Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Colima

I, John F Taylor, Master of the Steamer Colima 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) John F Taylor
Sworn to this 28 day of Sept 1893, before me, JJ Tobin, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Steamer Colima whereof John F Taylor is Master, from Panama and Way Ports, burthen 2143.85 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  Ah     Ching   26y Merchant  Panama  In Cabin to San Francisco       
 2  Ah     Tuck    22y None      Panama  In Cabin to San Francisco       
 3  I      Cheong  10m None      Panama  In Cabin to San Francisco       
 4  L      Cumisac 25y Merchant  Panama  Steerage Landed "I.T." Transit List 3059
 5  Ah     Kan     41y Merchant  Panama  Steerage        
 6  Liu    Shan    39y Merchant  Panama  Steerage        
 7  John   Yee     36y Merchant  Panama  Steerage        
 8  Jose   Pinello 51y Merchant  Panama  Steerage        
 9  Limp   Fui     46y Merchant  Panama  Steerage        
10  Cheong Peek    38y Merchant  Panama  Steerage        
11  Lung   Hong    35y Merchant  Panama  Steerage        
12  John   Eng     43y Merchant  Panama  Steerage Landed "I.T." Transit List 3060
13  Ah     Sam     44y Merchant  Panama  Steerage        
14  Ah     Shing   45y Merchant  Panama  Steerage        
15  Ah     Fong    39y Merchant  Panama  Steerage        
16  Von    Fuck    47y Merchant  Panama  Steerage Landed "I.T." Transit List 3061
17  Ah     Quit    34y Merchant  Panama  Steerage
18  Pock   Fong    37y Merchant  Panama  Steerage
19  Fong   Sang    35y Merchant  Panama  Steerage
20  Tong   Hing    44y Merchant  Panama  Steerage
21  Ah     Foot    47y Merchant  Panama  Steerage


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 Panama.  Research suggests that this refers to Panama City.

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 one of the following stamps:
 Landed Collectors order (blank with a month and day date written in) 1893 by 
 Insp's (blank for a name). 
 Landed "I.T." Transit List followed by a number.  These passengers are bound for a 
  further port.
Passengers not allowed to land have one of two different stamps:
 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).

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

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 State from 
 curiosity."


All passengers are described as departing for Hong Kong per Steamer Peru Sept 30, 1893.
 

---

We strive to make your search productive. If you don't find what you are looking for on our site, please consider the links below to help you.

Free Trial - Ancestry.com US Deluxe Membership