Immigrant Ships
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SS Gaelic

I, William Finch, Master of the Br Str Gaelic 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 Shanghai 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) Wm Finch
Sworn to this 14* day of Feb 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 Gaelic whereof William Finch is Master, from Hong Kong, burthen 2690 tons

Columns represent: Number, No of Certificate, 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.

              For San Francisco with certificates

 1  2   Wong   Lip   Foon   51 M Grocer     Yreka Cal     Landed 16-Feb Affidavit Merchant
 2  3   Cheung Pang         30 M Accountant Hong Kong     Landed 6-Mar  Sec 6 Certificate
 3  4   Chan   Ning         34 M Grocer     Nevada City   Landed 16-Feb Affidavit Merchant
 4  11  Mak    Kwo   Cheong 20 M Student    Hong Kong     Landed 16-Feb Sec 6 Certificate
 5  12  Mok    Chan         24 M Student    Hong Kong     Landed 18-Feb Sec 6 Certificate
 6  13  Lan    Yam   Chi    28 M Accountant Hong Kong     Landed 16-Feb Sec 6 Certificate
 7  14  Wong   Chung        20 M Student    Hong Kong     Landed 16-Feb Sec 6 Certificate
 8  15  Hai    Ping         20 M Accountant Hong Kong     Landed 16-Feb Sec 6 Certificate
 9  16  Sham   Po           36 M Grocer     San Francisco Landed 16-Feb Affidavit Merchant
10  21  Wong   Pin          33 M Manager    Hong Kong     Landed 16-Feb Sec 6 Certificate
11  22  Chin   Yui          36 M Accountant Hong Kong     Landed 16-Feb Sec 6 Certificate
12  23  Chan   Hin   Wing   32 M Accountant Hong Kong     Landed 16-Feb Sec 6 Certificate
                                                                                        
               For San Francisco without certificates                                                                                   
                                                                                        
13  1   Chin   E.    Wah    23 M Grocer     China         Landed 24-Feb Native US
14  5   Li     Nam          21 M Grocer     China         Landed 18-Mar Native US
15  6   Li     Ngun  Nu     22 M Grocer     China         Denied Habeas Corpus USDC Case 11442   
16  8   Wong   Wo           21 M Grocer     China         Landed 4-Mar  Native US
17  9   Lam    Wo           19 M Grocer     China         Landed 5-Mar  Native US
18  10  Wong   Chan         19 M Grocer     China         Landed 4-Mar  Native US
19  19  Yung   Jok   Kan    20 M Grocer     China         Landed 25-Feb Native US
20  24  Li     Chee         23 M Grocer     China         Landed 16-Feb Sec 6 Certificate
21  25  Li     Sz           21 M Grocer     China         Landed 18-Feb Sec 6 Certificate
22  26  Tsoi   Shing Chu    24 M Grocer     China         Landed 18-Feb Sec 6 Certificate
23  27  Tsoi   Wan          28 M Grocer     China         Landed 18-Feb Sec 6 Certificate
24* 725 Kan    Soy   Ling   24 F            China         Denied Feb-18 Dep per Str Gaelic Feb 23, 1898
25  726 Wong   Shin  Ling   22 F            China         Denied Feb-17 Dep per Str Doric Aug 13, 1898
26  727 Chun   Cam   Qui    21 F            China         Denied 3-Feb  Dep per Str Doric March 12, 1898
27  728 Chun   Lin   Fong   20 F            China         Landed 3-Mar  Native US
28  729 Chun   Cam   Foo    20 F            China         Landed 3-Mar  Native US
29  730 Li     Dah   Chey   22 F            China         Denied Feb-17 Dep per Str Gaelic Feb 23, 1898
30  ?   Yuen   Yun   Choy   18 F            China         Landed 1-Mar  Native US
                                                                                        
               For San Benito*                                                                                  
                                                                                        
31  18  Li     Ko           29 M Grocer     China         Landed "I.T." Transit List 9078 
                                                            Dep per City of Para Feb 18
Recapitulation   Male  Female  Total
 San Francisco    23     7      30
 San Benito        1             1
      Total       24     7      31


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 is dated Feb 14 but 13th is written in above it.  Feb 13 is also
 the date on the cover sheet.

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) 1898 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)

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

San Benito is an island off the coast of Baja Cailfornia.       

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.

An Affidavit Merchant is a document created by the passenger before departing the US.  It
 is an affidavit signed by a number of white men in the town where the passenger resided in the Us
 to prove that he is/was a merchant.  A Sec 6 Certificate is a document to prove that the
 passenger is/was a merchant but created in China.

24 There is a note: Female to join husband.

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