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From: Kenneth Scott <>
Subject: Re: [WarBrides] Dutch Bride
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 09:36:04 -0400
References: <011801c6c1ed$b43bddb0$0301a8c0@Graeme>
In-Reply-To: <011801c6c1ed$b43bddb0$0301a8c0@Graeme>


The "weg" is pronounced somewhat like "way" as I remember it -- so
Centralweg is sort of like Central Way or Street. The number would be
the house number.

Kenneth Scott
Dunedin, Florida

Debbie Beavis wrote:
> Hi Trisha and all
>
> I've been able to help Rosolynn with the name of this lady. However if
> anyone was on the Mauretania voyage leaving Liverpool in August 1946 and
> remembers any of the Dutch girls on board, perhaps they might get in touch?
>
> Likewise, does anyone on this list understand Dutch? If you do, please could
> you translate this section of the address 'Centralweg 30'. Is that a street
> address? The town was Geertruidenberg. If you know the town, I'd be very
> glad to hear from you too.
>
> Thank you for your help!
>
> Debbie Beavis
> Warbrides
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: PATRICIA TANNER [mailto:]
>> Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 5:31 PM
>> To:
>> Subject: [WarBrides] Warbride - request for help
>>
>>
>> I received this request from Rosolynn Kalb, if anyone can
>> help, I have her email address and telephone number.
>>
>> "I am the daughter of a WWII serviceman who married a Dutch
>> woman overseas during the war or at the end of the war. I
>> understand that
>> she came to Canada but did not stay.
>>
>> My father passed on in 1984 without speaking about this
>> marriage and I
>> would be so interested in knowing more about this lady.
>>
>> I do not know her name but my father was Ross Roydon Hawley
>> and he was
>> from Blenheim, Ontario. If anyone has any information about
>> these two
>> people, could they pass it along to me or help me by
>> providing me with
>> some contacts - perhaps some contacts in Holland. - Rosolynn Kalb"
>>
>>
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