In 1963, Doady took her daughter Gillian with her on a trip to Canada and the USA to visit friends and relations. Having ensured they had all the correct documents, they flew from Heathrow to Toronto where they visited Cousin Eileen Wilson who was related through Doady's grandmother after she remarried.

From there, they went to Hamilton where they stayed with Doady's aunt Doris and uncle Jim Wilson who arranged a family gathering. Their arrival confirmed by an exchange of telegrams.

They next went to Ohio by Greyhound bus to visit Tootsie who was a step-aunt to Doady. After that they took the train to New York and visited Nona Coxhead's mother Kay overnight at East 83rd Street overlooking East River. Kay Mundin's husband Tommy had been in Vauderville through which Doady's father, Sydney, had come to know him.

Doady and Gillian returned by train to Grand Central Station then took an Eastern Airlines 'bus stop' plane to Pensicola in Florida. On the way the plane stopped at Austin, Tampa and other places and they arrived at night in a tropical rainstorm. They were visiting the Mathis family whom they had known at Camberley when Bob Mathis had served with the USAF at Blackbushe and his daughters had attended school with Gillian at Farnborough Hill Convent.