• Sergeant Arnold Shewan
    … the University of Toronto, Sept. 1941 is pictured below and includes 26 year old Arnold Shewan from Thamesford, Ontario. He had signed up in …
  • Nederlof van Tiggelen
    … Families February 22, 1951 – Volendam Immigration is not something you get just up and do, you talk about it, think about it and … gets to be pretty serious you start praying a lot about it. The time comes that you only pray that God will show you the way; at least this … which had 1400 passengers and 500 crewmembers, to go to our new land Canada. The Atlantic Ocean can be pretty rough going in the winter so …
  • Private Norman Peter Kelly
    … France, Belgium, Holland and Germany Demobilization: January 22, 1946 (26 years, 7 months) In May of 1942 Private Kelly embarked from Pier 21 … beginning with the birth of triplet sons. In the end there would be four sons and six daughters. During his civilian life Norm was a …
  • Ivy Edie Stevenson Williamson
    … My mother’s name was Ivy Edie Stevenson and she was born on January 26th, 1927 to Charles and Caroline Stevenson. She was 1 of 13 children …
  • Szigetvari
    … At the time of our escape, my family was: Father: Janos Szigetvari 26; Mother: Ilona Barath-Szigetvari 25; Brother: Elemer 5; and myself, …
  • Arnold ja Heli Rakfeldt
    … of Arrival: November 22, 1949 Our journey to Canada, myself (Arnold ja Heli), Ilmar, and Miralda Rakfeldt and children, Helle, Tiia and Jaak Rakfeldt began on November 14, 1949 from Stockholm to Goteborg, … Arnold ja Heli Rakfeldt …
  • George S and Geraldine G Zwaagstra
    George (Sjouke, Jr.) arrived from The Tjerkwerd, The Netherlands on April 27, 1951 aboard the Georgic with his parents Sjouke and Anna Zwaagstra and younger brother Broer (Gerald). His older brother Pier (Peter) arrived at Pier 21 on March 29, 1950 aboard the Beaverbrae . See Sjouke and Anna …
  • Love Stories
    … We often say that the War Brides followed their hearts to Canada, and so they did, but they were not the only ones. From the Italian proxy … once it had become clear that Martin didn’t understand what they were saying. Catherine says, “that was our first beautiful kiss”. After four …
  • William and Christine Stoffer
    … Families September 26, 1956 – Skaubryn Our journey to Canada began with a dream of … The box was required to be full to prevent the load from shifting so the officials cut our couch in half to make a tight fit! Before we … 21, 1956 a bus arrived to pick us up. The entire street showed up to say goodbye, with hankies waving and tears flowing, as we left to begin …
  • Helle, Tiia ja Jaak Rakfeldt
    … of Arrival: November 22, 1949 Our journey to Canada, myself ( Arnold ja Heli ), Ilmar, and Miralda Rakfeldt and children, Helle, Tiia and … off schedule and we finally arrived in St. Catharines on November 25-26th 1949. Our reason for coming to Canada and leaving Sweden was … the USA since 1924 and we could be reunited again as a family. We had visa applications to immigrate to the USA since 1945, but in Sweden we …