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SS City of Peking
I, RR Searle, Master of the 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 & Yokohama 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 26 day of May 1894, before me, JJ Tobin, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the City of Peking whereof _______ is Master, from _______, burthen ______ tons
Columns represent: Number, No of Certificate*, Name, Age*, Sex*, 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.
Chinese for San Francisco & Beyond
1 1 Ow Yung Sing Male San Francisco Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 11069
2 3 Wong Wan Male San Francisco Landed 1-Jun Affidavit Merchant
3 4 Wong On Male San Francisco Landed 1-Jun Affidavit Merchant
4 5 Dea Ga Sing Male Denver Landed 1-Jun Affidavit Merchant
5 6 Ng Jung On Male Los Angeles Landed 1-Jun Affidavit Merchant
6 7 Hoey Fat Male San Francisco Landed 1-Jun Affidavit Merchant
7 8 He Chew Male San Francisco Landed 1-Jun Affidavit Merchant
8 17 Ah Dun Male Nevada Landed 1-Jun Affidavit Merchant
9 18 Sing Nam Male San Francisco Landed 1-Jun Affidavit Merchant
10 19 Low Sic Wo Male San Francisco Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 11071
11 20 Low Chung Male San Francisco Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 11072
12 21 Looi Dow Hon Male Alvarado? Landed 4-Jun Affidavit Merchant
13 28 Quan Sun Male San Francisco Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 11070
14 29 Lee Kin Bong Male San Francisco Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 11073
15 30 James Bo Fonda Male Colorado Springs Landed 4-Jun Affidavit Merchant
16* 41 Cheong Kune Female C?ee Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 11064
17* 42 Kwock Kum Female C?ee Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 110??
18* 43 Chun Yow Female C?ee Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 11063
19 44 Ah Wan Male Jubes Co? Landed 1-Jun Affidavit Merchant
20 45 Lee Long Male San Francisco Landed 2-Jun Affidavit Merchant
21 46 Low Gum Chin Male San Francisco Landed 1-Jun Affidavit Merchant
22 47 Lai Mooie Male San Francisco Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 11066
23 48 Luie Jame Male Utah Landed 1-Jun Affidavit Merchant
24 49 Sing Chung Male Merced Landed 1-Jun Affidavit Merchant
25 50 Huie Fung Male Oakland Landed 1-Jun Affidavit Merchant
26 52 Yee Hay Male San Francisco Landed 1-Jun Affidavit Merchant
27 559 Woo Shue Male Los Angeles Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 11074
Chinese Intransit* for Panama
28 2 Fong Wing Kee Male 42 China Departed per steamer San Juan Panama May 28, 1894
29 15 Ho Sang Male 30 China Departed per steamer San Juan Panama May 28, 1895
30 16 Ho Cheong Male 23 China Departed per steamer San Juan Panama May 28, 1896
Chinese Intransit* for Champerico*
31 24 Lum Fai Male 29 China Departed per steamer San Juan Panama May 28, 1896
32 25 Lum Chune Male 20 China Departed per steamer San Juan Panama May 28, 1896
33 26 Chung Poo Male 50 China Departed per steamer San Juan Panama May 28, 1896
Chinese Intransit* for Havana
34 9 Yan Chun Kwock 26 China Departed per steamer San Juan Panama May 28, 1896
35 10 Yan Fing Kwock 28 China Departed per steamer San Juan Panama May 28, 1896
36* 11 Yue Kwang Jung 60 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 3619
37* 12 Chue Kow Yuk 26 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 3620
38 13 Law Shing Wing 28 China Departed per steamer San Juan Panama May 28, 1896
39 14 Fang Qwai 27 China Departed per steamer San Juan Panama May 28, 1896
40* 23 Mah Lune 26 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 3621
41* 27 Kwong Fook 24 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 3622
42* 31 Chun Chay 46 China Departed per steamer San Juan Panama May 28, 1896
43 32 Lee Wah 34 China Departed per steamer San Juan Panama May 28, 1896
44 33 Ho Ting Fie 35 China Departed per steamer San Juan Panama May 28, 1896
45 34 Chun Mook Kew 32 China Departed per steamer San Juan Panama May 28, 1896
46 35 Chun Fing Pang 35 China Departed per steamer San Juan Panama May 28, 1896
47 36 Chaw Tin Yaw 20 China Departed per steamer San Juan Panama May 28, 1896
48 37 Chang Yick Chang 44 China Departed per steamer San Juan Panama May 28, 1896
49 38 Chang Fook 25 China Departed per steamer San Juan Panama May 28, 1896
50 39 Wang Choy 23 China Departed per steamer San Juan Panama May 28, 1896
51* 40 Wah Chew 20 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 3623
52* 51 Yee Man 35 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 3624
Recapitualtion
M F Total
San Fran 24 3 27
Havana 19 19
Champerico 3 3
Panama 3 3
Total 49 3 52
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.
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 appears to be a system of numbering the manifests. In this portion of
the film the numbers are not in exact order. These numbers are included in the
identification of the film and reel numbers below.
For passengers bound for San Francisco, passengers' names and ages are followed by a stamp
that varies depending on the disposition of the passenger. This stamp was placed over the
information in the Last Residence column, making it difficult to decipher.
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)
The following columns had no entries and are not included in the table:
Height
Complexion
Color of Eyes
Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification
No of Certificate has Certificate crossed out and replaced by Ticket. The Sex column was
added by the completer. Age was not completed for passengers bound for San Francisco.
Occupation is Merchant for all male passengers except those bound for Havana, who are Laborers.
The three female passegers' occupation is Wife. 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."
Champerico is on the Pacific coast of Guatemala.
16-18 Last Residence is difficult to read. The letters transcribed are present. There appears to
be an h or l where the question mark is.
36-37, 40-41, 51-52 Departed per SPR Rail May 31, 1894. This is probably Southern Pacific Railroad.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 2, Vol 32&33, Manifest 9433.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
16 February 2003
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