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S S Coptic
I, Inman Sealby, Master of the Br Str Coptic 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) Inman Sealby
Sworn to this 20* day of Mar 1897, before me, (signature) JJ Tobin, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Br Str Coptic whereof Inman Sealby is Master, from Hong Kong, burthen 2744 tons
Columns represent: Number, Number 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.
Certificates of Identification
1 1 Nov 11 95 Tin Low 32 San Francisco Landed 24-Mar Affadavit Merchant
2 8 Mar 14 96 Gin Long 21 San Francisco Landed 24-Mar Returned laborer
3 9 Feb 28 93 Quan Hoy 37 San Francisco Landed 24-Mar Affadavit Merchant
4* 13 Letter #197 Ham Jim 22 S.F. Landed 31-Mar Native of US
5* 14 Feb 17 97 Lam Hung Hang 17 Los Angeles Landed 24-Mar Student
6* 15 Jan ?8 97 Lam Quan Koy 16 Los Angeles Landed 24-Mar Student
7 22 Sep 26 95 Loy Wing 40 San Francisco Landed 24-Mar Affadavit Merchant
8 23 Dec 6 93 Low Seong 40 San Francisco Landed 24-Mar Affadavit Merchant
9 28 June 20 96 Wong Chun Yow 42 Los Angeles Landed 24-Mar Returned laborer
10 29 Mar 1 95 Lun Bing 33 San Francisco Landed 24-Mar Affadavit Merchant
11 30 July 17 95 Wong Nam 50 San Francisco Landed 24-Mar Affadavit Merchant
12 31 June 16 94 Ching Yock 29 Carlin Nev Landed 24-Mar Affadavit Merchant
13 32 Nov 23 96 Lee Doay 45 San Francisco Landed 24-Mar Affadavit Merchant
14* 33 Letter #185 Lee Chung 23 San Francisco Landed 26-Mar Native of US
15 34 Mar 14 96 Quan Yung Yin 26 San Francisco Landed 24-Mar Returned laborer
16 55 May 12 93 Quan Sang 44 San Francisco Landed 24-Mar Affadavit Merchant
17* 62 Letter #187 Leu Wing Quong 20 Los Angeles Landed 17-Apr Native of US
18* 63 Letter #198 Dea Bew 20 S.F. Landed 31-Mar Native of US
19 64 Sept 24 95 Toy Gee 35 Sacramento Landed 25-Mar Affadavit Merchant
20 750 June 13 94 Geo C. Lun 34 Los Angeles Landed 24-Mar Affadavit Merchant
21* 751 Feb 17 97 Mrs Geo C Lun 17 China Landed 24-Mar Wife of Merchant
22* 752 Feb 22 97 Lee Yuet Kue 29 China Denied
23* 753 Leong An 11 China Denied
Total 20 men 2 women 1 girl 23
For Panama
24 5 Ho Hong 28 China Departed per Str Colon, Panama, March 31 '97
25 6 Ho Ham 27 China Departed per Str Colon, Panama, March 31 '97
26 7 Ho Won 30 China Departed per Str Colon, Panama, March 31 '97
27* 10 Chun Sam Fo?k 21 China Departed per Str Colon, Panama, March 31 '97
28 11 Chun Sang 27 China Departed per Str Colon, Panama, March 31 '97
29 12 Ho Chung 33 China Departed per Str Colon, Panama, March 31 '97
30 17 Luk Wing Iki 22 China Departed per Str Colon, Panama, March 31 '97
31 18 Lai Poo 20 China Departed per Str Colon, Panama, March 31 '97
32 19 Woo Hang 20 China Departed per Str Colon, Panama, March 31 '97
33 20 Cheong Yue 27 China Departed per Str Colon, Panama, March 31 '97
34 21 Cheong Poe 22 China Departed per Str Colon, Panama, March 31 '97
35 26 Woo Pue 28 China Departed per Str Colon, Panama, March 31 '97
36 27 Chun Pak Sak 32 China Departed per Str Colon, Panama, March 31 '97
37 51 Ng Kum Fat 22 China Departed per Str Colon, Panama, March 31 '97
38 52 Ng Yuen Fat 22 China Departed per Str Colon, Panama, March 31 '97
39 53 Ng Quan Fat 22 China Departed per Str Colon, Panama, March 31 '97
40 54 Ng See Fwok 33 China Departed per Str Colon, Panama, March 31 '97
41 56 Loui Sin 24 China Departed per Str Colon, Panama, March 31 '97
42* 57 Lo Tam 10 China Departed per Str Colon, Panama, March 31 '97
43 64 Lai Chin 31 China Departed per Str Colon, Panama, March 31 '97
44 65 Lai Tang 24 China Departed per Str Colon, Panama, March 31 '97
45 70 Lee Kai Sue 37 China Departed per Str Colon, Panama, March 31 '97
46 71 Kong Wing 40 China Departed per Str Colon, Panama, March 31 '97
Total 22 men 1 boy 23
For Chihuahua
47* 2 Loui Yong 37 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 6235
48* 46 Lum Lack Fan 45 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 6236
49* 47 Lum Tuck Ping 43 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 6237
50* 48 Lum Ken Ching 30 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 6238
51* 49 Chin Kit Sang 30 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 6239
52* 50 Li Koo Kue 38 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 6240
Total 6 men
For Guayamas*
53* 3 Cu Sam On 20 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 6244
54* 4 Ho Kong 23 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 6245
55 35 Chu Chung Tuck 30 China Departed per Str Colon, Panama, March 31 '97
56 36 Ong Soy Yan 15 China Departed per Str Colon, Panama, March 31 '97
57 37 Ow Chung 30 China Departed per Str Colon, Panama, March 31 '97
58 38 Quan Sing 28 China Departed per Str Colon, Panama, March 31 '97
59 39 Cheong Fa 25 China Departed per Str Colon, Panama, March 31 '97
60* 40 ?ai Se 21 China Departed per Str Colon, Panama, March 31 '97
61 41 Sin Lun 25 China Departed per Str Colon, Panama, March 31 '97
62* 73 Qua Wong 34 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 6246
Total 10 men
For La Libertad*
63* 16 Ng Wan 24 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 6247
Total 1 man
For Ensenada*
64* 24 Kwan Yot 28 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 6242
65* 25 Chong Loy 28 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 6243
Total 2 men
For City of Mexico
66* 42 Chan Yow 29 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 6230
67* 43 Chan Foe 24 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 6231
68* 44 Chan Lun 24 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 6232
69* 45 Chan Hing 30 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 6233
70* 74 Chaw Hoon Chee 36 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 6234
Total 5 men
For Havana
71* 58 Loy Sik 31 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 6225
72* 59 Long Sing 38 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 6226
73* 60 Choy Wan 22 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 6227
74* 61 Ho Tuck 44 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 6228
75* 72 Ho Quai 53 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 6229
Total 5 men
For San Benito*
76* 66 Kuan Yot Key 21 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 6248
77* 67 Kuan Pan Shing 26 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 6249
Total 2 men
For Acajutla*
78* 68 Juan Quan 21 China Landed "I.T." Transit List 6250
Total 1 man
For Guayaquil*
79 75 Yong Pin 21 China Departed per Str Colon, Panama, March 31 '97
80 76 Yong Mah 23 China Departed per Str Colon, Panama, March 31 '97
Total 2 men
Recapitulation Men Women Children Total
San Francisco 20 2 1g 23
Panama 22 1B 23
Chihuahua (rail) 6 6
Guayamas* (rail) 10 10
La Libertad 1 1
Ensenada 2 2
City of Mexico (rail) 5 5
San Benito 2 2
Acajutla 1 1
Guayaquil 2 2
Havana (rail) 5 5
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.
Although Mar 20 is stamped in the Sworn Statement, 19th is written in the margin and on the cover sheet.
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) 1897 by Insp's (blank
for a name, in this case O'Leary).
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 second column has been added to the form. It has no title, but is probably ticket number.
Occupation is Grocer for all passengers except as noted below.
The following columns had no entries:
Height
Complexion
Color of Eyes
Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification
There is a La Libertad on the coasts of Ecuador and El Salvador and in the interior
of Nicaragua. Guaymas (misspelled here), Chihuahua, Ensenada and San Benito are in
Mexico. San Benito is an island off the coast of Baja California. Guayaquil is in Ecuador.
Acajutla is in El Salvador.
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.
4-5 Last Residence is China, crossed out and replaced by above entries.
4 Inspector is Boyce.
14 Inspector is Lynch.
17-18 Last Residence is China, crossed out and replaced by above entries.
18 Inspector is Boyce.
21 Occupation is "wife of above."
22-23 are female.
27 Third name is Fock or Fook.
42 Occupation is "with cousin #51." (Boy) is written after name.
47-52 Departed per S.P.R.R., Chihuahua, March 23-'97.
53-54 Departed per Str Colon, Panama, March 31 '97. By Rail is also written after these names.
60 First name is Lai or Tai.
62 Departed per Str Colon, Panama, March 31 '97
63 Departed per Str Colon, La Libertad, March 31-'97
64-65 Departed per Str Orizaba, Ensenada, March 27-'97
66-70 Departed per S.P.R.R., Mexico, March 23-'97.
71-75 Departed per S.P.R.R., Havana, March 23-'97.
76-77 Departed per Str City of Para, Panama, April 8-'97
78 Departed per Str Colon, Panama, March 31-'97
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 6, Section 2, Vol. 36 & 37, Manifest 9572.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
17 June 2006
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