• George and Geoffrey B.S. Johnston
    … After completing High School and not able to find steady employment in Scotland, my parents advised me to emigrate to Canada. I gave the matter much thought and tried to persuade my best friend to come with me. His parents would not agree to let him go, so it was off …
  • The Honorary Consulate of Lebanon • Le Consulat Honoraire du Liban • القنصليۃ اللبنانيۃ الفخريۃ
    … honor of the Lebanese who landed at Pier 21 We are the seeds of the tenacious plants, and it is in our ripeness and our fullness of heart … are scattered. -G.K.Gibran En l'honneur des Libanais qui ont débarqué au Quai 21 Nous sommes les graines de la plante tenace. Dans notre …
  • Umbertinese
    … Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Italy Ship Name: Queen Frederica Port of Entry: Pier 21 Date of … lived with Zia Erma, Zio Rocco and their three daughters for two years. Soon after their arrival, Gaetano and Angela went out to find … Umbertinese …
  • Julius and Magda Jakub
    … Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin : Czechoslovakia In December of 1948, fifteen-year-old Magda Sinar and her mother Mary immigrated to Canada from the … her father George who was working in Montreal. Geography and World War II had meant that Magda had not seen her father for a decade. The …
  • Treur Case, Wilma, Sid C.
    … Milk and Honey The Recollection by Simon (Sid) C. Treur I arrived with my parents from, The Hague in The Netherlands to Canada, at the age of … actual broadcast on the tube. This amazed them as they related this to me. The following day we left by train to go to Liverpool for departure …
  • Quotes - Deciding to Leave
    … Deciding to Leave – Saying Goodbye “On May 1, 1948 my wife and I and our 11- mouth old daughter arrived in Quebec City, … Immigrating was said to be a ‘live burial’ since it was thought that your family and friends will never see you again. Even though it was …
  • Hazel L. West
    … MEMORIES OF A WAR BRIDE – a ‘blind date’ in World War II I was not the … when a friend I worked with asked me to go on a “blind date” with a Canadian who was in London, England on leave. He had met with another …
  • Antonio Giovannina e Michele
    … Like most immigrants that migrated from war-torn Europe after W.W. II, my father Antonio was seeking a new & better life for his family. There … left the city of Cosenza in the region of Calabria early in 1950, a year after his eldest son, Michele, was born. He first went to Belgium …
  • Antonia Michele Leonardo
    … circus juggling act and using its passengers as objects to shuffle. my 4 year brother and I were excited but my mother was terrified, as well as …