Note of interest On Beatrice Pardy page, referance is made to T-14837, this is the microfilm roll number that the information can be found on from the Library and Archives Canada. There are archives across Canada that
have copies of these microfilm because not everyone can view the information at
Ancestry.ca, which is a pay for view website.
Jackie Alcock Almost ten years ago after the death of my mother I realized how little information there was to be found concerning NL War Brides. At that time, not knowing anything about computers, I decided to put together this web site.
Now I am the designer and webmaster of over 1000 pages of code. I make mistakes but I try to fix them. I rely on family to update the page information and am happy to report that I have managed to reconnect some of the families. Author Linda Granfield spoke at the Corner Brook Royal Canadian Legion on Oct. 22 , 2010, my husband and I attended. We both enjoyed her presentation. I thought because her books deal with WWI and are aimed at readers from 10 to 100 that these books would be good material for students who are doing research for school projects.
Linda has written a lot of books and a visit to her site will be of interest to most people looking for books about Canada and war..
I am putting this site near the top of the list because I think this is a very important site for anyone interested in Newfoundland's part in WWI. This is a new site just launched in April 2010 and well worth a look at. The Newfoundland Regiment and the Great War (WWI) This is a new site just launched in April 2010 and well worth a look at. This site provides good and interesting documentation. Project Summary This site was developed by The Rooms Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador in partnership with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador (Department of Education), as part of the Cultural Connections Strategy. The site was specifically designed for use by students and teachers in Grade 8 Newfoundland and Labrador History and Newfoundland and Labrador Studies 2205. It has been almost ninety years since the end of the First World War, yet little is known about the war brides who came to Canada after the war. This web page was created to promote and preserve the history of the war brides who made Canada their home during this era... Canadian Roots UK Canadian Roots UK is a self help web site set up to help people in the UK trace their fathers/family in Canada. Journey through time - visit the Corner Brook Museum and Archives. Built in 1926, this registered heritage building once housed the post office, customs and telegraph office and courtroom. The museum exhibits the social, cultural and natural history of Corner Brook, the Humber Valley and the Bay of Islands. Exhibits include pulp and paper, fishing, Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, Captain James Cook, the military and more. ALL ships carrying passengers in or out of any British port were required by law to deposit an official passenger list with the relevant port authorities; migrants, tourists, business travelers - men, women and children. All were carefully recorded. The records for all these ship passengers traveling between 1890 and 1960 still survives within the collection of original British Board of Trade passenger lists. These are original documents, fragile and difficult to handle. The only place they can be seen is at the Public Record Office in Kew, England... Eswyn Ellinor was born in London, England, to Stanley Ellinor (a newsagent) and Coral Winifred (née Stuart) Ellinor. During World War II, she served in the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) informally known as the Wrens, which was the women's branch of the Royal Navy. Two War Brides, May Ash and Margaret Rowe have received the Governor General Caring Canadian Awards Created in 1996 by the Right Honourable Roméo LeBlanc, the award is presented to individuals and groups whose unpaid, voluntary contributions provide extraordinary help or care to people in the community. Recipients have served over a number of years and normally have not been recognized previously by a national or provincial honour.
This is a most informative site with a full description of the uniform and life of a Lumberjill. During World War 2, over 4,900 young women joined the Women's Land Army Timber Corps (W.L.A.T.C.) in order to make a contribution to the war effort. They worked in the forests of Great Britain, felling, snedding, loading, crosscutting, driving tractors, trucks, working with horses, measuring and operating sawmills. This was done in all kinds of weather. One thousand were camped in wooden huts in the north of Scotland, others in rugged billets, far from the comforts of family and home. Is an English author who has written stories about war time England. I include her because she gives a very good account of war time Liverpool. This provide us with a better understanding of what some of our mothers might have gone through on the other side of the ocean. The story of the Canadian war brides and their journey to Canada is one of the most fascinating and romantic of World War Two. Why nearly 45,000 British and European women would leave behind everything that was familiar to start a new life in post-war Canada is a story worth telling... Newfoundland Grand Banks Genealogy web site This is an excellent site. This site proves what can happen when people of like minds come together.
Through hard work and time many people have brought this site to life. Pier 21’s Online Story Collection War Brides Pier 21 collects stories from those with connections to the Pier and its history; more broadly, we also collect stories from all immigrants during our time period (1928-1971), and from veterans whose service brought them through Pier 21. Author Newfoundland War Bride Sybil Barrett This book can be purchased on line from Trafford Publishing. The story of a lonely, only child. The unusual way she grew up and how her life was changed by WWII.
Canadian War Brides – 60 Years Canadian War brides also came to Canada after the First World War. The official Government of Canada history of the First World War reports that an estimated 54,000 relatives accompanied the returning troops during demobilization from Britain to Canada.
Passport and Citizenship Issues of War Brides and their Children http://www.themdays.com/memorial/project.html The Virtual War Memorial Project The Project Wonderstrand.com has created a Virtual War Memorial for all those Labradorians who served in World War I, World War II and the Korean War. This was originally established to help publicize the planning for the Labrador War Memorial in Cartwright. Now that this first objective has been accomplished we will maintain this web site as a virtual war memorial for those who cannot visit the monument in person. This site has wonderful documentation on Austin Party, Royal Nfld. Regiment and his wife, Beatrice (Aunt Betty) Pardy, the only WWI Larbrador war bride. http://www.themdays.com/memorial/persons1/Pardy_Austin.html
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