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  • John Brian Sharples
    … slid from side to side as the boat lurched on its way! We spent a day or two in Newfoundland while the freight was unloaded and I recall …
  • John Hugh MacEachern
    … missed by family and friends. His crew members who died that February day and "second family" as he referred to them were: F/O Richard M. …
  • Judith Goldberger and Emery Hartman
    … Hartman, Martin Markus’ friend had the proper departure documents to come to Canada. Instead of going to Canada, Emery had decided to travel …
  • The Henk Beuker Family
    The family was sponsored by Dan Blender, a gardener in Craven, Saskatchewan. The trip to Saskatchewan by train took several says- arriving on July 1, 1952. It had rained for days in the Regina area and the roads were covered to a slimy soft muck, in which we got stuck. Having relatives who preceded …
  • 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 …
  • A Quarantine Label on the Door Doesn’t Make the Best First Impression
    … after they settled in Canada in June of 1950. “Soon after Labour Day, school started for John and Roger,” Jennifer wrote. “It was very …
  • 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. …
  • 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 …

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