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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 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) WM Smith
Sworn to this 31 day of Dec 1891, before me, (signature) John M Dare, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Oceanic whereof WM Smith is Master, from Hong Kong and Yokohama, burthen 2440 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*, Bond No, If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts.
For San Francisco with Custom House Certificates
1 2 649 Ho Yan King 52 Landed 2-Jan 258 Affdt Merchant
2 9 603 Lun Ping 31 Landed ? 259 Affdt Merchant
For San Francisco with Chinese Consul's Certificates
3 1 4/4/89 Loo Fun 32 Landed 2-Jan 263 Affdt Merchant
4 3 11/11/90 Ow Jack 30 Landed 2-Jan 264 Affdt Merchant
5 4 4/28/91 Chai Quan Sing 50 Landed 2-Jan 268 Affdt Merchant
6 8 5/6/91 Chaw Chew 25 Landed 6-Jan 292 Affdt Merchant
7 13 4/21/91 Choy Kee Fun 27 Landed 2-Jan 260 Affdt Merchant
8 14 2/1/90 Chan Ho 25 Landed 2-Jan 267 Affdt Merchant
9 15 7/6/91 Leong Chuck Nam 35 Landed 2-Jan 261 Affdt Merchant
10 16 11/12/90 Leong Kung Sing 41 Landed 2-Jan 270 Affdt Merchant
11 18 3/5/91 Leong Kut 34 Landed 2-Jan 274 Affdt Merchant
12* 19 3/6/91 Quan P?? 39 Landed 2-Jan 279 Affdt Merchant
13 20 ?/31/9? Quan Ning 35 Landed 5-Jan 287 Affdt Merchant
14 21 ?/4/91 Lee Dep Nam 32 Landed 5-Jan 283 Affdt Merchant
15 22 3/6/91 Lon Kong 34 Landed 2-Jan 275 Affdt Merchant
16 23 3/5/91 Quan Ling 35 Landed 2-Jan 272 Affdt Merchant
17 24 3/?/90 Poon Chung 22 Landed 2-Jan 273 Affdt Merchant
18 25 5/4/89 Lee Quan 27 Landed 2-Jan 269 Affdt Merchant
19 26 1/3/9? Chun Yeong 46 Landed 4-Jan 284 Affdt Merchant
20 27 1/3/9? Quan Shew 46 Landed ? 280 Affdt Merchant
21 28 5/7/91 Quan Yem 23 Landed ? 286 Affdt Merchant
22 35 5/5/91 Cheong Kong 28 Landed ? 291 Affdt Merchant
23 39 9/28/90 Lee Yee 36 Landed ? 283 Affdt Merchant
24 40 5/24/91 Wong An Chong 23 Landed ? 278 Affdt Merchant
25 41 ?/4/? Lee Chung 28 Landed ? 266 Affdt Merchant
26 42 ?/29/91 Li Hong 31 Landed ? 276 Affdt Merchant
27 43 6/1/91 Fock Sow 34 Landed ? 262 Affdt Merchant
28 44 2/19/90 Poon Yum 24 Landed ? 265 Affdt Merchant
29 45 2/11/89 Lew Ling Sing 42 Landed ? 277 Affdt Merchant
30 46 2/7/91 Choy Tang 30 Landed ? 257 Affdt Merchant
31 47 10/17/90 Lee Ming Kut 37 Landed ? 281 Affdt Merchant
For San Francisco with Certificates of Identification
32 7 8/12/91 Lew Sip Shin 38 Landed ? ???
33 17 7/27/91 Quan Yue Choy 27 Landed ? 27?
34 29 4/19/91 Leong Same 41 Landed ? 2?3
For San Francisco without Certificates
35* 6 Female Chun Sing Yee 25 Landed Jan-?
36* 21 Female Chun Yew 25 Landed Jan-? 310
37* 32 Female Mack ??? Ho 22 Landed Jan-? 309
38* 33 Female Fang Chu 24 Landed Jan-? 306
39* 34 Female Choy Yuk Lan 23 Landed Jan-? 308
For Havana
40* 5 Lam Pin Yun 20 Landed 31-Dec Student
For La Libertad
41 30 Kwan Po Cheong 21 Landed IT Transit 844
For Panama
42 10 Yuen Ming 25 Landed IT Transit 838
43* 11 Fung L??n 32 Landed IT Transit 839
44 12 Loo Kee 22 Landed IT Transit 840
45 36 Kwong Kum 40 Landed IT Transit 841
46 37 Cheong Luen 20 Landed IT Transit 842
47 38 Lo Yat 36 Landed IT Transit 843
Recapitulation Men Women Total
San Fran Custom House 2 2
Chinese Consul 29 29
Identification 3 3
no certificates 5 5
Havana 1 1
La Libertad 1 1
Panama 6 6
Total 42 47
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) 1891 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
Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification
Color of Eyes has been crossed out, replaced with Can read and write Chinese but there are
no discernable entries in the column.
Occupation is Merchant for all San Francisco passengers, except as noted below and Grocer for
all others.
Last Residence is China for all passengers.
There is a La Libertad on the coast of Ecuador and El Salvador and in the interior of Nicaragua.
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.
12 Second name is Pim or Pun.
35 Occupation is a very difficult to read note "To join her husband Loi ????, Hwong Yak Seong,
Jackson St,"
36 Occupation is a very difficult to read note "To join her husband ??? ???? Jun Chong ??,
?????ton St."
37 Occupation is a very difficult to read note "To join her husband possibly Los Angeles rest
illegible."
38 Occupation is a very difficult to read note "To join her husband possibly Los Angeles rest
illegible."
39 Occupation is a very difficult to read note "To join her husband rest illegible."
40 There is a note "Chinese Consular Certificate."
43 Second name could be Luen.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 4, Vol. 28 & 29, Manifest 9350.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
31 October 2005
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