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  • Frequently Asked Questions
    … Can I search for an immigration record on the Museum’s website? No, the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 does not have immigration records on the website. The Scotiabank Family History Centre staff use a variety of …
  • Rosa and Giuseppe Ritorto
    … for us kids everything was beautiful, so much to explore and so much food to eat. Some of the food was strange to me and nothing like I'd … us was the smallest airplane to take us to our final destination, Sept-Iles. Now we were very afraid, especially my mother. After a couple of … the cold was unbearable, but we became used to it just like everyone else there. My father had come to Canada 6 years earlier and had a very …
  • Major H.R.S. Tim Ellis
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  • Sgt. Arnold Ellis Clarke
    … Sgt. Arnold Ellis Clarke …
  • Francesco P. Dell'Elce
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  • Pino, Ilse Pleschberger Palisca
    … later than scheduled because of the rough sea. I saw some officials come up the gangplank and pin a medal on our captain's chest. (the … story of my journey to Canada. The Displaced Persons camp in Germany Ilse's Immigration ID Cards Ilse's Immigration ID Cards Ilse and Pino with baby Evelyn in Canada …
  • Paul, Gunnar, Else Maria
    … Paul, Gunnar, Else Maria …
  • Private Samuel Francis Ellis
    … Private Samuel Francis Ellis …
  • Borders, Groups, Statistics: Researching Immigrant Arrival at Pier 21
    … no longer exists? While the Scotiabank Family History Centre at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 does not hold copies of all … records on microfilm , and information on all ports of entry into Canada. There remain some misconceptions about the nature of these … comprehensive book of names and signatures of every person who entered Canada through a port of entry. In the past, ship manifests and …
  • Conrad, Joanne Cats
    … was much crying as family and friends wished them well. The departure day arrived and Mother's family took us to the pier in Rotterdam … boarded the train for Windsor, Ontario where we stayed at a boarding house for a week. An immigration officer drove us to Leamington, about … there was a sand floor, we had wooden crates to sit on and put our food in a well to stay cold. By fall the work season was over and we …

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