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1946-2006
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| NB MLA TJ Burke's grandmother, Jean Paul, was a British war bride. He will be the first to introduce a Private Members Motion in a provincial legislature. |
| Have any ideas or plans to mark the 60th anniversary, send me an email and I'll put it up on this page. |
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| New Brunswick MLA TJ Burke's grandmother was a British war bride. |
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| Headline from the Telegraph Journal, May 20, 1946, announcing the arrival of the SS Aquitania with Jean Paul on board. |
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| Charles Paul in a wartime photo. |
| Go to our Calendar to find out what's happening across Canada |
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2005 was rightfully dubbed The
Year of the Veteran, but 1946 was the year when greatest
number of War Brides sailed for Canada . I hope it will
be recognized as The Year of the War Bride.
Eswyn Lyster, War Bride,
Author and War Bride who sailed on the Mauretania, the
First Official War Bride Ship, February 5-9, 1946.
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| FACT:
Between January and December 1946, 45,320 dependents (out
of a total of 64,451) arrived in Canada. |
Updated June 14, 2006.
June 13, 2006 - Ontario Declares Year of the War Bride!
May April 3, 2006 - British Columbia declares 2006 Year of the War Bride, becoming the fourth province in Canada to do so!
March 30, 2006 - PEI Declares Year of the War Bride. Click here to see PDF
In Alberta: Month of the War Bride in Calgary and Edmonton
Saskatchewan Declares November 2006 Month of the War Bride
February 9, 2006 - Manitoba Declares 2006 Year of the War Bride, becomes second province in Canada to do so! Click for more.
Year of the War Bride 2006 - New Brunswick becomes first province in Canada to declare 2006 Year of the War Bride - British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchwan, Manitoba, Ontario and Nova Scotia are following suit. Find out what's happening in every province across Canada by checking out our Calendar of Events! Click here for more information about this initiative.
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New Brunswick MLA First to Introduce Private Members Motion
In New Brunswick, MLA TJ Burke's grandmother, Jean Paul, was a British war bride who marrried his grandfather, Charles Paul, in 1943. Jean and her baby daughter Christine came to Canada on the War Bride ship SS Aquitania, arriving in Halifax on May 21, 1946. They went by War Bride train to McAdam, NB where they were met by the Roman Catholic priest who brought them by canoe to the Tobique Indian Reserve in northern New Brunswick. Jean's story was featured in the BBC Radio 4 documentary "The Pilgrim Brides" in April, 2005. TJ Burke is New Brunswick's first Native Member of the Provincial Legislature and we're sure his grandmother would be proud of him!
Other Provincial MLA's and MP's
Do you know of any other MP's or MLA's who have a War Bride mother, grandmother or aunt in the family? Write to me at melynda@canadianwarbrides.com
FACT
Between January and December 1946, 45,320 dependents (out of a total of 64,451) arrived in Canada: The monthly totals are as follows:
January – 785
February - 1000
March - 6,129
April - 4, 597
May – 5,698
June – 4,795
July – 6,895
August - 6,895
September – 4,142
October – 2,097
November– 941
December– 1,346
At the time, the War Brides constituted more than 60% of the total immigration to Canada, forming an unprecedented immigrant wave whose impact can still be found in the nearly one in 30 Canadians (one million citizens) who can proudly say they have a War Bride in their family tree.
Contact Melynda Jarratt
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