Ellis Island Passenger Lists - 1931
Passenger lists for 1931 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.
![GGA Image ID # 20f431928e Front Cover of a First Mediterranean Cruise Passenger List from the SS France of the CGT French Line, Departing 10 January 1931 from New York to Marseilles via Vigo, Casablanca, Rabat, Gibraltar, Naples, Capri, Monaco, and return via Le Havre or directly to New York.](../../../Images600/OT/PL/CGT-FrLn/France/1931-01-10/Crew/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1931-01-10 SS France Passenger List
Steamship Line: Compagnie Générale Transatlantique / French Line (CGT)
Class of Passengers: First and Tourist
Date of Departure: 10 January 1931
Route: New York to Marseilles via Vigo, Casablanca, Rabat, Gibraltar, Naples, Capri, Monaco, and return via Le Havre or directly to New York
Commander: Captain G. Burosse
![GGA Image ID # 130f04c447 Front Cover, Cunard Line RMS Scythia Cabin Class Passenger List - 10 January 1931.](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/CunardLine/Scythia/1931-01-10/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1931-01-10 RMS Scythia Passenger List
Steamship Line:
Class of Passengers: Cabin Class
Date of Departure: 10 January 1931
Route: Liverpool to New York via Belfast and Halifax
Commander: Captain G. Gibbons, R.D., R.N.R.
![23 February 1931 Cruise Passenger Manifest - SS California](../../../HistoricalImages/PassengerLists/AnchorLine/California/1931-02-23/GulfStreamCruise/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1931-02-23 SS California Passenger List
Steamship Line: Anchor Steamship Line
Class of Passengers: Cruise
Date of Departure: 23 February 1931
Route: New York to Bermuda and Return
Commander: Captain Robert W. Smart
![1931-03-28 Passenger Manifest for the SS Duchess of York](../../../HistoricalImages/PassengerLists/CanadianPacific-CPOS/DuchessOfYork/1931-03-28/FirstClass/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1931-03-28 SS Duchess of York Passenger List
Class of Passengers: First Class
Steamship Line: Canadian Pacific Line
Date of Departure: 28 March 1931
Route: Cruise from New York to Hamilton, Bermuda
Commander: Captain R. N. Stuart
![GGA Image ID # 1613c04bdd Front Cover of a Cruise Passenger List from the SS Aurania of the Cunard Line, Departing 31 March 1931 from Boston and New York to Bermuda, Nassau, Havana, New York, and Boston](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/CunardLine/Aurania/1931-03-31/Cruise/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
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.
![1931-04-25 Passenger Manifest SS Minnewaska](../../../HistoricalImages/PassengerLists/AtlanticTransportLine/Minnewaska/1931-04-25/FirstClass/FrontCover-250.jpg)
1931-04-25 SS Minnewaska Passenger List
Steamship Line: Atlantic Transport Line
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 25 April 1931
Route: Tilbury (London) to New York via Boulogne
Commander: Captain Frank H. Claret
![1931-05-02 Passenger Manifest for the RMS Berengaria](../../../HistoricalImages/PassengerLists/CunardLine/Berengaria/1931-05-02/FirstClass/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1931-05-02 RMS Berengaria Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 2 May 1931
Route: Southampton to New York via Cherbourg
Commander: Captain E. T. Britten
![1931-05-02 Passenger Manifest for the SS Laconia II](../../../HistoricalImages/PassengerLists/CunardLine/Laconia2/1931-05-02/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1931-05-02 SS Laconia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin
Date of Departure: 2 May 1931
Route: New York and Boston to Liverpool via Queenstown (Cobh)
Commander: Captain M. Doyle
![1931-05-21 Passenger Manifest of SS New York](../../../HistoricalImages/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/NewYork/1931-05-21/ClassUnstated/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1931-05-21 SS New York Passenger List
Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
Class of Passengers: Tourist and Third Class
Date of Departure: 21 May 1931
Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg
Commander: Captain Graalfs
![1931-05-29 Passenger Manifest for the SS France](../../../HistoricalImages/PassengerLists/FrenchLine-CGT/France/1931-05-29/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1931-05-29 SS France Passenger List
Steamship Line: Compagnie Générale Transatlantique CGT - French Line
Class of Passengers: First and Second Class
Date of Departure: 29 May 1931
Route: New York to Le Havre via Plymouth
Commander: Captain G. Burgosse
![Front Cover, SS Frederik VIII Passenger List - 29 May 1931](../../../Images600/OT/PL/ScanAmLn/FrederikVIII/1931-05-29/Cabin-TTC/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1931-05-29 SS Frederik VIII Passenger List
Cruise Line: Scandinavian America Line / Skandinavien-Amerika Linie
Class of Passengers: Cabin and Tourist Third Cabin
Date of Departure: 29 May 1931
Route: New York to Copenhagen via Kristiansand and Oslo
Commander: Captain F. Mechlenburg
![GGA Image ID # 13ee84f43d Front Cover, Cunard Line RMS Antonia Cabin and Tourist Third Cabin Passenger List - 12 June 1931.](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/CunardLine/Antonia/1931-06-12/Cabin-TTC/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1931-06-12 RMS Antonia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin and Tourist Third Cabin
Date of Departure: 12 June 1931
Route: Liverpool to Québec and Montréal via Greenock and Belfast
Commander: Captain W. C. Battle, D.S.C., R.D., R.N.R.
![1931-06-24 Passenger Manifest for the RMS Homeric](../../../HistoricalImages/PassengerLists/WhiteStarLine/Homeric/1931-06-24/Tourist/FrontCover-250.jpg)
1931-06-24 RMS Homeric Passenger List
Steamship Line: White Star Line
Class of Passengers: Tourist Third Cabin
Date of Departure: 24 June 1931
Route: Southampton to New York via Cherbourg
Commander: Captain J. B. Bulman
![GGA Image ID # 16147dfa98 Front Cover of a Cabin and Tourist Third Cabin Passenger List from the TSS Cameronia of the Anchor Line, Departing 11 July 1931 from New York to Glasgow via Londonderry, Commanded by Captain William Gemmell.](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/AnchorLine/Cameronia/1931-07-11/Cabin-TTC/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1931-07-11 TSS Cameronia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Anchor Steamship Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin and Tourist Third Cabin
Date of Departure: 11 July 1931
Route: New York to Glasgow via Londonderry
Commander: Captain William Gemmell
![GGA Image ID # 130ef968ef Front Cover, Cunard Line RMS Aquitania Second Class and Tourist Third Cabin Passenger List - 18 July 1931.](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/CunardLine/Aquitania/1931-07-18/SecondClass-TTC/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1931-07-18 RMS Aquitania Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Second Class and Tourist Third Cabin
Date of Departure: 18 July 1931
Route: Southampton to New York via Cherbourg
Commander: Captain E. G. Diggle, R.D., R.N.R.
![GGA Image ID # 164fbdc899 Front Cover of a Tourist Third Cabin Passenger List from the SS America of the United States Lines, Departing 28 July 1931 from Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/UnitedStatesLines/America/1931-07-28/TTC/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1931-07-28 SS America Passenger List
Steamship Line: United States Lines
Class of Passengers: Tourist Third Cabin
Date of Departure: 28 July 1931
Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg
Commander: Captain A. M. Moore, U.S.N.R.
![Front Cover, 1931-07-31 SS Baltic Passenger List](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/WhiteStarLine/Baltic/1931-07-31/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1931-07-31 SS Baltic Passenger List
Steamship Line: White Star Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin
Date of Departure: 31 July 1931
Route: Liverpool to Boston and New York via Queenstown (Cobh)
Commander: Captain E. Davies
![GGA Image ID # 2119c03d2b Front Cover of a Tourist Third Cabin Passenger List from the RMS Mauretania of the Cunard Line, Departing Saturday, 1 August 1931, from Southampton to New York via Cherbourg.](../../../Images600/OT/PL/Cunard/Mauretania/1931-08-01/TTC/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1931-08-01 RMS Mauretania Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Tourist Third Cabin
Date of Departure: 1 August 1931
Route: Southampton to New York via Cherbourg
Commander: Captain R. V. Peel, R.D., R.N.R.
![Front Cover, 1931-08-22 RMS Adriatic Passenger List](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/WhiteStarLine/Adriatic/1931-08-22/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1931-08-22 RMS Adriatic Passenger List
Steamship Line: White Star Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin
Date of Departure: 22 August 1931
Route: Liverpool to New York via Belfast and Glasgow
Commander: Captain J. W. Binks, R.D. (Lt. Cmdr, R.N.R., Retd.)
![GGA Image ID # 130ecc9d1d Front Cover, Cunard Line RMS Mauretania Tourist Class Passenger List - 22 August 1931.](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/CunardLine/Mauretania/1931-08-22/Tourist/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1931-08-22 RMS Mauretania Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Tourist
Date of Departure: 22 August 1931
Route: Southampton to New York via Cherbourg
Commander: Captain R. V. Peel, R.D., R.N.R.
![GGA Image ID # 1611507c85 Front Cover of a Tourist Third Cabin and Third Class Passenger List from the SS Bremen of the North German Lloyd, Departing 27 August 1931 from Bremen to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/NorthGermanLloyd/Bremen/1931-08-27/TTC-3rdClass/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1931-08-27 SS Bremen Passenger List
Steamship Line: North German Lloyd / Norddeutscher Lloyd
Class of Passengers: Tourist Third Cabin and Third Class
Date of Departure: 27 August 1931
Route: Bremen to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton
Commander: Captain F. Brünings
![GGA Image ID # 130ea93b80 Front Cover, Cunard Line RMS Samaria Cabin and Tourist Class Passenger List - 29 August 1931.](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/CunardLine/Samaria/1931-08-29/Cabin-Tourist/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1931-08-29 RMS Samaria Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin and Tourist Class
Date of Departure: 29 August 1931
Route: Southampton to New York via Le Havre and Cobh
Commander: Captain R. G. Malin, R.N.R.
![1931-08-29 Passenger Manifest for the SS Sierra Ventana](../../../HistoricalImages/PassengerLists/NorddeutscherLloyd/SierraVentana/1931-08-29/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1931-08-29 SS Sierra Ventana Passenger List
Steamship Line: Norddeutscher Lloyd (North German Lloyd)
Class of Passengers: Cabin
Date of Departure: 29 August 1931
Route: Bremen to New York
Commander: Captain D. Ballehr
![1931-09-04 Passenger Manifest for the SS Duchess of Bedford](../../../HistoricalImages/PassengerLists/CanadianPacific-CPOS/DuchessOfBedford/1931-09-04/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1931-09-04 SS Duchess of Bedford Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Canadian Pacific Line
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 4 September 1931
- Route: Liverpool to Québec and Montréal via Belfast and Greenock
- Commander: Captain H. Sibbons
![GGA Image ID # 1652b5c4b4 Front Cover of a Cabin Class Passenger List from the SS George Washington of the United States Lines, Departing 8 September 1931 from Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/UnitedStatesLines/GeorgeWashington/1931-09-08/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1931-09-08 SS George Washington Passenger List
Steamship Line: United States Lines
Class of Passengers: Cabin Class
Date of Departure: 8 September 1931
Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg
Commander: Captain Geo. Fried, U.S.N.R.
![Front Cover, SS Lafayette Passenger List - 10 September 1931](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/CGT-FrenchLine/Lafayette/1931-09-10/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1931-09-10 SS Lafayette Passenger List
Steamship Line: Compagnie Générale Transatlantique CGT - French Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin
Date of Departure: 10 September 1931
Route: New York to Le Havre via Plymouth
Commander: Captain Luc de Malglaive
![GGA Image ID # 1309635a58 Front Cover, Cunard Line RMS Caronia Cabin and Tourist Class Passenger List - 12 September 1931.](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/CunardLine/Caronia/1931-09-12/Cabin-Tourist/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1931-09-12 RMS Caronia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin and Tourist Class
Date of Departure: 12 September 1931
Route: Southampton to New York via Le Havre and Cobh
Commander: Captain G. R. Dolphin, R.D., R.N.R.
![Front Cover of a Tourist Third Cabin and Third Class Passenger List from the SS Bremen of the North German Lloyd, Departing 15 September 1931 from Bremen to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/NorthGermanLloyd/Bremen/1931-09-15/TTC-3rdClass/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1931-09-15 SS Bremen Passenger List
Steamship Line: North German Lloyd / Norddeutscher Lloyd
Class of Passengers: Tourist Third Cabin and Third Class
Date of Departure: 15 September 1931
Route: Bremen to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg
Commander: Captain L. Ziegenbein.
![1931-10-08 Passenger Manifest of SS New York](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/NewYork/1931-10-08/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1931-10-08 SS New York Passenger List
Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
Class of Passengers: Third Class
Date of Departure: 8 October 1931
Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg
Commander: Captain Graalfs
![Passenger Manifest Cover, October 1931 Westbound Voyage - TSS Rotterdam](../../../HistoricalImages/PassengerLists/HollandAmerica/Rotterdam/1931-10-09/FirstClass/FrontCover-250.jpg)
1931-10-09 TSS Rotterdam Passenger List
Steamship Line: Holland-America Line / Netherlands American Steam Navigation Company (NASM)
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 9 October 1931
Route: Rotterdam to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton
Commander: Captain Lieuwen
![1931-10-17 Passenger Manifest for the TSS Franconia](../../../HistoricalImages/PassengerLists/FurnessBermudaLine/Franconia/1931-10-17/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1931-10-17 TSS Franconia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Furness-Bermuda Line
Class of Passengers: Not Stated
Date of Departure: 17 October 1931
Route: New York to Bermuda
Commander: Captain G. Gibbons, R.D., R.N.R
Other 1931 Passenger Lists Available at the GG Archives
- CGT-French Line SS France, 1931-01-10, Mediterranean Cruise, Commanded by Captain G. Burosse
- North German Lloyd SS General von Steuben, 1931-08-27, Bremen to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton, Commanded by Captain F. Brünings
- CGT-French Line SS De Grasse, 1931-09-08, Le Havre to New York via Plymouth, Commanded by Captain Etienne Robert
- CGT-French Line SS Lafayette, 1931-10-07, New York to Le Havre via Plymouth, Commanded by Captain Jules Chabot
Please help us make our passenger list collection more complete. We would appreciate a digital copy if you have an 1931 souvenir passenger list. Please email us at [email protected].