SS China
I, W.B. Seabury, Master of the SS China 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)W.B. Seabury
Sworn to this 30 day of Sept 1896, before me, (signature) JJ Tobin, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Br Stmr China whereof W.B. Seabury is Master, from Hong Kong, burthen 2400 tons
Columns represent: Number, No of Ticket, Name, Age, Sex, 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.
Chinese for San Francisco
1* 573 Mrs Wong 33 F Wife Los Angeles Landed 1-Oct Wife of Physician
2* 574 Wong You Ting 52 M Merchant Los Angeles Landed 1-Oct Physician
3* 575 John Chan? 31 M Merchant New York Landed 1-Oct Affidavit Merchant
4 576 Ng Jim Kie 38 M Merchant Los Angeles Landed 1-Oct Affidavit Merchant
5 577 Lai Chong 31 M Merchant New York Landed 1-Oct Affidavit Merchant
6 578 Jay Kwong 34 M Merchant San Fran Landed 1-Oct Affidavit Merchant
7* 579 Ho Fook 20 F Wife China Landed 14-Oct Fem Native of US
8 580 Jure Ping 13 F none China Landed 1-Oct Fem Native of US
9 581 Mark Kin Cheong 44 M Merchant San Fran Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
10 582 Mock Jew 33 M Merchant San Fran Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
11 583 Hoon Yut Sou 18 F none China Landed 13-Oct Fem Native of US
12 584 Hoon Yut He 20 F none China Landed 13-Oct Fem Native of US
13 1 Wong Sam Hing 33 M Merchant St Helena Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
14* 2 Wong Look 30 M Merchant San Fran Landed 7-Oct Affidavit Merchant
15 3 Pun Tak 18 M Merchant China Refused Dep per Str Peru, Hong Kong, Oct 26 1896
16* 4 Gee Quong 46 M Merchant Oakland Landed 7-Oct Affidavit Merchant
17 5 Jee Yeu Hin 41 M Merchant Fresno Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
18* 6 Wong Yuet Fong 44 F Wife of #4 Oakland Landed 7-Oct Wife of Merchant
19 7 Jee Guy 7 M none San Fran Landed 3-Oct Native of US
20 9 Chew Nam Sing 39 M Merchant San Fran Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
21 10 Chew Quon 48 M Merchant San Fran Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
22* 11 Jew Dong 30 M Merchant San Fran Landed 7-Oct Affidavit Merchant
23 12 So Ho Sing 23 M Merchant Fresno Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
24 13 Chin Wing Yuen 32 M Merchant Tuscarova Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
25* 14 Tom Yan 34 M Laborer St Louis Landed 6-Oct Return Laborer
26* 15 Ham War Tew 48 M Laborer San Fran Landed 6-Oct Return Laborer
27 16 Jung Ah Mook 27 M Merchant San Fran Landed 6-Oct Native of US
28 17 Chang York Choy 27 M Physician San Fran Landed 6-Oct Physician
29 18 Ming Yun 41 M Merchant San Fran Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
30 19 Wong Ging 23 M Merchant San Fran Landed 6-Oct Native of US
31* 23 Wong Hung 32 M Merchant San Fran Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
32 24 Mun Chow 27 M Laborer San Fran Landed 6-Oct Return Laborer
33 25 Wong Si Kee 39 M Merchant San Fran Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
34 26 Ow Yang Charn 3? M Merchant San Fran Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
35 27 Ow Yang Gim 3? M Merchant San Fran Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
36 28 Woo Lamp 37 M Merchant Peoria Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
37 29 Ching Wing Yin ? M Merchant San Fran Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
38 30 Sin Chew 3? M Merchant Coulterville Landed 10-Oct Affidavit Merchant
39* 31 Lo Sam Tai 3? M Merchant Santa Barbara Landed 7-Oct Affidavit Merchant
40 32 Chew Hun Hing 46 M Merchant San Fran Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
41 33 Jee Foo 31 M Merchant Reno Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
42 34 Wong Chung 43 M Merchant Fresno Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
43 36 Ham Yow 36 M Merchant San Mateo Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
44 37 Ung Sing 36 M Merchant Los Angeles Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
45 38 Ng H?ng 49 M Merchant Los Angeles Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
46 39 Ng Joe 27 M Merchant Los Angeles Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
47* 40 Fong Gow 40 M Merchant Sacramento Landed 9-Oct Affidavit Merchant
48 41 Fong Wah On 28 M Merchant Dutch Flat Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
49 47 Hong Wing 30 M Merchant San Fran Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
50* 48 Hong Kim 50 M Merchant Bouldin Island Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
51 51 Wong Ock 40 M Merchant Jacksonville Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
52 52 Gin Fong 29 M Merchant Santa Paula Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
53 53 Gin Gim 30 M Laborer Los Angeles Landed 6-Oct Return Laborer
54 54 Fong Yum 30 M Merchant San Fran Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 11298
55 55 Lee Wing Sun 37 M Merchant Denver Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
56 56 Lay Yock 39 M Merchant Colorado Springs Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
57 57 Ho Him Moy 22 F Wife China Landed 3-Oct Fem Native of US
58 58 Jung Yung 36 M Merchant San Fran Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
59* 59 Wong You 44 M Laborer San Fran Landed 6-Oct Return Laborer
60* 60 Go Tim 32 M Laborer San Fran Landed 6-Oct Return Laborer
61 65 Tong Kung Chung 21 M Merchant San Fran Denied
62* 67 Cheong Tuck Yue 38 M Merchant Tahiti Landed "I.T." Transit List 5861
63 68 Yee Dhin Won 51 M Merchant San Fran Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
64 69 Yu Ting Leong 34 M Merchant San Fran Landed 2-Nov Native of US
65 73 Luey Yip Ock 21 M Merchant Dutch Flat Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
66 74 Fong Jim 32 M Laborer San Fran Landed 6-Oct Return Laborer
67 75 Dip Bow 29 M Merchant Butte Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
68 76 Hum Chong 43 M Merchant Butte Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
69* 77 Ng Bing 31 M Merchant Los Angeles Landed 10-Oct Affidavit Merchant
70 79 Ju Chin Kew 47 M Merchant Reno Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
71 88 Fong Seong 31 M Merchant San Fran Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
72 89 Moy Hung Yot 30 M Merchant San Fran Landed 6-Oct Native of US
73* 90 Ng Poy 30 M Merchant Los Angeles Landed 9-Oct Affidavit Merchant
74 91 Lew Ling 30 M Merchant San Fran Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
75* 93 Louie Sew 38 M Merchant Los Angeles Landed 9-Oct Affidavit Merchant
76 94 Leung Bing 38 M Merchant Sacramento Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
77 101 Yie Do 29 M Merchant Stockton Landed 9-Oct Affidavit Merchant
78 102 Long On 35 M Laborer Chicago Landed 6-Oct Return Laborer
79 103 Bok Cooey 39 M Merchant Nevada Co Landed 9-Oct Affidavit Merchant
80 104 Ah Fan 42 M Merchant Alvorado Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
81 105 Low Poy 32 M Merchant San Fran Landed 7-Oct Affidavit Merchant
82 106 Low Quong 45 M Merchant San Fran Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
83* 117 Wong Kum 26 F Wife China Landed 3-Oct Wife of Missionary
84* 108 Chue Yuk Foon 5 M None China Landed 3-Oct Son of Missionary
85* 109 Chue Yok 2 F None China Landed 3-Oct Daughter of missionary
86 110 Chin Bing Sing 20 M Student China Landed 13-Oct Native of US
87 111 Louie Fon Bong 34 M Missionary San Fran Landed 3-Oct Missionary
Chinese for New York
88 8 Lauie Pook 40 M Laborer New York Landed 6-Oct Return Laborer
89* 20 Due Hong 23 M Laborer New York Landed 6-Oct Return Laborer
Chinese for Philadelphia
90 21 Lauie Kwoon 34 M Laborer Philadelphia Landed 6-Oct ?
91 22 Joe Lee 37 M Laborer Philadelphia Landed 6-Oct ?
Chinese for Chicago
92 97 Moy One 35 M Merchant Chicago Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
93* 98 On Moy 35 M Merchant Chicago Landed 19-Oct Affidavit Merchant
94 100 Moy Soon 36 M Merchant Chicago Landed 6-Oct Affidavit Merchant
Chinese in Transit for Panama
95 44 Ling Sow 26 M Laborer China Dep per Str San Jose, Panama, Oct 8-'96
96 45 Lee Quai 43 M Laborer China Dep per Str San Jose, Panama, Oct 8-'96
97 46 Jung Fat 31 M Laborer China Dep per Str San Jose, Panama, Oct 8-'96
98 50 Chun Wang 42 M Laborer China Dep per Str San Jose, Panama, Oct 8-'96
99 61 Chow Wo 38 M Laborer China Dep per Str San Jose, Panama, Oct 8-'96
100 62 Lo Sai Ying 23 M Laborer China Dep per Str San Jose, Panama, Oct 8-'96
101 63 Leong Kam Hoo 22 M Laborer China Dep per Str San Jose, Panama, Oct 8-'96
102 64 Lo Sai Kan 16 M Laborer China Dep per Str San Jose, Panama, Oct 8-'96
103 66 Leong Tuck 40 M Laborer China Dep per Str San Jose, Panama, Oct 8-'96
104 70 Yan Chung Yune 25 M Laborer China Dep per Str San Jose, Panama, Oct 8-'96
105 72 Lee Jung Chow 24 M Laborer China Dep per Str San Jose, Panama, Oct 8-'96
106 80 Kwong Jung Sow 47 M Laborer China Landed "I.T." Transit List 5862 Dep per Str San Jose, Panama, Oct 8-'96
107 81 Chun Hing 40 M Laborer China Dep per Str San Jose, Panama, Oct 8-'96
108 82 Ho Sik 20 M Laborer China Dep per Str San Jose, Panama, Oct 8-'96
109 83 Ho Chee 36 M Laborer China Dep per Str San Jose, Panama, Oct 8-'96
110 84 Chun Yung 40 M Laborer China Dep per Str San Jose, Panama, Oct 8-'96
111* 85 Chun Ki? 20 M Laborer China Dep per Str San Jose, Panama, Oct 8-'96
112 86 Cheong Tuck 22 M Laborer China Dep per Str San Jose, Panama, Oct 8-'96
113 92 Mok Yun Lee 37 M Laborer China Landed "I.T." Transit List 5863 Dep per Str San Jose, Panama, Oct 8-'96
114 95 Kock Yu Sing 41 M Laborer China Dep per Str San Jose, Panama, Oct 8-'96
115 96 Kock Ke Hee 21 M Laborer China Dep per Str San Jose, Panama, Oct 8-'96
Chinese In Transit for Havana by Rail
116 42 Kwong Chu 28 M Laborer China Landed "I.T." Transit List 5856 Dep per SPRR, Havana, Oct 10-'96
117 43 Kwang Kow 30 M Laborer China Landed "I.T." Transit List 5857 Dep per SPRR, Havana, Oct 10-'96
118 99 Wan Tang 52 M Laborer China Landed "I.T." Transit List 5858 Dep per SPRR, Havana, Oct 10-'96
Chinese In Transit for City of Mexico by Rail
119 35 Chew Chock 42 M Laborer China Landed "I.T." Transit List 5859 Dep per SPRR, Mexico, Oct 10-'96
120 87 Yue Yot Cho 25 M Laborer China Landed "I.T." Transit List 5860 Dep per SPRR, Mexico, Oct 10-'96
Chinese In Transit for Salina Cruz*
121 78 Ho Lop Sun 27 M Laborer China Dep per Str San Jose, Panama, Oct 8-'96
Recapitulation M F Total
San Francisco 78 9 87
New York 2 2
Phila 2 2
Chicago 3 3
Panama 21 21
Havana (Rail) 3 3
City of Mexico 2 2
Salina Cruz 1 1
Total 112 9 121
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 Bryant, except as noted below).
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
Champerico is on the Pacific coast of Guatemala. Salina Cruz is on the Pacific coast of Mexico.
Piedras Negras is in Mexico on the border of Texas. Punta Arenas is on the Strait of Magellan
in Chile, but there is a Puntarenas on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. There is a La Libertad
on the coast of Ecuador and El Salvador and in the interior of Nicaragua. Bluefields is on the
Caribbean coast of Nicaragua. San Benito is an island off the coast of Baja Cailfornia.
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.
1-2 The names of these two passengers are joined by a bracket.
3 The second name has an upstroke at the end like an l or a t without the cross,
Chanl or Chant.
7 Inspector is Meredith.
14 Inspector is Grant.
16 Inspector is Grant.
18 Inspector is Grant.
22 Inspector is Grant.
25 In the blank for the Inspector's name ??498 is written.
26 In the blank for the Inspector's name 524 is written.
31 Inspector is Grant.
39 After the third name "(or Dai)" is written. Inspector is Grant.
47 Inspector is Grant.
50 Bouldin Island is in San Joaquin County California.
62 Dep per City of Papeete, Tahiti, Nov 3-'96
69 Inspector is Grant.
73 Inspector is Grant.
75 Inspector is Grant.
77 Inspector is Grant.
79 Inspector is Grant.
81 Inspector is Grant.
83-85 These names are joined by a bracket.
89 In the blank for the Inspector's name 2233 is written.
93 Inspector is Grant.
111 Second name ends with a up stroke like an l or a t with no cross, Kil, Kit.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 6, Section 2, Vol. 36 & 37, Manifest 9545.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
19 February 2007
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