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  • Michele Caccavella
    … a single young woman travelling alone on the Vulcania, coming from a small Sicilian Town. Her mother was left widowed at the age of 53, to … seven other younger siblings and his parents. He helped support them all and started new lives for them in Toronto, Canada. His name was …
  • LS Alan K. Adlington
    … He had three brothers who came through Pier 21 at various times, but all returned safely. We dedicate this plaque to him from our three …
  • Vittorio Polletta
    … was a coke machine and as a result of drinking too much coke, I lost all my teeth and became very sick resulting in having to break my work …
  • Peter and Carolyn Matthews
    … So we waited. Everyone had long left the vessel and Peter had loaded all our things into our taxi and was getting understandably concerned … he waited on the dockside. But the baby slept on. When our youngest finally awoke, I pushed his buggy down the gangplank, thereby being the …
  • Ivano and Giuseppina Ciccone
    … healthy and they both got married. We have 5 wonderful grand children. All healthy and doing well. We are very happy we came to Canada back in …
  • Isaac Israel and Bernard Gotfried
    … Stewart Heinzelman, November 19, 1947. I arrived in Halifax in the fall of 1947. Since we had four hours to wait for the train to depart … got married, had four daughters and seven grandchildren. I love them all. …
  • Private Byron M. Delaney
    … pushing the gun aside and crying "Nien, Nien!" Byron lay out all that night and was picked up by a West Nova Scotia Regiment patrol …
  • Canada’s Self Portrait Contemporary Art Exhibit
    … June 28 to July 11, 2016 Winner of the 2016 Applied Arts Conceptual Illustration award, Canada’s Self Portrait is a participatory art project about who we are and what … Rebecca Jones took a coast-to-coast trip from St. John’s through Halifax all the way to Victoria, asking members of the Canadian public …
  • Lorill Wingrave
    … dress and veil. The cake was made with ration ingredients donated by all the neighbours. Barrie died in 1989 and Lorill in 2016. Wedding …

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