SS Aurania Passenger Lists 1887-1932
RMS Aurania of the Cunard Line, 15 July 1933. | GGA Image ID # 2177568513
All Digitized Passenger Lists For the SS Aurania Available at the GG Archives. Listing Includes Date Voyage Began, Steamship Line, Vessel, Passenger Class and Route.
1887-02-26 SS Aurania Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Saloon
Date of Departure: 26 February 1887
Route: Liverpool to New York
Commander: Captain Hains
Notable Passengers: Mavroyeni Bey
Illustration by Waterlow & Sons, Limited, London Wall, London.
Publishers: The Edwards Menu Company, Ltd.
1887-03-26 RMS Aurania Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Saloon
Date of Departure: 26 March 1887
Route: Liverpool to New York
Commander: Captain Hains
Illustration by Waterlow & Sons, Limited, London Wall, London.
Publishers: The Edwardes Menu Company, Ltd.
1930-06-20 RMS Aurania Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin and Tourist Third Cabin
Date of Departure: 20 June 1930
Route: Montreal to London via Plymouth and Le Havre
Commander: Captain G. R. Dolphin, R.D., R.N.R.
Récapitulation: 205 Cabin, 170 Tourist Third Cabin, 179 Third Class, 654 Total Passengers, 305 Officers and Crew Members, 859 Total on Board.
1931-03-31 SS Aurania Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Cruise
Date of Departure: 31 March 1931
Route: Boston and New York to Bermuda, Nassau, Havana, New York, and Boston
Commander: Captain G. R. Dolphin, R.D., R.N.R.
1932-09-10 RMS Aurania Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin and Tourist Class
Date of Departure: 10 September 1932
Route: Southampton to Québec and Montréal via Le Havre
Commander: Captain A. C. Greig, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R.
Récapitulation: 95 Cabin, 90 Tourist Class, 92 Third Class, 277 Total Passengers, 237 Officers and Crew Members, 514 Total on Board.
Passenger Lists contained in the GG Archives collection 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 contains a sampling of what was originally produced and printed by the steamship lines.
⚠️ About Accuracy in Historical Records Research Tip
Context. The GG Archives presents passenger lists as faithfully as possible to the original documents. While OCR is generally accurate, portions of these collections—especially image captions and some transcriptions—are typed by hand and may include typographical or spelling variations. The original manifests themselves also contained clerical inconsistencies (names recorded phonetically, mid-voyage corrections, etc.).
What this means for your research:
- Search variant spellings of names (e.g., “Schmidt/Schmitt/Smith,” “Giuseppe/Joseph”).
- Cross-reference with immigration cards, passport applications, naturalization files, city directories, and newspapers.
- Treat manifests as primary sources with historical quirks—use them alongside corroborating records.
- For place names, consider historical borders and language variants (e.g., Danzig/Gdańsk, Trieste/Trst).
How to cite. When quoting a name from a manifest, consider adding [sic] for obvious misspellings and include a note such as “spelling as printed in original passenger list.”
Need help? If you spot a likely transcription error in captions, feel free to contact us with the page URL and a brief note—we love community input. 🙏
Curator’s Note
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