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  • A Necklace Crafted with Love from the Wreckage of War
    … Canadian soldier Frank Englehart whittled this for his wife Marjorie in 1944 or 1945. [A2024.9.1 Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 collection]   A heart of glass A one-of-a-kind … A Necklace Crafted with Love from the Wreckage of War …
  • Maria Rosaria Pagano
    … I came to Canada in November 1961 with my son, Luigi Antonio Pagano and my daughter, Maria Grazia Pagano. My … and wanted to go exploring about the ship. It was difficult keeping an eye on him while I was sick. Fortunately, there was an older boy from …
  • Nigel Whiteley
    … My mother, Beatrice Whiteley , passed away at the age of 86. She loved … live, in the late seventies, led to her return to Canada in 1981. We came with the War Brides, but to join my father who had come as an immigrant. As an RAF aircrew trainee, he had been a member …
  • The Geoffrey Robinson Family
    … Pier 21 and the Robinson Family Perhaps the connections between us and Pier 21 should be committed to paper. Although sadly with the … life-boat drills. Not having very good sea legs, I did not utilize my bunk below, slept roughly on deck. The food was the secondary … The Geoffrey Robinson Family …
  • Refuge Canada - The Ink Blotter
    … by Dan Conlin, Curator Time 0:02:24 Transcript: One of the most compelling artifacts in our … reads, “Dear. Dr. Herzer would it possible for God’s sake for you to arrange citizenship for me and my husband. We’ll do anything. We’ll work on a farm. We’ll pay for our … Refuge Canada - The Ink Blotter …
  • Hazel Munro
    … My husband, Alex Munro, P. Eng., traveled to Canada by air in late 1947 under the 'Drew Scheme' which was designed to encourage …
  • Philip Barry Chaytor Pepper
    … join the Royal Air Force, as had his father in WW1. As he was just 17 years old his family thought it best for him to come to Canada until he could get a passage home. His family and a … found a job with a chemical firm in Montreal and worked for one year. At the end of that year he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force …
  • Kookoo Sabzi - Naz Deravian
    … The bunches upon bunches of green herbs that take over our kitchen table on a regular basis are mixed … except for the eggs and the oil to the green herbs and give a stir to combine. Add the eggs and mix well to combine. The batter should have … Kookoo Sabzi - Naz Deravian …
  • Tibetan Immigration to Canada
    … their contributions to the growth and prosperity of Canada. [1] In May of each year we celebrate the contributions that Asian Canadians have made to … return to Tibet and continue his missionary work. In September of that year, Carson and Rijnhart were married and soon after they departed for …
  • The Magical Quarantine Christmas of 1951
    … Christine Schlechta was a 10-year-old German immigrant at the time of what she recalled as a magical quarantine Christmas. “It was … This meant that he had to be quarantined, and because he had become sick on board ship, the shipping company had to pay all the cost. … The Magical Quarantine Christmas of 1951 …

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