Do you have any information on a voyage from Liverpool in September of 1937. I think it was the last, safe voyage from England. I was on board with my parents and baby brother. I was just two years old, so don't remember the trip. We were supposed to arrive in New York, but because of the war, had to take the Northern route through Canada. We apparently had survivors from the voyage of The Athenia(I think), which had sailed a week earlier, and had been torpedoed. Thank you Mary Seymour Daniel

At 11:16 AM 2006-07-21 -0300, marydani@comcast.net wrote: >Do you have any information on a voyage from Liverpool in September of >1937. I think it was the last, safe voyage from England. I was on board >with my parents and baby brother. I was just two years old, so don't >remember the trip. We were supposed to arrive in New York, but because of >the war, had to take the Northern route through Canada. We apparently had >survivors from the voyage of The Athenia(I think), which had sailed a week >earlier, and had been torpedoed. > >Thank you > >Mary Seymour Daniel Hello Mary, I only have basic voyage information, as the passenger list is not publically available. The Duchess of Atholl was sailing regularly to Canada up to the last trip arriving at Quebec on October 22nd 1939, before she was requisitioned for trooping in December 1939. http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/descriptions/ShipsD.html DUCHESS OF ATHOLL Liverpool, England Quebec, Que. / Montreal, Que. 1937-09-18 (CPSSC) Canadian Pacific Steamships The Athenia was the first ship lost at the outbreak of the war on September 3rd 1939. I expect you are sure that your trip was 1937 rather than 1939, as the 2nd last Duchess of Atholl trip (before requisitioning) arrived at Quebec on September 23rd 1939, which could fit with your family history. Because of Canadian privacy laws, post 1935 Canadian passenger records are still in the custody of Citizenship & Immigration. You can make application under "freedom of information" for your own record, however certain conditions apply when wanting to consult the landing record of others. What will be received is an extract from the passenger list rather than a photocopy of the list itself. Make sure you check the conditions below. ========================================================================= Post-1935 Immigration Records Records of immigrants arriving at Canadian land and sea ports from 1 January 1936 onwards remain in the custody of Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Requests for copies of landing records should be directed to the undernoted office: Citizenship and Immigration Canada Public Rights Administration 300 Slater Street 3rd Floor, Section D OTTAWA, Ontario K1A 1L1 Please note that the following conditions apply: Applications for copies of documents must be submitted on an "Access to Information Request Form" by a Canadian citizen or an individual present in Canada. Fee: $5.00, payable to the Receiver General for Canada The request must be accompanied by a signed consent from the person concerned or proof that he/she has been deceased twenty years. Proof of death can be a copy of a death record, a newspaper obituary or a photograph of the gravestone showing name and death date. The request should include the following information: full name at time of entry into Canada, date of birth, year of entry. Additional information is helpful, such as country of birth, port of entry, and names of accompanying family members. For access to your own landing record, please visit or write to your nearest Canada Immigration Centre or Canadian Consular Office. Fee: $30.00 for a certified copy for legal purposes. If you do not require a certified copy, you can submit your request on a Personal Information Request Form at no charge. Copies of Access to Information Request Forms and Personal Information Request Forms can be obtained from most Canadian public libraries and federal government offices. Forms: http://www.privcom.gc.ca/fs-fi/02_05_d_11_03_e.asp http://infosource.gc.ca/index-e.html Best of luck Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/