Immigrant Ships
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SS Coptic


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Yokohama, Japan to San Francisco, CA
Chinese passengers from Hong Kong
12 November 1895

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.
S.S. Coptic, sailing from Yokohama Oct 27th, 1895 arriving at Port of San Francisco, Nov 12, 1895.
Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, Married or Single*, Last Residence, Final Destination in the US, Whether in Possession of Money-if less than $30, how much?, Whether ever before in the US, Whether going to join Relative or Friend
1  Taro      Utasaki   17y5m  Male  No  Nara      San Francisco  30    No No
2  Kakujiro  Maruyama  20y10m Male  No  Tottori   San Francisco  17.50 No No
3* Yasukichi Yaji      20y1m  Male  No  Kanagawa  San Francisco  Yes   No No
4  Takejiro  Tsuzuki   25y0m  Male  No  Aichi     San Francisco  Yes   No No
5  Kurataro  Miyake    22y1m  Male  No  Kagawa    Washington DC  92    No No
6  Yoshibumi Abe       24y7m  Male  No  Yamagata  Marshall Wis   45    No No
7  Iwakichi  Morimoto  23y6m  Male  No  Tottori   San Francisco  Yes   No No


Transcriber's Notes:

There is no captain's statement nor captain's name attached to this manifest.

In the married or Single column "or Single" has been crossed out.

The following columns had identical entries for all passengers and so were not
included in the table:
 Occupation=Student
 Nationality=Japanese
 Able to Read & Write=yes
 Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco
 Whether having a ticket to final destination=yes
 By whom was passage paid?=self
 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 ?.

Passenger Notes:
3 There is a note at the bottom of the page: "No 3 passenger withdrawn before
  sailing, W.W.W. Ivor, Consul General
Page 2 Chinese Passengers
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 3, Page 171.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
16 August 2001



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