S.S. Argentina
WWII War Brides
We have begun a list of the war brides that came over on the S.S. Argentina. If you were a war bride or are a descendant of a war bride who sailed across the big pond to the U.S. on the S.S. Argentina, please send us an e-mail so we may add your name and your husband's information here.
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Margaret Pearson, 18 yrs. Maiden Name: Andrews Date of Sailing: January 26, 1946 Met: June 1941 at the Headquarters of the 8th Air Force at Teddington while riding her bicycle home from work. |
Married: April 9, 1944 Husband: Carl Pearson Carl was a Staff Sergeant with the 8th Air Force. Carl had seen his daughter before he was sent home from England.
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Gail Pearson, 11 mos., born February 8, 1945 Daughter of Margaret and Carl Pearson
Gail is now married and living in Texas with surname of: Hairston |
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Joan Stubbs, 18 yrs. Maiden Name: Stangroome Date of Sailing: January 26, 1946 Met: Fall 1942 at Fred’s Café in the British village of Bourne End. |
Married: September 2, 1944 Husband: Walter Moody Stubbs, Jr. Walter was a Master Sergeant/Crew Chief on a B-17 of the "Fame's Favored Few," in the Army Air Corps, 407th Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force. |
Jean Beatty Maiden Name: Crisp Date of Sailing: January 26, 1946 Son: David, born April 16, 1956 |
Married: August 26, 1944 Husband: Jack Beatty Jack was a Staff Sergeant stationed at Teddington in the 8th Air Force, then at High Wycombe. |
Pamela Mary Lawson Maiden Name: Gavin Date of Sailing: February 22, 1946 Son: Denis, 8 months old. |
Married: Husband: David E. Lawson David was serving in the 8th Air Force. |
Gwendoline Daisy Cox Maiden Name: Date of Sailing: January 26, 1946 Daughter: Cheryl Barbara Cox, 1 year old. Met: Her youngest sister was dating Williams best friend, and so he and Gwendoline were set up on a date when she was home on leave from the Women's Royal Navy (The WRNS). They were married before her sister did. |
Married: November 25, 1943 Husband: William Cox William Cox was stationed at Little Staughton Army Air Base, near Bedford, England. |
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