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Affadavits to establish nativity and identity : San Francisco, Calif., 1904-1916.
AAS ARC 2000/31
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Affadavits to establish nativity and identity: San Francisco, Calif., 1904-1916Chinese Historical Society of America collection
Creator/Contributor:
Pon family., creatorAbstract:
Includes proof of nativity, dated Jan. 1904, for Pon Hong Ban (Bing), who returned to San Francisco on the SS America Maru
on Oct. 31, 1903, and for Pon Yun Cheong, minor son of Pon Kee, who landed on the SS Siberia on Dec. 16, 1907. Also, certificates
of identity dated Aug. 14, 1908, for Pon Get to facilitate re-entry to the U.S., and March 14, 1916, for Pon Doo Chew, minor
son of Pon Hing, a Chinese resident in the U.S., who landed on the SS Manchuria on July 20, 1915. Portraits attached to each
document.
Date:
1904 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caAmerica Maru (Steamship)
Siberia (Steamship)
Manchuria (Steamship)
Mow Lee & Co.
Chinese American families -- California -- San Francisco
Chinese Americans -- California -- San Francisco -- Employment
Chinese American businesspeople -- California -- San Francisco
Immigrants -- California -- San Francisco
California -- Emigration and immigration
Note:
Forms part of: Chinese Historical Society of America collection.
Pon family members who were members of the firm, Mow Lee & Co., import and export merchants, in operation at 720 DuPont Street
(later Grant Avenue), San Francisco.
Type:
biographyPhysical Description:
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1 box (.2 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
AAS ARC 2000/31