• Mary and Jozeph Van Schaick
    … Jozeph entered Canada through Pier 21 in Halifax, in May, 1953. He came on the Waterman. He began writing to Mary … Sophia, Mary, Jozeph, Cornelius, Patricia, Vincent, Anna Marie (d. 1966) and Pieter. In 1972, we moved to Big Bras d'Or, Cape Breton …
  • Anna Kucharska Baransky
    … to reside in Toronto until their deaths- Steve in 1965 and Anna in May of 1999. They were not fortunate enough to have children of their …
  • Noel, Noreen and Miriam Murphy
    … Every year on July 1st we celebrate as a family their decision to come to Canada! Miriam Murphy-Accardo The Murphy family leaving Dublin …
  • Lt. James William Hartley
    … William Hartley James (Jimmie) William Hartley was born in Ottawa, May 8, 1917. He joined the militia of the Ottawa Machine Gun Corps just prior to his 16th birthday. When his family moved to Cornwall the following year, … of "fortress Europe". Lieutenant Hartley landed on Juno Beach with the 9th Infantry Brigade, part of the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. He …
  • Squadron Leader James G. Drew
    … was awarded the Atlantic Star (minimum 360 days at sea), he escorted may thousands of Air Force personnel, both men and women, to England …
  • Jack Jakob Samchyk
    … & Family Our plaque is in honour of our father, Jack Jakob Samchyk. In May 1928, Isaak & Uliana Samchyk sold all their possessions and left …
  • Private Albin Carl Norlander
    … Pte Norlander enlisted in the Armed Forces at Edmonton, Alberta on 20th of March 1942. Sometime in September of 1942 he was shipped … through Pier 21, for further training in the UK and Scotland. On June 28th 1943, with his Loyal Edmonton Regiment he sailed from Scotland to join other allied invasion forces for the landing on Sicily on 10th of …
  • Gunner Walter Emerson Servant
    … Servant (F-2477 Gunner) enlisted in the Royal Canadian Artillery on May 15, 1942 and was discharged Feb. 8, 1946. He was born Dec. 30, …
  • Mario Bellina
    … of Entry: Halifax Date of Arrival: June 7, 1957 Age on Arrival: 19 My father came to Canada as a 19- year from a town in Italy called … Construction truck came by and said they needed a few men to work and my dad jumped in the truck because it was .50 more an hour. Long story …
  • Alfonso Catenaro
    … Alfonso came to Canada in 1953, at the age of 18, to join his brother and work in construction. He was reunited not only … his oldest sister Restituta, whom he had never met before that day in May of 1953. His intention was to work in Canada and earn enough money …