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Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

S S Walla Walla


Victoria, BC to San Francisco
March 28, 1898

Page 1 of 2

DISTRICT AND PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO
SEPARATE LIST OF CHINESE PASSENGERS
Act May 6th, 1882
I, H.C. Thomas, Master of the Steamship Walla Walla 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 Victoria, B.C. from which port said vessel has now arrived, 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) H.C. Thomas

Sworn to this 28th day of March 1898, before me, (signature)Chunley Jailum, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Steamship Walla Walla whereof H.C. Thomas is Master, from Victoria, B.C. burthen 2168 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 oficers of Chinese Government, state facts*.
1, Low Chin, 24y, Clerk, China,5'6", Yellow, Dark, Scar under right eyebrow
    Landed March 31, 1898, Native of US

Transcriber's Notes
* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not the transcriber, or calls attention to additional information in the transcriber notes. 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. 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.

Port Townsend

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 6, Section 3 Vol 38 & 38, Manifest 9618-1.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
November 3 2007



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