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

[Dave Obee]

Yes, several of the Beaverbrae families are in EWZ. I have given copies of the EWZ documents to several of them over the years.

Re the Sturhahn book, it has lists of all of the people sponsored by the Baptists, including some who arrived by airplane in the 1960s. And of course Library and Archives Canada has the original files on the Baptist refugees; a finding aid is available online.

Dave

----- Original Message -----
From: Nelson Itterman <colnels at shaw.ca>
Date: Thursday, September 30, 2010 20:19
Subject: RE: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Beaverbrae reunion - in Kitchener
To: 'Dave Obee' <daveobee at shaw.ca>, 'Helen Gillespie' <hgillespie at rogers.com>
Cc: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org

> I wonder if these refugees know that their families may be 
> listed in the EWZ
> films? I also wonder if there is a way to let them know?
> Nelson
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org
> [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf 
> Of Dave
> Obee
> Sent: September-30-10 7:51 PM
> To: Helen Gillespie
> Cc: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org
> Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Beaverbrae reunion - in Kitchener
> 
> 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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