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  • Vera Maude Swinnerton DeViller
    … returned to Canada in 1945 and Vera followed 18 months later in early May 1947. Vera had the opportunity to travel to Canada on an earlier … her luggage, they left for Yarmouth to start her new life there. May 199, marked their 55th wedding anniversary. They have five sons and …
  • Lorill Wingrave
    … August 19, 1945 This is the wedding photo of my parents, Barrie Wingrave, Canadian army and Lorill Wingrave, Royal Navy. Barrie passed through Pier 21 … England and returning after the war. Lorill passed through Pier 21 in May 1946 with a bevy of War Brides. Mother is wearing a borrowed dress …
  • Janos and Erzsebet Fajta and Family
    … My parents and my brother (age 4) and I (age 6) arrived at Pier 21 after a 9 day …
  • Elizabet Fajta
    … Families 1956 My parents and my brother (age 4) and I (age 6) arrived at Pier 21 after a 9-day …
  • The No. 2 Construction Battalion
    … February 16 to May 1, 2017 A "Community Presents" exhibition. Credit: Courtesy of … 600 men sailed from Halifax Harbour and arrived in France in May. The unit was an achievement for the African-Canadian community …
  • Guenther Ivens
    … As a young man of 19 years, I left my hometown of Schönkirchen, Germany (near the Baltic port of Kiel) on July 15, 1951, along with my best buddy, Adolf Timm, after finishing our carpentry …
  • Bruno Talotta
    … at the young age of 42, to find a better life for him and his family, (my Mother, sister and me) that joined him in Toronto a few months later in July of 1966. So, …
  • The Hartwig Gaul Family
    … of Entry: Halifax Date of Arrival: June 12, 1956 Age on Arrival: 9   My parents, brother and I immigrated from West Berlin, Germany We … Both parents are interred in Garry Memorial Park in Winnipeg, MB My brother, a CA, is retired and lives in Winnipeg after periods in …
  • Armidoro and Nina Ranieri
    … Date of Arrival: November 30, 1957 Age on Arrival: 7 Dad’s plan was to come work for a couple of years in Canada and then return to Italy. He met my mother and remained in Canada. My mother came to Canada with her …

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