• The Netherlands Trunk
    … Galleries* *Section being updated, we apologize for any inconvenience caused Dutch Culture and Traditions Quotes Statistics Recommended Resources …
  • Fascinating Canadian Speaker Series
    … Luncheon with a Fascinating Canadian Date: Friday, May 8, 2026 Time: 11:30am Location: Fairmont Royal York, 100 Front St. W. Toronto, ON In support of the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. For event … Fascinating Canadian Speaker Series …
  • Ole Didrik Falkeisen
    … The trip from Rotterdam took seven days and I arrived in Halifax full of hope and the expectation of … was placed overnight on a farm run by the Catholic Brothers. The next day I was placed with a rancher in Hartleyville, Alberta. There I … wife Doris Mader in Halifax and after serving 5 years with the RCAF, we moved with our young family, three daughters and a son, to Barrie, …
  • The Victor Kvasheninikoff Family
    … by the United Church in Hamilton, Ontario. They eventually made their way across the ocean to Canada on the M/S Anna Salen, spending two … Canadian soil. The next leg of their journey involved a two or three day train ride to Hamilton. Each person was given a few dollars for the …
  • Olive Hall and Bill Wells
    … ERNEST WILLIAM WELLS (BILL) of the 17th D.Y.R.C.H. (HOUSARES) after WWII who was from Strathmore,Quebec. Still married to this day 56 years later, with nine(9) grown children and several grand … with her and she was expecting another. She said she was ill all the way over with morning and sea sickness and that the other women were …
  • Mario Bellina
    … called Venzone He had papers that he would have a job with the CN railway. He did not know how to speak English. He noticed that his friends … working on the railroad as a worker and also cut hair on the side. One day a Poole Construction truck came by and said they needed a few men … up working for Poole/PCL construction for 43-years and went all the way up the ladder from a labourer to carpenter, to job site …
  • Olga Mykolajchuk
    … Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Ukraine Ship Name: Hellig Olav Port of Entry: Halifax Date of … Hotels brochure, etc. My mother never returned to Europe again due to WWII, having children, and finally too old to travel. She was though … and French, learning about Canada and its history, adopting a new way of dressing, mannerisms, contribute to society,etc. She wanted to …
  • Olive Helen Briggs Ripley
    … Olive Helen (Briggs) Ripley was born in Orpington, Kent, England on July 18, 1923. Her parents were Reginald … soldier stationed overseas in Kent waiting to go to France during WWII. In 1945 she married that soldier named Ralston Ripley . Ralston … Pier 21 (she was the first one off the ship) and driving to northern Nova Scotia to a small community called River Philip was the start of a …