Hi Catherine, Not to Halifax, but to Saint John, New Brunswick and your Mum is right, it was SCOTIAN, but I don't know whether it was the March 1st arrival or the April 4th arrival. Reel # Ship Name Departure Information Arrival Information Shipping Line Special Group(s) Remarks T-14836 SCOTIAN Liverpool, England 1919-02-19 St. John, N.B. 1919-03-01 (CPOS) Canadian Pacific Ocean Services Ltd. (M): Returning Military - Nominal Roll of Officers & Men (see also film number T-14837 - Some Sheets misfiled with CASSANDRA) Master: W.P. Harris; see also film number T-5569 T-14837 SCOTIAN Liverpool, England 1919-03-25 St. John, N.B. 1919-04-04 (CPOS) Canadian Pacific Ocean Services Ltd. (M): Returning Military - Nominal Roll of Officers and Men Master: W.P. Harris The reference to microfilm reel number T-5569 is for the Manifest index reel for those passengers. That was a list of passengers created after arrival . . . those are not online anywhere. I checked on "Find my Past" (British outbound list) and confirmed that persons of that name were on that ship, that year (you have to be subscribed to see more than the index) http://www.findmypast.com/passengerListPersonSearchStart.action?redef=1 SWALES 1909 F 1919 Liverpool Canada Saint John NB SWALES E S 1908 F 1919 Liverpool Canada Saint John NB As you can see, the index calls David and "female" with no name or initial. I suspect the page just had ditto marks. Unfortunately the online Saint John lists only go to 1912 at present http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/passenger/index-e.html The scanned list is available through Ancestry, or you can have your local library library bring in the microfilms for you, through inter-library loan, from the Library & Archives of Canada. Good luck, Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/ At 08:11 AM 2008-09-27 -0400, Catherine Ali wrote: >I have been trying to find the ship my late father and his sister came on >from Liverpool to Halifax. This message tells all I know and I hope >someone can help me. The 2 passengers are David Swales and Esther Swales. >They were children. > >"I asked Mother if she remembered the name of the boat they came out >on. She thinks it was called the Scotian (possibly might have been the >Nova Scotian) it sailed from Liverpool Dock in March 1919- there were very >few civilians on board - it had 2000 Canadian troops being sent home from >the first world war. Mother said when her and David weren't sea sick they >would march around on deck behind the soldiers - who were singing songs >like Its a Long way to Tipperary - it was the first time they had >heard any of those songs--They landed in Halifax and then went by train >to Montreal." > >Than You. >Catherine >[email protected]