• Veke,Toini,Raili
    … because we’re leaving our home here in Kuopio, Finland, and going far away, to a country called Canada. My name is Kaarina and I’m nine … with a shrill whistle and is puffing on towards Helsinki. Raili said she doesn't want to go and she just whispered to me that we should have …
  • Antonio Fernandes Moreira
    … of Proença-a-Nova, Portugal dreamed of pursing a better life for themselves and their children. They had become aware of the opening of immigration to Canada, and although other … "hardened hands". On Good Friday, April 8, 1955, António boarded the ship Saturnia in the port of Lisbon after a tearful and heartbreaking …
  • Lieutenant John Forbes Monroe
    … Forbes Monroe (Forbes) was born in Ottawa, Ontario, January 29, 1921, the only child of Winifred Edna Forbes and Franklin Alexander Monroe. … be, Jessie Bernice (Bunny) Wight and they were married August 7, 1943. See photo. Following another brief transfer to Windsor, Ontario, Forbes …
  • Andy Alfoldy
    … left Hungary in 1945 and wound up in Germany via Austria. My grandfather and father were both medical doctors, My father was a surgeon with … century as well as a medical specialist in a number of disciplines. He, in fact, brought in the first X-ray machine to Hungary for use in …
  • Quotes - Arrival in Canada
    … landed in Halifax. My parents long ago told me the story that when the ship landed in Halifax, I was fast asleep in my room (deck). Well, this ship sounded a foghorn and all went out on deck to see Canada. Everyone was so excited, they forgot I was alone and …
  • Silvano Indri
    … Che bella la Casetta in Canada – What A Beautiful Little House in Canada … tune that went like this: “C’erà una casetta piccolina in Canada, con tanti pesciolini et tanti fiori di lilà, e tutte le ragazze che …
  • 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 … Thank You Canada …
  • Reginald W. and Dorothy E. Haines
    … Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: England Ship Name: MV Georgic Port of Entry: Halifax Date of Arrival: May 14, … and Edith (Miller). Reginald and Dorothy Married January 1, 1935. In the early days of their marriage, Dorothy worked as a nurse's aid, and …