• The Henk Beuker Family
    … preceded the family helped somewhat, but nevertheless the lack of knowledge of the English language was a real and severe problem. We could …
  • Louw Griet Netty Bob Karel
    … Port of Entry: Halifax Date of Arrival: April 11, 1956 Griet and Louw de Vries with Karel, Bob & Netty (Jeannette); Netty and Bob at the …
  • Jean Bowman Courchaine
    Jean Bowman Courchaine …
  • Olga Mykolajchuk
    … old to travel. She was though everything Canadian. Her desire was to become the best Canadian she could be, dedicated to learning English and … get her Canadian citizenship and she always said those who choose to come to Canada must give Canada their undying gratitude and respect, … of origin. She lived until 95 years of age and was thankful every day to have lived those years in Canada. …
  • Jean Wilson
    … later I was to discover we sailed across on the tail end of a hurricane. One of my first memories in landing in Halifax and leaving the … show up, friends of my mothers' from the ship drove us to Dundas. (I can only imagine the horror my mother must have felt that day). However it all turned out well with a happy reunion in Dundas and …
  • Olive Helen Briggs Ripley
    … Philip as of 2001. The WALL OF HONOUR brick was purchased as a birthday present for Olive to commemorate her 78th birthday on July 18, 2001 by her family. Clockwise from top right - Olive in …
  • Freerk and Ebeltje Jansma
    Freerk and Ebeltje Jansma (Van Der Laan) from Amsterdam, The Netherlands arrived at Pier 21 on July 12, 1954 aboard the Waterman with their daughter Gerda and son Jan. Geraldine (Gerda) married George Zwaagstra on July 27, 1957. See George S and Geraldine G Zwaagstra > See Sjouke and Anna …
  • Private Walter M. Rocky Thompson
    … Born 1918 in Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba died 1996. The fourth child to John Gillis Thompson and Gudrun Thordis …
  • Stephen Csibor
    … that I studied at night. The owner of the books studied them in the daytime. I created my own grammar book and learned words, which I felt, … had no opportunity to attend school and study English since she had a daytime job and took care of all the household work as well. She … We now enjoy our retirement and look back with nostalgia to that day when we first saw Pier 21 and Canada, the land of promise for so …