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Title: McPHAIL family
Post by: TAMOWEN4 on Tuesday 11 October 11 18:59 BST (UK)

Hi

 looking for any information please on a (*) born 1937/38 in Dunbartonshire Scotland. Emigrated to Queensland Australia with her father Robert McPhail and her mother Bethia Logan Owen McPhail in 1947/48

thanks in anticipation

Tommy Owen

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Title: Re: McPHAIL family
Post by: krisesjoint on Wednesday 12 October 11 01:02 BST (UK)

Hi Tommy,

Sorry I have removed the daughters details as per RootsChat Policy as I was a little concerned given her full name, year of birth and parents full names were listed.

Departing London 8 Jun 1948 aboard the MALOJA Ticketed to Brisbane

MCPHAIL Robert 38 a Machinist address in UK 13 Levin Street Renton
MCPHAIL Bethia 34 a housewife
MCPHAIL along with a 9 year old daughter

So far I have not located them in Brisbane. There is a red cross at the beginning of the entry so I wonder if you are certain they actually did emigrate.  :-\

Queensland Resources

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,369972.0.html

Cheers Kris  :)

Title: Re: McPHAIL family
Post by: krisesjoint on Wednesday 12 October 11 01:24 BST (UK)

According to The National Archives the family did arrive in Brisbane 7 July 1948

http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/using/search/index.aspx (search as a guest)

You can view the original image  ;)

Cheers Kris  :)

Title: Re: McPHAIL family
Post by: TAMOWEN4 on Wednesday 12 October 11 05:59 BST (UK)

Thanks for that Kris.

 As it turns out I saw those documents yesterday through an Owen relation in the USA.

I see the wife's maiden name was Chapman and not Owen as I thought, however, as my grandfather was an Owen and born in Renton as was Bethia (and she has Owen in her name), I wondered what the connection was.

thanks again

Tommy  :)