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by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 23, 2020) Introduction How do I find a passenger list? Is there a ledger? What if my ancestor came from a country that no longer exists? While the Scotiabank Family History Centre at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 does not hold copies of …
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by Western University's MA Public History Program Students Fugitive or Free? Prior to 1850, fugitive slaves who escaped from the southern United States to the northern states were considered to be free. However, after the passing of the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850, the northern states were no longer …
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… PIER 21 : Recollections by Jean Laffin (Nee Shephard), War Bride 1944 My association with Canadians started … to a women’s group called, The Women’s Own. They had their meetings on Wednesday afternoons. We children would go in after school just in time … exams. (I guess I wasn’t.) Anyway, I had just started work at the Boy’s Private Boarding school at a place called Grayshott. It was a 4 …
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… PhD, Oral Historian “Reality is reality. It is more difficult than imagination…We’re adapting, whatever’s happening. We were okay, we’re still okay, … Driving Canada: A Collaborative Oral History Project …
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… FROM FRIESLAND, THE NEDERLANDs TO CANADA By: Steve (Siebe) Wiersma Simcoe Ontario 01/29/06 Arrival Pier 21, …
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… sacrifices they made. I thank God for the freedom, the beauty and the way of life this wonderful country has given me. By Rutelle Bembridge nee Dubauskas (daughter) …
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… I was only 6 months old when my parents and I came from England. We landed at Pier 21 on May 3 1947 on the Aquitania. My parents were both in the Royal Air Force in England. My father (Michael … They arrived in Halifax with all their worldly goods, a 6 month old baby (me) and a yellow Labrador Retriever. They stayed in Halifax for a …
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… crossing. She relied on kind passengers and crew to care for me. When we arrived at Pier 21, my mother was weak and had lost a lot of weight. She had no idea how long the train trip to Toronto would be. She had only $10 and was asked to pay a disembarkation fee. When … Mary Fitzpatrick and Deirdre Anne …