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  • Stanislaw and Barbara Sokol
    … to avoid this rock......just hang on! You will go under water but will come out the other side of the rock. This must have taken huge faith … coastline. In the following investigation to determine if the leak had come from Danesfield, all personnel were interviewed and asked if they … a labourer and worked his way up to be draftsman. He was studying to become an engineer when he was diagnosed with tuberculosis and within 3 …
  • Lieutenant Ryszard Z.S. Paudyn
    … was baptized in St. Andrew Catholic Church in Warsaw. His parents were Wanda (nee Blichewicz) and Stefan Paudyn. The Blichewicz family lived … in a nice apartment and employed a full time housekeeper. Richard attended St. Magdalena High School. Lwów during this time was a Polish … He worked later at General Electric, Union Carbide and later for 26 years at de Havilland, Mc Donnell Douglas (later Boeing Canada). He …
  • What Would You Do? Admit, Detain, or Deny Entry to Irregular Refugees on Canada’s East Coast
    … by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 9, 2020) In May 2015, the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 opened a new exhibition on … precedents, and public opinion. As a result, an individual’s desire to come to Canada is only one of many factors that determine immigration. … opinion, and an individual’s desire to immigrate. This group of newcomers helped to shape Canadian immigration policy and how Canadian …
  • First Taste of White Bread
    … and we arrived in Orillia on April 1, 1953 on a lovely sunny day. Orillia has been home for the past 60 years. I married my … to be found..." - Christine Gerth ...Periodically, my father would come back and it was on one of these occasions that I told him that we … - Mary Russo Alati ...Actually I already know a few words. When a man comes around selling food I just say, "Ham sandvits!" and he gives me a …
  • Lt. James William Hartley
    … landed on Juno Beach with the 9th Infantry Brigade, part of the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. He was a member of one of the first …
  • John and Dina Neevel
    … and went by train to Paris. We stayed 1 night in Paris to go the next day to Le Havre, to board the "Samaria II", owned by the Cunard line. … After some rough weather, we arrived in Halifax on Feb. 23, 1949. One day we made hardly any headway: in 24 hours, we traveled just 19 miles. … John had to work for $75.00 a month, and kept a garden. The first birthday present in the family in Canada was a garden hoe, a very useful …
  • Gunner Clayton William Voutier
    … Empress of Scotland in April 1944. Landing in Normandy two days after D-Day, Clayton was subsequently assigned to the 2nd Anti-Tank Regiment, …
  • BMO Story Gallery
    … collection allows you to relate to and empathize with the people coming to Canada to start a new life. Setting The Table: Food, Fusions, and Welcoming Communities → Long Journeys: The First Tibetans in Canada → Ugandan …
  • L/Cpl D. Lloyd Pulsifer
    … angry and shipped off the whole group. We were expecting my brother to come home on scheduled leave when we received a letter from him from England, where they had been sent without furlough or any chance to say good-bye to their families. From England he was sent to … 1944 at the Lamone River Crossing. We received word of his death two days before Christmas, the day I received a C Christmas card from him …
  • Keith and Joan Baldwin, daughter Judi
    … Jeffery. The crossing was uneventful but we do remember that, as each day elapsed, England seemed farther and farther away! Our arrival in Halifax was a typical March day: cold and wet so we were not too inspired. We vividly remember the … 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, …

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