Ellis Island Passenger Lists - 1949
View of One of the Restaurants on the RMS Queen Elizabeth. Cunard White Star Tourist Class Brochure, January 1949. GGA Image ID # 205c2442f6
Passenger lists for 1949 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.
1949-04-21 R.M.M.V. Capetown Castle Passenger List
Steamship Line: Union-Castle Line
Class of Passengers: First and Cabin Class
Date of Departure: 21 April 1949
Route: Southampton for Capetown, Port Elizabeth, East London, and Durban via Madeira
Commander: Captain W. D. Roach
1949-04-26 RMS Mauretania Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 26 April 1949
Route: Southampton to New York Via Le Havre and Cobh
Commander: Captain R. G. Thelwell, O.B.E., R.D., A.D.C., R.N.R.
1949-05-04 RMS Mauretania Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 4 May 1949
Route: New York to Southampton Via Cobh and Le Havre
Commander: Captain R. G. Thelwell, O.B.E., R.D., A.D.C., R.N.R.
1949-05-06 RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin Class
Date of Departure: 6 May 1949
Route: Southampton to New York via Cherbourg
Commander: Commodore C. M. Ford, R.D., R.N.R.
1949-06-23 RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 23 June 1949
Route: Southampton to New York via Cherbourg
Commander: Commodore C. M. Ford, C.B.E., R.D., R.N.R.
1949-07-12 SS Nieuw Amsterdam Passenger List
Steamship Line: Holland-America Line / Netherlands American Steam Navigation Company (NASM)
Class of Passengers: First, Cabin, and Tourist Class
Date of Departure: 12 July 1949
Route: Rotterdam to New York via Le Havre and Southampton
Commander: Commodore C. H. P. Coster
1949-07-22 SS Saturnia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Italia Line
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 22 July 1949
Route: Genoa to New York via Naples, Gibraltar, and Azores
Commander: Captain Gianni Gladioli
1949-08-05 Empress of France Passenger List
Steamship Line: Canadian Pacific Line
Class of Passengers: First Class and Tourist
Date of Departure: 5 August 1949
Route: Montreal to Liverpool
Commander: Captain B. B. Grant, R.D., R.N.R.
1949-08-27 RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Tourist Class
Date of Departure: 27 August 1949
Route: Southampton to New York via Cherbourg
Commander: Captain R. B. G. Woollatt, R.D., R.N.R.
1949-09-09 RMS Samaria Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Youth Argosy (Students)
Date of Departure: 9 September 1949
Route: London to Quebec via Le Havre
Commander: Captain A. B. Fasting, R.D., R.N.R.
1949-10-14 RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 14 October 1949
Route: Southampton to New York via Cherbourg
Commander: Captain C. M. Ford, C.B.E., R.D., R.N.R.
1949-10-22 RMS Queen Mary Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Tourist Class
Date of Departure: 22 October 1949
Route: Southampton to New York via Cherbourg
Commander: Captain H. Grattidge, O.B.E.
1949-12-15 RMS Warwick Castle Passenger List
Steamship Line: Union-Castle Line
Class of Passengers: First Class and Tourist
Date of Departure: 15 December 1949
Route: Southampton to Durban via Madeira, Capetown, Port Elizabeth, and East London
Commander: Captain J. Trayner
Other 1949 Passenger Lists Not Digitized
- 1949-06-15 Washington, United States Lines, Class Not Stated, New York to Southampton via Cobh and Le Havre, Captain Harold Milde, Cmdr., U.S.N.R.
- 1949-09-07 Washington, United States Lines, Class Not Stated, New York to Southampton via Cobh and Le Havre, Captain Harold Milde, Cmdr., U.S.N.R.
Please help us make our passenger list collection more complete. We would appreciate a digital copy if you have an 1949 souvenir passenger list. Please email us at [email protected].