As the war ended and the soldiers returned home to St. Catharines, like so many cities across the country, we welcomed some very new and special residents, War Brides.  According to “St.Catharines – Canada’s Canal City”, 70 War Brides made St.Catharines’ their new home.  Many of St.Catharines War Brides were from Surrey and settled in the western part of city around Louth St., where two of the city’s wartime neighbourhoods were built.

St. Catharines War Bride Stories

Stella Myers

Jean Craig

Gwyneth Crompton – as told by her daughter Judy Crompton

Stories from outside St.Catharines

For more information on Canadian War Brides, please visit Canadian War Brides – www.canadianwarbrides.com or Veterans Affairs section on Canadian War Brides – http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=history/secondwar/warbrides.