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  • History
    During the Pier 21 years (1928-1971) Dutch immigrants were the fifth largest ethnic group to arrive in Canada. In the pre Second World War years most Dutch immigrants settled in Ontario (15,000 between 1918 and 1939). They trickled in through the depression (3,200) but immigration largely halted …
  • Stories - Netherlands
    Stories in Dutch Dad's Story Dad's Story (English) Children's Stories AE Didi Murphy Willem Kreeft Josephine Keyzer Sietske Flietstra Bellsmith Lina Douwasma Jack de Vries Peter van der Horden Connie A.H. Uyterlinde Family Stories Toon and Trees Maas Johannes Kreeft and Elizabeth Kreeft-Meijers …
  • Dad's Story
    Stories in Dutch 15 April 1953, na twee uuur slapen werden wij weer op geropen om de groten overtocht te aan vaarden. Just en op afgesproken tijd arriveer de Roetje Geelens toring wagen 7:15 begon den aftochd. Voor de Neerse kerk werd nog afscheid genomen van heer Kapelaan Haenen en pater Sillekens …
  • Dad's Story (English)
    Stories in Dutch On 15 April 1953, after two hours of sleep, we were called up to begin the voyage. Right on schedule, the Roetje Geelens intercity bus arrives. At 7:15 the voyage begins. In front of the church in the town of Neer, we bid farewell to Mr. Kapelaan Haenen and Father Sillekens, and …
  • Anna Spaunberg
    Families Before 1956 Departed Dec 19-1926, arrived Pier 21 Halifax, December 28 1926. Our 9 day voyage – Mother with 3 children ages 6, 4, 2, I was the oldest – Anna (Wohl) Wahl, 6 years old, born October 18 1920 in Nemetker, Hungary. Very rough seas, I was sick the entire trip. Christmas on board …
  • Irene Gadja
    Families Before 1956 My dad spoke very little of his family. Few facts are known to me, he lived in a village in Hungary close to the Romanian border, his home was a thatched house with dirt floor that he shared with his six siblings. He never mentioned his father, all I knew of his mother that she …
  • Kucha Family
    Families Before 1956 Steven and Margaret Kucha by Daughter Sharon Bonnallie Hungarian Immigrants Minnedosa (Steven) July 23, 1926 Berlin III (Margaret) February 11, 1934 Age: 5 years 8 mos for Steven F 8 years for Margaret S (left Hungary on her birthday) January 26, 1934 Steven F. Kucha, Jr. …