• Stan and Chris Flynn
    … Holland and, finally, Germany where they were stationed on V.E. Day, 1945. He was repatriated to Canada in August 1945 on the ship, … June 14, 1946, on board the Queen Mary accompanied by her infant son. She was bound for Kemptville, Ontario, to join her husband. There they …
  • Janos and Erzsebet Fajta and Family
    … and my brother (age 4) and I (age 6) arrived at Pier 21 after a 9 day voyage on the Dutch ship the "Johan van Oldenbarneveldt" out of … before I had any exposure to television whatsoever.) Sometime in the 60's this ship sank in the Adriatic - by then it was a Greek liner, the …
  • CPO Howard W. Watkins
    … his commission of Sub. Lieutenant in 1942. CPO Watkins' duties included a term as Secretary to Commander Roby at Stadacona Hfx. and at sea received his training on board … Glory. He sailed on the Aquatania to Niobe Scotland and from there boarded the HMSGlory for duty in the Pacific. With the end of the war in …
  • Betty Rafuse
    … was confusion about the date of arrival. All that was known was what day of the week - it was Saturday. …
  • Charles and Jeannette Dwyer
    Alumni Type: WWII Veteran / War Bride Port of Entry: Pier 21, Halifax Date of Arrival: March 1952 Dwyer with Officer Leo Campbell at Pier 21 in March 1952 Mr. and Mrs. Dwyer wedding at East Bourne …
  • Antonio Paolo Cappuccitti
    … 3 Arrived in Canada as a 3 year old. Travelled with my mother Antonia di Poce Cappuccitti and my older sister Santina Tersigni, she was 9 at the time. We were going to Toronto to meet my father … Well it worked out for me. I grew up in Toronto as a stalwart Canadian, a Maple Leafs fan and a career Public Servant. I was able to …
  • Walter and Joyce Taylor, son Cliff
    Walter and Joyce Taylor, son Cliff …
  • Achille Ginevra Rinaldo Aldo Carinci
    … May 12, 1956 the Castel Felice arrives in Canada. It will take two days on a train before my father finds his roots in Toronto, Ontario. From this day forward the dream of a better life is realized in the children and …
  • Colin and Hugh Campion
    … the Women's Auxiliary to the Navy League Seamen's Club. Sadly, the day after the Japanese surrendered, 15 August 1945, our mother died and …
  • Elsie Kennedy and Lynda
    … time I first stepped on the train at Halifax Pier until the present day. I still remember that wonderful train journey through Nova Scotia, …