SS Coptic
I, Inman Sealby, Master of the Br Str Coptic 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) Inman Sealby
Sworn to this 25* day of Jan 1898, before me, (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Br Str Coptic whereof Inman Sealby is Master, from Hong Kong, burthen 2744 tons
Columns represent: Number, No of Ticket*, 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.
For San Francisco
1 2 17-Dec-97 Tam Tsung 28 Hong Kong Landed 27-Jan Sec 6 Cert
2 3 23-Jan-97 Wong Hen Lai 42 San Fran Landed 28-Jan Ret laborer
3 4 26-Feb-97 Tom Kap 25 San Jose Landed 28-Jan Affidavit Merchant
4 5 20-Dec-97 Ko Chi 27 Hong Kong Landed 29-Jan Sec 6 Cert
5* 6 22-Dec-97 Chung Yow 31 Hong Kong Landed 02-Feb Sec 6 Cert
6 7 20-Dec-97 Ko Tsuk 19 Hong Kong Landed 29-Jan Sec 6 Cert
7 10 13-Feb-97 Quong Qung 38 San Fran Landed 28-Jan Affidavit Merchant
8 11 Chun Sing 23 Hong Kong Landed 11-Feb Native US
9 12 Cheong Bing 22 Hong Kong Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 11416
10 13 Mah Wing Kuan 22 Hong Kong Landed 08-Feb Native US
11* 14 Wong Leun Tam 16 Hong Kong Landed 09-Feb Native US
12 15 Wong Lam 20 Hong Kong Landed 12-Feb Native US
13 16 Chun Fong Pon 40 Hong Kong Landed 02-Feb Sec 6 Cert
14 17 Ti Sing 46 Hong Kong Landed 28-Jan Affidavit Merchant
15* 18 Sin Sang 19 Hong Kong Landed 26-Jan Sec 6 Cert
16 19 20-Dec-97 Leung Tung 22 Hong Kong Landed 26-Jan Sec 6 Cert
17* 20 18-Dec-97 Yan Yin 17 Hong Kong Landed 28-Jan Sec 6 Cert
18 22 Fong Sam 32 Hong Kong Landed 31-Jan Sec 6 Cert
19 23 23-Feb-97 Li Yan 43 Hong Kong Landed 31-Jan Sec 6 Cert
20* 24 30-Dec-97 Li Yuk Kura 17 Hong Kong Landed 31-Jan Sec 6 Cert
21* 25 30-Dec-97 Li Ying Yon 27 Hong Kong Landed 28-Jan Sec 6 Cert
22 26 30-Dec-97 Ng Man Hai 44 Hong Kong Landed 28-Jan Sec 6 Cert
23 27 30-Dec-97 Wong Kuan 26 Hong Kong Landed 28-Jan Sec 6 Cert
24 28 12-Nov-96 Joe Sam 34 San Bernardino Landed 29-Jan Affidavit Merchant
25 30 Low Tim 21 Hong Kong Landed 10-Feb Native US
26* 31 Low Kit 17 Hong Kong Landed 10-Feb Native US
27 32 02-Nov-97 Wong Chung Yon 19 Hong Kong Landed 31-Jan Sec 6 Cert
28 33 22-Dec-97 Wong Wing 34 Hong Kong Landed 02-Feb Sec 6 Cert
29 34 22-Dec-97 Wong Yue 41 Hong Kong Landed 02-Feb Sec 6 Cert
30 35 22-Dec-97 Yue Chee Song 20 Hong Kong Landed 10-Feb Native US
31 37 20-Dec-97 Tong You 38 Hong Kong Landed 02-Feb Sec 6 Cert
32 38 21-Dec-97 Leong Shik 38 Hong Kong Landed 31-Jan Sec 6 Cert
33* 39 21-Dec-97 Lum Wing 18 Hong Kong Landed 31-Jan Sec 6 Cert
34 40 20-Dec-97 Ho Shan 24 Hong Kong Landed 31-Jan Sec 6 Cert
35 41 24-Dec-97 Sun You 30 Hong Kong Landed 31-Jan Sec 6 Cert
36 42 12-Jan-93 Leo Wing Hang 46 Rock Springs Wyo Landed 28-Jan Affidavit Merchant
37* 43 Low Qwai Kar 22 Hong Kong Landed 09-Feb Native US
38 44 Lam Pak Yon 20 Hong Kong Landed 09-Feb Native US
39 46 Chow Wong 23 Hong Kong Landed 02-Feb Sec 6 Cert
40 47 Ng Yong 26 Hong Kong Landed 01-Feb Sec 6 Cert
41 48 24-?-97 Li Yat 32 Hong Kong Landed 10-Feb Sec 6 Cert
42 49 17-?-97 Ng Tuck 22 Hong Kong Landed 31-Jan Sec 6 Cert
43 50 ? Mok Chik Chi 25 Hong Kong Landed 29-Jan Sec 6 Cert
44 51 23-Dec-97 Gan Yak Dy 41 San Fran Landed 28-Jan Ret laborer
45 52 07-Oct-96 L?n Kong 41 Sacramento Landed 28-Jan Affidavit Merchant
46 53 Sin Kam Yuen 20 Hong Kong Landed 08-Feb Native US
47 54 Tam Sing 28 Hong Kong Landed 12-Feb Native US
48* 55 Yue Chock Lam 17 Hong Kong Landed 31-Jan Sec 6 Cert
49 56 24-Dec-97 Tam Yuk Chun 27 Hong Kong Landed 31-Jan Sec 6 Cert
50 57 24-Dec-97 Wong Shun 37 Hong Kong Landed 29-Jan Sec 6 Cert
51 58 15-Dec-97 Lum Sung 27 Hong Kong Landed 31-Jan Sec 6 Cert
52 59 Ho Loy 23 Hong Kong Landed 29-Jan Sec 6 Cert
53 60 Choi Luk Hong 28 Hong Kong Landed 31-Jan Sec 6 Cert
54* 61 23-Jun-97 Choy Wong Yee 39 Rio Vista Landed 28-Jan Mchts wife
55* 62 15-Dec-97 Choy Pak Nam 11 Hong Kong Landed 28-Jan Sec 6 Cert
56* 63 Choy Pak Sin 9 Hong Kong Landed 28-Jan Sec 6 Cert
57* 64 24-?-97 Yee Kow 19 Hong Kong Landed 29-Jan Sec 6 Cert
58 65 Ho Kai Sin 30 Hong Kong Landed 31-Jan Sec 6 Cert
For City of Mexico
59 1 Mar Chow 44 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 9072 Dep SPRR, Jan 27, 1898
For Guaymas
60 8 Wong Shew 40 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 9073 Dep SPRR, Jan 27, 1898
61 9 Wong Chee 20 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 9074 Dep SPRR, Jan 27, 1898
62 36 Wong Chung 45 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 9075 Dep SPRR, Jan 27, 1898
For Jamaica
63 21 Tong Sam 32 China Dep per Colon Jan 28, 1898
For Panama
64 45 Lee Paq 28 China Dep per Colon Jan 28, 1898
Recapitulation Men Woman Boy *
San Francisco 55 1 2
City of Mexico 1
Guaymas 3
Jamaica 1
Panama 1
The remainder of the recapitulation was torn away before the film was made.
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 stamped Jan 25 but 24 is written in above. Jan 24 is also the date on
the cover sheet.
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) 1898 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 No of Ticket column actually has no heading. It is described as ticket number because
most manifests list ticket number.
The no of Cerificate column has dates entered for most passsengers. For those passengers with
a blank it is possible that there are ditto marks written in to refer to the passenger above.
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
An Affidavit Merchant is a document created by the passenger before departing the US. It
is an affidavit signed by a number of white men in the town where the passenger resided in
the Us to prove that he is/was a merchant. A Sec 6 Certificate is a document to prove that
the passenger is/was a merchant but created by in China or Hong Kong.
Numerical notations for passengers most likely are entries relating to later travel.
They can be interpreted by contacting Bill Green, the Chinese specialist at NARA
in San Bruno, California.
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.
5 Occupation is "with brother #5."
11 Occupation is "with cousin #13."
15 Occupation is "with cousin #17."
17 Occupation is "with cousin #19."
20 Occupation is "with brother #23."
21 12939/5-20 is written on the line.
26 Occupation is "with brother #30."
33 Occupation is "with cousin #35."
37 12650/1-4 is written on the line.
48 Occupation is "with brother #2."
54 Occupation is "to join her husband 12017/17341."
55 Occupation is "with mother #61 12017/15711."
56 See File is written on the line.
57 Occupation is "with cousin #41."
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 6, Section 3, Vol. 38 & 39, Manifest 9612.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
1 April 2008
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