Immigrant Ships
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SS City of Rio de Janeiro

I, Wm Ward, Master of the City of Rio de Janeiro 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) Wm Ward
Sworn to this 22 day of June 1896, before me, (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the City of Rio de Janeiro whereof Wm Ward is Master, from Hong Kong, burthen 2275.65 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  6  7-Apr-94     Fong   Wing         34 San Francisco  Landed 25-Jun Affidavit Merchant
 2  7  23-Jul-??    You    Dun          23 San Francisco  Landed 25-Jun Ret Laborer
 3  8  9-Oct-91     Fong   Sing         34 Los Angeles    Landed 27-Jun Affidavit Merchant
 4  9  19/July/95   Lou    Wah  Sing    35 San Jose       Landed 25-Jun Affidavit Merchant
 5  10 23-Nov-94    Yeow   Yee  Won     45 San Francisco  Landed 25-Jun Affidavit Merchant
 6  11 29-Jun-95    Wong   Hung Lee     38 San Francisco  Landed 25-Jun Ret Laborer
 7  12 1-Apr-95     Lee    Yew          27 Salinas City   Landed 25-Jun Affidavit Merchant
 8  13 3-Jul-95     Len    See          32 New Orleans    Landed 25-Jun Ret Laborer
 9  14 4-Feb-95     Ah     Kee          33 Santa Rosa     Landed 25-Jun Affidavit Merchant
10  15 19-Sep-94    Wong   Quong        44 San Bernardino Landed 27-Jun Affidavit Merchant
11  20 9-Nov-93     Jue    Yu           36 New Orleans    Landed 27-Jun Affidavit Merchant
12  21 2-Nov-63     Quar   Joey Eye     38 Placerville    Landed 26-Jun Affidavit Merchant
13  22 21-Mar-95    Jong   Ah   Wing    35 San Rafael     Landed 25-Jun Affidavit Merchant
14  31 25-Oct-91    Ah     Fur          36 Los Angeles    Landed 14-Sep Affidavit Merchant
15  32 20-Nov-94    Lee    Yot          32 San Francisco  Landed 23-Jun Affidavit Merchant
16  33 21-Nov-95    Mar    Wing Fong    31 El Paso        Landed 23-Jun Affidavit Merchant
17  34 16-Jan-95    Hoo    Sing         49 Duluth         Landed 23-Jun Affidavit Merchant
18  35 13-Oct-94    Moy    Tong         30 Chicago        Landed 23-Jun Affidavit Merchant
19  40 12-Oct-94    Wong   To   Ting    28 San Francisco  Landed 23-Jun Affidavit Merchant
20  41 7-Dec-94     Lee    You          34 Martinez       Refused Dep per Str Rio de Janeiro, Hong Kong, June 27-'96
21  46 3-Dec-92     Don    Ah   Fat     26 San Francisco  Landed 23-Jun Affidavit Merchant
22* 50 18-Dec-95    Low    Chee         21 San Francisco  Landed 26-Jul Native of US
23* 51 No Cert $100 Chu    Loy  Kum     19 San Francisco  Landed 16-Jul Native of US
24* 52 No Cert $100 Lo     Yuk  Ying    20                Refused USDC Habeas Corpus Case 11267
25  65 19-Dec-94    Hong   Lip  Teung   41 San Francisco  Landed 25-Jun Affidavit Merchant
26  66 12-Nov-95    Wong   Tuck         30 Fre????        Landed 26-Jun Affidavit Merchant
27  68 23-Jan-93    Quong  Tang         47 Woodland       Landed 27-Jun Affidavit Merchant
28  69 5-Sep-94     Hop    Sing         35 Galveston      Landed 25-Jun Affidavit Merchant
29  1               Chung  Pet          30 Havana         Dep per Str Acapulco, Havana, June 27-'96    
30  2               Lue    Poo          42 Havana         Dep per Str Acapulco, Havana, June 27-'96    
31  3               Lue    Chong        25 Havana         Dep per Str Acapulco, Havana, June 27-'96    
32  4               Lue    Sin          25 Havana         Dep per Str Acapulco, Havana, June 27-'96    
33  5               Chu    Tack         25 Havana         Dep per Str Acapulco, Havana, June 27-'96            
34  16              Lee    Hoy  Kit     29 Havana         Dep per Str Acapulco, Havana, June 27-'96            
35  17              Wong   Chang        45 Havana         Dep per Str Acapulco, Havana, June 27-'96            
36  18              Chow   Ling         22 Havana         Dep per Str Acapulco, Havana, June 27-'96            
37  19              Chow   Tung         25 Havana         Dep per Str Acapulco, Havana, June 27-'96            
38  36              Yue    Sung         25 Havana         Landed "I.T." Transit List 5535 Dep per SPRR, Havana, July 4-'96
39  37              Yen    Yaw          22 Havana         Landed "I.T." Transit List 5536 Dep per SPRR, Havana, July 4-'96
40  38              Yen    Sik          24 Havana         Landed "I.T." Transit List 5537 Dep per SPRR, Havana, July 4-'96
41  39              Kwong  Gow          25 Havana         Landed "I.T." Transit List 5538 Dep per SPRR, Havana, July 4-'96
42  47              Lue    Wan  Sang    36 Havana         Dep per Str Acapulco, Havana, June 27-'96            
43  ?               Lew    Fook         33 Havana         Dep per Str Acapulco, Havana, June 27-'96            
44  ?               Ko     Gow          31 Havana         Dep per Str Acapulco, Havana, June 27-'96            
45  ?               Li     Yan  Tack    25 Havana         Dep per Str Acapulco, Havana, June 27-'96            
46  ?               Ng     Fook         22 Havana         Dep per Str Acapulco, Havana, June 27-'96            
47  ?               Li     Tang         22 Havana         Dep per Str Acapulco, Havana, June 27-'96
48  36              Lo     Tung  Yow    35 Havana         Dep per Str Acapulco, Havana, June 27-'96
49  37              Lo     On           57 Havana         Dep per Str Acapulco, Havana, June 27-'96
50  38              Lo     Quai         21 Havana         Dep per Str Acapulco, Havana, June 27-'96
51  39              Lo     For   Sin    25 Havana         Dep per Str Acapulco, Havana, June 27-'96
    60              not on board                         
52* 61              Chueng Quong On     28 Havana         Dep per Str Acapulco, Havana, June 27-'96
    62              not on board                         
53  63              Poon   Koon  Sing   21 Havana         Dep per Str Acapulco, Havana, June 27-'96
54  64              Yow    Wo    Cheung 36 Havana         Dep per Str Acapulco, Havana, June 27-'96
55  23              Wang   Sen   Ling   30 Havana         Dep per Str Acapulco, Havana, June 27-'96
56  24              Pan    Wah   Poo    22 Havana         Dep per Str Acapulco, Havana, June 27-'96
57  25              Lee    Saw          25 Havana         Dep per Str Acapulco, Havana, June 27-'96
58  26              Jung   Sing         23 Havana         Dep per Str Acapulco, Havana, June 27-'96
59  27              Yue    Ching  Wang  29 Havana         Dep per Str Acapulco, Havana, June 27-'96
60  28              Ho     Lee    Young 46 Havana         Dep per Str Acapulco, Havana, June 27-'96
61  29              Len    Chew   Kan   30 Havana         Dep per Str Acapulco, Havana, June 27-'96
62  30              Len    Ng           28 Havana         Dep per Str Acapulco, Havana, June 27-'96
63  42              Jung   Chong  Yuk   31 Salina Cruz    Dep per Str Colon, Panama, July 10-'96
64  43              Jung   Chong  Jan   30 Salina Cruz    Dep per Str Colon, Panama, July 10-'96
65  44              Jung   Hing         20 Salina Cruz    Dep per Str Colon, Panama, July 10-'96
66  45              Lum    Yam          23 Salina Cruz    Dep per Str Colon, Panama, July 10-'96
67  67              Lee    Poy          25 Panama         Dep per Str Acapulco, Panama, June 27-'96

Recapitulation     Males   Females
 United States      25       3
 Havana             34
 Salina Cruz         4
 Panama              1
           Total    64       3


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). 
 
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.

22 Occupation is "to join her father."
23 Occupation is "to join her husband."
24 Occupation is "to join her husband."
 

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