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SS Peru
Hong Kong to San Francisco
5 June 1896
DISTRICT AND PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO
SEPARATE LIST OF CHINESE PASSENGERS
Act May 6th, 1882
I, D.E. Friele, Master of the Peru 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) D.E. Friele
Sworn to this 5 day of June 1896, before me, (signature) N S Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Peru
whereof D.E. Friele is Master, from Hong Kong, burthen 2540 tons
Columns represent: Number, No of Ticket, 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.
For San Francisco
1* 1 Wong Jim 22 Fresno Landed 11-Jun Affidavit Merchant
2* 2 Lan Hoy Hoow 43 Colusa Landed 11-Jun Affidavit Merchant
3* 10 Soo Li? 48 San Francisco Landed 9-Jun Affidavit Merchant
4* 11 Chuen Tung Choi 24 San Francisco Landed 3-Jul wife of Merchant
5* 12 Loo Dai Lie 6 San Francisco Landed 3-Jul Native Daughter or Merchant
6 13 See Ng 35 Santa Clara Landed 15-Jun Affidavit Merchant
7 15 Ng Fook Lew 30 Marysville Landed 9-Jun Affidavit Merchant
8 17 Ho Sing 35 San Francisco Landed 9-Jun Affidavit Merchant
9 18 Moy Sam 30 Wisconsin Landed 9-Jun Affidavit Merchant
10 19 Moy Hung 37 Wisconsin Landed 9-Jun Affidavit Merchant
11 20 Leong Pack 35 San Francisco Landed 27-Jun Affidavit Merchant
12 24 Chin Duck 32 San Francisco Landed 9-Jun Affidavit Merchant
13 25 Ng Yam Jong 35 Fresno Landed 9-Jun Missionary
14 29 See Lan 28 Utah Landed 9-Jun Affidavit Merchant
15* 45 Kung Ping ?ui 42 So Dal? Landed 9-Jun Affidavit Merchant
16* 49 Wong Man Yaw 33 San Francisco Landed 11-Jun Native of US
17 50 Wong Yak Hing 44 Los Angeles Landed 13-Jun Affidavit Merchant
18 51 Too Chow Hing 40 Los Angeles Landed 15-Jun Affidavit Merchant
19* 53 Chang Ho 18 Landed 23-Jun Native of US
20 54 Gee Sing 32 San Francisco Landed 13-Jun Affidavit Merchant
21 55 Sew Hin Fan 41 Napa Refused Dep per Str City of Rio de Janeiro, Hong Kong, June 27-'96
22 57 Lu Mow 36 Los Angeles Landed 7-Jun Missionary
23 63 Sang Quai 41 Sacramento Refused Dep per Str City of Rio de Janeiro, Hong Kong, June 27-'96
24 72 Sum Lam 49 Fresno Landed 9-Jun Affidavit Merchant
25 74 Chan Chin 27 San Francisco Landed 9-Jun Native of US
26 76 Cheung Fook 37 Oregon Landed 9-Jun Affidavit Merchant
27 78 Pong Sze 40 Tahiti Landed "I.T." Transit List 5481 Dep per Bkn Tropic Bird
28* 79 Wong Low Lee 35 New York Landed 9-Jun Return Laborer
29 86 Li Chuen 40 Sacramento Landed 11-Jun Affidavit Merchant
For City of Mexico
30 46 Fong Kew 40 Landed "I.T." Transit List 5470 SPRR, Mexico, June ?
31* 47 Fong Chung 12 Landed "I.T." Transit List 5471 SPRR, Mexico, June ?
32 48 Fong Fat 26 Landed "I.T." Transit List 5472 SPRR, Mexico, June ?
33 64 Chun Fook Ling 21 Landed "I.T." Transit List 5473 SPRR, Mexico, June ?
34 65 Chun Key Lum 27 Landed "I.T." Transit List 5474 SPRR, Mexico, June ?
35 66 Chue Kow Chin 30 Landed "I.T." Transit List 5475 SPRR, Mexico, June ?
36 67 Chue Kow Jun 50 Landed "I.T." Transit List 5476 SPRR, Mexico, June ?
37 68 Ng Hok Kong 46 Landed "I.T." Transit List 5477 SPRR, Mexico, June ?
38 69 Ng Jew Chock 21 Landed "I.T." Transit List 5478 SPRR, Mexico, June ?
39 70 Chue Key Lim 47 Landed "I.T." Transit List 5479 SPRR, Mexico, June ?
40 73 Chee Ko Tim 34 Landed "I.T." Transit List 5480 SPRR, Mexico, June ?
For New York
41* 77 Lai Loong 24 New York Landed 9-Jun Treaty Laborer
For Trinidad
42 85 Li Lui 44 Dep per SS San Blas, Panama, June 8, 1896
For Salina Cruz*
43 89 Chue Tung Woi 28 Dep per str City of Para, Panama, June 19-'96
44 90 Chue Lung Chock 24 Dep per str City of Para, Panama, June 19-'96
45 91 Chue Sang 20 Dep per str City of Para, Panama, June 19-'96
46 92 Chue Chock Hong 28 Dep per str City of Para, Panama, June 19-'96
47 93 Chue Way 26 Dep per str City of Para, Panama, June 19-'96
48 94 Chue Pong 20 Dep per str City of Para, Panama, June 19-'96
49 95 Chue Kam Pue 47 Dep per str City of Para, Panama, June 19-'96
50 96 Chue Poy 37 Dep per str City of Para, Panama, June 19-'96
For Panama
51 16 Fong Ching Wai 32 Dep per SS San Blas, Panama, June 8, 1896
52 21 Woo Pong 34 Dep per SS San Blas, Panama, June 8, 1896
53 22 Woo Woo 35 Dep per SS San Blas, Panama, June 8, 1896
54 23 Woo Pow 25 Dep per SS San Blas, Panama, June 8, 1896
55 26 Chun Chong 20 Dep per SS San Blas, Panama, June 8, 1896
56 27 Kong Loo 34 Dep per SS San Blas, Panama, June 8, 1896
57 28 Fong Shu 33 Dep per SS San Blas, Panama, June 8, 1896
58 30 Chan Tung 22 Dep per SS San Blas, Panama, June 8, 1896
For Havana by Steamer
59 31 Chun Ping 48 Dep per SS San Blas, Panama, June 8, 1896
60 33 Chun Leong 22 Dep per SS San Blas, Panama, June 8, 1896
61 34 Ho Chin 35 Dep per SS San Blas, Panama, June 8, 1896
62 35 Ho Kaw 39 Dep per SS San Blas, Panama, June 8, 1896
63 36 Chun Ying 40 Dep per SS San Blas, Panama, June 8, 1896
64 37 Chun Chai 27 Dep per SS San Blas, Panama, June 8, 1896
65 38 So Ting Wow 27 Dep per SS San Blas, Panama, June 8, 1896
66 58 Wong Tai 30 Dep per SS San Blas, Panama, June 8, 1896
67 59 Wong Yong 28 Dep per SS San Blas, Panama, June 8, 1896
68 60 Lee Leek 41 Dep per SS San Blas, Panama, June 8, 1896
69 61 Chue Kow Tung 43 Dep per SS San Blas, Panama, June 8, 1896
70 62 Chue Lung Ping 21 Dep per SS San Blas, Panama, June 8, 1896
71 87 Sin Chuen 24 Dep per SS San Blas, Panama, June 8, 1896
72 88 Kong Tim 28 Dep per SS San Blas, Panama, June 8, 1896
For Havana by Rail
73 3 Low Lut 28 Landed "I.T." Transit List 5448 Dep per SPRR, June 11, 1896
74 4 Son Ling 21 Landed "I.T." Transit List 5449 Dep per SPRR, June 11, 1896
75 5 Mack Law 28 Landed "I.T." Transit List 5450 Dep per SPRR, June 11, 1896
76 6 So Fook 31 Landed "I.T." Transit List 5451 Dep per SPRR, June 11, 1896
77 7 Chew Fat Chong 36 Landed "I.T." Transit List 5452 Dep per SPRR, June 11, 1896
78 8 Chew Tong 25 Landed "I.T." Transit List 5453 Dep per SPRR, June 11, 1896
79 9 Son Tung 22 Landed "I.T." Transit List 5454 Dep per SPRR, June 11, 1896
80 14 Tam Tai Chow 40 Landed "I.T." Transit List 5455 Dep per SPRR, June 11, 1896
81 39 Wong Yaw 20 Landed "I.T." Transit List 5456 Dep per SPRR, June 11, 1896
82 40 Wong Chung 25 Landed "I.T." Transit List 5457 Dep per SPRR, June 11, 1896
83 41 Wong Look 20 Landed "I.T." Transit List 5458 Dep per SPRR, June 11, 1896
84 42 Wong Low 28 Landed "I.T." Transit List 5459 Dep per SPRR, June 11, 1896
85 43 Wong Quan 25 Landed "I.T." Transit List 5460 Dep per SPRR, June 11, 1896
86 44 Chow Kee 30 Landed "I.T." Transit List 5461 Dep per SPRR, June 11, 1896
87 52 Chun Kee 40 Landed "I.T." Transit List 5462 Dep per SPRR, June 11, 1896
88 56 Chew Chai Sing 40 Landed "I.T." Transit List 5463 Dep per SPRR, June 11, 1896
89 71 Foo Wing 24 Landed "I.T." Transit List 5464 Dep per SPRR, June 11, 1896
90 80 Chew Yew 22 Landed "I.T." Transit List 5465 Dep per SPRR, June 11, 1896
91 81 Chue Shew 28 Landed "I.T." Transit List 5466 Dep per SPRR, June 11, 1896
92 82 Ng Wang 38 Landed "I.T." Transit List 5467 Dep per SPRR, June 11, 1896
93 83 Ng Poo 24 Landed "I.T." Transit List 5468 Dep per SPRR, June 11, 1896
94 84 Ng Chu 34 Landed "I.T." Transit List 5469 Dep per SPRR, June 11, 1896
Cabin Passengers*
95* 433 Sam Ah Tye 27 ?uma? Co Landed 6-Jun Native of US
96* 434 Mrs Sam Ah Tye 19 ?uma? Co Landed 6-Jun wife of merchant
Recapitulation Males Females Boys Girls
San Francisco 26 2 1
City of Mexico 10 1
New York 1
Salina Cruz 8
Panama 8
Havana by Str 14
Havana by Rail 22
Trinidad 1
Total 90 2 1 1
The Cabin passengers (95 & 96) are not included in this recapitulation.
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 Grocer for all passengers except as noted below.
The following columns had no entries:
Height
Complexion
Color of Eyes
Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification
Salina Cruz is on the Pacific coast of Mexico.
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 two passengers listed as Return or Treaty 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.
1,2 Inspector is Grant.
3 Second name is Liu or lin.
4 Occupation is "married woman."
5 Occupation is "with her parents."
4,5 Inspector is Harrison.
15 Third name is Jui or Lui.
16 Inspector is Grant.
19 Occupation is "to join his father." Last Residence could be Los Angeles, indicated by
"do" (ditto) obscured by the Landed stamp. Inspector is Harrison.
28 See note above about Return Laborer.
31 Occupation os "with his uncle."
41 See note above about Treaty Laborer.
95,96 These passengers are on an entirely separate sheet that has the heading that appears at
the top of the first page for a list. In the boiler-plate where it says it is a list
of "all Chinese passengers taken on board" the word Cabin has been inserted before the
word passengers. The Sworn Statement is dated June 10, but since the name of the ship
and of the Captain are the same as for the other passengers transcribed here it must be
the same arrival for the same ship, June 5. June 5 appears on the cover sheet as well.
95 Occupation is Merchant.
96 Occupation is married woman.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 6, Section 2, Vol. 36 & 37,
Manifest 9522.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild
17 July 2007
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