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… by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 9, 2020) In May 2015, the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 opened a new exhibition on … precedents, and public opinion. As a result, an individual’s desire to come to Canada is only one of many factors that determine immigration. … Would You Do? Admit, Detain, or Deny Entry to Irregular Refugees on Canada’s East Coast …
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… My Pier 21 Story Elizabeth Heinz, Nanaimo, BC 24 August 2015 For the past 120 years, my extended family has had the privilege of blazing a trail to and from … other countries. My great-grandmother, Justina Flaig, fled Bessarabia after the Russian revolution in 1905. She arrived in Canada at Pier 21 …
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… My Pier 21 Story Elizabeth Heinz, Nanaimo, BC 24 August 2015 For the past 120 years, my extended family has had the privilege of blazing a trail to and from … other countries. My great-grandmother, Justina Flaig, fled Bessarabia after the Russian revolution in 1905. She arrived in Canada at Pier 21 …
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… under age. In January 1941, he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. After basic training, he was assigned duties at RCAF Six Bomber … bunker at the East Moor base until the conflict in Europe ended that May. On July 5, 1945, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross … the air, while posted at the RCAF headquarters in London in 1941, Les met a young woman named Joan Mitchell . Their courtship was forged …
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… 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 … Leamington, Ontario from 1946 to present. I retired from H.J. Heinz after thirty years of service at Christmas time 1977 and am enjoying my …
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… She is a woman of Honour... She (OLIVE MAY HALL) immigrated to Canada from Sussex,England in 1945, married to … TROOPER ERNEST WILLIAM WELLS (BILL) of the 17th D.Y.R.C.H. (HOUSARES) after WWII who was from Strathmore,Quebec. Still married to this day 56 … grand children and great grand children behind them. Personal Story: My Mum told me that there was alot of women on board and a few …
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… Rear-Gunner on the Halifax bombers. He also returned home via Pier 21 after a horrific accident which occurred in Leeming when a plane his … P/O A. Mackie, Wireless Operator, Toronto, Ont. F/Sgt M.J. Brewer, Mid-Upper Gunner, Kingman, Alberta We should never forget the …
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… of Origin: England Ship Name: Ile De France Date of Arrival: 1945 My mother and I were born in Bradford, Manchester, England. My mother … the war. My father was in the Royal Canadian Air Force and they both met on a base in England. My mother was a War Bride. We immigrated to … in the fall of 1945. We crossed the Atlantic aboard the Ile De France. After arriving at Pier 21 we then boarded a train for Sydney, Nova …
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… My Pier 21 Story Elizabeth Heinz, Nanaimo, BC 24 August 2015 For the past 120 years, my extended family has had the privilege of blazing a trail to and from … other countries. My great-grandmother, Justina Flaig, fled Bessarabia after the Russian revolution in 1905. She arrived in Canada at Pier 21 …
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… My Pier 21 Story Elizabeth Heinz, Nanaimo, BC 24 August 2015 For the past 120 years, my extended family has had the privilege of blazing a trail to and from … other countries. My great-grandmother, Justina Flaig, fled Bessarabia after the Russian revolution in 1905. She arrived in Canada at Pier 21 …