The Times Monday May 02, 1960 WIDDOWSON - On April 29th, 1960 , at Deaconess Hospital, Edinburgh, MARGARET (RITA) ELIZABETH HUSBAND, widow of ARNOLD FREEMAN WIDDOWSON, Christchurch, New Zealand, and matron, Skegness Convalescent Home, and formerly Matron Fouad 1st Hospital, Cairo. There might have been a death notice in The Scotsman as well but the online archive stops at 1950. Judy On 18 Apr 2007, at 05:41, Deb Beban wrote: > snip > Person's name is Margaret (aka, Rita) Elizabeth Husband WIDDOWSON > (nee SMITH) > She was born Edinburgh c 1907 to Charles Irvine SMITH and Catherine > Gellatly MURDOCH. She had an older sister Isabella Irvine SMITH bn > 1904 and a brother Charles SMITH who may have been younger. He was > the informant to our family of her death but now as time has passed > there is nobody able to tell me exactly where she died. > > She married Arnold Freeman WIDDOWSON, a New Zealand service man, > February 1942, Cairo, Egypt. He was killed at El Alamein October > 1942. My aunt was an army nursing sister. > snip

Judy, thank you very much, your are a gem. That is just what we need to work with. I am absolutely delighted and can't thank you enough. Would be only to happy to so the same for you. Many thanks Deb ----- Original Message ----- From: "judy olsen" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 8:44 PM Subject: Re: [SCT-EDINBURGH] Death 1960 : The Times Monday May 02, 1960 : : : WIDDOWSON - On April 29th, 1960 , at Deaconess Hospital, Edinburgh, : MARGARET (RITA) ELIZABETH HUSBAND, widow of ARNOLD FREEMAN WIDDOWSON, : Christchurch, New Zealand, and matron, Skegness Convalescent Home, : and formerly Matron Fouad 1st Hospital, Cairo. : : : There might have been a death notice in The Scotsman as well but the : online archive stops at 1950. : : : Judy : : On 18 Apr 2007, at 05:41, Deb Beban wrote: : : > snip : : > Person's name is Margaret (aka, Rita) Elizabeth Husband WIDDOWSON : > (nee SMITH) : > She was born Edinburgh c 1907 to Charles Irvine SMITH and Catherine : > Gellatly MURDOCH. She had an older sister Isabella Irvine SMITH bn : > 1904 and a brother Charles SMITH who may have been younger. He was : > the informant to our family of her death but now as time has passed : > there is nobody able to tell me exactly where she died. : > : > She married Arnold Freeman WIDDOWSON, a New Zealand service man, : > February 1942, Cairo, Egypt. He was killed at El Alamein October : > 1942. My aunt was an army nursing sister. : > : snip : : : ------------------------------- : 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 Free Edition. : Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.5.1/765 - Release Date: 17/04/2007 5:20 p.m. : -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 749 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len