• Nederlof van Tiggelen
    Families February 22, 1951 – Volendam Immigration is not something you get just up and do, you talk about it, think about it and talk about it again, you go to all kinds of bureaus for information. When it gets to be pretty serious you start praying a lot about it. The time comes that you only pray …
  • William and Christine Stoffer
    Families September 26, 1956 – Skaubryn Our journey to Canada began with a dream of opportunity and space to raise a large family. The prospect of immigrating to a new county proved to be both exciting and frightening as well as a lot of work. At the time we had six children, all of whom were housed …
  • Johanna Schel
    Families March 1954 – Waterman My name is Johanna Schel. I left Rotterdam on March 2, 1954 with my husband, Johannes, whom was called Jan, and my three year old son also named Johannes but known as Jan Willem. I vividly recall boarding the S.S. Waterman. I can still see my mother standing between …
  • Recommended Resources
    Books and Articles Abucar, Mohamed H. “Italians.” People of the Maritimes . Four East, 1991. Acharya, Madhaui and Tom Yew. “Martin Makes Amends for ‘dark chapter in our History'.” Toronto Star , November 13, 2005: pA02. Boyd, Monica and Michael Vickers, “100 years of Immigration in Canada”, as in …
  • The Netherlands Trunk
    This trunk is made possible by generous funding from Adrianus (Andy) Faas. The Faas family immigrated to Canada through Pier 21 on September 29 after a seven day journey from Rotterdam on the ship the Groote Beer (The Big Bear). Adrianus (now Andrew), his brothers Johannus (Joe), Gerardus (John), …
  • Giovanni Guglietti
    Time 0:06:17 Transcript Narrator (N): At an early age, Giovanni knew that he wanted more from his life. He knew one day he would have to leave the only place he’d ever known. Giovanni Guglietti (GG): The biggest problem was that I, I was the oldest. And I was pushing like crazy. We had to get out …
  • The Hungarian Trunk
    This trunk is made possible by generous funding from Tom Weisz With the generous support of Tom Weisz, in honour of his father Arthur Weisz, this resource trunk was designed to help students and researchers with projects on Hungarian Immigration to Canada. The trunk provides materials to supplement …
  • Artifacts-Leaving Italy
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  • Leaving Italy
    Leaving Italy …
  • Artifacts-Travelling On Ship
    Artifacts-Travelling On Ship …