• Heide Wenkhausen Cogswell
    … who immigrated to Canada three years before and were looking for an au pair girl for a Canadian family in Halifax. They were sailing back … and it sounded like a comforting idea, for me to travel with them rather than alone. Somehow Immigration Canada worked a lot faster in those … It did not take too long to have my passport processed in the large shed. Since I was brought up in the Lutheran Faith, a very nice lady, …
  • Reflections on a Green Door I: New Beginnings
    … 47 years and my brain kept repeating: “I know this door. It belongs here, almost in this position, but not quite…” But, how does one ‘know’ … was standing, somewhat dumbstruck, in the lower level of Pier 21, the site of the Canadian Museum of Immigration and was going through a temporary …
  • Frank Franz Danner
    … Canadian born children Ursula, Steve and Mark and their families. Here is my short biography of where I immigrated from and how and why I … for training. They advertised in the local newspapers overseas and set up more embassies to process interested applicants. And lots of us …
  • Margaret Chase Huxford
    … this was the trip of a lifetime, my first bit of independence and the chance to study art in summer school in this huge cosmopolitan city. I felt the British could get on without me for another three … no idea that, before the war was over, I would watch my future husband set sail and then follow him myself a year later with our baby …
  • The Rosalind Roberts Family
    … estate. Rosalind, by trade, was a seamstress and also nursed the sick. She married Thomas Charles Roberts of Garn, Caemarvon, Wales who was … away Thomas wished Rosalind and the children to move to Canada where Rosalind's brother George Davies had moved in 1927. From the time … The Rosalind Roberts Family …
  • Mario Pecile
    … Pecile was born in September of 1927, in Fagagna, a small town in the Friuli- Venezia-Giulia region, in northeast Italy. He is the second … the Canadian Department of National Health and Welfare. In December he set out on the MS Vulcania for the 10-day trip from Genoa, Italy to …
  • Phyllis Danroth
    … on March 31, 1926 in Woking, Surrey, England as Phyllis Irene West. Her parents were Robert and Beatrice West. She had 5 brothers and 4 sisters. She was particularly close to her … Phyllis Danroth …
  • The tiny Lebanese village that changed the face of Halifax
    … is a village called Diman. It’s small. There are 650-700 registered residents. You can walk from one corner to the other in around 20 … neighbourhood is named after his grandson. Edward was the founding President of the Canadian Lebanon society in 1938 and was killed while … shortly after Abraham Arab. She says, “in our culture, it would be considered a sin to get married and have children if you can’t provide for …
  • The tiny Lebanese village that changed the face of Halifax
    … is a village called Diman. It’s small. There are 650-700 registered residents. You can walk from one corner to the other in around 20 … neighbourhood is named after his grandson. Edward was the founding President of the Canadian Lebanon society in 1938 and was killed while … shortly after Abraham Arab. She says, “in our culture, it would be considered a sin to get married and have children if you can’t provide for …
  • Filming and Photography at the Museum
    … encourage visitors to capture their visit and share on social media.  Please be respectful of other visitors, staff and volunteers so as not … is allowed? Non-flash photography and video recording for personal/non-commercial use. Live-streaming video apps such as Instagram and … or non-electronic negatives, positives and prints, and other digital files shall constitute Canadian Museum of Immigration property, solely …