Marie - doesn't that imply that it was her first voyage to Halifax, not her first post war Atlantic crossing? She was operated by the Government until 1948. Don www.shiphistory.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marie MacLeod" <macl@ns.sympatico.ca> To: <TheShipsList-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 5:05 PM Subject: [TSL] Aquitania > My mother was a warbride from the second world war...she came to Nova > Scotia from England in 1946...I was reading the description of the > ship on your website and it stated: > "on 25th May 1948 started her first Southampton - Halifax voyage with > war brides" > For sure, 1948 is not a correct date for the war bride voyages > happening because she came over in 1946. I have a postcard of hers > from that voyage...it is a bit different than the ones you have posted > for that passenger ship. It is a side view rather than the front end > views. Did you wish me to scan that for you sometime? > > Also, may I ask you a question?...From your experiences, where did the > ships from Scotland arrive in Nova Scotia with passengers in the > 1815-1820 period...was it mostly Pictou? Were there ships arriving > also in Halifax and Liverpool, Queens County, Nova Scotia? I am > trying to track down people during that period who became the founding > settlers of our small community of Caledonia, Queens County, Nova > Scotia....100 miles southwest of Halifax...its main town is Liverpool. > > I hope that my email is not an inconvenience since I can well imagine > that you are a very busy person. Thank you for all the work you and > your partner have done in maintaining the Ships Lists website. It is > truly an amazing site for so many people!! > Marie MacLeod, Nova Scotia > > > ==== TheShipsList Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE from LIST - mailto:TheShipsList-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > To UNSUBSCRIBE from DIGEST - mailto:TheShipsList-D-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > Leave Subject Line empty * Put Only: UNSUBSCRIBE in body of message > *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ > >