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Sussex Lookup Requests / Re: Rita Lorraine Daly MacWhirter
« on: Thursday 15 February 18 03:41 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Edward,

It's great to hear from you again. I was wondering why there was no reply. Sometimes people decide they don't want to go any further and you don't hear back from them, so I'm glad you have replied.

All I can think of with the story regarding the car was that I think Mum was in the early stages of Alzheimer's when she told me about it. So maybe she was mixed up but she did seem pretty sure about what she was telling me. We'll never know.

I don't even know how Mum managed to keep in contact with Lorraine when she went to England as  the rest of the family didn't seem to keep in contact.

Yes I am in Australia. We went to England in 1967 when I was a child and did visit various family members in Ireland and England so I'm not sure why Mum would not have visited Lorraine then if they were in contact. Mum had also visited England at different times after that. I really can't remember if Mum told me if she had visited Lorraine on one of those trips.

I might send an email to my younger brother who was living in England for a few years. I'll ask him if he ever met Lorraine.

Lots of missing gaps.

Kind Regards
Catherine

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Sussex Lookup Requests / Re: Rita Lorraine Daly MacWhirter
« on: Tuesday 12 September 17 05:58 BST (UK)  »
Hello Edward.
It was great to hear from you. Unfortunately I can't send a private message to give you my email address. Julie is going to try and contact you. I don't know if she has already.

Strange about your grandmother having dementia as my mother said to me that your grandfather had told her Lorraine had been hit by a car and had a severe brain injury??? I don't think Mum had any more contact after that. Not sure what that was about.

My mother passed away in 2014 after battling Alzheimer's.

I had also found a note in an old diary of Mums saying that Rita Lillian Wailes was living in Brighton, England. Do you know if she did in fact go to England for a time?
I look forward to hearing from you again.

Regards
Catherine


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Sussex Lookup Requests / Re: Rita Lorraine Daly MacWhirter
« on: Wednesday 21 June 17 06:25 BST (UK)  »
Hello.

Lorraine Daly was my mothers cousin. Richard Agar Daly (Dick) was my mothers Uncle and Richard Todd was her first cousin.
I didn't know Lorraines first name was Rita my mother always referred to her as Lorraine. I have her husband as Robert MacWhirter who was in the RAN.
I believe Lorraine was injured in a car accident that left her quite disabled form a brain injury.
I'm not sure exactly when that happened but I believe it was quite a while before she died.
I don't really know a lot about the family. My mother didn't even know that Lorraine was her cousin until someone in the school playground told her when they were children. My mother was in contact with Lorraine and her husband in England before her accident.
I think I have a photo of Lorraines mother Rita somewhere.
Is there someway I can contact you other than on rootschat?
I'm pretty busy at the moment and don't have time to put a lot down.

Regards
Catherine

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