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  • Pasquale Martinis
    Pasquale Martinis, “My Lucky Day” July 18 1956 My origin. I was born in the northern part of Italy, in the region of Friuli Venezia-Giulia. I landed at Pier 21. The documentation was in order. I boarded the train on route to Toronto. Little did I know this would be the place that I would never …
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  • Harry Beazley
    Pilot Officer Harry Thiepval Beazley was born on March 11, 1918 to Robert and Alice Beazley of Halifax. He was a graduate of Dalhousie and a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Virginia when war called, and sailed from Pier 21 in July of 1942. He died in the skies over France in June of 1944 and …
  • Canadian Immigration Facilities at Victoria, BC
    by Steve Schwinghamer, Historian (Updated July 21, 2021) “Conditions are so much different out here from what you have in the East” Immigration Facilities at Victoria, British Columbia The history of immigration facilities at the port of Victoria, British Columbia, extends from the mid-nineteenth …
  • Tonino Di Girolamo
    Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Italy Ship Name: T.S.S. Atlantic Port of Entry: Halifax Date of Arrival: February 18, 1952 Age on Arrival: 24 …
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