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… was foreign but not that foreign to me. I knew the culture was similar, I knew across the border people wouldn’t necessarily realize I was American unless I told them (laughs). Oral History 16.03.03BB with Bruce Bolin Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 Return to American Experiences Gallery Declaration of Settler Form issued to Bruce Bolin, 19 July, 1968. Credit: …
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… After eight days crossing the North Atlantic Ocean, our arrival in Canada was exciting, although … 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 …
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… and June 20, 1935 he was a member of the Non Military Active Militia, 13th Field Company Corps of Canadian Engineers in Calgary. From June … a member of the Canadian Army Active RCE and embarked for Britain in May 1940 through Pier 21. In September Harry met Hilda Fisher , in … the Central Mediterranean and in North and West Europe. While with the 4th Company RCE, he was wounded in Sicily on July 22, 1943, as a result …
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… My mother, Beatrice Whiteley , passed away at the age of 86. She loved … to her return to Canada in 1981. We came with the War Brides, but to join my father who had come as an immigrant. As an RAF aircrew trainee, he had been a member …
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… which was our holding area for Bremerhafen where we boarded the TSS “Olympia”of the Greek Line. The excitement was unbelievable as we … onto the jetty looking at the “Olympia”, I realized its size as my eyes traveled its length and size. This observation was quickly … Our voyage was non eventful, we only passed one freighter during my many hours on deck and those flying fish avoided my view during the …
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… - as all were commandeered for troopships. He was anxious to return to join the Royal Air Force, as had his father in WW1. As he was just 17 years old his family thought it best for him to come to Canada until he could get a passage home. His family and a … who had won this award twice during WW1. Barry and Marjorie sailed, by chance, on the Aquitania's final voyage on their honeymoon. They were …
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… They were robbed on the ship to Canada and quarantined when they … still hoped to return to her home one day, her family decided to come to Canada in June 1955. “…one was in Montreal, and the others were here in Ottawa. So they convinced my in-laws, they all came before us. A few years before us. And, of …
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… Families September 21, 1952 – Groote Beer In 1952 my husband Johannes C. Kreeft and I left Holland with our three small children, Jacomina Susanna, Gerard Jan and Willem ages 5,4 and 3. We travelled aboard the Groote Beer, … arriving in Halifax 9 days later on September 30. This was Ineke’s 6th birthday. The last morning everyone got up early to see land …
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… on Wall of Service: CSM Donald Thomas Whitfield Service: Canadian Army, Lincoln & Welland Regiment Years of Service: 1941-1946 Medals … & Clasp, Defence Medal, France & Germany Star In 1941 Don enlisted in the Royal Canadian Signal Core in Toronto. While in England, he was … objective in the face of fanatical enemy opposition. On the night ½ May 1945 “A” Company made a night attack to cross the railway line …
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… Christine Schlechta was a 10-year-old German immigrant at the time of what she recalled as a magical quarantine Christmas. “It was … This meant that he had to be quarantined, and because he had become sick on board ship, the shipping company had to pay all the cost. … quarantined they become obsessed with food. Just reading this makes me want to take a break and consume an entire chicken but I won’t, …