• Margaret Nagy and Son David
    … onto the train. I thanked him and thought what a wonderful welcome - service men helping the wives of fellow service men. …
  • Cpl Richard Keats Williamson
    … Cpl Richard Keats Williamson 4 th Division, RCASC Years of Service: 3 Keats was born Richard Keats Williamson on September 5th, …
  • Spr Joar Sigvold Opdahl
    … Marshall B.L. Montgomery citing recognition for "outstanding good service, and shown great devotion to duty, during the campaign in north … SK, including a parcel of land that he received for his overseas service from The Veteran's Land Act. He was an active member of Royal …
  • Ben Viccari
    … years, was managing editor of Canadian Scene, non-profit, multilingual service for Canada's ethnic media. Currently publisher/editor of Canscene -- Canada's Multicultural Scene, a voluntary web service promoting Canada's diversity carrying on the work of the now …
  • WO2 C. Earl Martell
    … RCAF and raised six children along the way. After a happy life in the service, Earl and Phyl retired in 1980, spending the rest of their …
  • Sapper Carl K. Fulford
    … two more children to their growing family. After a lifetime of service in the mining industry and in education, Carl retired in 1980. …
  • Jeannie Lynn Rees
    … years old, my mother, Jeannie Lynn Rees, was the youngest war bride to come to Canada. By having her name inscribed on the Wall of Service I am paying tribute to her courage. I am in awe at what she did …
  • Ben Rina Fred Nettie Joop Lindeijer
    … Emigrating To Canada September 1956 The photograph below was taken in front of our … pictures. It was like going to the airport to see off relatives in the days when you could stand on the outside observation platform. You … knew where I was and in the event of the ship sinking, no one would come to my rescue, I panicked. Visions of water rushing in through the …
  • After Almost 60 Years Apart, a Family Finds Each Other
    … that we have to use other ways, which tend to be less detailed and can lead us down the wrong path or to “dead ends.” However, not every … story is a good example of that. It all began when I came to work one day in May 2012 to discover this lovely email from a gentleman in … (1948) and Peter A O (1950). The family is known to have emigrated to Canada in December 1953, arriving in Halifax on MV Nova Scotia (the …
  • 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 … about Canada’s history. One of the publishers asked, “When will you stop writing about children's books and write one yourself?” I couldn’t … It’s sometimes difficult—I’ve been verbally attacked for coming here from the United States. Some of the Canadian media’s …