• The Geoffrey Robinson Family
    Pier 21 and the Robinson Family Perhaps the connections between us and Pier 21 should be committed to paper. Although sadly with the passage of time, the details have become obscure. Nevertheless, we feel that even a minimal record for posterity is better than nothing. In the early days of the …
  • Bruno Robotti
    Bruno Robotti …
  • Beverley Anne Robson
    Beverley Anne Robson …
  • The Ellen Colmer Robson Family
    The Robson Family at Pier 21 England has a tradition that, on New Year's Eve, the man of the house goes outside with a piece of coal in his pocket, awaits the stroke of midnight then re-enters his abode. It is an old superstition and is supposed to bring the family good luck if a male is the first …
  • Frederika van Nouhuys and Children
    Frederika van Nouhuys and Children …
  • Joe and Ann van Oirschot
    Joe and Ann van Oirschot …
  • Riky van Rijswijk
    Riky van Rijswijk …
  • The Albert van Roodselaar Family
    The Albert van Roodselaar Family …
  • Harry and Piet van Schaayk
    Harry and Piet van Schaayk …
  • Mary and Jozeph Van Schaick
    Jozeph entered Canada through Pier 21 in Halifax, in May, 1953. He came on the Waterman. He began writing to Mary VanBysterveldt and went to Holland to marry her. They entered Canada through Pier 21 on Holy Saturday, April, 1956. The ship was the Ryndam. As they tell their story: We went to P. E. …