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SS Belgic
Hong Kong to San Francisco, CA
3 December 1892
DISTRICT AND PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO
SEPARATE LIST OF CHINESE PASSENGERS
Act May 6th, 1882
I,Wm. H. Walker, Master of the S.S. Belgic 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 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) W.H. Walker
Sworn to this _ day of _ 1892*, before me, (signature) M. Webber, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the S.S. Belgic
whereof Wm. H. Walker is Master, from Hong Kong, burthen 2695 tons
Columns represent: Number, No if Ticket*, 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 officers of Chinese Government,
state facts.
Custom House Certificates
1* 16 708 Lee Yow Tong 33 San Fran Landed 05-Dec Affdt Mcht
Chinese Consul's Certificates
2* 10 24 Tam Chew How 25 San Fran Landed 04-Dec Affdt Mcht
3* 34 296 Lin To Pin 50 San Fran Landed 05-Dec Affdt Mcht
4* 11 343 Wong Chow 28 Los Angeles Landed 05-Dec Affdt Mcht
5* 13 372 Wong Ling Ying 48 Mountain View Landed 05-Dec Affdt Mcht
6* 38 410 Lee Po 37 San Fran Landed 08-Dec Affdt Mcht
7* 58 808 Quan Cheang 24 San Diego Landed 05-Dec Affdt Mcht
8* 59 815 Qwan Ming 27 San Diego Landed 05-Dec Affdt Mcht
9* 54 890 Lu Wing 25 San Fran Landed 05-Dec Affdt Mcht
10* 12 1102 Gow Ham Ping 28 Iselton, Cal Landed 05-Dec Affdt Mcht
11 17 21/4/91 Wong Fook 22 San Fran Landed 05-Dec Affdt Mcht
12 20 3/12/90 Lee Yam 32 Los Angeles Landed 05-Dec Affdt Mcht
13* 21 1/4/91 Wang Tang How 27 Oakland Landed 07-Dec Student
14* 37 21/1/91 Hip Hay 32 San Fran Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 105?2
15 41 31/1/90 Leu Cop Kee 33 Folsom Landed 05-Dec Affdt Mcht
16 47 1/6/91 Low Foo 36 Oakland Landed 05-Dec Affdt Mcht
17* 48 1/6/91 Yuen Oye 26 Oakland Landed 05-Dec wife of Mcht
18 57 2/6/90 Loo Chu 40 San Fran Landed 07-Dec Affdt Mcht
19 60 14/5/91 Qwan Wing Ching 31 San Fran Landed 07-Dec Affdt Mcht
20 61 16/5/91 Quan Seang 31 San Diego Landed 05-Dec Affdt Mcht
21 62 24/5/91 Chan Hang 33 Helena, Mt Landed 05-Dec Affdt Mcht
Merchant's Certificates
22 1 Wong Coon 39 Sacramento Landed 05-Dec Affdt Mcht
23 2 Poon Wan 32 Marysville Landed 07-Dec Affdt Mcht
24 3 Lue Yick Wu 32 San Bernardino Landed 07-Dec Affdt Mcht
25* 15 Go Fi 25 San Fran Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10?93
26 18 Jew Wong 39 San Fran Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10??0
27 19 Leang Pu 24 San Fran Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 104??
28* 22 Low Tact Chai 27 Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10496
29* 23 Yew Oye 26 Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10495
30 24 Lei Mew Lun 36 Landed 08-Dec
Without Certificates
31 39 Chun Took 27 Landed ?
32 40 Lee Choy Kwai 11 Landed ?
33 53 Lee Yow 21 Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10497
34 55 Lum Lee Hing 20 Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10???
35 56 Wong Chow Fook 20 Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 104??
For Havana
36 4 Chung Pin 28 China Landed I.T. Transit Certif 1699
37 5 Chung Too 18 China Landed I.T. Transit Certif 1700
38 6 Chung Chee 25 China Landed I.T. Transit Certif 1701
39 7 Chung Fong 38 China Landed I.T. Transit Certif 1702
40 8 Chung Wing 14 China Landed I.T. Transit Certif 1703
41 9 Chung Yew 23 China Landed I.T. Transit Certif 1704
42 14 Chang Kwai Chun 22 China Landed I.T. Transit Certif 1705
43 25 Chung Fong 40 China Landed I.T. Transit Certif 1706
44 26 Chung Pu 20 China Landed I.T. Transit Certif 1707
45 27 Yong Lon 27 China Landed I.T. Transit Certif 1708
46 28 Yong Me 34 China Landed I.T. Transit Certif 1709
47 29 Yong Tuck 24 China Landed I.T. Transit Certif 1710
48 30 Yam Low 29 China Landed I.T. Transit Certif 1711
49 31 Li Tong Sim 30 China Landed I.T. Transit Certif 1712
50 32 Chung Kum Sue 20 China Landed I.T. Transit Certif 1713
51 33 Chung Fong 23 China Landed I.T. Transit Certif 1714
52 34 Wong Wah Chung 34 China Landed I.T. Transit Certif 1715
53 35 Kung Hong Sue 27 China Landed I.T. Transit Certif 1716
54 46 Wong Fook 29 China Landed I.T. Transit Certif 1717
55 49 Wong Qwan 20 China Landed I.T. Transit Certif 1718
56 50 Wong Young 22 China Landed I.T. Transit Certif 1719
57 51 Lue Lu Young 31 China Landed I.T. Transit Certif 1720
58 52 Chung Yuet Kew 28 China Landed I.T. Transit Certif 1721
For Panama
59 42 Ho yong 32 China Departed per City of Sydney Dec 5, 1892
60 43 Chun Choy 28 China Departed per City of Sydney Dec 5, 1892
61 44 Wong Fong Ching 44 China Departed per City of Sydney Dec 5, 1892
62 45 Chun Kee 24 China Departed per City of Sydney Dec 5, 1892
63 63 Chun Yuen 55 China Departed per City of Sydney Dec 5, 1892
Recapitulation Men women Girls Total
Customs Cert. 1 1
Consular Cert. 19 1 20
Merchant's Cert 7 2 9
Without 2 2 1 5
For San Francisco 29 5 1 35
For Havana 23 23
For Panama 5 5
Total 57 5 1 63
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 information in the transcriber notes.
Question marks replace illegible information or letters.
The date was not entered for Mr Webber's sworn statement but someone wrote Dec 3rd in the
margin.
The pages on this film are not numbered so finding a particular ship can be difficult.
However, there is a system of numbering the manifests that is a part of the National
Archives file system on Chinese persons. 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.
Passengers allowed to land have the following stamp:
Landed Collectors order (blank with a month and day date written in) 1892 by Insp's (blank
for a name, in this case Grant).
Passengers not allowed to land have one of two different stamps:
Landing 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.
Landing 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 No of Ticket was added by the original completer.
Occupation is Merchant for all passengers except as noted below.
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 has been completed for
only the first ten passengers. This information is in the individual passenger
notes below.
According to the National Archives branch in San Bruno, California it is possible
that they have some information on any Chinese passenger who arrived in San
Francisco after 1886.
1 Round scar on right ?. The last word is written over.
2 Scar back of right ear. Scars on left thumb and 2nd finger on same hand.
3 Small mole on corner of right eye. Scar back of left ear.
4 Small mole on left of neck and right eye.
5 Small scar on left side of forehead.
6 Small finger on right hand crooked. Small scar on bridge of nose.
7 Mole on left of face. Small scar on left corner of mouth.
8 Scar on left of neck.
9 Two scars above right?.
10 Scar back of of head on?.
13 Occupation is Student.
14 Missing digit in Habeas Corpus number could be a zero.
17 Occupation is woman.
25 Missing digit in Habeas Corpus number could be a seven.
28 Occupation is woman.
29 Occupation is woman.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 3, Vol. 30 & 31,
Manifest 9378.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild
4 February 2005
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