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  • Mark, Edna and Keith Brain
    … years and apples were very scarce. We were delighted to be allowed to buy two bars of Cadbury’s Milk Chocolate and a box of Cadbury’s Milk Tray as we had been rationed to twelve ounces of sweets every four weeks. This was quite a treat after nine years of food rationing … a pair of very fine nylons that she couldn’t get in England. She would have liked more but after paying 40 pounds each boat fare and 26 pounds …
  • Postwar Immigration through Pier 21
    … by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 26, 2020) Introduction V-E (Victory in Europe) Day, May 8, 1945, marked … to sweep me up in the most wonderful hug there ever was. My hat flew off; I dropped my purse, which promptly spilled its contents over all …
  • Refuge Canada
    Refugees face fear, shattered lives and often dangerous voyages in search of refuge. Canada has provided that refuge for many. However, over the course of the twentieth century, Canada has had a mixed record in welcoming refugees, reacting generously to some while overlooking others. Refuge Canada …
  • John and Kirsten Karding
    … in Central, and Kirsten in the northwest Jutland peninsula. On January 26th, 1922, John was born Johannes Therkelsen, the youngest of four, in a village named Hygum fifteen kilometres from the town of … joined their oldest brother Just and applied to the Danish king to have their surnames officially changed to Karding. Kirsten Mikkelsen, …
  • How eating dirt shaped one man's relationship with food
    … to understand that I am safe. This food is not going to go anywhere." How hunger shapes the relationship to food Prince's early childhood in … that are obviously true about you, but you didn't know, and it changes how you see yourself." Throughout his life, Prince has had to "edit" …
  • How eating dirt shaped one man's relationship with food
    … to understand that I am safe. This food is not going to go anywhere." How hunger shapes the relationship to food Prince's early childhood in … that are obviously true about you, but you didn't know, and it changes how you see yourself." Throughout his life, Prince has had to "edit" …
  • Mels van der Laan
    … truly, fondly known as Mels. Although very young at the time, I still can see the invading troops marching down the Dijk where I lived. I … was made on a troop ship, the facilities on that boat were not the best. They arrived in Halifax, NS and proceeded through Pier 21 and … Lavington, BC. After his return to The Netherlands, he was invited to come and have supper with our family and talk about his adventures …
  • Mels Fr. van der Laan
    … truly, fondly known as Mels. Although very young at the time, I still can see the invading troops marching down the Dijk where I lived. I … was made on a troop ship, the facilities on that boat were not the best. They arrived in Halifax, NS and proceeded through Pier 21 and … Lavington, BC. After his return to The Netherlands, he was invited to come and have supper with our family and talk about his adventures …
  • William James, Betty Stewart
    … recall seeing freckles on her nose and assumed they would probably not have been on the brunette, so asked for the blonde. We will never know … Cdr. William James Magee Veteran Date of Departure: November 1943 Age: 26 Years Name of Ship: S.S. Mauritania After joining the Royal Canadian … which covered from Britain through the Mediterranean and to the Far East. I was responsible for the office that recorded and …
  • Nickopoulos
    … to ensure that their children and grandchildren had a better quality of life. Jim was born in 1936 in the village of Fanaiti in Arcadia, … years in the village where he worked on the farm. Being the eldest of four children, Jim became the head of his household at the age of 17 when his father passed away. He immigrated to Canada on November 26, 1955 at the young age of 19 via the Olympia with only a few cents …

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