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  • Vietnam Draft - Tom Corcoran
    … in the United States Time 0:01:07 Transcript Tom Corcoran (TC): Yup. So I didn’t come back and as soon as I didn’t come back, I lost whatever college deferment I had as …
  • Ship Arrival Database
    … Pier 21 in Halifax from 1928-1971. Dates are scheduled arrival dates, so they are occasionally off by a day or two if the ship arrived early or late. Please note, the … If you are looking for an arrival that doesn’t appear, or to find out how to obtain information regarding people travelling on a ship …
  • Eileen Way
    … to Canada. My mother decided to accompany me to Vancouver as she had a sister living there. After two medical tests I was told we had to … of 1949. I was twenty-two years of age. We left Ireland and headed for Southhampton, in England, stopping in London for a couple of days; arriving at the port we had to go through Canadian Customs and Immigration, this was completed before …
  • Missing My Mother As I Make My Home in Canada by Amarjit
    … of my neighbors doted on the only little girl in this place. I felt completely free and a sense of belonging. When I was ten we moved to … as that was a part of my culture and I consented; the husband was nice so I said yes. I was married in London on June 22nd and I was excited as I was now going to live in Canada. We did not have computers then but I went to the library to read about Canada, it …
  • Do Everything in Love 1 Corinthians 16:14 by Fred
    … and I sang together with brothers and nephews. In Uganda, we were competing with many musicians, and because we were not from there, and … musicians were there. We thought our music could succeed more there, so we decided to move. But after one month, we got sick, both me and my … just did the reading and writing exam. Now I am waiting to see if I will pass. Return to Winnipeg …
  • Empress of Ireland - Behind the Scenes with the Curator
    … and the ship’s telegraph, and they decided where the ship was going to go. This case contains actually artifacts from the Empress of … and produced the deadly collision that cost over a thousand lives. So these actual objects that were used on the bridge of the ship that …
  • Achille Ginevra Rinaldo Aldo Carinci
    … Country of Origin: Italy Ship Name: Castel Felice Date of Arrival: May 12, 1956 … Achille Carinci would finally be reunited with his wife and two sons. May 12, 1956 the Castel Felice arrives in Canada. It will take … through Pier 21. You came here to work and after fifty years of doing so you have proven your devotion to this country and taught us a …
  • Decision to Come to Canada - Richard Allon
    … Leaving the United States CMIP 21 · Decision to Come to Canada Time 0:01:51 Transcript They advertised in one of the … the Canadians offered me a job. And that's ultimately, those factors combined to get me here. Oral History 07.03.02RA with Richard Allon … Decision to Come to Canada - Richard Allon …
  • N. Peerboom
    … Single Men and Women June 6, 1952 – Waterman I well remember the day that I disembarked from the MS Waterman in … through the now famous Pier 21 shed. The Customs and Immigration officials processed the 900 Dutch arrivals smoothly, after which we … the dry goods, sheets and towels, blankets, curtains that my mother had insisted I take with me together with my own prize possessions. The …

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