[1955] She [Shirley] learned to stand up very early and when my mother came to visit in July[1], when Shirl was not even five months old, she could not believe that she found a little girl rather than a baby!
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[1956] My mother came from England to help with the train trip [from Stuttgart], because Henry had to go back to Bremerhaven later to pick up the car, which did not arrive together with us.
She sails from England on the Britannic, leaving Liverpool on July 4 and arriving in New York on July 12. It has Teaticket destination crossed out, with 960 Park Ave., N.Y. instead.[2]
She returns to England on the S.S. Queen Elizabeth, on September 17, arriving in Southampton on September 23.
She returns to England on the N.V. "Bratannic", arriving in Liverpool from New York, on September 16.
1958. Letter to Uncle Tramer says coming to Bern in December. Assume she came to Stuttgart too.
1960. Letter to Uncle Tramer indicates that she had been in Bern before April. Then, by September she is with us.
1962/63? Article in Bern paper ndicates that she had again was visiting Aunt Franka..
Notes:
See below--she returns to England on September 16.
Not sure of exactly which date my parents and I left Teaticket for Denver, but also don't know what this Park Ave. address relates to.