• 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 … with my father. Fate had a different road for me to travel. We had a visitor, one Nick Verbruggen, a bulb salesman who traveled extensively … Lavington, BC. After his return to The Netherlands, he was invited to come and have supper with our family and talk about his adventures …
  • Sapper Melvin E. Clark
    … star Italy Star France Germany Star Defense of Britain Medal CVSM (Can Volunteer Service Medal) Victory Medal …
  • "Might Be the Best of the Lot": Baltic Refugees, Canadian Immigration Policy and the Arrival of SS Walnut
    … by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 14, 2020) Introduction … Sweden in December 1948, illustrated that admitting and processing newcomers to Canada remained largely influenced by several factors … (hereafter LAC), Department of Citizenship and Immigration fonds, RG 26, vol. 143, file 3-40-21 “Statistics Ten Years Post-War Immigration,” …
  • Lieutenant Walter Melvin White
    … letters for years afterwards and I was fortunate to be able to visit them once again in 1966. For a long time after the war ended … County, Nova Scotia. And daughter Marilynn will tell you that if you visit in the spring of the year, you will undoubtedly notice the …
  • 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 … with my father. Fate had a different road for me to travel. We had a visitor, one Nick Verbruggen, a bulb salesman who traveled extensively … Lavington, BC. After his return to The Netherlands, he was invited to come and have supper with our family and talk about his adventures …
  • Bartholomeus and Hendrika Boxem
    … for mothers with diapers to wash. Every clothing item would have to be washed in sea water by hand, rung out, and then hung up in cabins or … next lurch of the ship tossed me over the edge. That was the end of my visit to the children's dining room. I enjoyed the company of the …
  • Rosina, Domenico, Giovanna
    … For some time I have wanted to document the story of our arrival in Canada. I believe it is important for our children to have a starting point on their roots in Canada. My name is Giovanna D’Agnolo (nee Iannetta) and I was born on … still did not have these amenities. We would return for another visit in 1973 and again in 1978. I believe each trip back only …
  • Everina Pieternella Hoogerdyk
    … one year later my brother and his family came from Venezuela for a visit. He advised Pete to emigrate. He had great admiration for Pete’s … work for a farmer, and if Pete did not want to stay with the farmer to come to Whitby where there would be plenty of job opportunities. …
  • Antonio, Lina e Bettina Mancini
    … couldn’t stay confined in their cabins. The only ones lucky enough to visit and eat in the dining room & cafeteria were the younger members … the 50th anniversary of our arrival in Canada, in October of 2002 we revisited Pier 21. I, along with my mother Lina and cousins Floriana & … I did not have any memories that I could relate to but still found the visit to Pier 21 experience very moving, knowing that I once passed …
  • Frits and Trijn Lopers
    … two girls. Opa and Oma Lopers and Oma and Opa Steenbergen were able to come along on the bus to Rotterdam to send us off. When we got to the … teeth in the water. We saw nothing but water, water, water, but on the 26 th of May we reached the shore in Halifax. When we landed there was … had to go right back, waving their hands in our faces that we may not come in.  He had pneumonia. It was so hard to leave little Jake behind …