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  • The Francesco Supino Family
    … the small rural town of Provvidenti in the Campobasso region of Italy. We were heading for Naples to embark on a ship to join my father, … from Italy. This was a fascinating experience for a six-year old boy. We stayed on the third floor of the pernsione. It was the highest … The Francesco Supino Family …
  • Bartholomeus and Hendrika Boxem
    After 2 years of waiting and preparation, my parents had packed their remaining belongings, 2 small children and $60.00 Cdn cash, and were at the port of Rotterdam, boarding the ship "Groote Beer." They had chosen Canada as their destination because it was the Canadian army troops who had marched …
  • Historical Thinking (2) : Establish Historical Significance
    … a huge amount of material. Any past event at all, ever, about which we can find suitable evidence, could be the subject of historical … Was it a change that involved or reflected larger systems in some way? What was the broader impact of the change? We chose our case study …
  • Marie Ori Burns
    … of Bremerhaven, Germany, the voyage lasting eleven days, many of which were violently stormy. They were, to a novice sailor like me, … me three miserable days of seasickness, when I realized that the way to take my mind off my misery was to ask for a job in the ship’s … about him being related to the famous Scottish poet. Robert, by the way, does write Christmas poems to me. As a miracle, a life-long wish …
  • Staff Sgt Catherine K. Drinkwater
    … had joined and suggested that it was a great life. She told me there were many interesting people, jobs, men. Quite a change from working in … I drove large army trucks that we learned to operate in convoy. I always seemed to have trouble with the gears. This was long before … Staff Sgt Catherine K. Drinkwater …
  • Marjorie Barbara MacBurnie
    … Editor's Note: This account originally appeared in Betty Jean Barnhill's Canadian Studies 4400 project entitled: The Stories of …
  • Giuseppe, Addolorata DiFalco e figli
    … Addolorata Di Falco and daughters arrived at Pier 21 in Halifax aboard the Saturnia on May 27, 1954. Giuseppe Di Falco … 28, 1939. My husband and I lived in the same town and our families were long time friends. We worked on one of the local farms. When we …
  • A Mother and Daughter Recall Frightening Days in Quarantine
    … They were robbed on the ship to Canada and quarantined when they arrived at … my mother wouldn’t let me either. She said that’s not the right way to do it. So anyway, that’s how we decided to come to Canada.” The … A Mother and Daughter Recall Frightening Days in Quarantine …
  • Mels Fr. van der Laan
    … Franciscus van der Laan, the youngest of five children. The oldest being my brother Han, 17 years my senior, three sisters, Adre, Mien and Gre, then yours …
  • Strategic Winter Port: A History of the Port of Saint John
    by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 20, 2020) Introduction: Establishing a Port at the Mouth of the St. John River Before the arrival of Europeans, the Wolastoqiyik (also known as Maliseet) were the primary inhabitants along the St. John River (known in Wolastoqiyik as Wolastoq ) and the …

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