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  • Reinhard, Anna Lehmann
    I was born in Volhynia (which was a province of Poland at the time, now it is Western Ukraine), in 1936 of ethnic German parents. My ancestors emigrated to Volhynia from Central Poland where they were born in the 19th century. In 1939, after Russia and Germany partitioned Poland, we were resettled …
  • Leon and Mary Tymoschuk and Family
    My parents Leon and Mary Tymoschuk, and three of my older brothers, Max, Jako and Alexander, set sail from Rotterdam aboard the Volendam on July 10, 1929. They landed at Pier 21 in Halifax on August 8, 1929. My brother Jako became very ill and died shortly after arriving in Canada. Travelling by …
  • Audrey Blackmar Charles
    Audrey married Steve Charles of the Royal Canadian Army on September 8,1941. For many years they resided in Manitoba where they had 8 other children. Steve …
  • Furlan Anselmo e Elena
    In Family Remembrance I wish to thank the Pier 21 Society for providing the opportunity to commemorate the life of my parents Anselmo Furlan (1907-1963) and Elena Romagnoli (1914-1996) and of my younger brother Giovanni (1944-1995). These emotional pictures are the expression of their courageous …
  • Lance Corporal Harry J. Cannon
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  • Sergeant Thomas Butler Borrowman
    Sergeant Thomas Butler Borrowman …
  • Pte Otis Delbert Meister
    Pte Otis Delbert Meister …
  • Sub-Lieutenant Ronald T. Cosburn
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  • Doreen Hood Boyagian
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  • Betty Margaret Brereton
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