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  • Lieutenant Ryszard Z.S. Paudyn
    … Paudyn 1921-2008 Richard was born in Warsaw on November 27th 1921. He was baptized in St. Andrew Catholic Church in Warsaw. His parents were Wanda (nee Blichewicz) and Stefan Paudyn. The …
  • LACW Elsie F. Mills
    … May 25, 1945 Country of Origin: England By Elsie Mills I stood at the window today looking across a field of sweet corn. So many years have passed and so much has happened. It’s August, 1999, a beautiful day. The sun is shining … to be at a dance, but I was! Ed (Jack Mills) was with a group that had come over to the dance. He had run out of money to get back, so I …
  • Long Journeys: The First Tibetans in Canada
    … In 1959, a national uprising by Tibetans against the Chinese occupation of their homeland took … the quality of caring about the collective welfare, a person who is community-minded. The choice of this expression as a project name is a … [21.04.14NRKMTK] Gelek Gyathong, interviewed by Sonam Nylosang [21.05.26GG] Nyingko Tsering, interviewed by Jigme Tsering [21.00.00NT] …
  • ALL ABOARD!
    … increasingly cater to younger passengers by promoting their services and products to them and their parents. Youth now hold more … immediately after the Second World War, transportation companies such as: Cunard White Star Line, the Canadian National Railway (CNR) and the … vanilla ice cream, peach cream cake, biscuits, bread and butter, jam, fresh milk, tea or cocoa, and oranges. [1] Ship menu, SS Duchess …
  • Margaret S. Kydd
    … War bride: left Liverpool, England aboard the ship, Athlone Castle, May 2, 1945. Arrived at Pier 21, in Halifax, May 12, 1945. This is my story. At age 18 I met 29 year old, Staff Sergeant, William … his 10 days leave, in April 1945, we made arrangements for me to come to Canada. We felt if we waited until after the war, my departure …
  • The Reunion
    … A man drives down Terminal Road towards Pier 21. He is wearing a blue shirt; next to him his wife holds a bouquet of flowers. He is nervous and excited. He is … The Reunion …
  • Helena Lengacher
    … My Journey to Canada by Helena Lengacher, April 2016 I was born September 6, 1920, in Waterland-Oudeman situated in … which supplied beer to all the neighbouring restaurants and establishments. At the time, we were one of the few families to have a motor … to my father, "do not say anything, it’s the German’s, they have come back to kill us!" Both my father and I laid motionless as a …
  • “We Wanted to Come to Canada”: Pier 21 and the Arrival of Polish Orphans
    … Many of the older children added that they had voluntarily chosen to come to Canada despite communist claims to the contrary. Image of USAT … her parents had died in Siberia, she and her compatriots “…wanted to come to Canada, we do not want to go back to Poland.” [13] Meanwhile, a … water if he worked the whole day. When asked about what the young newcomer thought of Poland, he replied, “we like our country very much but …
  • Charles J. Lutton
    … Port of Entry: Saint John, New Brunswick Date of Arrival: February 26, 1928 Age on Arrival: 24 CHARLES JOSEPH LUTTON/"C" COMPANY THE IRISH … – bright and warm. April 22, 1944 (S. ELIA FIUMERAPIDO / Map. 891266 Scale 1/50,000 Sheet 160 1) The Bn change over was completed by …
  • Frits and Trijn Lopers
    … born and grew up in Koekange, a small town not far from Meppel in Drenthe, an eastern province of Holland. Frits was born in 1918, the fourth … when he asked about our family, he said he didn’t want little kids on his farm. Soon there was another letter from Canada, with word about a …

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