1940's - Penarth's GI Brides - In 1942 a US Navy base was established in Penarth Docks, which saw American servicemen in Penarth. They would attend dances at The Marina, and their smart uniforms and movie-star accents won over the hearts of many Penarth women. Many of these so-called "GI Brides" moved to America when the war was over. - People's Collection Wales [048]
1946 - Penarth's GI Brides to Sail in Queen Mary - Throughout the country, British wives of Americans are leaving their homes to join their husbands in the USA, and on Monday morning two brides from Penarth left to take up their new lives in America.
One was Mrs. Frances Spencer, third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Edwards, of 5 Cawnpore Street, Cogan. Mrs. Spencer met her husband when her mother invited three Americans to spend Christmas Day 1943 . . . . They were married the following October, and Mrs. Spencer was unable to join her husband until he went to France on D-Day. Mrs. Spencer's new home will be at Yakima, Washington.
The other GI bride is Mrs. Nancy Mullins, formerly Miss Schultz, of Maughan Terrace. She was married two years ago. Her husband, who she met in Penarth, was in the US Navy, and lives in West Virginia. Mrs. Mullins is hoping to arrive in America in time to spend her 22nd birthday in New York.
Both Mrs. Spencer and Mrs. Mullins will spend a few days in Salisbury at the transportation camp before sailing to America. They hope to leave England on february 3rd in the Queen Mary. - Penarth Times [101] 31st January 1946. |
