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  • Janet Johnston Burgess
    Janet Johnston Burgess is married to Malcolm Smith Burgess and they have two sons. They came to Canada through Pier21 in 1949. …
  • Malcolm Smith Burgess
    Malcolm Smith Burgess is married to Janet Johnston Burgess and they have two sons. They came to Canada through Pier 21 in 1949. …
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    Robert Peter Burgess …
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  • Maurice Bernard Burton
    During the war Mr. Burton worked out of Pier 21, Halifax. His company loaded the convey ships for their missions, unloaded servicemen, war brides and hospital ships. He traveled as far as New York once to unload the Queen Mary because she couldn't dock in Halifax. He processed the War Brides …

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