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  • Windsor Foundation Classroom
    The Windsor Foundation Classroom features a projector, sound equipment, and natural light. This fully accessible room is perfect for your next meeting or conference. Inclusions: 6ft rectangular tables and chairs Drop down screen and projector Wifi Podium and microphone Natural light Facility …
  • Who is the Little Boy in this Picture?
    … image depicts one of the first arrivals of a troop ship carrying soldiers back to Canada after World War II. A young Dave Campbell, with his mother, welcomes Canadian troops home at Pier 21 in 1945. Credit: Lieut. Richard … truly captures the energy and rejuvenation of spirit, which accompanied the end of the Second World War. Many emotional arrivals and …
  • Jean Shephard Laffin
    … PIER 21 : Recollections by Jean Laffin (Nee Shephard), War Bride 1944 My association with Canadians started … to a women’s group called, The Women’s Own. They had their meetings on Wednesday afternoons. We children would go in after school just in time … Jean Shephard Laffin …
  • The Rosalind Roberts Family
    … Country of Origin: Wales Ship Name: Scythia Date of Arrival: April 14, 1929 Rosalind … was district manager of Pearl Assurance Co. They made their home in Newtown, Wales. Thomas suffered from heart trouble and died August 2, … farm where Rosalind's brother George Davies picked them up the next day. The family then stayed with George for about one year. During the …
  • Eva Kende nee Varadi
    … made her set aside all her fears and phobias and she declared that we are going. I was 15 years old. Her decision was not made lightly. … part heirlooms and part items collected by my father as security ‘in case’ we need to sell something for essentials. The photo albums … Eva Kende nee Varadi …
  • To Canada and Back Again: Immigration from the United States on the Underground Railroad (1840-1860)
    … Land was sold to refugees at a reduced rate and education subsidies were available. [4] Did You Know? After 1841 Upper Canada was … neutral way towards them. [5] After 1840, white citizens started to become fearful when fugitive slaves began to arrive in larger numbers. … influx of newly freed blacks once slavery was abolished. [7] Creating Community Black immigrants spread out around various towns and …
  • A “Little” Coincidence
    … Adventures in Genealogical Research at the Scotiabank Family History Centre On March 13, 2012, I received an email from Bonnie Pollock of Nova Scotia who wanted to find out more about her … James (b. 1840), Thomas (b. 1841), John (b. 1844), Peter (b. 1847), Ann (b. 1848), Margaret (b. 1854), George (b. 1856) and Mary (b. 1858). …
  • Legacy Gift
    … locked in the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21… it was a way to honour the immigrant stories in my own family.” —Frances … Pier 21 as one of its beneficiaries. The historian in me saw it as a way to further the Museum’s work. More importantly, it was a way to honour the immigrant stories in my own family. — Contributed by …
  • Ina van Teunenbroek
    … of Origin: Netherlands Date of Arrival: February 5, 1968 Port of Entry: Queenston, ON Age on Arrival: 32 Pier 21 - Ina Vrugtman Ina's … the United States in 1961, joining Eva at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Employment in the Cornell library system and scholarships allowed … Ina van Teunenbroek …

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