• Arie Dirk Bestebreurtje
    … camps. With his team all captured or killed, Arie, with a broken foot, was able to crawl under the fence after 4 days inside, where he … Arie could have been well on his way to a lucrative law career. A bona fide war hero with a top flight degree in International Law could have … York, becoming a Presbyterian minister in 1953. After a brief apprenticeship with a church in the New York area, he took over a new church …
  • The Barr/Britannia Colony, Part I
    … of Trafalgar. Baird must have appreciated the company for, when he died, he left Barr with an inheritance. He also instilled in him “the … determined to not have the colonists fail, as this would discourage future British immigration, so they began making contingency plans. … Most of these plans either did not come to fruition or did not last. [26] Some of his group were skeptical from the outset. Reflecting on his …
  • Uncovering secrets of the popular miniature Pier 21 model
    … even harder to detect: At the head of one of the trains is a steam locomotive carrying a load of real coal , which Conlin retrieved from the … on a bench waiting for their train. They are students from the West Indies, explains Conlin, in Canada on a student visa and bound for their … about the history of their history on Canadian Museum of Human Rights website. A Black sleeping car porter swings down from the Colonist …
  • Uncovering secrets of the popular miniature Pier 21 model
    … even harder to detect: At the head of one of the trains is a steam locomotive carrying a load of real coal , which Conlin retrieved from the … on a bench waiting for their train. They are students from the West Indies, explains Conlin, in Canada on a student visa and bound for their … about the history of their history on Canadian Museum of Human Rights website. A Black sleeping car porter swings down from the Colonist …
  • Jean Allison Bock
    … Diary Entries Friday, April 26 I left Sheffield at 9 am and was met in London by the … Canadian Army and driven in a private car along with a girl named Beatrice to the hotel. This place is very nice and quite near Hyde Park. We …
  • Margot Rita Kienle Tarajos
    … and want to tell you the story of our journey. Most of my recollection comes from my mother. It's fascinating to listen to her stories. On … were out of our minds for making such a decision. I'm sure it wasn't easy for my parents to come to this conclusion but it was only a few … looked back. Canada was home for his family and he was proud of it. He died October 10th, 1987 and is still sadly missed. My mother continued …
  • ALL ABOARD!
    … at Pier 21! I’d like to share a bit of our collection with you today. After searching for interesting historical tidbits, I came across … fleeing persecution. Transportation Companies and Postwar Children’s Food Menus In the years immediately after the Second World War, …
  • Walking by Faith by Irma
    … to attend a church where he learned that we often have to walk by faith and not by sight. That is how he got three jobs. Ten months … I remembered what my husband always told me: “we must walk by faith,” and despite everything that was happening, I felt peace. We … started a daycare. And in spite of everything, we continue to walk by faith. Return to Toronto …
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  • Esa Felix Kamonin
    … Esa Felix Kamonin …