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… FAMILY April 2022 On February 23, 1951 Geert and Geesje Lunshof and their 6 children arrived at Pier 21 in Halifax Nova Scotia. They had … liner. Women/girls were in separate sleeping quarters from the men/boys. We were in soft-bottomed slings that functioned like bunk beds … about 5 miles outside of Hamilton, ON. In Halifax we faced a train ride all the way to Hamilton and dad decided that Albert and he would …
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… by Western University's MA Public History Program Students The migration of the New England Planters was the first significant migration to the Atlantic colonies in British North America. In … ten years, until all was cultivated. Lawrence’s offer made available a vast amount of quality farmland at a time when there was virtually no …
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… 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 … went with Beatrice to her sister's at Hammersmith. Then we went to see Bette Davis in "The Corn is Green". After that we had supper at a café …
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… A man drives down Terminal Road towards Pier 21. He is wearing a blue shirt; next to him his wife holds a bouquet of flowers. He is nervous and excited. He is … The Reunion …
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… Stanley Vander Meulen was born Sape Vander Muelen on 26 January 1933 in Driesum, a rural village in Friesland, a province of … from place to place. After World War II, Dutch emigrants mainly chose South Africa, New Zealand, the United States and Canada as their … factors’ came from Grand Rapids, Michigan, in the United States. That city had a large, long-established Dutch-American community, and a …
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… Nanaimo, BC 24 August 2015 For the past 120 years, my extended family has had the privilege of blazing a trail to and from Pier 21. Whether … on promises their predecessors had made to first attract settlers. This was also during the time when both Canada and the US had enacted … children, including my grandmother Rose. They arrived via New York City and then north to Canada. The two families travelled cross-country …
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… of Entry: Halifax Date of Arrival: August 24, 1951 Age on Arrival: 30 The following is a story written by Vincenzo and Rita’s daughter … Was he apprehensive as he looked out and waved "Arrivaderci" to his sacred Vesuvio and to his family that had gathered on the shore to bid farewell to a brave son and soldier. Was he fearful of venturing …
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… The immigration story of Luigi Napolitano (Italian immigrant) This is the story of Luigi Napolitano and his wife Grazia Letizia Marzo …
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… was about to unfold. Our family consisted of my older brother Dante, his wife Giuseppina, sons Marcello and Walter, my younger sister … John and Mark. In the year 2000 I had the great fortune (and a dream come true) to visit them and acquaint myself with the rest of the … and still one of my favourites songs: Mona Lisa. We docked at (I didn't know it back then) the now famous Pier 21. I said goodbye to …
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… NS. Ever since I heard about the creation of this new historical site I've been on a mission. You see its been some 46 1/2 years since … we boarded the train in Klosterlefeld for Munich. In Munich we visited a clinic where we were immunized according to requirements by …