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Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Denmark Ship Name: MS Stockholm Port of Entry: Halifax, Pier 21 Date of Arrival: February 28, 1957 Family: 2 Adults and 4 children The Andreassen family came over from Denmark and made their way to Vancouver. The children came back to visit Pier 21 museum …
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My grandfather Salvatore Di Falco was born in Sicily in 1931. His family was a poor family (they were eight brothers). When he was 20 years old, he went to Canada like an emigrant. He was a guest in his uncle’s house in Toronto, in Canada. My grandfather stayed in Canada for 8 years. He worked as a …
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Giovanni Franco …
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Stavros Tsiampas …
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Zhivko and Vera Fillcoff …
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Giuditta A. De Biasio …
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Rosetta Meli and Corrado Meli …
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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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During the Second World War, many young adults in rural Canada didn’t hesitate to sign up to serve their country. In small town Cape Breton, Earl Martell was too young to join his older brother in the war effort. Instead, he finished school and then headed to Halifax to build his future. In 1950, …
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Private Blair Munroe Densmore …