SS City of Peking
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 City of Peking, sailing from Yokohama, Aug 5, 1893 arriving at Port of San Francisco, Aug 23, 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 ever before in the US,
1 Toyojiro Narita 25y male married Student Japanese Fukin San Francisco Yes No
2 Nicholas Orloff 43y10m male married Actor Russian Moscow Canada No No
3 Mrs Mary Orloff 26y6m female married Actress*
4 Tomizuka Shinobu 44y11m male married Teacher Japanese Toyama Chicago No No
5 Shinzo Yagi 21y5m male married Merchant Japanese Tokyo Chicago No yes*
6 Mrs Miyo Yagi 17y1m female married Wife*
7 Ichitaro Katsuki 27y8m male single Student Japanese Osaka San Francisco yes yes*
8 Kewtaro Kiyohara 32y0m male single Farmer* Japanese Wakayama Canada No No
9 Tomonosuke Shimada 27y8m male single Merchant Japanese Saitama Canada No No
10 Alfred Roggers 26y6m male single Clerk English Shanghai San Francisco yes No
11 Yeijiro Tange 21y6m male single Merchant Japanese Aioki San Francisco yes No
Transcriber's Notes
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
Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco
By whom was passage paid?=himself
Whether in Possession of Money-if less than $30, how much?=yes
Whether going to join Relative or Friend=no
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
3 "wife of N Orloff" is written in occupation space
5 has been to San Francisco 1889
6 "wife of Shinzo Yagi" is written in occupation space
7 has been to San Francisco 1888
8 Student is written above farmer in occupation space
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1 Page 66.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild4 October 1999
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