Original sentence: She met and married Donald MacDonald and they decided to set up home together; not being able to find a suitable house in Seattle or the mainland suburbs, what with the wartime influx of population, they tried the local islands, finally finding a property on Vashon Island
Edited sentence: Not being able to find a suitable house in Seattle or the mainland suburbs, with the wartime influx of population, they tried the local islands, finally finding a property on Vashon Island.She met and married Donald MacDonald and they decided to set up home together