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Vittoria Carnovale …
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Ida Barr …
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My Pier 21 Story Elizabeth Heinz, Nanaimo, BC 24 August 2015 For the past 120 years, my extended family has had the privilege of blazing a trail to and from Pier 21. Whether it was to find refuge as new immigrants, depart for military service, visit for pleasure or pilgrimage; the iconic Pier …
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Joan Isobel Stead …
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Major H.R.S. Tim Ellis …
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Captain Harold Gordon Bowes …
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Joar Opdahl was born on June 4, 1901 in Overhalla, Norway. In 1927, he immigrated to Canada seeking employment. He worked as a farm labourer near Hawarden, Saskatchewan and there he met his future wife, Pearl Pederson. They were married in 1928 and blessed with 9 children, 6 born before the Second …
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Mrs. Nancy Archibald, a War Bride, lives in Victoria BC. In August 2011, she celebrated her 90th birthday as well as the 65th anniversary of her arrival in Canada at Pier 21. She was joined by her family: daughter Margaret and son-in-law, Roger Amoroso, her son Bill Archibald and daughter-in-law, …
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Lieutenant James William Hartley James (Jimmie) William Hartley was born in Ottawa, May 8, 1917. He joined the militia of the Ottawa Machine Gun Corps just prior to his 16th birthday. When his family moved to Cornwall the following year, Jimmie enlisted in the militia of the Stormont, Dundas and …
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S/L Albert R. G. MacGirr …