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… Photographs-Life in the Netherlands …
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… Photographs-Leaving the Netherlands …
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… Photographs-Travelling On Ship …
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… Photographs-Arriving in Canada …
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… Photographs-All Aboard …
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… Photographs-Life in Canada …
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Families June 1953 – Groote Beer It was in the early fifties. There were a lot of people in Holland talking about "going to Canada." Many people were looking for a new start in life, a new adventure. My oldest sister Liz’s fiancé wanted to get married and immigrate to Canada to buy a farm. It was …
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Families Dutch Coalminer becomes National Parole Officer In 1946, at age 14, I was eager to get away from it all. Living in an industrial area in the south of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, we had come through the war with little or no harm. My parents had done their utmost to shield us from the …
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Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Czechoslovakia Ship Name: T.S.S. Nea Hellas Port of Entry: Pier 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Date of Arrival: April 23, 1949 Age on Arrival: Alois - 30 years old, Anezka - 24 years old The following is the story of Alois and Anezka Kolarik’s journey to …
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by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated November 5, 2020) Introduction From 1928 to 1971, Pier 21 was an active Canadian ocean immigration facility. Nearly one million individuals including immigrants, refugees, war brides, and evacuee children came through its halls before setting out across the …