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… station looked like when it was operating. Just landing on a historic site and wandering around may be fun, but it’s no way to run a railroad …
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… in town. Even though the war was dangerous and frightening at times he said that he never again had so much fun playing. After the war, … by a customs agent and Ben returned the money to his friend. He set sail for Halifax just after his 22nd birthday on March 22nd, 1953 … They asked him whose name he wanted carved into the shell and Ben said he didn't care so they carved the name of a unknown girl "Jean". …
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… for training. They advertised in the local newspapers overseas and set up more embassies to process interested applicants. And lots of us … my case it was the St. Patrick’s Church at 131 McCaul St in Toronto. To set foot in a new country might sound challenging, but living ‘room and …
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… And he did. I stayed behind. In the summer of 1989 more and more people escaped from East Germany to West Germany over the Ungarien, and … people here in the Yukon, I began to believe in myself. I learned to become a professional child care worker and after years I decided to go …
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… warm. My mother kept looking out the window and saying, "Where have we come to, Siberia?". When we arrived in Montreal, my mother's cousin … Having travelled to Halifax on business, I made sure to visit the site and was very pleased to learn that Pier 21 will be made into a …
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… on board, so it took some time to get onto the ramp and to finally set foot again on dry land. The dry land we first felt under our feet … a man called my name: "Is Mrs. Douma here?" I went up to him and said, somewhat anxiously, hoping there was not a last minute hitch with our immigration: "Yes, I am here, I am Mrs. Douma." He said: "Come quickly with me to the office here, your husband is on the …
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… The Leegwater suitcase, donated to the Museum shortly before its opening 25 … was an old suitcase with the name Leegwater painted in white. Opposite it, a black and white image of a man holding that very suitcase at … called Canadian Notebook , released in 1952. The film focuses on newcomer families working in four corners of Canada and in four major …
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Beverley (Bev) Henry Patterson was born November 9, 1921 in Annapolis Valley. He was the youngest of three sons born to John Wilford and Lillian Rachel/Rae (Hiltz) Patterson. His brothers were Ivan and Clifford. Bev was a veteran of the Second World War. He entered World War II on November 11, …
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… that he wanted more from his life. He knew one day he would have to leave the only place he’d ever known. Giovanni Guglietti (GG): The … was if my father could go first because you needed a relationship to come to Canada. You have to have a related person. My father, we found …
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… 1, 1948 my wife and I and our 11- mouth old daughter arrived in Quebec City, Canada. We decided to leave our homeland of the Netherlands for a … time but we managed to save money to pay for the trip. Immigrating was said to be a ‘live burial’ since it was thought that your family and …