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… their arrival in Halifax and in the years afterwards, many individuals have shared their immigration story with us. These stories are a … This collection includes first-hand accounts of what it was like to come to Canada including: travelling by ship, first impressions of Pier … caused by five years of war in Europe, Lieberman remembered that “for those of us who had experienced so much during the war, going …
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Cartoon published July 1, 1999. (Material republished with the express permission of: PNI Maritimes LP, by its general partner, PNI Maritimes GP Inc.) At the end of this month, 2024 will be over. This has been a milestone year for the Museum. 2024 marked 25 years since Pier 21 reopened to the …
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… 1945. It was wartime and a pregnant Renata was evacuated, just west of Fiume, to give birth. Tullio was born in the Hotel Villa Mascagni located on Kvarner Bay. After the Second World War, the Istrian Peninsula was given to the … men. The women and children were given the staterooms. Tullio would visit his father to get some relief from seasickness. The ship sailed …
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Time 0:04:22 Transcript When people ask me about my immigration story, the first picture that comes into my mind is the snowstorm. It was January 2010, my first trip to New Brunswick — I had just finished my immigration interview in Fredericton when I learned my bus to Moncton was cancelled because …
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Cartoon published July 1, 1999. (Material republished with the express permission of: PNI Maritimes LP, by its general partner, PNI Maritimes GP Inc.) At the end of this month, 2024 will be over. This has been a milestone year for the Museum. 2024 marked 25 years since Pier 21 reopened to the …
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… 9, 1998 I was born in Sheffield, England and was the eldest of five boys. The First Great War started in August 1914 and lasted until … work in Canada. My father agreed to let my brother, Sidney, and me come to Canada with the hope that after a few years we would be able to buy a farm and the rest of the family would join us in Canada. The rest …
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… on June 12, 1955 on the Queen Frederica. I followed my father, who had come to Canada in 1952 because of the poor economic conditions at home. … Naples. We were told that we could bring our luggage aboard and could come off the ship until departure time. However, when we tried to leave the ship, the officer on the ship would not let us go off, while the one on shore would not let my mother on to talk to us. …
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… to land in France on D-Day. The couple tell two different stories of how they met but agree it was at a dance in Eastleigh's old town hall. … "He kept coming around and the rest is history." Lee proposed "on the eve of his departure for Normandy Beaches, June 1944." Because he was …
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… and gave them the opportunity for freedom. The year was 1945. First visit to Canada was November 25, 1951 from the port of Halifax. …
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… This is the story of how Petronella Helena Van Luxemburg Seiferling came to arrive in Canada … were in quarantine in Halifax due to illness. Their next step was a four-day train ride to her new home in Saskatchewan – their ride from … her “little Holland” her whole life, and wasn’t able to return for a visit until 20 years after she landed in Canada at Pier 21. Mum passed …