Scottish immigrant Christina McKay Liness Murchison didn’t let a little scarlet fever get her down. Her family’s home was quarantined due to her illness in the early days after their arrival in 1930 on the Duchess of Richmond.
Pier Perspectives Blog
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A Scarlet Fever Quarantine and the Subsequent Adventures of a Spirited Little Girl
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A Mother and Daughter Recall Frightening Days in Quarantine
They were robbed on the ship to Canada and quarantined when they arrived at Pier 21, but the Haddad family still felt blessed.
The Christian Palestinian refugees had already fled to Lebanon, then Syria, then Lebanon again.
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Turning Seven in Quarantine
One six-year-old made the best of long weeks of quarantine in Pier 21’s Accommodation and Detention quarters. Gerard Van Kessel arrived in Canada with his family in 1951.
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A Quarantine Label on the Door Doesn’t Make the Best First Impression
Things started getting complicated for English immigrant Jennifer Frances Taylor’s young family after they settled in Canada in June of 1950.
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The Magical Quarantine Christmas of 1951
Christine Schlechta was a 10-year-old German immigrant at the time of what she recalled as a magical quarantine Christmas.