This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: fireflifourtyfour Surnames: MacLean, McLean, Billard, Johnson, Smith, Spencer, Bowdridge Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.novascotia.pictou/3896.1.1.2.1.2.1.1.1.2.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi. It would be me who posted the message. (grin) I'm the grand-daughter of your Eliol's sister "Susie" I live in RI. I'm just putting all the family stories together. It's my understanding that Eliol had quite the experience in the RCN. My brother remembers more of this than I do, as he tells me we both met Eliol when we were young but I don't remember. My brother probably remembers so much more because he's six years my senior. He says that Eliol was shipwrecked three or four times and that he served on a ship of the flower corvette class in WW II. This is history that Eliol told my brother himself (my brother is a navy nut and always has been. If your mother was named for a Susie Billard, then it was definetely my gramma she was named after. Feel free to post me off list if you'd like to chat. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.