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… by Carrie-Ann Smith, Vice President, Audience Engagement The Canadian Museum of Immigration … marched through Pier 21 and onto the Queen Elizabeth , bound for service in Europe. After flying thirty-two missions and marrying his … Campbell. Born and raised in Germany, Barbara married a Canadian serviceman and sailed to Pier 21 with her husband and one-year-old …
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… Virtual Field Trip: Mystery Visit with the Museum Ideal For: Ages 8 - 14 As one of Canada’s six national museums, housed in an original immigration … Canadian immigration experience. If you would like to book a virtual visit, please contact Saïd Allibou by email or by telephone … Mystery Visit with the Museum …
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… who was Polish, and Catarina Sahajdak, who was Ukrainian. Mary had one sister Hanja, and two brothers, John (Jan) and Michael. She arrived in Canada on October 27, 1927, on the ship Montroyal, at Halifax, at the … Road in Welland Ontario. John Yarosh, born Joannes Jarosz on January 26, 1905 in the village of Dubowce, Tarnopol, Austria, to Terentius …
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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 … until bedtime. Monday, April 29 Monday morning we were awakened by a voice at the microphone saying,"6:30: time to rise and shine, come on …
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… War bride: left Liverpool, England aboard the ship, Athlone Castle, May 2, 1945. Arrived at Pier 21, in Halifax, May 12, 1945. … his 10 days leave, in April 1945, we made arrangements for me to come to Canada. We felt if we waited until after the war, my departure … swells. We were not allowed on one side of the ship in case we were washed overboard. Staff wet the tablecloths and put up the table ledges …
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… being fought. But there I was, 21 years of age, and finally I had the chance to get my sea legs. It was just before Christmas, 1950, when my … were complete and I could leave Europe to start my new life in Canada. The United States, first choice for all of my fellow refugees, … no survivors! My friends all departed just before me, and feeling lonesome, I was really excited to finally board the train for …
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… on April 27, 1951 aboard the Georgic with his parents Sjouke and Anna Zwaagstra and younger brother Broer (Gerald). His older brother … at Pier 21 on March 29, 1950 aboard the Beaverbrae . See Sjouke and Anna Zwaagstra > George married Geraldine (Gerda) Jansma on July 27, …
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… me ‘Paki’. My reply was ‘it is not a polite word’ and I will have a visit with your school principal. Both my wife and I were born in … I was born and brought up in Uganda. Immediately the question was “how come you are not black?” My answer was just like in Canada, Africa has … hands went up to ask the question. “But why such a sign?” Discussion commenced and all agreed that we all are equal and we should not be …