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  • Stanislaw and Barbara Sokol
    … with his feet in snow in order to thaw them out. Anything warmer would have caused excruciating pain. Another story told of him having to walk … 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 … ballroom with the words 'Music soothes the heart of the savage beast' around the top of the walls. She graduated and was then …
  • Antonio Romanello
    … an interest in coming to Port Arthur, Virginio encouraged him to come and helped to arrange a sponsor (someone who would employ Dad for … that Dad needed. On the 4th of April 1949, he was issued an Immigrant Visa in Rome by a Canadian Visa Officer named J.M. Bouchard. All Dad … do was make it to a Canadian port of entry within 3 months. He didn't waste any time, because after boarding the MV Sobieski, a Polish liner, …
  • Elvira Romanello
    … an interest in coming to Port Arthur, Virginio encouraged him to come and helped to arrange a sponsor (someone who would employ Dad for … that Dad needed. On the 4th of April 1949, he was issued an Immigrant Visa in Rome by a Canadian Visa Officer named J.M. Bouchard. All Dad … do was make it to a Canadian port of entry within 3 months. He didn't waste any time, because after boarding the MV Sobieski, a Polish liner, …
  • Frequently Asked Questions
    … Can I search for an immigration record on the Museum’s website? No, the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 does not have immigration records on the website. The Scotiabank Family History …
  • Customs and the Seizure of Goods at Pier 21
    … food stuffs seized. [5] Canada Customs officers witnessed firsthand how immigrants brought a diverse variety of items to their new home. … possession of the importer for six months prior to arrival in Canada. However, as most nations restricted the amount of currency that could …
  • Uncovering secrets of the popular miniature Pier 21 model
    … full of activity . The miniature representation is a favourite of many visitors of the Museum . The model, roughly 8 feet by 4 feet, depicts a … gateways. Between 1928 and 1971, Pier 21 was the point of arrival for nearly a million immigrants - mostly from Europe - arriving by sea. … even harder to detect: At the head of one of the trains is a steam locomotive carrying a load of real coal , which Conlin retrieved from the …
  • Uncovering secrets of the popular miniature Pier 21 model
    … full of activity . The miniature representation is a favourite of many visitors of the Museum . The model, roughly 8 feet by 4 feet, depicts a … gateways. Between 1928 and 1971, Pier 21 was the point of arrival for nearly a million immigrants - mostly from Europe - arriving by sea. … even harder to detect: At the head of one of the trains is a steam locomotive carrying a load of real coal , which Conlin retrieved from the …
  • Arie Dirk Bestebreurtje
    … with the local resistance to harass the enemy with a strength that far exceeded their number. Arie jumped three times into his native … in the Nijmegen area, partially depicted in the movie 'The Bridge Too Far'. His final jump was near Assen. Bad weather forced his team into, rather than outside, a German camp …
  • Leonard Palmer
    … Leonard Hodgkinson, Senior 4 th Engineer on the Titanic. He grew up in Hove, Sussex in southern England in a “Victorian” household. His mother … reserved and his father was much easier and accessible to the growing boy. At age 15, the Army would not take him as he was adopted, and he had no job prospects. In such cases, boys were sent off to the ‘colonies’ to earn a living. At that time, …
  • Hillegonda Bolding MacDonald
    … the capital city of Drenthe. I was a proud Dutch war bride who came to Canada through Pier 21, Halifax, on July 22, 1946, after a five-day … surviving was the overriding concern at the time. I was fortunate to have an interest in art, particularly sketching, which I found to be a … Winnie, Veronica, Annette, Marina, Heather and Corinne) and three boys (Bruce, Arnold and Ken) and remained in Port Hawkesbury throughout …

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