Ellis Island Passenger Lists - 1939

 

You Live Well on Board the Luxury Liners Manhattan and Washington Per this 1939 Travel in Luxury Brochure from the United States Lines 1939.

You Live Well on Board the Luxury Liners Manhattan and Washington Per this 1939 Travel in Luxury Brochure from the United States Lines 1939. The image is of a Deluxe Cabin on the SS Manhattan. GGA Image ID # 205bc20ec0

 

Passenger lists for 1938 represent the souvenir list provided to the passengers of each cabin class (and other classes). Many of these souvenir passenger lists have disappeared over the years. Our collection primarily covers North American and European ports and ports in Australia and South Africa.

Our collection contains samples of passenger lists produced and printed by the steamship lines. They are often used to illustrate family history books for immigrants from this period in time.

Coveted by collectors and genealogists, souvenir passenger lists often offered beautiful graphical covers and information not found in official manifests because they focused on the journey rather than the destination.

 

Front Cover of a Cabin Passenger List from the SS Manhattan of the United States Lines, Departing Friday, 10 March 1939, from New York to Hamburg via Cobh, Plymouth, and Le Havre.

1939-03-10 SS Manhattan Passenger List

Steamship Line: United States Lines

Class of Passengers: Cabin

Date of Departure: 10 March 1939

Route: New York to Hamburg via Cobh, Plymouth, and Le Havre

Commander: Captain Albert B. Randall, CAPT. U.S.N.R.

 

1939-04-20 Passenger Manifest of SS Hamburg

1939-04-20 SS Hamburg Passenger List

Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)

Class of Passengers: Cabin, Tourist and Third Class

Date of Departure: 20 April 1939

Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton, Cherbourg, and Cobh

Commander: Captain P. Hille

 

Front Cover of a Tourist Class Passenger List from the RMS Aquitania of the Cunard Line, Departing 22 April 1939 from Southampton to New York via Cherbourg

1939-04-22 RMS Aquitania Passenger List

Steamship Line: Cunard Line

Class of Passengers: Tourist Class

Date of Departure: 22 April 1939

Route: Southampton to New York via Cherbourg

Commander: Captain J. C. Townley, R.D., R.N.R.

 

Front Cover, Hamburg American Line SS New York Cabin, Tourist, and Third Class Passenger List - 11 May 1939.

1939-05-11 SS New York Passenger List

Steamship Line: Hamburg American Line

Class of Passengers: Cabin, Tourist, and Third Class

Date of Departure: 11 May 1939

Route: New York to Hamburg via Cherbourg and Southampton

Commander: Captain B. Majewski

 

Front Cover of a Cabin Class Passenger List from the RMS Aquitania of the Cunard Line, Departing 17 May 1939 from New York to Southampton via Cherbourg

1939-05-17 SS Aquitania Passenger List

Steamship Line: Cunard Line

Class of Passengers: Cabin Class

Date of Departure: 17 May 1939

Route: New York to Southampton via Cherbourg

Commander: Commanded by Captain J. C. Townley, R.D., R.N.R.

 

1939-06-07 Passenger Manifest for the RMS Aquitania

1939-06-07 RMS Aquitania Passenger List

Steamship Line: Cunard Line

Class of Passengers: Tourist

Date of Departure: 7 June 1939

Route: Southampton to New York via Cherbourg

Commander: Captain J. C. Townley, R.D., R.N.R

 

1939-06-08 Passenger Manifest for the SS New York

1939-06-08 SS New York Passenger List

Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)

Class of Passengers: Cabin, Tourist and Third Class

Date of Departure: 8 June 1939

Route: New York to Hamburg via Cobh, Cherbourg, and Southampton

Commander: Captain B. Majewski

 

1939-07-06 Passenger Manifest for the SS Stavangerfjord

1939-07-06 SS Stavangerfjord Passenger List

Steamship Line: Norwegian America Line / Den Norske Amerikalinje (NAL)

Class of Passengers: Cabin, Tourist and Third Class

Date of Departure: 6 July 1939

Route: New York to Oslo via Bergen, Stavanger, and Kristiansand

Commander: Captain K. S. Irgens

 

Front Cover, 1939-07-08 SS Georgic Passenger List

1939-07-08 SS Georgic Passenger List

Steamship Line: White Star Line

Class of Passengers: Cabin

Date of Departure: 8 July 1939

Route: New York to London via Cobh (Queenstown), Southampton, and Le Havre

Commander: Captain G. R. Dolphin, R.D., R.N.R.

 

1939-07-12 Passenger Manifest for the RMS Queen Mary

1939-07-12 RMS Queen Mary Passenger List

Steamship Line: Cunard Line

Class of Passengers: Third Class

Date of Departure: 12 July 1939

Route: Southampton to New York via Cherbourg

Commander: Commodore R. B. Irving, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R

 

Front Cover, Union-Castle Line RMMV Stirling Castle Cabin and Tourist Third Cabin Passenger List - 13 July 1939.

1939-07-13 RMMV Stirling Castle Passenger List

Steamship Line: Union-Castle Line

Class of Passengers: Cabin and Tourist Third Cabin

Date of Departure: 13 July 1939

Route: Southampton to Durban via Madeira, Capetown, Port Elizabeth, and East London,

Commander: Captain H. R. Northwood

 

1939-07-14 Passenger Manifest for the RMS Windsor Castle

1939-07-14 RMS Windsor Castle Passenger List

Steamship Line: Union-Castle Line

Class of Passengers: Cabin and Tourist Class

Date of Departure: 14 July 1939

Route: Cape Town to London via Madeira

Commander: Captain R. W. Goodacre, R.D., R.N.R

 

1939-07-15 Passenger Manifest for the SS Ile De France

1939-07-15 SS Ile De France Passenger List

Steamship Line: Compagnie Générale Transatlantique CGT - French Line

Class of Passengers: Tourist

Date of Departure: 15 July 1939

Route: Le Havre to New York via Southampton

Commander: Captain Albert Fontaine

 

Front Cover of a Cruise Passenger List from the SS Carinthia of the Cunard Line, Departing 25 July 1939 from New York to Quebec, Gaspé, and Halifax and returning to New York

1939-07-25 SS Carinthia Passenger List

Steamship Line: Cunard Line

Class of Passengers: Cruise

Date of Departure: 25 July 1939

Route: New York to Quebec, Gaspé, and Halifax and returning to New York

Commander: Captain W. C. Battle, D.S.C., R.D., R.N.R.

 

Front Cover, SS Montrose Cabin Passenger List of the Canadian Pacific Line (CPR-CPOS), Departing Friday, 4 August 1939, from Liverpool to Québec and Montréal via Belfast and Greenock.

1939-08-04 SS Montrose Passenger List

Steamship Line: Canadian Pacific Line

Class of Passengers: Cabin

Date of Departure: 4 August 1939

Route: Liverpool to Québec and Montréal via Belfast and Greenock

Commander: Captain H. J. Ferguson, D.S.C.

 

Front Cover of a Tourist Class Passenger List from the RMS Franconia of the Cunard Line, Departing 19 August 1939 from Liverpool to New York and Boston via Belfast and Greenock

1939-08-19 RMS Franconia Passenger List

Steamship Line: Cunard Line

Class of Passengers: Tourist Class

Date of Departure: 19 August 1939

Route: Liverpool to Boston and New York via Belfast and Greenock

Commander: Commanded by Captain P. A. Murchie, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R.

 

1939-08-22 Passenger Manifest for the SS Washington

1939-08-22 SS Washington Passenger List

Steamship Line: United States Lines

Class of Passengers: Tourist

Date of Departure: 22 August 1939

Hamburg to New York via Le Havre, Southampton, and Cobh

Commander: Giles C. Stedman, Lt. Cmdr., U.S.N.R

 

3 September 1939: The United Kingdom, France, New Zealand, Australia and India (by its Viceroy) declare war on Nazi Germany.

 

Passenger Manifest, RMS Aquitania, September 9, 1939

1939-09-09 RMS Aquitania Passenger List

Steamship Line: Cunard Line

Class of Passengers: Cabin

Date of Departure: 9 September 1939

Route: Southampton to New York

Commander: Captain George Gibbons

 

1939-09-09 Passenger Manifest for the SS Volendam

1939-09-09 SS Volendam Passenger List

Steamship Line: Holland-America Line / Netherlands American Steam Navigation Company (NASM)

Class of Passengers: Cabin, Tourist and Third Class

Date of Departure: 9 September 1939

Route: Antwerp to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton

Commander: Captain J. P. Webster

 

10 September 1939: Canada declares war on Germany, the only declaration of war by Canada.

 

1939-10-06 Passenger Manifest for the SS Rex

1939-10-06 SS Rex Passenger List

Steamship Line: Italia Line

Class of Passengers: Tourist

Date of Departure: 6 October 1939

Route: Genoa to New York via Naples

Commander: Captain Attilio Frugone

 

Other 1939 Passenger Lists (Not Digitized)

  • Dollar Steamship Line SS President Pierce, 1939-03-30, Yokohama to Los Angeles via Honolulu and San Francisco, Commanded by Captain C. Jokstad, U.S.N.R.
  • Cunard Line SS Carinthia, 1939-07-25, New York to Quebec, Saguenay River, Gaspe and Halifax, Commanded by Captain W. C. Battle, D.S.C., R.D., R.N.R.

 

Passenger Lists By Year Continued

 

Please help us make our passenger list collection more complete. We would appreciate a digital copy if you have an 1939 souvenir passenger list. Please email us at [email protected].

 

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