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… Country of origin: Hungary Date of entry: December 4, 1951 Ship name: Fairsea Port of entry: Halifax Age at arrival: 22 Your story: My mother was 22 years old when she arrived at Pier 21 on December 4, …
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… Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Germany Ship Name: Anna Salén Port of Entry: Pier 21 Date of Arrival: November 16, 1951 Age on Arrival: 20 May it be known that I, Hans Escher, was born on Sept. 3, 1931 to Adolf … der Stein, in Kerkrade, the Netherlands, the eldest of nine children. My parents were of German stock and nationality. In 1935, during the …
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… I met my husband when I was serving in the Women's Land Army in the … England. He was stationed at a nearby airfield, a training base, after completing a tour of operations over Europe - mostly Germany. We …
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… I arrived at Pier 21, November 6, 1946 after a ten day Sea Voyage on the Empire Brent. I travelled by train to … host of other War Brides on their way across Canada. The Red Cross and my husband, Walter MacDonald Searle , then in civilian clothes met me at the railway station. We lived in London, until he graduated. …
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… My father Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Carington Smith (now deceased) returned from war in 1946 and my mother and I went down to meet him at Pier 21. He had been away for six years less a month. I … Queen Elizabeth dock there either towards the end of the war or just after the war. I think that on one occasion there was a strike in New …
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… was born in Kastri, Greece on September 5th 1934, the 5th child of Demetrios and Aggeliki. Demetrios was a successful, hard working … got exited and said "Dad I am not young any more I am 16 already". On May 19, 1951 his dad took him to Athens with other young and older …
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… she was going to live next door to for the rest of her life. In May 1960, Nives visited the Canadian Department of National Health and Welfare in Rome and was granted a visa to come to Canada. With the airline ticket that Mario had bought her in … so she could use a payphone to let Mario know she had arrived. The day after her 21st birthday, Nives married the love of her life in Toronto …
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… and 4 sisters. She was particularly close to her oldest sister, May. At 2 months of age, Phyllis came down with pneumonia. The Reverend … where she would go to church every Wednesday and twice on Sundays. After finishing school at age 16, she went to work in the local cinema … then Phyllis was expecting their first child, Clifford. Carl would not meet his son until Cliff was 5 months old, when Mom arrived on the …
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… eldest daughter Mary Grace Harris, nee Maria Grazia Natoli. My father Francesco Natoli was born in Sicily and my mother Rosaria Capobianco was born in a small town in southern Italy. They met during the war in Naples where he was in the police force and she …
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… Peace – The Exhibition is the Museum’s summer 2014 exhibit, brought to us by the Canadian War Museum. It is a glowing success, attracting about 6,000 … day. The folks at the Canadian War Museum really knew what they were doing when they designed this activity. It is appealing to everyone, …