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From the city of Sneek, the family left Rotterdam, The Netherlands on February 22, 1952 and arrived at Pier 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia on March 1st, 1952. They arrived in Canada on board the "SS Ryndam" of the Holland America Line. Fokke (Frank) was 40 years old, and Nieskje (Nancy) was 38 years old, …
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Osvald Lokk and Aksella Rets Lokk …
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Benny Lombardi …
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Johnny Lombardi Family …
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Vincenzo Lombardi …
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Samuele Lombardo and Family …
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Date of Arrival: 1958 …
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I was a war bride widow and my baby boy and I landed in Halifax on February 14, 1945 aboard the ship Aquatania carrying war injured servicemen and us war brides. It was not a very pleasant or memorable crossing as we did a zig-zag every 8 minutes across the ocean. Even the crew were sea-sick. I …
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Virve Palmiste Loo …
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Background: Though of mixed German-Dutch parentage, I grew up in Germany (Saxony); by the time I was 18, I had lived through the collapse of the Weimar Republic, the Hitler-regime including six years of World War Two, Nazi-Germany's defeat and disintegration, American and Soviet occupation, and …