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SS Orizaba

I, John Von Helms, Master of the Steamship Orizaba 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 Guaymas & 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 Von Helms
Sworn to this _ day of March 1898, before me, (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Orizaba whereof John Von Helms is Master, from Guaymas, burthen 742.69 tons

Columns represent: Number, No of 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*.

 1  Qwong Yon       21 Shoemaker Mexico 5'7" Dark Brown scar under chin               Landed "I.T." Transit List 9085
 2  Chung Hung      38 Merchant  Mexico 5'7" Dark Brown scar on top of head           Landed "I.T." Transit List 9094
 3* Chow  Yung      18 Shoemaker Mexico 5'6" Dark Brown scar under left ear           Landed "I.T." Transit List 9086
 4  Chong Cheock    24 Shoemaker Mexico 5'3" Dark Brown scar left ? jaw               Landed "I.T." Transit List 9087
 5  Men   Pee       45 Shoemaker Mexico 5'6" Dark Brown scar over right eye           Landed "I.T." Transit List 9088
 6  Fon   Yoy       24 Shoemaker Mexico 5'4" Dark Brown scar on right side of face    Landed "I.T." Transit List 9089
 7  Juan  Yee Chong 42 Shoemaker Mexico 5'4" Dark Brown small mole center of forehead Landed "I.T." Transit List 9090
 8  Fong  Yim       30 Shoemaker Mexico 5'8" Dark Brown smallpox marks on face        Landed "I.T." Transit List 9091
 9  Ho    Chee      40 Shoemaker Mexico 4'6" Dark Brown mole on right temple          Landed "I.T." Transit List 9092
10  Fong  Fo        55 Shoemaker Mexico 5'7" Dark Brown mole at left corner mouth     Landed "I.T." Transit List 9092
11  Fanton  Tong    40 Merchant  Mexico ?'4" Dark Brown small scar corner mouth       Landed "I.T." Transit List 9094
12  Yim   Hin       32 Merchant  Mexico 5'6" Dark Brown small scar on forehead        Landed "I.T." Transit List 9095

     Eleven men Departed per Str Doric March 13th 1898
     1 Died in Port March 7th 1898

             

Transcriber's Notes

* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not the transcriber,
  or calls attention to additional information in the transcriber notes.

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 and which is stamped over whatever 
 information has been entered in the columns. 
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). 
 
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.
 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  These passengers expected to continue travel 
   by some other means to their destinations.
  Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date)

The following columns had no entries:
 No of Certificate
 If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts

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 Died at 74? Pacific at Min Fook undertakers.

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