Immigrant Ships
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SS Peru

I, Wm Ward, Master of the P.M.S.S. Co S.S. Peru 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) William Ward
Sworn to this 23rd day of February 1893, before me, (signature) John M Dare, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the S.S. Peru whereof Wm Ward is Master, from Hong Kong, burthen 2540 tons

Columns represent: Number, No of 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.

              For San Francisco  14

 1* 1  None Yan    On   Kut    34 Landed 25-Feb Affdt Mcht=09=09=09
 2* 2  None Chong  See         42 Landed 1-Mar  Affdt Mcht=09=09=09
 3* 3  336  Quan   Leong       41 Landed 25-Feb Affdt Mcht=09=09=09
 4* 7  521  Jung   Sang        35 Landed 25-Feb Affdt Mcht=09=09=09
 5* 8  829  Lee    Chong       28 Landed 25-Feb Affdt Mcht=09=09=09
 6* 15 None Yue    Wo   Yun    25 Landed 25-Feb Affdt Mcht=09=09=09
 7* 16 None Lee    Yuen Cheong 28 Refused Departed per Str Peru, March 4, 
 8* 17 None Leong  Chee        32 Landed 1-Mar Affdt Mcht=09=09=09
 9* 19 None Tom    Tong        32 Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10548
10  20 None Wong   Wai  Tong   28 Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10549
11* 21 585  Fong   Hong        21 Landed 25-Feb Affdt Mcht
12* 35 1354 Young  Sing        29 Landed 25-Feb Affdt Mcht
13* 36 1316 Loui   Hin         28 Landed 25-Feb Affdt Mcht
14* 37 None Loui   Yuen        39 Landed 25-Feb Affdt Mcht 

              In Transit for Havana, Central America, Mex, Panama  

15  14      Leong  Lui  Kow    21 Landed I.T. Transit Cert # ?
16  22      Cheong Chin Ying   41 Landed I.T. Transit Cert # ?
17  25      Chung  Yam  Tong   25 Departed per City of New York Feb 27=09
18  26      Tam    Ying        20 Departed per City of New York Feb 27=09
19  27      Loe    Sun         30 Departed per City of New York Feb 27=09
20  28      Loe    Sing        27 Departed per City of New York Feb 27=09
21  29      Loe    Koon        25 Departed per City of New York Feb 27=09
22  30      Loe    Sow         25 Departed per City of New York Feb 27=09
23  31      Wong   Hin         38 Departed per City of New York Feb 27=09
24  32      Cheong Sha         26 Departed per City of New York Feb 27=09
25  33      Ma     Chun Foo    20 Landed I.T. Transit Cert # ?
26  34      Ma     Yung Vow    25 Landed I.T. Transit Cert # ?

              Salina Cruz

27  23      Chong  Foo         26 Landed I.T. Transit Cert # 1947
28  24      Ng     Yu          30 Departed per SS Colon Mch 18, 1893

              Champerico

29  4       Lum    Cheong      40 Departed per City of New York Feb 27
30  5       Chin    Lai        25 Departed per City of New York Feb 27

              Panama

31  6       Young  Chung       38 Departed per City of New York Feb 27
32  9       Chung  Yew         26 Landed I.T. Transit Cert # 1944
33  10      Chun   Sing        21 Landed I.T. Transit Cert # 1945
34  11      Low    Chack       21 Departed per City of New York Feb 27
35  12      Tong   See         40 Departed per City of New York Feb 27
36  13      Ow     Soon        21 Landed ?
37  18      Chong  Poy  Hee    38 Landed ?

    Total 37 Chinese


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 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 following column had no entries:
 Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification

The No of Ticket column was added by the original completer.

Occupation is Grocer and Last Residence is China for all passengers.

Height has legible entries for only a few passengers. Physical Marks or Peculiarities
 and Facts of Identification has entries only for San Francisco passengers.
 This information is in individual passenger notes.

Complexion and Color of Eyes are Yellow and Dark for all passengers.

Champerico is on the Pacific coast of Guatemala.  Salina Cruz is on the Pacific coast of Mexico. 


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.

1-14 have a variety on notes in the Physical Marks column. They are listed 
     below.
 1   Guarantee S. Certi. July 7 '9?
 2   Guarantee S. Certi. Dec 3 '92
 3   Large scar on left side of forehead & above right eye. Height 5'5"
 4   Scar above right ear.  Height 5'1"
 5   Scar above each eye and back of neck.  Height 4'11"
 6   Consular certificate July 2 '91
 7   Guarantee S. Certi. Mch 8 '91
 8   Consular Certificate July 7 '92
 9   Guarantee S. Certi.July 7 '92
10   Guarantee S. Certi. Nov 2 '89
11   small scar above each ear  Height 5'2"
12   Small mole on left of face & small scar above each ear  Height 5'4"
13   Two scars above left eyebrow  Height 5'8"
18   Guarantee S. Certi. Nov '9?

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 3, Vol. 30 & 31, Manifest 9385.

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