WARBRIDES-L Archives

Archiver > WARBRIDES > 2003-07 > 1059249381


From: Penny Denby <>
Subject: Re: [WarBrides] Queen Mary 1946
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 20:56:21 +0100
In-Reply-To: <003901c353ad$6fb9c8c0$1799d1d8@david>


I am trying to locate a Margaret (Peggy) Wright who I believe married a John
A Turner. I know they went to New Mexico about 1946 but I am only guessing
that he was a GI. I believe that they married in Norwich and had a son
called Robbie. Peggy had a younger sister Denise. Denise and her little
daughter, Nicola, went to New Mexico in 1949 to stay with Peggy.

If anyone has any memory of either of these sisters I would dearly love to
hear from them.

Best wishes
Penny
Keston (near Bromley)
Kent
England


on 26/7/03 8:38 pm, Ivy Kellam at wrote:

> The Queen Mary also left Southampton on Sept.13th I sailed with 4 girls
> from my home town of Lancaster. One I continue to correspond with. Ivy
> Kellam
> I have memorabilia from the trip.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "hlmw1" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 6:14 PM
> Subject: [WarBrides] Queen Mary 1946
>
>
>> Hello all!
>> The e-mail from Agnes caught my eye when she mentioned coming over on
>> the Queen Mary in March 1946 to the USA.
>> Bells started ringing because I know trhat several 'girls' in our War
>> Brides club also came on the Queen Mary to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
>>
>> Not all were in attendance at our meeting yesterday due to extreme heat
>> wave temperatures and more strokes, illnesses and disabilities.
>> Of the 16 who were there I asked the ones who came on the 'Queen" what
>> their sailing or arrival dates were at Halifax as Canadian 'brides'.
>> One arrived on May 28, 1946 - she was from Hounslow, Middlesex. Eng.
>> One left on July 1946 - she was from London.
>> One arrived 4th July 1946 - she left 29/30 June, 1946. She is fromn
>> Ireland/Surrey, England.
>> One left in August, 1946 from Amsterdam, Holland.
>> It makes me wonder whether the ship made stops at Halifax and then went
>> on to USA or made alternate trips. A bit of a puzzle because the dates
>> are so close. I know the ships plied back and forth until all of the
>> women and children were delivered to their respective ports.
>> When I brought up the question of 'sides' on the ship someone suggested
>> that she might have still had camouflage painted sides on her.
>> Agnes - did your mother and you sail from Southampton or some other
>> port? And did you arrive in New York?
>> I do not know of any passenger lists at this point. I am wondering what
>> may be in the British Queen Mary Archives.
>> God Bless all of you 'kids' are who remembering/honoring your War Bride
>> mothers.
>> Hazel
>>
>>
>>
>> ==== WARBRIDES Mailing List ====
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> Pier21 Society: http://pier21.ns.ca/storyw.html
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>>
>
>
>
> ==== WARBRIDES Mailing List ====
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Welcome to WARBRIDES MAILING LIST
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>

This thread: