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Emigration to Canada

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CDU

CDU Report 1 Mar 2010 17:37

Looking for passenger lists.
My grandmother Kathleen Lilian Hicks born 1896
became a widow in 1928.She met a Canadian Harry
Lee and went to Canada.I do not know if they wed.in
England or Canada.
She did swop her name round to Lilian Kathleen Hicks.

FannyByGaslight

FannyByGaslight Report 1 Mar 2010 17:58

And was Hicks her first married or maiden name please?
Do you know when they went to Canada?

George

George Report 1 Mar 2010 18:03

There is a Kathleen Hicks born abt 1897 arrived in Halifax on the 10 October 1919 on the Saxiona.
Reading the record it states she was going to Canada to get married.

CDU

CDU Report 1 Mar 2010 18:05

Hi Fanny her first husband was Hicks she was baptised
Phillips

FannyByGaslight

FannyByGaslight Report 1 Mar 2010 18:09

Do you know when or about when after 1928 she went to Canada please?

CDU

CDU Report 1 Mar 2010 18:15

Hi fanny All i know is that they lived in Toronto and had a son

FannyByGaslight

FannyByGaslight Report 1 Mar 2010 18:16

No idea of a year then?

There are a few Lilian Lee.s,an address and maybe year that they would have left from may narrow it down?

CDU

CDU Report 1 Mar 2010 18:23

I do not know when they sailed .They did come back to
England in ww2 i have a photo of him in uniform.

FannyByGaslight

FannyByGaslight Report 1 Mar 2010 18:29

Incoming??

UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960
about Kathleen Lee
Name: Kathleen Lee
Birth Date: abt 1898
Age: 39
Port of Departure: Montrã©AL, Quã©Bec, Canada
Arrival Date: 1 Aug 1937
Port of Arrival: London, England
Ports of Voyage: Montreal and Quebec
Ship Name: Ausonia
Search Ship Database: View the 'Ausonia' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping Line: Cunard White star
Official Number: 145970

Travelling with..
Harry Lee age 39 who is a Tinsmith?
Robert age 10

They are going to.

18 Ordinance Terrace,Chatham,Kent.

Still trying for her going out...

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 1 Mar 2010 18:37

Her first marriage?

Marriages Jun 1914 (>99%)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hicks George W Phillips Medway 2a 1531
PHILLIPS Kathleen L Hicks Medway 2a 1531

CDU

CDU Report 1 Mar 2010 18:38

Hi Fanny That is them .Now you have got me guessing.
I did not know they had Robert with them as well.

FannyByGaslight

FannyByGaslight Report 1 Mar 2010 18:58

Nothing that I can say for sure is her going out I am afraid..
Under either surname
Sorry Dixy..

CDU

CDU Report 1 Mar 2010 19:24

Hi Fanny Thank you for you help .So it seems she married
husband two before husband one had died.I will know have
to look for a divorce.
Regards Dixy.

FannyByGaslight

FannyByGaslight Report 1 Mar 2010 19:37

She may not have "legally"married him until hubby 1 died of course,if she legally married Harry Lee at all of course.