• Walter L, Violet L Drew
    … My husband Walter, my son Laurence and I, Violet Drew, came to Canada together. Many relatives saw us off at 1:00pm on August 1st as we were drawn … Then we took a train to Toronto. It took days and they had to put ice in the roof to cool us off because it was so hot. …
  • About the Museum
    … site to national museum of immigration, our own story of becoming has its twists and turns . Countless Journeys. One Canada. Journeys of …
  • Elisabeth Martha Zufall Schwabe
    … Canada to where they had jobs waiting for them. Lisa (the name she has used in her new country) went by train to Vancouver, which was her …
  • Guenther Ivens
    … As a young man of 19 years, I left my hometown of Schönkirchen, Germany … ship sailed back through the Kiel Canal and we could not believe our eyes when we saw the Kiel Harbour - was this to be the end of our journey? No, we by-passed Kiel and …
  • 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 VanBysterveldt and … Canada through Pier 21 on Holy Saturday, April, 1956. The ship was the Ryndam. As they tell their story: We went to P. E. I. to work on our sponsor's farm in Clyde River. In August of 1956, …
  • Walter and Joyce Taylor, son Cliff
    … Walter and Joyce Taylor, son Cliff …
  • Henri Schroeders and Family
    … Henri, son of Jozef Schroders and Isabelle Pleyers, was born on January 23, 1923 in the town of Bocholz, Holland. He met Maria Hubertina (Tiny) Schnakkers, … Isabelle lives in Montreal with her husband and Jozef (joe) and his family live in Mississauga. Now by the year 2001, we are returned … Henri Schroeders and Family …
  • The Tretiak Gruzin Family
    … 21 on July 4, 1951, with three children - Anatole, Eugene and Maria. The family was permitted to enter Canada on July 9, 1951. They travelled from Bracquegnies, Belgium, to Hamburg, Germany, where … understood in Quebec. Pawel was born in Mikaszewicze, eastern Poland. This is now White Russia. Halina was born in Ozhenkovka, Ukraine. She …
  • Josef and Elfrieda
    … Josef having apprenticed for and certified as a skilled carpenter in this highly sought-after trade in Germany’s re-build following World War II. His wife Elfrieda (nee Tluczykont) was a homemaker with a background in …
  • Roger Declercq
    … Roger Declercq was born in Moorslede, Belgium (West Flanders) in 1931. He left Belgium for Canada on June 13, 1938 at the age of 6 with his parents Achiel and Rachel Declercq and younger sister Rosetta. …