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… including quick facts, contact information, and a selection of high-quality digital photos. About the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 The Canadian Museum of … at Pier 21 is located in the national historic site at the Halifax seaport where nearly one million immigrants landed in Canada from …
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… Albert Edward Murphy enrolled in the Number 6 District Depot for the Canadian Army (Active) at Halifax, NS on the 4th day of October 1944. His date of Discharge was July 23, 1946. He also served in the Merchant …
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… England at the beginning of November 1946. The ship we sailed on was called the Lady Rodney and we were all traveling to Halifax, Canada to join our Canadian husbands whom we …
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… was Canada's 50,000th displaced person welcomed into Canada after the Second World War, brought by the international Refugee Organization. … off, Karline read the New Testament however, this pleasure was brief as, Grandfather's cane and berating voice quickly forced her to resume … occupied Latvia at a particular period of time. Karline, a physically small child and coming from such a poor and backward farm, …
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… brother, some cousins, and uncles were there already. My uncle officially “opened the gate” for my family to start arriving in 1950. After that we followed in his footsteps, all hoping for the promise of a better life. After the … I had to find the right direction for my next destination, Toronto. This was extremely difficult because I did not know how to speak even …
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… My parents Leon and Mary Tymoschuk, and three of my older brothers, Max, Jako and Alexander, set sail from Rotterdam aboard the … at Pier 21 in Halifax on August 8, 1929. My brother Jako became very ill and died shortly after arriving in Canada. Travelling by train my … Canada with three older brothers, a fourth brother was being raised by his maternal aunt and uncle in Ukraine. In 1934 they sailed to Paraguay …
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… One six-year-old made the best of long weeks of quarantine in Pier 21’s Accommodation and Detention quarters. Gerard Van Kessel arrived in Canada with his family in 1951. “…two of my brothers had developed a contagious … weeks and I turned seven in the quarantine camp in Halifax,” Gerard recalled. “I think for a child, everything, as long as he gets the rest …
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… Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2026 Time: 4:00 pm Location: In-person event at the Museum and livestreamed Language: Presented in English Cost: FREE Register to attend this event … is pleased to present a unique and celebratory event in support of our Community Presents exhibition Resilience on the Move: Roma People in …
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… Lucia Vasco nee.Vulpo and her son Giovanni (John) Vasco related a story about their family's … to put on their life-jackets and stay on deck. Because Lucia was so ill, she told Frederico to watch the children. Unbeknownst to his father, John slipped away. He wanted to stand on the edge of the …
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… Families 1956 My father and I left Hungary in 1956 shortly after the revolution. I was … 18, 1958 after a two-week voyage across the Atlantic. Our ship was called Vulcania, and it sailed out of Napoli harbour. The voyage was … happen, particularly when I was left alone while my father attended to his papers. A man in a uniform came over and said something but I …