Immigrant Ships
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SS Peru

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 10* day of Aug 1896, before me, (signature) JJ Tobin, 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  2  Woo    No    Dep  44 San Francisco Landed 19-Aug Affidavit Merchant
 2* 3  Wo     Cheok Teng 14 San Francisco Landed 14-Aug Native of US
 3  4  Woo    Wo    Han  30 San Francisco Landed 15-Aug Affidavit Merchant
 4* 5  Cho    Fook       31 San Francisco Landed 14-Aug Affidavit Merchant
 5  9  Jeng   Liu        42 San Francisco Landed 14-Aug Affidavit Merchant
 6* 10 Jan    Lou        45 Santa Clara   Landed 14-Aug Affidavit Merchant
 7  11 Wong   Yick       33 San Francisco Landed 15-Aug Affidavit Merchant
 8* 12 Cheng  Hong       31 Willows       Landed 20-Aug Affidavit Merchant
 9* 13 Quan   Yew        17 S.F.          Landed 24-Aug Native of US
10* 14 Hong   Wah        37 Chicago       Landed 14-Aug Affidavit Merchant
11  15 Yee    Jin        27 San Francisco Landed 14-Aug Native of US
12* 16 Loo    Hang       28 San Francisco Landed 14-Aug Native of US
13  17 Wong   Lai  Goey  41 Los Angeles   Landed 17-Aug Affidavit Merchant
14  18 Wong   Gep        38 Los Angeles   Landed 17-Aug Affidavit Merchant
15  19 Fung   Ning Wah   46 New Orleans   Refused Departed per City of Peking, Hong Kong, Sept 21-'96    
16* 20 Jung   Soy  Wap   28 San Francisco Landed 14-Aug Affidavit Merchant
17  28 Ye     Sang       48 Monterey      Landed 15-Aug Affidavit Merchant
18* 29 Yee    Wing       35 Colorado      Landed 14-Aug Affidavit Merchant
19* 30 Wong   ?ong Loy   20 S.F.          Landed 4-Sep  Native of US
20  37 Tam    Loy  Wah   40 Colusa        Landed 20-Aug Affidavit Merchant
21* 38 See    Yick       20 San Francisco Landed 14-Aug Native of US
22* 41 Choy   Lai  Tyick 36 Montana       Landed 14-Aug Affidavit Merchant
23  42 Yam    Hoo        44 Ventura       Landed 21-Aug Affidavit Merchant
24* 43 Tom    Kong Chu   22 San Francisco Landed 14-Aug Native of US
                                                                        
              For Panama                                                                        
                                                                        
25  21 Ng     Sing Sing  35      Departed per Str City of Para, Panama, Aug 22-'96               
26  22 Lo     Yick       46      Departed per Str City of Para, Panama, Aug 22-'96               
27  23 Woo    Sing       43      Departed per Str City of Para, Panama, Aug 22-'96               
28  33 Wong   Wee        25      Departed per Str City of Para, Panama, Aug 22-'96               
29  34 Man    Chong      45      Departed per Str City of Para, Panama, Aug 22-'96               
30  36 Chong  Tong       27      Departed per Str City of Para, Panama, Aug 22-'96                       

              For Puntarenas*

31  31 Sue    Sue        30      Landed  "I.T." Transit List 5723 Dep per Str ?, Panama, Sept 8-'96
32  32 Bing   Wai        26      Landed  "I.T." Transit List 5724 Dep per Str ?, Panama, Sept 8-'96
33  35 Man    Vi         21      Landed  "I.T." Transit List 5725 Dep per Str ?, Panama, Sept 8-'96

              For Salina Cruz*

34  39 Chun   Kee  Kow   42      Landed  "I.T." Transit List 5721 Dep ?, Panama, ?
35  40 Chu    Moon Hong  20      Landed  "I.T." Transit List 5722                

              For Havana by Railroad

36  7  Chou   Way        44      Landed  "I.T." Transit List 5725 Dep per S.P.R.R., Havana. Aug 17-'96           
37  24 Fung   King Key   21      Landed  "I.T." Transit List 5726 Dep per S.P.R.R., Havana. Aug 17-'96
38  25 Fung   Yue  Sing  27      Landed  "I.T." Transit List 5727 Dep per S.P.R.R., Havana. Aug 17-'96
39  26 Fung   Jung Lan   20      Landed  "I.T." Transit List 5728 Dep per S.P.R.R., Havana. Aug 17-'96
40  27 Cheong Kac  King  36          died July 14/96

Recapitulation  Males  Males
 San Francisco   24     24
 Panama           6      6
 Puntarenas       3      3
 Salina Cruz      2      2
 Havana           5      4
                 40     39
                  1
                 39


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 Aug 10, but 9th is written in above it.  The cover sheet
 also says Aug 9.

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 and are not included in the table:
 Height
 Complexion
 Color of Eyes
 Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification

Salina Cruz is on the Pacific coast of Mexico. Puntarenas is on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica.  

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.

 2     Occupation is "with his uncle." Inspector is Sprague.
 4,6   Inspector is Sprague.
 8     Willows is described as in Glenn Co.
 9     Inspector is Bryant.
10,12  Inspector is Sprague.
16     Inspector is Sprague.
18     Inspector is Sprague.
19     First letter of second name could be L or S, Long, Song.  Written above
        the transcribed name is Wong You Lon?.   
21-22  Inspector is Sprague.
24     Inspector is Sprague.
 

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