by Ada(Australia) My Uncle Reginald Ernest Norgate was aged 15 when he participated in the British Immigration and Colonization Associations effort to get the British to emigrate to Canada. He was Born in Farringdon, Hampshire 26th June 1914. Farming was the life he grew up in, being raised at Crows Farm. He was on the […]
Reginald Ernest Norgate 15 years old arrived in Montreal 1929 Read More »
by Irenka Stankiewicz Farmilo(Ottawa, Canada ) I left Southampton on the SS Atlantic in September 1953, age 5, and arrived in Quebec City on October 3rd. Crossing time was 8 days, one day longer than planned because of a ferocious storm that had most passengers seasick, and a good part of the crew.Of my family
by Karen Ford Wilson(Collingwood, Ontario, Canada) My father, William Ford emigrated to Canada on the Montroyal in 1929 under the BICA program. He was 19 years old. His home life in England had been unstable after his father, William Ford, moved to India and his Mother, Elizabeth (nee Dunning), sent all the children to live
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by Craig Hunter(Glasgow, Scotland) My great uncle, James McKenzie was killed at Ypres in 1915. His son James, born in 1910, sailed from Glasgow to Quebec on the Metagama on 3rd July 1925. He arrived into Canada on 11th July 1925 and his story from there is completely unknown to our family. We know he
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by Irene(Shelby Twp Mi. USA) I was 8 years old emigrating to Canada with my mother and brother on the SS Atlantic in November 1953. I was seasick most of the time, but my mother forced me up onto the glass covered deck about the fifth or sixth day on the voyage. The weather was
by Brunette Reynaert(Aylmer W. Ontario Canada) Millicent was my grandmother. Her Father was Edward Henry Rothwell and her mother Eleanor Louise McKenzie. Eleanor gave birth to Millicent March 12 1897. She died and was buried at sea. On Millicent’s marriage license it states father was ship’s captain. Edward died in Montreal or Quebec City aboard
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by Colin.P.Horton(North Wales GB) Elizabeth was my wife’s Grandmother and Annie was her younger sister they emigrated together on 4th May 1912 from Liverpool to Quebec (SS Teutonic) then onward via the Grand Trunk Railroad to Toronto. My research indicates that they had been recruited by an agency in the UK of which I so
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by Kay Griffiths(New South Wales, Australia) My father Alfred “Alf” Henry Griffiths, age 17 arrived in Halifax, Canada aboard the Regina, from the port of Liverpool, England in April 1928 My dad was a quiet man, I do not know very much about his young life and nothing about his family Alf was a crew
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by Brenda Batho(Hertfordshire, England, UK) Nora(h) Malley born 1891 Salford Lancashire. Is living on the Isle of Man in the 1911 census occupation governess. Arriving in Canada after 1911 possible to Montreal. Could have travelled with her employer or on her own. Parents both dead by 1910. There is no marriage or death record for
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by Cecilia Burkhalter (nee Cecilia Castro H Toovey(Denver CO USA) Henry was my great uncle the youngest son of Ernest and Ellen H. Toovey nee (Le Seelleur) from St. Heliers Channel Island UK. He was the youngest of 4 boys. Ernest Villiers (1893-1980) Kennedy St. Clair (1895-1918) Hamilton my grandfather (1897-1978) and Henry born in
Henry Hamilton Toovey, born in Jersey Channel Islands UK in about April 1900. Read More »
