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

Hello Marie, I see that Ted has reponded to the first part of your question. Have you visited the Canadian War Brides website ? http://www.canadianwarbrides.com/index.asp At 01:05 PM 2006-06-07 -0300, Marie MacLeod wrote: <snip> >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? We would love to have a scan of your postcard to add to our Aquitania page. Thank you ! You can send it to me at Sue Swiggum <swig@ns.sympatico.ca> >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. Have you read our Canada Records page? http://www.theshipslist.com/Research/canadarecords.htm This webpage explains when formal archiving of passenger lists began in Canada. We do get lucky on occasion, and we find a few records for the pre-archiving period, which you will find here http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/passengerlists/index.htm#canada We have been transcribing newspsper reports of ship movements here http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Arrivals/index.htm#canada . . but this will interest you most because of location and years covered Ships to and from Nova Scotia 1815-1838 http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Arrivals/novascotia.htm . . this is a wonderful collection of information about ships to Nova Scotia from a variety of sources. Any time I find anything new (to me) I add it to these pages. Take a moment to read the preamble for this page, as it does explain about some omissions and be aware that not all ship arrivals were recorded in the newspapers. >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 From a fellow Nova Scotian, I thank you for your comments and I'm glad you have been finding TheShipsList website so useful for your research :-} Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/

Hello Marie, You are correct. Between 1946 - 47 she carried war brides and was returned to Cunard in 1948. In 1948-49 she made 25 austerity voyages between Southampton and Halifax with emigrants, displaced persons and the last remaining troops. See http://ocean-liners.schuminweb.com/ships/aquitania.asp regards Ted ----- 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 > *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ > > >