Newfoundland & Labrador
War Brides

Found in the DAILY NEWS TUESDAY, March 26, 1946 With the Wives and Children
Information transcribed by John Baird and Sue O' Neill
Reprinted courtesy of Robinson-Blackmore Printing and Publishing

These women and children all arrived in Halifax Peir 21 on the SS SCYTHIA

Mrs. Abbott, Bonavista
Mrs. Abbott, Bonavista
Mrs. Avery Hillview
Mrs. Avery, Random, Clarenville
Mrs. Baldwin, Pouch Cove
Mrs. Ball, Stanhope, Lewisporte
Mrs. Banks, Hampden
Mrs. Batten, Clarke's Beach
Mrs. Beason, Holyrood.
Mrs. Beaton, Norris Arm
Mrs. Cave, Brighton, N, D. B.
Mrs. Connors, Lawn
Mrs. Connors, St. Kyran's P. B.
Mrs. Cornick, Grand Bank
Mrs. Costello, Conception Harbor
Mrs. Crocker, Heart's Delight
Mrs. Crocker, Trout River
Mrs. Dunphy, Carbonear
Mrs. Dyke, Eastport
Mrs. Feltham, Middle Brook
Mrs. Freake, Joe Batt's Arm
Mrs. Froude, St. Pierre.
Mrs. Gavin, Westport
Mrs. George, Bell Island
Mrs. Goff, Elliston
Mrs. Goodyear, Musgrave Harbor
Mrs. Gosse, Chapel Arm
Mrs. Granville, Harbor Grace.
Mrs. Green, St. Jones Without
Mrs. Greening, Pt. Blandford
Mrs. Guy, Bonavista
Mrs. Hayward, Bonavista
Mrs. Hennebury, Bonavista
Mrs. Hillier, Lamaline
Mrs. Hiscock, St. Jones Without
Mrs. Hyde, Change Islands
Mrs. Isaacs, Lamaline
Mrs. Keel, Bonavista
Mrs. Kent, Bell Island
Mrs. King, Broad Cove, B. D. V.
Mrs. Knight, Jackson Cove.
Mrs. Loder, Hillview
Mrs. Loveless, Georgetown, Brigus
Mrs. Ludlow, Fogo.
Mrs. March Green's Harbor
Mrs. McDonald, Carbonear
Mrs. McLean, Carbonear
Mrs. Miller, Bell Island
Mrs. Mitchell, Grand Bank
Mrs. Morry, Ferryland
Mrs. Moss, Bonnavista
Mrs. Murley, Creston, Marystown
Mrs. Parson, Harbor Grace
Mrs. Patey, St. Anthony
Mrs. Pelley, Smith's Sound
Mrs. Penney, Carbonear
Mrs. Penney, Hant's Harbor.
Mrs. Philpott, Coachman's Cove
Mrs. Pitcher, Winterton.
Mrs. Ploughman, Port Rexton
Mrs. Pond, Fosters Point.
Mrs. Roache, Glovertown
Mrs. Roberts Brigus
Mrs. Russell, Bay Roberts
Mrs. Ryan, Red Island
Mrs. Short, Beaumont North
Mrs. Simms, Twillingate.
Mrs. Slade, Western Bay
Mrs. Small, Moreton's Harbor
Mrs. Small, Tizzard's Harbor
Mrs. Snow, Bay Roberts
Mrs. Snow, Carbonear
Mrs. Squires, Bell Island
Mrs. Stares, Lethbridge (Brooklyn)
Mrs. Stone, Henley Harbor (Relatives at Curling)
Mrs. Strong, Heart's Ease
Mrs. Suley, Whitebourne
Mrs. Thornehill, Grand Bank
Mrs. Tilley, Nipper's Harbor
Mrs. Tucker, St. Anthony
Mrs. Upward, Harrys Harbor
Mrs. Wakeley, Greenspond
Mrs. Walsh, Lamaline
Mrs. Wheaton, Bradley Cove, C. B.


Following Personnel For S. S. "Baccalieu".

SS Baccalieu

Found in the DAILY NEWS TUESDAY, March 26, 1946 With the Wives and Children
Information transcribed by John Baird and Sue O' Neill
Reprinted courtesy of Robinson-Blackmore Printing and Publishing

These women and children all arrived in Halifax Peir 21 on the SS SCYTHIA

Mrs. Ash, May 1946 March 17 SS SCYTHIA
Mrs. Austin
Mrs. Baggs
Mrs. Benson
Mrs. Brennan and Child
Mrs. Bromley
Mrs. Brown and child
Mrs. Brown and child
Mrs. Brown and child
Mrs. Brown and child
Mrs. Brownrigg
Mrs. Butler
Mrs. Butler
Mrs. Butler and one child
Mrs. Chambers
Mrs. Clarke
Mrs. Cooper
Mrs. Crawford
Mrs. Cullen
Mrs. Daley and child
Mrs. Dawe and child
Mrs. Dooley and 3 children
Mrs. Earle and child
Mrs. Evans and child
Mrs. Fleming and childv Mrs. Gill
Mrs. Gillingham
Mrs. Gosse. Mrs. Hanlon
Mrs. Hammond
Mrs. Hillier
Mrs. Holwell
Mrs. Hussey
Mrs. James and child
Mrs. Keating and child
Mrs. Kelly and child
Mrs. Kirby
Mrs. Lang
Mrs. LeMessurier and child
Mrs. Lever
Mrs. Long
Mrs. Maddick
Mrs. Martin and 2 children
Mrs. Maunder
Mrs. Mercer
Mrs. Mills
Mrs. Murphy
Mrs. Nixon
Mrs. Noble and child
Mrs. Noseworthy
Mrs. Nugent
Mrs. O'Grady
Mrs. Oliver
Mrs. Parsons and child
Mrs. Pear and child
Mrs. Peddle
Mrs. Phillips and child
Mrs. Piccott
Mrs. Pottle and child
Mrs. Power
Mrs. Power and 2 children
Mrs. Purchase and 2 children
Mrs. Reardon
Mrs. Richards and child
Mrs. Rideout and child
Mrs. Rogers
Mrs. Rowe
Mrs. Sacrey
Mrs. Saunders
Mrs. Sears
Mrs. Sellars and child Mrs. Soper
Mrs. Sparkes
Mrs. Sparkes and child
Mrs. Spencer and child
Mrs. Squires and child
Mrs. Taylor and 2 childre
n Mrs. Tizzard
Mrs. Tobin and child
Mrs. Walsh
Mrs. Walsh
Mrs. Wareham and 4 children
Mrs. Whitten and child
Mrs. Winsor and child
Mrs. Winter
Mrs. Wiseman
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Following Personnel For S. S. "Burgeo"

SS Burgeo

Found in the DAILY NEWS TUESDAY, March 26, 1946 With the Wives and Children
Information transcribed by John Baird and Sue O' Neill
Reprinted courtesy of Robinson-Blackmore Printing and Publishing

These women and children all arrived in Halifax Peir 21 on the SS SCYTHIA

Mrs. Andrews and child, Winterton.
Mrs. Barnes and child, Topsail
Mrs. Barry and child, Marystown
Mrs. Beck and child, Burin
Mrs. Carpenter and child, Bonavista
Mrs. Clarke and child, Lamaline
Mrs. Clarke and child, Twillingate
Mrs. Costello and child, Pouch Cove
Mrs. Crane and child, Upper Island Cove
Mrs. Critch and child, Hant's Harbor
Mrs. Curlew and child, Botwood
Mrs. Dally and children, Botwood
Mrs. Day and child, Port Rexton
Mrs. Dean and child, Random
Mrs. Domino and children, Marystown
Mrs. Dunford ana child, Burin
Mrs. Edwards and child, Lawn
Mrs. Evans and child, Barrow
Mrs. Frampton, Bay Bulls
Mrs. Francis, Mount Pearl
Mrs. Freake and child, Joe Batt's Arm
Mrs. Furey and child, Bell Island
Mrs. Gardner, British Harbor
Mrs. George, Bell Island
Mrs. Goodyear and child, Musgrave Harbor
Mrs. Goodyear and child, Musgrave Harbor
Mrs. Greeley and child, Portugal Cove
Mrs. Green and child, Winterton
Mrs. Haggerty and 2 children, Leading Tickles
Mrs. Harding and 3 children, Bell Island
Mrs. Hare and 2 children, Harbor Grace
Mrs. Hibbs and child, Portugal Cove
Mrs. Hillier and child, Lamaline
Mrs. Hoddinott and child, Brig Bay
Mrs. House and child, St. Barbe
Mrs. Humby and child Summerville
Mrs. Jeffreys and child, Gambo
Mrs. Kent, Bell Island
Mrs. Lannon, Kilbride
Mrs. March and child, Green's Harbor
Mrs. McAneley and two children, Victoria
Mrs. Meadus and child, Grates Cove
Mrs. Mercer and child, Portugal Cove
Mrs. Miller and child, Portugal Cove
Mrs. Miller, Bell Island
Mrs. Nash and child, Branch
Mrs. Noseworthy and child, Flowers Cove
Mrs. Parrott and child, Winterton, T. B.
Mrs. Penney and child, English Harb T. B.
Mrs. Perry and child, Botwood
Mrs. Philpot and child, Plate Cove, B. B.
Mrs. Pike and child, Port Saunders
Mrs. Pynn and child Twillingate
Mrs. Pynn and child, Jackson Cove
Mrs. Pynn and two children, Harbor Grace
Mrs. Rees and child, Bell Island
Mrs. Rees and child, Bell Island
Mrs. Reid and child, Little Catalina
Mrs. Rice, Bay Bulls
Mrs. Roach, Topsail
Mrs. Robbins and child, Matchet Cove
Mrs. Saunders and child, Herring Neck
Mrs. Sexton and two children, Fox Trap
Mrs. Shea and child, Fleur de Lys
Mrs. Sheppard and child, St. Brendan's
Mrs. Simmonds and child, Green's Harbor
Mrs. Spracklin and child, Brigus
Mrs. Squires and child, Chamberlains
Mrs. Squires and child, Glovertown, B. B.
Mrs. Squires, Bell Island
Mrs. Steele and child, Musgrave Harbor
Mrs. Sullivan, Helen 1946 March, Pouch Cove, Halifax Pier 21
Mrs. Toope and child, Gambo
Mrs. Veitch and child, Holyrood
Mrs. Walker and child, Winterton
Mrs. Walsh and child, Lamaline
Mrs. Warren and child, Flower's Cove, St. Barbe Dist.
Mrs. Wells and children, Musgrave Harbor
Mrs. White and child, Port Nelson, B. B.
Mrs. White and child, Twillingate
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SS Kyle

SS AQUITANIA

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1946 - 11 Women & Children on same crossing:
Adams, Margret - Scotish - Age 29 & eight month old child - Foresty Bride
Blanchard, Mary - Scotish - age 36 & two Children - ages 3 & 1 - Foresty Bride
Cantwell, Elizabeth - Scotish - Age 30 & 2 Children - ages 4 & 1 - Foresty Bride
Carey, Margaret - Scotish - Age 25 & 1 Child Age 1 - Foresty Bride - Foresty Bride
Churchill, Margaret - Scotish - Age 25, & 2 Children Ages 3 & 5 months - Foresty Bride-Already Listed
Costello, Mary - Scotish - Age 17, no children - Foresty Bride - Already listed
Crocker, Elizabeth - Scotish - Age 19 & 3 children - Ages 2, 1, & 1 month - Foresty Bride
Fifield, Mary - Scotish - Age 23, & 2 children - Ages 4 & 2 - Foresty Bride
Fleming, Geogina - Scotish - Age 25 & 3 Children - Ages 4,3,& 2 - Foresty Bride
Foley, Helen - Scotish - Age 21 & 21 & 3 Children - Ages 2 & Twins 4 months - Foresty Bride
Hayter, Helen - Scotish - Age 34? & one child - Foresty Bride
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Sheppard, Mary - English 1946

Skinner, Irene Mary 1946 July
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SS ARGENTINA

Butler, Denise 1946

SS BACCALIEU

Brownrigg,Margaret 1946 March 28
Martin, Annie 1946, March 28
Sears, May 1946 March

SS BAYANO

Hann, Mary 1946 July 10 arrived Montreal

12 other war brides were on this voyage wth Mrs. Hann and
she believes most of them were Newfoundland war brides.
They were to dock in Halifax but there was an explosion
and they were diverted to Montreal.

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Cabot Strait

Barrett, Sybil 1946 July 1947

SS CAVILA

Anderson, Dianna 1946 June 12
Tucker, Mary July 1946 arr St. John's

SS CAVINA

Laing, Lillian Pearl, Feb. 1946

SS CORNER BROOK

Collins, Daphine 1946 April
Thomson, Christine 1946 Dec. arrived St. John's

DANISH CARGO BOAT

Hemmens, Joan 19?

SS DROTTNINGHOLM (Renamed the BRAZILl)

http://www.mgl.ca/~cpike/ships.html

One time Virginian sunk in 1917, refloated in 1922 and sailed under the Swedish American Line.
Jean and I came back home on her 6 - 11 August 1945, with another 80 lumberjacks and their
wives and children and over 300 Canadian War Brides" (from Larry (1901) & Jean Gladney, of Clarenville)
"S/S Drottningholm, her long hauls: Liverpool – St. Johns – Halifax – New York – Göteborg – Liverpool – Freetown – Cape Town – Liverpool – Port Said – Suez – Bombay – Suez – Port Said – Liverpool in four months." http://www.salship.se/claesson/prisoners.asp

1945
Glandney, Jean, August 1945
Hall, Margaret, August 1945
Leonard, Ida Merry, August 1945
Samms, Joyce July 12
Sheppars, Isabella, March 1945

Sesk, Sheila 1945 or 1946?

1946
Andrews, Joy - departed July 12 arrived July 18, 1946*
Barrett C.M., Barbara 1946 July
Boland, Katherine - departed July 12 arrived July 18, 1946*
Brophy, Mollie - departed July 12 arrived July 18, 1946*
Hamlyn, Eileen 1946 Aug. 21
Nelson, Jean - departed July 12 arrived July 18, 1946*
Penny, Margaret - departed July 12 arrived July 18, 1946*
Power, Esther 1946 July
Reid, Jean - departed July12 arrived July 18, 1946*
Tompson, Daisy
*dates surplyed by Barbara Daphne Rolls.

 

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DUCHESS OF BEDFORD 

http://www.norwayheritage.com/p_ship.asp?sh=ducbe

The trip that Mrs. Laite made had 200 Newfoundland service men and 18
Newfoundland war brides.The captain because it was Christmas(Dec. 27)
sailed to the mouth of the Narrows and delivered his precious cargo onto
waiting tug boats.
Laite, Joan 19? Dec. 27
White, Jane Elizabeth 1945 May 14? one child

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Empire Brent

Letitia was renamed Empire Brent in 1946.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~crossroads/letitia/index.html
1946
Young, Margart

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SS LADY RODNEY

http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=history/other/sea/second

The Lady Rodney appears to have made 9 warbride voyages during 1946.

http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/WARBRIDES/2001-07/0996031048

1945
Sharp, Annie 1945 arr July

1946
Gould, Mary 1946 July 13
Moore, Margaret 1946 July
Wells, Hilda 1946 July 26

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LETITIA
(Renamed the EMPIRE BRENT)

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~crossroads/letitia/index.html

Rowsell, Catherine 1946 Sept Peir 21 Halifax
Rowsell, Olive dep. May 16 arr. May 28

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Ile de FRANCE

http://www.greatoceanliners.net/iledefrance.html

Rowsell, Iris 1946 arrived April
White, Jane Elizabeth 1948 Summer, one child, The familey had
returned to England in 1946 and then came back to NL in 1948.

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RMS MAURITANIA

http://www.ocean-liners.com/ships/mauretania.asp

1945

Hunt, Betty 1945 Dec.
Husk, Bunty 1945 Dec. 6
Motty, Gwen 1945 a few months after March
O'Leary, Helen 1945 Dec. 6
Parsons, Mabel 1945 Dec 27
Rolls, Daphne 1945 Feb. 23

Temple, Cathy 1945

Dec.27-Arriving Jan. 1, 1946

Royal Artillery
Budgell, Stanley, wife and one child
Butt, Austin G. and wife, Brenda
Chafe, Sgt. Walter F., wife and 2 children
Coffey, Bartholomew and wife
Collins, Clarence K. sand wife
wife of Crosbie, Sgt. George, Ruth
Hennebury wm J., wife, Eileen and child
Higdon, Philip G. and wife
Hogan, Patrik J and wife
Jackson, Lieut. Rupert and wife
Manuel, Clarence M., wife and child
Murray, Edwin N., and wife
Power, David, and wife, Mary
Quiton, Lawrence, wife and one child
Sheppard, Joseph L. and wife, Ivy
Thornet, Sgt. John F., wife, Marion and one child
Tilly, Arthor R., and wife, Mary
Tucker, Stephen, wife, Murial and one child

Royal Navy - Arriving Jan. 1, 1946
Smith, Melvi And wife
wife, Millicent, of Andrews, Alexander
wife, Catherine of Penny, Harvey
wife of Tapper, Albert
Power, H. and wife

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SS NEWFOUNDLAND

ID       Company          Ship                  Ports                                                          Date      Passengers

5856  Furness Line  Newfoundland  St. John's, Halifax, Boston-Liverpool  1958/11/3  48

As listed under ships at Pier 21

http://www.pier21.ca/research/research-materials/halifax-arrival-schedule-database/

http://www.library.mun.ca/qeii/cns/photos/geog300.php
http://www.merchant-navy.net/Pictures/newfoundland.html

This site has hundreds of ships listed.

Lundrigan, Edith 1949 Departed April 6 and Arrived April 11, 1949

Martin, Maura 1958 late Nov. arrived St. John,s Dec. 6, 1959

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SS NOVA SCOTIA

ID       Company          Ship                Ports                                                          Date     Passengers
4359 Furness Line  Nova Scotia  St. John's,  Halifax,  Boston-Liverpool  1952/8/1  68
4361 Furness Line  Nova Scotia  St. John's,  Halifax,  Boston-Liverpool  1952/9/2  60
4359 Furness Line  Nova Scotia  St. John's,  Halifax,  Boston-Liverpool  1952/8/1  64

As listed under ships at Pier 21

http://www.pier21.ca/research/research-materials/halifax-arrival-schedule-database/

http://ngb.chebucto.org/Passenger/nova-scotia-photo.shtml

Budgell, Primrose 1952 Aug
Martin, Maura 1957 Dec. 6
Powell, Janetta 1952 July

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HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH (Pier 21)

http://www.ocean-liners.com/ships/queenelizabeth.asp

Badcock, Evelyn 1945 Oct. 22, Pier 21
Griffin, Doris H. 1945, Nov.
Hynes, Norah ?
Kelly, Mary 1945 Dec. 4 arr New York
Sheppard, Mary 1947 Feb.
Stevenson, Enid 1945 Dep Oct. 20 arr. Oct. 26
Thistle, Joyce dep Dec. 1 arr. Dec. 8
Tucker, Rosina Dec. 5?

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HMS QUEEN MARY (The Gray Ghost)

http://www.ocean-liners.com/ships/qm.asp

At the close of the war the ship began to transport more than 22,000 war brides and their children to the United States and Canada. Known as the "Bride and Baby Voyages," she made 13 voyages for this purpose in 1946.

Buckle, Elizabeth 1946 March
Greening, Doris 1946 March
Larder, Heather ?
Rowsell, Jean 1943 ?

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SS ROTHMAN
Marshall, Sylvia ?

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SS SCYTHIA

http://www.norwayheritage.com/p_ship.asp?sh=scyti

Lethbridge Herald, March 19, 1946, page 6
GALES DELAY SCYTHIA
HALIFAX, March 26.-(CP)

The liner Scythia sailed from here Monday with 480 wives and children of Newfoundlanders repatriated last year. The passengers included 300 wives and children of Canadian servicemen. Lethbridge Herald

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Lethbridge Herald, March 26, 1946, page 6
GALES DELAY SCYTHIA
HALIFAX, March 26.-(CP)

Strong westerly gales in the Atlantic were given as the reason for 24 hours delay in the arrival of the liner Scythia at Halifax, with 800 dependents of Canadian servicemen. The liner is due to arrive today. Lethbridge Herald

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1945
Williams, Helen 1945 Dec. 28 there were 18 war brides on board
Young, Kathleen 1945 March?

1946
Ash, May 1946 March 17
Avery, Doreen 1946 March 17

Brown, Joan ?
Crane,Ellen 1946 March 17,
Earl, Kathleen 1946
Edwards,Betty 1946 March 17
Fudge, Maida ?
Grant, Annie1946 March 17
Hayward,Isabel 1946
Hennessy, Evelyn 1946 March 17
Hoddinott, Marion 1946 March 17
Mauger, Mary Moreen 1946?
Martin, Annie 1946, March 17 (?)
Martin, Norah(nee Hayes) 1946 March 22 (?)
Moss, Vera March 1946
Nash, Mary March 1946
Ploughman, Winifred March 1946
Saunders, Brenda 1946 March 17
Sparks, Genevive1946 March 17
Spracklin, Ann 1946 March 17
Wheadon, Mary Ann March 17
White, Majorie (?)

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Information found in Lethbridge Herald provided by Annette Fulford
Canadian War Brides of the First World War
http://ww1warbrides.blogspot.com/

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ARRIVED BY AIRPLANE

Burgess, Margaret December 15, 1947 Gander
Clarke, Margaret 1967 Gander
Hann, Marion 1947 June 13
Maddock, Betty 1947 Gander Nov. 26

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