War Brides

[alanmack]

Hi Rootschatters,

A relative in Canada maintains that having married a Canadian soldier during WW2 and giving birth to his child, they sailed for Canada to join her In-Laws before VE-day to await the return of her husband from the War. Do other Rootchatters have more examples of this occurring as I find it hard to believe that such provision for War Brides was put into action so early.

Alan

[RunKitty]

Hi,

This site has some interesting information about War Brides.  Here is a table showing immigration statistics.   It looks like many War Brides arrived in Canada before the end of the war. 

http://www.canadianwarbrides.com/immigrationstats.asp

RK
 

[emarbe]

Hello Alan

If you know when she travelled and do a search on the Ship's Passenger Lists to Canada, there will be an entry under the "Canadian Wive's Bureau - Civilians Repatriation Section", this lists all those wives who travelled and gives their address in the UK and in Canada.

Mike

[alanmack]

Thank you RunKitty and Mike for your replies as well as answering the basic question you've given me something to work on. I have no idea when she travelled and unfortunately only got the information subsequent to her demise at the beginning of February.

Thanks again

Alan

[valeriec]

www.ancestorsonboard.com

may have her on passenger list as they go to 1960

If she is deceased, you can post her name on here and we may be able to find when she did come to Canada.

A great many war brides came to Canada several years before the end of the war and some who ended up widows stayed and others returned to the UK.

[alanmack]

Valerie

Thank you for the link. It didn't prove useful as it was a wartime journey to Canada. I am reluctant to put up details as her death is too recent.

Alan

[polarbear]

Many war brides came in through Pier 21 in Halifax. You may find something through this link to its website. I haven't looked at it recently but it used to have names of immigrants in its online database.

http://www.pier21.ca/

Polarbear

[gransworld]

My mother was such a war bride who arrived in Canada at  Pier 21  in 1945  with me she left before the end of the war to go to the in-laws  the ship we came on  is  not one that is listed on the immigration statistics so the one your looking for maybe missed.

[alanmack]

Hi again
             Thank you polarbear for the link which i have not yet  been able to view successfully(!?) and gransworld for confirming the conclusion I'd come to.

Thank you to all who replied to dispel my ignorance of this subject.

alanmack