In 1933, the railway would have been running to D'dee. And it was the "normal" port for transferring to Scotland. So the family may have been returning from or going to Scotland. Mike Boyd Brisbane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Baker" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 9:27 PM Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] ELIZABETH McGIVERN and WILLIAM McCORMICKm.1899 Donaghadee > Andy > Of course its possible that she was visiting relatives, but more likely as > D'dee was one of the most popular seaside towns in Ireland, especially for > folks who lived in Belfast, that she was just there for a day or a few > days > at the seaside. End July, summer holidays, just seems a bit more likely. > > Cheers > > Jon > > -----Original Message----- > ANDY AIRRIESS > Sent: 30 January 2009 01:14 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] ELIZABETH McGIVERN and WILLIAM McCORMICK m.1899 > Donaghadee > I did have McCormick relatives of mine from Belfast who visited Donaghadee > in 1933 and their daughter Louise, age 25, died suddenly while there. I > always wondered why they were visiting there, thinking that perhaps they > were visiting relatives. > > --------------------------------- > 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