• Sergeant Harold O. Jackson
    … I was placed on the boat in England by stretcher. On the way home I asked the nurse for crutches and learned to use the crutches on the boat during my trip home. On arrival, I walked off on crutches with my own backpack. The reason I was anxious to get on crutches was the …
  • Stanley, Martha, Gloria, Janet Jones
    … My father Stanley Clifford Jones, then age 40 years, and my mother Martha Jones, 33 years, with myself Gloria Jones, age 9 years …
  • Leon and Mary Tymoschuk and Family
    … My parents Leon and Mary Tymoschuk, and three of my older brothers, Max, Jako and Alexander, set sail from Rotterdam …
  • Marino Dibenedetto
    … Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Italy Ship Name: MS Saturnia Port of Entry: Pier 21 Date of Arrival: March 29, 1958 Age on Arrival: 18 I first decided to come to Canada when I was 17 years old. I wanted to come to Canada, … because I wanted a better life and future. It was post WWII and my family wasn't doing great we lived on a farm and we weren't …
  • Olive Hall and Bill Wells
    … She is a woman of Honour... She (OLIVE MAY HALL) immigrated to Canada from Sussex,England in 1945, married to … grand children and great grand children behind them. Personal Story: My Mum told me that there was alot of women on board and a few children; she had my …
  • Stephen Csibor
    … night. The owner of the books studied them in the daytime. I created my own grammar book and learned words, which I felt, were essential for … as a draftsman in the engineering office of imperial Oil Ltd. In May we rented an apartment. At last we had a place which we could call …
  • Pietro Luciano Bordin
    … or expected. It was exciting despite the pain of having just left my family and friends behind. What an adventure! There was always a lot … I loved to do! Luckily I was not sea sick like many others around me. It was a great trip that lasted eight days. When we arrived at Pier … not understand the language that was being spoken by the people around me. My view was out of a small, black coal smoke coated window where I …
  • Marie Louise Whitfield
    … “I remember the first time we met in the summer of 1943. It was at my regimental dance and Marie shouldn’t have been there because her and … town. I knew as soon as I saw her that she was going to be the one for me. It so happens the farm that Marie was stationed at wasn’t too far … into Marie’s family and especially her mom’s cooking! September to May 1944 was my time in Europe....9 long and scary months. May 4th my …
  • Ingrid M. Haase
    … on September 19, 1953 on the ship Italia. I was 13 years old and came over by myself because my parents Siegfried F Haase and Hedwig M Haase and my … ship docked at Pier 21 my parents and my sister were there to greet me. The parish priest Father Melanson had driven them into Halifax. As …
  • Rhoda and I. Elizabeth Fulford
    … My husband, Carl Fulford , and I were married in 1943 in Dundee, Scotland. My husband was with the Canadian Army (R.C.E.) and I was with the …