Ellis Island Passenger Lists - 1908
Inquiry Bureau on the Cunard RMS Carmania and RMS Caronia, Cunard Daily Bulletin, Ivernia Edition, 22 July 1908. GGA Image ID # 205924497f
Passenger lists for 1908 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.
1908-01-19 RMS Campania Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Saloon
Date of Departure: 19 January 1908
Route: Liverpool to New York via Queenstown (Cobh)
Commander: Captain D. Dow, R.D., R.N.R.
1908-04-11 RMS Mauretania Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Saloon
Date of Departure: 11 April 1908
Route: Liverpool to New York
Commander: Captain John Pritchard
1908-06-06 RMS Lusitania Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Saloon
Date of Departure: 6 June 1908
Route: Liverpool to New York
Commander: Commander: Captain James B. Watt
1908-06-20 TSS Nieuw Amsterdam Passenger List
Steamship Line: Holland-America Line / Netherlands American Steam Navigation Company (NASM)
Class of Passengers: First and Second Cabin
Date of Departure: 20 June 1908
Route: Rotterdam to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer
Commander: Captain H. C. Van Der Zee
1908-06-26 Empress Of Britain Passenger List
Steamship Line: Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR)
Class of Passengers: Second Cabin
Date of Departure: 26 June 1908
Route: Liverpool to Quebec
Commander: Captain J. A. Murray
1908-07-15 SS Ivernia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Saloon
Date of Departure: 15 July 1908
Route: Boston to Liverpool
Commander: Not Stated
1908-07-25 SS Minnetonka Passenger List
Steamship Line: Atlantic Transport Line
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 25 July 1908
Route: London to New York
Commander: Captain E. G. Cannons
1908-07-25 TSS Rotterdam Passenger List
Steamship Line: Holland-America Line / Netherlands American Steam Navigation Company (NASM)
Class of Passengers: First and Second Cabin
Date of Departure: 25 July 1908
Route: Rotterdam to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer
Commander: Commodore F. H. Bonjer, Lt. R.N.R
1908-08-08 SS Zeeland Passenger List
Steamship Line: Red Star Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin
Date of Departure: 8 August 1908
Route: Antwerp to New York via Dover
Commander: Captain J. S. Ball
1908-08-15 SS Philadelphia Passenger List
Steamship Line: American Line
Class of Passengers: Second Class
Date of Departure: 15 August 1908
Route: Southampton To New York Via Cherbourg
Commander: Captain A. R. Mills
1908-08-15 TSS Statendam Passenger List
Steamship Line: Holland-America Line / Netherlands American Steam Navigation Company (NASM)
Class of Passengers: First and Second Cabin
Date of Departure: 15 August 1908
Route: Rotterdam to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer
Commander: Captain P. Van Den Heuvel
1908-08-22 TSS Ionian Passenger List
Steamship Line: Allan Line
Class of Passengers: Second Class
Date of Departure: 22 August 1908
Route: Glasgow to Québec and Montréal
Commander: Captain John M. Johnston
1908-08-26 RMS Cretic Passenger List
Steamship Line: White Star Line
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 26 August 1908
Route: Genoa to New York via Naples and Azores
Commander: Captain J. B. Kelk
1908-06-26 RMS Empress of Britain Passenger List
Steamship Line: Canadian Pacific Line
Class of Passengers: Second Cabin
Date of Departure: 26 June 1908
Route: Liverpool to Quebec
Commander: Captain J. A. Murray
1908-09-10 RMS Etruria Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Saloon
Date of Departure: 10 September 1908
Route: Liverpool to New York via Queenstown (Cobh)
Commander: Not Stated
1908-09-12 SS Philadelphia Passenger List
Steamship Line: American Line
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 12 September 1908
Route: Southampton to New York via Cherbourg
Commander: Captain A. R. Mills
1908-09-12 TSS Ryndam Passenger List
Steamship Line: Holland-America Line / Netherlands American Steam Navigation Company (NASM)
Class of Passengers: First and Second Cabin
Date of Departure: 12 September 1908
Route: Rotterdam to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer
Commander: Captain A. Roggeveen
1908-09-19 TSS Statendam Passenger List
Steamship Line: Holland-America Line / Netherlands American Steam Navigation Company (NASM)
Class of Passengers: First and Second Cabin Passengers
Date of Departure: 12 September 1908
Route: Rotterdam to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer
Commander: Captain B. G. Bruinsma
1908-10-04 RMS Romanic Passenger List
Steamship Line: White Star Line
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 4 October 1908
Route: Genoa to Boston via Naples, Almeria, and Azores
Commander: Captain R. Lobez
1908-11-11 SS Haverford Passenger List
Steamship Line: American Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin
Date of Departure: 11 November 1908
Route: Liverpool to New York via Queenstown
Commander: Captain Enoch Maddox
1908-11-12 SS Amerika Passenger List
Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
Class of Passengers: First and Second Cabin
Date of Departure: 12 November 1908
Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg
Commander: Captain H. Knuth
1908-11-12 SS Prinzess Irene Passenger List
Steamship Line: Norddeutscher Lloyd (North German Lloyd)
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 12 November 1908
Route: Genoa to New York via Naples and Gibraltar
Commander: Captain F. von Letten-Peterssen
Please help us make our passenger list collection more complete. We would appreciate a digital copy if you have an 1908 souvenir passenger list. Please email us at [email protected].