• Annemarie Buchmann-Gerber
    … Time 0:02:31 Transcript I had incidents, that’s again us being a newcomer in Prince Albert, that’s later when we had the two children my daughter was two so it was in … in 1947. When Annemarie was 16, she started studying to become a home economics teacher. After four years of college, she graduated with …
  • Who is the Little Boy in this Picture?
    … personnel departed from Pier 21 to serve overseas during the Second World War. This image depicts one of the first arrivals of a troop … Canada after World War II. A young Dave Campbell, with his mother, welcomes Canadian troops home at Pier 21 in 1945. Credit: Lieut. Richard … Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-192969. The Ile de France , laden with ecstatic soldiers, docked at Pier 21 on July 14, 1945. Flora …
  • H.F. Leuteritz
    … account that goes with the Immigration Story (as well as other documents, audio recording, and photos) of the Leuteritz (1951) and Huber (1952) families (German Immigrants) found on … Wally Dusswald and the rest to others and left for Bremen. Of all my friends who had studied with me in Munich, George Eberel came to the …
  • Finn Sander
    … Soon it was March 11, 1953, a warm and bright spring day and also the day we steamed out of Copenhagen harbour bound for an uncertain, … ship, but lacked character, I felt, compared to our ship. That was my rationale for reconciling the fact that the SS Stavangerfjord was … emigrants heading for Canada and U.S.A., and the realization must have come to a lot of folks, as the Norwegian coast slipped below the …
  • Archimede, Dina and John
    … of Italy. Having been sponsored by Uncle Agostino (Jack) Butticci, my 27 year old father, Archimede Altorio, left the familiarity of his … to begin establishing himself in this new land. On June 14, 1950, 26 year old Dina and 22 months old Giovanino (John) disembarked at Pier 21. Their ship, the Brasil, had left Naples, …
  • One Person’s Quarantine Room Divider is Another Person’s Fort
    … from Russia with her mother and siblings in December of 1928 to join their father in Montreal. “…my dad met us in Montreal…Ah, the excitement! I got off and we went to … my cousin and his wife, my little brother and myself, and my brother Lou; we all shared one bed. “There was nowhere to sleep because my …
  • Quotes - Arrival in Canada
    … was just a toddler of about 2 years of age when we landed in Halifax. My parents long ago told me the story that when the ship landed in Halifax, I was fast asleep in …
  • Ivan and Anna Zadan
    … From Tyranny to Freedom The Ivan and Anna Zadan Family History May 8 th , 1945 the air was … live together. Everything changed on May 8 th 1945, World War II had come to an end in Europe. A cease fire order was in place, and the …
  • The Gold Rush in British Columbia and the Yukon
    … by Western University's MA Public History Program Students "The crowd of crazy fools" [1] It was a strange scene in Dawson City in … wealthy American ladies, Mary Hitchcock and Edith Van Buren, who had come to Dawson City not to make their fortune, but to experience … The Gold Rush in British Columbia and the Yukon …
  • Thank You Canada
    … For 150 years, millions of people have come from far and wide to call Canada home. And while they each experience the challenges and opportunities this country … Thank You Canada …