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SS Abukir was a British coastal steamship that was launched in 1920 as SS Island Queen and renamed in 1934 as SS Kyle Queen. In 1935 she was renamed Abukir and registered in Egypt. In May 1940 she was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea while evacuating UK and Belgian soldiers, airmen and civilians from Ostend on the last day of the Battle of Belgium.

From wikipedia

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Susannah Oneill Blair
in the Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958
Name: Susannah Oneill Blair
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1920
Registration district: Larne
Volume: 1
Page: 567
FHL Film Number: 101078

The CWGC Registration document shows him as a Merchant Seaman, on ss Abukir

One of Gail's couple's children ??

William O'Neil Blair
in the UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947
Name: William O'Neil Blair
Age: 17
Birth Date: abt 1923
Death Date: 28 May 1940
Cemetery: The Tower Hill Memorial Part II (Bea-Byw)
Burial Country: England
Father: Thomas Blair
Mother: Margaret Blair
Region or Memorial: Memorial Register


Blair, Ordinary Seaman, William O'Neil. Merchant Navy. SS "Abukir" (London). Age 17.

Long shot - no idea if these are the same people or not - probably not, actually, as the children would have been well into their teens by the time this Maggie died - and not in Larne - but I'll post it anyway , just in case -

Thomas Blair
in the England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
Name: Thomas Blair
Probate Date: 30 Apr 1924
Registry: London, England
Death Date: 26 Jan 1924
Death Place: Belfast, Antrim, Down, Ireland

Address: 95 Beersbridge Road, Belfast.
Admin, Belfast, to Maggie Blair, widow. £173.18/- in England.
(Also money in NI:
Blair Thomas of 95 Beersbridge Road Belfast gateman died 26 January 1924 Administration Belfast 15 April to Maggie Blair widow. Effects £233 18s. 8d.



Margaret Blair
in the Web: Northern Ireland, Will Calendar Index, 1858-1943
Name: Margaret Blair
Death Date: 6 Dec 1938
Death Place: Northern Ireland
Record Date: 24 Jan 1939
Record Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland

Blair Margaret of 95 Beersbridge Road Belfast widow died 6 December 1938 Probate Belfast 24 January to William Henry Nathaniel Fisher rector and Robert Blair fitter. Effects £223 2s. 9d.

Did all this happen in Northern Ireland? When was the last child born? Have you tried to get the orphanage records for the children?

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Thomas Blair
in the Ireland, Civil Registration Marriages Index, 1845-1958
Name: Thomas Blair
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun, 1919
Registration district: Larne, Ireland
Volume: 1
Page Number: 965
FHL Film Number: 101264
Records on Page:
Name
Thomas Blair
Maggie O'Neill

when and where were they born .when did they marry?

The above were married in Northern Ireland and had three children. The children were put into an orphanage but I cannot find out why or any details about the said couple other than their marriage. They are my husband's grandparents.

Can anyone help with information please?