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 Passenger List for the R.M.M.V. Capetown Castle](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/UnionCastleLine/CapetownCastle/1949-04-21/First-Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
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
![GGA Image ID # 172b71da7d Front Cover of a First Class Passenger List from the RMS Mauretania of the Cunard Line, Departing 26 April 1949 from Southampton to New York Via Le Havre and Cobh](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/CunardLine/Mauretania/1949-04-26/1C/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
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.
![GGA Image ID # 172be8216c Front Cover of a First Class Passenger List from the RMS Mauretania of the Cunard Line, Departing 4 May 1949 from New York to Southampton Via Cobh and Le Havre](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/CunardLine/Mauretania/1949-05-04/1C/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
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.
![GGA Image ID # 16a94e6860 Front Cover of a Cabin Class Passenger List from the RMS Queen Elizabeth of the Cunard Line, Departing 6 May 1949 from Southampton to New York via Cherbourg](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/CunardLine/QueenElizabeth/1949-05-06/CC/00-FrontCover-250.jpg)
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.
![GGA Image ID # 1f553aa59d Front Cover of a First Class Passenger List from the RMS Queen Elizabeth of the Cunard Line, Departing 23 June 1949 from Southampton to New York.](../../../Images600/OT/PL/Cunard/QE/1949-06-23/1C/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
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.
![GGA Image ID # 1f61e46401 Front Cover of a First, Cabin, and Tourist Class Passenger List from the SS Nieuw Amsterdam of the Holland-America Line, Departing 12 July 1949 from Rotterdam to New York.](../../../Images600/OT/PL/HAL/NieuwAmsterdam/1949-07-12/1C-CC-TC/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
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 Passenger List for SS Saturnia](../../../HistoricalImages/PassengerLists/ItalianSteamshipLines/Saturnia/1949-07-22/FirstClass/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
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
![GGA Image ID # 1166ee16ba Front Cover, SS Empress of France First Class and Tourist Passenger List - 5 August 1949](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/CanadianPacific-CPOS/EmpressOfFrance/1949-08-05/FirstClass-Tourist/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
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.
![GGA Image ID # 16a9697b0d Front Cover of a Tourist Class Passenger List from the RMS Queen Elizabeth of the Cunard Line, Departing 27 August 1949 from Southampton to New York via Cherbourg](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/CunardLine/QueenElizabeth/1949-08-27/TC/00-FrontCover-250.jpg)
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.
![GGA Image ID # 1729a23e69 Front Cover of a Youth Argosy (Students) Passenger List from the RMS Samaria of the Cunard Line, Departing 9 September 1949 from London to Quebec via Le Havre](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/CunardLine/Samaria/1949-09-09/YouthArgosy/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
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.
![GGA Image ID # 16a9c1543f Front Cover of a First Class Passenger List from the RMS Queen Elizabeth of the Cunard Line, Departing 14 October 1949 from Southampton to New York via Cherbourg](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/CunardLine/QueenElizabeth/1949-10-14/1C/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
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.
![GGA Image ID # 16759221f2 Front Cover of a Tourist Class Passenger List from the RMS Queen Mary of the Cunard Line, Departing 22 October 1949 from Southampton to New York via Cherbourg](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/CunardLine/QueenMary/1949-10-22/TC/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
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.
![GGA Image ID # 13f0153acd Front Cover, Union-Castle Line RMS Warwick Castle First Class and Tourist Passenger List - 15 December 1949.](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/UnionCastleLine/WarwickCastle/1949-12-15/First-Tourist/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
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].