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SS Oceanic
I, WM Smith, Master of the O&O SS Oceanic 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 ______ 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 Smith
Sworn to this 13th day of Dec 1893, before me, (signature) JJ Tobin, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the O&O SS Oceanic 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.
1* 915 Lai Lee Shee 39 S.F. Landed 13-Dec Merchant's widow
2* 916 Lai Po Tai Wing 21 S.F. Landed 13-Dec Native Born
3* 917 Lai Ow Young She 19 S.F. Landed 13-Dec Native Born
4* 918 Lai Po Tai Kue 13 S.F. Landed 13-Dec Native Born
5* 919 Lai Kum Aug 11 S.F. Landed 13-Dec Native Born
6* 4212 Look Yum 26 S.F. Landed 13-Dec (Merchant) Consular Certificate
7 1 Tam Chock 38 S.F. Landed 14-Dec Affdt Merchant
8 3 Goo Kow 44 Idaho Landed 18-Dec Affdt Merchant
9 4 Wong Hop Sing Lung 31 Utah Landed 19-Dec Affdt Merchant
10 5 Ng Suey 30 Montana Landed 19-Dec Affdt Merchant
11 9 Lee Chong 36 S.F. Landed 15-Dec Affdt Merchant
12 10 Woo Sam Chun 37 Los Angeles Landed 19-Dec Affdt Merchant
13 11 Woo Yuen On 33 Los Angeles Landed 19-Dec Affdt Merchant
14 12 Fong Chung 36 S.F. Landed 13-Dec Affdt Merchant
15 14 Look Tai 34 Mendocino Landed 18-Dec Affdt Merchant
16 15 Ow Coon Chong 40 S.F. Landed 13-Dec Affdt Merchant
17 16 Wong Fai 23 S.F. Landed 19-Dec Affdt Merchant
18 18 Min Sen Sang 35 S.F. Landed 14-Dec Affdt Merchant
19 19 Lee Young 33 Denied Landing Escaped
20 20 Qwan Hee Shun 35 Landed 13-Dec Affdt Merchant
21 22 Yip Ling 43 Fresno Landed 19-Dec Affdt Merchant
22 24 Lum Yee 38 Nevada Co Landed 16-Dec Affdt Merchant
23 26 Loo Way 39 San Diego Landed 14-Dec Affdt Merchant
24 28 Yum Ley Tin 45 Nevada Co Landed 13-Dec Affdt Merchant
25 29 Kun Chew 41 Nevada Co Landed 13-Dec Affdt Merchant
26 30 Kan Yew 23 Nevada Co Landed 13-Dec Affdt Merchant
27 31 Lam Ming Qwai 25 Nevada Co Landed 13-Dec Affdt Merchant
28 33 Kwong Mun Louie 34 S.F. Landed 14-Dec Affdt Merchant
29 34 Kwong Jet 36 Sacramento Landed 15-Dec Affdt Merchant
30 35 Lum Loy 31 S.F. Landed 14-Dec Affdt Merchant
31 36 Yan Ng Yan 30 San Luis Obispo Landed 15-Dec Affdt Merchant
32 37 Yam Loy 35 Santa Barbara Landed 15-Dec Affdt Merchant
33 38 Yan Jung Hing 35 S.F. Landed 15-Dec Affdt Merchant
34 39 Yan Seung Yin 45 S.F. Landed 14-Dec Affdt Merchant
35* 40 Ow Young Tye 42 S.F. Landed 13-Dec Affdt Merchant
36 41 Qwan Gee 30 S.F. Landed 15-Dec Affdt Merchant
37 42 Wong Wah Tuck 31 S.F. Landed 13-Dec Affdt Merchant
38 44 Chung Shew Tong 50 S.F. Landed 15-Dec Affdt Merchant
39 45 Tong Yip 46 Sacramento Landed 13-Dec Affdt Merchant
40* 46 Lai Tai Choy 48 Sacramento Landed 13-Dec
41 47 Chue Wing 29 Santa Cruz Landed 19-Dec Affdt Merchant
42 48 Chun Yooey 27 Merced Landed 19-Dec Affdt Merchant
43 50 Wong Kum 35 S.F. Landed 13-Dec Affdt Merchant
44 51 Wong Ting Lun 27 Los Angeles Landed 19-Dec Affdt Merchant
45 52 Wong Nim 37 San Bernardino Landed 15-Dec Affdt Merchant
46 53 Wong Pic Sin 26 San Bernardino Landed 15-Dec Affdt Merchant
47 54 Wong Chun 31 San Bernardino Landed 15-Dec Affdt Merchant
48 56 Tang Chow 39 Elko Nev Landed Affdt Merchant
49 64 Lee Long 56 San Jose Landed 15-Dec Affdt Merchant
50 65 Lee Yue Chun 41 Oakland Landed 16-Dec Affdt Merchant
51 74 Yue Kum Wah 36 ? Landed 14-Dec Affdt Merchant
52 75 Yue Yok Ying 29 S.F. Landed 14-Dec Affdt Merchant
53 76 Yan Hock 43 S.F. Landed 18-Dec Affdt Merchant
54 83 Kwan Ku 25 S.F. Landed 19-Dec Affdt Merchant
55 87 Lee Quan 34 S.F. Landed 15-Dec Affdt Merchant
56 89 Joe Han Shun 46 S.F. Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10863
Cabin 3 Men 3 Women Total 6
Stge 48 Men 2 Women Total 50
Total 56
For Havana
57 2 Cheong Lai Hing 42 Grocer Landed "I.T." Transit List 3234
58 6 Ng Yew 24 Grocer Landed "I.T." Transit List 3235
59 7 Lam Chan 50 Grocer Landed "I.T." Transit List 3236
60* 8 Wong Kwai 30 Grocer Landed "I.T." Transit List 3237
61 21 Leong Sing 43 Grocer Landed "I.T." Transit List 3238
62 27 Wong Chung Nam 22 Grocer Landed "I.T." Transit List 3239
63 43 Yue Yew 27 Grocer Landed "I.T." Transit List 3240
64 49 Wong Kow Cham 50 Grocer Landed "I.T." Transit List 3241
65 55 Wong Fie 26 Grocer Landed "I.T." Transit List 3242
66 57 Lock Sum 22 Grocer Landed "I.T." Transit List 3243
67 58 Lock Ling 22 Grocer Landed "I.T." Transit List 3244
68 59 Lock Kow 39 Grocer Landed "I.T." Transit List 3245
69 60 Lock Yew 34 Grocer Landed "I.T." Transit List 3246
70 61 Lock Yuk 31 Grocer Landed "I.T." Transit List 3247
71 62 Kwong Tai 44 Grocer Landed "I.T." Transit List 3248
72 63 Kwong Chee 28 Grocer Landed "I.T." Transit List 3249
73 66 Leong Yam 23 Grocer Landed "I.T." Transit List 3250
74 67 Leong Yow 24 Grocer Landed "I.T." Transit List 3251
75 68 Leong Sing 23 Grocer Landed "I.T." Transit List 3252
76 69 Leong Long 20 Grocer Landed "I.T." Transit List 3253
77 70 Leong Cheong 22 Grocer Landed "I.T." Transit List 3254
78 71 Leong Chock 26 Grocer Landed "I.T." Transit List 3255
79* 72 Kwan Hai 14 Landed "I.T." Transit List 3256
78 77 Yue Chin Chung 30 Grocer Landed "I.T." Transit List 3257
79 78 Yue Chock On 20 Grocer Landed "I.T." Transit List 3258
80 79 Lee Sing Ming 23 Grocer Landed "I.T." Transit List 3259
81 80 Leong Yan 33 Grocer Landed "I.T." Transit List 3260
82 81 Wong Wah 20 Grocer Landed "I.T." Transit List 3261
83 82 Ho Ling Po 39 Grocer Departed SS C?? from S.F. by Steamer
84 84 Cheong Luk 47 Grocer Landed "I.T." Transit List 3262
85 85 Cheong Yow 23 Grocer Landed "I.T." Transit List 3263
86 86 Ow Chin Hong 37 Grocer Landed "I.T." Transit List 3264
For Panama
89 13 Low Way 40 Grocer Departed per SS Colima Dec 1, 1893
90 23 Lee Too 22 Grocer Departed per SS Colima Dec 1, 1894
91 25 Lee Wing 28 Grocer Departed per SS Colima Dec 1, 1895
92 32 Yuen Fong Kee 25 Grocer Departed per SS Colima Dec 1, 1896
93 88 Ho King Chow 40 Grocer Landed "I.T." Transit List 3268
For Champerico*
94 73 Leong Cheong 40 Grocer Landed "I.T." Transit List 3269
Recapitulation Men Women Boys Girls Total
Cabin San Fran 2 2 1 1 6
Steerage San Fran 18 2 50
Havana 31 1 32
Panama 5 5
Champerico 1 1
Total 87 5 1 1 94
Transcriber's Notes:
* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not
the transcriber, or is used to call your attention to additional information
in the 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.
There is no departure port entered on this manifest. She departed from Hong Kong with
Chinese passengers, arriving at San Francisco on May 17, 1893; July 26, 1893;
October 4, 1893; February 23, 1894; April 28, 1894; and July 6, 1894. This arrival fits
into the timing of a round trip to Asia. It seems likely that this trip also departed
from Hong Kong.
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 under
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. There are no entries for passengers bound
for ports beyond San Francisco.
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
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." Passengers 2-44 have Merchant written for passenger 2 and ditto marks for
the rest. Passengers 45-86 are similarly described as "Grocer."
Champerico is in Guatemala on the Pacific coast.
1 Is "with her son No 916."
3 Is with her husband No 916."
4-5 Are "with his brother."
1-6 are Saloon Passengers.
35 Is female. There is a note: "To join her husband Chong Sam Lai Po Tai Shop Washington."
40 Has a note: "with her husband No 45 Tong Yip, Sang Wo Sang Jackson St."
60 Has a note: "with her husband No 7 Lam Chan Kue Lang Dupont St."
79 Has a note: "with his cousin No 2?."
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 2 Vol 32&33, Manifest 9415.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
24 September 2002
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