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SS City of Peking


Hong Kong and Yokohama, Japan to San Francisco
6 February 1893

DISTRICT AND PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO
SEPARATE LIST OF CHINESE PASSENGERS
Act May 6th, 1882
I, R.R. Searle, Master of the City of Peking 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 and Yokohama 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) Robt R. Searle
Sworn to this 7* day of Feb 1893, before me, (signature) John M Dare, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the City of Peking whereof R.R. Searle is Master, from ________, burthen _____ tons

Columns represent: Number, No of Certificate, Name, Age, Sex*, 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.
 1  1    Wing   Hai           35 M Deadwood       Landed 8-Feb   Affdt Mcht
 2  9    Dong   Ching         34 M San Francisco  Landed 10-Feb  Affdt Mcht
 3  10   Lee    Fun     Chung 36 M San Francisco  Landed 8-Feb   Affdt Mcht
 4  12   Loo    Chin          26 M San Francisco  Landed 11-Feb  Affdt Mcht
 5  15   Fong   Tang          39 M Yolo Co.       Landed 14-Feb  Affdt Mcht
 6  16   Fong   Bing          24 M Sacramento     Landed 13-Feb  Affdt Mcht
 7* 17   Wong   Choy    Lui   17 F San Francisco  Landed 8-Feb   Affdt Fem Native US
 8* 18   Jee    Shoo    Shee  42 F Sacramento     Landed 8-Feb   Wife of Merchant
 9* 19   Jee    Mee     Young  8 F Sacramento     Landed 8-Feb   Fem child of Merchant
10  33   Quan   Sam           43 M Oakland        Landed 8-Feb   Affdt Mcht
11  34   Lee    Chung         35 M Santa Barbara  Landed 8-Feb   Affdt Mcht
12  35   Yee    See           42 M Rapid City SD  Landed 8-Feb   Affdt Mcht
13  39   Tom    Sing          36 M Tucson         Refused Departed per Str China, Hong Kong, Feby 14, 1893       
14  40   Lee    Yot     Cho   35 M San Francisco  Landed 11-Feb  Affdt Mcht
15  41   Wong   John    Ton   39 M San Francisco  Landed 9-Feb   Affdt Mcht
16  43   Lew    Bark          32 M Kingston N.M.  Landed 8-Feb   Affdt Mcht
17  44   Ah     Li            25 M El Paso Texas  Landed 8-Feb   Affdt Mcht
18  48   Dare   Wow     Ling  30 M San Francisco  Landed 9-Feb   Affdt Mcht
19  49   Dare   Wing    Quong 20 M San Francisco  Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10536  
20  50   Ho     Quing         30 M Chico, Cal     Landed 8-Feb   Affdt Mcht
21  51   Chu    Hop           40 M Fresno         Landed 8-Feb   Affdt Mcht
22  52   Louie  Poo           58 M Silver City NM Landed 8-Feb   Affdt Mcht
23* 53   Jun    Yan           34 F Silver City NM Landed 8-Feb   Merchant's wife
24* 54   Lae    Wing          11 M Silver City NM Landed 13-Feb  boy Native of US
25  55   Chue   Kum           22 F San Francisco  Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10538  
26* 56   Fong   Ho      Shee  20 F San Francisco  Landed 13-Feb  Merchant's wife
27  57   Chun   Chu           21 F San Francisco  Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10542  
28  58   Leong  See           25 F San Francisco  Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10540  
29* 59   Chun   Wah            3 M San Francisco  Landed 13-Feb  Native of US
30  60   Lue    Kung          48 M Fresno         Landed ?-Feb   Affdt Mcht
31  61   Wong   Ling    Tai   23 M San Francisco  Landed 13-Feb  Affdt Mcht
32  62   Chung  Bing    Hoy   33 M Virginia City  Landed 13-Feb  Affdt Mcht
33  63   Yee    Que     Wa    34 M Denver         Landed 13-Feb  Affdt Mcht
34* 67   Lee    Ying          20 F San Francisco  Landed 11-Feb  Affdt Mcht
35  68   Loui   Ah      Art   28 M Stockton       Landed 11-Feb  Affdt Mcht
36  72   Wong   Toy           27 M Sacramento     Refused Departed per Str China, Hong Kong, Feby 14, 1893       
37* 73   Wong   Yue     Ne?ie 25 M San Francisco  Landed 13-Feb  Affdt Mcht
38* 378  Wong   Tung    Ho    25 F San Francisco  Landed 13-Feb  Fem
39  3347 Doo    Wai           26 M San Francisco  Landed 13-Feb  Affdt Mcht
40  3348 Yick   Ki      Yew   28 M San Jose       Landed 8-Feb   Affdt Mcht
41* 3349 Yek    Choy    Shi   26 F Yokohama       Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10533  
42* 3350 Yek    Wad     Shi   29 F Yokohama       Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10535  
43* 3351 Yek    Lai     Shi   30 F Yokohama       Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10534  
                                                                                        
              For Panama                                                                                        
                                                                                        
44  13   Kwan   Fong    Yue   44 M Departed per SS Acapulco February 5, 1893                             
45  14   Kwan   Nam     Fun   20 M Departed per SS Acapulco February 5, 1893                             
46  29   Cheong Sha           29 M Departed per SS Acapulco February 5, 1893
47  30   Cheong Hong          24 M Departed per SS Acapulco February 5, 1893
48  31   Cheong Chung         24 M Departed per SS Acapulco February 5, 1893
49  32   Mo     Sue           26 M Departed per SS Acapulco February 5, 1893
50  47   Leong  Po      Hang  23 M Departed per SS Acapulco February 5, 1893
                                                        
              For Havana                                                        
                                                        
51  2    Lue     Kum    Tai   35 M Departed per SS Acapulco February 5, 1893
52  3    Lue     Sun    Fook  22 M Departed per SS Acapulco February 5, 1893
53  4    Lue     Cheong Hing  26 M Departed per SS Acapulco February 5, 1893
54  5    Lue     Moon   Foop  25 M Departed per SS Acapulco February 5, 1893
55  6    Lue     Koon   Fong  31 M Departed per SS Acapulco February 5, 1893
56  7    Lue     Foi    Sing  16 M Departed per SS Acapulco February 5, 1893
57  8    Lue     Log          28 M Departed per SS Acapulco February 5, 1893
58* 11   Loe     Yow    Ke    25 M Landed I.T. Transit Cert 1907
59  20   Yan     See          46 M Departed per SS Acapulco February 5, 1893
60  21   Yan     Fook         27 M Departed per SS Acapulco February 5, 1893
61  22   Sew     Hoi          24 M Departed per SS Acapulco February 5, 1893
62  23   Kung    Key          24 M Departed per SS Acapulco February 5, 1893
63  24   Kung    Foo          27 M Departed per SS Acapulco February 5, 1893
64  25   Cheong  Too          21 M Departed per SS Acapulco February 5, 1893
65  26   Chung   Lun          35 M Departed per SS Acapulco February 5, 1893
66  27   Chung   Sow          30 M Departed per SS Acapulco February 5, 1893
67  28   Li      Qwai         30 M Departed per SS Acapulco February 5, 1893
68* 36   Yue     Kow    Ly    21 M Landed I.T. Transit Cert 1908
69* 37   Yue     Ye     Wo    37 M Landed I.T. Transit Cert 1909
70* 38   Yue     Pack   Yow   24 M Landed I.T. Transit Cert 1910
71* 45   Yue     Chow         20 M Landed I.T. Transit Cert 1911
72* 46   Lock    Kin          29 M Landed I.T. Transit Cert 1912
73* 64   Yue     Fook   Yue   34 M Landed I.T. Transit Cert 1913
74* 65   Yue     Wing         26 M Landed I.T. Transit Cert 1914
75* 66   Yue     Yick         40 M Landed I.T. Transit Cert 1915
76  69   Cheong  Yot          22 M Departed per SS Acapulco February 5, 1893
77  70   Cheong  Yan          25 M Departed per SS Acapulco February 5, 1893
78  71   Cheong  Sow          27 M Departed per SS Acapulco February 5, 1893
79* 74   Wang    Wing   Lok   21 M Landed I.T. Transit Cert 1916

Recapitulation   Male  Female  Total
  San Francisco   30     13     48
      Panama       7             7
      Havana      29            29
          Total   66     13     79


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 above statement of John M Dare is dated Feb 7, 1893 but someone has written Feb 6th above it.

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.

There are two complete copies of this manifest with the same number on the film, but written by
 different people.  Otherwise they seem to be identical.  One list has the following statment at
 the bottom:
  I hereby ceritfy that this is a true and correct copy of the Chinese Passenger List of the SS
  City of Peking arriving at the Port of San Francisco, Ca February 6th 1893 
  (signed) Charles Mehan W B Hamilton, Spl Dep Collector

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 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

The Sex column was added by the completer.

Occupation is Merchant for all passengers except as noted 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.

 7-8 Occupation is Wife.
 9   Occupation is none.
23   Occupation is Wife.
24   Occupation is with 52 & 53. Sex is actually boy.
26   Occupation is Wife.
29   Occupation is with his mother #58.
34   Occupation is Wife.
37   Third name is Neuie or Newie.
38   Occupation is Wife.
41-43  Occupation is none.  All are noted as "Fem."
58, 68-75, 79 are bound for Havana by Rail.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 3, Vol. 30 & 31, Manifest 9383.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
9 April 2005



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