| CAPTAIN W. M.
RUSSELL'S SCRAPBOOK |
| Rebecca Baker is the daughter
of Patricia Russell who's father was Captain William Marshall Russell,
Captain of the Lake Tanker Valera which was
torpedoed and
sunk by U-518 on 7 March, 1944. Capt. Russell was the only
crewmember to perish. Rebecca found the web site, saw photos of
her grandparents and sent me an email.
CLICK HERE TO SEE THAT EMAIL. I
also asked her if she had any photos from her grandparents, this is what
she sent. If any one reconciles any of the persons in the photos
please let me know, Rebecca would like to know. |
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MARGARET RUSSELL; CAPTAIN WILLIAM MARSHALL RUSSELL
AND THREE FRIENDS. |
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MARGARET RUSSELL, BLACK DRESS;
CAPTAIN WILLIAM MARSHALL RUSSELL WITH ARM AROUND MARGARET.
The officer on
the left, wearing the “choker” white dress uniform is my father, Capt.
Henry John Turner. This from Captain John Turner, his son.
CLICK ON THE LINE ABOVE TO READ ABOUT CAPTAIN
HENRY JOHN TURNER
ALSO CLICK ON THIS
LINE TO SEE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PHOTO ABOVE |
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POSTCARD FROM ARUBA |
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MARGARET RUSSELL; CAPTAIN WILLIAM MARSHALL RUSSELL
AND THREE FRIENDS. |
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SHEILA & PATRICIA RUSSELL |
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CAPTAIN WILLIAM MARSHALL RUSSELL |
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PATRICIA RUSSELL |
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SHEILA & PATRICIA RUSSELL IN FRONT OF BUNGALOW
54 IN THE 1930's |
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MARGARET RUSSELL; CAPTAIN WILLIAM MARSHALL RUSSELL
AND GIRLS IN MARACAIBO WITH FRIENDS. |
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April 7, 2008. Today Rebecca sent more
photos from her family and their time in Aruba. |
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SHEILA & PATRICIA RUSSELL
WITH SHIP'S ENGINEER ON BOARD MISOA. |
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MARGARET RUSSELL AND GIRLS IN SITTING ON A WALL
OUTSIDE THEIR BUNGALOW IN ARUBA. |
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LEFT TO RIGHT, FIRST ROW: PATSY RUSSELL, HER
MOTHER MARGARET, JOHN CAIN WITH SHEILA ON HIS LAP. TOM MANN IS THE
MAN IN THE SECOND ROW THE LITTLE GIRL IS DOROTHY STEWART. |
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"Sheila", "Betty Russell" (no relation but same
surname) their Sunday School Teacher, and "Patsy" |
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"Patsy" and "Sheila" covering themselves with
cushions. They were having fun with Tom Mann. |
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"Patsy and Sheila" are sitting on rocking chairs
in front of the wendy house which their father had made for them out of
old shutter |
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"Sheila and Patsy at the piano" inside Bungalow
54. |
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"Patsy, another child of a crew member and
Sheila." April 21, 2009, today I received an email from
Bryan McCall telling me he was
looking at the web site and what a shock to see himself as a little boy
with Patsy and Sheila. They lived in Bungalow 54, Bryan lived in
Bungalow 59. |
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Lake Tanker "Misoa". |
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CLICK ON PHOTO OF LAKE TANKER TO
SEE DETAILS ABOUT THE SHIP ON AUKE VISSER'S WEB SITE.
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CAPTAIN WILLIAM MARSHALL RUSSELL |
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This is the letter received by Mrs. Russell
informing her that her husband was lost. |
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"Nicola Goodall (ne Henderson) and
husband Mike. Nicola is the eldest proud Granddaughter of William and
Margaret Russell and is the eldest daughter of Sheila Margaret Henderson
who was the youngest Daughter of William and Margaret Russell". |
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From Left to right, Steven, John, Susan
(Sue), Nicola and Greg |
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THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS ARE OF PATSY
RUSSELL'S CHILDREN & GRANDCHILDREN |
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| From left to right, is of
"Sheila and Peter Henderson" and "Patricia and Derrick Paine" |
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This is Sharon, Pat's younger daughter, as a
teenager |
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Sharon and her husband Mike Burrows |
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Mike and Sharon's children, Matthew and Simon |
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Rebecca, Pat's eldest daughter, aged 19 |
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Rebecca and her children, from left to right -
Lizzie, Tim, Sarah and Jo |
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Rebecca as a young girl |
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Lizzie and her daughters Bethany and Ellie |
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Mike & Nicky Goodall just returned from a visit to
England (July 2011) and send the following information about the trip. |
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A Photo of the recently erected gravestone on the
previously unmarked grave of Capt. Russell's wife Margaret Russell. In
the photo are left to right:- Thomas Cawton Russell (nephew of Capt.
Russell), William Russell (son of Thomas Russell), Nicola Goodall (ne
Henderson grand daughter) and Rebecca Baker (ne Paine grand daughter). |
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(b) A Photo of one of Captain William Marshall
Russell dress Uniform Buttons
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This shows the medals that Capt. Russell received
from the British for
his war services, |
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COOK
BOOK |
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While sorting through Documents in her father's
attic Nicky came across what claims to be the First Aruba Cook Book
compiled by the Ladies of the Colony.
On checking your web site we noticed that you
already had two cook books one from 1960's and the other from around
the war period. On checking these out our copy is of the one from
around the War period and is a little more complete than the copy
you have. We know that William's wife and children sailed to the UK
from the colony in 1939 so it is quite likely that this cook book
predates their departure although we have no definitive proof.
Ours is bound using a two punched clip system
Oxford Filing Folders (made in U.S.A.) Stock No. 1756 and has the
outer cover and first pages intact. The remainder of the book looks
to be the same as the one from Fay Keene (except the Table of
weights and measures page is missing) with page 101 being the last
page.
We have enclosed copies of the outer cover,
Preface and Table of Contents.
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Cover of the cook book |
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Preface of the cook book |
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Table of Content of the cook book |
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CLICK HERE TO SEE CONTENT
OF FAY KEENE'S COOK BOOK |
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CLICK HERE TO RETURN TO THE LAKE
TANKER FAMILIES DIRECTORY |