Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS San Jose

I, Wm J Russell, Master of the SS San Jose 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 Panama and Way Ports 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) Wm J Russell
Sworn to this 8 day of Dec 1893, before me, (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the SS San Jose whereof Wm J Russell is Master, from Panama and Way Ports, burthen 1538.28 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*.

 1* Woo Chen        39 Minister    Callao Departed per Oceanic Dec 21,1893
 2* Lee Fat         23 Sercetary   Callao Departed per Oceanic Dec 21,1894
 3  Ah  Thuai       40 Storekeeper Panama Departed per SS Peru for Hong Kong Dec 9, 1893
 4  Ting Fo         40 Baker       Panama Departed per SS Peru for Hong Kong Dec 9, 1894
 5  Lo   Yueng Ting 30 Storekeeper Panama Departed per SS Peru for Hong Kong Dec 9, 1895
 6* Tom  Fo?ck      43 Storekeeper Panama Departed per SS Peru for Hong Kong Dec 9, 1896
 7  Cham Chee       44 Storekeeper Panama Departed per SS Peru for Hong Kong Dec 9, 1897
 8  Lomb Yei        45 Farmer      Panama Departed per SS Peru for Hong Kong Dec 9, 1898
 9  Lan  Kuai       45 Storekeeper Panama Departed per SS Peru for Hong Kong Dec 9, 1899
10  Yam  Yuen       40 Storekeeper Panama Departed per SS Peru for Hong Kong Dec 9, 1900
11  Ah   Taim       49 Farmer      Panama Departed per SS Peru for Hong Kong Dec 9, 1901
12  Ah   Bok        50 Waiter      Panama Departed per SS Peru for Hong Kong Dec 9, 1902
13  Ah   Tinch      44 Farmer      Panama Departed per SS Peru for Hong Kong Dec 9, 1903
14  Yam  Fun        24 Storekeeper Panama Departed per SS Peru for Hong Kong Dec 9, 1904


Transcriber's 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.

The departure port is listed as simply "Panama."  Research indicates this means Panama City.

For passengers bound for San Francisco, passengers' names and ages are followed by a stamp 
 that varies depending on the disposition of the passenger and which is stamped over whatever 
 information has been entered in the columns. 
Passengers allowed to land have the following stamp:
 Landed Collectors order (blank with a month and day date written in) 1893 by  Insp's (blank 
 for a name, in this case Grant). Many of these passengers have a place name written over 
 the stamp. Where a blank is transcribed in this column no place has been written in.  Where 
 there is a question mark the entry is illegible.
 
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.
 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:
 No of Certificate
 Height
 Complexion
 Color of Eyes
 Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification
 If accredited oficers of Chinese Government, state facts

1-2 Callao is the port for Lima, Peru.
6   Second name looks like Forck.