2.3.3.1.4. Oswald Riddell Dalziell (or Dalzell) (1917-2003)

Oswald Riddell Dalziell was born on 29 Jun 1917 in Coatbridge, Scotland. His parents were Robert James and Mary Adams (Dalziell). When he was 9 years old, he immigrated to Canada with his parents and brothers. They boarded the RMS Metagama in Glasgow on 28 April 1927 and arrived in Quebec City on 8 May. They traveled by train to Montreal, joining Oswald's sisters, who had immigrated the year before, at the home of their maternal grandmother at 2762 St. Catherine Street.

He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1940. Once during his service in 1944 he on a TWA plane from Stephenville, Newfoundland to La Guardia Field in New York. The plane had originated in Casablanca. At the time of the flight he was a Sergeant. Sometime before joining the military he changed the spelling of his last name to Dalzell and went by "Ossie."

He married Dorothy, maiden name unknown, and they lived at Winnipeg, Canada in 1974 at 30 University Crescent, where they appeared on the Canadian electoral rolls.

Ossie and Dorothy had two daughters. Dorothy died in 2002 and Ossie died on 22 January 2003 in Winnipeg.

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Canada, Passenger Lists, 1865-1935, 1927 Dalziell, Oswald
Canada, Phone an Address Directories, 1995-2002, 1996 Dalzell, O R
Canada, Phone an Address Directories, 1995-2002, 1997 Dalzell, O R

Canada, Phone an Address Directories, 1995-2002, 1998 Dalzell, O R

Canada, Phone an Address Directories, 1995-2002, 1999 Dalzell, O R

Canada, Phone an Address Directories, 1995-2002, 2000 Dalzell, O R

Canada, Phone an Address Directories, 1995-2002, 2001 Dalzell, O R

Canada, Phone an Address Directories, 1995-2002, 2002 Dalzell, O R

Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980, 1945 Dalzell, Oswald
Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980, 1957 Dalzell, Oswald
Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980, 1963 Dalzell, Oswald
Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980, 1974 Dazell, Oswald
Global, Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-Current, 2003 Dalzell, Ossie Riddell
UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960, 1927 Dalziell Oswald Riddell
US, New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, 1944 Dalzell, Oswald
Winnipeg Free Press, Oswald Riddell Dalzell, 29 January 2003