Children of John and Mary Lothin (Forsyth) Riddell

2.3.3.6.1. Oswald Dykes Riddell (1916-1995)

Oswald Dykes Riddell was born in 1916 in Dunfermline, Scotland, to John and Mary Lothin (Forsyth) Riddell. He was born the same year his parents were married. He married Jessie Sneddon Beverage in 1946 in Dunfermline and died in 1995 in Dundee, Scotland.

His wife, Jessie Sneddon (Beverage) Riddell was born in 1925 in Cowdenbeath, Scotland, and died in 1991 in Dunfermline, Scotland.

No passenger manifest has been discovered which would indicate Oswald immigrated to Canada as did his father and younger brother, David, or to any other location.

2.3.3.6.2. David Forsyth Riddell (1921- )

David Forsyth Riddell was born in 1 August 1921 in Coatbridge, Scotland, to John and Mary Lothin (Forsyth) Riddell. On 10 May 1924 he and his paternal grandmother, Annie (Cowie) Riddell, boarded the White Star Line's S/S Regina in Belfast and immigrated to Canada. He and his grandmother had been living at 30 Raby Street in Belfast before they left. They arrived in Quebec on 18 May 1924. Once in Canada, they planned to go to David's Aunt Annie's home in Montreal.  David's father had immigrated to Montreal the previous year.

On 1 September 1958 David's name was on the passenger manifest of the  Empress of Britain, which arrived in Liverpool on 1 September 1958. It had sailed from Las Palmas, Spain. However, David did not board the ship. He was listed as a soldier, who lived in Canada.

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Canada, Ocean Arrivals (Form 30A), 1919-1924, 1924 Riddell, David
Scotland, Statutory Registrations Index, 1855-2013, 1916 Riddell, Oswald (424/00 0264)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations Index, 1855-2013, 1921 Riddell, David Forsyth
Scotland, Statutory Registrations Index, 1855-2013, 1925 Beveridge, Jessie Sneddon (410/01 0108)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations Index, 1855-2013, 1946 Riddell, Oswald - Beveridge, Jessie (424/00 0363)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations Index, 1855-2013, 1981 Riddell, Jessie Sneddon (432/00 0046)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations Index, 1855-2013, 1995 Riddell, Oswald (350/00 0528)
UK, Incoming Passengers List, 1878-1960, 1958 Riddell, David