GI Brides of World War II

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John Ericsson HISTORY: ex- Kungsholm, 1942 US Gov't troopship renamed John Ericsson, 1946 chartered from US Gov't for 9 voyages. 1948 sold to Home Lines, Panama renamed Italia. Freda[Waddington] Riffle; 30 May 1946, England > New Lexington, Ohio Lucy Cullen-Reichl and son, Gerald L., 30 March 1946; England > US Doris [Twist] Baker, 20 June 1946; Plymonth, England > West Virginia Ivy Strother, 29 April 1946; England > Louisburg, N.C. Betty [Bonser] McKernie; Mar 46, London, England > Albany, Georgia Valerie E. Sinyard, May 2nd. 1946; Bristol, England > Alabama Miriam Stage, May 1946; High Wycombe, Bucks., England > San Diego, CA Una Lum, ; Leicester, England > Portland, Oregon Catherine Fogarty, July 1946; UK > Michigan Catherine A. Kiefer, April 1946; UK > US Catherine came with 823 other brides in 1946 Lilliam Wilson, Isle of Wright > Baltimore, MD > Bismarck, N.D. Florence "Peggy" Gertrude Smith Johnson, June 46; Walsall, England > Long Beach, Calif. From the New York Times, Feb. 26, 1946 "The U.S.S. Ericsson is schedules to leave England with 1,145 wives and children of servicemen, including these from the Greater Kansas City (Mo)." Mrs. Mary Robinett Mrs. Nolsa C. Marsh, husband, George E. Marsh Mrs. Joan M. Elb and daughter, husband James W. Elb. Marjorie Quinn Medley and daughter; Feb. 1946; England > Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Beatrice E. Rankin, husband Charles J. Rankins Mrs. Eileen I. Hagdick, husband John M. Hagdick The U.S.S. Ericsson left from Liverpool Lime Street Station to South Hampton. Originally she was to sail on the S. S. Santa Paula. Upon arrival in New York, New York they boarded a train for the Greater Kansas City, Missouri area. The following names were found on a ship menu dating Nov. 1946. Jenny Jones Anna Jones Donald Smith Constance Smith Wilbert F. Apps Gertrude L. Apps? Audrey V. Everhart Blanche Mathews Nettie Anne Wright Elizabeth Orr Line, July 20, '46; Liverpool, England > Arizona March 30, 1946 Florence M. Liles Marjoire Lilly Grace P.Letts Joyce E. Lewandowski Elie M. Lucas Mary E. Lynam Sylvia E. Mackey Freda N. Magie Ivy G.B. Malley Gladys B. Main Lena Mandelbaum Alice Markowski Beryl Matza Delia L. Maxwell Muriel Meek Phyllis S. Merrithew Phyllis M. Meyer Ruby M. Millington Doris Modisette Teresa E. Molineaux Nellie E.L. Morris Barbara Morriss Helen Moulton Eileen Orton and son Michael; Hartfordshire, England > Algona, Iowa BACK TO LIST