Michaelle Haughian

Donna Birzgalis in traditional Latvian costume.

Roland Benkis, his mother and his brother, Andris. Hannover, Germany. 1947.

Latvian mittens knitted by ethnic Latvian and accomplished weaver Biruta Friemanis of Calgary, Alberta.

Peter Green and his sister Anna enjoy the Bruzis' hospitality on the occasion of Anna's visit to Canada from Latvia.

Portrait of Emilija Delveris nee Birstins, Latvia, 1926.

Painting with Latvian motif displayed on the living room wall of ethnic Latvian and Canadian citizen, Peter Green. Photo taken in 2011.

The Jones family on the historic Jones' homestead, Lake Isle, Alberta, circa 2008.

The Benkis family and the Trautmanis family met in the Accu DP camp in Germany and remained friends after migrating respectively to Ottawa and New York. Seen here in the Bronx, New York, 1956. Left to right: Daina Trautmanis, Andris Benkis, Baiba Trautmanis, Arvids Trautmanis, and Lidija Benkis.

Aleksandrs Kundrats in front of the Banff Springs Hotel in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta.

Roland Benkis with his coal exploration team in Elk Pass, Alberta, 1971. Baiba Benkis on the left.

The Bruzis family in 1956 walking to the ship, "Columbia" in Liverpool, England. The "Columbia" would bring them to Canada.

Map of the Spakenberg displaced persons camp, Germany.

Erna and Janis Strauts were sponsored by Canadians Peter Green and Ilga Green nee Strauts to come to Canada from England. They, like so many other displaced ethnic Latvians, had moved to England at the end of WWII.

Scout digintary visiting displaced persons camps in Germany. Upon speaking to Peter Green, then a Scout, she advised him to apply for immigration to Canada rather than Australia or England, ca 1946.

Party at the Jones farm, circa 1955.

Marriage document of Latvian refugee Viola Hasmanis and Canadian soldier Frederick Baker, 1946.

Janis Dimitris celebrated his confirmation in England.

Letters, document

Latvian document concerning Frank Cheple's mother, Anna.

Letters, documents

The cart that carried the necessities of the Dimitris family from their home to a Latvian port.

Colour photo of Poruks family In Edmonton Alberta

Paulina Dimitris, midwife and RN.

Kundrats family reunited in Canada in 1948. Baiba in her father's arms and mother Ruta with baby Uldis.

Label indicating the quality of wool used by Latvian weaver Biruta Friemanis of Calgary, Alberta. Photo taken November, 2011.