IMMIGRATION LOG
Ancestor |
From |
To |
Date |
| Jonathan PICKERING Trip #1 |
Hednesford Staffordshire ENGLAND |
Pittsburg Pennsylvania UNITED STATES |
1892 (circa) |
| Jonathan PICKERING Trip #2 |
Cannock Staffordshire ENGLAND |
Lethbridge Alberta CANADA |
12 August 1907 |
| James COOK |
Belfast IRELAND |
Maple Creek Saskatchewan CANADA |
1908 |
| Benjamin PICKERING |
Cannock Staffordshire ENGLAND |
Taber Alberta CANADA |
29 October 1909 |
| Irene WARREN |
Exeter Devon ENGLAND |
Piapot Saskatchewan CANADA |
1912 |
| John GOODMAN |
Chorley Lancashire ENGLAND |
Taber Alberta CANADA |
1911 |
| Mary Ellen GOODMAN |
Chorley Lancashire ENGLAND |
Taber Alberta CANADA |
1913 |
| Jakob VAN KEIMPEMA |
Sexbierum Friesland NETHERLANDS |
New Norway Alberta CANADA |
08 April 1927 |
| Antje GROENEWOLD |
Bedum Groningen NETHERLANDS |
Duncan British Columbia CANADA |
15 January 1954 |
| Kornelis TROMP |
Warffum Groningen NETHERLANDS |
Duncan British Columbia CANADA |
Mid 1954 |
Jakob Van Keimpema |
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At the age of 17, Jakob Vankeimpema, (Jake) left his mother and father and brothers and sisters in Sexbierum, Friesland, Holland and came to Canada in April, 1927. Third class fare from Europe was about $15.00. Canada was the land of opportunities and advertised around Europe for settlers to come over. |
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Jake sailed on the Nieuw Amsterdam Ship and sailed into Halifax, Nova Scotia on April 08, 1927. (picture of the Nieuw Amsterdam above) Upon arriving in Halifax he then took the train across Canada to New Norway, Alberta. He came from Holland along with a couple of hundred men from Holland in response to an advertisement put out by CPR wanting men to work on the railroads. He had never heard of Canada and didn't even know where he was going. This was a get-rich-quick time in Canada and people were buying on credit. One out of four people had telephones and times were good. There was money to be made for anyone wanting to work. Jacob worked on the railroad for several years at New Norway, Alberta. He experienced the crash of the stock market and times changed. Canada was in a depression. At some time later he moved to Calgary, looking for work. He lived in a boarding house where Irene Mary Cook, from Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, had gone to work. Back To Top |
Antje Groenewold |
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Antje immigrated to Canada with her family on 15th of January, 1954. They flew from the Netherlands and landed in Greenland before continuing on to Montreal, Canada. After the long flight they boarded the train which took them for another long journey (about 3 or 4 days) across the prairies and through the Rocky Mountains to Vancouver, British Columbia. They were met by Antje's brothers, Hank, Pete, and Nick who escorted them on their last leg of the journey on the B.C. Ferries to Vancouver Island. The brothers had come out to Canada a few years earlier and had saved enough to purchase a farm in Duncan which would become the new family home. Back To Top |
Kornelis Tromp |
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Kornelis left his family and job behind him and followed his fiance out to Canada a few months after the Groenewold family had left the Netherlands (in about mid 1954). First he flew to Montreal, Canada and then took a four day train trip across the prairies to Vancouver, British Columbia where he was met by his fiance, Antje Groenewold and taken back to Duncan, British Columbia. He lived on Antje's family farm in Duncan and worked in the bush at a logging camp until about a year later at which time Kornelis and Antje were married and he began working at the Chemainus Sawmill. Back To Top |
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