• An Incomplete Portrait of Canada
    … Maru looms over part of our museum- a haunting memory of faces turned away by the racist immigration policies of the era. In the section of … room of Dutch immigrants on long, full benches, waiting to make their way through medical and immigration interviews and board trains to … policy. (Dutch immigrants in the new Assembly Hall at the Canadian Railways Terminal, Halifax, NS. c 1930.) Credit: Library and Archives …
  • New Year, Canadian Beer
    … email on January 2 nd from a very excited Margot Tarajos. She asked if we would be open for her visit 363 days later. Margot was two and a … in for our first night in Canada. The next morning, we started on our way. I don't think my parents realized how big Canada was. Travelling …
  • Looking for Nepalese food and heavy metal? Try “Dartmouth’s Oldest Bar.”
    … a simple building in the parking lot of a shopping plaza— a small island of brick in a sea of asphalt and parked cars. With dartboards, pool tables, and long tables lined with rows of wooden chairs, it claims to be … Looking for Nepalese food and heavy metal? Try “Dartmouth’s Oldest Bar.” …
  • Becky Forshaw Angus
    … In 1945, she and Chub relocated to Fort William, Ontario (now Thunder Bay) where they became caretakers of a large tourist camp along the … and retired in 1971. She lived the rest of her days quietly in her "wee hoose" by the shore of her beloved Lake Superior. She died on May …
  • L/Cpl Leland M. Pratt
    … wife, Audrey Smith , a young woman from England. Previously Lee had served with the North Nova Scotia Highlanders, Artillery and Provost … and have her send an engagement ring from Canada as he couldn't buy a diamond ring in England. Leland and Audrey got married on March … She still has the receipt for catering for 45 people at a cost of £819p. Two waitresses brought the food in a taxi. Following the wedding …
  • Stories of Children, War, and Family Separation in the Oral History Collection at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
    … reports, in permanent and travelling exhibitions, on the Museum’s website, and by external researchers and other third parties. We still have much to learn from the oral history interviews, but one …
  • Private George W. Langley
    Ada Elizabeth Mills was born in Woolidge, England. Woolidge is located in a working section of London. Her family moved to Reigate in county Surrey when Ada was eleven years old. When the war broke out in Europe in 1939, Ada, as most young women at the time, got a job in a factory in Reigate. …
  • Philippe and Barbara Grignon
    … me to write and to her Osmondo whose gift pen I used to write the original draft. My name is Philippe Paul Grignon. I was born on January 20, … Air gunner.) I arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia in March, 1942. When we set sail for Britain there were still snow patches and a tired, …
  • Romeo and Maria Zussino Macorig
    Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Italy Ship Name: Saturnia Port of Entry: Halifax Date of Arrival: October 21, 1958 Age on Arrival: 25 My mother left Italy to marry the love of her life Romeo Macorig. Dad (Romeo) arrived in Canada/Halifax/Pier 21 on August 31, 1954 on the ship Conte …
  • Herbert and Ella
    … BOHNHARDT FAMILY HISTORY Herbert Karl Bohnhardt was born in Germany on April 30, 1904. At the age of 24 (1928) Herb left his home in Berka, Germany to start a new life. His options were to immigrate to Canada or Argentina. After many weeks, sailing …