[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Beaverbrae reunion - in Kitchener

[Dave Obee]

Several Beaverbrae passenger lists from that era are included in the RG76 -- Immigration Department record at Library and Archives Canada. The files have been microfilmed and are available at all of the provincial archives as well as in Ottawa. The trick is to know what to look for: They are included in the files of the Christian council.

I hope the reunion is a success! Several of my relatives came to Canada on the Beaverbrae.

Dave Obee

----- Original Message -----
From: Helen Gillespie <hgillespie at rogers.com>
Date: Thursday, September 30, 2010 18:43
Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Beaverbrae reunion - in Kitchener
To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org

> The Beaverbrae was a ship that brought many Wolhynian refugees 
> to Canada from 1948 to 1953. DPs - or Delayed Pioneers as we 
> have frequently called ourselves.
> 
> This coming weekend, there will be a reunion in Kitchener, 
> Ontario, of those that immigrated by way of the 
> Beaverbrae.  The attached is an article in the local 
> Kitchener Waterloo Record dated 29 Sept 10.
> 
> My own parents arrived in Canada on June 8, 1950.  I found 
> a copy of the typed manifest of the list of the passengers - 
> luckily - in the Deputy Minister's file in the fonds at Library 
> and Archives Canada.  There are about 400 names on the 
> list. I don't think the rest of the lists are open. My 
> grandparents arrived on the Beaverbrae the following February 
> with my aunt and a cousin, and three other aunts had arrived in 
> May 1950.  That ship basically crossed the Atlantic every 
> two weeks, bringing boatload after boatload of ethnic Germans, 
> Dutch and others - all under the auspices of the Canadian 
> Christian Council for the Resettlement of Refugees - comprised 
> of Catholic, Lutheran, Baptist and Mennonite churches whose 
> congregations sponsored individuals and families in their quest 
> for a new start in Canada.
> This should be an amazing reunion. If any listserv members live 
> in the area, or have a Beaverbrae connection, it might be worth 
> the trip.
> 
> 
> http://www.record.ca/News/Local/article/784822
> 
> http://www.intown.net/BethelLutheran/Beaverbrae.html
> 
> 
> Helen Gillespie
> 
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