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SS City of Peking
I, Robt R Searle, Master of the SS City of Peking 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) Robt R Searle
Sworn to this 13 day of Jan 1894, before me, (signature) JJ Tobin, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the ________ whereof _______ is Master, from _______, burthen _______ 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*.
Please scroll to the right to view all the information.
1 1 Fong Ah Sung 35 M Merchant Deming Landed 16-Jan Affdt Merchant
2 2 Hong Hoy 38 M Merchant Park City Utah Landed 16-Jan Affdt Merchant
3 3 Wong Fook 45 M Merchant Los Angeles Landed 17-Jan Affdt Merchant
4 4 Yee Yin 29 M Merchant Pittsburg Landed 16-Jan Affdt Merchant
5 5 Dong Hing Sim 38 M Merchant Grass Valley Landed 16-Jan Affdt Merchant
6 6 Tom Chong 29 M Merchant San Diego Landed 16-Jan Affdt Merchant
7 10 Chin Lan Teong 33 M Merchant San Francisco Landed 17-Jan Affdt Merchant
8 11 Yee Ah Loy 34 M Merchant Marysville Landed 18-Jan Affdt Merchant
9 12 Cop Sing 30 M Merchant San Francisco Landed 15-Jan Affdt Merchant
10 13 Chu Yung 25 M Merchant Los Angeles Landed 17-Jan Affdt Merchant
11 14 Chow Lum 35 M Merchant San Jose Refused Departed per Steamer City of Peking Hong Kong Jan 18, 1894
12 15 Chow Ah Yee 36 M Merchant Butte Landed 15-Jan Affdt Merchant
13 16 Jay Fong 23 M Merchant San Francisco Landed 15-Jan Affdt Merchant
14 20 Ah Gobe 31 M Merchant Merced Landed 16-Jan Affdt Merchant
15 24 Young Gom 35 M Merchant Siskiyou Landed 16-Jan Affdt Merchant
16 25 Soo Hoo Shing Chuck 38 M Merchant Vallejo Landed 15-Jan Affdt Merchant
17 26 Su Hoo You Goy 34 M Merchant Penn Landed 15-Jan Affdt Merchant
18* 27 Soo Hoo Yon Jew 23 M Merchant Vallejo Landed 18-Jan Affdt Merchant
19 34 Fong Sing 40 M Merchant Sacramento Landed 17-Jan Affdt Merchant
20 35 Goo Duck 37 M Merchant San Francisco Landed 16-Jan Affdt Merchant
21 36 Poon Shun 18 M Student San Francisco Landed 18-Jan Affdt Merchant
22 48 Chain Wy 37 M Merchant San Francisco Landed 18-Jan Affdt Merchant
23 49 Wong Fang 26 F wife China Landed 18-Jan Affdt Merchant
24 50 Lee Lie Sing 26 F wife China Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10884
25 51 Wang Yeek Lie 23 F wife China Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10880
26 52 Chue Min Aug 21 F wife China Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10882
27 53 Cho See 25 F wife China Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10883
28* 55 Loo Kin 26 M Merchant Nogales Landed "I.T." Transit List 3318
29* 3T Poon Gay 23 M Merchant San Francisco Landed 15-Jan Native son
30 462 Low Lan 23 F wife China Landed 18-Jan Affdt Merchant
List of Chinese for Mid Winter Faire Exposition
31 1 Yee On 20 M Rattan Worker Canton 5'4" Long scar on joint of L arm
scar on right hand palm
32 2 Chow Tin 40 M Rattan Worker Canton 5'7¾" Split nail on L little finger
scar between eyebrows
33 3 Lee On 27 M Ebony Worker Canton 5'5" Scar inner corner L eye
long scar crown of head
34 4 Tiang Man 21 M Ebony Worker Canton 5'3¾" L ear pierced
35 5 Chow Wan 26 M Candy Maker Canton 5'4" Split nail middle finger R hand
several small scars C? temple
36 6 Liang Yok 22 M Ebony Worker Canton 5'4½" Small scar on R temple
faint scar on ?
37 7 Fong Hop 22 M Carpenter Canton 5'3½" Scar 4½ in long across top of head
round scar above R ear
38 8 Ching Low Kwong 21 M Candy Maker Canton 5'4½" Scar outer corner of L eye
faint scar on R cheek
39 9 Liang Bow Lin 22 M Ebony Worker Yong Moon 5'4½" L ear pierced , scar above R ear
deformed thumb nail
40 10 Low Hang Yen 28 M Carpenter Hong Kong 5'3½" Split nail 3rd finger L hand
no marks on face & neck
41 11 Wong Wha Chan 20 M Ebony Worker Canton 5'5' L ear pierced
mole behind ?
42 12 Lee Liang 23 M Rattan Worker Fat Shan 5'3½" 4 pock marks ? Temple
long scar behind ear
43 13 Woo Chuk Yuen 23 M Rattan Worker Canton 4'9½" Mole above ? Eyebrow
scar R forearm
44 14 Lum ??k 40 M Carpenter Canton 5'4½" Long faint scar R ?
scar center of forehead
45 15 Ching Cheong Yue 25 M Rattan Worker Canton 5'6½" Scar below R corner mouth
46 16 Chun Yin 26 M Rattan Worker Canton 5'8½" 3 pock marks back part of R ear
face unblemished
47 17 Chue Gen Fun 39 M Ebony Worker Hong Kong 5'6" Hairy mole on neck below
R jaw, mole R temple
48 18 Ching Lou 27 M Rattan Worker Canton 5'4½" Mole L corner of mouth
Faint scar upper lid L eye
49 19 Lum Yen Tin 22 M Rattan Worker Canton 5'4½" Big round scar above R ear
Faint scar upper lid L eye
50 20 Chun Men 20 M Carpenter Canton 5'4¼" ? upper lid of R eye
Mole R jaw
51 21 Lum Chen 22 M Ebony Worker Canton 5'4½" 2 pock marks L temple I center forehead
scar back of middle finger L hand
52 22 Chang Chi Sing 28 M Carpenter Hok San 5'2¾" Mole L temple, small mole over face
Many scars on scalp, mole on face
53 23 Liang Wai Yen 20 M Attendant Lan Wooy 5'6½' deformed nail ring finger L hand
54 24 Liang Kuen 20 M Carpenter Lan Wooy 5'6¼" Long scar cewnter of forehead
55 25 Yin Chin 25 M Rattan Worker Heung Shan 5'4¾" Long scar above R ear
small scar lower R cheek
56 26 Chaw Hong Ting 20 M Rattan Worker Heung Shan 5'4½" Small scar above L eyebrow
57 27 Ow Yang Yow 20 M Candy Maker Heung Shan 5'2½" L hand middle finger deformed
58 28 Chun Chin Ping 22 M Candy Maker Heung Shan 5'4" Pock mark L corner of mouth
59 29 Yin Yee 24 M Candy Maker Heung Shan 5'3" Round scar back of neck
mole all over face
60 30 Yin Ping 27 M Carpenter Heung Shan 5'3¾" Deeply pock marked
scar above L eyebrow
61 31 Wong Lin Young 50 M Carpenter Heung Shan 5'7" L ear peirced, Mole side of chin
62 32 Ching Lee 21 M Candy Maker Heung Shan 5'1½" Projecting front teeth
Round scar L side of chin
63 33 Lee Sing Hin 30 M Carpenter Heung Shan 5'5" Long faint scar top of forehead
round scar back of neck l side
64 34 Wong Sin Yee 48 M Rattan Worker Heung Shan 5'7½" Hairy mole R angle of mouth
small black mole L side of neck
65 35 Lum Oi Wha 42 M Carpenter Heung Shan 5'6¾" Coveredwith old faint pock marks
finger nail L hand deformed
66 36 Lum Wai 23 M Rattan Worker Heung Shan 5'5½" Faint pock mark on upper lip
Faint pock mark on throat
67 37 Won Sing 26 M Rattan Worker Heung Shan 5'5¼" 2 small moles in fron R ear
2 small moles behind R ear & pock marked
68 38 Cheng Kai Hing 21 M Candy Maker Heung Shan 5'3¼" Small mole on upper lip
small mole fron of L ear 2 below Lear
69 39 Cheng Seung 40 M Carpenter Heung Shan 5'1½" L ear pierced
scar 2" Behind L ear
70 40 Lee Kuan Chan 20 M Carpenter Heung Shan 5'3½" mole above L ear
mole on neck below L jaw
71 41 Won Hein 23 M Rattan Worker Heung Shan 5'4¼" Mole on R cheek mole L part of neck
mole under R jaw
72 42 Cheng Yow 31 M Candy Maker Heung Shan 5'3¾" Mole behind R ear
scar above center forearm
73 43 Ow Yang Kuan Yew 21 M Rattan Worker Heung Shan 5'6½" scar 2" above L eye
scar on tip of chin
74 44 Chun Kwai 25 M Carpenter Heung Shan 5'1½" Scar on L temple
mole front of L ear, projecting upper teeth
75 45 Yin Chung 34 M Salesman Heung Shan 5'½" Big round scar under chin
76 46 Ching Sow Ton 20 M Candy Maker Heung Shan 5'4" Scar lip of chin
77 47 Ma Sin Kee 39 M Carpenter Heung Shan 5'6¾" mole on bridge of nose & neck
projecting teeth
78 48 Chow Ping Tin 17 M Attendant Heung Shan 4'11¼" scar on knee cap
scar 1" above R eyebrow
79 49 Fong Chu Sing 17 M Attendant Heok San 4'11" mole 2" above R ear
scar L forearm inner side
80 50 Wong Say Fook 16 M Rattan Worker Heung Shan 5'1" small scar R temple
faint scar L eyebrow
81 51 Low Lung 15 M Attendant Lum Ming 4'10½" L ear pierced
scar behind L ear
82 52 Fong Hoy 29 M Clerk Canton 5'5¼" scar on middle joint
of 2nd finger R hand
83 53 Tam Ling 27 M Rattan Worker Canton 5'3¾" L ear pierced
mole side of neck
84 54 Pang Liang Poon 26 M Rattan Worker Kow Yong 5'6½" Long scar under chin
85 55 Chue Yin 21 M Ebony Maker Canton 5'6¾" Round pock mark back of neck
mole center of forehead
86* 56 Lee Chen 20 M Errand Boy Kow Yong 5'1½" Both temples badly pock marked
87 57 Yik Yew 36 M Clerk Canton 5'9" Big mole on L forearm
88 58 Lai Tong 30 M Matting WorkerCanton 5' Round scar above L ear
Faint scar upper lid L eye
89 59 Wong Hung Tung 24 M Rattan Worker Heung Shun 5'4½" 3 Scars above L eyebrow
Mole on R cheek
90 60 Tong Tai 20 M Candy Maker Heung Shun 5'1" Faint scar 2" behind R ear
91 61 Wong Chi Kee 30 M Rattan Worker Heung Shun 5'5½" Big scar on R eyebrow
92 62 Fong Yew 38 M Salesman Hong Kong 5'4½" Deep scar behind L ear
93 63 Wong Nam 32 M Salesman Hong Kong 5'¾" Scar on little finger L hand
Mole on upper lip
94 64 Kwan Big 17 M Attendant Kow Yong 5'1¼" Mole on R side bridge of nose
Pock mark L side bridge of nose
95* 65 Chun Kum 16 M Errand Boy Kow Yong 5'2½' Faint scar on R eyebrow
Faint scar tip of chin
96* 66 Tong Chong 14 M Errand Boy Heung Shun 4'9½" Long scar on tip of chin
L ear pierced
97* 67 Tong Sing 15 M Errand Boy Heung Shun 4'11" scar on L temple
Pock marked
98 68 Chun Tien 18 M Attendant Tun Kwan 5'1¾" Mole on R jaw
Chinese for Havana
99 7 Tam You 27 M Laborer China Landed "I.T." Transit List 3292
100 8 Tam Shee 43 M Laborer China Landed "I.T." Transit List 3293
101 9 Kwong Sing 42 M Laborer China Landed "I.T." Transit List 3294
102 21 Lo Kum Fong 30 M Laborer China Departed per steamer Colon Panama Jan 18, 1894
103 22 Lo See Hong 23 M Laborer China Departed per steamer Colon Panama Jan 18, 1894
104 23 Chun Moo 40 M Laborer China Departed per steamer Colon Panama Jan 18, 1894
105 28 Wong Chun 26 M Laborer China Landed "I.T." Transit List 3295
106 29 Wong Soy 45 M Laborer China Landed "I.T." Transit List 3296
107 30 Wong Sing 20 M Laborer China Landed "I.T." Transit List 3297
108 31 Ho Choy 57 M Laborer China Landed "I.T." Transit List 3298
109 32 Chue Ping 22 M Laborer China Landed "I.T." Transit List 3299
110 33 Yuen Moon Sing 30 M Laborer China Departed per steamer Colon Panama Jan 18, 1894
111 37 Wong Kan 20 M Laborer China Landed "I.T." Transit List 3300
112 38 Low Hei 21 M Laborer China Landed "I.T." Transit List 3301
113 39 Chang Pun 21 M Laborer China Landed "I.T." Transit List 3302
114 40 Chue Seong 21 M Laborer China Landed "I.T." Transit List 3303
115 41 Chue Hin 23 M Laborer China Landed "I.T." Transit List 3304
116 42 Chan Qwan 20 M Laborer China Landed "I.T." Transit List 3305
117 43 Chan Lung 20 M Laborer China Landed "I.T." Transit List 3306
118 44 Leong Yuet 24 M Laborer China Landed "I.T." Transit List 3307
119 45 Kwan Sum 35 M Laborer China Landed "I.T." Transit List 3308
120 46 Poon Fook 24 M Laborer China Landed "I.T." Transit List 3309
121 47 Fung Fong 17 M Laborer China Landed "I.T." Transit List 3310
122 54 Chun Hin Soy 35 M Laborer China Landed "I.T." Transit List 3311
Chinese for Panama
123 Yan Kum 44 M Merchant China Departed per steamer Colon Panama Jan 18, 1894
124 Yan Kum Cen 14 M Merchant China Departed per steamer Colon Panama Jan 18, 1894
125 Wong Kwong 40 M Merchant China Departed per steamer Colon Panama Jan 18, 1894
Chinese for San Francisco from Yokohama
126* 3956 Chin Be 23 M Merchant Yokohama Landed 15-Jan Consular certificate
127* 3955 Mow Look 29 F wife Yokohama Landed 15-Jan Consular certificate
128* 3954 Ah Lin 9 F none Yokohama Landed 15-Jan Consular certificate
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 inforamtion in the transcriber notes.
The pages on this film are not numbered so finding a particular ship can be difficult.
However, there appears to be a system of numbering the manifests. These numbers are
included in the identification of the film and reel numbers below.
For passengers bound for San Francisco, passengers' information is 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) 1894 by Insp's (blank
for a name, in this case Grant).
Passengers not allowed to land have one of two different stamps:
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.
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)
No of Certificate is replaced by the completer with No of Ticket.
The information recorded for the passengers varied. Passengers for the Fair were the only
ones for whom the personal description columns were completed. These passengers were all
recorded as having Yellow Complexion and Dark Eyes. The infomation for Physical Marks
or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification was often recorded on more than one line per
passenger. It is difficult to determine how to assign this information to the various
passengers. It is transcribed on the lines as it was written, with an attempt to assign
it to the passnegers. It is possible that an extra line actually referred to the passenger
below or above the line it is writen on.
For passengers bound for the US, Occupation is universally recorded as Merchant or Grocer
because following the Chinese Exclusion Act of May 6, 1882 admission was denied to all
Chinese except laborers already in the US and "students, teachers, merchants or those
proceeding to the United States from curiosity."
If accredited oficers of Chinese Government, state facts is not recorded for visitors
to the Fair.
Passengers for Havana are recorded as going by Rail if they have an "I.T." Transit List
number and by steamer for the rest.
18 was landed by Inspector O'Leary not Grant.
28 has a second name recorded "or H. Luquin."
29 is listed as a Cabin passenger.
86 & 95-97 The Occupation of these passengers is "Cash and Errand Boy."
126-128 Height and Complexion are recorded for these passengers:
126 5'4½", Brown
127 4'11¾", Brown
128 4'11¾", Brown
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 2 Vol 32&33, Manifest 9417-a-5.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
15 November 2002
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