• Rudolph Goertz and Elfriede Mundt
    … brothers (Henry, Frank and Rudolph) and two sisters (Helen and Maria). My father was Frank and my mother was Katie (nee Thiessen). Because of … was moved to Poland when I was taken to a working camp in Germany. (My father and brothers were lost to the war but in the early 1960's I …
  • Rudy Alonzi
    … Frosinone, Italy in 1940. I have one brother and two sisters. My parents were the most honest, lovable and hardworking people ever. … but her main trade was running our grocery store, and my fondest memories was myself, at a very young age working by her side and …
  • My Father’s Music - Ilse Thompson
    … Becoming a Refugee CMIP 21 · My Father’s Music Time 0:03:48 Transcript Ilse Thompson (IT): And, um, we had a wonderful time. But then the day came when I met my girlfriend on the street. A girlfriend, my best friend, on the … My Father’s Music - Ilse Thompson …
  • Vice-Admiral Douglas S. Boyle
    … Rocky Mountain town of Revelstoke, British Columbia. His middle name, prophetic as it turned out to be, was his mother’s family name. … had immigrated to Canada from England and settled in Revelstoke just after the First World War. His older sister, Irene, and his parents … in very rough seas to pick up German survivors. (Interestingly, Dad met one of these survivors years later when he was serving with NATO’s …
  • Olive Helen Briggs Ripley
    … younger sister, Diana Dilley, still living in England. In 1944, Olive met a Canadian soldier stationed overseas in Kent waiting to go to … the start of a new life for Olive - Trees seemed to be everywhere and after growing up on the outskirts of a large city, it truly was a …
  • Private Walter M. Rocky Thompson
    … and was in active duty for 5 1/2 years until he was wounded in Italy. After the war he found work in Sioux Lookout, Ontario. He worked at the … it was taken over by the Canadian government until his retirement. He met and married Doris Violet Taylor 1947 and they had seven children. …
  • Muriel Caroline Tobutt Robbins
    … training centre and then on to Kingston-on-Thames, Sussex after completing tests to become a signal operator. From there she went … lucky that she had fallen ill. The Canadian Unit was next door. Mum met our father Gunner Melville Leo Robbins. Mum went on to serve …
  • Gerarda and Peter Flinsenberg
    … and one, respectively. A year later their youngest son Jack was born. After the end of World War II, our parents decided that Holland no … Scotia to Woodstock, Ontario. The farmer that sponsored our family met us at the station. Our father started work the very next day for …
  • Nicola and Franca Lavolpicella
    … My name is Luigi and I would like to share the story of my dad Nicola … the beginning of a new and prosperous life and Nicola thought it was a chance he had to take. He would have to leave behind his parents Luigi … let some waves bother him. He just kept eating at every opportunity. After 10 days his voyage had ended at Pier 21 in Halifax. He had …
  • Giovanni Marrone
    … Immigration : 1953 Sailing Ship : SS Nea Helles Date of Departure : May 21, 1953, Napoli, Italy Date of Arrival : June 02, at Pier 21 … farming and construction jobs in and around town to help make ends meet. In the process, they acquired a reputation in town as reliable, … learn new skills, make new friends and look to the future. On May 16, 1953 Giovanni married Maria DiGirolamo in a simple ceremony in …