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  • Pier Luigi Tolaini
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  • Olive Beryl Vacheresse
    Olive Symmonds Vacheresse arrived from Purley, Surrey, England in 1946 as a war bride married to Harold Vacheresse from Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. They made their lives there and raised three children - Linda, Keith and …
  • Assunta Melfi
    Assunta Melfi …
  • Antonio Marchese
    Antonio Marchese came to Canada in 1959 through Pier 21 Halifax, Nova Scotia with his brother Francesco. He is a Canadian citizen and enjoys his retirement with his wife, children, daughter-in-law, and …
  • Karpowich Frank Pauline
    In the spring of 1913, 26-year-old Frank Karpowich bid farewell to his family in Mlyniska, Poland, hopped a train to Hamburg, and boarded a ship bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was in search of greener pastures, spurred by nervousness about the hostile political climate developing within his …
  • Arvo Lige, son
    Arvo spent most of his life as a hay farmer and a bulldozer operator in Pitt Meadows, B.C. He was married with 3 daughters and 5 grandchildren when he passed away at the age of …
  • Private Fred Sampson
    Private Fred Sampson …
  • Corporal Oral C. Ritchie
    Corporal Oral C. Ritchie …
  • Mary Molly Sanford
    Mary Molly Sanford …
  • Sheelah Mary Coughlan
    My mother and my brother Christopher arrived in Halifax 1944 or possibly 1945. Pease were declared during her crossing. Chris was a baby so diapers etc. needed to be washed etc. Mom commented on how small her room was and of course she had to share. She mentioned how young mothers helped each other …

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