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Hello! Linda G, are you still around?

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Tiger-Lily

Tiger-Lily Report 5 Nov 2007 22:14

Hi Linda G,
I just got back and spotted your kind offer of a ships passenger list look-up.
Details are skimpy - but
William Kirby born 1897 in Southwark, SE London and travelling aged late twenties, early thirties so about 1927ish. The destination would be Canada. I can't be certain, but I am tempted to think that he might have left from Southampton given where he lived.
Any help would be lovely but I have proberbly missed you by now.
Regards
Tiger-Lily

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 5 Nov 2007 23:22

Thre's this one on the Collectionscanada site:

Immigration Records (1925-1935)
Item Display
Return to results | Search | Online HelpSurname: KirbyGiven Name: WilliamAge: 29Sex: MNationality: BrDate of Arrival: 1925/01/18 (YYYY/MM/DD)Port of Arrival: St. JohnShip: MONTROSE, Canadian PacificReference: RG76 - IMMIGRATION, series C-1-cVolume: 1925 volume 1Page Number: 29Microfilm reel: T-14845

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

Tiger-Lily

Tiger-Lily Report 5 Nov 2007 23:43

Thank you soooo much Margaret. I will now try to work on that info.
Kind regards
Tiger-Lily

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 6 Nov 2007 00:37

Right, Lost for Words, I didn't go the step further to see if there were other Kirbys on the ship. It certainly looks like a family, William 29, Annie 26 and Selina 5.
Margaret
Uh oh! Just noticed, Tiger-Lily's William Kirby was from London.

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

Ivy

Ivy Report 6 Nov 2007 22:17

This is certainly a Liverpool family - Wlliam A Kirby married Annie Jackson Sep qtr 1918 in Liverpool reg district. Selina M Kirby (mmn Jackson) born Jun 1919.

It might be Tiger-Lily's William Kirby if he had travelled north before marrying.