• Walter Martin Kleinwort
    … the long train journey that they were about to embark. If there was one unpleasant memory of their train journey to the west, it was that … taken during this period indicated that they lived in a rundown frame house located on the farm property. It was during his Clarkson farming …
  • Mels van der Laan
    … truly, fondly known as Mels. Although very young at the time, I still can see the invading troops marching down the Dijk where I lived. I … In 1950, my brother decided to immigrate to Canada with his new bride, Annie. Their trip to Canada was made on a troop ship, the facilities on … night through holes in the roof. No running water, no furniture, an outhouse, plus my sister-in-law was expected to do house work for the Mrs. …
  • Lieutenant Walter Melvin White
    … Corporal - this meant another $3 to $4 a month. Ellen and I lived at Annie Scott's house in the Hydrostone area of Halifax during that time. Our first daughter, Donna, was …
  • Mels Fr. van der Laan
    … truly, fondly known as Mels. Although very young at the time, I still can see the invading troops marching down the Dijk where I lived. I … In 1950, my brother decided to immigrate to Canada with his new bride, Annie. Their trip to Canada was made on a troop ship, the facilities on … night through holes in the roof. No running water, no furniture, an outhouse, plus my sister-in-law was expected to do house work for the Mrs. …
  • Bartholomeus and Hendrika Boxem
    … of Dutch citizens, relieved to finally be free of the Nazi tyranny. Many friendships blossomed in those days and indeed, many Canadian … to other European countries) was a slow process. There was little money for construction of houses that had been destroyed by bombs during the war years. My …
  • Antonio, Lina e Bettina Mancini
    … by Canadian Immigration along with a fellow coal-mine worker (Enzo Piccone, also originally from Italy) and leaving my mother and I behind in … 1952. A few years later in 1955, just down the street from the house he had co-owned, a new house was purchased and another daughter … couldn’t stay confined in their cabins. The only ones lucky enough to visit and eat in the dining room & cafeteria were the younger members …
  • Evelyn Smith Morrison, son William
    … arriving in Canada and raised 7 children. Evelyn has made several visits home to England over the years to visit two sisters and three brothers. …
  • John and Gloria Hanson Sherman
    … on the train for Windsor, ON, I went over to Dartmouth, N.S. to visit a family that my father had met when he came over on convoys with …
  • “This is Ticklish Business”: Undesirable Religious Groups and Canadian Immigration after the Second World War
    … journal Canadian Issues . For more information on Canadian Issues , visit https://acs-metropolis.ca/acs/ . …
  • Dorothy Lacey Blake
    … six years. Over the years Dorothy, better known as Dot, was able to visit her British family. She went on to have six more children, …