• Rosina, Domenico, Giovanna
    … Origin: Italy Ship: Conte Biancamano Arrival Date: September 19, 1955 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 … my paternal grandparents as was customary in those days. Our family farmed the land and as one can imagine the years following World War II …
  • Everina Pieternella Hoogerdyk
    … the challenge our emigration would bring, the travelling, and the sights of other countries. In two words – unlimited possibilities – and … 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 …
  • Phyllis Danroth
    … to work in the munitions factory. One day a handsome soldier from Canada commented on her red kilt that she was wearing; telling her that … with a knitted sweater for her dog. She would have her cup of tea beside her. When she made tea, the water had to be boiled. She could … the 2 hour phone calls that they would often have or when she came to visit and it would be the middle of the night and they were still …
  • Antonio, Lina e Bettina Mancini
    … in the coal mines. While there, a few years later Canada issued a call for immigration as they required workers to work on farms in Western … departed Italy along with Antonio’s eldest sister Salvatrice and her four children Maria, Floriana, Luigia and Fernando who were also … 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 …
  • Evelyn Smith Morrison, son William
    … arriving in Canada and raised 7 children. Evelyn has made several visits home to England over the years to visit two sisters and three brothers. …
  • John and Gloria Hanson Sherman
    … on the train for Windsor, ON, I went over to Dartmouth, N.S. to visit a family that my father had met when he came over on convoys with …
  • “This is Ticklish Business”: Undesirable Religious Groups and Canadian Immigration after the Second World War
    … the Second World War , published in the journal Canadian Issues . For more information on Canadian Issues , visit https://acs-metropolis.ca/acs/ . …
  • Dorothy Lacey Blake
    … Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and there we lived with my father for the next six years. Over the years Dorothy, better known as Dot, was able to visit her British family. She went on to have six more children, Debbie, Larry, Cathy, Gary, Peter and Pam. Mum loved …
  • Stephen Tychowecky
    … and health status were verified, Stephen was given $12.00 cash and wished well in his new country. He boarded a train for Montreal, and …
  • "Why Do We Need a Museum of Immigration?"
    … MacDonald suggests that current debates on immigration are best informed by the historical contexts of immigration as well as the contemporary experiences of newcomers. This article, published in the journal Canadian Issues , … experience in Canada. For more information on Canadian Issues , visit www.acs-aec.ca . …