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  • Norma and Bruce Salter
    … and we chummed around together during the voyage. After five years in Canada I sometimes wondered how these brides fared. Unfortunately I did … not keep in touch with them and most were heading for other provinces. My husband, Bruce, sailed from Pier 21 on the Louis Pasteur and landed …
  • Reactions to a War Resister - Christopher Rigg
    Life in Canada CMIP 21 · Reactions to a War Resister Time 0:00:30 Transcript We had a lot of support in Canada. We also had people—when I run into people—I've never been discriminated against in terms of jobs or public service, but I've certainly run into people who did not approve of my leaving …
  • Nazary Kiperczuk
    … and the details of their journey were lost to time. Nazary Kiperczuk (my grandfather) was five-years-old when he arrived in Canada. He never … his wife, children, or grandkids. His entry to Canada was shrouded in mystery until 2007 when, five years after his death, I visited Pier 21 …
  • Marziano e Violetta
    … and Maria Antina Duronio (Dimarco). Violetta Costanzi was born May 24, 1919, also in Prata, the older of two sisters and one of five … of Genoa) on April 29, 1951. Violetta landed at Pier 21 in Halifax on May 8, 1951 after having been sick during the entire cross-Atlantic …
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  • Costantino Pellegrino
    … In honour of 50 years in Canada on February 7, 2002. Costantino arrived on the Saturnia from Italy. … Costantino Pellegrino …
  • Borge Eskesen, Denmark 1957
    … In 1963 we bought our first house in West Vancouver … Borge Eskesen, Denmark 1957 …
  • Charles Bonello, Malta 1951
    … …In 1966 we bought our first house in Etobicoke, a suburb of Toronto … Charles Bonello, Malta 1951 …
  • The Otto Echt Family
    … In honour of our late father, Otto Echt, who saved us from being lost in the holocaust by bringing us to Canada in 1939. …
  • Kathleen Fournier, English War Bride 1946
    … …In the spring of 1947 we bought our first house; a two storey log house in Bear Creek. … Kathleen Fournier, English War Bride 1946 …

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