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The S.S. Marine Perch left Malta with 121 other Maltese immigrants bound for the shores of Canada on May 8 1948. Alfred (Fred) Micallef was 18 years old, could hardly speak any English and had no money to his name. Born into a family of 13 children to Paul and Lucia Micallef, he like many young …
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Pte L/Cpl Andrew James Pattison …
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My father Harold Melville Rees, was a handsome, charming, funny Canadian in the RCAF. My Mother, Jeannie Lynn Rees , born Jeannie Lynn Thomson, was a beautiful, young (only 16 years old), Glaswegian lass. They met in a dance hall in Glasgow, called the Locarno, and were married on July 25, 1945. …
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Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Italy Ship Name: Olympia Port of Entry: Pier 21, Halifax Date of Arrival: May 13, 1958 Age on Arrival: 20 …
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Country of Origin: Italy Ship Name: Saturnia Port of Entry: Pier 21 Halifax Date of Arrival: July 24, 1963 Age on Arrival: 20 …
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My mother, Maria Suzete deFreitas Nobrega, along with my brother Noel Hilario, arrived in Toronto in February of 1956. They hadn't seen my father, Mario Estevao Nobrega, for three years. The reunion was a happy one. They lived in the Kensington Market area for a few years, my brother Joel was born …
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Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: England Ship Name: MV Georgic Port of Entry: Halifax Date of Arrival: May 14, 1953 Age on Arrival: 44 and 39 Reginald Wadham Haines. Born February 24th, 1909 in Guisborough,Yorkshire; son of Wadam and Alice (Abern). Dorothy Edith May (Ames). Born December …
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Born in Kortenhoef on December 12, 1929 to Cornelia Maria van Wijk-Goes and Johanes Gerardes van Wijk, and the youngest of seven children. On October 29, 1952 and at age 23 departed from The Netherlands at Rotterdam. Arrived on November 6, 1952 at Pier 21 in Halifax after a crossing aboard the …
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Born in Amsterdam on August 8, 1927 to Wihelmina Heijstee - van der Heijden and Richardes Heijstee, the middle child in a family of seven children. Always the adventurer and looking for a place to escape from poor economic conditions of post-war Netherlands, William decided to emigrate to Canada. …
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Francis Hickey …