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… with the Porto. That evening after we boarded the Vulcania, we said our good-byes. The size of the ship was so daunting to me because … who took us into their home so that we had a place to live. They had come to Canada before us and settled in the northern Ontario. Luckily … Ceremony for the new Centro Caboto Centre in Winnipeg in 1998. He said, and I fully agree with him, that we the children of the …
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… had five other flats and all of my neighbors doted on the only little girl in this place. I felt completely free and a sense of belonging. When I was ten we moved to …
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… year. July 1, 2024 marked 25 years since we opened our doors, welcoming visitors to the National Historic site that would become today’s national Museum. But far more … culture, economy, and way of life. We seek to create engaging, memorable, and enriching visitor experiences, delivering our mandate by …
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Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Greece Ship Name: Queen Frederica Port of Entry: Halifax, Pier 21 Date of Arrival: August 3, 1960 Age on Arrival: 35 and 33 Sponsored by Simion's mother, Naumka. They arrived from Parori, Florina Greece to make a better life for their 4 daughters: …
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… Gordie (2yrs at the time) with her and she was expecting another. She said she was ill all the way over with morning and sea sickness and … recalls being the first one off the ship with a Red Cross nurse at her side happy to be on land. A photographer from Montreal took her picture … over seas. They lived with his parents for awhile and then took up residents in a vet home for 30 years in Pointe Claire, Quebec and now …
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… you didn't have to do too much fancy footwork but merely slid from side to side as the boat lurched on its way! We spent a day or two in … dirt accumulated on the store windows along the waterfront. My trips inside the stores were a disaster as I could not understand what the …
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… parts of Canada. My story is a little different. Not only did I come a different way, (by train) and from a different direction (from … and I was processed by Canada Immigration on May 10th, 1960, in Quebec City early in the morning. My ticket was good to Montreal so I went … to Halifax. First, however, I wanted to see something of this big city, the first major North American city that I had a chance to visit. …
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Melitta and Alfred Starke - 1960 Starke Family - 1977 Melitta Starke and Grandchildren - 2002 Melitta Kaefer Starke - 1953 Melitta Starke and Grandchildren …
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… and find myself writing in the hopes that someone out there can help us with a question. Patricia wrote to me back in 2011 while … During our correspondence I mentioned that a visitor had let me scan what they called “a Middlemore shilling”. When Patricia learned … visitor to follow up with a story about her father and made a quick scan of the shilling but I didn’t ever get her name or have her sign a …
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… came out fine as well as news that Mom was two months pregnant. Besides my mother and Dad, there were six children who made the journey. … although the potatoes were yellow and tasted different; the raspberry jam tasted oily. With the lack of space, there wasn't much room to run … southerly to Greenland and then on to Halifax and landed in Quebec City, Quebec. Mines across the main route from Holland to Quebec made …