• William Stoffer-Eilkes Family
    … Our journey to Canada began with a dream of opportunity and space to raise a large … to a new county proved to be both exciting and frightening as well as a lot of work. At the time we had six children, all of whom …
  • Heidi L. Grundke
    … 1951 was the first year Germans were allowed to emmigrate to Canada. It was only six years after the … to be much future after all the destruction and economic ruin. That's why many Germans tried to emigrate and find a new and better life …
  • Gustav and Agata Kleinas
    … THIS IS MY STORY: I was born in 1941 in Lithuania. When I was just 2 weeks old my parents had to flee to Germany because of the Russian invasion. We lived in Germany for six years, moving from place to place because …
  • Arnold ja Heli Rakfeldt
    … that very same night to their new destinations. Our family had overcome and obstacle before we could continue our journey. Our passports … arrived in St. Catharines on November 25-26th 1949. Our reason for coming to Canada and leaving Sweden was mainly that I had a brother …
  • Rudy Alonzi
    … Italy in 1940. I have one brother and two sisters. My parents were the most honest, lovable and hardworking people ever. It was their … oldest sister Pierina was born in 1939 and she was learning how to become a seamstress. My brother Joe was born in 1943 and he was learning …
  • Helle, Tiia ja Jaak Rakfeldt
    … Country of Origin: Sweden Ship Name: Aquitania Date of Arrival: November 22, 1949 Our … from Southampton November 15, 1949 on board the Aquitania to Halifax, Nova Scotia arriving there on November 22, 1949. I think Immigration …
  • Ilmar ja Miralda Rakfeldt
    … Country of Origin: Sweden Ship Name: Aquitania Date of Arrival: November 22, 1949 Our … Jaak Rakfeldt began on November 14, 1949 from Stockholm to Goteborg, Sweden from there to London, England where we arrived on November 14, … from Southampton November 15, 1949 on board the Aquitania to Halifax, Nova Scotia arriving there on November 22, 1949. I think Immigration …
  • Philippe and Barbara Grignon
    … W.A.G. badge (Wireless operator and Air gunner.) I arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia in March, 1942. When we set sail for Britain there were still snow patches and a tired, …
  • An Exotic and Far Away Place - Yella and Mooshie Zahirovich
    … Leaving Home and Coming to Canada Time 2:31 Transcript Yella Zahirovich (YZ): We know … was a man who immigrate to Canada in ’60s, and then he would come and we would all go around him to touch and to see what kind of man is that to go to that far away place? I had idea where I was coming, though in my mind it was exotic place. YZ: So, we, I think you …
  • Empress of Ireland -The Dining Experience
    … china, glassware, flatware, and what I like to ask visitors when they come to do the activity with me is where does it all go? Which piece is … started with third class. Start at the bottom of the ship and work my way up. So third class is going to be very no frills. We’ll have a main plate, we may have a soup bowl depending on what is …