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 »
by Nancy Southern(High Point, NC) One of the stories that my Grandmother told me was that my Grandfather’s family immigrated to Quebec from Europe in 1903. She said that after they were off the ship, it sank and they lost all of their belongings. They had been living in Algeria where my Great Grandfather worked
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by Janet Bessey (nee Saul)(Thornhill, Ontario) Francis Saul was born c.1782 in East Yorkshire England. He married Isabelle (Belle) Nicholson 23 December 1806 at Willerby near Scarborough, East Yorkshire. They appear to have had 4 children. Hannah baptised at Willerby 25 October 1807, Richard baptized 29 October 1809 also at Willerby. There seems to be
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My Uncle Stanley Charles Lethbridge went to Canada and while my husband and I have been traveling here we visited Halifax Pier 21, I asked if my Uncle could be traced and I found the following information.. He travelled on the Megantic, arriving in Montreal 4th August 1929. He then lived courtesy of BICA at
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by Graeme Bennett(Auckland, New Zealand) I am trying to trace two sisters who travelled to Montreal in 1908.Christina has proved the most elusive, and for Annie, it is her marriage and details of her daughter Jean that I am looking for. Christina Spence Killen Born 09 May 1881 in Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland.Travelled with her sister
Photo of the Empress of England arriving in the Port of Montreal from the Archives de la Ville de Montreal on Flickr. (Navire «Empress of England» escorté par un remorqueur, 1963, VM94-AD-5-056) by Michael Hill(Vancouver Canada) I emigrated to Canada in the spring of 1964, arriving in Montreal on May 6 after a voyage of
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My father came to Canada on the Mont Royal in April 1929 from Greenock in Scotland and returned in December 1930. Because of the depression, what I want to find out is what happened during those months and where did they send them.Information is very hard to get. His name was Francis Jamieson. He was
by Sheila Haynes(Jersey Channel Islands) My Mother Betty Hayes left the family home in Southall Middlesex in 1960 never to be seen or heard of again. After several unsuccessful searches in the UK we found an entry on the ships list from Liverpool to Montreal on The Empress of France. This simply stated that a
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