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  • The Masecchia Family
    … The Trip It was on the 24th of September 1965, the day I turned 10 years old that we left San Vittore del Lazio, a small … found jobs in the nearby factories. I started school the very next day. Back in 4th grade which I had finish that summer in Italy. My aunt … Vice President for the leading fund manager in Canada and every time I come back to Montreal I say, this is the best city I know, this is …
  • Private Wilfred Raymond Webb
    … of WWII when our parents met. Our dad, Wilfred Raymond Webb, born on Dec 14, 1918 in Bishopton, Quebec, was first stationed in England. It … the woman he would marry. And he did, on June 23, 1944. When the happy day came, our parents had only four days leave to get up to Aberdeen, … in line for chocolate and she still loves the sweet stuff to this day. It didn't take long after arriving to find out how enormous Canada …
  • Pte E. Elizabeth Knowles Webb
    … of WWII when our parents met. Our dad, Wilfred Raymond Webb , born on Dec 14, 1918 in Bishopton, Quebec, was first stationed in England. It … the woman he would marry. And he did, on June 23, 1944. When the happy day came, our parents had only four days leave to get up to Aberdeen, … in line for chocolate and she still loves the sweet stuff to this day. It didn't take long after arriving to find out how enormous Canada …
  • Children of the Pier: Adolescent Experiences of Arrival and Process
    … 21’s site history is the immigration experience of children. Young newcomers are frequently mentioned in relation to the immigration process … for several days. On 19 August, the vessel carrying Beal and her companions landed at Halifax. Image of CORB child Margaret Beal wearing … Take some, uh—uh, food from, uh, Lebanon, because of the different diet you have. From cracked wheat to—uh, we brought …
  • Anything to Declare? Part 2 - Reflections on Immigration and Customs Experiences at Pier 21
    … the examination of the role of customs as a vital part of a newcomer’s experience in Canada through the firsthand accounts of a former … during the postwar period, Arthur Vaughan witnessed many immigrants come through Pier 21 before boarding trains for their final … agreed. After we disembarked and entered the huge customs hall with Welcome to Canada on the wall in many languages, we each faced a customs …
  • Postwar Immigration through Pier 21
    … by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 26, 2020) Introduction V-E (Victory in Europe) Day, May 8, 1945, marked not only the beginning of the return home from …
  • History
    … many of the Dutch war brides explain that they saw the Canadian soldiers as their saviours, romance was inevitable. I have two Dutch war … twelve-hour days, seven days a week and frequently cared for German soldiers. Johanna Silvester was active with the Resistance in the … “Netherlands-Canada Settlement Scheme”. The experiences of Dutch newcomers ranged from being housed in a chicken coop by an abusive farmer …
  • How War and Peace Have Shaped Migration to Canada
    … the sacrifice of those who served our country. But it also gives us a chance to reflect on war and its effects. Different impacts Lloyd and …
  • Tony, Martha Vanderheyden Family
    … devastated our country, my parents made the decision to immigrate to Canada in 1948. There was much preparation for a family to make such a … although the potatoes were yellow and tasted different;  the raspberry jam tasted oily. With the lack of space, there wasn't much room to run … storage and transportation while sucking two of his fingers but one day he and his doll looked too far out of one of the many portholes. I …
  • How War and Peace Have Shaped Migration to Canada
    … the sacrifice of those who served our country. But it also gives us a chance to reflect on war and its effects. Different impacts Lloyd and …

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