Immigrant Ships
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SS Peru

I, _____, Master of the ____ 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) ______

Sworn to this day of 1896, before me, (signature) ______, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the _______ whereof _______ is Master, from Hong Kong, burthen ____ tons

Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this 19 day of Oct 1896. (signature)__?_____

Columns represent: Number, 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  Hou   Bow  Day   33 San Francisco  Landed 24-Oct Native of US
 2* 2  Wing  Sing       44     ?          Landed 22-Oct Return Laborer
 3* 3  Chin  Lai        35 Philadelphia   Landed 22-Oct Return Laborer
 4* 4  Wong  Back Jong  38 Chico          Landed 22-Oct Affidavit Merchant
 5* 6  Chang Fung Door? 20 San Francisco  Landed 02-Nov Native of US
 6* 7  See   Jung       32 Bouldin Island Landed 02-Nov Affidavit Merchant
 7  10 Chan  Chee Hong  24 San Francisco  Landed 11-Nov Native of US
 8  11 Chan  Chee Yan   22 San Francisco  Landed 11-Nov Native of US
 9  12 Lo    Cheong     17 San Francisco  Landed 11-Nov Native of US
10  14 Loo   Ying Young 47 San Francisco  Landed 22-Oct Affidavit Merchant
11  15 Low   Lee  Ting  50 San Francisco  Landed 22-Oct Affidavit Merchant
12* 16 Yung  Yut  Quai  24                Landed 02-Nov Native of US
13* 20 Wong  Load       34 Oakland        Landed 22-Oct Affidavit Merchant
14  21 Jay   Kan        40 San Francisco  Landed 21-Oct Affidavit Merchant
15* 25 Ong   Sam  Chung 43 Iowa Hill      Landed 22-Oct Affidavit Merchant
16* 26 Ong   Chow Lip   37 St Helena      Landed 22-Oct Affidavit Merchant
17* 27 Wong  Tup  Foo   29 Calistoga      Landed 22-Oct Affidavit Merchant
18* 28 Ah    Sing       33 Calistoga      Landed 22-Oct Affidavit Merchant
19* 29 Ah    Hong       47 Watsonville    Landed 24-Oct Affidavit Merchant
20* 30 Leong Shee       23 San Francisco  Landed 24-Oct Wife of merchant
21* 31 Low   Jou  Sing   5 San Francisco  Landed 22-Oct Native of US
22* 32 Lou   Jou  Sow    4 San Francisco  Landed 22-Oct Native of US
23* 33 Low   Jou  King   2 San Francisco  Landed 24-Oct Fem Native of US
24* 34 Choy  Mee  Young 24 San Francisco  Landed 20-Oct Wife of merchant
25* 35 Lee   Fai        11 Salt Lake      Landed 22-Oct Student
26* 36 Chum  Mee         4 San Francisco  Landed 20-Oct Fem Native of US
*                                        Landed 20-Oct Fem Native of US
                                                                        
              For Panama                                                                        
                                                                        
27  8  Kong  Choy King  38 Dep per Str Acapulco, Panama, Oct 28-'96                      
28  9  Leong Leong      30 Dep per Str Acapulco, Panama, Oct 28-'96                      
29  17 Cha   Kin        35 Landed "I.T." Transit List 5898 Dep per Str Acapulco, Panama, Oct 28-'96
30  18 Cha   Foo        30 Landed "I.T." Transit List 5899 Dep per Str Acapulco, Panama, Oct 28-'96
31  19 Cha   Sung       22 Landed "I.T." Transit List 5900 Dep per Str Acapulco, Panama, Oct 28-'96
32  22 Ng    Hang       22 Dep per Str Acapulco, Panama, Oct 28-'96
33  23 Ng    Mai        25 Dep per Str Acapulco, Panama, Oct 28-'96 
34  24 Ng    Ting       44 Dep per Str Acapulco, Panama, Oct 28-'96 

              For Mexico

35* 5  Yuen  Yan        26 Landed "I.T." Transit List 5901

Recapitulation    Male  Female  boys  girl  infant
  San Francisco    17     3       3    2      1
  Philadelphia      1
  Panama            8
  Mexico            1
       Total       27     3       3    2      1

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 above statment regarding the names of the ship and captain, the port of origin, date of
 arrival and sworn statements by the Deputy commissioner and Captain are all missing from this
 film.  What is recorded here is the printed information at the top of all manifests with the
 blanks not completed.  What does appear at the top of the film is "Peru Oct 19 '96 from Hong
 Kong."  The third paragraph is a stamp placed at the bottom of the sheet.  The signature
 is illegible.

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

Occuption is Grocer except as noted below.

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.

 2-3 Occupation is Laborer.
 3   It looks like ditto marks in the Last Residence column, making it Philadelphia but
      the recapitulation lists only one passenger for Philadelphia.
 4   Last Residence has Butte Co. with Chico and S. F. written above in two different hands.
 5   Third name has a upstroke at the end that could make it Doore.
 6   Last Residence has Bouldin Island with  S. F. written above. 
12   Occupation is "Married Woman."
13   Last Residence is Alameda, crossed out and replaced with Oakland.
15   Last Residence is Placer Co Cal crossed out and replaced by Iowa Hill.
16   Last Residence is Napa Cal crossed out and replaced by St Helena.
17   Last Residence is Napa Cal crossed out and replaced by Calistoga.
18   Last Residence is Napa Cal crossed out and replaced by Calistoga.
19   Last Residence is Santa Cruz crossed out and replaced by Watsonville.
20   Occupation is "Married Woman."
21   Occupation is "with his father."
22   Occupation is "with his father."
23   Occupation is "with Mother."
24   Occupation is "Married Woman."
25   Occupation is "Student."
26   Occupation is "Female with Mother."  There is a second Landed stamp in the line below
      that for this passenger but there is no name, age or occupation to go with it.  It is
      probably the infant listed in the Recapitulation.
35   The means of transportation to Mexico for this passenger is too faint to read.  However,
      most passengers traveled by rail.

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