• Alfonso Di Pietro
    … Alfonso Di Pietro …
  • Edo Da Prat
    … Edo Da Prat …
  • Gaetano Di Chiara
    … Gaetano Di Chiara …
  • Ile de France
    … be sure to include the ship name and accession number (i.e. DI2012.1.1). … Ile de France …
  • Ferdinando Di Lorenzo
    … Ferdinando Di Lorenzo …
  • "Might Be the Best of the Lot": Baltic Refugees, Canadian Immigration Policy and the Arrival of SS Walnut
    … Sweden in December 1948, illustrated that admitting and processing newcomers to Canada remained largely influenced by several factors … (hereafter LAC), Department of Citizenship and Immigration fonds, RG 26, vol. 143, file 3-40-21 “Statistics Ten Years Post-War Immigration,” … Volume 3 (Ottawa: King’s Printer and Controller of Stationery, 1947), 2646. Knowles, Forging Our Legacy , 68. Shephard, 341. Trudy …
  • History
    … of challenges upon arrival in Canada, a vibrant Italian-Canadian community gradually emerged, significantly contributing to the building … of labour for construction, maintenance, and work in subsidiary mining companies, and while Italians were not considered desirable settlers, … money to send home to their families. Labour agents assisted those coming for work by arranging transportation and finding jobs for a fee. …
  • Waldoza Andreassen Family
    Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Denmark Ship Name: MS Stockholm Port of Entry: Halifax, Pier 21 Date of Arrival: February 28, 1957 Family: 2 Adults and 4 children The Andreassen family came over from Denmark and made their way to Vancouver. The children came back to visit Pier 21 museum …
  • A Trip No One Dreamed of Making by Kathy
    … up everything and flee on a moment’s notice three times. Life was not easy in the first few years after the war– housing had been largely … to family still left behind how good life was saying ‘you should come!’. In 1950 my Mom and her family, having not much to look forward … for one year. My Mom committed to paying back the Lutheran Relief $265. I was astonished when I discovered the original promisory note in …
  • George S and Geraldine G Zwaagstra
    George (Sjouke, Jr.) arrived from The Tjerkwerd, The Netherlands on April 27, 1951 aboard the Georgic with his parents Sjouke and Anna Zwaagstra and younger brother Broer (Gerald). His older brother Pier (Peter) arrived at Pier 21 on March 29, 1950 aboard the Beaverbrae . See Sjouke and Anna …