Below is the transcript of a letter briefly noting some of the post-World War II conditions of a family in Preston, Lancashire, as described by a visitor from Canada. The writer, Reverend Francis Chaloner, was apparently asked by Lillian Rawlinson … Continue reading A 1946 Letter from Preston, England to Vancouver, Canada
This letter from a Glen Williams to Lillian Healy Rawlinson, who he called ‘Auntie,’ was apparently a known nephew to her, but I haven’t been able to find any relationship in genealogy records or DNA. If they were related, it … Continue reading A 1946 Letter from a Mystery Nephew
This was the last letter Patrick Healy (1884-1942) sent to his sister, Lilian Rawlinson, opining about day to day life, family, the cost of living, wartime rationing, politics and history. Continue reading A Last Letter, 1942, from Patrick Healy: Sydney, Australia
Transcript of a letter from Maria Muncaster to her brother Walter Rawlinson in Vancouver, Canada, regarding some impacts of World War II, such as rationing and air raids, in their neighborhood of Preston, England. Continue reading A 1941 Letter from Maria Muncaster, Preston, Lancashire, UK
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