• Elise Marini
    … up immediately. I believe we left Copenhagen in and around November 26, 1951 and arrived at Halifax Nova Scotia on December 5, 1951. Just …
  • Journey of a Lifetime
    Journey of a Lifetime tells the story of the courageous and hopeful immigrants who arrived through Eastern ports and crossed Canada by Colonist Car. Created by Heritage Park and presented by the BMO Financial Group, Journey of a Lifetime is a National tour that includes not only a fascinating …
  • Andrea Goetz, daughter Julia
    … out to the ship. Took us to Glasgow where we stayed we stayed on the top floor on an infirmary. Everyone was tired and weary, babies fussy. …
  • Amerigo Lupinacci
    … taking English lessons, and I bought my first car. I worked at Tip Top Tailors for five years, and it was here that I met my wife. And the …
  • Zbigniew and Stefania Sauter
    … precious freedom. My family was separated and we never again had the chance to be together. I spent five dreadful war years in my country, … in our lives was the sudden death of my husband Zbigniew on November 26th 1967. At the age of just 56, he suffered a massive heart attack, a …
  • Stefan - London by Stefan
    … Time 0:04:26 Transcript Life before we had to leave Iraq, before the war, was pretty good. My dad had a really good … in a factory as a labourer. It was a hard job for him, but he never complained. I also worked there too, for one summer. When metal is …
  • Willem Kreeft
    … that men were separated from the women and children.) In order to stop us from wetting the bed, Mom had removed all the drinking glasses … brother and sister wanted a drink and they dared me to go up to the top bunk to get the glasses. I did so but was afraid to come back down. My crying brought a woman, and later my mother, to …
  • Vijay Bhosekar
    … They were all houses you know, I think it was probably that the community was all in different houses. There were no towers you know? … area, I don’t know in that area you know. Yeah so it was seeing people, different people, and different backgrounds right? You’re on the …
  • Domenico Stagliano
    … ropes. I remember that we had a cabin down below and I slept on the top of a bunk bed when all of a sudden there was a crashing noise as if … arrive to Toronto. There we met my father who was already here having come to Canada in 1951. He hugged me and raised me to his chest and …
  • Sgt. Ralston Harpell Ripley
    … He moved to Brighton and carried out disbandment of AA Brigade (top secret). 1. back to HQs at Red Hill 2. weekend pass Saturday to …