NameHelen Scott Johnstone [92, MV Ransitane, departing London on 21 Oct 1960], [13, Her engagement notice, 7 Oct 1953], [89, Stuart descendants of Wm Penn, vol 25, No 3, p. 169]
Birth15 Jan 1924
Spouses
1Peter John de Courcy Hallifax [3, His birth, Q2 of 1917, Penzance dist, vol 5c, p. 295], [92, MV Ransitane, departing London on 21 Oct 1960], [92, SS Oxfordshire, departing Liverpool on 5 Nov 1937], [89, Stuart descendants of Wm Penn, vol 25, No 3, p. 169]
Notes for Helen Scott Johnstone
My mother had written that his wife was Margaret but on the passenger list for their 1960 voyage to New Zealand, she is down as Helen S, so I’ve changed to that. I do not know her surname: their marriage will not be in FreeBMD for a couple of years yet (written in 2008).
The Times comes to the rescue: on 7th Oct 1953, it carried a notice of her and Peter’s engagement which gives her name as Helen Scott Johnstone, only dau. of Mr & Mrs J S Johnstone of Marlborough, New Zealand. The Times did not carry a marriage notice, so I do not know the date let alone the location of that; further it will need a search in New Zealand records, not FreeBMD, to find this. I strongly suspect the notice was put in The Times by Peter’s mother who was, apparently, still alive then.