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Steamship Passage Tickets & Contracts - 1880s

All Passage Contracts & Tickets For the 1880s Available at the GG Archives. These unique contracts represent primary source documents of the voyage of many immigrants. Our collection includes a variety of types and classes and provides an invaluable account of the cost of passage.

 

White Star Line Memorandum of Prepaid Steerage Passage Ticket Dated 29 May 1880.

1880-05-29 Memorandum of Draft (Prepaid) - Queenstown (Cobh) to New York

A Memorandum of a Draft like the one shown below from 1880 was used as a receipt - often for funds sent to immigrants still in the Old Country waiting to come to America. Includes Relative Cost of Passage Ticket in Today's Currency Value calculations.

White Star Line Agent's Record for Prepaid Steerage Passage for One Adult, UK to New York or Boston (Plus Rail to Scranton, PA).

1880-05-29 Agent's Record (Prepaid) - Cardiff, Whales, UK to Scranton PA

Agent's Record for a Prepaid passage on a White Star Line Steamship for passage from Cardiff, Whales, UK to Scranton PA via Steerage class in 1880. Includes Relative Cost of Passage Ticket in Today's Currency Value calculations.

Cunard Line Steerage Passage Contract for Passage from Gothenburg to Boston Dated 4 June 1880.

1880-06-04 Passage Contract - Gothenburg to Boston

Superb example of a passenger contract for a Swedish emigrant, traveling from Gothenburg to Boston via Hull and Liverpool on a Cunard steamship in Steerage class. Includes Relative Cost of Passage Ticket in Today's Currency Value calculations.

Front of Prepaid Steerage Passage Contract from 1883

1883-02-17 Prepaid Certificate - Bremen to New York

Steamship Ticket Contract for the passage of Bealle Nutchen & party, as one in steerage of one of the Steamers of the North German Lloyd from Bremen to New York. Includes notes on Provenance and Relative Cost of Passage Ticket in Today's Currency Value calculations.

 

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The GG Archives is the work and passion of two people, Paul Gjenvick, a professional archivist, and Evelyne Gjenvick, a curator. Paul earned a Masters of Archival Studies - a terminal degree from Clayton State University in Georgia, where he studied under renowned archivist Richard Pearce-Moses. Our research into the RMS Laconia and SS Bergensfjord, the ships that brought two members of the Gjønvik family from Norway to the United States in the early 20th century, has helped us design our site for other genealogists. The extent of original materials at the GG Archives can be very beneficial when researching your family's migration from Europe.