• John T. M. and Harry
    … to get the money when they arrived here. They sure were doing their best to sell them some land that nobody else wanted. This couple that … have been some trouble. Anyway, my Dad, he fell for it, I guess he said there was no future for young people in Holland, and even this … so they were going to sail across the ocean as soon as possible. That day finally came and having sold everything that they couldn’t take …
  • Margaret Van Toen
    … MRS. GOLDBLOOM Now, let's head over to the Resource Centre where you can look up more information about your own family's trip. There are … to help you. The students leave via stage left. Meanwhile on the other side of stage, an official points towards the Immigration area to where another Immigration …
  • Cookbooks, Cultural Connections, And Migration
    … the oven. And it wasn’t very tasty. When she found out, she says, “You can’t afford to buy that stuff. It’s too expensive. You’re going to … or shepherd’s pie. [1] Ugandan Asian refugee Mario DeMello came to Canada in 1972, leaving his home after the exclusion edict of dictator Idi Amin. His early introduction to Canadian life included the absolute necessity of adapting to new foods …
  • Margaret S. Kydd
    … hours leave but he couldn’t confirm his being there for our wedding as D-Day had taken place and he was in a banned area, unable to make … 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 … take me no further as the war was still on and no one could know my point of departure. Little did I know this would be the last time I …
  • City of Havre
    … City of Havre …
  • City of Benares
    … be sure to include the ship name and accession number (i.e. DI2012.1.1). … City of Benares …
  • City of Marseilles
    … be sure to include the ship name and accession number (i.e. DI2012.1.1). … City of Marseilles …
  • Evert Schut
    … Evert Schut …
  • Janet Thomson Boyle, daughter Beth
    … Lothian, Scotland. She was the youngest of four children born to Elizabeth and William Thomson, a tailor and staunch Presbyterian. Called … but eventually Grandpa Thomson wrote the Boyles saying that it was best to let them go ahead. Jan and Doug were married on April 30, 1943 … was back at sea in April of 1944 when his first daughter, Elizabeth (Beth), was born at St. Mary’s Nursing Home in Edinburgh.  The birth of …
  • Wolfgang Paul Loofs
    … years of World War Two, Nazi-Germany's defeat and disintegration, American and Soviet occupation, and flight to the West. Like all German … (based on mini-diary and memory) Sun 4 Nov 1951: Hopefully the last day at this crowded (8,000 people!) refugee camp where I don't know a … in drab clothes, many women and children. I end up at the stern and side of the lowest deck (D6B), yuk! We get underway about 3PM, in …