Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS China

LIST OR MANIFEST OF ALIEN IMMIGRANTS FOR THE COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION.

Required by the regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, under Act of Congress, approved March 3, 1893, to be delivered to the Commissioner of Immigration by the Commanding Officer of any vessel having such passengers on board upon arrival at a port in the United States.

Steamship China, sailing from Hong Kong August 9th and Yokohama, August 19th, 1893 arriving at Port of San Francisco, Aug 31, 1893.

Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, Married or Single, Occupation, Nationality, Last Residence, Final Destination in the US, Whether having a ticket to final destination, Whether in Possession of Money-if less than $30, how much?, Whether ever before in the US, Whether going to join Relative or Friend

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1  Oba	     Yoshiki	  27y9m	 male	single	Secty*	        Japanese     Yokohama      Oakland	 No  Yes      No   No	
2  Kawabe    Kihei	  25y1m	 male	single	Merchant	Japanese     Yokohama      San Francisco yes Yes      yes* No	
3  Nishikawa Fukuwosuke	  25y5m	 male	single	Merchant	Japanese     Tokio	   San Francisco yes Yes      No   No	
4  Nesato    Shachlo	  20y3m	 male	single	Student	        Japanese     Aiwate	   Chicago	 No  Yes      No   No	
5  Adachi    Telsujiro	  32y10m male	married	Merchant	Japanese     Aichi	   San Francisco yes Yes      No   No	
6  Tsurume   Manjiro	  24y7m	 male	single	Merchant	Japanese     Aichi	   San Francisco yes Yes      No   No	
7  Yamakawa  Yahei	  41y6m	 male	married	Merchant	Japanese     Aichi	   San Francisco yes Yes      No   No	
8  Kalawatsi Shuhei	  16y9m	 male	single	Student	        Japanese     Yamaguti      San Francisco yes Yes      No   No	
9  Kawai     Yaloku	  24y9m	 male	single	Student	        Japanese     Yamaguti      San Francisco yes Yes      No   No	
10 Sasaki    Manpai	  19y9m	 male	single	Student	        Japanese     Yamaguti      San Francisco yes Yes      No   No	
11 Kobayashi Yasugi	  19y	 male	single	Student	        Japanese     Saporo	   San Francisco yes Yes      No   No	
12 ?ule	     Trichot	  22y6m	 male	single	Clergyman       French	     Tokio	   San Francisco yes Yes      yes* No	
13 Sawamura  Josaburo	  38y8m	 male	married	Cook	        Japanese     Shitzuoka     San Francisco yes Yes      No   No	
14 Saito     Torg	  20y6m	 female	single	wife*	        Japanese	           San Francisco	
15 Sone	     Toshitora	  44y3m	 male	single	Student	        Japanese     Tokio	   Mexico	 No  Yes      No   No	
16 Martin    Golumb	  24y11m male	single	Merchant	Russian	     Chita Siberia San Francisco yes yes      No   No
17 Levi	     Kershkovitch 24y5m	 male	single	Merchant	Russian	     Chita Siberia San Francisco yes yes      No   No
18 Heinrich  Kauffmann	  20y6m	 male	single	Soap Maker	Russian	     Warsaw	   San Francisco yes yes      No   yes*
19 John	     McGibbon	  25y9m	 male	single	Marine Engineer	Scotch	     Shanghai      San Francisco yes yes      No   yes*
20 Mrs Chase Lannster	  32y3m	 female	married		        Russian	     Chita Siberia San Francisco yes yes      No   yes*
21 Etta      Lannster	  10y9m	 female	child*							
22 Nase	     Lannster	  7y3m	 female	child*							
23 Charrisa  Lannster	  4y	 female	child*							
24 Moses     Lannster	  2y1m	 male	child*							
25 Hirsh     Lannster	  11m	 male	child*							
26 Levitt    Reuvin	  48y2m	 male	married	Tailor	        Russia	     Minsk Russia  San Francisco yes yes      No   yes*
27 Channa    Reuvin	  26y4m	 female	wife*						
28 Alexander Reuvin	  11y7m	 male	son*						
29 Raechil   Reuvin	  7m	 female	daughter*						
30 Isaac     Rosenthal	  50y5m	 male	married	Distiller	Russian	     Moloff	   San Francisco yes yes      No   No
31 Es?ies*   Rosenthal	  45y2m	 female	wife*						
32 Frumi     Rosenthal	  17y2m	 female	child*							
33 Armi?     Rosenthal	  11y3m	 female	child*							
34 Sarah     Rosenthal	  10y1m	 female	child*							
35 Roda	     Rosenthal	  9y	 female	child*							
36 Moses     Rosenthal	  8y2m	 male	child*							
37 ??a	     Yoshihira	  36y11m male	married	Merchant	Japanese     Tokyo	   Los Angeles   No  No       yes* No
38 ??kano    Kinpei	  21y3m	 male	single	Merchant	Japanese     Tokyo	   Los Angeles   No  No       No   No
39 Israel    Weinberg	  60y6m	 male	married	Tailor	        Russian	     Hong Kong     San Francisco yes yes      No   No
40 Mrs Golde Weinberg	  55y	 female	married	wife*						
41 Mrs Eva   Berkeovitz	  30y	 female	Widow	daughter*						
42 Mayer     Weinberg	  26y11m male	single	Clerk	        Egypt	     Hong Kong     San Francisco yes yes      No   No
43 Kato	     Ichitaro	  25y4m	 male	single	Student	        Japanese     Shiduoka      San Francisco yes yes      No   No
44 Sagara    Suyekichi	  16y8m	 male	single	Student	        Japanese     Fukoshima     San Francisco yes yes      No   yes*
45 Sawada    Takehichi	  21y	 male	single	Student	        Japanese     Fukoshima     San Francisco yes yes      No   yes*

          From Hong Kong
46 Peter     Johnson	42y6m	 male	single	Carpenter	Russian Finn Liverpool	   San Fran	 yes over $30 yes* yes*
47 Robert    Thompson	24y6m	 male	single	Engineer	English	     Cape Colony   El Paso	 No  over $30 No   No
                                     
    
Transcriber's Notes
This manifest appears on the film in two different places.  The first two pages, from 
 Yokohama, appear out of order of arrival date (right after the end of June and before the 
 begining of August) and the third page, from Hong Kong, appears between August 29 and 
 September 28. 
There is no captain's statement nor captain's name attached to this manifest.
The following columns had identical entries for all passengers and so were not included in 
 the table:
 Able to Read & Write=yes exceptions 20, 31 & 44
 Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco
 By whom was passage paid?=himself
 Whether ever in Prison, Almshouse or supported by Charity=no
 Whether a Polygamist=no
 Whether under contract to labor in the US=no
 Condition of Health Mental and Physical=good
 Whether having any deformities=no 
Letters that are illegible or difficult to interpret are replaced by ?.
There are a no entries in most columns for members of families other than the head.

2 was in San Francisco in May 1893.
12 was in San Francisco in 1891.
18 was going to join uncle M Kaufamnn, New York City.
19 was going to join uncle John McGivin, New York City.  The two surnames are spelled 
   differently.
20 was going to join husband Mr C. Lannster.
21-25 married or single entries are children of Mrs C. Lannster.
26 was going to join Sister Lithercha Reuvin, New York.
27-29 married or single entries are "wife, son & daughter of Levitt Reuvin."
31 First name is Essies or Esfies.  This is the only instance of double "s" on the manifest 
   so it is not possible to determine if this is the old style where the second "s" looks 
   like and "f."   Her occupation is "wife of Isaac Rosenthal."
37 was in Los Angeles in spring 1892.
40 & 41 occupations are wife and daughter of Israel Weinberg.
44 was going to join brother Mr Yamanake 1108 Minna St. San Francisco.
45 was going to join brother H Sawada, 406 O'Farrell St. San Francisco.
46 was in New York Oct '92 and is going to join Brother,Argus Johnson, California.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1 Page 45-46, 70.

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