Stories of Homuth and Whelan Kin

    Two Journeys, One Harbour: A Family's Return to Canada Halifax, 1905 and 1933   There are places in the world where history and family memory meet. For my family, one of those places is Halifax Harbour. Twice, separated by twenty-eight years, three generations of women in my maternal family arrived in Halifax after crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Both journeys represented turning points in their lives. Both were undertaken by mothers concerned for the future of their daughter. Yet the emotions accompanying those two arrivals could hardly have been more different. In 1905, Mimi Hendrikson immigrated to North America filled with hope for a future she could scarcely imagine. In 1933, another mother returned grateful to have escaped a future she wished she could forget. At the centre of both stories was one remarkably special woman — my grandmother, Carrie.                           ...