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  • Bill Shaw, wife Kaye and Family
    … arrived at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia aboard the Georgic on April 26, 1952 on Kevin's first birthday. We sailed from Southampton on April …
  • Luigi Gemma Maria Giovanni Mattiuz
    … Country of Origin: Italy Date of Arrival: May 26, 1949 …
  • John James Vanderlee
    … Name: Zuiderkruis Port of Entry: Halifax Date of Arrival: September 26, 1952 Age on Arrival: 19 years For my first transatlantic crossing, …
  • Perfect Landings
    … Immigration and Figure Skating in Canada For a limited time only! Saturday, October 26 to Monday, November 11, 2024 Discover the immigration stories behind … skating in Canada through a series of biographies. Visitors can learn more about John Knebli, a talented craftsman who arrived at Pier 21 in …
  • Keith and Joan Baldwin, daughter Judi
    … could see no future for our family. When I left the U.K. at the age of 26 I had the dubious distinction of never having paid any income tax, …
  • The Wheel of Conscience
    … Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, and Daniel Libeskind, architect, unveil the Wheel of Conscience on January 20, 2011. © SteveKaiserPhotography.ca Commemorating the St. Louis Voyage The Wheel of Conscience is a memorial for 900 Jewish refugees aboard the MS St. Louis who were denied …
  • Karpowich Frank Pauline
    … In the spring of 1913, 26-year-old Frank Karpowich bid farewell to his family in Mlyniska, …
  • Douwe and Hinke Neef and Family
    … 60 to 80 hours per week (except Sundays), every week of every year for 26 years. Since the sponsors for the family were situated in both …
  • Private Arthur Fisher
    … well-respected blacksmith. My father enlisted in the army on November 26, 1942 in Edmonton, Alberta. Pte. Fisher underwent basic training in …
  • Concetta DeGasperis
    … join her father Attilio and two other brothers, Alfredo & Angelo who had already begun their aspirations of a new and better life in … life would again change dramatically when she met the man who would become her dance partner for life, Giovanni Guglietti . They married on August 26th, 1961 and in the years that followed brought four sons in to this …

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