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  • Vera Maude Swinnerton DeViller
    Lester DeVillier left for WWII in 1940 to serve with the 7th Canadian General Hospital and later with the 7th Field Dressing Station. He met and ultimately fell in love with and married Vera DeViller, Vera a native of Birmingham England was serving in the British Army (ATS Division) during the war …
  • Donald M. Deacon
    Donald M. Deacon …
  • Florence Campbell Deacon
    On August 17 (I think) we left from Halifax on the S.S. Bayano (100 passengers) for Britain in a large convoy. We had arrived in Halifax by train. I had never slept on a train before and had never been east of Montreal, so the two days train trip was quite an adventure. We were put in the Nova …
  • Jack and Freda Deane
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  • Tjakko Corrie deBoer Fred Bob Pat
    Tjakko Corrie deBoer Fred Bob Pat …
  • Michele and Concetta DeBuono Family
    Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Italy Port of Entry: Halifax Age on Arrival: 3 years old My Family will be celebrating 50 years in Canada on March 2nd, 2008, immigrating from our southern roots of Rende ( Cosenza) located in the Province of Calabria, Italy. I was only 3 and half years of …
  • Eugenio and Maddalena DeCarlo
    Eugenio's passport, 1951 Maddalena's passport, 1953 …
  • Frank and Michael DeCarlo
    Frank and Michael DeCarlo …
  • Roger Declercq
    Roger Declercq was born in Moorslede, Belgium (West Flanders) in 1931. He left Belgium for Canada on June 13, 1938 at the age of 6 with his parents Achiel and Rachel Declercq and younger sister Rosetta. (June 13th is Achiel and Rosetta's birthdays). They took the ferry from Antwerp to Dover, …
  • Duilio and Lina Deganis
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