The Miriam Branch
| Who | When they left and arrived | Why | Where? What was their journey? Ship and arrival port? |
| Bessie Bakalinsky Winrob & Abraham Winrob, and Sam Bakalinsky. | Bessie’s date of arrival is not known. Her husband Abraham and her brother Sam embarked on June 27, 1913 and arrived in Quebec City on July 13, 1913. | It’s quite possible that a desire to avoid conscription of the young men in the family motivated the emigration of the Bakalinsky family. Sam Bakalinsky was 18 years old, army age, when he became the first Bakalinsky son to emigrate. | Sam and Abraham crossed the border of the Russian Empire in June, 1913 at Myslowice in present-day Poland. They continued on to either Bremen or Hamburg where they boarded the SS Wittekind. They disembarked in Quebec City after a long 16 day Atlantic crossing. |
| Miriam Kudinsky Bakalinsky & Isaac Bakalinsky and daughter Freda. | Departed from Glasgow on Dec. 13, 1924. Arrived in Halifax on Dec. 20, 1924. | The journey of Miriam, Isaac and their youngest child Freda took them to the port of Southampton, England. From there, they made their way to Glasgow where they embarked on the SS Cameronia. They arrived in Halifax a week later. | |
| Beryl Bakalinsky | Departed from Southampton on Oct. 10, 1925. Arrived in Quebec City on Oct. 18, 1925. | Beryl arrived in Libau, Latvia on Oct. 1, 1925. Then he sailed to London. From London he travelled to the port of Southampton where he embarked on the SS Ausonia on Oct. 10, 1925. He arrived in Halifax on Oct. 18. | |
| Harry and Clara Bakalinsky and their oldest daughter Anne (“Chicki”) | Departed from Danzig on March 5, 1927. Arrived at Halifax on March 18, 1927. | The family boarded the SS Lituania in Danzig and arrived in Halifax 13 days later. | |
| Percy Bakalinsky | We have no record of Percy’s emigration. He became a naturalized Canadian on Jan. 19, 1927. He would have arrived in Canada at least 5 years before then. |