Mar Affidavit Merchant
73 113 Wang Man Lun 40 San Francisco Landed 29-Mar Return Laborer
74 116 Fong Lam 43 Landed 1-Apr Return Laborer
75 117 Lan Yin 20 Landed 31-Mar Sec 6 Certificate
76 118 Leang Man 29 Landed 31-Mar Sec 6 Certificate
77 119 King Tang 30 Sacramento Landed 29-Mar Affidavit Merchant
78 120 Kok Pim Chu 40 San Francisco Landed 30-Mar Affidavit Merchant
79 121 Mak Tsun Yuen 21 Landed 8-Apr Return Laborer
80 122 Chan Tung Tsuy 24 San Francisco Landed 12-Apr Native of US
123 Did not start
81 127 Chan Tak Shan 35 Castroville Cal Landed 29-Mar Affidavit Merchant
82 128 Chu Lum 20 Landed 15-Apr Native of US
83 129 Tam Shing 21 San Francisco Landed 14-Apr Native of US
84 130 Fung Ping 40 Landed 31-Mar Sec 6 Certificate
85* 131 Leang Ling 22 Landed 30-Mar Sec 6 Certificate
86 132 Wang Sam Wong 43 Landed 30-Mar Return Laborer
87 133 Wong Lay Sing 45 Landed 30-Mar Return Laborer
88 134 Wong Chew Chong 20 San Francisco Landed 21-Apr Native of US
89 135 Chew Hoy 27 Landed 30-Mar Sec 6 Certificate
90 136 Chan Keang 20 Landed 30-Mar ?
For Panama
91 4 Mok Kai 36 Dep per Str Colon, March 28, 1898
92 5 Mok Yan 30 Dep per Str Colon, March 28, 1898
93 6 Kan Yat 34 Dep per Str Colon, March 28, 1898
94 15 Chan Sai Mu 37 Dep per Str Colon, March 28, 1898
95 16 An Yeung Soon 20 Dep per Str Colon, March 28, 1898
96* 17 An Yeung Seung 11 Dep per Str Colon, March 28, 1898
97 19 Yik Sin Ng 34 Dep per Str Colon, March 28, 1898
98 20 An Man Yin 35 Landed "I.T." Transit List 9128 Dep per Str Colon, March 28, 1898
99* 21 An Man 17 Dep per Str Colon, March 28, 1898
100* 22 Shun Tok 16 Dep per Str Colon, March 28, 1898
101 36 Tew Chan Sang 29 Dep per Str Colon, March 28, 1898
102 37 Tew Ut 44 Dep per Str Colon, March 28, 1898
103 38 Tew King Sin 29 Dep per Str Colon, March 28, 1898
104 39 San Kai Cheong 21 Dep per Str Colon, March 28, 1898
105 52 Ng Sz Fat 20 Dep per Str Colon, March 28, 1898
106 53 Chan To 34 Dep per Str Colon, March 28, 1898
107 54 Chan Pak 25 Dep per Str Colon, March 28, 1898
108 55 Mu Yuen 29 Dep per Str Colon, March 28, 1898
109 59 Sai Tso Tun 28 Dep per Str Colon, March 28, 1898
110 61 Lum Kwong Hin 26 Dep per Str Colon, March 28, 1898
111* 62 Lum Pang 11 Dep per Str Colon, March 28, 1898
112 63 Leang Chung Pun 22 Dep per Str Colon, March 28, 1898
113 64 Un Lin Chai 22 Dep per Str Colon, March 28, 1898
114 65 Im Tim 20 Dep per Str Colon, March 28, 1898
115 90 Lip On 23 Dep per Str Colon, March 28, 1898
116 91 San Lun 23 Dep per Str Colon, March 28, 1898
117 92 Wong Chuen 46 Dep per Str Colon, March 28, 1898
118 94 Tam Kin 35 Dep per Str Colon, March 28, 1898
119 95 Tam Chung 35 Dep per Str Colon, March 28, 1898
120* 99 Lun Lum 15 Dep per Str Colon, March 28, 1898
121 111 Luk Chan 26 Dep per Str Colon, March 28, 1898
For Philadelphia (by Rail)
122 12 Li Loang 40 Philadelphia Landed 29-Mar Return Laborer
For Mazatlan (by Rail)
123 42 Ng Pak 22 Dep per Str Colon, March 28, 1898
124 43 Ng Kan 24 Dep per Str Colon, March 28, 1898
125 44 Ng Chung Lum 23 Dep per Str Colon, March 28, 1898
126 45 Ng In Ho 37 Dep per Str Colon, March 28, 1898
For Guayaquil (by Rail)
127* 66 Chan u 26 Dep per Str Colon, March 28, 1898
128* 67 Chan Kan 11 Dep per Str Colon, March 28, 1898
129* 68 Chan Cho 11 Dep per Str Colon, March 28, 1898
For Chicago (by Rail)
130 ? Wang Teo Shing 30 Chicago Landed 29-Mar Affidavit Merchant
For City of Mexico (by Rail)
131 113 Yu Lai Chung 54 Landed "I.T." Transit List 9122 Dep per SPRR, March 29, 1898
For Torreon* (by Rail)
132 114 Fang Fio Un 36 Landed "I.T." Transit List 9123 Dep per SPRR, March 29, 1898
133 115 Fang Min Teun 39 Landed "I.T." Transit List 9124 Dep per SPRR, March 29, 1898
134 124 Chan Tsz 26 Landed "I.T." Transit List 9125 Dep per SPRR, March 29, 1898
135 125 Chan To Fu 35 Landed "I.T." Transit List 9126 Dep per SPRR, March 29, 1898
136 126 Chan Wai Kwai 35 Landed "I.T." Transit List 9127 Dep per SPRR, March 29, 1898
For San Francisco, from Honolulu
137* 124 Yong So 18 Honolulu Landed 6-Apr Native of US
Recapitulation Class Men Women Boys Girls Infants Total
San Francisco Euro Steerage 1 1
San Francisco Nat Steerage 88 1 1 1 91
Panama Nat Steerage 29 2 31
Philadelphia Nat Steerage 1 1
Mazatlan Nat Steerage 4 4
Guayaquil Nat Steerage 1 2 3
Chicago Nat Steerage 1 1
City of Mexico Nat Steerage 1 1
Torreon Nat Steerage 5 5
Total Chinese in Nat Steerage 100 1 4 1 1 137
Total Chinese in Euro Steerage 1 138
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) 1896 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 for all passengers except as noted below.
Last Residence is not entered for all passengers. For San Frncisco passengers it
is possible that the blanks below an entry had ditto marks that did not film well.
The following columns had no entries:
Height
Complexion
Color of Eyes
Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification
Torreon is in Central Mexico. Demerara is in Guyana.
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.
There are a number of passengers listed as Return Laborer. When the Chinese Exclusion Act
was passed in 1882 a number of Chinese who had spent time in the US but had returned to
China at the time of the Act were excluded from returning to the US until 1894 when the act
was amended.
2 Second name is Dang or Dong.
5 There is another name in parentheses: Jung Num.
6 There is another name in parentheses: Jay Ben.
7 There is another name in parentheses: Y? Ben. The first name could be Yi or Yu
8 Occupation in "with uncle #9."
11 Occupation in "with cousin #13."
14 There is another name in brackets "Din."
19-20 There is a barely legible note between these passengers:
???? 46??1205?k?1808 son Chin by steamer on. No file 9619-29 or change card
21 Occupation in "with #30 mother."
29 Occupation in "with father #46."
34 There is another name in parentheses: Ah Him
39 Occupation in "with cousin #69."
50-51 Occupation in "with cousin #81."
52 Occupation in "with uncle #75."
60 Occupation in "with brother #96."
85 There is a barely legible notation: 2203 /12/9
96 Occupation in "with brother #16."
99 Occupation in "with brother #20."
100 Occupation in "with cousin ?."
111 Occupation in "with brother #61."
120 Occupation in "with cousin #61."
127 The second name has a diacritical mark above it that could be a caret, a tilde
or even an acute accent.
128 Occupation in "with brother #66."
129 Occupation in "with cousin #66."
137 There is a note below the Landed stamp "see 38 Siberia Aug 2 1905."
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 6, Section 3, Vol. 38 & 39, Manifest 9619.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
27 December 2007
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