My father was one of these young boys. He was sent to a farm in Howick Quebec when he first arrived. He was very disappointed with the poor treatment and work conditions. He immediately returned to the hostel in Montreal where they placed him with another farm family which was more acceptable to him. He […]
BICA boys by Murray Skan (Port Perry, ON) My father ( John ) age 14 and his brother (Herbert) aged 16 arrived in Quebec City on the Alaunia September 25, 1925 from Liverpool, England. Their immigration record lists their destination as British Immigration and Colonization Association, Montreal Quebec. It also lists the occupation they
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Why did my father travel to Canada apparently alone? by Sonya(York, North Yorkshire, UK) I am 63 and retired, living in York, UK.My parents’ past has to a large degree evaded me. We were never a sharing, talkative family. The details I do have are my father Anatole Julien Marcelle Mille was born in Ruan,
by Patricia A Whitehead(Western Australia) Winifred b.1924 Yorkshire England, married Mark M Rodaska in 1946 at Hove, Sussex, England. Mark Rodaska was a Soldier.Winifred immigrated to Canada to join Mark in 1947.
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To Montreal, Canada via London, England The following story was submitted by Harold Berglas of Montreal. My Mother – Aida Moslow My Mother was born in London, England as Aide Moslow in 1916. Her father died in England about 2 years later and her mother took the kids home to Poland. In hindsight, that turned
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by Sylvia Chaplin A Memorial to Fallen Soldiers In a ceremony on the afternoon of Sunday 9th July 1922 General Sir Arthur Currie unveiled the City of St Lambert’s Soldiers Memorial. Among the names of the ‘fallen’, the men of St Lambert who made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War, is that of John
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by Steve Gould(Brampton, ON Canada) From Edinburgh, Scotland to Montreal, Canada On August 15, 1919, after travelling by train from their home in Edinburgh, the Waddell family departed Liverpool, England aboard the SS Melita for Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They arrived in Quebec City on August 22, 1919 to continue the journey by train. Robert McNabb
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