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From: "Elizabeth Angela Guyver" <>
Subject: Re: [WARBRIDES] Searching for my Aunt Edith in Scotland
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 15:13:09 -0000
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A lot of New Towns where built after the war because of the bomb damage and
people moved out of Glasgow. You need to write to every Rail you can find
in Scotland. But the chances are she remarried.

Take Care

Beth
----- Original Message -----
From: "logan" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 7:51 PM
Subject: Re: [WARBRIDES] Searching for my Aunt Edith in Scotland


>I just tried McAllister. There are over 50!!! "J McAllister" and 3-4
>"James
> McAllister" in Glasgow. I think I'll try letters to the "James" ones.
> I really appreciate you trying for me. Many thanks...........Sal
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "christine joudrey" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 2:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [WARBRIDES] Searching for my Aunt Edith in Scotland
>
>
>> There is similar.... I tried, there was nothing did not try the
>> McAllister
>> surname though! Perhaps she went back to her maiden name, one never
>> knows!
>>
>> Good Luck
>> Christine
>> www.bt.com/directory-enquiries/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "logan" <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 2:04 PM
>> Subject: Re: [WARBRIDES] Searching for my Aunt Edith in Scotland
>>
>>
>> > Thank you for the excellent suggestion. I did try Canada411 a few
>> > years
>> > ago
>> > but didn't get anything. I will phone this evening as anything is
>> > possible
>> > now. I still believe in miracles. If it IS my cousin, I will post and
>> > let
>> > you know.
>> > As a matter of fact, the whole world will know because I will send up
>> > fireworks galore!!!
>> > Now IF I COULD ONLY FIND THE EQUIVALENT of Canada411 in SCOTLAND with
>> > "James
>> > Rail" in it! Thanks again.........Sal
>> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "christine joudrey" <>
>> > To: <>
>> > Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 1:29 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [WARBRIDES] Searching for my Aunt Edith in Scotland
>> >
>> >
>> >> I did a quick Canada 411 search....and found one James A. Rail, living
> in
>> >> British Columbia.....
>> >>
>> >> http://www.canada411.ca/
>> >>
>> >> Christine
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "logan" <>
>> >> To: <>
>> >> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 1:07 PM
>> >> Subject: [WARBRIDES] Searching for my Aunt Edith in Scotland
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > Hi Everyone:
>> >> > There were so many of you who tried so generously to help me find my
>> > Aunt
>> >> > Edith last winter that I am going back to ask for your kind help
> again.
>> >> > Unfortunately, I wasn't even looking in the right country. I was
>> > looking
>> >> > in England when I should have been searching for her in Scotland.
>> >> > I have since acquired information that
>> >> > Edith (maiden name McAllister) Rail married my uncle Joseph Rail
>> > (Canadian
>> >> > military) and sailed on the Queen Mary, May 23, 1946 to Halifax with
>> > their
>> >> > son James E. Rail (born Oct or Nov 1943). He would be 63 now and
> Aunt
>> >> > Edith would be about 83 (a guess).
>> >> > Her last known address in 1946 was 405 Edinburgh Rd, Glasgow,
> Scotland.
>> >> > As a Canadian soldier, since Uncle Joe's first port of
>> >> > disembarkation
>> >> > in
>> >> > WWII was Greenock, Scotland for a brief period, this makes sense to
> me
>> >> > now.
>> >> > Does anyone have any suggestions at all that would help me? I would
>> >> > dearly love to find them this year since it is the Year of the War
>> > Bride -
>> >> > what could be more appropriate.
>> >> > Thank you all once again...........Sal
>> >> >
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