My mother's side of the family came from Nova Scotia and PEI around 1900. There was a large community from Nova Scotia and PEI in Quincy, originally to work in the granite quarries and then later at the Fore River Ship Yard. Most of the immigration stopped around World War II. I don't think they were too sentimental about Nova Scotia back then, though. From what I heard it was kind of a grim place without a lot of economic opportunity.