- Families February 22, 1951 – Volendam Immigration is not something you get just up and do, you talk about it, think about it and talk about it again, you go to all kinds of bureaus for information. When it gets to be pretty serious you start praying a lot about it. The time comes that you only pray …
- Families September 26, 1956 – Skaubryn Our journey to Canada began with a dream of opportunity and space to raise a large family. The prospect of immigrating to a new county proved to be both exciting and frightening as well as a lot of work. At the time we had six children, all of whom were housed …
- Families March 1954 – Waterman My name is Johanna Schel. I left Rotterdam on March 2, 1954 with my husband, Johannes, whom was called Jan, and my three year old son also named Johannes but known as Jan Willem. I vividly recall boarding the S.S. Waterman. I can still see my mother standing between …
- Single Men and Women July 20, 1957 – Waterman My story starts in the summer of 1951, when I went on holidays with my family to a resort in Holland called "Het Trefpunt", translated it means "Meeting Point". There I met Gerald, my future husband, although at that time we had no idea that we would be …
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