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From: "MargM" <>
Subject: [TSL] Edmonton, ALB,CAN to London 1914 ??
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:57:21 +1100


Discovered today that a good friends fathers family did not travel
across the Pacific Ocean to Sydney . What gave that idea bad vibes
from the start was her Dad telling her he had lost his hat in the
Panama Canal .!

I had no idea what made me type her grandfathers names into Findmypast
passenger departures guessing 1914 - 1919
And WOW !!!! there was Stephen BJ FERGUSON, wife Elizabeth & 6
children as passengers to Sydney on the PO ship Beltana that
departed London 10 Mar 1914

All 6 chn were b in Edmonton..............

Would anyone have an idea how they got from Edmonton to London ??
By train to Vancouver > Vancouver via Panama to
London ??
Why not Vancouver direct to Sydney ? As the gull flies that's a tad
shorter in distance and in cost !

This is certainly one for the 'leave no stone unturned' rule :-)

Been quite a day finding that info


Bye

MargM
Beautiful NSW Central Coast
NSW
Australia




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