• CPO Lawrence Lindsay Osborne
    … Susan (aka Mannie), Jenny and Margaret. He was a veteran of World War II. He entered the war on September 8, 1942. He spent most of the war … did tell the story of having shredded wheat for Christmas dinner one year as the ship's supplies were low. He also said that while at sea, …
  • Corrie J. Douma
    … Waterman After our 10-day journey on the S.S. Waterman of the Holland-America Line we arrived in Halifax around 7 o’clock in the evening of 16 … for tickets for the train, to the baggage people, etc. Lining up with my two children did not actually happen. I lined up and Marten, who was … with our immigration: "Yes, I am here, I am Mrs. Douma." He said: "Come quickly with me to the office here, your husband is on the phone …
  • Ivano and Giuseppina Ciccone
    … My Dad died in WWII. I got married on March 5th, 1955 to my beautiful bride Josephina. We decided to immigrate to Canada for a … wife and I have been married for 60 years. We both want to say...THANK YOU CANADA. …
  • Historical Thinking (6) : Take Historical Perspectives
    … by Steve Schwinghamer, Historian (Updated January 28, 2022) The Historical Thinking … as part of constructing and understanding histories. It is a central part of historical work. It seems facile to say, but it’s important to always remember that people in the past lived complex cultural, emotional, spiritual and economic worlds no less so …
  • N. Peerboom
    … Single Men and Women June 6, 1952 – Waterman I well remember the day that I … about all the dry goods, sheets and towels, blankets, curtains that my mother had insisted I take with me together with my own prize … benches for the six-day journey; and upon disembarking from the train you could recognize the young single men by the slat imprints on the …
  • Eric Wicherts
    … BSc 1951, geology and geophysics). There was no particular reason for me to leave the Netherlands. I had a good position at the National … who travelled through Canada on the massive Canadian trains. Imagine me, as a young boy reading in bed this fascinating story about a boy … then occupation. Then the country was liberated by the Canadians, in my case Regiment de la Chaudiere, then followed the encouraged …
  • Ways to Give
    … Make a donation Help us build the story of the COUNTLESS JOURNEYS that … annually and join our leadership giving circle. Sobey Wall of Honour Commemorate the arrival of your family to Canada with a plaque on the … Ruth Goldbloom Educational Bursary Fund Your contribution helps students who couldn’t otherwise access the Museum. Fascinating Canadian …
  • Recommended Resources - Netherlands
    … Dutch Community. The Postwar Wave and Its Predecessors.” (unpublished manuscript). Curtis, Herb. The Scholten Story . Oromocto, N.B., 1996. … The Dutch in America 1609-1974 . Boston: Twayne Publishers. 1974. Delleman, Paul. The Dutch in Canada . Owen Sound, Ontario: Paul and Peter … In the Creation of a Homogenous Population in the City of London” MA Thesis. University of Western Ontario. 1964. Ganzevoort, Herman. A …
  • Bernardus G. Nolte
    … facilities on the train. We had to be careful how much we spent as my wife and I had only 60 dollars between us. In those days you were on your own after your admittance to Canada, there were no …
  • AIR image testing
    … of Art and Design in Vancouver and has taught photography for multimedia at Concordia and photography intervention courses in Cairo and … Tamara co-founded Rawiya Collective, which was a collective of 6 women photographers from and working in SWANA (South West Asian, North … a project like this to be at the essence of what photographic documentation and storytelling is and is what drives me as a photographer." …