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From: "Marg Eaton" <>
Subject: Re: [WarBrides] Marriage Locations
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 07:30:30 -0400
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Hello I can,t help you find your war bride grandmother but all i can say
is I came from Northamptonshire Rushden, it is the first time i have heard
of another war bride from this area I came ove r in 45 on the Franconia and
lost my soldier husband in 65 , I am still here and am 85 i don,t
know why I answered your letter other than Northamptonreached out to me , My
name is Margaret Eaton aand my maiden name was Perkins sincerely
Marg
----- Original Message -----
From: Adam Watkinson <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 4:15 PM
Subject: [WarBrides] Marriage Locations


> My war bride grandmother, Dorothy May McKenzie (nee: Knapp)originally from
> Northhampton, married my grandfather in 1942, (who was stationed at
> Aldershot and later CMHQ), and came to Toronto in spring 1946 on the
> Aquitania.
>
> She sadly passed away in 2004 after being a widow here in Canada since my
> grandfather's untimely death in 1960.
>
> By the time I became interested in her story as a warbride, she was too
ill
> to discuss details.
>
> In addition to my grandfathers full Canadian Military file, I have a
wedding
> photograph (with the happy couple and another RCA chap leaning in-would
love
> to know who he might be!) which appears to have been taken at a registry
> office rather than a church (my grandfather was not the religous type!).
I
> would love to find out where they married.
>
> Does anyone know where I might find this information?
>
> >
>
>
>
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