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SS City of Peking
Hong Kong to San Francisco
24 April 1896
DISTRICT AND PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO
SEPARATE LIST OF CHINESE PASSENGERS
Act May 6th, 1882
I, J. Tremaine Smith, Master of the American Steamer City of Peking 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) J. Tremaine Smith
Sworn to this 24 day of April 1896, before me, (signature) M C????, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the American Steamer City of Peking
whereof J. Tremaine Smith is Master, from Hong Kong and Way Ports, burthen 3128.99 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.
San Francisco
1 26 Ah Kim 34 Los Angeles Landed 5-May Affidavit Merchant
2 27 Mon Chee 48 Dutch Flat Landed 29-Apr Affidavit Merchant
3 28 Chin Lem 44 Winters Landed 29-Apr Affidavit Merchant
4* 45 Wong Hong 36 Santa Rosa Landed 1-May Affidavit Merchant
5 63 Lee Jing 33 Chicago Landed 11-May Affidavit Merchant
6 64 Jim Lee 40 Waco Landed 29-Apr Affidavit Merchant
7* 76 Hoon Fa 18 San Francisco Landed 12-May Native of US
Havana by Rail
8 6 Jung Tat Wai 25 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 5216 Dep per SPRR, May 2, 1896
9 62 Wong Hoi 30 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 5217 Dep per SPRR, May 2, 1896
Havana by Steamer
10 1 Ho Tai 23 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
11 2 Ko Man Tai 23 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
12 3 Ko Cheong Sing 26 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
13 4 Ko Key Chock 28 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
14 5 Ko Li Kee 50 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
15 10 Wan Shew Hin 34 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
16 11 Wong Nam Chong 21 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
17 12 Chun Pack Lum 26 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
18 13 Ho Sun Kow 34 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
19 14 Lee Ching Tai 40 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
20 15 Lee Wo 26 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
21 16 Low Won Chong 35 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
22 17 Low Kwai Tong 25 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
23 18 Low Kwai Poon 20 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
24 19 Low Won Hong 39 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
25 20 Lew Sow Woh 33 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
26 21 Lew Yuk Wah 24 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
27 22 Lee Sak Poo 22 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
28* 23 Chong Koon Mow 12 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
29* 24 Chong Nam Sang 10 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
30 25 Lew Tai 25 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
31 29 Ng Man Chun 38 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
32 30 Ng Man Loy 32 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
33 31 Ng Yue Kan 35 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
34 32 Ng Man Fong 42 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
35 33 Ng Chun Hock 37 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
36 34 Ng Fong Hock 28 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
37 35 Ng Kwan Wah 21 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
38 36 Ng Lin Kue 21 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
39 37 Ng See Chock 42 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
40 38 Ng Hock Yow 23 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
41 39 Ng Yue Hong 23 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
42 40 Ng Tai Kow 21 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
43 41 Lum Luan 24 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
44 42 Lum Quai 33 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
45 43 Joe Poy 26 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
46 44 Joe Hoe 23 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 5218 Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
47 46 Yip Pak Mow 40 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
48 47 Yip Lui Hang 23 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
49 48 Lew Wah Chew 29 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
50 49 Cheong Hock Kaw 34 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
51 50 Yong Yuk Lim 38 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
52 51 Yong Li 27 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
53 52 Loi Fook 28 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
54 53 Yong Sun Wah 25 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
55 54 Kum Jan Ting 31 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
56 55 Kum Shew Sung 30 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
57 56 Kum Soy Lung 21 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
58 57 Kam Sik Fan 24 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
59 58 Koon Sing Cheong 20 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
60 59 Loi Chun Shing 29 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
61 60 Wong Hong 37 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
62 61 Sun Kew Hing 31 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
63 70 Loe Mark 22 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
64 71 Loe Cho Hong 38 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
65 72 Loe Tung 22 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
66 73 Loe Fook Shing 22 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
67 74 Jung Yuen Fook 26 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
68 75 Koon Ngan 22 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
69 77 Sue See 30 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
70 78 Su Ying 34 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
Panama
71 7 Ko Man Law 25 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
72 8 Chun Ting 24 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
73 9 Cheong Kai 20 China Dep per SS San Juan, Panama, May, 17. 1896
Jamaica
74* 547 Mrs Chang Ho 46
75* & son 3
76* 65 Chun Hong Tun 26
77* 66 Chan Chai Jung 32
78* 67 Ja Seong Sow 23
79* 68 Tang Sha Fook 25
80* 69 Chun Soy Tong 11
Recapitulation Males Females Children Total
San Francisco 6 1 7
Havana Rail 2 2
Havana Steamer 59 2 61
Panama 3 3
Jamaica 4 1 2 7
Total 74 2 4 80
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 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)
Occupation is Merchant for San Francisco passengers and Grocer for all others
except as noted below.
The following columns had no entries:
Height
Complexion
Color of Eyes
Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification
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.
4,7 Inspector is Sprague
7 Occupation is "to join her husband."
28 Occupation is "with his cousin # 14."
29 Occupation is "with his cousin # 19."
74-80 These passengers all have a "Landed 'I.T.' Transit List" number entered and crossed out.
There is a note "returned by SS City of Sydney, Acapulco May 15, 1896 and departed per
SPRR for Jimulco, Mexico the place to which the passengers should have been sent
originally, error of S.S. Company.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 6, Section 2, Vol. 36 & 37,
Manifest 9518.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild
5 August 2007
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