Previously I inquired about my Grandfathers family who lived in Belfast and Bangor. The Name was Patton and they were in the Land and Estate business in Belfast. The business was located at 100 High Street in Belfast and I am aware that it was still operating in 1940. Curiously, I cannpt find any records on the remaining siblings from my Grandfathers family after my Great Grandmothers death in 1940. I have come to understand that there was a major Bombing of Belfast in 1941 and that High Street was heavily damaged. Does anyone know if a list of casualties exists from this event?? If any of the Patton's were kileed it might explain why no records can be found. Thanks, Gord Patton Zurawel Patton Sample Tel: 1-416-303-5494 Fx: 1-905-576-4975 Em: [email protected] www.zps.ca

There is a pretty good article on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belfast_Blitz This has lots of detail too: http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/yourplaceandmine/topics/war/belfastblitz// Andy Airriess

Gord. Go on the Belfast Forum with your question. There are people there who will know this story inside and out. In fact, it is just the kind of thing that gets them all going. Owen Davey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gord Patton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 2:05 PM Subject: [NIR-DOWN] Belfast Luftwaffe Bombing in 1941 > Previously I inquired about my Grandfathers family who lived in Belfast > and > Bangor. The Name was Patton and they were in the Land and Estate business > in > Belfast. The business was located at 100 High Street in Belfast and I am > aware that it was still operating in 1940. Curiously, I cannpt find any > records on the remaining siblings from my Grandfathers family after my > Great > Grandmothers death in 1940. I have come to understand that there was a > major > Bombing of Belfast in 1941 and that High Street was heavily damaged. Does > anyone know if a list of casualties exists from this event?? If any of the > Patton's were kileed it might explain why no records can be found. > > Thanks, > > Gord Patton > Zurawel Patton Sample > Tel: 1-416-303-5494 > Fx: 1-905-576-4975 > Em: [email protected] > www.zps.ca > > --------------------------------- > 469 list members as of 8 Jan 2009 - hopefully at least one of them will > answer your question! > --------------------------------- > Searchable list archive at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.233 / Virus Database: 270.10.16/1926 - Release Date: 01/30/09 17:31:00

And Gord, when you find the list, be sure to share the information with us! Diane On Jan 31, 2009, at 10:24 AM, Owen Davey wrote: > Gord. Go on the Belfast Forum with your question. There are people > there who > will know this story inside and out. In fact, it is just the kind of > thing > that gets them all going. Owen Davey > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gord Patton" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 2:05 PM > Subject: [NIR-DOWN] Belfast Luftwaffe Bombing in 1941 > >> Previously I inquired about my Grandfathers family who lived in >> Belfast >> and Bangor. The Name was Patton and they were in the Land and >> Estate business >> in Belfast. The business was located at 100 High Street in Belfast >> and I am >> aware that it was still operating in 1940. Curiously, I cannpt find >> any records on the remaining siblings from my Grandfathers family >> after my Great Grandmothers death in 1940. I have come to >> understand that there was a major Bombing of Belfast in 1941 and >> that High Street was heavily damaged. Doesanyone know if a list of >> casualties exists from this event?? If any of the Patton's were >> kileed it might explain why no records can be found. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Gord Patton >> Zurawel Patton Sample >> Tel: 1-416-303-5494 >> Fx: 1-905-576-4975 >> Em: [email protected] >> www.zps.ca >>

Gord Contact the Belfast Newspaper Library. They should know when these bombing took place and if and when a listof people killed was published. Mike Boyd Brisbane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gord Patton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 4:05 AM Subject: [NIR-DOWN] Belfast Luftwaffe Bombing in 1941 > Grandmothers death in 1940. I have come to understand that there was a > major > Bombing of Belfast in 1941 and that High Street was heavily damaged. Does > anyone know if a list of casualties exists from this event?? If any of the > Patton's were kileed it might explain why no records can be found. > > Thanks, > > Gord Patton > Zurawel Patton Sample > Tel: 1-416-303-5494 > Fx: 1-905-576-4975 > Em: [email protected] > www.zps.ca >