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  • Fredrick Mwenengabo
    … uh, yes , there’s a justice process, influenced by the international community, but he’s already dead. I’ve known many people, colleagues, … a little thinker in a big country of thinkers, and together, when we combine our efforts, I’m convinced we have or will have a world of … due to his ethnic background. This discrimination encouraged him to become an advocate for peace and human rights. Fredrick earned a master’s …
  • Joan Farrell Wilson
    Joan's husband Gerald Wilson . Joan's daughter Sandra . Joan with her parents Gerald and Joan Wilson A telegraph Joan sent to Gerald Joan in uniform Joan in uniform Joan in uniform Joan at the War Bride's Club Joan with her husband and granddaughter Sandra and Ken Sandra with father Gerald and …
  • Cor Groenewegen
    … The voyage on board the Waterman from Rotterdam to Halifax took 7 days. On the first day of their journey they found 5 more single young men on board and … which was served by a priest of Dutch decent. After mass one Sunday he mentioned that a Dutch family had arrived in Formosa. The …
  • CSM Donald Thomas Whitfield
    … The following is a quote from a speech Don gave on Remembrance Day 2009: “It was September 1941 when I enlisted in the Canadian Army …
  • Stories - Netherlands
    Stories in Dutch Dad's Story Dad's Story (English) Children's Stories AE Didi Murphy Willem Kreeft Josephine Keyzer Sietske Flietstra Bellsmith Lina Douwasma Jack de Vries Peter van der Horden Connie A.H. Uyterlinde Family Stories Toon and Trees Maas Johannes Kreeft and Elizabeth Kreeft-Meijers …
  • Joyce Margaret Pinnow
    … On one trip to the Maritimes, Joyce’s group of war brides had the chance to sail on the Blue Nose II and visited their original landing …
  • Collection Policy
    … Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 Collection Policy The … Collection Policy guides collection management practices at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 (the Museum). As stewards of … to local, national and global publics. The Museum recognizes that we cannot tell the comprehensive story of Canadian immigration history …
  • The Children’s Trunks
    … and friends. Re-imagining the Pier 21 exhibit has given us a chance to bring some of the chapters in the site’s history to life by … video and clothing (and some items that our young visitors can play with). Ausma Levalds Rowberry Credit: Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 [2013.1912.24] Ausma Levalds …
  • Flying Officer T.R. Millar
    … and enlisted in May 1942, being sent overseas to Britain, via US and Canada in March 1943, just after I was born. He sailed from Pier 21, … The search ended abruptly because of an ROV cable break but, one day, may begin again if sufficient funds can be found for a diving … - may they all be happy birthdays. I hope to be home again one fine day. In the meantime lots of love to you & to mother. From Dad Bob …
  • Gaetano Rossi
    … Rossi was arriving at Halifax's Pier 21. This time, however, he had come by car from Toronto not by boat from Naples. He was 68 not 18. He … had money in his pocket and a full stomach. He was a grandfather and a Canadian citizen with full rights to go anywhere he pleased. This time … he arrived at Pier 21 on July 28, 1951 aboard the Saturnia. With him today were his brother, who had followed him from Italy in 1958, and his …

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