• Olive Hall and Bill Wells
    … after WWII who was from Strathmore,Quebec. Still married to this day 56 years later, with nine(9) grown children and several grand … Gordie (2yrs at the time) with her and she was expecting another. She said she was ill all the way over with morning and sea sickness and … recalls being the first one off the ship with a Red Cross nurse at her side happy to be on land. A photographer from Montreal took her picture …
  • Strategic Winter Port: A History of the Port of Saint John
    … the mouth of the Wolastoq River. As part of the Pierre Du Gua, Sieur de Monts expedition, Samuel de Champlain “discovered” the river and … and German immigrants until the American Revolution. In 1775, Portland Point, at the mouth of the St. John River, only had about 140 …
  • Louanne Aspillaga
    … and history. And I guess that’s why I went that route in my own studies. So they would be learning, uh, you know, grammar lessons that I … in history and art history from the University of Toronto and also studied museum management. At the time of the interview, Louanne was living in Ajax, Ontario and had recently finished graduate studies in art history. Return to Main Gallery …
  • Newcomer Uncovers Deep Roots in Canada.
    … I also had that grandmother who married a Canadian First World War soldier in England. He was killed in France in August 1918. She received … way it goes. The family properties were established, but the ancestors die or leave and slowly nature takes over. How did you start writing … It’s sometimes difficult—I’ve been verbally attacked for coming here from the United States. Some of the Canadian media’s …
  • Anyone Could Be a Refugee; No One Chooses To Be a Refugee
    … When there is a war in a country, it can become difficult for its citizens to leave... People lose their … up in Burundi during the civil war, where there was violence every day, my family faced so many difficulties but… we managed to stay. … not just of a material nature. We spent so many days visiting them. We sat and listened, trying to comfort them and let them cry on our …
  • What Goes Around, Comes Around
    … of Area Manager of the Agriculture Division of the Quaker Oats Company. It was a very desirable job but Peter was only one of several … What Goes Around, Comes Around …
  • Herbert and Ella
    … hanging clothes from a canoe at their home located the end of South Drive in Fort Garry (Mom & Dad lived on George St., Alexander St. … roof sticking out. Herb, Ella, Herb Jr. and Noreen lived at this yard site NW 19-41-24 using as their home a garage (Herb hauled from … - Keeley Christina and Mikhaila Robbi. Noreen remarried to Don Boyd of Runnymede, Sask. April 24, 1999. Herb and Ella lived on this …
  • Andrea, Rosa, Antonino, Franca Maio
    … up early to work in the fields as it would get too hot later in the day. In summer, we walked and worked barefoot and, in the winter, we … heads with our hands to protect ourselves from the shrapnel. At one point, we went to our grandmother’s home for refuge where the men dug … from Milazzo to Rome to get a health check to ensure we were fit to come to Canada. We had to be in perfect health – no disabilities or …
  • Ruth Miranda
    … to immigrate to Canada after talking to Pedro’s brother who had come to Winnipeg, Manitoba as a refugee shortly after the coup. Ruth, …