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Subject: Re: [WarBrides] Question re ship
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 14:03:29 -0400
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hello hazel..not sure how many ships were sailing with war brides at this
period in time..but my mum came over in 1944..Oct....on the ille de
france..maybe there were limited voyages at this time due to the war still
in effect...Diane..daughter of war bride Jean Tyson..ne Barnett
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Subject: [WarBrides] Question re ship


> I know we cannot find manifests of War Bride ships and their passenger
> lists, but am wondering whether a date of sailing might lead to a ship.
> At the War Bride's Reunion this past weekend in Sakatoon it was
> announced that a daughter of a WB was trying to find out which ship her
> mother came on to Canada.
> Her mother's name was Patricia Norgate (nee Sykes). She married Lee B.
> Norgate.
> She was born in Goldsthorpe (Goldthorpe?), Yorkshire and lived in London.
> She left Britain in March of 1944.
> Is it possible to find sailings of ships on that date?
> Hoping to get some leads.
> I will report on the Saskatchewan Reunion later. I am still unpacking
> bags and getting settled in at home.
> Best to all,
> Hazel
>
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