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… Ship Name: Vulcania Port of Entry: Pier 21, Halifax Date of Arrival: December 24, 1951 I arrived at Pier 21 on December 24, 1951 on Italia Liner "Vulcania" from Lofer, Austria via Genoa. I got married to another landed immigrant, Maria De Gyorossy-Csepreghy , on April 4, 1956. On the …
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… Olszewska-Kowalski came to Canada from Poland via Germany. After a 9-day journey in cold, stormy weather & rough seas, they arrived at Pier 21 on December 22, 1949 on the American army ship SS. Gen. Ballu. Other members of the family included their son … army bunks. They had followed Gabriela's mother, Jozefa Olszewska, sister & brother-in-law Halinka & Czeslaw Kubis who had arrived in the …
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… arrived at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia aboard the Georgic on April 26, 1952; Kevin's first birthday. We sailed from Southampton on April 19, 1952. Our Mom, … was a terrible storm and the Nursing sister couldn't understand why she was not sick on that day while all the seasoned sailors were. We …
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… and my brother (age 4) and I (age 6) arrived at Pier 21 after a 9-day voyage on the Dutch ship the "Johan van Oldenbarneveldt" out of … before I had any exposure to television whatsoever.) Sometime in the 60′s this ship sank in the Adriatic – by then it was a Greek liner, the …
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… commitment to family and fellowship, the Shriners are a brotherhood dedicated to providing care for children and families in need. This … 22 hospitals across North America. Les plus grands philanthropes du monde, fiers de leur engagement envers la famille et la camaraderie, les Shriners sont une fraternité dédiée à fournir des soins aux enfants et aux familles dans le besoin. …
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… killed four months before so I did not have much recollection of the day I landed in Canada. After six years a widow, I remarried and was give a second chance of happiness with Edwin Wirsch and had a family of two boys and … the rationing and uncertainty of wondering if we would see the next day. So many memories and so little time to tell all that happened t us …
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… One six-year-old made the best of long weeks of quarantine in Pier 21’s Accommodation and Detention quarters. Gerard Van Kessel arrived in … we needed to hear that. Let’s make those our instructions for the day, get your rest, play a little bit and know that one day those might …
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… and did Commando training. He was in 'blue group' and landed in Caan on 'D' day. He survived two plane crashes during the war and is very lucky to …
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… Le Consulat Honoraire du Liban -In honor of the Lebanese who landed at Pier 21 We are the seeds of the tenacious plants, and it is in … we are given to the wind and are scattered. -G.K.Gibran En l'honneur des Libanais qui ont débarqué au Quai 21 Nous sommes les graines de la plante tenace. Dans notre maturité et notre plénitude de cœur, …
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I left my hometown of Lee on Solent on the 20th of March bound for Canada on the ship Scythia. My family was in Lee on Solent throughout the Second World War, my father being an air gunner navigator in the R A F. I met some wonderful people while crossing the Atlantic, two of which I am very close …