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Title: Jeanie Houston Laurie born 1929 Leith Edinburgh Scotland.
Post by: suzilad on Saturday 03 January 26 19:12 GMT (UK)

  I am trying to find more information on Jeanie or Jean as I believe she preferred to be called.

She was the only child as far as I can find out of William and Thomasina Wickham .

I know she married where and when I have no idea .

I believe she had a family .

Apologies  this is all the information I have.

suzilad

Title: Re: Jeanie Houston Laurie born 1929 Leith Edinburgh Scotland.
Post by: Neale1961 on Saturday 03 January 26 20:16 GMT (UK)
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Title: Re: J H L born 1929 Leith Edinburgh Scotland.
Post by: aghadowey on Saturday 03 January 26 21:33 GMT (UK)
She went to Canada via U.S. in 1948- be sure to look at ALL the records for her here:
https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/
Title: Re: Jeanie Houston Laurie born 1929 Leith Edinburgh Scotland.
Post by: CaroleW on Sunday 04 January 26 11:46 GMT (UK)
If she was an only child - where does she fit into your FH?  Are you related via her parents? Thomasina was Thomasina Houst Wickham
Title: Re: Jeanie Houston Laurie born 1929 Leith Edinburgh Scotland.
Post by: CaroleW on Sunday 04 January 26 11:52 GMT (UK)
There is a Jeanie Laurie aged 18 occ typist left  Southampton for New York 22.4.1948.  Intended country of residence USA
Title: Re: Jeanie Houston Laurie born 1929 Leith Edinburgh Scotland.
Post by: aghadowey on Sunday 04 January 26 11:54 GMT (UK)
There is a Jeanie Laurie aged 18 occ typist left  Southampton for New York 22.4.1948.  Intended country of residence USA

Page 2 give address of her father in Scotland and aunt in Ontario. That's the 2nd manifest in 1948 she appears in which is why I said look at ALL the records.
Title: Re: Jeanie Houston Laurie born 1929 Leith Edinburgh Scotland.
Post by: CaroleW on Sunday 04 January 26 12:01 GMT (UK)
Page 2 not available on Ancestry.  You may need a WW sub which I don't have
Title: Re: Jeanie Houston Laurie born 1929 Leith Edinburgh Scotland.
Post by: suzilad on Sunday 04 January 26 12:15 GMT (UK)


Thank you all .

Jeanie was the cousin of my mother in law . He father and my mother in laws mother were brother
and sister they were all brought up in the Leith district of Edinburgh.

 Jeanie did marry and had two daughters my husband remembers meeting them when they visited Scotland  many years ago.


Title: Re: Jeanie Houston Laurie born 1929 Leith Edinburgh Scotland.
Post by: aghadowey on Sunday 04 January 26 12:18 GMT (UK)
Page 2 not available on Ancestry.  You may need a WW sub which I don't have

No subscription needed- I viewed it on Family Search which is free (to which I posted link earlier).
Title: Re: Jeanie Houston Laurie born 1929 Leith Edinburgh Scotland.
Post by: rosie17 on Sunday 04 January 26 14:21 GMT (UK)
She was going to her Aunt Mrs Barbara Tait Windsor Ontario

I have a record of her returning 1954 going to the same address as her departure
51,Tolbooth Wynd Leith Midlothian

She departs again 1957 gives her address as 55,A Bowling Green Lane Leith going back to Canada with her family
Will P M details as children most probably still living

Rosie
Title: Re: Jeanie Houston Laurie born 1929 Leith Edinburgh Scotland.
Post by: rosie17 on Sunday 04 January 26 20:56 GMT (UK)
It looks like Jeanie married twice
She died as Jean  Mackendrick 1988 Windsor Ontario
Her obituary date
10 February 1988
The Windsor Star newspaper mentions name of her son I sent you
It's also on findagrave as Jennie Mackendrick
Birth 1929
Death 1988

Rosie
Title: Re: Jeanie Houston Laurie born 1929 Leith Edinburgh Scotland.
Post by: suzilad on Sunday 04 January 26 21:17 GMT (UK)



Thank you so much Gracie  I thought she had been married twice but couldn't find anything on her at all .
They always spoke of her as Jeanie but I wondered if she went by another name as a couple of friends of mine were called Jeannie after their grandmothers and hated it.

suzilad
Title: Re: Jeanie Houston Laurie born 1929 Leith Edinburgh Scotland.
Post by: Kiltaglassan on Sunday 04 January 26 21:17 GMT (UK)


It's also on findagrave as Jennie Mackendrick
Birth 1929
Death 1988

Burial
Windsor Memorial Gardens Cemetery
Windsor, Essex County, Ontario, Canada
URL-
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/218784994/jennie-mackendrick


Title: Re: Jeanie Houston Laurie born 1929 Leith Edinburgh Scotland.
Post by: rosie17 on Sunday 04 January 26 21:23 GMT (UK)


It's also on findagrave as Jennie Mackendrick
Birth 1929
Death 1988

Burial
Windsor Memorial Gardens Cemetery
Windsor, Essex County, Ontario, Canada
URL-
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/218784994/jennie-mackendrick

Thanks  ;)
Title: Re: Jeanie Houston Laurie born 1929 Leith Edinburgh Scotland.
Post by: Kiltaglassan on Sunday 04 January 26 22:04 GMT (UK)

Thanks  ;)

You're very welcome  :)