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From: ecunningham <>
Subject: Re: [AYR] Looking for Information on Anne M. Peniston
Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2005 20:13:42 -0500
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Ron Tiedje wrote:
>
> Anne Margaret McKibbin was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, UK in 1924
> (8/15/1924?) or 1925 to a James McKibbin and an Agnes Farrell. We know that
> Anne was married at the All Saints Church in Liverpool, New South Wales,
> Australia in May, 1944 when she was 19 to a US soldier named Virgil Warren
> Peniston. In 1945 she move to the US from Australia on a ship called the
> Lurline III which landed in San Francisco on June 5th and she eventually
> died on April 25, 1947 in Indiana in the US. We believe James and Agnes
> also lived in Australia in 1944, but are not sure. If they moved from
> Scotland we do not know when. There was also a Jean McKibbin and a J
> McKibbin who were witnesses at the 1944 wedding.

Ron: You probably saw her arrival manifest on Ancestry; however, I
believe you read it wrong or not completely.
She LEFT Australia on June 5, 1945 and arrived in San Francisco on 18
June 1945. She was a Army dependent born in Ayrshire 15 August 1924
traveling on Australian Passport A221972 (some figures are hard to
read so don't hold me to the latter exactly) exp. 6 Oct. 1949. Her
next of kin was her mother, Agnes McKibbin, 324 Avoca Rd. Canley Vale,
NSW and she was going to Virgil Peniston, 206 W. Saratoga, Marshall,
Minnesota. A 5' 4" blonde, blue eyed war bride! Wow!!
There is an SSDI entry for a Virgil W. Peniston, DOB 29 March 1921,
DOD 25 Sept. 1990 in Mesa, Maricopa, AZ. I would contact the area
library for a copy of the obit since you have the date. Might give
next of kin you could contact. Good hunting.


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